REGULAR
MEETING
VILLAGE
BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA
November 14, 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 November 14, 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 Effinger, Hall, Harms and McDonald. Trustees Dykstra and Trkla were absent. With a quorum present the meeting was called
to order.
MINUTES: It
was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve the minutes of October 24, 2007 Village Board
Meeting.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
FINANCE:
Accounts
Payable It was moved
by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve the Accounts Payable for
invoices due on or before ll/14/2007 in the amount of $490,002.14 as presented.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
Pay Request #1-2007
Street Improvement
Project It was
moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Effinger to approve Pay Request #1
(final) from Payne and Dolan, Inc. for the 2007 Street Improvement project, per
the Engineer’s recommendation, in the amount of $148,483.39 to be paid from the
Street Accumulation fund.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
Pay Request
#3-Water
Facilities
Building It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by
Tr. Harms to approve Pay Request #2 from Maxim Construction Corporation for the
Water Facilities
Building project, per the
Engineer’s recommendation, in the amount of $183,923.10 to be paid from the
bond issue proceeds.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
Tax Levy
Hearing It was moved
by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Effinger to authorize the Treasurer to
publish for a tax levy hearing to be held at 7:00 pm. on December 12, 2007 with
the amount expected to be levied of $2,255.682.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
Liability
Insurance Renewal –
Minimum/Maximum
Plan It was moved by Tr. McDonald
and seconded by Tr. Hall to approve payment of $129,300.22 to the Illinois
Municipal League Risk Management Association for liability insurance policy
renewal taking advantage of the Minimum/Maximum plan with the early payment 2%
discount.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
WATER & SEWER:
Change
Order #1-Water
Facilities
Building It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr.
McDonald to approve Change Order #1-Water
Facilities Building,
as recommended by the engineer, resulting in a reduction of the contract by
$2,082.09. The new contract amount will
be $1,566,917.91.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Police
Department
Promotions It was moved
by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize Chief Visconti to have the
police commission notify the next person on the list that there will be a
promotion from Sergeant to Lieutenant and also a patrolman to Sergeant.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
ORDINANCE & LICENSES:
2007-11-01 It
was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Ordinance
2007-11-01, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA VILLAGE CODE (RE: AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 3: DELETION OF
CURRENT CHAPTER 10, “TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE FEE”, AND
ADDITION OF NEW CHAPTER 10, “CABLE AND VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDER AND PEG ACCESS
SUPPORT FEES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION”, AND NEW CHAPTER 15, “LOCALLY IMPOSED AND
ADMINISTERED TAX RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES”, AND AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5:
DELETION OF CURRENT CHAPTER 10, “RIGHT-OF-WAY CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR
PROVIDERS”, AND ADDITION OF NEW CHAPTER 10, “CONSTRUCTION OF UTILITY FACILITES
IN RIGHTS OF WAY”).
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION
CARRIED
2007-11-02 It
was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. McDonald to adopt Ordinance
2007-11-02, “AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CERTAIN “IMLRMA MINIMUM/MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT”.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION
CARRIED
BUILDING & ZONING:
Pole Barn
Permit It was
moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Effinger to waive the permit fee for the
pole barn that will be built at the Lake
Villa Baseball Park
on Grass Lake Road.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
New
Business It
was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to authorize Building
Department Supervisor, Robert Streicher, to send a letter to the individual filing
the application for a new business at 141 Oak Knoll called “Destiny House”. This
address is not zoned for the business suggested.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
Signs –
Pines It was
moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to authorize Mayor Loffredo to
sign the three sign applications for the Pines Subdivision prior to being
forwarded to the Architectural Review Board for their approval and also check
with the Building Inspector regarding the fee charges.
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
CITIZENS TO ADDRESS
THE BOARD: Joyce
Frayer of 50 Oak Knoll asked if the audit report was available at this time.
Ann
Miller of Pine View Estates introduced her son, Michael Miller, regarding his attendance
at the meeting and progress he is making towards satisfying the requirements
for his Eagle Scout status.
ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by
Tr. Effinger to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board of the Village
of Lake Villa at 8:12 pm.
ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 MOTION CARRIED
APPROVED BY
ME THIS______________________DAY OF__________________________, 2007
____________________________________________
FRANK M.
LOFFREDO, MAYOR
_____________________________________
ALICE BROWNLEE,
VILLAGE CLERK