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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - 10/19/1981 - City CouncilREGULAR MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1981 8 P.M. The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Council Stanek at 8:03 P.M. Monday, October 19, 1981 in City Hall. At roll call the Mtg• following aldermen were present: Pepping, Nolan, Wieser, Datz, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Absent: Harker. Attendance Also in attendance were Supt. Weber, Attorney Narusis, Clerk Gilpin, Chief Pasenelli, Park Director Merkel. Motion by Serritella, seconded by Datz, to accept the minutes of the October 5, 1981 regular meeting as read. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Pepping, seconded by Nolan, to accept the proposal of the McHenry Public Library Board and reduce its indebtedness to the City from Library $15,716.64 to $8,636.41 with repayment terms to be negotiated between the Finance Committee and the Library Board. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Nolan, seconded by Serritella, to pass an ordinance amending Ordi- the Subdivision Control Ordinance regarding fines and penalties. nance Subdi- Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. vision Voting Nay: None. Control Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Meurer, to accept the September Treasurer's report as presented. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Pepping, seconded by Nolan, to accept the September Clerk's report as presented. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Nolan, seconded by Meurer, to authorize and approve payment of the following bills as presented. GENERAL FUND #10713 McHenry Public Library 10714 City of McHenry Police Pension Fund 10715 Barbara E. Gilpin, Petty Cash Fund 10716 Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County 10717 Betty Michell 10718 Bernice Sheridan 35,349.76 1,369.62 180.32 140.00 18.00 18.00 Monday, October 19, 1981 Page 2 General Fund Continued #10719 Sharon Voight 36.00 10720 Gilbert Ruiz 18.00 10721 Martha Kirsch 45.00 10722 Linda Schmidt 18.00 10723 Otis Bartels 18.00 10724 Ellen Crosbie 25.00 10725 Helen Kirsch 25.00 10726 Ronnie Neumann 25.00 10727 Wilfred Savord 15.00 10728 George Lane 100.00 10729 Federal Revenue Sharing Fund 65,000.00 10730 Director of Labor 80.01 10731 Director of Labor 554.67 10732 Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County 480.00 10733 William Stahlman 75.00 10734 Howell Tractor & Equiment Co. 55.86 10735 Joseph M. Nimsgern 206.33 10736 State of Ill. Dept. of Conservation 1,000.00 10737 McHenry State Bank 71..54 10738 I11. Dept. of Revenue 13.20 10739 City of McHenry Payroll Account 754.61 10740 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County 100.00 10741 VOID ------ 10742 McHenry State Bank 9,164.86 10743 McHenry County Recorder of Deeds 17.00 10744 McHenry County Clerk 276.86 10745 George R. Pasenelli 380.00 10746 Barbara E. Gilpin 25.46 10747 Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County 210.00 10748 Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry Coun-- 655.00 10749 McHenry State Bank 6,929.57 10750 Ill. Dept. of Revenue 1,032.15 10751 Jon J. Meyer, Treas. - Pol. Pension Fund 1,401.93 10752 City of McHenry Payroll Acct. 30,666.07 10753 Susan Rietryga 10.00 10754 Rita Pomo 10.00 10755 Teresa Seithel 20.00 10756 Paul Adelizzi 24.00 10757 VOID ------ 10758 Mike Aleckson 12.00 10759 Jenny Bart 12.00 10760 Amy Bisiewicz 12.00 10761 Marie Finch 24.00 10762 Jason Glaser 12.00 10763 Lori Guelzo 12.00 10764 Karen Hiller 24.00 10765 Lisa Honea 12.00 10766 Jeffrey Jacobs 12.00 10767 Kelly Ann John 12.00 10768 Greg Keller 24.00 10769 Tony Leva 24.00 10770 Tricia Lively 18.00 10771 Tracy Morjal 24.00 10772 Brett Newbrough 24.00 10773 Ed O'Dwyer 24.00 10774 Jenny Paradowski 18.00 10775 Kevin Parks 24.00 10776 Johnathan Pickett 12.00 10777 Jason Schneider 24.00 10778 Beth Seavey 12.00 10779 Todd Thennes 12.00 10780 Spancrete of Illinois, Inc. 25.00 10781 Pam Rujicka 10.00 10782 McHenry Oil Co. 8,262.31 10783 University of Illinois 3.50 10784 American Truck Parts 472.85 10785 A & A Properties 75.00 10786 American Blueprint & Supply 55.10 10787 Alexander Lumber Co. 187.63 10788 Althoff Industries 47.20 Monday, October 19, 1981 Page 3 GENERAL FUND CONTINUED # 10789 Buoma Trucking 15.00 10790 Badger Uniform 122.78 10791 Coast to Coast 28.50 10792 Carey Appliance Inc. 16.20 10793 Community Auto Supply 250.98 10794 Curran Contracting Co. 365.00 10795 Dictaphone 677.00 10796 Ed's Rental and Sales, Inc. 17.90 10797 Eby -Brown Co. 90.16 10798 Enterprise Ready Mix Co., Inc. 1,628.00 10799 Eby Brown Co. 28.08 10800 Fox Lake Office Supply 81.90 10801 George P. Freund, Inc. 728.83 10802 Hornsby's Store 18.26 10803 John's Sport Stop 358.70 10804 Industrial Towel and Uniform 135.43 10805 Liberty Asphalt Corp. 3,692.60 10806 Mikes Tool Sales, Inc. 35.25 10807 McHenry Auto Parts 1,144.66 10808 McHenry Tire Mart 1,653.50 10809 McHenry Sand & Gravel 2,665.63 10810 The Office Shoppe 83.61 10811 Photo Forum, Inc. 22.64 10812 Prudential Insurance Co. 5,896.30 10813 Lakeland Construction 55.68 10814 McHenry Paint, Glass & Wallpaper 9.25 10815 McHenry Printing Services 723.11 10816 McHenry Firestone, Inc. 163.66 10817 Mitchell Buick & Olds 34.02 10818 Lakeland Distributors Co., Inc. 36.42 10819 Rockenbach Chevrolet Sales, Inc. 398.44 10820 Rockford Industrial Welding Supply Inc. 34.06 10821 Scan -Am 42.75 10822 Smith Allignment Service 42.50 10823 Traffic Institute, Northwestern University 350.00 10824 Trius Products, Inc. 75.00 10825 Western Union 255.00 10826 Xerox Corp. 282.65 10827 Betty Looze 25.00 10828 Peter J. Merkel 375.00 WATER/SEWER FUND #283 Barbara E. Gilpin Petty Cash Fund 5.32 284 VOID ------ 285 Ted Smith Delivery Service 20.00 286 City of McHenry General Fund 8,086.67 287 McHenry County Recorder of Deeds 6.00 288 Greg Foreman 80.00 289 McHenry Oil Co. 243.47 290 Alexander Lumber Co. 66.10 291 Althoff Industries 419.06 292 Botts Welding & Truck Service 101.33 293 Community Auto Supply 4.23 294 Fox Lake Office Supply 7.01 295 Hornsby's Store 34.99 296 Industrial Towel & Uniform 100.60 297 McHenry Auto Parts 31.36 298 Marblehead Lime Co. 1,058.28 299 McHenry Sand & Gravel 86.13 300 Prudential Insurance Co. 564.02 301 McHenry County Dept. of Health 42.00 302 McHenry Printing Services 154.38 303 Snap-On Tools Corp. 16.93 304 McHenry State Bank 31,975.00 Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Monday, October 19, 1981 Page 4 Sidewalks Charles Margosian, owner of the property at the northeast corner of Elm and Industrial Drive addressed the Council to request a variation on the sidewalk requirements along Elm and Industrial Drive where construction of a new Jewel-Osco store is in progress. After consideration, it was the consensus of the Council that no variations be allowed. Mayor Stanek called for a recess at 9:16 P.M. The meeting reconvened at 9:28 P.M. with everyone still in attendance. Motion by Pepping, seconded by Nolan, to pass an ordinance permit - Ordinance Street name ting a street name change from Garden Quarter Road to North Fox Lane contingent change upon payment by the people who requested the change for city attorney fees incurred in drafting and researching the ordinance as well as payment of costs incurred in the city clerk's office related to changing the records and computer programs. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Wieiser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: Datz. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Meurer, Chairman of the Purchasing Committee, reported two bids Bid were received in connection with the purchase of five 1982 squad cars. Bid Opening opening took place on Saturday, October 17, 1981 at 10:00 A.M. in city hall as advertised. In attendance were Chairman Meurer, and Purchasing Committee members Datz and Nolan, Chief Pasenelli, Sgt. Robert Zujewski, City Clerk Gilpin. The bids were as follows: Mitchell Buick --Buick LeSabres, $52,767.75 without trade-ins and $43,965.75 with trade-ins; Buss Motor Sales --Ford LTD's $48,900.00 without trade-ins and $44,100.00 with trade-ins. Meurer reported there were no variations on the specifications from Buss Motor Sales but there were variations on the Mitchell Buick bid. He said the Committee considered the bids carefully as well as other related conditions and it was the recom- mendation of the Purchasing Committee to purchase the Buick LeSabres from Mitchell Buick. Motion by Wieser, seconded by Serritella, to purchase five 1982 squad cars from Buss Motor Sales at the bid price of $44,100.00 including trade-ins with the cars to be equiped with heavy duty split bench seats. Voting Aye: Pepping, Wieser, Smith, Serritella. Voting Nay: Nolan, Datz, Meurer, Stanek. Absent: Harker. Motion did not carry. Monday, October 19, 1981 Page 5 Motion by Smith, seconded by Pepping, to advertise for rebids with the same specifications as used before with one exception - straight heavy duty seat be substituted in the specifications in place of split bench seat. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: Wieser. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Bid opening will be held Saturday, November 14, 1981 at 10 :00 A .M. in Bid City Hall. Authori- zation Motion by Serritella, seconded by Nolan, to authorize the use of the city's Layton Box to install blacktop on designated city streets and to utilize Street Mainte- city trucks and men for the job. nance Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Smith, Serritella, Stanek. Voting Nay: Datz, Wieser, Meurer. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Serritella, to authorize Supt. Weber to purchase blacktop mix and oil to resurface city streets from the contractor presenting the lowest cost proposal. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay. Datz, Wieser. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Meurer, seconded by Serritella, to authorize and approve pay - Street Mainte- nance ment of interest on the Water Works and Sewage Revenue Bonds, Series 1979, in Bond Pay - the amount of $31,950.00 plus a $25.00 bank fee, for a total payment of $31,975.00 ment to McHenry State Bank by the due date of November 1, 1981. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Smith, Serritella, Datz, Wieser, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Nolan, seconded by Pepping, to pass a resolution authorizing Reso- lution Phase One Preliminary Design Engineering for the Green Street FAU project with MFT payment to come from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Smith, Serritella, Datz, Wieser, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Meurer, seconded by Serritella, to accept dedication of the Dedica- tion lot at the southwest corner of Prairie and Oak Streets in Lakeland Park from the Robin -Ladd Company, the Parcel number being 09-27-210-016. October 19, 1981 Page 6 Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Mayor Stanek asked the Council to reconsider the Agreement made betwf Agree- ments the City of McHenry and McHenry Sand and Gravel Company on April 30, 1979, in Rater Dept. connection,with a Water Well on the Sand & Gravel Compan_v industrial property on the south side of Route 120. At one time, it was fel+ the Well could be of some future value to the city's water supply system. However, city engineers IT Baxter & Woodman, recently inspected the Well and advised that because of limited capacity, a history of screen clogging problems, physical condition and other significant drawbacks, the Well would be of little value if any to the City . Charles Miller, who signed the original agreement, said that in light of the ,-�ve facts, he proposed that Items 1 and 8 in the original agreeement be waived. Motion by Wieser, seconded by Datz, to accept the proposal of Charles J. Miller and waive Items 1 and 8 in the April 30, 1979 Agreement between the City of McHenry and McHenry Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Executive Motion by Nolan, seconded by Serritella, to go into Executive Session Session at 10:45 P.M. for the purpose of discussing pending litigation. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Motion by Serritella, seconded by Pepping, to go back into Open Session at 10:55 P.M. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Monday, October 19, 1981 Page 7 Motion by Wieser, seconded by Smith, to adjourn. Voting Aye: Pepping, Nolan, Datz, Wieser, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Harker. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:55 P.M. G CITY CLE MAYOR