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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - 09/06/1977 - City Council REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1977 8:05 P.M. Mayor Pro Tem Bolger called the meeting to order. The regular meeting was held on Tuesday, due to the Labor Day Holiday falling on the first Monday of the month. Roll call found the following aldermen were present: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Absent: None. Motion by Harker, seconded by Adams to accept the minutes of the August 29, 1977 meeting as read. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Schooley, seconded by Datz, to authorize and approve payment of the following bills, excluding Mayor Stanek's mileage bill: GENERAL FUND: #1776 McHenry State Bank 3,477.24 1777 ILL. Dept. of Revenue 565.58 1778 Wm. Brda, Treas. - Pol. Pension Fund 902.28 1779 Lee Groh 25.00 1780 McHenry Cnty. Recorder of Deeds 6.00 1781 McHenry State Bank 372.06 1782 Ill. Dept. of Revenue 89.32 1783 City of McHenry Payroll Acct. 3,472.09 1784 First National Bank of McHenry 30,000.00 1785 First National Bank of McHenry 30,000.00 1786 VOID 1787 Postmaster, McHenry 200.00 1788 Music Performance Trust Funds 1,500.00 1789 John Behrendt 201.60 1790 Ruth Roach 82.65 1791 Barbara E. Gilpin, Petty Cash 65.46 1792 McHenry State Bank 3,540.80 1793 Ill. Dept. of Revenue 575.08 1794 Wm. Brda, Treas. - Police Pension 960.08 1795 City of McHenry Payroll Acct. 19,262.82 1796 Municipal Clerks of Ill. 17.00 1797 Ace Hardware 520.18 1798 Jim Adams Auto Body 15.00 1799 Alexander Lumber 188.96 1800 Althoff Industries 55.64 1801 Anderson Tree Service 260.00 1802 H. R. Dean 3.98 1803 Geo. R. Breber Music 80.10 1804 Carey Contracting 32.96 1805 Commercial Systems 61.62 1806 Commonwealth Edison 2,751.28 1807 Craft-Weld 65.00 1808 Dependable 48.00 Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1977 Page 2 1809 Eby-Brown 61.43 1810 Illinois Bell 667.42 1811 Kale Uniforms 175.81 1812 Lyle Signs Inc. 22.81 1813 J. T. Mahoney 6.85 1814 Meade Electric Co. 125.00 1815 McHenry Printing Services 16.25 --. 1816 McHenry Sand and Gravel 614.25 1817 McHenry Savings and Loan 1,000.00 1818 McHenry-Woodstock Disposal 24.00 1819 NI-Gas 14.11 1820 Pitney Bowes 48.00 1821 Prudential Ins. Co. 5,154.43 1822 Radicom, Inc. 125.00 1823 Rockford Industrial 10.60 1824 Safford 33.55 1825 Simplex 96.30 1826 Union 24.00 1827 U. S. Leasing 52.85 1828 Wesco 19.96 1829 Xerox 310.00 1830 I11. Municipal Retirement Fund 1,600.54 1831 Ill. Municipal Retirement Fund 6,761.12 1832 Clem J. Wirfs 87.50 1833 Edward Zamiski 81.50 1834 Anthony Piasecki 47.25 1835 Edward J. Burd 39.00 1836 Frank A. Schebe, Jr. 54.25 1837 Donald Green 15.75 1838 Kenneth Zonas 15.75 1839 David Hollister 49.00 1840 Arnold Ratzlaff 49.00 "-. 1841 Melvin Toepper 29.75 1842 William Reichy 15.75 1843 Edward Karpus 15.75 1844 Glen D. Mincks 15.75 1845 Fred Notz 15.75 1846 Kent Corporation 6,340.00 1847 McHenry Area Chamber of Comm. 440.00 WATER/SEWER FUND #976 City of McHenry General Fund 3,111.55 977 City of McHenry General Fund 319.94 978 City of McHenry General Fund 405.18 979 City of McHenry General Fund 30.47 980 First National Bank of McHenry 12,000.00 981 McHenry Savings and Loan 60,000.00' 982 City of McHenry Revenue Sharing Fund 27,000.00 983 McHenry Savings and Loan Assoc. 100.00 984 Postmaster, McHenry, IL 200.00 985 Postmaster, McHenry, IL 50.00 986 City of McHenry General Fund 3,094.05 987 City of McHenry General Fund 319.07 988 Ace Hardware 140.37 989 Alexander Chemicls 720.00 990 Althoff Industries 2.07 991 Browns Data Processing 379.99 992 Commonwealth Edison 3,733.68 993 Giffin Pipe Products 290.40 994 Illinois Bell 219.13 995 Lakeland Construction 6,987.00 996 McHenry Sand and Gravel 196.85 997 McHenry-Woodstock Disposal 8.00 998 NI-Gas 35.96 999 Northern Illinois Utilities 30.00 1000 Prudential Ins. Co. 474.30 1001 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 437.47 1002 Baxter and Woodman, Inc. 5,693.50 Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1977 Page 3 1003 City of McHenry General Fund 552.60 1004 City of McHenry General Fund 55.52 1005 Jim Houden 43.57 Voting Aye: Bolger, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: Nolan Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Nolan, to pay Mayor Stanek's mileage bill as presented: After discussion with the Mayor Pro Tem, Nolan withdrew her motion. Motion by Smith, seconded by Schaedel, to accept the Chamber of Commerce's contribution of $265.88 toward the bill for Fiesta Day police protection (auxiliary police and regular city police overtime) with the balance of the bill to be paid by the city in the amount of $1,179.78. �. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. The Mayor Pro Tem authorized the Public Property committee to look into the Chamber of Commerce's offer to donate all their Christmas Decorations to the city. Motion by Harker, seconded by Adams, to approve the final plat of Brittany Park Unit 2 contingent upon the engineer's approval of the amount specified in their irrevocable letter of credit and the signa- tures of the mayor and city clerk should be affixed to the plat. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schooley. Voting Nay: Schaedel. Absent: None. Motion carried. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1977 Page 4 Motion by Smith, seconded by Harker, to authorize the pur- chase of a snow plow in the amount of $1,413 for the Public Works department. ..� Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Harker, seconded by Nolan, to authorize Supt. Meyer to purchase a sand spreader for the Public Works department which he and his employees feel is adequate. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Adams, seconded by Smith, to authorize Supt. Meyer to contact State Highway officials and get approval to seal coat the west side of Route 31 from Grand to Maple avenue. After discussion, Adams withdrew his motion and Smith withdrew his second. Motion by Adams, seconded by Smith, to authorize Supt. Meyer to contact the State Highway department seeking permission for the city to seal coat the side of the highway between Grand Avenue and the Cemetery on the west side of Route 31. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Harker, seconded by Schooley, to pass a resolution withdrawing unexpended funds in the Cooney Heights Special Assessment Account in the amount of $2,545.95 and transferring it into the Water/ Sewer Fund. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1977 Page 5 Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to pay the insurance premium for the professional police liability policy in the amount of $6,340.00 to Kent Corporation. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Smith, seconded by Harker, to pay Baxter & Woodman for engineering services in the amount of $5,693.50 as follows: McDonald Industrial Development - $100.00; Clearbrook Avenue - $349.25 and Well No. 5 Filtration Facilities - $5,244.25. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Schaedel, seconded by Adams, to allocate $2,442.00 from the Anti Recession Fund for Summer Help wages. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Mayor Pro Tem Bolger called for a Special Meeting of the Council on Monday, September 12, 1977 at 8 P.M. for the purpose of considering a Police Pension Levy Ordinance, approving bid advertisement for Well No. 6 and any and all other business which might properly come before the Council. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1977 Page 6 Motion by Smith, requesting that a representative from Baxter & Woodman be asked to attend the Sept. 12 Special Meeting and explain in detail the proposed well specifications and also ask Tom ---. Huemann to attend. After discussion, Smith withdrew his motion. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to request Baxter & Woodman to have a representative attend the September 12th Special Meeting prepared to present all the information he has on the proposed wells. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Harker, seconded by Schooley, to pass an amended Stop Sign Ordinance incorporating stop signs in Fox Ridge Subdivision and on Commercial Avenue in Lakeland Park. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Acting on a letter written to the Council by Mr. Al Smith, owner of Lakeland Quick Wash, 4400 W. Route 120, McHenry Market Place, in which he requested credit on his water bill, Harker made a motion, seconded by Schaedel, to deny the issuance of any further credit to Lakeland Quick Wash. Voting Aye: Bolger, Nolan, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1977 Page 7 Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to adjourn. Voting Aye: Bolger, Harker, Datz, Smith, Adams, Schaedel, Schooley. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:53 P.M. . -C, 1. City Clerk '�/y/ Mayor o '�M