Thursday, January 21, 1999
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Board Room - Village Hall
Village Board of Trustees
Meeting Minutes
Village Board of Trustees
Meeting Minutes
January 21, 1999
REGULAR MEETING - JANUARY 21, 1999 - 7:30 P.M.
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee Richard J. Tross, Trustee David N. Schaffer, |
Trustee John M. Jaugilas, John DeFalco, Trustee Paul Kufrin Jr. and Village |
President Willliam J. Mueller |
Present:
BOARD ROOM Revised 1/21/99
Broadcast on Cable TV Channel 6
I
Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
The regular meeting of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lombard |
held on Thursday, January 21, 1999 in the Board Room of the Village Hall was called to |
order by President William J. Mueller at 7:35 pm. Upon roll call by Clerk Gerhardt, the |
following were: |
Present: President Mueller, Trustees Borgatell, Tross, Schaffer, Jaugilas DeFalco & |
Kufrin |
II
Roll Call
Other Elected Official Present: |
Village Clerk Lorraine G. Gerhardt |
Other Appointed Officials Present: |
Village Manager William T. Lichter |
Assistant Village Manager Anne Marie Gaura |
Administrative Assistant Ellen Balsamo |
Village Attorney Thomas P. Bayer |
Deputy Fire Chief Jerry Tonne |
Chief of Police Leon R. Kutzke |
Finance Director Leonard J. Flood |
Assistant Director of Finance Michael Guttman |
Senior Planner David Sundland |
Director of Public Works Stan Rickard |
Assistant Director of Public Works John Burg |
Village Engineer David Dratnol |
Deputy Clerk Barbara Johnson |
III
Public Hearings
PC 98-41 Fountain Square Amendment
Attorney Tom Bayer opened the public hearing for hearing comments regarding the first |
amendment to the annexation agreement for Fountain Square. After an explanation of |
the amendment, Attorney Bayer asked if there were any questions or comments, there |
being none, the public hearing was closed at 7:35. |
IV
Public Participation (15 minute time limit)
Village Clerk Lorraine Gerhardt read a proclamation for Blood Donor Month during the |
month of January and Jaycees week January 16-23, 1999. |
President Mueller thanked Carol Bauer and Linda Opland for their organization of this |
successful January Blood Drive and also thanked the donors. |
Mark Ahlenius, 22 N Glenview, requested clarification regarding the details of the |
Eugenia Street Improvement. |
V
Approval of Minutes
Trustee Jaugilas asked that the minutes be corrected to reflect that he had not given the |
report on the St. Charles Road Ad Hoc Committee, that Trustee DeFalco reported. |
Trustee DeFalco asked that the minutes be corrected as to the date of the St. Charles |
Road Ad Hoc Committee hearing. They should reflect January 20, 1999 instead of |
January 10, 1999. He also requested the report for the Public Works Committee to |
reflect the following: "He stated that there is some concern that some streets which had |
been recently patched, yet soon to be undergoing complete street improvement, may |
cause residents inconvenience twice in a short time. The Committee realized that |
some patching, performed by our Public Works Department was necessary prior to the |
scheduled improvements due to street conditions." |
It was moved by Trustee Kufrin Jr., seconded by Trustee Jaugilas, that the |
minutes of the Regular Board of Trustees Meeting of January 7, 1999 be approved |
as corrected. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee Richard J. Tross, Trustee David N. |
Schaffer, Trustee John M. Jaugilas, John DeFalco and Trustee Paul |
Kufrin Jr. |
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VI
Committee Reports
Economic/Community Development Committee - Trustee Paul Kufrin, |
Jr., Chairperson |
Trustee Kufrin reported that the next meeting will be held February 7, 1999.
Environmental Concerns Committee - Trustee David N. Schaffer, |
Chairperson |
Trustee Schaffer reported that the Committee met last Tuesday and discussed the |
Brush Chipping Program and among other items, Cat Licensing. The Committee |
decided to disseminate information to residents advising that cats must be inoculated. |
Also the Committee discussed providing information on the general treatment of feral |
cats. |
DuPage County Community Development Commission - Trustee |
David N. Schaffer, Lombard Representative |
Trustee Schaffer announced that the next meeting will be held on January 26, 1999.
Finance Committee - Trustee Richard J. Tross, Chairperson
Trustee Tross reported that the Committee will meet next Thursday, January 28, 1999. |
The 1997-1998 Financial Audit and Management Letter will be on the agenda as well as |
Water and Sewer Fund deficits. |
DuPage Convention & Visitors' Bureau - Trustee Richard J. Tross, |
Lombard Representative |
No Report
Community Promotion & Tourism Committee - Richard J. Tross, |
Chairperson |
Trustee Tross stated that the committee met today at 3:00. They approved a full grant |
recommendation for $39,500 for the Lilac Parade, $12,500 for a portion of advertising |
for Lilac Time and a Weekend Escapes insert highlighting Lilac Time and our local |
hotels in the amount $5,500. There was a concurrence for the committee to explore the |
possibility of holding downtown car shows and perhaps a Nascar Formula One show for |
the Fall. The Committee also discussed the Millennium Celebration. They are planning |
a full agenda beginning at Lilac time and lasting all the way to the end of the year. He |
added that there may be a Mini Fourth of July Parade on St. Charles Road as Lombard |
had in the past. |
Legislative Committee - Trustee Ralph F. Borgatell, Chairperson
Trustee Borgatell announced that the Committee last met on January 11,1999 and |
decided that they will study and report to the Village Board regarding the Gift Ban Act. |
They will try and meet with Pate Phillip at a time convenient for him. The next regular |
meeting will be held on February 1,1999, |
Public Works Committee - Trustee John DeFalco, Chairperson
Trustee DeFalco reported that the Committee met (in between snow plowing) on |
January 12, 1999 and discussed change orders, the largest of which is a deduct for |
$173,000.00 for the Westmore Woods Project. He also noted that there were various |
other change orders approved by the Committee appearing on tonight's Consent |
Agenda. A new Barricade Correction Procedure was discussed and approved. |
Concern was expressed regarding excessive settlement of parkways in Lombard Hills |
West and on East Goebel. He announced that the next meeting will be a special joint |
meeting with the Board of Trustees on January 26, 1999, to discuss the third draft of the |
Capital Improvement Plan. The next regular meeting of the Public Works Committee will |
be on February 9, 1999. |
Transportation & Safety Committee - Trustee John M. Jaugilas, |
Chairperson |
Trustee Jaugilas reported that there was no meeting in January due to a lack of quorum |
and that the next meeting will be February 1, 1999. |
St. Charles Road Ad-Hoc Committee
Trustee Jaugilas said that the Committee held the Public Hearing last night regarding |
their recommendations and there will be a report of the recommendations at the next |
Village Board Meeting. |
Trustee Tross asked that it be an item for discussion or that it be done at a Committee |
of the Whole. After some discussion it was decided to review the recommendations at |
the first regular Board Meeting if the report is ready and it will be left up to Trustee |
Jaugilas and staff to decide. |
Village Clerk/President of Board of Local Improvements - Lorraine G. |
Gerhardt |
Clerk Gerhardt gave a report of the December 17, 1998 meeting saying that at the |
meeting the Board approved three payouts regarding Lombard Farms North SA 209 in |
the amount of $80,323.58. They also approved 2 payouts for SA 213/214 West, |
Windsor and Woodland, for $11,936.17, and six payouts for SA 215 Fountain Square for |
a total of $737,279.40. She said that a partial payment of legal fees for SA 215 in the |
amount of $66,488.90 was also approved to Klein,Thorpe and Jenkins. The next BOLI |
meeting will be January 27,1999 at 3:00 p.m. |
VII
Consent Agenda
It was moved by DeFalco, seconded by Trustee Schaffer, to pass the Consent |
Agenda, to suspend the rules, waive first reading and pass on second reading, |
waive competitive bidding and award contracts approve and adopt resolutions as |
needed for the following items and as read by the Clerk on the Consent Agenda. |
The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee Richard J. Tross, Trustee David N. |
Schaffer, Trustee John M. Jaugilas, John DeFalco and Trustee Paul |
Kufrin Jr. |
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980783
This Matter was approved on the Consent Agenda.
980785
This Matter was approved on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Eugenia Avenue Varie |
980771
This Matter was adopted on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Resolution 108-99 We |
980773
This Matter was adopted on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Resolution 100-99 SS |
980774
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER |
INVOLVING AN INCREASE IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF |
THE CONTRACT OF $10,000 OR MORE |
This Matter was adopted on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Resolution 101-99 Ma |
980776
This Matter was adopted on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Resolution 102-99 Ci |
980786
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PUBLIC WATERMAIN SYSTEM AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM FOR |
STUDIOS PLUS HOTEL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT 260 E. 22ND STREET, LOMBARD, IL |
This Matter was adopted on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Resolution 103-99 St |
980463
This Matter was passed on second reading on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Ordinance 4584 Plan |
980714
This Matter was passed on second reading on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Ordinance 4585 Parki |
980749
This Matter was passed on second reading on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Ordinance 4586 K-9 T |
980782
This Matter was approved on the Consent Agenda.
Enactment No: Two 1999 Ford Taurus |
VIII
Agenda Items for Separate Action
980723
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING A GRANT OF A CONDITIONAL USE |
FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO |
LOMBARD ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 3274 |
AND GRANTING A VARIATION FROM THE LOMBARD SIGN ORDINANCE |
(PC 98-41: Fountain Square Subdivision) |
(See also Ordinance No. 4422D) |
It was moved by Trustee Schaffer, seconded by Trustee Borgatell, that the Village |
Board suspend the rules, waive first reading and pass on second an ordinance |
authorizing a first amendment to the annexation agreement for Fountain Square. |
The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee David N. Schaffer, Trustee John M. |
Jaugilas, John DeFalco, Trustee Paul Kufrin Jr. and Village President |
Willliam J. Mueller |
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Abstain:
Trustee Richard J. Tross
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Enactment No: Ordinance 4587 and 4 |
(2) Ordinance 4588- Amending a Grant of Conditional Use for a Planned Development |
pusuant to Lombard Zoning Ordinance 3274 and Granting a Variation from the Lombard |
Sign Ordinance (An Ordinance amending Ordinance 4422D). |
It was moved by Trustee Schaffer, seconded by Trustee Borgatell, that the Village |
Board suspend the rules, waive first reading and pass on second reading an |
ordinance amending the Conditional Use and Granting Variations for the Planned |
Development for Fountain Square. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee David N. Schaffer, Trustee John M. |
Jaugilas, John DeFalco and Trustee Paul Kufrin Jr. |
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Abstain:
Trustee Richard J. Tross
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980724
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A TEXT AMENDMENT |
TO THE LOMBARD ZONING ORDINANCE TITLE 15, CHAPTER 155 OF THE CODE OF |
LOMBARD, ILLINOIS |
Enactment No: Ordinances 4589 and |
Trustee DeFalco expressed concerns with the set backs allowed in the ordinance. After |
some questions and discussion by the Board, the following motion was made. |
It was moved by Trustee Jaugilas, seconded by Trustee Tross, that an ordinance |
amending the Lombard Zoning Ordinance to allow religious institutions as a |
Conditional Use in the B5 Central Business District be passed on second |
reading. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee Richard J. Tross, Trustee David N. |
Schaffer, Trustee John M. Jaugilas and Trustee Paul Kufrin Jr. |
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Nay:
John DeFalco
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It was moved by Trustee Kufrin Jr., seconded by Trustee Tross, that the Board |
approve option B on second reading, an ordinance amending the sign ordinance |
to establish new standards and definitions of attention-getting devices. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee Richard J. Tross, Trustee John M. |
Jaugilas, John DeFalco and Trustee Paul Kufrin Jr. |
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Abstain:
Trustee David N. Schaffer
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980784
Trustee Schaffer commented on the listing of Legal fees and suggested more |
description as to particular tasks. Tom Bayer described an alternate form of billing that |
could be used and explained the present statement. It was agreed that Tom Bayer |
would provide an alternate billing form that is also used by Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins for |
the Board's review. |
It was moved by Trustee Schaffer, seconded by Trustee Borgatell, that this matter |
be approved. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee Richard J. Tross, Trustee David N. |
Schaffer, Trustee John M. Jaugilas, John DeFalco and Trustee Paul |
Kufrin Jr. |
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Enactment No: Approval of Accounts |
IX
Agenda Items for Discussion
None
X
Village Manager/Village Board Comments
President Mueller mentioned the meeting of Public Works and the Board of Trustees |
which will be held on January 26,1999. He reported that on April 12, 1999 there will be |
an annual Glenbard Waste Water Authority meeting, a joint meeting between Glen Ellyn |
and Lombard held in Glen Ellyn. He also said that the Lilac Ball will be held on May 7, |
1999. |
Village Clerk Lorraine Gerhardt informed the public that packets are still available for the |
election of Trustees in Districts 2, 4 and 5 and the filing period is January 25, 1999 |
through February 1, 1999 until 5pm. |
Trustee Borgatell suggested that residents clear their sidewalks of the snow. |
Recess
It was moved by Trustee Kufrin Jr., seconded by Trustee Borgatell, that the |
Regular Meeting of the President and Board of Trustees recess to Executive |
Session at 8:35 p.m. for the purpose of discussing information regarding |
employment of an employee of the Village of Lombard. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee Richard J. Tross, Trustee David N. |
Schaffer, Trustee John M. Jaugilas, John DeFalco and Trustee Paul |
Kufrin Jr. |
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XI
Executive Session
Reconvene
The recessed Regular Meeting of the President and Board of Trustees of January 21, |
1999 was called to order by Village President William J. Mueller at 8:58 p.m. Upon Roll |
Call by Village Clerk Lorraine G. Gerhardt the following were: |
Present: President Mueller, Trustees Borgatell, Tross, Schaffer, Jaugilas, DeFalco and |
Kufrin. |
XII
Adjournment
It was moved by Trustee Jaugilas, seconded by Trustee Borgatell, that the |
Regular Meeting of the President and Board of Trustees of January 21, 1999 be |
adjourned at 8:59 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Trustee Richard J. Tross, Trustee David N. |
Schaffer, Trustee John M. Jaugilas, John DeFalco and Trustee Paul |
Kufrin Jr. |
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