Minutes of June 26 2002 Village Board Mtg

REVISED MINUTES OF TOWER LAKES

SPECIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

Date: June 26, 2002

Location: Village Office

Time: 7:30 pm

1. PLEDGE: President Kuskowski called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Sign in sheet circulated.

ROLL CALL: Present: Village President Kuskowski, Trustees Adams, Filippell,Parro, Aitken, Cantieri, Rigali, Village Clerk Leitner, Village Treasurer Gidley.

Also in attendance: Dorothy Pratt, Deputy Village Clerk and newsletter correspondent.

2.APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion by Trustee Adams to approve the minutes of the May Village Board Meeting as revised, seconded by Trustee Rigali and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Trustees Adams,Aitken, Filippell, Parro, Rigali. NAYES: none. ABSTAIN: Cantieri.

3. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS: (See ZBA minutes and minutes form the June 17, 2002 Board meeting, attached).

Lashen Tr Parro says there may be engineering ways to correct the Lashen property. Drainage would be preferable for the village and TLIA, but drainage would need to avoid the lake and go into the pond. Lake County Stormwaater Management says this site may be an isolated wetlands. Lake Couty SMC controls isolated wetlands now that the feds no longer control it. Pres Kuskowski wishes to defer the vote on this variance request until the stormwater management issues are resolved.

Faut ZBA recommended the Board grant the variance request. Tr Cantieri wondered how the discussion of decorative fence came in, it was explained. Motion to approve ZBA recommendation made by Tr Rigali, seconded by Tr Aitken and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Trustees Adams,Aitken, Filippell, Parro, Rigali. NAYES: Cantieri-because residents will reference it and use it to put up more fences.

4.BUILDING AND ZONING: Ordinance enlarging the SSA #2 to include the Groh properties- the Glen Gary Brae subdivision. Ques: Does the SSA include vacant lots- no. Motion to approve enlarging the SSA #2 made by Tr Cantieri, seconded by Tr Aitken and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Trustees Adams,Aitken, Cantieri, Filippell, Parro, Rigali.

Barclays Woods Annexation Agreement— Landscaping and trees- Pres Kuskowski negotiated flexability for the Pres to change requirements. Pres removed the requirement for a landscape plan, and added a paragraph assuring Lageschulte the village won’t amend land ordinances to eliminate any of his buildable lots. The $24,000 annexation fee is a change from the original. Performance Guaranty went from a $300,000 road improvement to $150,000 and applies only to the development phase of the project rather than the completion of the entire project. Lageschulte wants the risk spread to builders. Rolling Green/Stonehenge are the only roads covered. Indian Trial taken out. Engineers will video tape the roads prior to commencement. Board of Trustees determine road repairs based on Engineering recommendations. The $150,000 Letter of Credit can be used for this, then reduced to zero. Building permits will require an additional $3,000.00 fee in lieu of overweight fee. Bulk discount to him and relief of administrative work for the Village. These fees will go into a separate account. Treas Gidley said this presents additional audit work since the accounts will be restricted to those specific roads. Discussion ensued over which roads should be included in the roads to be repaired. Determination made to eliminate names of specific roads. Motion to approve ordinance authorizing changes as agreed made by Tr Aitken, seconded by Tr Rigali and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Pres Kuskowski, Trustees Adams, Aitken, Cantieri, Filippell, Parro, Rigali. Tr Cantieri thanked Pres Kuskowski for all his time and effort in negotiating this agreement.

5. TREASURER’S REPORT: Treas Gidley reported that Cuba Township has not billed the Village for a couple of months and will not bill the Village for shoulder work that was redone. Ameritech has a proposal to resolve billing errors. The bill for the new computer was added to the bills to be approved. Motion to approve payment of bills made by Tr Adams, seconded by Tr Cantieri and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Trustees Adams,Aitken, Cantieri, Filippell, Parro, Rigali.

6. FINANCE REPORT: Appropriation Ordinance- needs to be passed annually. Tr Filippell went through the changes from last year, which more accurately reflect the Village’s expenses while allowing flexibility. Motion to approve the Appropriations Ordinance made by Tr Filippell, seconded by Tr Rigali and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Trustees Adams, Aitken, Cantieri, Filippell, Parro, Rigali.

PREVAILING WAGE ACT RESOLUTION: Passage of this Resolution is required by the State, per the Village Attorney. Motion to approve the Prevailing Wage Act Resolution made by Tr Parro, seconded by Tr Aitken and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Trustees Adams, Aitken, Cantieri, Filippell, Parro. ABSTAIN: Rigali.

7. STORM WATER MANAGEMENT: Pres Kuskowski contracted with resident John Johnson to provide a stormwater map including the condition of Village drainage systems.

8. ROADS: Trustee Parro reported on additional shoulder work throughout village by Cuba Township. Completion is expected by July Fourth. Tr Parro mentioned and incorrect sign has been reported to Cuba Township’s Tom Gooch.

9. HEALTH AND SANITATION: SWALCO’s Refuse consortium bid went out to four different refuse companies. Bids were received from two companies, Alliance and Waste Management. Tr Adams summarized SWALCO’s report, noting the advantage went to Alliance because they pick up everything, but WMX is the least expensive. Trustees discussed the garbage budget and the need to reduce the state garbage levy. Treas Gidley explained that instead of budgeting the full amount we expect to pay for garbage, we budgeted a partial amount so we can pull down the levy without requiring a village referendum to allow the village to spend this levy. Eventually, the levy will be at a realistic level. Treas Gidley also noted that the Village has received less of its state and county tax collections so far, which also affects our budget. Tr Rigali will set a special meeting to determine which program to include.

10. UTILITIES: ATT Broadband- Tr Adams has received a draft Franchise Agreement. It has been reviewed by Village Attorney Bateman. Motion to approve the Cable Franchise Agreement made by Tr Rigali, seconded by Tr Adams and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Trustees Adams, Aitken, Cantieri, Filippell, Rigali. ABSTAIN: Parro.

11. OLD BUSINESS:Codification: Village Clerk Leitner told to expect changes back in two weeks.

Ordinance enforcement- Tr Cantieri does not want to be the only trustee receiving all the ordinance complaints. The Board needs to set a policy for putting violators’names in the newsletter.

Brownfield Grant –Barrington Park District request was referred to the Village Attorney for review. In his letter to the Board, Attorney Bateman noted that the Grant may be used only for the testing phase, and not for remediation. This presents too much risk for Tower Lakes. Trustees discussed whether the risk/reward makes sense, and wondered whether an intergovernmental agreement would be enforceable and sufficiently protect the Village. After much discussion, a motion to deny the Brownfield Grant request was made by Tr Aitken, seconded by Tr Filippell and followed by a Roll Call vote: AYES: Pres Kuskowski, Trustees Adams, Aitken, Cantieri, Filippell. NAYES: Parro, Rigali.

MEETING ADJOURNED: Motion to adjourn the Board meeting made by Tr Aitken and seconded by Tr Adams and followed by unanimous voice vote.

Respectfully Submitted,

Kathleen Leitner

Village Clerk

07-17-02