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HomeMy Public PortalAbout09.15.86 VB Minutes• PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OE TRUSTEES Regular Meeting DATE: September 15, 1986 AT: Village Hall MEMBERS OP BOARD PRESENT: Mayor Latta, J. Bootz, J. Dement, K. Callahan, D. Gullicksen, J. Peterson, W. Sharp OTHERS PRESENT: M. Pusinelli - Village Administrator V. Krnac - Village Clerk Attorney J. Harvey H. Countryman, J. Donahue • • Mayor Latta opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. with. the pledge to the flag. Roll call was taken, all members were present. W. Sharp moved to approve the Agenda with the additions of an Executive Session - Police - personnel, to reconvene; question on Illinois Municipal League both requested by J. Feterson. Seconded by J. pement. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. J. Bootz moved to approve the current invoices (9/1/$6 thru 9/15/86) for payTnent with a correction on page (1) (first invcaice). Dr. Robert Larson - $100.00 should be charged to Streets (from Administratioh) changing the totals, Administration.- $16,039.05 and Streets $2,004.24. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. 'Vote by roll ca11. Bootz, yes; Dement, yes; Callahan, yes; Gullicksen, yes; peterson, yes; Sharp; yes. 6 yes, 0 na. Motioh carried. Mayor Latta read a letter from Wheatland 'township requesting to be present at any boundary negotiations that could effect Wheatland Township. Mayor Latta introduced Mrs. William Ellerbroek who requested to be on the Agenda for the purpose o~ requesting the vacation of Village owned property in Riverview Paxk Subdivision. Mrs. Ellerbrock stated the property owned by the Village is .between .lots 5.6, 57 a~d_':55.~ 58, They would like the Village to vacate this parcel. She stated they are trying to refinance their home and no one will give them the loan, due to their property is 4 feet from Village property. J. Dement questioned if the Village has utilities on this property? H. Cauntryman stated he is hat certain. He will check into it. Mrs. Ellerbrock stated her property is lots 57 and 58; Doris Albright owns lots 58, 59, 62, 63, 66, 67 and 70; Mr. & Mrs. Martin own lots 52, 54 and 55, K. Callahan stated i£ we vacated that property,. it would hat a11aw access to lots 54 and 55. Mr. Martin stated he owns lots 54 and 55 along with 52. They would not need access to 54 and 55. J. Harvey stated the property should be checked out through the title company making sure there are no utilities near the property. Tt . PI,AINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF T1tUSTEES September 15, 1986 Page Two would be your burden to have this checked out. If the Village vacated the property, it would become. private property divided between abutting land owners property. After much more discussion, it was the consensus of the Board that they (Ellerbrock's and Martin's) should retain some legal assistance to properly describe the property so it can be brought before the Board to act upon. U. Gullicksen stated the Lohman letter, which was tabled at the September 3, 19$6 meeting, waiting the opinion of Attorney Harvey. Attorney Harvey stated in the letter they (Lohmars) ask questions relating to the work that was done at that particular location Ceast end of Highview Court). Was a performance bond issued? No it is not required under Village Ordinances. In this case, a surety bond was required which assures that the contractor performs the work in question and repairs it to the condition that it was before they began the construction, or if a pipe or Village utility is damaged, it shall be repaired. No performance bond was waived because it was not required. Qur Ordinance, Chapter 6, Section 3-3-5, ~-testes a surety bond is required to insure that wank is properly performed and that any disruption of streets or curbs are properly back filled and repaired, said bond should cover either water main or . sewer connections. As far as a sidewalk being chipped or damaged, the bond required in this case. would not cover the sidewalk. J. Peterson questioned if there is damage. done from some construction, to peoples property, who is responsible? I want to insure there is a buffer .zone between Residence A and B-2 or B-3. J. Harvey. stated buffers are fences, bushes, and trees. If the buffer does not keep out papers and etc., the B-2 or B-3 .zoned property owners are responsible. Then it would be under our Police powers to cite them for littering. D. Gullicksen stated the sidewalk is Village property brut when the sidewalk needs to be repaired, the property owner pays half of the cast, so whose property is it? I'm sure there are sections in the Village that axe much worse, but this has resulted from construction and the Village was involved with it. After much much more. discussion, K. Callanan quests©ned what does the Board want to do to help the Lohman situation? J. Bootz stated he feels we have already helped the Lohmars by requesting Bays put up the fence. If my sidewalk gets chipped, cracked or whatever, I would have to pay half. Mr. I,ohmar stated that makes no sense! ,7. Bootz responded, initially you (Mr. Lohman) had some legitimate complaints. Now it has laecome more and more petty. J. Peterson stated whose liability is it when private property is damaged as a result of someone else's action. Who then is responsible for this because this is going to be an increasing.. concern for the Village Board in the future. Then. there was much mots discussion. D. Gullicksen moved that the 'Village bare the expense of replacing five (5) squares of sidewalk in from of the Lohman residence at 501 W. Highview Court, work to be done with 19$7 summer sidewalk program. PLATNPIEL- VILLAGE BOARD OF TRIISTEES September 1S, 1986 Page Three Secanded by J. Petersan. Vate by roll call. Bootz, no; Dement, yes; Callanan, yes; Gullicksen, yes; Peterson, yes; Sharp, yes. 5 yes, 1 no. Motion carried. W. Sharp questioned if this will satisfy the Lohmars? K. Callanan stated she does not want them coming back with more complaints. J. Dement stated it is imperative that the staff checks these things out in the future. -, Gullicksen stated if this was infront of his house, he would take pictures of the problem. K. Callanan stated she would like to acknowledge receipt of the Resolution fram McClester-Nimmons village of Plainfield Pree Public Library stating they would like to withdraw previous resolution reference financing. J. Peterson stated he would like our delegate (Mayor Latta) to the Illinois Municipal League Conference, if at all possible, to bring to that meeting the necessity of the League getting involved in our utility rates. We are paying exorbitant utility bills from Commonwealth Edison, which are three (3) times higher in Illinois than surrounding states. We are trying to attract business to Illinois and that is difficult when we must compete with states that can offer the consumer cheaper utility gates. It is time the Illinois Municipal League gets involved in this to represent the various municipalities in Northern Illinois. Chief Bennett reported the high bidder for the 1980 Buick Squad Car, David Sanders, decided after viewing the vehcile, he was not interested in purchasing it. Therefore, we contacted the second highest bidder, William Asbury at $150.00 and we recommend the Board approve this bid for $150.00. J. Peterson directed the attorney to draft an ordinance to amend prdinance No. 1117 which sold the 19$0 Buick to -avid Sanders far $195.00, insert instead William Asbury for $150.00. Chief Bennett will contact Mr. Asbury. J. Peterson reported a number of signs have nat been placed according to ordinances passed, although this week some of them have been put into place. He requested an inventory of the signs, including our street signs. :Also, an inventory o£ signs and schedule of the maintenance of our Village signs, when the signs will be placed that are required by ordinance. It is difficult for our Police Department to require people to obey laws if the signs are not posted, Also, has the State been notified of the signs on the State highways that are damaged and not in proper condition? Whose responsibility is it to contact the State? M. Pusinelli stated it would be the responsibility of the Street Department. W. Sharp stated it would behove all of us, if a Village employee and/or Board member notices signs down or something should be checked out, that they . contact Ron or myself. PLAINF'TELD VILLAGE BOARD 01' TRUSTEES September 15, 19$6 Page Faur W. Sharp questioned if there shouldn't be a warning sign at the east side of 1-55 on Lockport Street for the load limit fram the west side of I-S5 to the Village. There is no place for a truck to turn around. Marilyn Geherke was in the audience and agreed to check into the problem with the Township. W. Sharp moved to issue a purchase order to .john Gr en Rxcavating for 1986/19$7 snow removal season. Seconded by D. Gu1l'cksen. Vote by ro11 call. Baotz, yes; Dement, yes; Callanan, yes; Gull~icksen, yes; Peterson, yes; Sharp, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. W. Sharp reported Robert Graham is providing a stre' ~t light at Route 59 and Pheasant Chase Drive at the entrance to Pheasanl t Chase Subdivision. The Village of Plainfield wi11 pay the monthly bill'~ for service. W. Sharp reported the Mallard Drive vault should bel completed by the end l of this week unless the weather obstructs the compl etion. W. Sharp reported on Cable T.V., the section from aperville Raad to Route 126 (Penny Subdivision), lines have been inst alled in that area and they will be installing lines south into Bartlett d Lockport Street to 1-55. K. Callanan questioned what percent does the{ Village receitre for each subscriber? W. Sharp stated it will be 5% of the total monthly charge of each subscriber. J. Petersan questianed' if this cable program allows for taping'? W. Sharp stated taping can be g one if you purchase pr rent the tape hook-up. ~ J. Dement reported a few years ago, there was a proi blem with USEPA as to the rating of our sewer plant, if it should be 1~ Imgd or .75mgd:. Tt is now cleared up and our plant i.s rated at .75mgd. At this rating of .75mgd, we are not a major contributor so our rest fictions are less artd there is less paper work and we should not have to da special lab performance evaluation studies. This means the no al load that our plant is designed to handle. ~, Chief Bennett reported Karen Jenneman has complete) v 40 hours Illinois Telecommunications Training Course.. We have recei ed her certificate and we request that is be placed in her personnel file !I Chief Bennett reported on the project Mrs. Nemeth a pproached the Board (8/18/$6) in reference to the traffic concerns at O ttawa Street Park and Pool. We have a recommendation, it will require re ducing the street parking which would illiminate the south side str~: t parking, the same distance as the north side no parking area. After talking with the Park District, we are purposing building in steps with ailroad ties on the south side to make a stairwell coming down the ba k. Then we would paint • a crosswalk install signs "yield for pedestrians' . The problem we are PLAIN~'ILLD VILLAGE .BOARD 01' TRUSTEES September 15, 1986 Page Five having is the cars that park on the south. side during ba11 games. With the restriction of "no parking" on the south side as well as the north side, the area would be open if a child started running towards the street. The Park District agreed to install the steps. .T. Dement questioned if the Park District feels they will have adequate parking if that area of parking is illiminated? Chief Bennett stated they have always felt they had plenty of park~.ng. We would be amending Chapter 9, Article 9-2-59 which now does nat allow parking on the north side. In the amendment, it would not a11ow parking on the south side of Qttawa Street. Mayor Latta directed Chief Bennett. to contach Mrs. Nemeth and her group, also the Park District, that this will be on the next agenda. D. Gullicksen moved to ad,jaurn to Executive Session to reconvene. Seconded by K. Callanan. Voice vote,' 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. 8:45 p.m. 9:11 p.m. Due to no action to be taken, W. Shaxp moved to adjourn. Seconded by J. Bootz. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. 9:12 p.m. ,~ ..T 'Vera Krnac - Vil age Clerk ~1 LJ