McHenry Times

Village of Port Barrington Board of Trustees met May 2.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

President Yeaton called to order the Monthly Committee Meeting of the Board of Trustees at 7:00 pm. The following Trustees were present: Cillo, Corrigan and Vogeler. Trustees Grothendick and Herstedt were absent. There is one vacant position.

President Yeaton asked the Board to consider the minutes of the April 4, 2018 Committee Meeting. A motion was made by Trustee Vogeler to approve those minutes and was seconded by Trustee Corrigan. The Minutes were approved by a voice vote with President Yeaton voting.

President Yeaton did then ask the Board to consider the Executive Session minutes of the April 4, 2018. A motion was made by Trustee Corrigan to approve those minutes and was seconded by Trustee Cillo. The Minutes were approved by a voice vote with President Yeaton voting.

Streets And Roads:

Trustee Vogeler spoke to Mark Rooney regarding the roads. At the end of next week, finalized paperwork will be submitted to IDOT for repaving. Mr. Rooney included a bid date in hope to move things along. Trustee Vogeler will follow up.

Rusty moved unused sandbagging sand to the beach at Pregenzer Park and reseeded flooded areas there.

Health And Safety:

Mosquito Abatement: Issleb and Erfort have passed the General Standards Pesticide License test and will sit for the Mosquito Pesticide test tomorrow. Larviciding will begin following.

Fox Waterway Agency clean-up date is May 5th. Volunteers are dwindling.

Village Clean Up is May 19th.

SWALCO Alternate Director must be appointed.

Trustee Vogeler reported on Roger’s Automotive restoration project: The IEPA is monitoring the soil remediation. Environmental Consulting Group Inc. is managing the project and has hired Cabeno Environmental to do the work. Trustee Vogeler was given a walk through tour. A bacteria oil eater is pumped into drilled holes through PVC pipe that is perforated after a 12- depth, followed by fresh water. On May 14th an oxygenator is pumped in to help bacteria thrive. After six months, monitor testing will be done each quarter for three years. Past well monitoring data will be forwarded to the Village as well as future monitoring reports. President drafted a press release to use for inquiries.

Police:

President Yeaton reported that there will be patrol cars out during Wauconda HS Prom. Clerk Schroeder is working on merging resident address list. Trustee Corrigan volunteered to assist. President Yeaton and Trustee Herstedt met with the Wauconda Police Chief, Deputy Chief, Administrator and someone from record keeping. It was agreed that the standing contract need not be changed. President Yeaton drafted a “memo of understanding” to clarify some items which was reviewed and amended by the Chief. The memorandum will include fees added to guilty fines. It will soon be signed. Wauconda PD in implementing a pre-programmed “e- ticketing” system to include Port Barrington’s information. Those residents who received past tickets through Wauconda Code Enforcement and have not responded will receive reminders by mail. Village President Yeaton learned that some past tickets have been dismissed. Moving forward, issued tickets may only be dismissed with the Village President’s signature. Vehicle Tax letters will have a due date of June 30th.

Parks And Beaches:

Trustee Cillo stated that native plantings for shore stabilization at Pregenzer Park will be picked up on May 4th. Volunteers will do the planting.

Trustee Cillo attended the Moorings HOA meeting to introduce herself.

Kristin Kowynia, a Port Barrington REC Committee Member, presented a request to place

Geocaches in some of the Village parks. A hand-out was presented with details. Permission was granted and Kristin will work with Trustee Cillo and the REC Committee to determine best type and placement.

A request to use the Blue Heron room for a REC Committee fundraiser was also approved with the fee for room use being waived.

Forestry:

Trustee Corrigan reported that on Arbor Day six trees were planted at Nichols Park and one was planted at Hermann Park.

21 trees additional were purchased for parkway and park planting.

President Yeaton stated that new residents were unaware of our Tree Ordinance and removed several. She polled the Board to see if, in the future, the Village would consider accepting removed, healthy trees to plant elsewhere in the Village. Response was affirmative.

Trees fell on Willow Street and at Friendship Park and will be removed. McHenry County Sheriff Deputy Asplund assisted with clearing the Willow roadway.

It was determined that trees along the south side of Willow are residents’ responsibility.

Finance:

Verbal approval was given to transfer $100,000 from IL Funds to local operating account.

Village Scholarship opportunities are up on the website and the word is out.

A digitized Village logo is being designed.

Soil borings were taken by boat on April 30th from“Dog Leg” pond and also from Brighton Circle. We worked with ILM through referral from Brian Valleskey.

Water testing was done on April 27th from the southeast corner of “Dog Leg” Park. They did multiple “grabs” to obtain different thresholds of various substances.

Trustee Vogeler stated that a monitoring well was placed on Center Street and Farnsworth Circle. It must be purged prior to sampling. A quote and recommendations will be requested from John with Cabeno Environmental.

Building And Zoning:

Building & Code Enforcement Officer, John Howard, will meet with President Yeaton and Trustee Vogeler to discuss the proposed rental property ordinance.

Village Hall remodeling samples have been obtained and a plan has been reviewed. It was the consensus of the Board that the stone siding selected should go all the way around the buildings instead of only in the front. It will be $3200 for architectural drawings. Concrete work is needed on the entrance stoops of the Village Hall on both the ADA slope and thresholds. Once drawings are amended to include this, it will be given to the Village Attorney to put together a bid package. It was decided that the bid packet should be written to consider phases of the project.

Administration:

Clerk: none

Public Works: none

Admin/Treasurer: Several time-consuming Freedom of Information Act requests were received recently.

Village Engineer:

The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) annual permit report must be done by June 1st. Donna Erfort and Mark Rooney met to discuss items added this past year.

Village Attorney:

President Yeaton reported that there is interest in purchasing the Kripak property (northeast corner of Darrell & Roberts Roads by Crossroads Church) with engineering remaining as is. President Yeaton will meet with them and report back to the Board.

Village President:

Both Trustees Cillo and Grothendick were able to check in with their HOAs since the last Village Meeting.

President Yeaton attended Lobby Day on April 25th in Springfield.

-She attended a session explaining where state monies come from and where they are disbursed. LGDF monies were presented. Rauner had cut LGDF by 10% in the past and this seems likely to continue in the next budget, perhaps even increasing as time goes on.

Currently, road infrastructure monies are 80% Federal/State money and 20% local money. President Trump would like to flit that to 20% Federal/State money and 80% local money. The idea is that if the municipality could not fund the 80% of a needed project, the local businesses would subsidize it.

-There was discussion about capping the amount of MFT money that can be reserved by local government at $100,000.

-An unfunded mandate about lead pipes giving 10 years to replace any/all lead water pipes leading up to service a house. This does not affect a municipality with no community water system

-There was discussion of the possibility of mandating that all municipalities become “Home Rule”. The State would like to more power back to the local governments.

-Comptroller/Deputy Governor/Representatives debated the electronic cigarette legislation. Currently you must be 21 years of age to purchase them.

Planning Commission:

No report.

Board would like to discuss the following:

-Possible setbacks for a property that is surrounded by roadway on three sides.

-Trailer/recreational vehicle storage

-Review plans needed for the Kripak property.

ERT:

No report

Port Barrington Waterway Commission:

No report

Old Business/New Business:

Trustee vacancy was discussed by the Board.

The meeting was open to the floor. There were no questions or comments.

Trustee Cillo motioned to adjourn the meeting. Trustee Vogeler seconded. Roll Call was taken: President Yeaton and Trustees Cillo, Corrigan and Vogeler voted Aye. 0 Nays, 2 Absent. 1 Vacancy Motion approved.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:19 pm.

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