Village of Lake Villa

REGULAR MEETING

VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA

JULY 26, 2006

CALL TO ORDER: The Regular Meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Lake Villa was called

to order at 8:00 p.m. on July 26, 2006.

SALUTE THE FLAG: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Frank Loffredo.

ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated the following present: Mayor Loffredo; Deputy Clerk Aronson; Attorney Bateman; Trustees Dykstra, Effinger, Frayer, Hall and Harms were present. Trustee McDonald was absent. With a quorum present, the meeting was in order.

MINUTES: It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Hall to approve the minutes of the Village Board meetings of June 28, 2006 and July 12, 2006.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

MAYOR:

Business Signs It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve purchase of 3 business district signs in the amount of $4120.00, to be erected in the designated areas discussed in committee.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

FINANCE:

Cedar Ridge I Maintenance

Letter of Credit Release It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Effinger to authorize the release of the maintenance letter of credit for the subdivision improvements at Cedar Ridge I, upon receipt of either a cash deposit or letter of credit from the developer in the amount of $7,500.00 for the required landscaping of lots 1, 2 and 57.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

The Pines Phase I

Letter of Credit Reduction It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Effinger to approve the reduction of the letter of credit for the Pines Phase I subdivision to an amount of $190,019.53 per the village engineer’s recommendation.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 (Trs. Effinger, Frayer, Hall and Harms)

PRESENT: 1 (Tr. Dykstra)

MOTION CARRIED

Water System

Improvement Bonds It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize Treasurer Heitman to work with the Bonding Company of Crowe Chizek in preparation for the water system improvement bonds.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

WATER & SEWER:

Lake Michigan Water

Feasibility Study Funding It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Effinger to authorize payment of $8,000.00 to Lake County Public Works for the preliminary engineering study to evaluate the feasibility of bringing Lake Michigan water to Northern Lake County.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Belmont Well Pay Request It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Frayer to approve pay request #2 on the Belmont Water Main project in the amount of $53,748.12, as recommended by the village engineer.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

ROADS & STREETS:

Bid Advertisement

Park Avenue Asphalt It was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize the Director of Public Works to advertise to bid the asphalt work needed on Park Avenue.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

PLANNING, PROPERTY

& PARKS:

Pond Aerator for Steven

Sherwood Park It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize the Director of Public Works to purchase a pond aerator for Steven Sherwood Park from Aeration Power Systems at a cost not to exceed $2,044.92

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Lehmann Park Fence It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Frayer authorize the Director of Public Works to hire Meier’s Fence of Fox Lake to install the additional fence needed at Lehmann Park at a cost not to exceed $5,337.50.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Drywall Shop #3 It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Frayer to authorize the Director of Public Works to hire Ultimate Drywall, Inc. to drywall the ceiling of Shop 3 at a cost not to exceed $4,050.00.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

ORDINANCES &

LICENSES:

Ordinance 2006-07-02 It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Effinger to adopt Ordinance 2006-07-02, “AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING ON THE 1^ST DAY OF MAY 2006 AND ENDING ON THE 30^TH DAY OF APRIL 2007.”

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Resolution 2006-07-01 It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Hall to adopt Resolution 2006-07-01, “RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG C&F PACKING, THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA, THE VILLAGE OF FOX LAKE AND THE COUNTY OF LAKE.”

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Resolution 2006-07-02 It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Resolution 2006-07-02, “RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE ILLINOIS COUNCIL OF POLICE AS THE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FULL TIME POLICE OFFICERS OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA POLICE DEPARTMENT BELOW THE RANK OF SARGEANT.”

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

Resolution 2006-07-03 It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Resolution 2006-07-03, “RESOLUTION ADOPTION OF THE LAKE COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTION ALL NATURAL HAZARDS MITIGATION PLAN.”

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Frayer and seconded by Tr. Hall to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board of Lake Villa at 8:15 p.m.

ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED

APPROVED BY ME THIS________DAY OF____________, 2006

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FRANK M. LOFFREDO, MAYOR

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CHRISTINE A. ARONSON, DEPUTY CLERK