VILLAGE OF
BOARD MEETING
Date:
Time:
Location: Village Hall
1) Roll Call, Pledge, and Sign-In: Meeting called to
order at
2) Public Comments: none.
3) Approval of Minutes: A motion to approve the September 2010 minutes with no changes was made by Tr. Rolfs and seconded by Tr. Bolger, followed by: AYES: Bolger, Rolfs, deVries, Leitner. ABSTAIN: Parro.
4) Treasurer’s Report and Payment of Bills: (i) A motion to pay monthly bills was made by Tr. Bolger and seconded by Tr. deVries, followed by a roll call vote: AYES: Trs Bolger, Rolfs, deVries Parro and Pres Leitner. (ii) The State remains behind in its disbursements of the Village’s share of income tax, but recently made two payments so we are not as far behind as we have been.
(iii) As approved by the Village Board at the September
meeting, Treas. Rolfs has transferred $100,000.00 from the water system general
checking fund to the water system money market account to take advantage of a
slightly better interest rate. Treas. Rolfs would like to transfer additional
assets from the Wayne Hummer money market account(s) at
-$305,000 from the
general fund and $181,000 from the general reserve fund : Motion to approve transfer of
these assets from the Wayne Hummer money market accounts at
-$100,000 from the
general fund IL Funds account into a
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Change
the SSA account from a
(iv) The Audit is in and the Village Board has had the opportunity to review it. The auditors noted that one charge of $2000 for a water hookup was incorrectly deposited into the general fund. Treas. Rolfs seeks approval to move that amount to the water fund: Motion to approve the transfer of $2000 from the general fund to the water fund was made by Tr. Bolger, seconded by Tr. deVries and followed by a roll call vote: AYES: Bolger, Rolfs, deVries, Parro, Pres. Leitner.
(v) Treas Rolfs will look into
if/whether there is a mandatory tax rate ceiling for the Village. As the
5) Planning, Building and Zoning: (i) B.I. Cantieri reported on
month’s activities, including inspecting a property complaint on
(ii) Comprehensive Plan Ordinance: motion to adopt the ordinance amending the Village Code to include the revised Official Comprehensive Plan as recommended by the Plan Commission and including the Future Land Use Plan added by the Village Board was made by Tr. Rolfs, seconded by Tr. Bolger and followed by a unanimous vote.
(iii) PC member Barb Kolasinski
reported from the Plan Commission’s recent meeting. Now that the Comp Plan has been adopted, the
PC will archive the work they have done.
At Pres Leitner’s request, the PC members were
asked to nominate one or two of its members to an advisory committee for the
short term and long term use of 410 N. Rte 59.
Members Jacquie Skurla and Randy Young have
volunteered. Now that the Comp Plan work is nearly complete, the PC is looking
ahead to other projects. On their list are the following: review the Village’s
building permit process from ordinances to online forms, to identify
efficiencies and clarifications for the system; explore technology in
(iv) Barclay Woods update: the Barrington Area Conservation Trust did not receive a grant to purchase this property, and other explored avenues have not produced funds to buy this property from existing owner Jack Lageschulte. The Barclay Woods Annexation Agreement expires in 2012. The agreement has to be reviewed to determine what happens at that time.
6) Stormwater Management: Tr. Bolger reported that the Village is wrapping up this year’s projects and planning for next year.
7) Health and Sanitation: No Report.
8) Roads: see police report on additional stop sign installations being considered.
9) Grounds: (i) Brush
Pickup was scheduled for October 4 with Cuba Township Highway Department.
10) Police and Public Safety: Chief Sinacore reported on the subcommittee meeting of September
29, 2010 from Tr. Baggett’s minutes. Retired Commander Fred Kubas
is returning to assist in evening and weekend coverage. Parking Passes/permitted parking is still
being reviewed to come up with an enforceable program. Stop or yield signs are
being considered on WLSD where both Summit and Bridge intersect. The electric
cart no longer works, and the village has asked TLIA if they would like to
assume ownership of it.
11) Water System/Utilities: Homes with outstanding
balances avoided shutoff with last minute payments. Tr. deVries
to follow up with
12) Urban Forestry:
No report.
13) Intergovernmental: Pres. Leitner reported that she has attended the second meeting as the BACOG representative to a newly formed group, Northwest Water Planning Area Alliance, a committee which plans to coordinate use and policies of the water aquifers upon which we all rely.
14) Old Business: 90210 texting
service has begun.
Pres. Leitner is waiting to hear from TLIA to
see if they will be using the second keyword of this system. Pres. Leitner will
follow up on sidewalk repair.
15) New Business: REMINDER- four Village Board positions are up for (re)election next spring. Filing petitions are available from the Village Clerk. Positions up for election are currently held by President Leitner, Trs. Parro, Baggett and Merkle.
A motion to adjourn at 8:50 pm was made by Tr. Rolfs and seconded by Tr. Bolger, followed by unanimous vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathleen Leitner, Village President