VILLAGE OF TOWER LAKES

BOARD MEETING

Date: September 20, 2010

Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Village Hall

1) Roll Call, Pledge, and Sign-In: Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm. President Leitner, Trustees Rolfs, Baggett and Bolger present. Trustees Merkle, deVries and Parro absent. Also attending: Treasurer Rolfs, Building Inspector Cantieri and Police Chief Sinacore present. Village Clerk Parro absent.

2) Public Comments: Adam Sauer, Magellan Services, made a presentation to the Board concerning a text messaging non-emergency informational service targeted to cell phones his company provides using IZIGG technology. After discussing that this service would be a complementary service to the Connect CTY reverse-911 technology we use to inform residents of emergency situations, and it is in keeping with one of the Comprehensive Plan goals to improve communication to residents, the Village Board determined to proceed with an initial month-to-month program which can be converted to an annual contract at a later date. If TLIA chooses, it can employ one of two key words to communicate among TLIA residents and we can split the expense between both boards. Residents sign themselves up for this service and can cancel at any time. There is no charge to the residents. The company does not sell its lists.

3) Approval of Minutes: A motion to approve the August 2010 minutes with no changes was made by Tr. Rolfs and seconded by Tr. Bolger, followed by unanimous vote.

4) Treasurer’s Report and Payment of Bills: (i) A motion to pay monthly bills was made by Tr. Baggett and seconded by Tr. Rolfs, followed by a roll call vote: AYES: Trs Bolger, Baggett, Rolfs and Pres Leitner. (ii) Lake County disbursements are timely but lower this year since property tax collection amounts are lower. The State remains about 5 months behind in its disbursements of the Village’s share of sales tax. Fortunately, Governor Quinn decided late last week not to sweep MFT funds by taking approximately 50% of those funds which are specifically designated for municipalities. Tower Lakes relies heavily on its share of this fund to pay for road work. (iii) Treas Rolfs would like to transfer assets from the Wayne Hummer money management account(s) at BBT to regular money management accounts at the same bank to take advantage of better interest rates. The regular money market accounts are not backed by the FDIC but they would be required to be fully collaterized with government backed securities for the Village. Matter will be heard at a Finance Committee meeting, to be scheduled. (iv) Ordinance to authorize the Village Treasurer to increase/decrease the fee charged to residents who pay their water bill with a credit card. The Village’s bank, BBT, charges the village a variable fee depending upon how many people pay with a credit card. This Ordinance allows the Village Treasurer to reset the fee in response to this fluctuation. Motion to pass made by Tr Baggett, seconded by Tr Bolger and followed by a roll call vote: AYES: Trs Bolger, Baggett, Rolfs, Pres Leitner. Outstanding water delinquencies due for shut off unless they work out a payment plan.

5) Budget and Finance: No Report.

6) Police and Public Safety: Police Report is on file. Police Subcommittee will meet Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 7:00 pm. Police Department meeting will be held Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 8:00 am for training updates. The Emergency Management Committee will host an outing on October 16^th, 2010 featuring bicycle safety promotions. The Fire Department will be present as well as other emergency services. Motion to pass an update to the existing Fines and Penalties Ordinance authorizing the police to charge the maximum fine for overweight vehicles made by Try Baggett and seconded by Tr Rolfs and followed by a roll call vote: AYES: Trs Rolfs, Baggett, Bolger and Pres Leitner. Tr Bolger raised concerns about feral animal control. Lake County Animal Control will not respond to all issues, leaving the Tower Lakes police to handle them instead.

7) Planning, Building and Zoning: PC Chair Jeff Dehnert presented the Plan Commission’s recommendation to the Village Board to approve the updated draft number eleven of the Comprehensive Plan as submitted, with the addition of a Future Land Use Map and corresponding descriptions. Pres Leitner reappointed Dan Spies to the Plan Commission with the advice and consent of the Board. Building Inspector Tony Cantieri gave his monthly activities report. Tr Rolfs recommended that, as a first step in determining the short term use of 410 N. Rte 59, that BI Cantieri perform an inspection of the building. Pres Leitner will coordinate with BI Cantieri to accomplish this.

8) Roads: Pres Leitner reported that the Baxter and Woodman Traffic Engineering Study recommended that Stop signs be installed on West Lake Shore Drive at the North Lake Shore Drive intersection due to severely restricted sight lines. Accordingly, there was a motion by Tr Bolger, seconded by Tr Rolfs, to pass an amendment to the Stop/Yield Sign Ordinance adding Stop signs on West Lake Shore Drive in both the north and south directions. AYES: Tr Bolger, Baggett, Rolfs and Pres Leitner.

9) Grounds: No report.

10) Storm water Management: Tr Bolger updated on work specs being collected near the soccer field for a potential drainage project there. He’s working with Cuba Township and Gewalt Hamilton. Adjacent neighbor inquired whether this project needed to be approved by Lake County Storm water Management. LCSWM is not usually involved in projects under 5,000 square foot surface. Tr Bolger mentioned a Wisconsin ordinance that requires septic testing and pumping as a requirement for home sales. He was going to explore this further.

11) Health and Sanitation: Overspent budget on mosquito spraying, which is concluded for the season.

12) Urban Forestry: No report.

13) Administrative/ Legal/ Outside: Pres Leitner reported that she is the BACOG representative to a newly formed group, called the Northwest Water Planning Area Alliance which is made up of councils of government and county representatives in from DuPage, McHenry, Cook and Lake counties. Karen Darch, VP Barrington represents Northwest Municipal League and Bob Abboud, VP Barrington Hills represents McHenry County COG, so we have ample representation on this committee which plans to coordinate use and policies of the water aquifers upon which we all rely.

14) Old Business: None

15) New Business: None

A motion to adjourn at 9:17 pm was made by Tr. Rolfs and seconded by Tr. Bolger, followed by unanimous vote.

Respectfully submitted,

Kathleen Leitner, Village President