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Home My Public Portal About04.08.91 VB MinutesPLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING DATE: APRIL $, 1991 MEMBERS OF BOARD PRESENT: AT: VILLAGE HALL MAYOR LATTA, D. GULLICKSEN, D. LEWIN, W. SHARF, J. GAYLORD, L. KELLY, J. DEMENT. OTHERS PRESENT: At 6:30 p.m. Mayor Latta the flag. V. KRNAC - VILLAGE CLERK J. HARVEY - ATTORNEY P. WALDOCK - PLANNER opened the meeting with the pledge to Roll call was taken, all members were present. W. Sharp moved to approve the New/Old Business Section of the Agenda with the addition of items # 11, Hiring Village Administrator; #12, Guard Rail - E J & E Viaduct; #13, Mid States - Letter of Request and an Executive Session on Personnel. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. D. Gullicksen moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Seconded by J. Dement. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. Meg Bushnell, Assistant to the Director of Flant Illinois spoke in reference to Tornado Relief, sponsored by the Illinois Department of Conservation. Their task is to aid tornado ravaged areas in Will, Kane and Kendall Counties in replacing trees to these areas. Plant Illinois has a goal of $175,000 to help private land owners to replace their trees. To draw attention and support to this project they are requesting permission to hold a parade and tree planting on the grounds of the Village Green the afternoon of Sunday, May 11, 1991. Plant Illinois plans to invite President George. Bush, Governor James Edgar and Mayor Richard Daley to attend this event. It was the consensus of the Board, that this program is very worth while, and the Village appreciates the assistance. Art Henschen, Vice President of Tri-County Disposal Services and his General Manager Al Bilthouse spoke in reference to their merger with Waste Management, Inc. Attorney Harvey stated, . according to our contract, the new Tri-County Disposal Services, a Division of Waste Management, must receive the Board's written permission in order for the new business be recognized by the PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APRIL 8 , ]. 9 91 PAGE TWO Board. All the Certificates of Insurance and the Bond must be transferred to the New business and this has been done. Mr. Aubert an apartment building owner spoke in reference to his garbage service for the apartments, which has been raised 65~ in seven months. He stated he is being billed far each unit (28 units) and he is provided one (1) dumpster for the apartments. It was the consensus of the Board that W. Sharp would work with Sheri Binzen, Art Henschen anal Al Bilthouse in reference to garbage service for apartments. Mr. Henschen stated they would like to see all yard waste be in bio-degradable bags, limbs can still be bundled. Mayor Latta stated she is concerned of another cost to the residents for the bags, plus when we .start the recycling program, it will cost $2.20 more on their bills. It was the consensus of the Board that W. Sharp would also discuss with Mr. Henschen the bio-degradable bags and recycling would be done after the new Administrator has been hired. Returning to the garbage service to apartments, the Board agreed it might be better to eliminate apartments for Village garbage service, allow apartment owners to contract .their own garbage service. . W. Sharp moved to authorize the Village President and Village Clerk to sign a letter approving the merger between Tri-County Disposal Services and Waste Management. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. (Mayor directed Attorney Harvey to draft the letter). J. Dement requested that Mr. Henschen and W. Sharp look aver the price for Spring Cleanup. He feels that Tri-County Disposal could give us a better price. Downtown Lighting -~ due to the inability for Brent Coulter to be at the meeting, the Board agreed to table this item until the next meeting on April 15, 1991. L. Kelly moved to adopt Ordinance No. 1357 - Annexing Property Owned By Fox Valley Press, Inc. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. Vote by roll call. Gullicksen, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gaylord, yes; Kelly, yes; Dement, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. L. Kelly moved to adopt Ordinance No. 1358 Rezoning Of Property Owned By Fox Valley Press, Inc., Situated East Of The Lincoln Highway and South Of Filcher Road (135th Street) in Will County, Illinois (I-1 District). Seconded. by J. Gaylord. Vote by roll call. Gullicksen, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gaylord, yes; Kelly, yes; Dement, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APRIL $, 1991 PAGE THREE L. Kelly moved to adopt Ordinance No. 1359 Variations From The Code Of Ordinances Of Plainfield For Fox Valley Press, Inc. Seconded Vote by roll call. Gullicksen, yes; Lewin, Gaylord, yes; Kelly, yes; Dement, yes. 6 y~ carried. Allowing Certain The Village Of by D. Gullicksen. yes; Sharp, yes; ~s, 0 no. Motion L. Kelly moved to adopt Ordinance No. 1350 Authorizing The Execution Of An Amendment To The Annexation Agreement Between The Village of Plainfield. Illinois, And Trust No. 189, Commonly Known As The Lichtenwalter Property. Seconded by W. Sharp. Vote. by roll call. Gullicksen, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gaylord, yes; Kelly, yes; Dement, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. L. Ke11y moved to adopt Resolution No. 988 Objecting To The County Rezoning Of The Gary And Suzanne Yunker Property (5 acres, 1/2 mile east of Route 59, north side of 127th Street - from County A-1 to E-1 Estate District). Seconded by J. Gaylord. Vote by roll call. Gullicksen, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gaylord, yes; Kelly, yes; Dement, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. Mayor Latta reported, we will conduct the Canvass Of Votes for the April 2, 1991 General Election immediately following the regular meeting tonight. The Canvass Board will consist of Mayor Latta, Trustee Sharp and Village Clerk Krnac. Mr. Jahn Schroeder Joliet/Plainfield disagreement to t property. It was Boundary Agreement April 15, 1991. spoke in reference to the Addendum 1-A to the Boundary Agreement. He expressed his he way the Boundary Agreement will affect his the consensus of the Board, not to change the and act on the addendum at the next meeting D. Gullicksen, stated he had a conversation with our County Board Member, Karen Callanan and voiced his displeasure on the State spending $47,000 on guard rails at the E J & E Viaduct. He stated his concerns of the guard rails creating more of a danger. Ms. Callanan spoke to Mr. Cousins and he .will talk to our IDOT contact and voice our concerns. After some discussion, the Board directed Planner Waldock to contact the State and check the prints that are in the IDOT Office on Lockport Street. • I PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APRIL 8, 1991 PAGE FOUR Mayor Latta stated we have received a request from Mid States, (This is the industrial building that was used, after the tornado for 120,000 square feet of food, clothing and building supplies.) for the process of remodeling their building. Therefore, they are requesting not to be charged for their building permit. There was no cost to anyone for the use of the .building, Mid States paid for the lighting and the first week they had some of their employees helping, lift trucks and labor at no cost to anyone. W. Sharp moved to waive all Building Permits and Inspection Fees up to $3,000 for Mid States current remodeling due to the use of their warehouse after the tornado. Seconded by J. Gaylord, Vote by roll call. Gullicksen, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gaylord, yes; Kelly, yes; Dement, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. W. Sharp moved to refund any fees already paid by Mid States far the current remodeling. Seconded by J. Dement. Vote by roll call. Gullicksen, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gaylord, yes; Kelly, yes; Dement, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. J. Gaylord stated she would like to take this time to thank Staff far all they have done and how hard they worked to get everything done. W. Sharp moved to pay the bills far April 1st through April 15, 1991. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. Vote by roll call. Gullicksen yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gaylord, yes; Ke11y, yes; Dement, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. W. Sharp acknowledged receipt of Treasurers Receipt, Revenue Report and Expenditure Report for March, 1991. J. Dement reported we have received two (2) quotes on a cap for Street Department pick-up truck - Rick's R.V. $1,007 and Bi11 Jacobs $1,350. These quotes will be in next weeks Board Packet. W. Sharp stated during the period after the Lemont Tornado (We authorized some of our Police to go to that community to help.), Chief Bennett spent many, many hours on duty here in Plainfield and we would like to publicly. thank him. Mary Latta stated she spoke to Lemont by phone and they were grateful for the Officers help. D. Gullicksen stated he is concerned with the State using 143rd Street for by-pass during construction at the E J & E Viaduct. Planner Waldock will check into it. PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APRIL 8, 1991 PAGE FIVE D. Lewin stated he received a call from the Township Trustee, (Can they get on the Agenda for mosquito .abatement?). It was the consensus that this service is paid for through our Township taxes. Mayor Latta stated she was a speaker at the Illinois Services Emergency Management Association last weekend in Peoria, and Don Gould was elected President. Wallace Stickney who is the head of FEMA, said in his speech he uses the Plainfield Area Tornado as an example when he is speaking to different groups, stating what. a fantastic job everyone did in our area, to pull together and move forward. Planner Waldock stated we have a letter from Russell Koleske requesting an extension on his variances for his property located at 402 Vista Lane, which was destroyed in the tornado. His variance will expire December 20, 1991. The Board felt this is a little pre-mature to ask for an extension when there is still over seven (7) months until it expires. Mayor Latta stated when the new Administrator gets on board, she would like to make contact with the people on the west side of Vista Lane, and ask them if they would be interested in a buy-out, if so, we can go back to the State to get the process moving. W. Sharp moved to adjourn to reconvene. Seconded by no. Motion carried. 8:06 p.m. 8:39 p.m. into Executive Session after a break, D. Gullicksen. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 W. Sharp moved to authorize the Mayor to execute and the Village Clerk to attest to the employment agreement between the Village of Plainfield and David P. Van Vooren of Downers Grove as our Village Administrator effective May 13, 1991 at starting salary of $47,500. Seconded by J. Gaylord. Vote by roll call. Gullicksen, yes; Lewin, yes; Sharp, yes; Gaylord, yes; Kelly, yes; Dement, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. W. Sharp moved to adjourn. Seconded by J. Gaylord. Voice vote. 6 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. 8:40 p.m. KRNAC ~ VIL`L~,GE C