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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - 10/05/1981 - City CouncilREGULAR MEETING MONDAY, OCTO$ER 5, 1981 8 P.M. The Regular Meeting of th McHenry City Council was called to order by Mayor Stanek on Monday, Oc ober 5, 1981 at 8 P.M. At roll call the following aldermen were present: M�urer, Serritella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Absent: Pepping. Motion by Nolan, seconded�by Serritella,to accept the minutes of the September 21, 1981 Regular Meet�ng and of the September 22, 1981 Special Meeting as read with one correction,, Voting Aye: Meurer, Serritella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Motion by Datz, seconded by Smith, to pass an Ordinance amending the Subdivision Control Ordinance requiring new type manhole covers. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serritella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Motion by Datz, seconded �y Meurer, to authorize and approve the purchase of a Workman's Compensatioh Insurance Policy from the Arthur J. Gallagher Company at an annual premium rate of $37,272.00, as recommended by the Insurance Committee. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serritella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Council Meeting Attend- ance Ordinance) Subdivi- sion Con? trol Ordinance Insurance Motion carried. Motion by Meurer, seconded by Serritella, to authorize Attorney Narusis i to proceed with necessary paperwork to redeem and record the deed for the pro- perty at the southwest corner of Poirie Avenue and Oak Drive in Lakeland Park Subdivision and pay the back taxes Voting Aye: Meurer, Serritella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Autho- riza- tion -1 - Monday, October 5, 1981 Page 2 Motion by Nolan, ;seconded by Serrit lla, to authorize and approve payment of the following bills as presented: 1 GENERAL FUND #10654 George P. Diedrich 458.33 10655 Sportsman Inn 10.00 10656 VOID ______ 10657 Clerk of the Circuit Court of McH. Ct*. 175.00 10658 Joseph M. Nimsgern 208.33 10659 Harold C. Jensen 416.67 10660 McHenry State Bank 104.24 10661 Illinois Dept. of Revenue 20.88 10662 City of McHenry Payroll Acct. 1,187.75 10663 Clerk of the Circuit Ct. of McH. Cty. 275.00 10664 Joseph B. Stanek 100.00 10665 Edward Datz 144.93 10666 John L. Swift, Clark County 5.00 10667 Illinois Municipal '.Retirement Fund 8,519.00 10668 Ill. Municipal Retirement Fund 18,216.91 10669 McHenry County Communications 334.45 10670 Adams Bors. Steel Service 97.81 10671 Art's Village Service Inc. 7.30 10672 Badger Uniforms 295.24 10573 Bolger's Drug Store 4.99 10574 Commonwealth Edison Co. 4,943.73 10675 Des Plaines Sod Center, Inc. 223.20 10676 Eby Brown Co. 15.44 10677 Enterprise Ready Mix 506.00 10678 Fox Lake Service Center 4.05 10679 Hoffstetter Corp. 4,200.00 10680 Howell Tractor & Equipment Co. 774.23 10681 IBM Corp. 63.00 10682 Illinois Bell Telephone 702.30 10683 Knuths 43.36 10684 Krystal Klear Maintenance Service 420.00 10685 Matthew Bender & Co. 82.68 10686 T. May Enterprises 19.10 10687 Mike's Tool Sales 33.75 10688 Mitchell Buick Oldsmobile GMC Inc. 5.00 10689 Motorola, Inc. 688.10 10690 McHenry School District 15 849.00 10691 McHenry County Municipal Assoc. 29.00 10692 McHenry FS, Inc. 1,001.00 10693 McHenry's Favorite Sport Center 56.50 10694 McHenry Woodstock Disposal 136.00 10695 Northern Ill. Gas 13.95 10696 Northern Propane Gas 954.09 10697 Radicom 19.50 10698 Rockford Industiral Welding Supply 14.60 10699 Scan Am 70.25 10700 State Chemical Manufacturing Co. 70.78 10701 Tones Inc. 1 76.00 10702 Uarco Inc. 214.89 10703 I.C. Webb & Assoc. Inc. 47.60 10704 Western Union Co. 285.00 10705 Sony Sound Center 685.12 10706 Xerox Corp. 235.27 10707 McHenry Savings & Loan Assoc. 1,000.00 10708 Clerk of the Circuit Ct. of McH. Cty. 700.00 10709 McHenry State Bank 6,853.53 10710 Ill. Dept. of Revenue 1,029.03 10711 Jon J. Meyrer, Treas. Police Pension and 1,396,69 10712 City of McHenry Payroll Acct. 30,674.78 WATER/SEWER FUND #266 Charles Budreck 500.00 267 Bond Reserve Fund 1,140.00 268 Depreciation Reserve Fund 460.00 269 McHenry Savings & Loan 101,000.00 270 Ill. Municipal Retirement Fund 1,468.49 271 Adams Bros. Steel Service 28.80 272 VOID ______ Monday, October 5, 1981 Page 3 WATER/SEWER CONTINUED 273 Illinois Bell Telephone 193.84 274 McHenry Lumber Co. 65.88 275 McHenry Woodstock Disposal 12.00 276 Northern Illinois Gas 108.80 277 Pump Engineering Co. 6.22 278 Ted Smith Delivery Service 10.00 279 Tones Inc. 38.00 280 Butler Auto Parts, Inc. 1.72 281 Commonwealth Edison 8,444.79 282 City of McHenry General Fund 5,352.22 Voting Aye: Meurer, Serr�tella, Smith,Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconde& by Wieser, to authorize Baxter & Woodman to dye and flood test sewer lines as designated by the Supt. of Public Works Authoriza- at an estimated cost of from $600 to $800, and to authorize the use of city tion workers to assist in the project. Sewer Voting Aye: Meurer, Serr�tella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Motion by Wieser, seconde� by Smith, to permit the use of the city Authori-, garage to build six class floats for the high school homecoming celebration. zation Voting Aye: Meurer, Ser itella, Smith, Wieser, Nolan, Harker. Voting Nay: Datz. Pepping. Absent: pp . g Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Serritella, to reinstitute the snow- Snow - plowing program in Feger's subdivision, Country Club Drive and the north end plowing of Park Street which are all outsi�e the city limits, with the same rates applying as last year. Voting Aye: Meurer, Ser itella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Monday, October 5, 1981 Page 4 Authori- Motion by Nolan, seconded by Datz, �o authorize the Mayor to send a zation letter to the Chicago North Western Transportation Company stating the City's CNWRR objection to the proposed change in service at the CNWRR depot in McHenry. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serritella, Smi h, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Mayor Stanek called for a recess at, 9:05 P.M. The meeting reconvenec. at 9:23 P.M. with everyone still in attendance. Motion by Wieser, seconded by Hark r, to authorize and approve the Tag day request of the Knights of Columbus for a tag ay on October 31, 1981. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serritella, Smith, Weiser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Motion by Wieser, seconded by Nolan, to authorize the city to extend and pay for extention of a water service from the west of Front Street to a Water property located on the east side of the high*ay at 904 N. Front Street with the Line Street Mainte- nance city's cost to be $475.00. Voting Aye: Serritella, Smith, Wieser, Nolan. Voting Nay: Meurer, Datz, Harker, tanek. Absent: Pepping. Motion did not carry. Motion by Serritella, seconded by Wieser, to authorize the city to install blacktop on the right-of-way and property in front of 1304 N. Front Street with one-half of the costs to be paid �y the owner of the benefited pro- perty up to an amount of $450.00. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serritella, Smith ,Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Alderman Harker left the meeting at 9:55 P.M. a Monday, October 5, 1981 Page 5 Motion by Nolan, seconde by Meurer, to go into Executive Session at Executive at 10:03 P.M. for the purpose of liscussing land acquisition and pending liti- Session gation. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serr4ella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Motion by Meurer, second d by Nolan, to go back into Open Session at 10:47 P.M. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serr tella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay; None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Motion by Wieser, second�d by Smith, to purchase 6+ (six plus) acres of land from Charles J. Miller at'a cost of $35,000.00, said property being south of and contiguous to the Decker property north of Bull Valley Road, and to authorize Attorney Narusis to �roceed with necessary paperwork to complete the purchase. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serr�tella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Autho- rization Land Acquis- ition Motion by Serritella, se onded by Meurer, to pass a Resolution Resolution, reaffirming the action taken by t�e Council on August 31, 1981, to call up Irrevocable Letter of Credit #79-�L09 dated October?_6, 1979 at the First National McH. Lakes Bank of Woodstock and request the'$70,000.00 balance in that Letter of Credit Estate because developers, Howard Orleans, Milfred Towne and the American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, have failed to satisfactorily complete or carry on the work of the installation Ind construction of the required improvements in the McHenry Lakes Unit I subdivislion. Voting Aye: Meurer, Ser itella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Monday, October 5, 1981 Page 6 Motion by Wieser, seconded by Smith, to adjourn. Voting Aye: Meurer, Serritella, Smith, Wieser, Datz, Harker, Nolan. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Pepping. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:49 P.M. Clerk