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Home My Public Portal About05.21.84 VB Minutes PLAINFrELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DATE: May 2l, 1984 AT: Village Hall MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRESENT: Mayor Selfridge, J. Dement, W. Sharp, G. Ansley, M. Latta, D. Lambert, J, King. OTHERS PRESENT: Village Administrator - J, West, Village Clerk - V. Kxnac, Attorney - J. Harvey, Cpt. Lantz, Officer Chelini, R. A1lshouse. Mayor Selfridge opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m, with the pledge to the flag. W. Sharp made a motion to approve the agenda. Seconded by G. Ansley. Vote by roll call.' Dement, aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. Mayor Selfridge read a letter from Carl Bush, Commander of the American Legion stating the Legion will conduct their annual Memorial Day Parade, Monday, May 28, 1984, starting at the Village Green at 10:45 a.m. to Veteran Memorial at 11:00 a.in. Mayor Selfridge read a letter from A11en Sather of the American Legion stating they are interested in a. memorial to service men and women who have given their lives in time of peace. Many have died in the past few years, including serviceman Jeffrey Schwab. They ask for the Village's input in the type and placement of a Memorial. Some of their suggestions - renaming Boy Scout Park on Ottawa Street or a plaque at the present memorial. Mayor Selfridge directed J. Dement to take this matter under advisement and return to the Board with his findings. Mayor Selfridge read a letter from John Argoudelis, Chairman/Plainfield Fest ITT, requesting ,permission to conduct bingo on Fox River Street (Fox River. will be closed for the Fes t). Mayor Selfridge granted permission on May 11, 1984. Mayor Selfridge read a letter from John Argoudelis, Chairman/Plainfield Fest III, explaining the plan for temporary street closings and the approval of the surround- ing home owners and businesses with no negative response. He has met with Sgt. Deering who is coordinating the street closings. He thanked the Board, especially Mayor Selfridge and Mr. West for their prompt action and advice. Mayor Selfridge made his appointments as follows: Village Administrator -- James E. West Village Clerk/Collector - Vera J. Krnac Superintendent of Water & Sewer -- Harrison Countryman Building Inspector - Allen Mauer Village Treasurer - Edward Geschke Village Attorney -- Richard Buck Electrical Inspector - Donald Schmitz n,.,..,.. ; a- a-,,,, .. . . Planning -- Mary Latta Ordinance & Licensing - Mary Latta PLATNFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRi7STEES Regular Meeting May 21, 19$4 Page two. Streets & Sidewalks - Walter Sharp Development - Walter Sharp Water & Sewer -- Jeffrey Dement Buildings & Grounds - Jeffrey Dement Finance & Personnel - George Ansley Cable TV - Walter Sharp Jeffrey Dement Police Commission: Mayor Selfridge, D. Lambert and J. King Mayor Selfridge stated he was not appointing an Engineering Firm at this time, that will come later. In the Mayor's absence, George Ansley will be Mayor Pro-tem, Mayor Selfridge read a letter from Robert Hlavin, owner of Nabby's Restaurant, re- questing a beer only liquor license. Mayor Selfridge stated there are no liquor licenses available at this time. Mr. Hlavin stated he has completed the application and he would like to be on tap of the list for the next available license. M. Latta stated she has not been able to get with Officer Bennett on the sign ordi- nance, but hopes to have a report by the next meeting. Attorney J. Harvey stated Mr. Niznik is here representing Olson Manufacturing with their revised Agreement between Olson Manufacturing and the Village of ,Plainfield. zn this Agreement it states the location of the shed with the diameter of 80' x 22', the only blank left is the time frame. Mr. Niznik stated the time frame blank was .left for the Board to insert the number of years they agree on. Mr. Olson would like 15 years; but if the Board agrees somewhere. between 10 and 1.5 years, Olson Manufacturing will no doubt be satisfactory. M. Latta made a motion to acknowledge receipt of the proposed Agreement between Olson Manufacturing and the Village of Plainfield. Seconded by J. King. Vote by roll call. Dement, aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King," aye: 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. M. Latta stated everyone should look over the agreement for the next Board Meeting, June 4, 19.84. M. Latta stated we will discuss the waiving of the Park District permit fees at the next Work Shop Meeting and she asked Mr. West to send a memo to each Board Member stating such. J. King made a motion to promote Micheal Chelini from Corporal to Sergeant (Sgt. Friendly) in Auxiliary Department. Seconded by D. Lambert. Vote by roll call. Dement, aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. J. King reported the State Police are using our K-9 training field and training room in the basement of the Village Hall to train three state troopers and their K-9 partners on June 4 and July 13, 1984.. In turn we can send Officers Bostanche and Bennett with their partners to this training at no charge to the Village. PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OP TRUSTEES Regular Meeting May 2.1, 1984 Page three. J. King read a letter of appreciation from Ione Mueller an behalf of the Aurora District of the United Methodist Church for the police escort to the Plainfield Cemetery for their Heritage Sunday, April 29, 1984. Officers Bostanche and Offerman were the escorts. J. King reported Officers Mander and Herald will be attending Crime Scene Investi- gation, May 10, 1984, at the Crest Hill Police Department from 8:00 a.m. until 12.:00 noon; and Law Review - Court Testimony, May 24, 1984, at the Bolingbrook Police Department from 8:Op a.m. until 12:00 noon. Officer Herald only will attend High Risk Felony Arrest (Officer Survival), June 6, 1984, at the Joliet Police Department from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Mayor Selfridge presented Certificates from Girl Scout Troop 160 to Harry Countryman. for John Donahue and Cpt. Lantz for Officer Bennett for their assistance when the troop toured the Sewer Plant and Police Department. J. Dement reported he appreciates the Police Report in the Enterprise. It is good to know of the potential dangers in our community. At 8;00 p.m. the Village Clerk opened the bids for weed cutting on call; Dave Matheis 13258 S. Weber Rd. Plainfield, IL 60544. - $30.00 per hr. Village property $35,00 per hr. Private property Sennett Contractors Rt. 4 Plainfield, IL 60544 - $25.00 per hour Bids for the sale of two (2) vehzcles: Charles R. Marik 16111 Legion Plainfield, IL 60544 Speicher & Gaylord Rt. 30 Plainfield, IL 60544 - 1974 Ford Pick-Up - $150.00 - 1963 Int'1. Tanker - $101.00 1974 Ford Pick-Up - $251.00 G. Ansley made a motion to acknowledge receipt of the bids. Seconded by w. Sharp. Vote by roll call. Dement, aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. J. Dement made a motion to approve the bid from Speicher & Gaylord far the 1963 Intl. Tanker $101.00., and 1974 Ford Pick-Up $251.00. Seconded by D. Lambert. Vote by roll call. Dement, aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 6 ayes,, no nays. Motion declared carried. W. Sharp was directed by the Board to go over the bids for weed cutting and make PLATNFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF 'I"RWSTEES Regular Meeting May 21, 1984 Page four. • a decision before the end of the meeting, due to the urgency of the need fox cutting weeds. p. Lambert reported at the last work Shop Meeting there was much d1SCllS51On on ESDA and most questions were answered. zt is my intent tonight to desolve the organization.. M. Latta stated she is against desolving this organization, she is not sure the other governmental agencies can handle the duties that ESDA did in emergencies. D. Lambert stated she has discussed tornado watching with the Police Department. Four of our Police Officers were ESDA personnel at one time and do have knowledge of the function in an emergency.. The ambulance is no longer with ESDA, it is now a part of our Fire District. We have contacted Rusty Runners and they were favorable and will cooperate with us in snow rescue operations. We spend $10,000.00 per year for .ESDA and they do not seem to have the arganiza-- tion that we can have .confidence in. J. Dement questioned the reason you feel the orgaynization should be desolved is personnel or financial reasons? D. Lambert stated it is personnel, but maybe sometime in the future there could be a reorga- nization of ESDA. M. Latta questioned how much money has been given to ESDA to date. G. Ansley stated we budgeted $5,500.00, to date we have spent $120.00. J. West reported we have unpaid bills for ESDA dating back to January. W. Sharp stated my family has been involved with ESDA for years. ESDA has. provided sand. bagging, spotting tornadoes, traffic control in flooding situations*~.We cannot overlook that these things they were trained for. There has been a lot of pro- blems from within and without the organization. r concur with D. Lambert's de- cision to desolve ESDA, D. Lambert made a motion to approve Ordinance #1067 and #826. Seconded by J. King. vote by ro11 ca11. Ansley, aye; Latta, no; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 5 carried. repealing Ordinances #733 /~_;, .; ~,~!~. ' <, ' , Dement, aye; .Sharp, aye; ~ ~ ayes, 1 no. Motion declared ,` D. Lambert stated the Board would like to request any person or organization that have equipment in the ESDA building to write to Mr. West within 30 days, also any business or person having outstanding bi11s awed by ESDA to comment them to Mr. West in writing within the next 30 days. Also, arrangements have been made for an internal audit for ESDA. w. Sharp reported he and Ron Miller inspected the sidewalk on Plaza Drive, the covering the contractor put on last year is chipping off. T am recommending th.e contractor replace the sidewalk. W. Sharp made a motion to contact the contractor of the sidewalk on Plaza Drive and have the sidewalk be replaced. Seconded by J'. Dement. Vote by roll ca11. Dement, aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. W. Sharp reported the Spring Clean--Up will be May 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and June 1 and 2. Notice to the Public to please keep everything in the dumpsters. W. Sharp reported the unauthorized tree removal at 703 Commercial St. was checked PLATNFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting May 21, 1984 Page five. into and the tree was diseased. The property owner was not aware he .needed per-- missian to remove the tree, but he will replace the tree and he must contact the Village as to the type of tree he will plant because per. ordinance there are limited types that can be planted and also all utilities must be notified. J. Dement reported we have received information from the EPA allowing us to pile sludge on our site and we can distribute it to the public (if they would like it for garden fertilizer and such). The State needs a little more information on our dumping site, they would like to go out and see the site we are recommending. J. Dement made a motion to hire Kenneth Pennington part-time to do the grass mowing on call at $4.00 per hour. Seconded by J. King. Vote by roll call. Dement, aye; Sharp, aye;. Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. J. Dement made a motion to approve the purchase of a Woods RM 600 - 72" mower at $1345.00 from Plainfield Ford Tractor Co. to be .charged to the Water and Sewer Department. Seconded by J'. Icing. Vote by roll call. Dement, aye; Sharp,, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 5 ayes, no nays.. Motion de- clared carried. J. King made a motion to allow W. Sharp to evaluate the bids for the on .call mowing and award the bid to the bidder he sees fit. Seconded by J. Dement. Vote by rail call. Dement, aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. J. Dement made a motion to acknowledge receipt of the letter from the. Law Office of Herschback, Tracy, Johnsan~Bertani and Wilson in reference. to Plainfield Cen- tral Lire Station Water Connection:. Seconded by J. King. Vote by tall call. Dement, aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, ayes 6 ayes, no nays. Motion declared carried. J. Dement reported he has :contacted Air Port Authority in reference to Lewis University Air Part expansion. The air port is being sold to the Port Authority. They are purposing small. jets, twin engine, working on a freight service, 24 hour operation, 2 run ways (1 approximately 5500 feet,, the other approximately 4500 feet). T have tried to find out how much noise this is going to cause Plainfield, but was unable to get an accurate answer. Lockport is bringing a resolution be- fore their Council tonight. Mr. Roy Adaughty, representative from the Air Port Authority, stated they are trying to make Lewis Air Port a public facility. The Village of Plainfield is claw to this facility and should be informed of what we are planning for Lewis Air Part. He was sorry the Air Port Authority did not contact, the Village of Plainfield, it was an aversite. J. Dement stated the Board would look into it further and would like to be kept informed. G. Ansley made a motion to acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer"s Report. Sec- onded by.J. King. Vote by roll call. Dement aye; Sharp, aye; Ansley, aye; Latta, aye; Lambert, aye; King, aye. 6 ayes, no nays, Motion declared carried.' • PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OP TRUSTEES Regular Meeting May 21, 1984 Page six, G. Ansley stated he would like to recommend to the Board that we continue with our present auditors Sikich, Gardner & Co. G. Ansley stated we will have another Revenue Sharing Hearing due to the publics- tion for the first .Revenue Sharing Hearing was 7 days and by State. Statues it must be published 10 days prior to Hearing. So we are now readvertising in the May 23 issue of the Enterprise and the Hearing will be .held an dune 4, 1984 at 8:00 p.m. G. Ansley reported the 7 Plan Commission Members and 2 Ex-Officio Members will be paid for the meetings attended through the year (reference Ordinance #906). On motion, meeting adjourned at 9:03 p.m, Vera d. Krnac illage lerk • •