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Home My Public Portal About12.17.84 VB MinutesPLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRi7STEES • Regular Meeting DATE: December 17, 1984 AT: Village Hall MEMBIaRS OF BOARD PRESZ~NT: D. Lamebert, J. Dement, G. Ansley, J. King, M. Latta, W. Sharp. OTHERS PRESENT: Village Administrator - J. West Village Clerk - V. ICrnac Captain Lantz, Fi. Countryman, J. Donahue. Mayor Self ridge .opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. with the pledge to the flag. W. Sharp made a motion to approve the agenda with the addition.c~f an Executive Session for personnel requested by J.. Dement;~.~or litigation requested by At- torney Harvey, not to reconvene. Also M. Latta requested the addition to the regular meeting Ordinances and Licensing -- the Park District request for waiver of building permit fees. Seconded by J. Dement. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Sharp, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye: 6 ayes, na nays. Mahon declared carried. G. Ansley made a motion to ackngwledge receipt of the letter from Walter E. Deuchler Associates (Village Engineers) stating their revised fee schedule effective January 1, .1985. Seconded by J. Dement. Vote by roll call. Lam- bert, aye; Dement, aye,; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes,. no nays, Motion declared carried. M. Latta made a motion to waive the fees for the Park District building per- mits #05-83---$19.00; #66--83---$24.67; #16-5~--$4.00 total amount $47.67. Sec- onded by W. Sharp. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. M. Latta made a motion to pass Ordinance #1074 Authorizing. a Lease Agreement with Plainfield Historical Society on the Old Village Hall. Seconded by G. Ansley. Vote by rail call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, pass; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 5 ayes, 1 pass. Motion declared carried. M. Latta reported on a memo from Allan Mauer, Building Inspector, on his in-- spection of the residence at the northeast corner of Chicago and .Division Streets. Mr. Mauer's memo stated he inspected the exterior only -- house is in need of major. repairs and in the present condition would not meet the Vil- lage of Plainfield's minimum standards for occupancy. ,After much. discussion it was the consenses of the Board to write a letter to Chobars of the vio- lations. PLAINFIELD BOARD QF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting . December 17, 1984 Page two J. Dement made a motion to direct the Village Administrator to write a letter to Mr. Chobar asking his intentions to correct the violations, his .response should be by January 4, 1985 and letter should be sent certified with return receipt. Seconded. by W. Sharp. Vote by moll call, Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp,,. aye. 6 ayes, no nays, Mo- tion declared carried. M. Latta reported on a future temporary .sign ordinance, After much discussion it was the consenses of the .Board to direct M. Latta to draft a sign ordinance and bring it back to the Board for discussion. M. Latta reported on the height of the sign at the Go 'fare Service Station is too low, After much discussion it was tabled until the next meeting. M. Latta reported an the fence issue at 444 Pheasant Chase Drive. We have not heard from Mr. Mauer in reference to Attorney Harvey"s letter on this is- sue. M. Latta. directed the Village Clerk to send a letter to Mr. Mauer re- questing a response in writing to the Board on Attorney Harvey's letter. M. Latta reported on a memo from Captain Lantz -- reference Zoning Violation/ Mullen's Property, the beauty shop is no longer on this property and' this subject can be removed from Unfinished Business. M. Latta reported on a memo from Captain Lantz in reference to Illegal/Un-- licensed Scavengers to date this has been resolved, if any other issues, it will be brought back to the Board by Captain Lantz, subject may be removed. from the Unfinished Business. M. Latta ,reported on the meeting that she and Mayor Selfridge attended in Naperville, reference their Comprehensive Plan. Those attending were Warrenville, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Lyle, Plainfield and both Will and Du- Page Counties and Wheatland Township. Naperville's plans are to divide the area/~~u~~ions, we would butt.up against them at the EJ & E railroad tracks on the west, up to 87th Street an the north and 111th Street on the south and Plainfield/Naperville Road. on the east. Their alternatives for our sec- tion was to leave it basically agricultural, there are a few areaofthat are homes now. The other alternative was manufacturing to grow east/EJ & E rail- road between 111th and 87th Streets, office and research on both sides of route 59 between 111th and 87th Streets, from route 59 east to Plainfield/ Naperville Road basically homes of five (5) acres per unit and some multi unit homes. Mayor Selfridge and M. Latta told Naperville they would bring this information back to their Board for review and Plainfield would get back to Naperville. Mayor Selfridge stated all of this information should be .conveyed to our Plan Commission by M. Latta and there will be another meeting of all of these communities in the near future, possibly in Bolin- brook. • PLAINFZELD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting December 17, 1984 Page three Wheatland was very concerned, they want their area to stay agricultural and Will County was also very Strang on keeping Wheatland agricultural because Wheatland is considered some of the best farm ].and in the United States. M. Latta will inform the Plan Carnmission and bring their suggestions back to the Board. M. Latta questioned a.n regard to a plumbing inspector can we advertise .,far a plumbing inspector? It was the Boards cansenses to advertise and directed J. West to do so in the Enterprise. M. Latta stated she aauld not find anything in the ordinances referenca:ng limited parking in the Village's Parking Lots, J. West found an ordinance stating, "no person can park a vehicle far longer than a 4 hour period be-» tween the hours of 9:00 a,m. and 5:00 p.m. except on Sundays and holidays on the municipal parking lots in .the Village." There were many questions reference to people. who park in the lots and get a ride to work ar the people who work down. town, where can they par7c due to the time limit on street park- ing? It was the cansenses of the Board to bring this problem to the next work shop in January. M. Latta. reported the weight limits on streets, she and Captain Lantz will be meeting and will get back to the Board. M. Latta reported we have received. an application for the Planner. Mayor Selfridge stated he will be contacting Mr. Manning who is the Planner for Arland Park, to complete an application then the two (2) applicants can be interviewed.. J. King made a motion to allow the Village President to sign .the .Agreement allowing Officer Chellini to participate in the Crime Prevention Exhibit at Louis Joliet Mall - E'ebruary 9th and 10,.....1985. Seconded by D. Lambert. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta,. aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. 0'. King made a motion to .advertise for bids for two (2) .squad cars, specs same as last year. Seconded by D. Lambert, Vate by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. J. King made a motion to change the special activities to Police function, limited to.the Village of Plainfield, should be posted and Village Admin- istrator must be made aware of the function, Seconded by D. Lambert. Vote by gall call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. C ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. J. King made a motion. the Village reimburse Captain Lantz - $387,1.0; J. West - $211.95; H, Countryman - $70.77 this was a portion of the. money reimbursed to the Village by Illinois Bell for time these men spent when the cable was cut on route 30. PLATNFTELD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting December l7, 1984 Page four These men as supervisory personnel can not be paid over-time. Seconded by D. Lambert. Lambert, .aye; Dement,. aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes` no nays. Motion declared carried. J. Dement made a motion to advertise for bids to get rid of the 1969 Chevy dump truck from the water and sewer department. Seconded by G. Ansley. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye, 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. J. Dement reported the 1100 gallon per minute pumps are installed at the lift station and the flow .meter is installed, the recorder is not in yet and the. flow meter has to be calibrated. J, Dement reported he had a meeting with Al Sather/American Legion in ref- erence to the Memorial. We have a tenitive location for the Memorial, at the northeast corner of the Village Green. We are in the process of getting bids for the costs. W. Sharp made a motion to pass Resolution #840 for $16,200,00 for snow re- moval from Motor Fuel Tax far the year 1985 and ,this resolution sent to. 1DOT for approval. Seconded by G. Ansley. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp aye. 6 ayes, n4 nays.. Motion declared carried. W. Sharp reported we all have a copy of the drawings prepared by Heintz Bras. for the water problem in alley between Fox River and Des Plaines Streets next to Kelly's Garage, approximate cast $10,000.00. After some discussion, it was the consenses of the Board to bring to next work shop. w. Sharp reported the Village Hall will be accepting calls an sidewalk replacement. The calls will be logged - date, time., name and address. This sidewalk replacement will be paid by 50~ homeowners and 50~ Village, it will be on a first come first serve basis. In about April we will check all the requests and determine haw far the appropriated monies will go. Replacements should start in July. W. Sharp reported in reference to our street repairs, it appeaxs the street that should. be upper most in our minds is Lockport Street fxom Division Street east. He is going to do some investigating into the cost and get back to the Board. W. Sharp reported all Board members received a listing of the tool inventory for the Water & Sewer Dept. and Street Dept. Also a list of needed tools for both departments. W. Sharp made a motion to approve a purchase order for $590..37 for tools from Jones Hardware and Ace. Hardware. Seconded by J. King. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. G. Ansley stated we should have a yearly inventory on all tools. W. Sharp agreed. , PLAINF'IELD .BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting . December 17, 1984 Page .five G. Ansley made a motion to acknowledge receipt of .the Auditors Report for the fiscal year 1983/1984. Seconded by J. Dement.. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye,; Ansley, aye;. King., aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. G. Ansley made a motion to acknowledge Janet Brandolino as a part-time em- ployee in the Village Office,. effective as of December 5, 1984. Seconded by D. Lambert. Vote by roll. call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye;.Sharp., aye. 6 ayes,' no nays. Motion declared carried. G. Ansley made a motion to pass Ordinance #1075, amending Ordinance #8$4A granting to Illinois Bell Telephone Company certain rights in the Village o£ Plainfield. Seconded by D. Lambert. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye;,Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. Captain Lantz requested an investigation to see if we can get a temporary street light at the corner of Lockport and Division Streets. Due to the con- struction the .light is out at that corner and is dangerous. W. Sharp will check into this problem. J. Dement reported it was brought to his attention there has been vandalism in the Village; automobile T-tops and spray paint on houses. Tt would be to the best interest to all Village residence to keep our eye open and report any- . thing irregular to the Palice Department. W. Sharp wished everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. G. Ansley made a motion to adjourn into Executive Session, not to reconvene. Seconded by W. Sharp. Vote by roll call. Lambert, aye; Dement, aye; Ansley, aye; King, aye; Latta, aye; Sharp, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. 9:20 p.m. Vera xrnac, Villa e Clerk •