HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 10/02/1991 - City CouncilREGULAR MEETING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1991
The Regular Meeting of the McHenry City Council was called to order
by Mayor Busse on Wednesday, October 2, 1991 at 8.00 P.M. at City Hall.
At roll call the following Aldermen were present: Bolger, Donahue,
Lieder, Locke, Smith, Patterson, Serritella, Adams. Absent: None. City
Staff in attendance were: City Clerk Gilpin, City Administrator
Peterson, City Attorney Narusls, Director of Public Works Batt, Director
of Building and Zoning Halik, Director of Parks and Recreation Merkel,
and Chief of Police Joyce. Absent: None.
During the ten minute Public Input Session, Ronna Crowley of 5215
Abbey Drive addressed the Council concerning her opposition to extension
of the Backhaus Annexation Agreement.
Mayor Busse presented a resolution to James Fouse, who recently
resigned from the Zoning Board of Appeals after 15 years of dedicated
service. He served as Chairman of the Board for 12 years. Mayor Busse
expressed appreciation on behalf of all the citizens of McHenry for his
dedication to community service.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Donahue, to approve the Consent Agenda
as follows:
- Approve the Minutes of the September 11 and September 18, 1991
Regular City Council Meetings as presented.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting May: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Bob Kirschner of Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC)
gave a report to the Council concerning the results of the Phase I study
of the McCullom Lake Clean Lakes Program. Kirschner reported that the
diagnostic phase of the study had been completed and he would be
presenting these findings at a Public Hearing on October 10, 1991 at 7.00
P.M. in the Municipal Center Council Chambers. He will provide
information on a variety of options available, address the findings and
discuss implementation of the options. It will be up to the City to
determine the final management strategy for McCullom Lake, whether it
would be used for swimming, fishing, boating, sailboarding, or as a
non -motorized lake. That strategy will have to be determined by the
Council.
Mayor Busse called for a Committee Meeting of the Whole on Thursday,
October 10, 1991 at 7:00 P.M. at the Municipal Center Council Chambers to
hear the presentation from Bob Kirschner of NIPC on the McCullom Lake
Clean Lakes Study results.
Robert Schmidt of Brandenburg Development Company appeared before the
Council to seek approval of a Preliminary Plat of his proposed North
Orchard Subdivision which would be located in County jurisdiction on the
east side of Riverside Drive, adjacent to The Oaks of McHenry. He is
required to get City approval of his project since it is within the
City's 1 112 mile jurisdiction. The property consists of 36 acres with a
total of 29 lots. It was felt that the City's Subdivision Control
Ordinance should regulate this subdivision, since it was directly
abutting the Oaks of McHenry subdivision. Schmidt said he has been
working on this project for 2 or 3 years and had previously contacted the
City about annexation, but City Engineers told him there was not enough
sewer capacity to handle his subdivision. The Aldermen encouraged the
petitioner to engage in further discussions with the City Staff toward
the objective of annexing the property to the City.
Motion by Lieder, seconded by Patterson, that the City Council notify
the McHenry County Plan Commission that the City will not approve the
Preliminary Plat of North Orchard Subdivision because the City has
concerns relative to the proposed sanitary sewer service, water service,
curb and gutter, and other City of McHenry Subdivision Control Ordinance
standards.
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Motion by Bolger, seconded by Serritella, to table the motion until
the next Council meeting on October 16, so the City Council can get more
information from the City Engineer on this project.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder,
Adams, Serritella.
Voting Nagy: Locke, Smith, Patterson.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Locke, to approve the purchase of
calcium chloride through the Northwest Municipal Conference's Joint
Purchase Program, and to authorize the use of Motor Fuel Tax money to pay
for the salt purchase.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nagy: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Donahue, to approve the Engineering
Services Agreement with Smith Engineering at a cost not to exceed
$6,000.00, with the contract language to be reviewed by the City
Attorney, and to authorize Smith Engineering to design and draw
specifications for improvement of Center Street, Creekside, Lakeland, and
Peterson Parks, as presented.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nary: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Bolger, to accept the subdivision
improvements for Biscayne Highlands subdivision, and reduce the
construction guarantee letter of credit by $41,999.00, as recommended by
City Engineers Baxter 8 Woodman and Director of Public Works Batt.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Alderman Lieder presented a report on Developer Donation Fees, as
requested by the Council at the September 11, 1991 Meeting. At that
meeting, Mr. John Curt appeared before the Council requesting approval
to rebate School Developer Donation Fees that Cunat Bros. had paid for
Irish Prairie Subdivision under an ordinance that was adopted April 26,
1989. Following that discussion, Lieder agreed to reconstruct for the
Council how the Developer Donation Fees for the schools had been
derived. He reviewed the notes from previous meetings, and presented a
report summarizing the information he had gathered. Lieder stressed that
both the 1989 and the 1991 Ordinances were based on the best available
information the Council had at that time and were supported by
documentation from the Illinois School Consulting Service. John Cunat
was in attendance at the meeting, along with his attorney Sam Diamond.
After lengthy discussion, Cunat said he would review the information
presented by Lieder, and will appear at a future Council meeting with his
response to that report.
Mayor Busse called for a recess at 10:17 P.M. The Meeting reconvened
at 10:30 P.M. with everyone still in attendance.
Jeff Sronkoski of Legat Architects presented a tabulation of the
audio/visual bids for the new Municipal Center Council Chambers which
were opened on September 25. Two bids were received. The base bids were
as follows: Sound, Inc. of Naperville, $53,500.00 and Pro Com, Inc. of
Rockford, $63,659.00. Estimated bid for the project was $48,500.00.
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Following discussion, it was felt that since the bids were over the
estimate and since eight separate alternates for options on equipment in
the bids would further affect the total price, it would be better to
reject all bids and go for proposals on each individual item.
Sronkoski reported that for installation of the sound system only,
it would take 3 weeks to get the equipment and 3-4 days to install it.
He estimated the cost of the sound system to be from $15,000 - $20,000.
This would allow Council Meetings to be held in the new Municipal Center
Council Chambers immediately.
Motion by Donahue, seconded by Patterson, to reject all bids for the
audio/visual system, and authorize the City Administrator to seek
proposals from the two firms who submitted the bids for just the sound
portion of the contract and to include in the proposals, three options
for different microphones.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Serritella, to seek proposals for the
basic sound system which would include the goose -neck type microphone
attached to the Council tables as propvzd in the bid specifications.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Serritella.
Voting Nay: Patterson.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
The City Administrator was instructed to get price proposals and
submit a recommendation to the Council for approval.
During the Mayor's Statement and Reports, he announced that the City
of McHenry would sponsor the October 23rd McHenry County Municipal
Association Dinner Meeting at the McHenry Country Club. A tour of the
new building will be held from 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. for Municipal officials
who wish to tour the building.
The Mayor announced that after further investigation, he would not be
issuing a Class 'A' Liquor License to Nest End Pub as discussed at the
last Council meeting.
The Mayor also announced that the Commons tile floor at the Municipal
Center had been sealed with two coats and was approved and accepted by
the City. The matter is now officially closed.
Alderman Patterson, Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Committee,
reported on a meeting held September 23, 1991.
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Locke, to approve the recommendation
of the Park Committee and authorize Director Merkel to prepare formal bid
specifications and then solicit bids for playground equipment and
installation of that equipment, with the job to be completed this year.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting May: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
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Motion by Patterson, seconded by Adams, to approve the recommendation
of the Park Committee, and authorize Director Merkel to prepare bid
specifications and then solicit bids for the purchase of 64 trees and
professional planting of them in various parks, with the work to be
completed this year.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Patterson, seconded by Bolger, to authorize a donation of
$1,000.00 in the 1992-93 Fiscal Year Budget for use by the McHenry
Beautification Committee .
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Lieder, seconded by Bolger, to authorize the Director of
Public Works to test septic material from Raycraft Septic Service to
determine if it is toxic, with all costs of the testing to be paid by
Raycraft.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Abstaining: Donahue.
Motion carried.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Donahue, to authorize the Finance
Committee to work with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs (DECCA) to develop guidelines for use of the City's Revolving
Loan Fund money which resulted from a DECCA loan the City previously made
to a local plastic products firm.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Alderman Patterson raised a question about the City's policy of
issuing permits for temporary sales. The matter was referred to the
Building and Zoning Committee for further discussion.
A question from Aldermen Smith and Adams on parking restrictions in
the Riverside Drive parking lot will be brought before the Council at a
future meeting.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Donahue, to go into Executive Session
at 11:30 P.M. to discuss personnel.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nagy: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Lieder, seconded by Locke, to go back into Open Session at
11:35 P.M.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nagy: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
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Motion by Locke, seconded by Donahue,
recommendation to hire Julie Ann Boelter
Communications employee at a salary of Grade
Ekeroth, Jr, who recently resigned.
Voting Aye:
Voting Nay:
Absent:
Motion carried.
Bolger, Donahue, Lieder,
Smith, Adams, Patterson,
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Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to adjourn.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke,
Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella.
Voting Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Motion carried.
The Meeting adjourned at 11:35 P.M.
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