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Village of Lake in the Hills Board of Trustees met May 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

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, David McPhee, Doug Cummings and President Paul Mulcahy.

Also present were Village Administrator Jennifer Clough, Chief of Police Dave Brey, Director of Community Development Michael Brown, Finance Director Shane Johnson, Superintendent of Recreation Megan Melendez, 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 April 25, 2017 Committee of the Whole meeting.

B. Motion to accept and place on file the minutes of the April 27, 2017 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 Harlfinger, Huckins, Ruzanski, Cummings, McPhee, and Bogdanowski voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Omnibus Agenda-

A. Motion to waive the provisions of Section 43.09, Noise, of the Lake in the Hills Municipal Code, to allow Boulder Ridge Country Club to host their Annual Outdoor Party until 11pm on Friday, June 23, 2017 on their premises.

B. Motion to allow Boy Scout Troop 369 to park their Slick-Rydr Canoe Trailer in the Nockels Park/ LaBahn Hain House parking lot through early September.

C. Motion to reject the bids for the Leroy Guy Tennis Court Construction project.

D. Motion to approve the IDOT Resolution for Maintenance of Streets and Highways by Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code for the 2017 Street Resurfacing Program at a cost of $982,500.00.

E. Motion to approve the Task Order with HR Green to perform Construction Supervision Services for the 2017 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.

F. Motion to accept the bid and award a contract to Geske and Sons for the 2017 MFT Street Resurfacing Road Project in the amount of $928,995.70.

G. Motion to accept the bid and award a contract to J. Congdon for the 2017 Water Main Replacement Project in the amount of $987,674.21.

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

Approval of the Schedule of Bills:

Motion to approve the May 12, 2017 Schedule of Bills, funds totaling $120,710.91 was made by Trustee Bogdanowski and seconded by Trustee Ruzanski. On roll call vote, Trustees McPhee, Bogdanowski, Huckins, Harlfinger, Cummings and Ruzanski voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Department Head Reports:

Fred Mullard passed out the specific streets included in the 2017 MFT resurfacing project. Also, information will be going out to all residents from Flood Brothers regarding the waste hauler contract beginning in July.

Next Saturday May 20 11am-2pm will be the Public Works Open House.

Board of Trustee Reports:

Village President Reports:

Proclamation – National Public Works Week

President Mulcahy gave a sincere thank you for his time in the Village for the past 20 years.

Unfinished Business:

Adjournment: There being no further business to discuss, the meeting of the Lake in the Hills Board of Trustees was adjourned at 7: 38 p.m.

Reconvene:

Annual Meeting

New Business-

Annual Meeting

7:38 pm

Administer Oath of Office for Newly Elected Officials:

Russ Ruzanski was sworn as the Lake in the Hills Village President. Bob Huckins, Stephen Harlfinger and Bill Dustin were all sworn in as Lake in the Hills Trustees.

Roll Call of Village Board:

Roll call was answered by Trustees Ray Bogdanowski, Stephen Harlfinger, Bob Huckins, David McPhee, Bill Dustin and President Russ Ruzanski.

Also present were Village Administrator Jennifer Clough, Director of Community Development Michael Brown, Chief of Police Dave Brey, Finance Director Shane Johnson, Superintendent of Recreation Megan Melendez, Village Attorney Brad Stewart and Village Clerk Denise Wasserman.

Presentation:

Outgoing Village Clerk Wasserman was presented with a plaque for her thirteen years of commitment to the Village.

Motions:

Motion to appoint Crystal Ulen as the Village Clerk (05-11-17 to 05-13-21) was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote Trustees Bogdanowski, McPhee, Huckins, Dustin and Harlfinger voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to re-appoint Joe DeMay to the Planning & Zoning Commission (05-11-17 to 04-30-22) was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees Dustin, McPhee, Huckins, Bogdanowski and Harlfinger voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to re-appoint Michelle Green to the Police Commission (05-11-17 to 04-30-20) was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees Bogdanowski, Harlfinger, Dustin, McPhee and Huckins voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to re-appoint Stan Helgerson to the Police Pension (05-11-17 to 04-30-19) was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees McPhee, Harlfinger, Huckins, Dustin and Bogdanowski voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to accept and reaffirm the Village Officer appointments from the December 8, 2016 Village Board meeting items 10.B.2 thru 10.B.11 was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees McPhee, Harlfinger, Huckins, Bogdanowski and Dustin voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to combine the following motions was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote Trustees Huckins, Bogdanowski, Harlfinger, Dustin and McPhee voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to accept and reaffirm the appointment of the Village Administrator Jen Clough from the March 23, 2017 Village Board meeting as well as approve the Employment Agreement between Ms. Clough and the Village of Lake in the Hills was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees Huckins, Bogdanowski, Harlfinger, Dustin and McPhee voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to approve the Employment Agreement with David Brey, Chief of Police was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees Huckins, Dustin, Bogdanowski, McPhee and Harlfinger voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to combine the following Motion Items (12-18)--Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating First National Bank as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating Home State Bank N.A. as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating Illinois State Bank as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating U.S. Bank (Custodian for the Illinois Funds) as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating Fifth Third Bank as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund as An Authorized Depository; and Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Authorizing the Use of PMA Financial Network Inc., and PMA Securities Inc. in Securing Investments--was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees Harlfinger, Dustin, Huckins, McPhee and Bogdanowski voted Aye No Nays. Motion carried.

Motion to approve the combined Motion Items 12-18-- Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating First National Bank as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating Home State Bank N.A. as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating Illinois State Bank as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating U.S. Bank (Custodian for the Illinois Funds) as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating Fifth Third Bank as An Authorized Depository; Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Designating Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund as An Authorized Depository; and Motion to pass Resolution 2017- ____, A Resolution Authorizing the Use of PMA Financial Network Inc., and PMA Securities Inc. in Securing Investments--was made by Trustee Harlfinger and Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote Trustees McPhee, Huckins, Dustin, Harlfinger and Bogdanowski voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Audience Participation:

The public is invited to make an issue-oriented comment on any matter of public concern not otherwise on the agenda. The public comment may be no longer than 3 minutes in duration.

Motion to enter into Closed Session was made by Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote, Trustees Bogdanowski, Huckins, Harlfinger, McPhee and Dustin voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Close Annual Meeting-

Adjournment: There being no further business to discuss, the Lake in the Hills Annual Board Meeting was adjourned at 8:15 pm

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