McHenry Times

The Lake in the Hills Village Board met June 9.

The Lake in the Hills Village Board meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of every month, except November and December when they meet only on the second Thursday.

Here are the meeting minutes as provided by Lake in the Hills:

Call To Order

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

Roll call was answered by Trustees Ray Bogdanowski, Stephen Harlfinger, Bob Huckins, Russ Ruzanski, Paula Yensen, and President Paul Mulcahy.

Also present were Village Administrator Gerald Sagona, Assistant Village Administrator Jennifer Clough, Chief of Police Dave Brey, Public Works Director Fred Mullard, Finance Director Shane Johnson, Parks & Recreation Director Laura Barron, Village Attorney Brad Stewart and Village Clerk Denise Wasserman.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by President Mulcahy.

Public Comment on Agenda Items:

Consent Agenda

A. Motion to accept and place on file the minutes of the May 24, 2016 Committee of the Whole meeting.

B. Motion to accept and place on file the minutes of the May 26, 2016 Village Board meeting.

Motion to approve Consent Agenda items A-B was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees Yensen, Bogdanowski, Ruzanski, Harlfinger and Huckins voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Omnibus Agenda

A. Motion to approve and authorize the Village President to execute the Intergovernmental Agreement between McHenry County and the Village of Lake in the Hills, to become a member of the McHenry County Sheriff S.W.A.T. Team.

B. Motion to approve the IDOT Resolution for Maintenance of Streets and Highways by Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code for the 2016 Street Resurfacing Program at a cost of $786,000.00.

C. Motion to approve the Task Order with HR Green to perform Construction Supervision Services for the 2016 Street Resurfacing Program at a cost not to exceed $40,000.00 and authorize the Village President to execute the IDOT Maintenance Engineering to be Performed by a Consulting Engineer form.

D. Motion to accept the bid and award a contract to Geske and Sons for the 2016 MFT Street Resurfacing Road Project in the amount of $639,640.83.

E. Motion to approve Progress Payment 1 for $23,860.00 to Municipal Well & Pump for work completed to date on the Well 15 Motor Repair.

F. Motion to authorize Change Order No. 3 for a credit of ($2,191.19) to Municipal Well & Pump for work completed to date on the Well 14 Motor Replacement Project.

G. Motion to approve Progress Payment 2 (final) for $166,831.31 to Municipal Well & Pump for work completed on the Well 14 Motor Replacement Project.

Motion to approve the Omnibus Agenda items A – G was made by Trustee Yensen and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees Bogdanowski, Harlfinger, Ruzanski, Huckins and Yensen voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Approval of the Schedule of Bills:

Motion to approve the June 10, 2016 Schedule of Bills, funds totaling $347,840.45 was made by Trustee Bogdanowski and seconded by Trustee Ruzanski. On roll call vote, Trustees Huckins, Ruzanski, Yensen, Bogdanowski and Harlfinger voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Department Head Reports:

Gerald Sagona – Reminded everyone that the Village picnic will take place tomorrow.

Laura Barron – The Parks and Recreation department has completed the first week of day camp. The week was a success with the kids visiting the garden patch at the Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Food Pantry

Board of Trustee Reports:

Russ Ruzanski – The Aviation Expo 2016 will take place Sunday June 26th at the LITH Airport from 8:30am – 1:00 pm. The expo is free. This will coincide with the Young Eagles All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast $8/adults $5/children.

Trustee Ruzanski has coupons for Jersey Mikes. If you make a $2 donation to Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Food Pantry at Jersey Mikes on June 15 or 16 Jersey Mikes will reward you with a six-inch sub sandwich.

Village President Reports:

Committee Reports:

Communications and Petitions:

Unfinished Business:

New Business:

Audience Participation:

Mrs. Uda Fox – Mrs. Fox came to the board with a couple of neighbor complaints. She gave backstory regarding past wind chime incident. Mr. Jim Fox approached the mic to make a statement regarding the wind chimes as well.

President Mulcahy asked if that issue was resolved, she said yes. President Mulcahy asked her not to bring up past incidents that have been resolved. He asked what the issue was. She then went on to mention about a drainage problem. Officer Gnuechtel and Anne Marie Hess were looking into this issue, according to Mrs. Fox. Village Attorney Brad Stewart interrupted Mrs. Fox to remind her of time limits. President Mulcahy reminded Mrs. Fox that the Board has directed staff to assist. She is following the proper procedures and there is nothing more the Board can do. Trustee Harlfinger was frustrated with Mrs. Fox. He is exhausted listening to her and her neighbor complaints. The reality is, it’s her neighbor. Mrs. Fox chimed in that she is also complaining about the staff at Village Hall. She does not appreciate the way the staff has handled her complaints.

Adjournment: There being no further business to discuss, the meeting of the Lake in the Hills Board of Trustees was adjourned at 7:44 p.m.