HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 03/03/1993 - City Council REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 3, 1993
The Regular Meeting of the McHenry City Council was called to order
by Mayor Busse on Wednesday, March 3, 1993 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council
Chambers of the Municipal Center. At roll call the following Aldermen
were present: Bolger, Donahue, Locke, Lieder, Smith, Adams, Patterson,
Serritella. Absent: None. City Staff in attendance: City Clerk
Gilpin, City Attorney Narusis, City Administrator Peterson, Director of
Public Works Batt, Director of Building and Zoning Lobaito, Director of
Parks and Recreation Merkel. Absent: Chief Joyce.
TEN MINUTE PUBLIC INPUT SESSION
No one signed in to speak during the ten minute public input session.
Mayor Busse acknowledged the attendance of Boy Scout Troops 149 and
459, along with their Scout Leaders Kurt Pepe and Rich Ogay. He welcomed
them to the meeting and urged them to remain active in the community.
CONSENT AGENDA
Alderman Patterson asked that item 5 on the Consent Agenda, Pintozzi
Water/Sewer Grant of Easement, be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda and
placed as a regular agenda item.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Patterson, to approve the Consent Agenda
as follows:
(1) Approve February 10, 1993 Regular City Council meeting minutes;
(2) Approve February 17, 1993 Regular City Council meeting minutes;
(3) Approve tuition reimbursement for William Brogan, Judicial
Process course, $270.00;
(4) Approve tuition reimbursement for Thomas Jenkins, National
Environment and Business Decision course, $270.00;
(6) Approve easement agreement with Commonwealth Edison for street
light installation on Scully Drive;
(7) Pass 1992 MFT Resolution for street maintenance cost, $210,000;
(8) Pass 1993 MFT Resolution for annual Street Maintenance Program,
$460,000;
(9) Authorization to sign Telephone Billing Audit Agreement;
�... Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Donahue, seconded by Bolger, to accept the Pintozzi Water
Sewer Grant of Easement (Item 5 on the Consent Agenda), as presented.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
ZBA RECOMMENDATION
Larry Zimmerman of 601 S. Bally Road, requested a rear yard setback
variation to allow the construction of a new two-car garage. The Zoning
Board of Appeals recommended that the request be granted by a 5-0 vote.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Donahue, to accept the recommendation
of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and pass an ordinance granting a rear
yard setback variation, as presented.
�-- Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
AWARD OF STREET SWEEPER BID
Four bids were received for a new street sweeper for the Public Works
Department. It was the recommendation of the Director of Public Works to
award the bid to Bruce Municipal Equipment in the amount of $91,607.00,
which included the trade-in of the old sweeper.
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Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to award the bid for the new
street sweeper to Bruce Municipal Equipment in the net amount of
$91,607.00, which included the trade-in.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
REQUEST FOR A REDUCTION IN LETTER OF CREDIT
Vincent Nora, of Martin Woods Unit II, requested that . the Council
consider reducing the Letter of Credit to $46,250.00, contingent upon
receipt of a construction guarantee bond in the amount of $61,715.45 as
recommended by Baxter & Woodman. Questions were raised during the
discussion whether the Letter of Credit and the guarantee bond were in a
large enough amount to cover all costs, should problems arise in that
subdivision.
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Serritella, to take no action now,
and send the matter to the Utilities Committee for consideration and
further review.
Following further discussion, Patterson withdrew his motion, and
Serritella withdrew her second. It was decided to take no action on the
request at this time.
ENFORCEMENT OF FALSE ALARM'ORDINANCE
In October of 1989 the Council passed an ordinance which set out a
procedure for charging a fee for repeated false alarms to businesses and
residents who have subscribed to an automatic alarm system on the police
panel. After six false alarms, a fee of $25.00 would be charged to the --.
source of the false alarm. Since the adoption of this ordinance, alarm
subscribers have annually been sent a letter indicating they may be
billed for false alarms which exceed six, but the ordinance was not
enforced. In 1992, there were a total of 106 alarm subscribers, with 29
subscribers having exceeded the six false alarm schedule.
Motion by Serritella, seconded by Adams, to send notification letters
to alarm subscribers informing them that they will be charged for alarms
which exceed 6 in number at $25.00 each for this calendar year, effective
May 1, 1993.
Voting Aye: Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: Bolger.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
ENFORCEMENT OF CITY REQUIRED LICENSES
It was noted that the procedures for advising new businesses of their
licensing responsibilities and the monitoring of those business licenses
needed to be reviewed and updated. It has been brought to the City's
attention that a number of businesses in the City do not have vending
and/or mechanical amusement licenses displayed on their machines. To
ensure that all businesses are properly licensed, it was suggested that
notification letters be sent to all commercial and industrial businesses
informing them of the license requirements and requesting that they
provide information to the City on the number of machines in their
businesses.
Other questions that need to be answered are: Should the City require
hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and various other businesses to
purchase vending stickers for machines which exclusively service their
employees? Also, should gumball and small trinket prize vending machines
be charged the regular vending sticker fees? There are presently four
separate chapters in the Municipal Code concerning licensing
requirements. Some of them date back to 1961. It was suggested that the
Staff work with the City Attorney to consolidate those licensing
requirements into one chapter on licenses, and to eliminate any outdated
sections and clarify ambiguities.
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Motion by Serritella, seconded by Lieder, to authorize the City Clerk
to send letters to businesses asking them to indicate the number of
licenses needed for their establishment and present a report with the
results in 2 months .
Voting Aye: Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: Bolger.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
MAYOR - STATEMENT AND REPORTS
Mayor Busse reported on the Ad Hoc Developmental Committee meeting
which took place February 11, 1993. He circulated minutes of the meeting
to the Aldermen. The second meeting of that committee was held on March
�— 3, 1993 at 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Center. Minutes will be
distributed later.
Mayor Busse announced the resignation of Mathew Roberts from the Plan
Commission, and said that he would have a replacement appointment at the
March 15, 1993 regular Council Meeting.
Presently; Mayor Busse is the City's delegate representative and
City Clerk Gilpin is the alternate on the McHenry County Municipal Risk
Management Agency Board. Since he is not seeking re-election, Busse
suggested that City Administrator Peterson be appointed as a delegate,
and City Clerk Gilpin be appointed as an alternate on the McMRMA Board to
represent the City of McHenry.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Smith, to approve the appointments of
City Administrator Peterson as a delegate and City Clerk Gilpin as an
alternate to the McHenry County Municipal Risk Management Agency Board to
represent the City.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Alderman Patterson, Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Committee,
reported on a meeting held February 23, 1993. A letter was submitted to
Park Director Merkel regarding the six standoffs and the railing that go
around the dashboard on the 1928 Persh fire truck, which was donated to
the City years ago and is installed at the Veteran's Memorial Park
playground. A request was made by Father Tom Franzen, a priest for the
Archdiocese of Chicago, to use those parts to rebuild and restore two
authentic antique fire engines he has which is his hobby. He would
replace the original railing and standoffs with sturdier and similar
parts so that it would look the same. A question was raised as to
whether or not these parts should be given away or sold.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Donahue, to allow the removal of the
parts as requested on the condition that replacement parts would be
installed on the playground fire truck to make it a solid and safe piece
of equipment for the children to play on.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder,
Smith, Adams, Patterson.
Voting Nay: Serritella, Locke.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS
City Administrator Peterson circulated a letter from TCI of Illinois
reporting on changes that will be made in the basic service and other
service levels for the Cablevision stations, effective April 1, 1993.
Darryl Schmitz of TCI Cablevision will be present at the March 15 Council
meeting to answer.
Director of Public Works Batt reported that the City is ready to
begin work on Water Treatment Plant #4 in the Oaks of McHenry
subdivision. To construct the Well House, Lot 13 needs to be acquired by
the City, along with an easement. Also, authorization should be given to
advertise for bids immediately.
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Motion by Patterson, seconded by Locke, to direct City Attorney
Narusis to file a petition with the Zoning Board of Appeals for
conditional use on the lot to be used for Water Treatment Plant #4, and
to authorize the City to solicit bids for Water Treatment Plant #4 and
Well #9.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Park Director Merkel mentioned that School District 15 has now set up
a rental fee for use of its facilities. Previously, the City was not
charged for use of school facilities, and therefore honored school
district boundary lines in Park registration programs which used school
buildings. Merkel asked the Council if that policy should now be changed
and resident fees should only be charged for those living in City
limits. Some Aldermen felt they needed more information, and asked him
to report back on what he felt the impact would be on park programs and
fee structures.
Building Director John Lobaito reported that a request had been
submitted by the Chamber of Commerce to permit it to install signs for 4
days advertising the Trade Fair which will be held March 26, 27, 28.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Patterson, to approve the request and
allow the Chamber to install signs for 4 days advertising the Trade Fair.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
City Clerk Gilpin requested that permission be given to have drawings
at the Trade Fair for family pool passes, one for each of the three Trade
Fair dates.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Patterson, to authorize three family
pool passes to be given during the Trade Fair.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Bolger asked Attorney Narusis to check the possibility of having
alternates for the Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals
committees. He also asked that action be taken at the next meeting on
the Country Club special assessment for sewer installation.
Alderman Locke requested that stop signs be placed at the
intersection of Glenbrook and Driftwood Trails, making it a four-way
stop. Aldermen mentioned that it was the present policy to turn these
requests over to the Police Chief fora recommendation.
Motion by Locke, seconded by Donahue, to authorize the installation
of stop signs at Glenbrook and Driftwood Trails, and to mark the entire
area as a "School Zone".
Motion by Lieder, seconded by Patterson, to table the motion until
the next meeting.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Lieder,
Smith, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: Adams, Locke, Donahue.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
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Alderman Locke also asked the Council to consider making permit
parking in the City owned parking lot on Main Street. All Aldermen were
asked to go to the area and review the possible parking areas, and come
back with a recommendation for a future Committee Meeting of the Whole.
No action was taken.
Alderman Locke again raised the question of continuing Blue
Cross/Blue Shield coverage for the remainder of the calendar year.
Motion by Locke, seconded by Serritella, to continue Blue Cross/Blue
Schield insurance coverage for City employees for the remainder of the
calendar year at the existing rates.
Discussion followed.
Motion by Locke, seconded by Serritella, to call the question.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Locke,
Adams, Serritella.
Voting Nay: Smith, Patterson, Lieder.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Voting on the original motion:
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: Lieder.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
EXECUTIVE SESSIOft
Motion by Adams, seconded by Smith, to go into Executive Session at
10:00 P.M. to discuss personnel and property acquisition.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
�-- Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
OPEN SESSION
Motion by Adams, seconded by Locke, to go back into Open Session at
11:00 P.M.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Alderman Locke requested that stop signs be placed at the
intersection of Lillian and Crystal Lake Roads. Since the County had
approved the installation of traffic signals in that location in the near
future, he felt stop signs should be erected in the meantime.
Motion by Locke, to install stop signs at Lillian and Crystal Lake
Roads.
Motion failed for lack of a second.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Locke, to authorize that City
Administrator Peterson represent the City in personnel matters.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Serritella, to approve the Mayor's
recommendation and hire Kristine Paprocki of 3702 W. Main Street, McHenry
to be hired as the Water/Sewer Billing Clerk at a Grade 5, Minimum Step
salary of $19,244.00, and that employment begin on March 22, 1993.
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Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Smith, to authorize the staff to send
out a letter dated March 4, 1993, as presented at tonight's Executive
Session. --�
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to adjourn.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 11:07 P.M.
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