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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 04/30/1984 - City CouncilREGULAR MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1984 7:30 P.M. The Regular Meeting of the McHenry City Council was called to order by Mayor Stanek on Monday, April 30, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. at city hall. At roll call the following aldermen were present: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Absent: None. City staff in attendance were Supt. Halvensleben, Attorney Narusis, Clerk Gilpin, Chief Pasenelli, Park Director Merkel. Motion by McClatchey, seconded by Serritella, to accept the minutes of the April 16, 1984 Public Hearing and the minutes of the April 16, 1984 Regular Meeting as presented. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Jim Green of Holmstrom & Green appeared before the Council representing McHenry Sand & Gravel. He informed the Council that McHenry Sand & Gravel wishes to annex and rezone approximately 60 acres of property located to the west and south of the present McHenry Sand & Gravel west pit operation off of Route 120 for the purpose of continuing the extraction of gravel. Green was requesting City Council approval to proceed with Public Hearings before the Plan Commission and the Zoning Board prior to his appearance at a City Council Meeting for final approval of the annexation. Motion by Smith, seconded by Bolger, to grant McHenry Sand &,Gravel permission to proceed with Public Hearings for the purpose of annexing and rezoning the property in question. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: McClatchey. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Nolan, seconded by Datz, to concur with the recom- mendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals and pass an ordinance granting a variation for the Whale's Tail Restaurant located at 3425 W. Pearl Street for the purpose of constructing a solarium dining area. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by McClatchey, to grant the fence variation request of Jeff Jerdee at 1509 Richmond Road. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Council Meeting Attendance Annexations Zoning Ordinances Variations Gerald Knapik of Ye 07Ide Corner Tap, Tina Vincent of St. Regis and Raymond Pieroni of Bimbo's addressed the Council to express the Liquor concern of various tavern owners regarding the 10:00 A.M. Sunday open- Control & ing hours recently adopted by the City Council. Following discussion Licenses no changes were made. Patricia Shanholtzer of Fox Ridge addressed the Council and requested a crossing guard be stationed at the intersection of Front and Lillian Street for protection of the children going to the Knox Park Pool from the Cooney Heights, Fox Ridge and Winding Creek areas. Motion by Serritella, seconded by Busse, to provide a crossing guard five days a week for approximately three hours a day at the intersection of Front and Lillian Street effective upon the pool opening and closing dates with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays with supervision to be under the direction of the Chief of Police. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Serritella. Voting Nay: Snell. Absent: None. Motion carried. Police Dep 11i sc. & Parks Misc Monday, April 30, 1984 Page 2 Bid Opening Supt. Halvensleben presented four price quotes received for & Awarding to paving the Petersen Park parking lots and drives. They are as follows: Parks Misc. 1. Skokie Valley Asphalt Co. $30,375.00 (Grayslake, IL) 2. J.C. Blacktop Company $30,643.00 (Itasca, IL) 3. Curran Contracting Company $28,312.50 (Crystal Lake, IL) 4. Geske & Sons Asphalt Paving $27,437.00 (Crystal Lake, IL) Discussion was held on the method and timing of receipt of the price quotations. Due to these concerns it was decided not to accept the low bid. Motion by Smith, seconded by Serritella, to accept the Curran Contracting price quote and award the contract to Curran Contracting of Crystal Lake for $28,312.50 for paving the Petersen Park parking lots and drives. Voting Aye: Bolger, Datz, McClatchey, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: Nolan, Busse. Absent: None. Motion carried. Fran Olsen, Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Council to request a liquor license for use during the 1984 Fiesta Day activities. Mayor Stanek also advised the Council that this year outside beersales during Fiesta Days will be allowed only by liquor licensees from 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. No outside beer sales would be allowed on Sunday during the parade. He also said that bands would not be allowed to play during the parade on Fiesta Day which would be in competition with the parade festivities. Tina Vincent of St. Regis expressed her objection to this new regulation. :hamber & Motion by Nolan, seconded by Datz, to grant the Chamber's _iquor Control request for a liquor license in connection with various Fiesta Day Licenses activities. Voting Aye: Bolger, Datz, Serritella, Nolan, Busse. Voting Nay: McClatchey, Smith, Snell. Absent: None. Motion carried. Jages & Benef. Chairman Busse of the FinancE? Committee then reported on Ordinances the Fiscal Year 1984-85 control budget. Motion by Busse, seconded by Datz, to amend the Wage and Benefit Ordinance as follows: 1. Grant a $1,600 across the, board raise for all full- time employees effective May 4, 1984. 2. Require a 50/50 cost sharing on dependent insurance effective May 1, 1984 to April 1, 1985 on the condi- tion that this first year employee participation would be $50 per month or $600 for this insurance year. 3. Grant an additional holiday on the day after Thanksgiving. 4. Issue free city swimming pool passes to all regular employees. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Busse, Datz. Voting Nay: Snell, McClatchey, Smith, Serritella. Absent: None. There being a tie vote the Mayor cast an Aye vote and declared the motion carried. Monday, April 30, 1984 Page 3 Chairman Busse presented a proposed salary review policy for Council input. He explained that the new salary review policy would apply to all employees hired after• May 1, 1984. It is a modified four year step program. Present employees in progression would remain on the merit program until they reach the maximum for their job classifica- tion. It was the consensus of opinion that Busse should proceed to finalize the salary review policy and present it for approval at the next Council Meeting. Motion by Busse, seconded by Bolger, to change the job classification title of Deputy C1E?rk to Administrative Assistant in the Clerk's Office and to establish Joan Marth in that job classification description. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Busse, seconded by Nolan, to approve the conversion of Loretta Freund from regular part-time in the Water/Sewer Department to a regular full-time employee. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey., Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Busse, seconded by Snell, to eliminate the skilled labored classification in the salary schedule and establish new, job classification titles and assign the following people to those classifications: 1. Public Works Mechanic Bud Wilde 2. Janitor John Mergl 3. Water/Sewer Maint. Mechanic Vern Rouley Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Busse, seconded by Datz, to establish the following policy for pregnancy leave: 1. Eight weeks off with the return back to work with the same seniority and no loss of benefits, and 2. Require that a doctors statement be presented upon return to work with the following pay pattern: First week - full pay by the City. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, weeks - Full pay with insurance paying $125 and City paying balance. 5th & 6th weeks - Insurance payment only of $125 per week. 7th & 8th weeks - no pay. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Busse, seconded by Nolan, to grant an additional $1,000 a year raise for the Park Director over and above the $1,600 across the board raise. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: Datz. Absent: None. Motion carried. Employees & Wages & Benefits Employees Employees Employees Wages & Benefits Employees Wages & Benefits Monday, April 30,1984 Page 4 Employees & Motion by Busse, seconded by Datz, to change the Public Works Foreman from paid overtime to a salaried employee with no Wages & Benef. overtime and grant a $1,000 a year raise over and above the $1,600 across the board raise. Voting Aye: Busse, Datz, Nolan, McClatchey, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: Bolger. Absent: None. Motion carried. Employees & Motion by Busse, seconded by Datz, to grant a $500 a year Wages & Benef. pay raise to the Water Chief over and above the $1,600 across the board raise. Voting Aye: Busse, Datz, Nolan, McClatchey, Smith, Snell, Serritella, Bolger. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Busse, seconded by Snell, to grant a $.15 an hour raise to the summer help employees as follows: Wages & 1. First year $3.20 to $3.35 Benefits 2. Second year $3.50 to $3.65 3. Third year $3.80 to $3.95 4. Fourth year $4.10 to $4.25 5. Also to establish a three year salary rate for lifeguards at $3.60 per hour. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Budget, etc. Chairman Busse presented the 1984-85 fiscal year control budget and suggested that the following revisions be made: 1. Sales Tax Revenue be increased to $1,190,000.00; 2. In the Park Donation Fund the expense for Petersen Park parking lots be raised to $28,312.50; 3. The expense for the Knox Park Pond Improvement be raised to $25,000.00. Budget, etc. Motion by Busse, seconded by McClatchey, to accept and approve the 1984-85 control budget as presented. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Chuck and Connie Gillum of Another Galaxy Ltd. addressed the Council and asked that the video game license for their establishment be transferred to Bill Zujewski and Ron Bykowski. The Gillum's are moving out of state and selling the business. Motion by Bolger, seconded by Nolan, to authorize and approve Amusement the transfer of the video game license for Another Galaxy Ltd. from Licenses Chuck and Connie Gillum to Bill Zujewski and Ron Bykowski contingent upon the letter from the Gillum's relinquishing the license. Voting Aye: Bolger, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Not Voting for possible conflict of interest: Busse. Absent: None. Motion carried. Monday, April 30, 1984 Page 5 Mayor Stanek called for a recess at 9:39 P.M. The meeting re- convened at 9:55 P.M. with everyone still in attendance. Motion by Nolan, seconded by McClatchey, to authorize and approve payment of the following bills as presented: GENERAL FUND Automatic Data Processing 126.83 Badger Uniforms 239.85 Bolger's Drug Store 2.82 Bureau of Testing Services 342.00 C & C Products Inc. 33.71 Curran Contracting Inc. 246.64 Diamond Chemical 89.62 Eby Brown 210.70 Fox Valley Marking Systems 85.43 Freund Equipment Inc. 2.96 Arthur J. Gallagher 9,509.00 Gladdon Co. Inc. 402.53 Hoyle Road Equipment Co. 81.44 Hornsby Store Inc. 158.34 Illinois Bell Telephone 1,216.44 John's Sport Stop 744.00 Jon -Don Products Inc. 42.64 Lanier Business Products 418.00 Mar Ray Costume Shop 40.00 Mitchell 8.62 McHenry Auto Body Co. 635.36 McHenry Drapery & Carpet 116.00 McH. Internal Medicine Assoc. 26.00 McHenry Tire Mart 115.00 McH. Woodstock Disposal 39.00 Northern Ill. Gas 380.47 Northwest Auto Electric 97.47 The Office Shoppe 188.18 Photo Forum 97.82 Rockford Industrial Welding Supply 12.50 Sanders Hardware 8.00 Wm. Tonyan & Sons Inc. 157.50 The Traffic Institute 500.00 U.S. Leasing 142.10 Uarco Inc. 1,037.31 Warning Lites of Illinois 390.05 Waukegan Welding Supply 3.50 Robert F. White & Co. 95.66 Woodstock Auto Parts 47.60 Xerox Corp. 938.05 Zep Manufacturing 201.70 WATER/SEWER FUND Great Lakes Fire & Safety Equipment 258.98 Griffin Pipe Products 838.75 Hillview Farms Fertilizer 504.00 Joseph H. Huemann & Sons 525.00 Ill. Bell Telephone 336.90 Mitco Inc. 767.18 McHenry Electric & Supply 9.11 McHenry Tire Mart 140.00 McHenry Woodstock Disposal 17.00 Northern Ill. Gas 766.38 SES Company 45.50 Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse', Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Serritella, Snell. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Snell, to authorize and approve issuance of picnic beer permits to the following: 1. Miller High Life/Easter Seal's 2. Hopi Neighborhood Girl Scouts Nickel Day Fair (Special Use) Parks - Beer permits Public Prop. Purchases Repairs Monday, April 30, 1984 Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, Serritella, Smith. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Page 6 McClatchey, Nolan, Snell Supt. Halvensleben reported on damage done to the roof at the City Garage at 105 N. Green Street caused by a high wind storm. Over 30 percent of the garage roof was damaged. He was instructed to call the insurance company and arrangefor repair of the roof contingent upon approval of Alderman Bolger, Chairman of the Public Property Committee. Mosquito Motion by Nolan, seconded by Datz, to pass an ordinance approv- Abatement & ing the Mosquito Control Agreement with McHenry Township and authorizing Agreements the Mayor and Clerk to sign said agreement. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Committees - It was brought to the Council's attention that the Hough End- Auth, Instr. loader at the City Garage is in need of two new tires and a new wheel. Public Wks. The total cost would be approximately $1,790.00. Purchases Motion by Smith, seconded by Datz, to authorize the Purchasing Committee to look into the request for the two new tires and wheel and notify the Supt. of Public Works on their decision. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Committees Alderman McClatchey, Chairman of the Police Committee, reported that proposals forupgradingthe alarm board at the Police Department were Auth, Inst. now being accepted. Building & Zoning Committee Chairman Busse reported that a meeting was scheduled for May 7, 1984 at 7:00 P.M. to discuss up- grading of the Building & Zoning Codes. Chairman Bolger of the Public Property Committee reported that in the near future he would be asking for a Committee meeting of the whole to discuss the air conditioning and upgrading of maintenance in the city hall. Motion by Smith, seconded by Busse, to authorize and approve the hiring of Anne Rodenkirch as a Clerk in the City Clerk's Office. Employees Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Employees Motion by Smith, seconded by Busse, to accept and approve the merit increases as proposed by the Chief of Police for employees in progression in his department. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella., Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Nolan, seconded by Serritella, to authorize and approve Parks - payment to the McHenry County Board of Health for testing the water at the Auth, etc. West Beach in Lakeland Park and Petersen Park Beach for swimming purposes at $50.00 per year per beach for the swimming season. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Monday, April 30, 1984 Page 7 It was decided to hold in abeyance a proposal presented by Dave Parks Smith Landscape Enterprises for weed control spraying at various city parks Misc. in the amount of $2,267.00 per spray. The Street & Sidewalk Committee was instructed to study a request for a Loading Zone on Riverside Drive in Committees front of After the Fox Tavern. Alderman Serritella requested some type of Auth, etc. regulation for controlling the number of cats in residential homes. Follow- ing discussion it was decided to instruct the License Committee to review the problem and come back with a recommendation. Attorney Narusis advised the Council on the current status of the Lakeland Lakeland Park Water Companies ICC Hearings and on the Tutera Lawsuit against Pk. Water the City. Narusis also informed the Council that Building Inspector Richard Company Rosing had taken the proper actions to try and resolve a problem in McHenry Shores on a structure which was moved from Route 31 to Bonita and Biscayne Mch. Shores in McHenry Shores. A letter explaining the problem was presented to each Alderman. Motion by Bolger, seconded by Nolan, to authorize the City Attorney to Zoning send a notice to the people involved with this zoning violation and ask Matters them to appear at the May 21, 1984 Regular Council Meeting to discuss the situation. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by McClatchey, to adjourn. Voting Aye: Bolger, Busse, Datz, McClatchey, Nolan, Smith, Snell, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:53 P.M.