Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
Trustee Richard J. Tross-Chairperson |
Trustee Jack O'Brien- Alternate Chairperson |
John Kaforski, Arthur Kuehl, David Arnold, Art Frerichs, |
Ken Blakeslee and Dan Mahal |
Staff Liaisons: Wes Anderson and David Dratnol |
Richard J. Tross, David Arnold, Ken Blakeslee, Dan Mahal, Arthur Kuehl and |
Art Frerichs |
It was moved by Frerichs, seconded by Kuehl, to approve. The motion carried |
by a voice vote |
Commercial Drainage Grant |
Tross: this was withdrawn from the BOT agenda. The trustee from this area said that |
she does not support this item. Anderson: Dave Gorman is putting together a draft of |
the Commercial Grant Program for the next PWC meeting. |
Westmore-Meyers Road Underground Utility Project Change Order No. 5 |
Authorizing an increase to the contract with John Neri Construction Company in the |
amount of $418,576.15. (DISTRICT #6) |
Dratnol reviewed the change order and passed out a corrected memo to the committee |
members present. Discussion ensued. Dratnol: grind and overlay going on right now |
on Westmore/Meyers is not related to this project. Further discussion ensued. Tross: |
this change order is from the Underground Project. Frerichs: feel that the project is |
running businesses out of town with the construction. Can we help them out somehow |
by saying "businesses open during construction"? Dratnol: this would need to be done |
by Village Board direction. Possibly this is something that the Chamber of Commerce |
could help them out with. Frerichs: we created this problem for these people and |
should help them out somehow. Tross: what would you like to see? We say "driveway |
open" during construction. I do not know of any business that have had a driveway |
blocked where there was not an alternative entrance. Frerichs: just looking for some |
kind of goodwill to help some of these businesses out. There is nothing there that says |
that the businesses are open during construction. Tross: next time we should be |
concerned with the public being informed that the businesses are open during |
construction. Tross: how did we go from 1M 600K to 2M 700K? Dratnol: explained the |
problems that occurred to cause these increases. Tross: does that mean that Burns |
and McDonald have a significant liability to reimburse? Dratnol: they have a liability to |
reimburse the Village for what the project would have cost over and above what the cost |
would have been if the design engineering had been done correctly. Anderson: that |
also includes any rework. Tross: the Wilson/Westmore project was done during my |
tenure on the board. I am disgusted with this whole project being so messed up. |
Further discussion ensued. |
It was moved by Frerichs, seconded by Arnold, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Proposed Ordinance for Emerald Ash Borer |
Request to Amend Chapter 99, Trees and Shrubs. (DISTRICTS ALL) |
Anderson: reviewed the item with the committee. Discussion ensued. Tross: my |
concern is that most of this committee did not live through the Dutch Elm disease |
problem in Lombard. Is there a way to make it "any type of an infestation issue" instead |
of being problem specific? Anderson: part of the problem is that each infestation comes |
with different issues. Further discussion ensued. Anderson: will have to speak with |
Tom Bayer to find out if we can just say "other identified tree infestations defined by |
Dept. of Agriculture" or some other specific government agencies. |
It was moved by Mahal, seconded by Blakeslee, that this matter be recommend |
to the Board of Trustees for Approval and ammend to read any other types of tree |
infestations if Tom Bayer agrees. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Frerichs: impressed with Public Works response during and after the 8/23 storm. I was |
upset seeing the Park District out clearing the Parks while the streets were still blocked. |
In an emergency situation like this, the Park District should have been helping us. |
Tross: we asked the Park District for their assistance for the use of their chipper, etc. |
Their response was that they would help us, but the Parks were their first priority. |
Frerichs: as a taxpayer I am upset that the Park District is worrying about branches on |
a jogging trail when the streets are blocked. Tross: your concern should be expressed |
to the Park District. I believe they meet the 4th Tuesday of the month. Frerichs: |
another issue I have with Forestry is that we have all of this lighting in town and the |
trees are blocking a lot of the light. Arnold: I have a problem with Grace St. north of St. |
Charles to North Ave. The lights are up in the canopies of the trees and if you trimmed |
them enough to be seen, you would have to cut down the trees completely. Dratnol: |
with the Main St. Lighting program that problem should be alleviated. Discussion |
ensued about street lighting priorities and design. Arnold: previously we had an issue |
going on with a house at 376 N. Vista. Anderson: will talk with Code Enforcement. |
Arnold: noticed that Edgewood north of Madison is nothing but skid marks caused by |
the garbage trucks. Believe I talked to Dave Gorman about this. Anderson: will check |
with Gorman. Discussion ensued about the red handicapped ramp sidewalk pieces. |
Project Status Report |
Change Order Report |
Engineering Monthly Report |
It was moved by Kuehl, seconded by Mahal, to adjourn at 8:37 PM. The motion |
carried by a voice vote |