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HomeMy Public PortalAbout02.18.85 VB MinutesPLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES • Regular Meeting DATE: February 18, 1985 AT: Village Hall MEMBERS OF BOARD PRESENT: Mayor Selfridge, W. Sharp, M. Latta, J. King, G. Ansley, J. Dement, D. Lambert. OTHERS PRESENT: J. West;--Village Administrator, V. Krnac - Village Clerk, Attorney J. Harvey, Captain Lantz, J. Donahue, Treasurer - Ed Geschke. At 7:37 p.m. Mayor Selfridge opened the meeting with the pledge to the flag and roll call was taken. G. Ansley made a motion to approve the agenda with the addition of an exectuive session on personnel and report on the Nutrition Site to the regular meeting requested by M. Latta; also Mayor Selfridge requested a report from G. .Ansley on economic development/Governor Thompson's meeting and report on Village progress article in Herald News, to reconvene. Seconded by M. Latta. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, na nays. Motion declared carried. Mayor Selfridge read two (2) communications: - Letter from "Little Cities Foundation'' requesting permission to conduct their llth Annual "Tllinois Smiles for Little Cities" Days, August 9th and 10th, 19$5. Mayor Selfridge directed the Clerk to send a letter of approval. - Read a letter from "Crime Stoppers of Will County," announcing their kick-off dinner for their fund raiser on March 1, 1985 at the Renaissance Ball Room, 214 N. Ottawa St., Joliet, Illinois. Also, he read their Proclamation - "Crime Stoppers March on Crime Month" for the full month of March, 1985. G. Ansley made a motion to proclaim March,. 1985 as "Crime Stoppers March on Crime" month. Seconded by J. King. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye; 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. M. Latta reported we have two (2) Purchase Orders for Ann Hintze,. No. 445, she would like to leave as is, we have not received a bill from Mrs. Hintze. No. 446 is a Purchase Order to provide all required consulting services and chair three (3) meetings on the proposed zoning ordinance. M. Latta made a motion to rescind Purchase Order No. 446. Seconded by W. Sharp. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. PLAlNFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRDSTEES Regular Meeting February 18, 1985 Page two M. Latta made a motion to acknowledge receipt of the Plan Commission Report Case No. 133-2485. Seconded by W. Sharp. Vote by roll call.. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. M. Latta reported this is a request from Jay Fredrickson, purchaser of property at 609 W. Lockport Street, now zoned B-3. He is requesting an amendment to Ordinance No. 674 to add to B-3 zoning, animal clinics. Attorney Harvey stated prior to the Board passing such amendment, a legal notice must be published of the intent to amend the zoning ordinance (Illinois State Statute - Chapter 24, Sec. 11-13-14) and a public hearing must be held after publication. The legal shall state,. a request has been received to amend Ordinance No. 674 to add animal clinics: to B-3 zoning. The Clerk was directed to publish this legal notice. M. Latta reported on the abandoned house/Chobar property. Mr. Chobar was unable to attend the .last two (2) Board meetings, after being requested by the Board. After some discussion by the Board and Attorney Harvey, M. Latta directed the Clerk to write a letter to Mr. Chobar requesting his appearance at the next (3-4-85) Board Meeting. He will be put on the • agenda and this is the last effort. M. Latta reported we have four (4) applications for Plumbing Inspector, and suggested Mayor Selfridge interview the applicants and give his recommendation to the Board, March 4, 1985, next Board meeting. M. Latta stated she will report on H.E.P.T. at next .Board meeting (3-4-85), M. Latta reported on a Letter to Nancy Nier, Chairman of Plainfield Nutrition Board, from Region Two Area Agency on aging (Meals on Wheels). Our fee to Region II will be $1,$28.00 to be split with the Township, each paying $914.00. M. Latta requested the Board remove the hold on the payment now that this organization has been straightened out. Mayor Selfridge stated we will wait for their invoice. M. Latta announced March 14, 19$5 we will host a meeting between Bolingbrook, Naperville and Plainfield, to be held at Plainfield Village Hall to discuss each community's plans for expansion. Mayor Selfridge directed G. Ansley, M. Latta, A. Simmons and J. West to attend. Mayor Selfridge inquired of Captain Lantz if the Employee Handbook is near completion - Captain Lantz stated it is about half completed. J. King made a motion to advertize for bids on our three (3) squad cars to be disposed of, to be sold, as is, as separate units,. not a package. • Seconded. by G. Ansley, Vote by roll call, Sharp,. aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. PLAINFIELD VILLAGE Regular Meeting February 18, 1985 Page three BOARD OF TRUSTEES W. Sharp commended the Street Department on the good job they have done on the streets during the last snow fall. W. Sharp made a motion to direct Attorney Harvey to compile an ordinance to limit load weights on Van Dyke Road to 24,000 pounds, from Route 30/126 to 143rd Street, conditional there is no existing ordinance restricting load weights for that section of road. Seconded by M. Latta. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. W. Sharp reported after several years of reviewing other communities'. Gable TV ordinances, we the Gable TV Committee, with the assistance of two (2) Cable TV companies, Joyce Cable and TCI, (who volunteered their help), also the Village Board who spent many wprkshap hours going over this ordinance. We decided on a similar ordinance to that of New Lenox. There are three (.3) steps needed to bring Gable TV to Plainfield: (1) Pass the ordinance; (2) Offer the terms of the ordinance to the cable companies interested (include a zoning map) and. negotiate any changes; (3) Franchise would be awarded by ordinance. The franchise by ordinance would be for a 15-year period. M J. Dement stated he would like to acknowledge and commend the Cable TV Committee, George Austin, Richard Fazio, Thomas Hurely and Jahn Donahue (~. Dement and W. Sharp - Board Members). Mayor Selfridge directed the Clerk to write the Cable TV Committee letters commending them for all their work on this committee. W. Sharp made a motion to approve the Cable TV Ordinance No. 1079. Secanded by J. Dement. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye;, Latta,. aye; King, nay; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 5 ayes, 1 nay. Motion declared carried. W. Sharp distribued "Proposed Plan For Plainfield Historic Preservation Survey Process" (Michael Lambert's letter) and would like all Board Members to review for next Monday night's (2/25/85) study session. W. Sharp stated he would like the Cable TV Committee to be notified and help the Board evaluate any Cable TV proposals. J. Dement reported we have .been working on the Eastern Avenue project, the in-flow and out-flow and hope to return to the next meeting with some ways to solve some of the problems.. We have a broken water main an corner of Union and Division Streets, the men will be working on that tomorrow morning. J. Dement made a motion to write off Water/Sewer Account No. 2655 in the amount of $36.03. Secanded by D. Lambert. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting February 18, 1985 Page four J. Dement reported the men in the department have been working nn the infiltration figures to the sewer plant, we should have those figures for the next meeting. J. Dement xeported the painting in the Village Hall is progressing, everything upstairs is completed, Glenn Kinley and another .gentleman are working downstairs, they are doing a fine job. J. Dement reported we are still working on the Memorial for Jeff Schwab. We hope to place the memorial on the. northeast side of the Village Green.. ~ have met with Al Sather from American Legion and we are talking about a head figure setting on a bronze stone, we are making some headway.. G. Ansley made a motion to acknowledge receipt of the Treasurers Report. Seconded by J. Dement. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. G. Ansley made a motion to sign the Purchase Order for Resident Engineer Roger Allshouse - Provide part-time employee Resident Engineer service as required and available. to complete the James Street Project, approximately l50 hours-estimated to finalize this project, (Reference previous Purchase Order No. 493St.) at $12.20 per hour. Seconded by J. King. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. G. Ansley reported on February 7, 1985 he and J. West attended a meeting in Park Forest held by Governor Thompson and his Cabinet. Basically, the purpose of the meeting was to help get economic recovery back in Illinois. As mast of you know the Governor has visited Japan trying to .get companies interested in bringing factories over here. Will County Group had questions for him vn landfills.gas tax increases, local shares of income tax, self- insurance pools., industrial retention State grants, newsletters and many others. He opened up the meeting for questions from the audience, such as how can we get more money. The Governor stated the money supply was limited but he would do what he could but could not promise anything. G. Ansley questioned the Governor on the Bill passed by Congress in 1971 allowing the ground water plus the flow from catch basisns and leakage into the pipes to count as part of the total flow to the sewer plant. After which we had a Bnnd issue to enlarge the sewer plant. Now suddenly we find ourselves with a new sewer plant designed to handle a population of 10,000 people but would only handle 4,000 people. This effects all cities and Villages over the U.S.; could he (the Governor) contact other Governors over the U.S. and go to Congress and ask for leniency vn this part and rescind that section. Then we would have the capacity our sewer plant was designed for. Funding is sv difficult at this time. The Governor was very understanding and stated this was due for review. The Governor suggested G. Ansley contact his Chief of Staff after the meeting. G. Ansley .did so and the Chief of Staff will get back to Mr. Ansley. PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting February l$, 19$5 Page five G. Ansley stated the article in the Joliet Herald on the progress of Plainfield was shortened and many things that have been done failed to appear in the newspaper - new l2-inch water main down to the High School, no increase in taxes or increase in water rates; the Plaza Drive and James Street Project which was a total of approximately .o.ne millioH dollars, we got a grant for it and the Village put up 25%, no tax increase; we have a lift station on James Street, we had to replace two 750-gallon pumps with two 1,000-gallon pumps for future growth; with the constant pressure on the sewer plant, on James, Main and Division Streets, we have worked together with the State and removed all the catch basisns from the sanitary sewer and run them into storm sewer and this makes a difference in the flow through the sewer plant. Also we have installed a flow meter so we know the actual flow into the sewer plant. Also we have saved the Village and collected past due water bills to total approximately $459,000.00. G. Ansley reported he and J. West will have a meeting on Industrial Banding for a company wanting to come into the Village. G. Ansley made a motion to adjourn into Executive Session and will reconvene. Seconded by W. Sharp. Vote by roll call.. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. 9203 p.m. 9:59 p.m. M. Latta made a motion to contact the services of Steven Manning as Planner for the Village at $12.20 per hour contingent upon his acceptance of the position. Seconded by J. King. Vote by roll call. Sharp,. aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. G. Ansley made a motion to adjourn. Seconded by W. Sharp. Vote by roll call. Sharp, aye; Latta, aye; King, aye; Ansley, aye; Dement, aye; Lambert, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. 10:02 p,m. 1 V Vera J. Krnac ilia Clerk