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Home My Public Portal About12.03.90 VB Minutesr ~ ~ J PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 3, 1990 AT: VILLAGE HALL MEMBERS OF BOARD PRESENT: MAYOR LATTA, L. KELLY, J. DEMENT, D. LEWTN, W. SHARP, D. GULLICKSEN, J. GAYLORD OTHERS PRESENT: M. PUSINELLI - ADMINISTRATOR V. KRNAC - VILLAGE CLERK J. HARVEY - ATTORNEY P. WALDOCK - PLANNER D. BENNETT - POLICE CHIEF At 6:32 p.m. Mayor Latta opened the meeting with the pledge to the flag. Roll call was called. All members were present. W. Sharp moved to approve the New/Old Business Section of the agenda with the addition of an Executive Session on passible • litigation after Item #1, to reconvene and an Executive Session on possible land acquisition at the end of the meeting, not to reconvene. Seconded by J. Dement. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. L. Kelly moved to reduce the Letter of Credit for Quail Run Subdivision, Unit #1 to $135,700. upon approval of the Village Engineer and Attorney. Seconded by J. Gaylord. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. W. Sharp moved to adjourn into Executive Session, to reconvene. Seconded by J. Dement. Voice vote, 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. 6:39 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Administrator Pusinelli reported he spoke to a person in Springfield today and the Illinois House and Senate had adjourned until January 8th without taking any action on the appropriations package of which a part was money for Vista Lane. It was the consensus of the Board not to wait to see if they will act. It's unfair to these people from Vista Lane in attendance of the meeting, namely Kevin Myers, Doris Albright and Sue Martin. • PLAINEIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECEMBER 3, 1990 PAGE TWO J. Dement moved to remove the Building Moratorium on Vista Lane area and extend building permit variance period for one (1) year to December 31, 1991. Seconded by D. Lewin. Vote by roll call. Kelly, yes; Dement, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gullicksen, yes; Gaylord, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. W. Sharp moved to approve payment of bills for the period of December 1, 1990 through December 15, 1990. Seconded by L. Kelly. Vote by roll call. Kelly, yes; Dement, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gullicksen, yes; Gaylord, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. D. Gullicksen acknowledged receipt of the Treasurer's Report. J. Dement. stated they are reviewing applications far an added Street Department employee. Chief Bennett received a quote from Meyerhoff Electric for a light in the back parking lot at a cost of $3,250. J. Dement moved to authorize Meyerhoff Electric to install a metal pole light in the rear parking lot at a cost of $32.50. 'Seconded by W. Sharp. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. W. Sharp reported the Police Committee will be interviewing fourteen (14) candidates for the Police Department. Chief Bennett reported the generator is to be delivered the end of this week. Planner Waldock reported Cass Collins, Plainfield Partners, is requesting the release of their Letter of Credit and replace it with a Maintenance Bond for $2,000. Under their contract, the contractor is not paid until the Letter of Credit is released, so the contractor supplied a Bond in place of the Letter of Credit. It was the consensus because Mr. Collins was not at the meeting. He may show up later, then they will deal with it. D. Gullicksen moved to break for five (5) minutes. Seconded by W. Sharp. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. 7:30 p.m. 7:38 p.m. Brent Coulter, engineer, spoke in reference to the U.S. Route 30 (Lockport Street) Project. As stated in his memo "Proposed U.S. 30 Bridge Widening Detours" dated November 26, 1990: 1) Close James Street to Right-Turns Only; and 2) Detour Illinois Route 126 at Illinois Route 59 to Lockport Street. Based on the analysis that they did, he feels it would make the flow of traffic m~ PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECEMBER 3, 1990 PAGE THREE W. Sharp moved to accept Brent Coulter's proposed bridge detours in his November 26, 1990 memo, also the Village reserves the right to change the traffic pattern on James Street if it deems necessary (due to spring construction) and direct Mr. Coulter to contact the State of our concerns. Seconded by J. Dement. Vote by roll call. Kelly, yes; Dement, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gullicksen, yes; Gaylord, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. Mr. Coulter spoke in reference to the street lights.. He stated from the staff's comments, the lights that they felt would be most reflected from the local concerns would be a twenty foot (20') mounting height with a twin fixtures - Victorian Style. They are 150 watt fixtures. They minimize glare and they meet the States lighting standards. He gave an alternative Street Light Frogram. This program is based on the State picking up the cost of the underground work, altho we have no confirmation that the State will approve doing the .underground work. The following is the alternative: Preliminary "Ball Park" Street Light Alternative Costs IDOT Village Total Alternative Street Li ht Pro ram Cost Cost Cost Alt. 1 Replace Existing Lighting $58,163 $ .29,470 $ 87,633 with Comparable System 13-20 Lights Alt. 2 Ornamental Posts & Twin $82,163 $ 94,320 $176,483 Fixtures 20' MH, 120' Spacing, 150 Watt, HPS 33 Lights Alt. 3 Same as Alternative 2 $82,153 $177,510 $259,673 (above) Plus Supplemental Lights, 12' MH, 30' o/c. 77 Lights Alt. 4 Ornamental Posts & Single $82,163 $ 80,860 $163,023 Fixture 15' MH, $0' Spacing, 250 Watt, HPS 80' spacing 49 Lights After same discussion in reference to how the Village will pay for this lighting, D. Lewin suggested the Village contact the downtown business people to participate in the funding of the lighting. It was the consensus of most of the Board to authorize Brent Coulter to submit to the State Alternative #2. PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECEMBER 3, 1990 PAGE FOUR Cass Collins appeared in reference to the release of the Letter of credit for Plainfield Partners and replace it with a Maintenance Bond in the amount of $42,000. It was the consensus of the Board that they would rather have a Letter of Credit. Mr. Collins agreed to supply the Letter of Credit. Attorney Harvey reported that on November 29th, the Illinoa.s Pollution Control Board granted our radium variance petition which we filed on August 15th. It is a five (5) year variance. It will be goad to November 29, 1995. We have forty-five (45) days to act on this variance. We have to accept or reject it. W. Sharp moved to adjourn into Executive Session, not to reconvene. Seconded by J. Gaylord. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. 8:25 p.m. .. ~~.,.. VERA KRNAC - VILL GE CLERK r ~