VILLAGE OF TOWER LAKES

BOARD MEETING

Date: April 18, 2011

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 Parro, Rolfs , deVries, Merkle and Bolger present. Tr. Baggett absent.

Also attending: Treasurer Rolfs, Building Inspector Cantieri, Village Clerk Parro, Chief Sinacore, Donna Schardt, ZBA Chair Larry Gold, John and Karen Yancey and Steve Burgoon.

2) Approval of Minutes: A motion to approve the March 21, 2011 minutes with no changes was made by Tr. Rolfs and seconded by Tr. Parro followed by unanimous vote.

3) Public Comments: Steve Burgoon of the newly formed TLIA Lake Committee gave a presentation to the VB on the group’s plans to protect the health of our lake.

4) Planning, Building and Zoning: (i) Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman Larry Gold reported on the ZBA hearing of April 7 on the Yancey residence at 804 Murray Rd. Two variances were requested including impervious surface ratio 10-6-3-C and side yard setback 10-6-4. The ZBA recommended 4-1 in favor of granting both. After lengthy discussion, in which the consensus of the VB was that the impervious surface ratio was important to lake quality and that insufficient hardship existed because the applicants had reasonable alternatives available, and further that the side yard setback was a reasonable compromise because the encroachment was in part due to increasing the Murray Rd setback of the addition in order to preserve the lake view corridor of the nearest neighbor, Tr. Rolfs made a motion to accept the ZBA recommendation regarding side yard setback, seconded by Tr. Merkle, followed by unanimous vote. Tr. Rolfs then made a motion to reject the ZBA recommendation regarding impervious surface ratio, seconded by Tr. Merkle, followed by unanimous vote. Trustee Merkle then offered a markup of the draft Zoning Variation Ordinance deleting all references to the variation for impervious surface ratio. Tr. Parro made a motion to adopt the Ordinance re Zoning Variation from section 10-6-4 of the Village Code for 804 Murray Rd. as revised by Trustee Merkle deleting references to 10-6-3-C, seconded by Tr. Merkle, followed by unanimous vote. (ii) Inspector Cantieri reported that 1 permit was issued, inspections are ongoing and no violations reported. (iii) There was a discussion re procedures to turn on water service to 251 WLSD per owner request. Board instructed BI Cantieri to advise owner that process must be followed incl. paying appropriate water charges before water is turned on and inspection follows. The BI will work with Manhard to facilitate.

5) Treasurer’s Report and Payment of Bills/ Budget/ Finance: (i) A motion to pay the list of monthly bills with the additions of $2,600 to Community Sewer & Septic out of the Water Fund and $1,844 and $146.33 to Gewalt Hamilton from the Roads Fund, was made by Tr. Bolger and seconded by Tr. Rolfs followed by unanimous vote. (II) The VB authorized Treas. Rolfs to transfer: from the General Fund (per 2011 budget) $80,000 to Roads Fund, $10,000 to Police Equipment Accrual Fund and $10,000 to General Reserve Fund. In addition, transfers were authorized from General Fund to Carryover Fund of $2,500 (for codification), $1,000 (utilities project) and $3,000 (office equipment). $40,000 remaining in GF from FY 2010 will be split per recommendation of Finance Committee, between Roads Fund (transfer of $20,000 from GF) and General Reserve Fund (transfer of $20,000 from GF). Also transfers were approved of $75,000 from Illinois Funds Acct to Barrington Bank and Trust checking (General Fund) and $100,000 from Money Market Acct to Barrington Bank and Trust checking (General Fund). (iii) Treas. Rolfs presented a proposed FY 2011 budget for the General and Water Funds as finalized by the Finance Committee which met earlier on April 18. A motion to adopt the FY 2011 General Fund budget, with the change made to raise administrative salary 3%, was made by Tr. Merkle and seconded by Tr. Bolger, followed by unanimous vote. (iv) A motion to adopt the 2011 Water Co. budget as presented was made by Tr. Bolger and seconded by Tr. deVries, followed by unanimous vote.

6) Police and Public Safety: (i) Police report is on file. (ii) A new Ford Explorer has been purchased replacing a 2007 Impala which will be sold at auction as required by ordinance. (iii) A new police officer, Mike Lock, has been hired and sworn in. Officer Dave Coglianese has resigned to pursue a full time opportunity; the Village of Tower Lakes thanks him for his fine service to our community. (iv) A formal letter from Island Lake agreeing to a May 1^st dispatch contract termination is expected. TL will switch services to Wauconda dispatch to reduce costs.

7) Water System/Utilities (i) A water main break on Leon Dr has been repaired. (ii) A power surge at the main Well #5 caused the pump motor to burn out. A new high efficiency pump and motor has been purchased for approx. $6,500 and will be installed next week along with a surge protector. Well #1 kicked in as backup and is maintaining water pressure. Some water discoloration is expected.

8) Urban Forestry: No report.

9) Stormwater Management: 2011 projects have been planned with Cuba Township Road District. Gewalt Hamilton will provide the engineering drawings.

10) Health & Sanitation: No report.

11) Roads: Tr. Parro and Tr. Bolger met with Tom Gooch of Cuba Township to plan 2011 drainage and road patching projects. There will be extensive patching throughout the Village. Tr. Parro also met with residents and engineers to plan the WLSD resurfacing project. Many underground structures and will be replaced and concrete curbs will be added in several problem locations. The fence on WLSD at Summit will also be replaced with a combination wood and steel fence structure. Bid documents are being finalized this week.

12) Grounds: No report

13) Intergovernmental: A motion to pass a Resolution Opposing the Proposed Reduction of Distributive Revenues by the Sate of Illinois was made by Tr. Rolfs and seconded by Tr. Merkle, followed by unanimous vote.

14) Administrative: None

15) Old Business: None

16) New Business: A proposal to remove the fish carving at the Village Hall at no cost to the Village was made by Tr. Merkle. After some discussion, the members present were evenly split on the idea. No action was taken.

A motion to adjourn at 10:15 pm was made by Tr. Rolfs and seconded by Tr. Parro and followed by unanimous vote.

Respectfully submitted,

Marilyn Parro, Village Clerk