Village of Lombard Legistar System

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 Liaison: David Dratnol

Public Works Committee

Call to Order and Roll Call

Meeting was called to order by Chairperson Tross at 7:04 PM.

Richard J. Tross, John Kaforski, David Arnold, Ken Blakeslee, Arthur Kuehl and

Art Frerichs

John O'Brien and Dan Mahal

Public Participation

1. Domenick Ragona, 738 S. Rte. 53, Milton Township, Lombard

2. Tina Kladiva, 1045 S. Grace, Lombard

3. Kevin Kladiva, 1045 S. Grace, Lombard

It was moved by Frerichs, seconded by Blakeslee, to approve. The motion

carried by a voice vote

Flooding Issues at 1045 S. Grace Street

Tross: heard from 1041 S. Grace that they also have flooding issue.

Trustee Soderstrom also heard from a resident in the area (immediately south of

Kladiva's). Gorman: $8488.00 is total of lowest quotes. Kaforski: is what they are

doing going to relieve the problems at 1041 & 1049 S. Grace? Tross: recommend that

staff looks at this now from the standpoint of the other properties involved - this would no

longer need to come to this committee because it would fit the necessary criteria.

Kaforski: can the same pipes serve all three properties? Gorman: we have not

investigated this yet from the standpoint of the three properties. I am not sure if they

want to spend any money on this. Staff will take a look at this regarding the "2 or more

properties for at least 72 hours". Will discuss at the March meeting.

Code Amendment Regarding Emerald Ash Borer

Recommendation from the Public Works and Environmental Concerns Committees

regarding an amendment to the Village Code.

It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Arnold, that this matter be recommend

to the Board of Trustees for Approval. The motion carried by a voice vote

738 South Columbine Avenue

Unincorporated resident request to connect to Village of Lombard sewer without

annexation.

Domenick Ragona in attendance at meeting. He brought some photos to the meeting to

show to committee members. Discussion ensued. Kaforski: why do you not want to

annex into the Village? Ragona: I was trying to connect the same way that Flowerfield

did. Tross: that was a whole separate intergovernmental agreement. Further

discussion ensued. Tross: this is in District 2 and it is not a public health issue.

Ragona: this is a public health issue - that is why I have had them (the Health Dept.) out

at my house regarding my septic field. Water table is too high for my property to drain

properly. Kaforski: has anyone ever talked to the County about this issue? Ragona: I

have and I have talked to IDOT also. They do not want to do anything. Kaforski: I think

that you are going to have to annex to the Village. Ragona: I just can't afford to connect

to the water. Maybe I could swing the sewer, but I can't afford the rest of it. Kaforski:

have you looked into the type of system that Carlson has? R: I have had them come

out - this is also expensive. Further discussion ensued. Tross: advised Mr. Ragona to

annex to the Village of Lombard, connect to the sewer, and ask for a variation to

connect to the water. Come in with something from the County Health Dept. regarding

the sewer. Advised resident to contact Dave Hulseberg in Community Development

regarding issues that were talked about this evening, along with obtaining a letter from

the Health Dept.

Dratnol: bid opening for SA 217 A - low bid was R. W. Dunteman. Bids came in under

estimate. This is the bidding climate right now. Contractors are really hungry for work.

Gorman: have ordered additional 1000 tons of salt. We are still going to be frugal.

Arnold: issue with fire hydrants - we have never looked at this with our committee. We

look at street lights, but not hydrants. Dratnol: needs to be a hydrant every 300 feet

residential - 150 commercial. When we do improvements in areas we do look for

deficiencies. Tross: there may not be a line item in the capital improvements for this

but I am sure it is addressed. Gorman: fire chief has talked with me about this and we

could bring in a line item for this next year.