HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 09/11/1991 - City CouncilREGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1991
The Regular Meeting of the McHenry City Council was called to order
by Mayor Busse on Wednesday, September 11, 1991 at 8:00 P.M. in the
Council Room at 1111 N. Green Street. At roll call the following
Aldermen were present: Adams, Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Patterson,
Serritella, Smith. City Staff in attendance were: Assistant to City
Clerk Marth, City Administrator Peterson, Director of Building and Zoning
Halik, Attorney Narusis, Director of Public Works Batt. Absent: City
Clerk Gilpin, Director of Parks & Recreation Merkel, Chief of Police
Joyce.
PUBLIC INPUT: Former Alderman Gary Snell requested permission to
hold a secon nnual Holy Apostles' Walkathon on Saturday, October 19th
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Fox Ridge area, using City sidewalks
and park facilities. The first $10,480 raised this year will be donated
to three local organizations: The Home of the Sparrow; Pads of McHenry
County and Fish of McHenry. Any amount raised over this amount will
benefit Holy Apostles' Building Fund.
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Serritella, to allow Holy Apostles
Church to hold their second Walkathon on October 19, 1991 (rain date
October 26, 1991) in the Fox Ridge area using City sidewalks and park
facilities.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
No one else signed up for the ten minute public input session.
CONSENT AGENDA: Motion by Patterson, seconded by Serritella, to
approve the tollowi5g Consent Agenda as corrected.
- Approved Minutes of September 4, 1991 Regular City Council
Meeting as corrected by the City Clerk.
- Approved Picnic/Beer Permits.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS JAMES
A. on by Donahue, seconded y Bolger, to pass a Resolution
reco— gazing James A. Fouse for his many years of service upon his
resignation from the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
The Resolution will be presented to Mr. Fouse at a later meeting.
NORTH ORCHARD SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAT: Discussion on the
approval of the Preliminary Plat for North OrchardSubdivision located on
Riverside Drive outside the corporate limits of the City was postponed to
a future meeting when the owner could be present. The Aldermen had many
questions that could not be answered by the owner's representative, Robert
Schmidt of Brandenburg Development, Northbrook, IL.
MUNICIPAL CENTER ENTRANCE SIGN: The Council had previously reviewed
and chose a design for the unic pal Center main entrance sign. Price
quotes were then solicited for the construction of the sign as follows:
Concrete Foundation/Frett & Son $2,015.00
Masonry/Charles Heelein Construction 3,325.00
Precast Stone/Edwards Precast 3,500.00
Cast Bronze Aluminum Letters/Hughes Signs 1,745.00
Lighting of Sign/Carey Electric 1,895.00
Construction Management/Prime Dev. (10%) 1,248.00
Total Tri_ 8.66-
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The total amount of $13,728.00 is under the $20,000 budgeted for this
project.
Discussion by the Aldermen followed which consentrated on the
lettering size. Most thought the six inch lettering for "McHenry
Municipal Center" and four inch lettering for "333 S. Green Street" was
too small and would be difficult to read by the public driving past, even
though the proposed letter size was based on published sign standards.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Serritella, to approve the construction
of the Municipal Center entrance sign with letters to be eight inch (top
line capitals) and six inch (bottom line capitals) and any additional cost
being added to the quoted figure of $13,728.00.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
The entrance sign also required a sign variation since it was not
included in the Conditional Use zoning granted on the residentially zoned
property that the Center is located on. Only apartment building
identification signs and development signs are permitted in residentially
zoned districts.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Serritella, to grant a sign variation to
the City of McHenry allowing construction of the Municipal Center
monument -type sign.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting May: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
ORDINANCE REGULATING PARKING: Since it is no longer necessary to
limit parking in the rear of 1111 N. Green Street to City employees or
limit parking in front of the building to fifteen minutes, an ordinance
was presented to repeal these sections of Chapter 13, known as the
Ordinance Regulating Traffic and Motor Vehicles.
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Adams, to pass an ordinance as
presented, repealing Section 13-1211 and 13-1226.8.2 relating to employee
parking and fifteen minute parking at 1111 N. Green, and to reword Section
13-1228.3 relating to two hour parking on Green Street to now include the
former fifteen minute parking in front of 1111 N Green.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
SCHOOL DONATIONS - CUNAT BROS., INC: The Cunat Brothers had been
paying school developer ona ion ees on eir Irish Prairie project under
protest from April 26, 1989 to approximately May 11, 1991. They believed
that efficiency and one -bedroom units had substantially less impact on
schools then did single-family residences and were not assessed equitably
until the recently passed Developer Donation Ordinance (5-1-91) which
assessed no developer donations for schools on efficiency or one -bedroom
units.
Attorney Sam Diamond and John Cunat appeared before the Council
present their request for a credit or reimbursement on the difference
the amount of protested fees they paid per unit since April, 1989 to
effective date of the current ordinance. Since a refund of fees from
schools seemed unlikely, they were asking that credits be applied
future building permits.
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Discussion followed. Some members of the Council believed they had
deliberated long and in depth in the past to come up with the school
donation fee schedule based on the information they considered. They felt
the 1989 ordinance was passed in good faith and refunding money now would
set a bad precedent. A few Aldermen believed that the Cunats' request may
have some merit and suggested that it be discussed at a separate meeting.
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Motion by Lieder, seconded by Locke, to direct Finance Chairman Leider
to reconstruct the 1988-89 information used on the school developer
donations' ordinance passed in April, 1989 and get it back to the Council
as soon as possible.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
MAYOR - STATEMENTS AND REPORTS: The Mayor introduced Richard
Adamson of 1915 N. Orleans, enry, L., and recommended to the Council
that he be appointed to fill the unexpired term of James A. Fouse on the
Zoning Board of Appeals.
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Adams, to approve the Mayor's
appointment of Richard Adamson to the Zoning Board of Appeals, to fill the
unexpired term of James A. Fouse to April 30, 1996.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
The Mayor also announced that the Vice -Chairman of the Zoning Board,
Donna Tobeck, agreed to temporarily assume the Chairmanship until a
permanent Chairman can be appointed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: Alderman Bolger reported on the Public Works
Come a mee ng a at 7:00 this evening to discuss an inquiry by a
resident at 3420 Broad Street who requested that the City participate in
financing a repair to a water service line break.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Serritella, to accept the Public Works'
Committee recommendation and deny the request of the owner of 3420 Broad
Street to participate in financing a repair to a water service line as
repairs to service lines are the owners' responsibility and not the City's.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Alderman Lieder announced a Finance Committee Meeting for Wednesday,
September 18, 1991 at 7:15 p.m. to discuss a donation by the Police
Officers' Association.
DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: City Administrator Peterson announced a
request or the High SchoolDistrict to again use the City garage from
September 23 through September 27 to build their homecoming float.
Alderman Bolger asked to make sure that they had adult supervision during
this time. Peterson said he believed that they would have, but he would
so inform the school.
Peterson also reported on the ongoing status of the Municipal Center
atrium floor tile stating that he believed a solution had finally been
found to clean and seal the tile and grout, and hopefully maintenance
would then be easier.
Motion by Locke, seconded by Serritella, that no money be paid to the
tile contractor until such time as the tile's appearance is in a condition
that is acceptable to the Mayor and City Administrator.
Voting Aye
Voting Nay:
Absent:
Motion carried.
Lieder, Locke, Donahue,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
None.
None.
Bolger, Serritella,
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Director of Public Works Batt reported on the following Country Club
Estates residents' survey regarding extending sewer lines there:
75 questionaires were sent out with 62 responses received as of
9-11-91.
Of the 62 responses, 22 replied YES, 34 NO, 4 MAYBE and 1 NO
ANSWER to the question "If all costs of installation of a sewer
to service your property had to be borne by the property owner,
would you be interested in discussing installation of sanitary
sewers with City officials?"
Batt stated that he would mail the survey results back to the property
owners along with the meeting notice when the Council sets the follow-up
meeting date with the residents.
Serritella asked why the Knox Park Pool wasn't open through the Labor
Day Weekend.
Peterson responded that because the high school and college students
go back to school the last week of August, they are unavailable during the
day to open the pool.
Serritella said that maybe a reduced time schedule for the pool could
be arranged when the students are out of school for the day and certainly
they would be available for the holiday weekend.
Peterson said he had already spoken to Pete to see if some schedule
couldn't be worked out next year to keep the pool open through Labor Day
Weekend.
It was the concensus of the Council to keep the pool open from
Memorial Day to Labor Day.
NEW BUSINESS: There was no new business to report except the Mayor
stateU—MaF—apersonnel matter had come up that he wanted to report on in
Executive Session.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Patterson, to go into Executive Session
to discuss a personnel matter.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
The Council went into Executive Session at 10:15 p.m.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Adams, to go back into Open Session at
10:25 p.m.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to adjourn the
meet ping.
Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella,
Patterson, Adams, Smith.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 10:25 p.m.
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