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REGULAR
MEETING VILLAGE
BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF CALL TO
ORDER: The Regular Meeting
of the Village Board of the Village of Lake Villa was called to order at SALUTE THE FLAG: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Loffredo. ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated the following present: Mayor Loffredo; Attorney Bateman; Clerk Brownlee; 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. Harms to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of ROLL CALL VOTE
WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED MAYOR: Executive Session – Personnel. Pending And Perspective Litigation 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 Pending and Perspective Litigation and Personnel. ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED FINANCE: Accounts
Payable It was moved
by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve payment of invoices due
on or before ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED Prairie Trails Letter of Credit It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Effinger to approve the reduction of the letter of credit for Prairie Trails Phase II, consistent with the recommendation of Applied Technologies, Inc., dated November 19, 2008, if and to the extent confirmed by the Village’s other consultants and subject to the Attorney’s review, but if all of the consultants’ report are not received prior to the end of December, such letter of credit shall be renewed for a period of 30 to 60 days to allow such consultants’ reports to be received by the Village. ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED Audit Report It was moved by
Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to accept the audit report for annual
financial statements dated ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED WATER & SEWER: Pump Repair It was moved by Tr. Harms and seconded by Tr. Hall to authorize the Director of Public Works to hire HydroAire Service, Incorporated in Chicago, IL to repair the pump for Lift Station #7 at a cost not to exceed $1,954.00 to be paid from sewer maintenance. ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED PUBLIC SAFETY: Replace Carpet It was moved by Tr.
McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize the Director of Public Works to
hire ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED Part-time Officer It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Hall to authorize Chief Ron Roth to hire part-time police officer, Michael K. Gardiner at $20.00 an hour effective immediately. ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED Task Force It was moved
by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize Chief Roth to re-enlist the
Lake Villa Police Department in the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force at a
cost of $500.00 effective ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED ORDINANCES & LICENSES: Resolution 2008-12-01 It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve Resolution 2008-12-01 Schedule of Meeting dates for 2009. ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED 2008-12-01 It
was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Harms to adopt Ordinance
2008-12-01, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
THE LEVY OF TAXES FOR THE ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED 2008-12-02 It
was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Effinger to adopt Ordinance
2008-12-02, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
VILLAGE OF LAKE VILLA VILLAGE CODE (RE: PARAGRAPH H, “AGREEMENTS AND GUARANTEE
OF IMPROVEMENTS”, OF SECTION 11-1-5, IMPROVEMENTS”, OF TITLE 11 OF THE LAKE
VILLA VILLAGE CODE)”. ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED BUILDING & ZONING: Zoning
Compliance Forms It was moved by
Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Dykstra to approve Mayor Loffredo to sign the
Zoning Compliance forms for Multi Tech
Imaging Services, Inc. at 201 S. Milwaukee Ave. and Galati Pizza at 142 Cedar Ave. ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED Sign Permit
Requests It was moved by
Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. McDonald to approve the Mayor to sign the Sign
Permit Requests for COOKIE AND CUPCAKE
OF ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 4 PASS: 1 (Trustee Harms) MOTION
CARRIED CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: Joyce Frayer of 50 Oak Knoll inquired as to who seconded one of the last motions. Dominic Scardina of 68 Balsam asked if more street lights could be placed in Pineview Estates. RECESS:
RECONVENE: It was moved by Tr. Dykstra and seconded by Tr. Hall to reconvene the Village Board Meeting at 10:30 pm., ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYE: 5 MOTION CARRIED DeCaro/Salary It was moved by Tr.
McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to approve the annual rate of $61,367.00 effective
ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED ICOPS It was moved by Tr. McDonald and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize going into mediation with ICOPS relative to pending grievance. ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED Zoning Compliance Violation It was
moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr. Harms to authorize the Building Inspector
to send Zoning Compliance Violations to property owners of ROLL CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION CARRIED ADJOURNMENT: It was moved by Tr. Hall and seconded by Tr.
McDonald to adjourn the regular meeting of the Village Board at ROLL
CALL VOTE WAS: AYES: 5 MOTION
CARRIED APPROVED BY ME THIS______________________DAY
OF__________________________, 2008 ____________________________________________ FRANK M.
LOFFREDO, MAYOR
_____________________________________ ALICE
K. BROWNLEE, VILLAGE CLERK |