Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
Village President William J. Mueller, Chairperson, |
Trustee Jack O'Brien Alternate Chariperson |
Jill Payne, Edward Murphy, Steve Wilk, Sr., Marguerite Micken |
Ex-Officio Members: Monica Brown-Lombard Chamber of Commerce, |
Skip Strittmatter-DuPage Convention & Visitors' Bureau, Jim Romano-Yorktown |
Merchants' Association, Mary Eckhoff-Embassy Suites, |
Pamela Rockwell-Hampton Inn, Jennier Evanoff-Studio Plus, Steve |
Cadaret-Amerisuites Lori Young-Fairfield Inn, Nicole Norwood-Homestead Village, |
Frank Balisteri/Rashid Batti-Comfort Suites, |
Dave Compitello-Marriott Residence Inn and Eileen Libb-Towne Place Suites |
The meeting was called to order at 3:10 p.m. by Chairperson Village President William |
Mueller. New member Marguerite Micken was welcomed. |
Chair President William J. Mueller, Edward Murphy, Steve Wilk, Sr., Marguerite |
Micken and Jill Payne |
Also present: William T. Lichter, Village Manager; Pat Poskocil, Lombard Historical |
Society; Skip Strittmatter, Executive Director of the DuPage Convention & Visitors |
Bureau; Dave Hulseberg, Assistant Village Manager and Director of Community |
Development; Len Flood, Finance Director; Tim Sexton, Assistant Director of Finance; |
Rhonda Heabel, Financial Analyst; Mike Fugiel, Executive Director, Lombard Park |
District; Lesli Groth, Lombard Park Community Service Manager and Joelyn Kott, |
Communications & Marketing Coordinator. |
The minutes of the August 15, 2006 committee meeting were submitted for approval. |
Ed Murphy made a motion to approve as submitted. Motion was seconded by Jill |
Payne. Motion carried unanimously to approve the minutes as submitted. |
President Mueller informed the committee that the Village received a check back from |
the Lombard Chamber of Commerce for $700. This was money from their grant that |
was not spent and they returned it to the Village. |
Hotel/Motel Tax Fund Budget For 2007-2008 |
Discussion of 2007-2008 Hotel/Motel budget. |
A revised budget report was distributed to the committee by Finance Director Len Flood. |
An overview of the hotel/motel fund budget was presented by Flood. Two items of |
expenditures that were highlighted included $40,000 allocated for new entry way signs |
and an increase of $5,000 for entertainment for Cruise Nights, making the total budget |
for this line item $20,000. Other highlights of the budget were reviewed and questions |
were taken from the committee. |
Ed Murphy questioned the expenditure for a sixth block party wagon. This was |
budgeted for next year. Mike Fugiel and Lesli Groth both explained that the prior year |
had multiple double bookings and that the party wagons were not cleaned, sometimes |
had hot grills and other items that were not in tact for the second booking. Murphy |
questioned whether or not we are doing ourselves a disservice by getting another one |
and perhaps we should be happy with the number that we have. |
Mike Fugiel responded with that if another wagon was included in the mix, the Park |
District could provide a better service to residents. Ed Murphy also questioned the |
$6,000 item for the free lilac bush program. President Mueller said that it is probably |
about the best expenditure of these funds. It was also discussed about possibly trying |
to account for people who come more than once and staff recommended that it would |
be extremely difficult to keep track of it. |
A vote was taken to recommend the budget as is to the Board of Trustees. A motion |
was made by Steve Wilk, Sr., seconded by Ed Murphy. The motion carried |
unanimously. For the record, Pat Poskocil, Mike Fugiel and Lesli Groth all thanked the |
Village for its support. |
It was moved by Wilk, Sr., seconded by Murphy, that this matter be recommend |
to the Board of Trustees for Approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Grant Application From the Lombard Park District For 2007 Lilac Time Festival |
Requesting $11,920.55 from Hotel/Motel funds for costs associated with advertising for |
2007 Lilac Time. |
The Lombard Park District submitted a grant application for a grant to be awarded for |
the 2007 Lilac Time in Lombard advertising and promotion. The grant request was |
$11,920.55. Mike Fugiel, Executive Director for the Lombard Park District and Lesli |
Groth, Community Service Manager, were available for questions. |
Lesli advised the committee that the advertising grant from the state for this project was |
not approved; therefore, the advertising would be adjusted to fit the budget. A letter |
regarding this matter was submitted to the committee after the grant application was |
received. Both are attached to these minutes. |
Ed Murphy questioned whether or not the Park District tracks its visitors and if the |
advertisements were affective. Lesli answered that they do have some tracking |
methods in place and this helps them place their advertisements in specific areas. |
President Mueller also added that last year he personally spoke with two different |
families who were from out of state, one of them staying locally. |
A motion was made by Ed Murphy, seconded by Steve Wilk, Sr. to approve a grant in |
an amount not to exceed $12,000 for the Lombard Park District's Lilac Time advertising. |
The motion carried unanimously. |
It was moved by Murphy, seconded by Wilk, Sr., that this matter be recommend |
to the Board of Trustees for Approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Skip Strittmatter commented that DuPage has been seeing better numbers in |
occupancy rates in hotels and the numbers for the future are very bright. She also |
shared some materials with the group from the Bureau. |
The meeting was adjourned at 4 p.m. with a motion by Ed Murphy, seconded by Jill |
Payne. Motion carried unanimously. |
Respectfully Submitted, |
Joelyn M. Kott |
Communications & Marketing Coordinator |
Staff Liaison |