REGULAR
MEETING
VILLAGE
BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA
October 8, 2008
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 October 8, 2008 at the Lake Villa Village Hall.
SALUTE THE
FLAG: The Pledge of
Allegiance was led by Mayor Loffredo.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated
the following present: Mayor Loffredo;
Clerk Brownlee; Attorney Bateman; Trustees Dykstra, Effinger, Hall, Harms and McDonald. Trustee Trkla was absent. With a quorum present the meeting was called
to order.
MINUTES: It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by
Tr. Dykstra to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of September 24, 2008.
ROLL CALL VOTE
WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
MAYOR:
Executive
Session –
Personnel It was moved by
Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Harms to go into Executive Session following a
brief recess after Citizens to Address the Board for the purpose of Personnel.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
Halloween –
“Trick or
Treat” Hours The “Trick or
Treat” hours for Halloween will be 5:00 – 8:00
pm. on Friday, October
31, 2008.
2008-10-01 It was moved
by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Hall to adopt Ordinance 2008-10-01. “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE LEASE OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA BY T-MOBILE CENTRAL, LLC.”
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 3 (Trustees
Dykstra, Hall and Harms) NAY: 2 (Trustees Effinger and McDonald)
MOTION
FAILED
FINANCE:
Accounts
Payable It was
moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve the Accounts
Payable for invoices due on or before October
8, 2008 in the amount of $287,125.22 as presented.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
WATER & SEWER:
Televise Sewers It was moved by Tr.
Harms and seconded by Tr. McDonald to authorize the Director of Public Works to
hire American Underground, Glenview, Illinois
to televise part of the sanitary sewer system at a cost not to exceed $6,000,
as budgeted.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
BUILDING & ZONING:
Zoning
Compliance Form It was moved by
Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to direct Mayor Loffredo to sign the Zoning Compliance Application for Lifeforce Chiropractic
Center at 203 Grand Ave.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
Sign Permit
Requests It was moved by
Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to direct Mayor Loffredo to sign the sign
permit requests for the After School
Club at 210 Lake Avenue and Cookie & Cupcake at 112 Cedar Avenue prior
to review by the Architectural Board.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
CITIZENS TO ADDRESS
THE BOARD: Dominic
Scardina of 68 Balsam suggested that the trustees have microphones available as
he was having a problem hearing the comments made at the board table. He also mentioned that Mayor Loffredo shave
his beard so his picture on the wall would match all the previous mayoral
photographs.
Joyce
Frayer of 50 Oak Knoll questioned when repair work on Cedar
Avenue would be taken care of between the railroad
tracks and Rte 83. She also asked if
there were any plans for the building that was vacated by Gregory car
dealership on Cedar Avenue.
Kevin
Coia of 109 Oak Lane
attended the Village Board Meeting as required by his scout troop. He was to listen and chose an issue that was
discussed during the meeting to earn a Merit badge.
Trustee
Effinger was seeking information regarding permits or the lack thereof and other questions about
various code issues. He referenced 112
Cedar Avenue and 210 Lake
Avenue.
Recess: 8:25 pm.
RECONVENE: It
was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to reconvene the regular
meeting of the Village Board at 8:36 pm.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
2008-10-01 It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by
Tr. Hall to reconsider the motion to approve Ordinance 2008-10-01.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED
The
vote on the motion to approve Ordinance 2008-10-01 was as follows after
reconsideration.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 6 (Trustees
Dykstra, Effinger, Hall, Harms, McDonald and Mayor Loffredo) MOTION CARRIED
ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by
Tr. Hall to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board at 8:40 p.m.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED
APPROVED BY
ME THIS______________________DAY OF__________________________, 2008
____________________________________________
FRANK M.
LOFFREDO, MAYOR
_____________________________________
ALICE K.
BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK