McHenry Times

The McCullom Lake Village Board met May 24.

The McCullom Lake Village Board meets at 7:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Village Hall, 4811 W. Orchard Drive.

Here are the minutes of the meeting as provided by McCullom Lake:

President Counley called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.

Roll Call: By the Village Clerk, Sherri L. Messina

Present: President Counley, Trustees Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, Shepit Walter.

Absent: Attorney Shaw

Minutes: Trustee Matthesius made a motion to approve the minutes with corrections; seconded by Trustee Bogacz. Voice vote: Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, Shepit, Walter - ayes. All in favor, motion carried.

Treasurers Report: Trustee Matthesius made a motion to accept the Treasurers Report; seconded by Trustee Walter. Voice vote: Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, Shepit, Walter - ayes. All in favor, motion carried.

Bills: Trustee Matthesius made a motion to pay the bills; seconded by Trustee Fritz. Voice vote: Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, Shepit, Walter - ayes. All in favor, motion carried.

Committees: Parks & Beach: Trustee Glave has set up Star Gazing for July 11th at Sunset with a rain date of July 12th. Trustee Glave would like to have a grand opening for the new park. The tether ball is being put up and a dog waste station. She is also working on a sign going over rules for the park and would also like to include a thank you sign for the McHenry County Community Foundation that we received the grant money from. Trustee Glave is thinking about the end of June or sometime in July for the ceremony.

Roads: 

Trustee Walter stated that there is mesh collapsing and are clogging up some of the drains. The beurm that was nicely done up at West End has now been damaged and he would like to see that fixed. He also thought that grass seeding was going to be done this week. We are hoping that the roads get fixed before the 4th of July. Trustee Shepit mentioned that Township will be looking at the trees along McCullom Lake Road for trimming and they will also be striping the road. President Counley mentioned that a resident on Parkview was issued nine (9) citations and a stop work order. The police officer had his vest cam on while issuing the citations and they will give the judge the video to review before the resident's court case on June 20th. He cannot be changing the flow of the water and if anyone sees him doing anything else to please contact the police at the non-emergency number at the McHenry County Sheriff's office. 

Audience: Anna Marie was asking for clarification on burning in the village. What she was reading is that recreational burning is like open burning. The Trustees stated there is no burning of construction debris and no burning of leaves, no burning if there is a 10 mile an hour wind. What it comes down to is really just a small fire pit like for camp fires where logs and sticks can be burned. Trustee Matthesius thinks burning is allowed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was suggested that new welcome packets be made up and updated and be given out to new residents.

Old Business: Tornado Siren - Trustee Shepit stated that there is nothing in Mark Kirks office for grants on tornado sirens. She did send him and Jack Franks an email to see what's available. She also checked out lEMA and FEMA and they have nothing available. The grant from Com-Ed she won't hear anything until June 15th but was told by Dean Brewer that it looks good. Trustee Bogacz made a motion to table the Tornado Siren until the next board meeting; seconded by Trustee Walter. Voice vote: Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, Shepit, Walter - ayes. All in favor, motion carried.

Sewer Ordinance: Trustee Walter made a motion to table this until the next board meeting; seconded by Trustee Walter. Voice vote: Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, Shepit, Walter - ayes. All in favor, motion carried.

Approval of an AWG Industrial Unit for Geese Removal - Trustee Bogacz made a motion to table this until the next board meeting; seconded by Trustee Shepit. Voice vote: Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, shepit, Walter-ayes. All in favor, motion carried.

New Business: Comcast Franchise Renewal - Trustee Walter made a motion to accept the Comcast Franchise Renewal; seconded by Trustee Fritz. Voice vote: Bogacz, carried. Fritz, Glave, Matthesiust Shepit, Walter - ayes. All in favor, motion

McHenry County Storm Water Ordinance Adoption and Training - Trustee Matthesius made a motion to accept Ordinance #477 McHenry County Storm Water Ordinance Adoption and Training; seconded by Trustee Bogacz. Voice vote: carried. Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, Shepit, Walter - ayes. All in favor, motion carried

Discussion: Trustee Walter has noticed some very high grass in neighbor's yards. President Counley suggested he call the office with addresses.  The next Neighbors Helping Neighbors meeting is June 1st at 6:00 P.M . at the Hickory Lodge.

Trustee Shepit made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:43; seconded by Trustee Walter. Voice vote: Bogacz, Fritz, Glave, Matthesius, Shepit, Walter - ayes. All in favor, motion carried.