REGULAR
MEETING
VILLAGE
BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA
September 26, 2007
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 September 26, 2007 at the Lake Villa Village Hall.
SALUTE THE
FLAG: The Pledge of
Allegiance was led by Mayor Frank Loffredo.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated
the following present: Mayor Loffredo;
Attorney Bateman; Clerk Brownlee; Trustees Dykstra, Effinger, Hall, Harms,
McDonald and Trkla. With a quorum
present the meeting was called to order.
MINUTES: It
was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Hall to approve the minutes of September 12, 2007 Village Board
Meeting.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION CARRIED
MAYOR:
Executive Session – Perspective
And Pending Litigation It was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded by Tr. Harms
to go into Executive Session following Citizens to Address the Board for the
purpose of Perspective and Pending Litigation.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Parks & Recreation Survey It was moved by Tr. Effinger and seconded
by Tr. McDonald to approve the monetary request of $842.00 from the Parks and
Recreation Committee for a new 2007 online survey.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 NAY: 1(Tr. Hall)
MOTION
CARRIED
Halloween Hours It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr.
Hall to approve Wednesday, October 31, 2007 from 5:00 pm. to 8:00 pm. as official Village Halloween hours.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
ATTORNEY: It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by
Tr. Effinger to authorize Attorney Bateman to adopt the Illinois Municipal
League model ordinances related to the Cable and Video Competition Law and
Cable and Video Service Consumer
Protection Act into appropriate amendments to the Village of Lake Villa code
and also investigate the present Comcast franchise to determine whether or not
they are in compliance with the most favored nation provisions.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
FINANCE:
Quiet Zone Invoice It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr.
McDonald to reimburse the Village of Buffalo Grove in the amount of $3,731.45 for 10% share of
cost of the Quiet Zone Corridor study, per the Intergovernmental Agreement.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
WATER &
SEWER:
Belmont Well #16 It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr.
Hall to approve Request #3 from Seater Construction for the Belmont Well #16
project, per the Engineer’s recommendation, in the amount of $102,892.89, to be
paid from the bond issue proceeds.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
PLANNING,
PROPERTY &
PARKS:
Pole Barn It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize the Director
of Public Works to hire Krause Buildings LLC in Lake Geneva to erect the pole barn purchased from
Menards, sharing the cost with Lake Villa Township Baseball, at a cost to the
Village not to exceed $6,500.00 as budgeted in capital expenditures.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
PUBLIC
SAFETY:
Bereavement/Tippett It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr.
Hall to approve a three day bereavement leave for Officer Tippett from duties
at the Lake Villa Police Department.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
ORDINANCES
&
LICENSES:
2007-09-01 It
was moved by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. McDonald to adopt Ordinance
2007-09-01,”AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3 OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA
VILLAGE CODE (RE: “NEW CHAPTER 15, “RAFFLES”, AND SECTION 6-2-4)”
would eliminate the bond requirement for raffles, except where the aggregate
bond prize exceeds $50,000 and also provides a disclaimer relative to the Village’s
review and approval of such bonds, in any event.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
BUILDING
& ZONING:
Sign Permit It
was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve Mayor Loffredo to
sign the permit request for First American Bank and forward that to the
Architectural Review Board to finalize.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
CITIZENS TO
ADDRESS
THE BOARD: Brian Abbinanti of 110 Walden Lane addressed the board with questions regarding
the Village and their mosquito abatement policy for next year.
Recess:
8:35
pm.
RECONVENE: It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr.
Dykstra to reconvene the regular meeting of the Village Board at 10:00 pm.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Braverman/Zoning
Enforcement It
was moved by Tr. Trkla and seconded by Tr. Hall to direct Attorney Bateman to
draft a letter to the Braverman residence at 1720 Cherry Ct. regarding zoning ordinance enforcement
action.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Potchynok/211 Waterbury It
was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Hall to authorize Attorney Bateman
to send an enforcement letter for property maintenance violation at 211 Waterbury Circle to Tommie Potchynok.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
Pay Request #2 (Final)
2006 MFT Project It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by
Tr. Effinger to approve Pay Request #2 from Payne & Dolan, Inc. for the
2006 MFT project, per the Engineer’s recommendation, in the amount of
$557,257.56, to be paid from the MFT fund.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Effinger to adjourn the
regular meeting of the Village Board at 10:05 pm.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 MOTION
CARRIED
APPROVED
BY ME THIS______________________DAY OF__________________________,2007
____________________________________________
FRANK M.
LOFFREDO, MAYOR
__________________________________________
ALICE
BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK