McHenry Times

Village of Lake in the Hills Board of Trustees met July 9.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 8:05p.m.

Roll call was answered by Trustees Huckins, Bogdanowski, Harlfinger, Bojarski, Dustin, Murphy, and President Ruzanski.

Also present were Village Administrator Jennifer Clough, Assistant Village Administrator/Finance Director Shane Johnson, Chief of Police Dave Brey, Public Works Director Dan Kaup, Director of Community Services Fred Mullard, Village Attorney Brad Stewart and Village Clerk Cecilia Carman.

Pledge of Allegiance was led by President Ruzanski. Public Comment on Agenda Items: None

Consent Agenda

A. Motion to accept and place on file the minutes of the June 17th Ad Hoc Economic Meeting.

B. Motion to accept and place on file the minutes of the June 25th Committee of Whole Meeting. C. Motion to accept and place on file the minutes of the June 25th Village Board Meeting.

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

Omnibus Agenda

A. Motion to approve the Raffle License request and waive the fidelity bond requirement for Lake in the Hills Youth Athletic Association (YAA).

B. Motion to approve the Waiver request regarding the square footage requirements and the Video Gaming License requests from Alfredo’s Pizza and issue three to five licenses as discussed at the July 9, 2019 Committee of the Whole meeting.

Trustee Huckins made a Motion to remove Item B

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

Approval of the Schedule of Bills:

Motion to approve the July 12, 2019 Schedule of Bills total of all funds $620,013.95 was made by Trustee Bogdanowski and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call vote Trustees Harlfinger, Bojarski, Murphy, Huckins, Dustin, and Bogdanowski voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

Village Administrator and Department Head Reports: None Board of Trustee Reports: None

Village President Reports: None

Unfinished Business

B. Motion to approve the Waiver request regarding the square footage requirements and the Video Gaming License requests from Alfredo’s Pizza and issue three to five licenses as discussed at the July 9, 2019 Committee of the Whole meeting was made by Trustee Huckins and seconded by Harlfinger.

Attorney Stewart called a point of order. He stated the ordinance should have a defined number.

All trustee agreed that it needed to have a defined number.

Motion to approve the Waiver request regarding the square footage requirements and the Video Gaming License requests from Alfredo’s Pizza and issue five licenses as discussed at the July 9, 2019 Committee of the Whole meeting was made by Trustee Huckins and seconded by Harlfinger.

Trustee Bojarski stated Dino’s Pizza has the same square footage and the Board approved 4 gaming licenses.

Trustee Bojarski made a motion to amend the motion to approve the Waiver request regarding the square footage requirements and the Video Gaming License requests from Alfredo’s Pizza and issue four licenses as discussed at the July 9, 2019 Committee of the Whole meeting and seconded by Trustee Murphy.

Trustee Harlfinger stated Dino’s Pizza has had much success with their video game machines and may come to the Board to ask for five. He believes we should approve 5 for Alfredo’s Pizza.

Trustee Huckins would like a review of the square footage ordinance and stated it may need to be revised. Trustee Bogdanowski stated a waiver request has only happened once before.

The Trustees discussed what other businesses had asked for a waiver request to the square footage ordinance.

Trustee Bogdanowski stated he does not want to change the ordinance. The Village does not control gaming licenses but it can control how many machines are in the Village.

The Trustees discussed the size and changes needed to be made at Alfredo’s Pizza. The discussion continued with how much square footage is needed for each machine.

Trustee Huckins stated when the ordinance was developed there was discussion on limiting the amount of machines per strip mall. Trustee Bogdanowski agreed. The purpose was to help current businesses and not bring in businesses only for gaming.

Attorney Stewart commented with Home Rule status the Village has a good amount of latitude on how the ordinance is written. Lake in the Hills was the first village to use a square foot requirement and other towns have adopted this as well. One other approach municipalities have taken is the type of liquor license drives the amount of machines allowed.

On roll call to amend Motion to 4 from 5 licenses Trustee Bogdanowski, Dustin, Harlfinger, Murphy, and Bojarski voted Aye. Trustee Huckins voted Nay. 5 Ayes. 1 Nay. Motion carried.

On Roll call to approve the Waiver request regarding the square footage requirements and the Video Gaming License requests from Alfredo’s Pizza and issue four licenses. Trustee Murphy, Bogdanowski, Bojarski, Dustin, Huckins, and Harlfinger voted Aye. No Nays. Motion carried.

New Business – None

Audience Participation: Mr. Patel of Alfredo’s Pizza asked how he could get approved for 5 gaming licenses. Trustee Huckins stated he would have to come before the Board again.

Adjournment: A motion to adjourn meeting was made Trustee Harlfinger and seconded by Trustee Huckins. On roll call Trustee Murphy, Bogdanowski, Bojarski, Dustin, voted Aye. Trustee Huckins vote Nay. Trustee Harlfinger voted present. 4 Ayes. 1 Nay, and 1 Present. Motion carried.

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting of the Lake in the Hills Board of Trustees was adjourned at 8:21p.m.

https://www.lith.org/sites/default/files/fileattachments/board_of_trustees/meeting/6801/2019-07-09_village_board.pdf