HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 05/13/1992 - City CouncilREGULAR MEETING
MAY 13, 1992
The Regular Meeting of the McHenry City Council was called to order
by Mayor Busse on Wednesday, May 13, 1992 at 7:30 P.M. in the Municipal
Center Council Chambers. At roll call the following Aldermen were
present: Bolger, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson. Absent: Donahue,
Serritella. Lieder arrived at 7:40 p.m. City Staff in attendance:
Assistant to City Clerk Marth, City Attorney Narusis, City Administrator
Peterson, Chief Joyce, Director of Public Works Batt. Park Director
Merkel arrived at 8:50 p.m. and City Clerk Gilpin arrived at 9:40 p.m.
Also in attendance was Vicki Shepherd of the Plan Commission.
Mayor Busse announced that the purpose of the meeting was to review
and consider transportation planning information along with any other
business that may properly come before the Council. In addition to the
property acquisition discussion listed on the agenda for Executive
Session, the Mayor also announced that personnel matters would also be
included in Executive Session.
PUBLIC INPUT SESSION: No one signed in for the public input
session.
ANY AND ALL BUSINESS: Mayor Busse recognized Ron Bykowski who was
in the audience to receive a Resolution from the Economic Development
Commission. Mr. Bykowski wanted permission from the Council to have a
petting zoo in connection with Century 21 Care Real Estate's open house
for the Century Plaza project (the former Ace Hardware building) on May
23, 1992. In addition to the temporary permits required, it also
requires relief from the City Council, since temporary petting zoos are
not specifically referred to in our zoning ordinance.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Smith, to issue a permit allowing
Century 21 Care Real Estate to have a temporary petting zoo in their west
parking lot on May 23, 1992, subject to conditions required by the
Building & Zoning Department relating to safety and traffic.
Voting Aye: Locke, Bolger, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None
Absent: Lieder, Donahue, Serritella
Motion carried.
Mayor Busse then read and presented Ron Bykowski with a Resolution
and plaque on behalf of the Economic Development Commission recognizing
him for his civic interest, dedication and service to the Commission.
The Mayor also read a Resolution honoring Tom Bolger, upon his
resignation from the EDC. Mr. Bolger, who was out of town, will be
presented with the Resolution and plaque upon his return to the City.
(Both Resolutions are hereby incorported into these minutes and copies
are attached.)
REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUES: The Mayor then
turned the meeting over to City Administrator Peterson who went over the
various roadway maps on display — the Fox Valley Freeway; West McHenry
Bypass, which the County believes is no longer viable; McHenry County's
Year 2000 Transportation Plan, which is being updated; the FAP 420
corridor; the west leg of the Bull Valley Road extension; and an excerpt
from the City's Comprehensive Plan on a future roadway network. He then
presented a review of the following information supplied to the Council:
1. City funds available in the Road and Bridge, Motor Fuel Tax
and Vehicle License Funds;
2. State and County funding available;
3. Federal Clean Air Act and how it will affect the City;
4. The City's Comprehensive Plan as it pertains to future
transportation needs;
5. The new Federal Transportation Bill.
Peterson said that there is currently a considerable amount of
County and State transportation planning going on, which made this
planning meeting all the more important. He felt the City needed to
prioritize its transportation needs to give
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feedback to the State and County
direction on how best to handle
subdivision plats came before them.
and give our own Plan Commission
transportation issues when new
Peterson also brought the Council up to date on a developer who is
interested in the Pacini property, located on the northwest corner of
Bull Valley Road and Route 31. In their preliminary discussions, they
included a proposal to either move or add a second train station to the
area of Bull Valley Road and the railroad tracks. They have discussed
this concept with METRA, and in this connection the developer is willing
to provide METRA with enough property for them to use as "train sidings"
which is a problem with the present train station located on Main
Street. They do not have enough property or track there to park the
trains overnight and according to the developer, METRA is very
interested. Some time soon the developer would like to get a reaction
from the Council in a work -shop type session on that plan and other
issues, especially relating to transportation.
Since transportation is such an important issue in attracting new
businesses and industries to the City, Peterson asked the Council for
direction on where the Council felt the greatest needs were, what they
wanted to focus on and where best to spend the staff's time and energy
and the limited funds available.
The following transportation needs were mentioned and/or discussed
by the Aldermen with input from staff:
A northern bypass from Industrial Drive to Oak, then crossing
the tracks and over to McCullom Lake Road which would entail
another grade crossing and the possible closing off of Orleans
into a cul-de-sac east of the railroad tracks. The Commerce
Commission would have to be contacted to see if they would
allow two crossings within that short of a distance. Fire and
life safety concerns were also mentioned if Orleans was closed.
- Crystal Lake Road improvement; urge the County (by passage of
a Resolution) to negotiate an agreement with the City for cost
sharing of striping, signage, intersection improvements at
Lillian.
- Widening of Route 120 east of the river.
- Bull Valley Road connector to Chappel Hill Road.
- Continued improvements on Route 31 and Green Street.
- Grove Street along with its drainage problem.
- Fox Valley Freeway, which seems to be on the front burner
again, and has environmental and location problems to overcome.
- Identify priorities outside the City and put pressure on the
State Legislature and County Board to begin or complete
projects.
- Put a policy together, using a systematic -approach, for new
developments relative to installation of collector, arterial
and local roads especially for abutting subdivisions.
- Prepare a list of local road problems and then prioritize them
using the limited funds we have available.
- Support METRA and PACE's new plans for expanding & improving
public transportation in McHenry County.
Mayor Busse called for a recess at 9:20 p.m. The meeting reconvened
at 9:40 p.m. with everyone still in attendance.
In summarizing, Busse stated that the Council had identified some of
the local road problems and now needed to come to some sort of procedure
to provide direction to developers, staff and the Plan Commission. A
list will be prepared to include the above identified problem areas along
with additional ones that come to mind. Starting with this list the
Mayor would then like the Council to prioritize the list. Included in
the list will also be the major roads discussed in the Comprehensive Plan
to reaffirm that these are still viable.
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Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to go into Executive Session at
9:45 p.m to discuss personnel and property acquisition.
Voting Aye: Lieder,
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: Donahue,
Motion carried.
OPEN SESSION
Locke, Bolger, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Serritella.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Adams, to go back into Open Session at
10:53 p.m.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Bolger, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
ANY AND ALL BUSINESS (continued)
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Adams, to adjust the Detective
Sergeant's pay raise by one-half the regular raise for Police Sergeants
(this year 1 1/4%) until both positions' pay scale reach the same level.
Voting Aye: Locke, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: Lieder, Bolger, Busse.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
(Mayor Busse stated for the record that the request for this action
was the result of the Det. Seargeant's overtime being deminished
substantially).
Motion by Patterson. seconded by Bolger, to create the position of
Assistant Parks Maintenance Superintendent and promote employee Tom
Schmidt to that position at Grade 8, Step 4 with a salary of $30,440.
(This position is not paid overtime.)
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Bolger, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
Motion Patterson, seconded by Lieder, to raise the salary of
Director of Parks and Recreation by 5% to $46,000.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Bolger, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
Motion by Lieder, seconded by Locke, to approve the Mayor's hiring
of the following summer help for Parks & Recreation amd Water/Sewer
Department as recommended by Directors Merkel and Batt:
PARKS AND RECREATION:
,)im Aikens
Jody Benoy
Dan Boland
Cindy Brotcke
Michael Bunting
Heather Carroll
Jenny Christiansen
Greg Eiserman
Kent Farlow
Doug Freund
Gary Gray
Steye Aleckson
Jennifer Bloom
Mike Boland
Richard Brown
Barry Burmeister
Carol Chrisman
Dave D'Angelo
Jenny Eiserman
Ray Feltson
Paul Freund
Marianne Gray
Jim Anderson
Nicole Bloom
Tom Brefeld
Linda Bugner
Jessica Busch
Holly Christensen
Stan Diedrich
Mary Ellen Etheridge
Lee Fleck
Pat Gaughan
Tim Gray
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Jennifer Gross
Jon Hofman
Tammie Johnson
Tracy Kendall
Kim Kopczynski
Frank Leon
Becky MacDonald
Jim Marsh
Bonnie Meyer
Lew Miskowicz
Keri Naaktgeboren
Billy Oeffling
Sandra Panek
Michael Quinnett
Scott Roper
Brian Schweitzer
Erin Shanahan
Amy Smulski
Mia Szamlewski
Jeff Varda
Steve Wirch
WATER/SEWER DEPARTMENT:
Debbie Hay
Joan Jensema
Mika Nones
Bryce Klontz
Patrick Kunzer
Randy Lively
Jennifer Maliszewski
Dave Martin
Chad Mihevc
Maureen Montressor
Brenda Noll
Sue O'Leary
Karen Panerali
Sean Reilly
Carrie Sabatka
Angus Sears
Mike Shanahan
Chris Sorenson
Jenny tonyan
Rachel Wheelock
Pat Wirtz
Brian Bolger Terry Trocki
Kathleen Reese Eric Schulze
Gorki Hobson
Jennifer Jessogne
Peter Jones
Joe Kopczynski
Mary Lasky
Bob Ludwigsen
Celeste Mann
Diane Meesak
Joanne Miller
Terry Morley
Mike Noll
Gene Panek
Julie Petras
Chris Roper
Jill Sahaefer
Donna Shabosky
Ryan Shanahan
Jill Stone
Todd Trocki
Heather White
Dan Wray
Jim Hays
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Bolger, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Bolger, to approve the following
Police Career Ladder payments as submitted by Chief Joyce:
Officer
Thomas Beyer
Police
Officer
I
$ 500
Officer
Ramon LGregorio
Police
Officer
I
$ 500
Officer
Todd Intravartolo
Police
Officer
I
$ 500
Officer
Thomas Jenkins
Police
Officer
II
$ 750
Officer
William Brogan
Police
Officer
III
$1,000
Officer
Jeffery Foerster
Police
Officer
III
$1,000
Officer
William Stahlman
Police
Officer
III
$1,00o
Officer
Roland Wood
Police
Officer
III
$1,000
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke,
Bolger,
Patterson,
Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent:
Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Patterson, to pass a Resolution
objecting to a proposed County Zoning District Reclassification on the
Anest property abutting City limits at the northeast corner of Route 31
and Bull Valley Road.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Bolger, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Bolger, to adjourn the meeting.
Voting Aye: Locke, Bolger, Smith.
Voting Nay: Lieder, Patterson, Adams, Busse.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion did not carry.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Adams, to approve a Special Recognition
Award of $500 to John Schmitt of the Water Department for upgrading his
certificate, based on Director of Public Works Batt's recommendation.
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Voting Aye: Lieder,
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: Donahue,
Motion carried.
Locke, Bolger, Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Serritella.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Lieder, to approve a Special Recognition
Award of $500 to Rhonda Rushing of General Administration for
establishing and maintaining the City's centralized purchasing, based on
the City Clerk's recommendation.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Adams, Patterson, Smith, Busse.
Voting Nay: Locke, Bolger.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to adjourn.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Adams, Patterson, Smith, Busse.
Voting Nay: Locke, Bolger.
Absent: Donahue, Serritella.
Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 11:13 p.m.
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