VILLAGE OF TOWER LAKES BOARD MEETING

 

Date:   April 21, 2008

Time:  7:38pm

Location:  Village Hall

 

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

 

2.)               Public Comments: None

 

3.)        Approval of Minutes:  A Motion to approve minutes by Tr. Fitzgibbons with the      following correction to roll call:  Add Tr. Baggett and Tr. Fitzgibbons, seconded by     Trustee Parro and followed by a unanimous voice vote.

 

4.)        Building and Zoning: (I) ZBA committee Chairman Gold presented the Board with          a variance request recommendation for Patrick and Diane McKillen, located at            813 East Lake Shore Drive.  Mr. and Mrs. McKillen requested a variation to zoning ordinance Section 10-6-3, relating to maximum lot coverage ratio to             construct an addition to their existing home.  The requirement is 12.5% in A-2             Zoning District.  The existing home is 5,254 square feet or 18.0%.  The proposed             addition of 2,906 square feet (9.9%) would create 8,160 square feet or 27.9%.              The proposed addition will add 1 bedroom and 1 bath, a new dining room, an additional 2 car garage with mud hall/laundry, new covered porch, new wood deck and new screened porch, all on the 1st floor. The petitioners have obtained        both  Lake County Health Department and Lake County Storm Water         Management approval.  The proposed addition is several hundred feet from the   neighborhing home to the West.  The home to the East is approximately 60 feet          from the property line.  An access path to a boat landing is West of the home in        TLIA property.  Notices were provided to 20 neighbors within 250 feet.      Tr.             Fitzgibbons asked if any hardship was presented or taken into consideration.  Mr.           McKillen told the board the addition was needed to provide one level of entry and    living for individuals who can not utilize the stairs.  Trustees reviewed the       proposed plans.  Building Inspector Cantieri reiterated, with the exception of           maximum lot coverage, the homeowner is compliant with all building codes.  Tr.        Bolger stated the proposal falls within the parameters of previous applications     that have been approved.  Tr.Bolger made a motion recommending approval of       the ZBA recommendation.  The motion was seconded by Tr. Fitzgibbons and    followed by a roll call vote: Yeas;  Tr. Devries, Fitzgibbons, Bolger, Parro, Nays;             None, Absent; Tr. Merkle, Tr. Baggett.      A motion was made by Tr. Bolger and           seconded by Tr. Parro to adopt the ordinance granting the proposed lot coverage             variation as recommended to Mr. and Mr. McKillen.  The motion was followed by             a roll call vote:  Yeas; Tr. Fitzgibbons, Tr. Bolger, Tr. Parro, Tr. deVries, Nays; None, Absent; Tr. Merkle, Tr. Baggett.  (ii)  Building Inspector Cantieri gave his             report.  Please see report on file. Building Inspector Cantieri discussed open    permits going back to 2006. Homeowners, in an attempt to close our records, if a       homeowner has had a permit in the last two years and the Building Inspector has          not issued a final approval please contact the village office. (iii) The maximum lot       cover amendment has gone to Plan Commission for a public hearing expected      in May. The ZBA notice amendment has also gone to Plan Commission and     there will be a public hearing.

5.)        Budget & Finance Report:  (I) Treasurer Rolfs presented the proposed budget for fiscal year 2009.  There is approximately $77,000 in unallocated funds.  Tr. Bolger would like to see the funds go into Special Projects rather than allocate to a specific line item.  Treasurer Rolfs recommended $40,000 into Roads and $37,200 into Special Projects.  A motion by Tr. Bolger and seconded by deVries to approve the 2008/2009 annual budget for the General Fund.  The motion was followed by a roll call vote: Yeas; Tr. Parro, deVries, Fitzgibbons, Bolger.  Nays; None, Absent; Tr. Merke, Tr. Baggett. 

6.)        Urban Forestry:  Arbor day celebration this weekend at the village hall from 10-12.  Tom Spicer will be providing demonstrations.  (ii) Tr. deVries made motion to appoint Karen Yancey and Matt Edstrom to the Tree Committee, seconded by Tr. Bolger and followed by a unanimous voice vote.  Village Clerk Peterson administered the official oath to Matt Edstrom.  Karen Yancey was not in attendance.

 7.)       Treasurers Report:  (I)  A motion  by Tr. Fitzgibbons and seconded by Tr. Bolger  to approve the monthly expenditures as presented with the addition of $2594.10 to Dell, $1500.00 to Sabatello Tree Service, and $725 to Building Inspector Cantieri. Yeas:  Tr.  Bolger, deVries,  Pres. Leitner. Abstain;  Tr. Parro; Absent; Tr. Merkle, Tr. Baggett  (ii)  Treasurer Rolfs recommended transferring a total of $77,000 from General Fund to the following for fiscal year 2008:  $50,000 to the Roads account; $5000 to the Funding account; $22,000 to Police Equipment Accrual account.  In addition, Treasurer Rolfs recommended transferring $30,000 to the Carryover Account for 2008 budgeted projects that will not be completed and billed until FY2009 and $22,000 of unused 2008 to the Funding Account for future projects. Tr. Parro made a motion to  approve the fund transfers and was seconded by Tr. Fitzgibbons.  Yeas:  Tr. deVries, Fitzgibbons, Bolger, Parro, Nays; None, Absent; Tr. Merkle, Tr. Baggett.

8.)      Police & Public Safety: (I) See Report on File.  (ii)  Police Committee meeting discussed finalization of their budget.   (iii) Village of Tower Lakes has been asked to joint the Illinois Department of Transportation. (iv) Look for The Chief’s Corner in the Newsletter. (v)  Red-Light Photo Enforcement information was provided to the Board.  The board supports the idea.  Tr. Parro made a motion requesting the President direct the Police subcommittee to enter into discussion with the vendor and was seconded by deVries with a   unanimous voice vote.

9.)      Utilities Management: (i)  Conducted the annual meeting with ComEd who provided charts documenting the power outages for the past year and their causes.   Please note, ComEd will be conducting tree trimming with unmarked vehicles.  A reverse 911 call will go out to residents notifying everyone of the utility tree trimming.  (ii)  Fred’s Gaslight will be out to do maintenance on lamps. (iii) Manhard conducted water main flushing the second week of April.  Manhard marked vehicles will be conducting water main valve mapping.  (iv) Manhard will be putting together a draft ordinance for residential service upgrades.  (v)  Landscaping of the water main breaks areas will begin in the next few weeks.

10.)   Roads & Right of Way  (i)  There are only 2 residents who have not paid for vehicle stickers.  (ii)  $1500 was spent for down trees caused by  the heavy snows.  (iii) Summer patching of roads is now being planned.  Please contact Tr. Parro if there are any potholes you see which need to be filled.

11.)  Grounds:  Signed contract with SK for lawn maintenance.  They are expected to start next week.  (ii)  There will be a link on the website for residents to update their contact information for the reverse 911. 

12.)  Stormwater Management:   No Report

13.)  Health & Sanitation: Attended 3 SWALCO meetings.  Look in the newsletter for various upcoming recycling events.

14.)  Administration / Legal  / Outside:   Tr. Bolger will be representing Tower Lakes at  a rally in Chicago as CN conducts there annual shareholders meeting.  President Leitner presented a resolution for an intergovernmental agreement pertaining to opposition to CN.  A motion to approve the execution of the Resolution Tr. Fitgibbons and seconded by Tr. Bolger.  Yeas;  Tr. Parro, deVries, Fitzgibbons, Nays; None, Absent; Tr. Merkle, Tr. Baggett. (ii)  Tr. Parro moved the board go into executive session, seconded by Tr. Fitzgibbons at 9:37pm.  (iii) Tr. Fitzgibbons motioned to adjourn the executive session and return back into the regular session, seconded by Tr. deVries and followed by a unanimous voice vote.

15.) Old Business: None

Motion to adjourn the meeting was made at 10:01 pm by Tr.deVries , 2nd Tr. Bolger and followed by a unanimous voice vote.

 

Respectfully Submitted

 

Gale Peterson

Village Clerk