McHenry Times

Village of Island Lake Board met Thursday, March 23.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

1. Call to Order by Mayor Amrich at 7:32 p.m.

2. Roll Call Present: Trustees Kiki Becker, Mark Beeson, John Burke, Sandy Doehler and Debra Jenkins; Absent: Keith Johns 

Also present: Director of Public Works Brian Bartnick, Treasurer Ed McGinty, Police Chief Anthony Sciarrone, Building Commissioner Wayne Schnell, a Wauconda Fire District Battalion Chief and Attorney David McArdle

3. Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Amrich

4. Oath of Office/Swearing In of Thadd Lewis for the Planning and Zoning Commission 

Mr. Lewis is currently Director of Ft. Dearborn Title with a focus on property zoning.

5. Public Comments included: Mary Schuman: Victory Garden opens April 29. The workday is from 9:00 to noon; volunteers are needed and welcome; suggested that idea for the strip of land behind the water tank that is a magnet for people’s yard waste; hopes to clean it out and get a fence to prevent this; teaching opportunity to plant new trees there—one of each kind. Envisions that strip of land being filled with native trees. Suggests putting a No Dumping sign on the strip of land. (46 plots at $30 per. Liz Nelson: We’re moving into summer; think “boat tours”. We need boats.

6. Motion to authorize Mayor Amrich to sign the 2017-2018 Senior Citizen Busing and

Transportation Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the Village of Island Lake and Wauconda Township stipulating the Village of Island Lake contribution in the amount of $13,655.38 

Motion to authorize Mayor Amrich to sign the 2017-2018 Senior Busing and Transportation Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement as stated above by Trustee Jenkins, Second by Trustee Beeson Ayes: Trustees Becker, Beeson, Burke, Doehler and Jenkins; Nays: none; Absent: Trustee Johns Motion carried.

7. Motion to authorize Mayor Amrich to sign the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Algonquin Township Road District and the Village of Island Lake for the Sale and Purchase of a 2012 Elgin Crosswind/Auto Truck Sweeper including the purchase price in the amount of $70,000 (seventy thousand dollars) 

Discussion: The equipment cost $246,000 new; it has 25,000 miles on it. Motion to authorize Mayor Amrich to sign the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Algonquin Township Road District and the Village of Island Lake for the Sale and Purchase of a 2012 Elgin Crosswind/Auto Truck Sweeper as stated above by Trustee Beeson, Second by Trustee Becker Ayes: Trustees Becker, Beeson, Burke, Doehler and Jenkins; Nays: none; Absent: Trustee Johns Motion carried.

8. Motion to approve A Resolution Relating to Participation by Elected Officials in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 

Motion to approve A Resolution Relating to Participation by Elected Officials in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund by Trustee Jenkins, Second by Trustee Doehler Discussion: IMRF sent a letter with this form. It only applies to officials who work 20 hours or more. Ayes: Trustees Becker, Doehler and Jenkins; Nays: Trustees Beeson and Burke Motion carried.

9. Motion to approve Proclamation establishing Saturday, May 20, 2017 as Kids to Parks Day in the Village of Island Lake 

Motion to approve Proclamation establishing Saturday, May 20, 2017 as Kids to Parks Day in the Village of Island Lake by Trustee Beeson, Second by Trustee Burke Ayes: Trustees Becker, Beeson, Burke, Doehler and Jenkins; Nays: none; Absent: Trustee Johns Motion carried.

10. Mayor Comments included: He has received 2 calls RE: Sheltering Oak property; a fire there last week. Would the Village be interested in seeing a nursing home rebuilt there? There was interest in annexing the property into the Village. Another request was for doing duplex housing on the rest of the property. Mayor Amrich encouraged interested parties to go before the Planning and Zoning Commission. Attorney McArdle received a phone call from the attorney for the group who wanted to develop housing there. They intend to come back before the Board.

11. Trustee and Staff Comments included: Trustee Doehler: First, we have some contacts for Starbucks Development Store in Chicago to inquire about Westridge Mall location; thank you Georgine and Connie for helping put together profile for Wauconda Chamber of Commerce Guide; thanks to Ken Wick for the profile photo. Trustee Jenkins: Reminder about Dinner Dance fundraiser on April 22, 2017. Trustee Becker: Brought up at a budget meeting about a better investment than CDs for Village money. Merrill Lynch did research on Village of Island Lake and we would not be eligible. An option to get higher interest would be to ask banks for higher rate. On Janet Dr. and Midway, there is a buzzing streetlight; will Brian contact Commonwealth Edison; there also is an area behind former Aline’s that has dumped debris. Trustee Beeson: Weather is changing; is there a possibility of having an outdoor eating/garden area for Sofia’s Place? The owner has not yet presented a plan to Building Commissioner Schnell. Consider how it affects pedestrian traffic to and from the other businesses. Mayor Amrich, Liquor Commissioner, will look into requirements for outdoor liquor. Beeson: Tables for the Dinner Dance in advance are $250.00 (for 10 people); waiting for Ken’s report on grant for seawall work at Hyde’s Lakeview Park; planting of trees is in the plan; a sign needs to be put up with ComEd’s name.

At the EMA Meeting on 3/22/17, it was decided that if we had a disaster, operations would be conducted out of Police Department where there is a generator, plenty of outlets and power for radio. Thanks to Brian, EMA will have a vehicle.

12. Public Comments none

13. Motion to go into Executive Session for purposes of discussing pending litigation pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11 and collective bargaining to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2); and setting the sale price on real property owned by the Village 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6) No Executive Session needed.

14. Motion to close Executive Session and return to Open Session

No Executive Session needed.

15. Adjournment

Motion by Trustee Jenkins, Second by Trustee Doehler All were in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:13 p.m.

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