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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - 02/02/1981 - City CouncilREGULAR MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1981 8 P.M. The Regular Meeting of the City Council was called to order by j Council Mtg, Mayor Stanek on Monday, February 2, 1981 at 8 P.M. At roll call the following aldermen were present: Pepping, Nolan, Harker,Datz, Wieser, Adams, Schooley, i Meurer. Absent: None. Also in attendance were Supt. of Public Works Weber, Attendance Attorney Narusis, Clerk Gilpin, Police Chief Pasenelli, Park Director Merkel. Motion by Datz, seconded by Nolan, to accept the minutes of the January 19, 1981 Regular Meeting as read. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Wieser, Adams, Schooley, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Exchange student Jennifer Roberts of Johannesburg, South Africa, was introduced to the Council and welcomed to the city by Mayor Stanek. Guest She presented the Mayor with a letter from the mayor (burgemeister) of her hometown. She will remain in McHenry for one year as a student at East Campus High School. Sherman Sern, administrator of Northern Illinois Medical Associates, Green St. addressed the Council and requested an additional 20 permanent parking space Parking lot reservations in the Green Street parking lot. Motion by Harker, seconded by Datz, to allocate an additional 20 permanent parking spaces to the Northern Illinois Medical Associates making a total of 70, with the reservations to be renewed every three months at a permit fee of $10 per space per month. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Wieser, Adams, Schooley, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Mrs. Cathy Nolan, representing the Business & Professional Women's Election club, made a presentation to the Council requesting that a Resolution be passed permitting an advisary question to be placed on the ballot for the City Monday, February 2, 1981 Page 2 of McHenry municipal election scheduled for April 7, 1981. Motion by Harker, seconded by Nolan, to pass a Resolution allowing Election the following question to be placed on ballots for the municipal election April 7, 1981: "Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to provide for the Citizen Initiative Power to allow voters to enact binding laws by petition and referendum?" Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer. Voting Nay: Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Absent: None. There being a tie vote, Mayor Stanek cast a Nay vote and declared the motion did not carry. Motion by Schooley, seconded by Adams, to authorize and approve payment of the following bills as presented: GENERAL FUND #8544 Harry J. Wennstrom 190.00 8545 George P. Diedrich 458.33 8546 Harold C. Jensen 416.67 8547 Joseph M. Nimsgern 208.33 8548 McHenry State Bank 7,242.61 8549 Ill. Dept. of Revenue 1,038.73 8550 Wm. Brda, Treas. - Pol. Pension Fund 1,496.95 8551 City of McHenry Payroll Acct. 30,308.46 8552 City of McHenry Federal Revenue Sharing 77,000.00 8553 City of McHenry Police Pension Fund 11000.00 8554 Joseph B. Stanek 100.00 8555 Elizabeth Nolan 450.00 8556 Jack Pepping 350.00 8557 Edward Datz 450.00 8558 George L. Harker 450.00 8559 Vincent Adams 100.00 8560 Michael J. Wieser 400.00 8561 Ernest Schooley 450.00 8562 Ronald H. Meurer 450.00 8563 Narusis and Narusis 250.00 8564 William Brda 375.00 8565 James A. Fouse 10.00 8566 Anna Mae Cuda 10.00 8567 Suzanne Kauss 10.00 8568 Robert Jessup 10.00 8569 Fred Kupstis 10.00 8570 Kay Halversen 10.00 8571 John Smith 10.00 8572 American Red Cross 55.00 8573 Stretch & Sew 24.00 8574 Barbara E. Gilpin Petty Cash Fund 175.58 8575 American Blueprint & Supply 8.00 8576 Anderson Tree Service 3,810.00 8577 Bol gers Drug Store 2.39 8578 Brake & Equipment Co. 182.75 8579 C.U. Trucking Co. 77.00 8580 Commonwealth Edison 5,469.91 8581 E & H Utility Sales 157.10 8582 R.G. Howe Parkway Products 30.00 8583 IBM Corp. 63.87 8584 Illinois Bell Telephone 748.57 8585 Kirchner Fire Extinguisher, Inc. 128.40 Monday, February 2, 1981 Page 3 GENERAL FUND CONTINUED 8586 Lakeland Construction 23,828.86 8587 Lakeland Distributors 16.51 8588 M.B. Co. Inc. of Wisconsin 168.97 8589 Meade Electric Co. 164.00 8590 McHenry County Highway Dept. 9.88 8591 McHenry High School District 156 1,476.00 8592 McHenry Oil Co. 1,214.63 8593 McHenry Printing Services 85.45 8594 McHenry Woodstock Disposal 28.00 8595 McHenry Sand & Gravel 2,754.43 8596 McHenry Savings & Loan 11000.00 8597 Northern Ill. Gas 75.62 8598 Rockford Industrial Welding Supply 14.60 8599 A.D. Odom 7.00 8600 Joseph B. Stanek 100.00 8601 McHenry State Bank 26.83 8602 Ill. Dept. of Revenue 12.52 8603 City of McHenry Payroll Acct. 964.17 8604 I11. Municipal Retirement Fund 8,251.64 8605 Ill. Municipal Retirement Fund 17,522.76 8606 Louis Thomas 2.00 8607 Harry J. Wennstrom - Lib. Sal. 190.00 SEWER/WATER FUND 3116 City of McHenry General Fund 5,347.11 3117 City of McHenry General Fund 596.21 3118 City of McHenry Bond Reserve Fund 1,140.00 3119 City of McHenry Depreciation Reserve Fund 50.00 3120 Barbara E. Gilpin Petty Cash Fund 12.13 3121 Postmaster, McHenry, IL 210.00 3122 Aqualab 300.00 3123 Commonwealth Edison 7,584.52 3124 Griffin Pipe Products 84.64 3125 Industrial Supply Co. 324.78 3126 Illinois Bell Telephone 188.65 3127 McHenry Oil Co. 269.52 3128 McHenry Woodstock Disposal 10.00 3129 Northern Ill. Gas Co. 1,297.41 3130 Northern Propane Gas Co. 5.38 3131 SES Company 61.14 3132 Water Products Co. 306.47 3133 Daniel O'Brien 20.97 Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer, Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Harker, seconded by Nolan, to authorize and approve the Purchases - purchase of replacement incubator equipment for the sewer plant at an estimated Sewer Plant cost of $1,295.00. Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer, Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Monday, February 2, 1981 Page 4 Motion by Pepping, seconded by Nolan, to authorize and approve the transfer of $7,500.00 from the Public Benefit Fund to the Lakeland Park Special Assessment Fund for the Lakeland Park sewer project. Fund trans- fer Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer, Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Harker, seconded by Schooley, to renew the cooperative Agreements agreement between the City of McHenry and the McHenry County Board of Health for laboratory services for testing water samples. Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer, Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Harker, seconded by Adams, to take no action on the Harco Tank Company proposal for cleaning the elevated water tank because the tank was just recently painted and repaired inside and out. Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer, Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Rick Broker of the McHenry Area Jaycees addressed the Council to request the use of park area in the city for use of a carnival sponsored by the Jaycees. Motion by Nolan, to grant permission for use of a one acre location to be designated by the city for the purpose of conducting a carnival by the Jaycees. Her motion failed for lack of a second to the motion. Water Tower Maintenanc Amusement Request Mayor Stanek signed a proclamation designating the month of February Proclama- as National Children's Dental Health Month. tion Monday, February 2, 1981 Page 5 Motion by Adams, seconded by Wieser, to pass an ordinance authorizing j the removal of parking meters on a17 city streets and to impose a two-hour Ordinance Parking' parking limitation on those streets. Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer, Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Pepping, seconded by Schooley, to demand that the outside entry enclosure recently constructed at the entrance to the Fox Hole Tap on Riverside Drive be torn down and removed from the premises with the condition that the owner be partially reimbursed for the construction of that enclosure. Motion by Harker, seconded by Datz, to table the above motion until the next meeting. Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer, Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Adams, seconded by Wieser, to adjourn. Voting Aye: Pepping, Datz, Schooley, Meurer, Nolan, Harker, Wieser, Adams. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10 P.M. City Clerk Mayor Building; Permit Request