VILLAGE OF TOWER LAKES BOARD MEETING

Date: March 17, 2008

Time: 7:48pm

Location: Village Hall

1.) Roll Call, Pledge and Sign In: Attendance; President Leitner; Trustees Merkle, Parro, deVries, Fitzgibbons, Baggett, Building Inspector Cantieri, Village Clerk Peterson, Treasurer Rolfs. Police Chief Sinacore, Absent; Tr. Bolger

2.) Public Comments: None

3. Approval of Minutes: A Motion to approve minutes by Tr. Merkle, seconded by Trustee Parro and followed by a unanimous voice vote; Abstain Pres. Leitner, Tr. Fitzgibbons.

Building and Zoning: (I) Plan Commission Chairman Dehnert presented the Comprehensive Plan Review update. He thanked the trustees for their input on the survey and power point presentation. Several amendments have been made to reflect additional information. The Plan Commission has scheduled two of the three Visioning Sessions with residents during the month of April. These sessions will be used to educate a group of residents on facts and current issues confronting the Village and get residents into both small and large group discussions. The purpose of these sessions is to gain additional insight into the residents opinions and thoughts for the future. The village survey is in the final stage of approval. The format will provide on copy mailed to every household in the village. The survey is a scanable form which will provide easier tabulation of results. The survey is planned to be mailed by the end of April. The Planning Commission is holding its regularly scheduled meeting at 7:15pm on 4/10 at Doc Restaurant Conference Room to go through a dry run. Chairman Dehnert invited the board to attend. (ii) Amendments to Maximum Lot Coverage Ratio and Notice of Homeowners in process. Pres Leitner will contact Larry Gold (ZBA) and Tony Cantieri to attend the Plan Commission Meeting in May. (iii) See Inspectors Report on File

5.) Treasuruer’s Report: (I) A motion by Tr. Merkle and seconded by Tr. Baggett to approve the monthly expenditures as presented Yeas: Tr. Merkle Parro, deVries, Baggett Nays: None; Absent: Tr. Bolger.

6.) Budget & Finance: (I) Pres. Leitner shared there is a better exchange of ideas within the Coalition against CN Rail. The group has made an impact. Pres. Leitner reported the coalition is seeking another round of contributions and would like Tower Lakes to contribute an additional $10,000 to the coalition for the fiscal year 08-09. (ii) The budget is in process. Right now there is an overage. Tr. Baggett asked how important it is to purchase a emergency warning siren. Tr. deVries asked what other projects are outstanding out there. What are the priorities? Recommend the finance committee come back with a proposal for the budget overage.

7.) Police & Public Safety: (I) See Report on File. (ii) Revised the operating budget. (iii) ESDA Continue to works towards NIMS compliance. Investigating the acquisition of an emergency generator.

8.) Utilities Management: Tr. De Vries stated how fortunate we have been with our harsh and cold winter that we have not had any water main breaks. As the weather warms up and we approach spring, we will see how things turn out.

9.) Roads & Right of Way: (i) President Bush declared Lake County a disaster area from the February 5^th snow storm. Tower Lakes paid $8273 in extra salt charges for January and February. Sabatello is coming through the village to trim the broken tree limbs from the winter storms. The spring brush will be the week after spring clean up. Contact Tr. Parro for additional information.

10.) Grounds: No Report.

11.) Stormwater Management: No Report

12.) Health & Sanitation: No Report

13.) Urban Forestry: Arbor Day celebration will be on April 26^th. Additional information will be published in the newsletter.

14. ) Administration / Legal / Outside: The CN group is coming together. Pres. Leitner went to Springfield with BACOG to meet with state legislators on various legislative matters.

15. Old Business:

Motion to adjourn at 9:40pm made by Tr.Baggett , 2^nd Fitzgibbons and followed by a unanimous voice vote.