McHenry Times

Village of Algonquin President and Board of Trustees met Feb. 7

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Village President Debby Sosine, called the meeting to order at 7:31 P.M. with Village Clerk, Fred Martin, calling the roll.

Trustees Present: Brian Dianis, Jerry Glogowski, Maggie Auger, Laura Brehmer, Bob Smith, John Spella and Village President Debby Sosine

Staff in Attendance: Tim Schloneger, Village Manager; Michele Zimmerman, Interim Public Works Director; Dennis Walker, Police Chief; Jason Shallcross, Community Development Director; and Kelly Cahill, Village Attorney.

PLEDGE TO FLAG: Clerk Martin led all present in the Pledge of Allegiance.

ADOPT AGENDA: Moved by Smith, seconded by Glogowski, to adopt tonight’s agenda, deleting item 16 Executive Session.

Voice vote; ayes carried

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION:

Chris Kious, Kane County Board Member, updated the Board on Kane County events including launching an online survey to collect resident input for its Climate Action Plan, anti-vaping and smoking programs, Animal Control microchip and vaccination clinic.

APPOINT THOMAS BOYLE AS ELECTRIC COMMISSION MEMBER FOR THE TERM ENDING APRIL 30, 2025

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Auger to approve the appointment of Thomas Boyle as Electric Commission Member for the term ending April 30, 2025

Roll call vote; voting aye – Trustees Dianis, Glogowski, Auger, Spella, Brehmer, Smith, Motion carried; 6-ayes, 0-nays

CONSENT AGENDA: The Items under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and may be approved by one motion with a roll call vote.

A. APPROVE MEETING MINUTES:

(1) Liquor Commission Hearing Held January 17, 2023

(2) Village Board Meeting Held January 17, 2023

(3) Committee of the Whole Meeting Held January 17, 2023

(4) Committee of the Whole Special Meeting Held January 24, 2023

B. APPROVE THE VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2022

Moved by Spella, seconded by Dianis, to approve the Consent Agenda.

Voice vote; ayes carried

OMNIBUS AGENDA: The following Ordinances, Resolutions, or Agreements are considered to be routine in nature and may be approved by one motion with a roll call vote.

(Following approval, the Village Clerk numbers all Ordinances and Resolutions in order)

A. PASS ORDINANCES:

(1) Adopt a Resolution (2023-R-10) Accepting and Approving an Agreement with Houseal Lavigne for the Village Comprehensive Plan Consulting Services in the Amount of $199,990.00

(2) Adopt a Resolution (2023-R-11) Accepting and Approving an Agreement with Christopher Burke Engineering for the Highland Avenue Water Main Extension Phase 2 Design Engineering Services in the Amount of $36,791.00

(3) Adopt a Resolution (2023-R-12) Accepting and Approving an Agreement with Baxter & Woodman for the Dixie Creek Reach 3 Streambank Restoration Project in the Amount of $370,605.20

(4) Adopt a Resolution (2023-R-13) Accepting and Approving Christopher Burke Engineering for the Stormwater Master Plan Supplement in the Amount of $28,500.00

Moved by Brehmer, seconded by Smith to approve the Omnibus Agenda.

Roll call vote; voting aye – Trustees Dianis, Glogowski, Brehmer, Spella, Auger and Smith Motion carried; 6-ayes, 0-nays,

APPROVAL OF BILLS: Moved by Glogowski, seconded by Brehmer, to approve the List of Bills for payment in the amount of $1,714,665.94

Roll call vote; voting aye – Trustees Dianis, Glogowski, Auger, Spella, Brehmer, Smith, Motion carried; 6-ayes, 0-nays

PAYMENT OF BILLS RECAP:

FUND DESCRIPTION DISBURSEMENTS

01 GENERAL 335,712.11

03 MFT 120,378.85

04 STREET IMPROVEMENT 99,329.24

05 SWIMMING POOL 414.03

06 PARK IMPROVEMENT 7,742.51

07 WATER & SEWER 120,529.83

12 WATER & SEWER IMPROV 41,631.60

26 NATURAL AREA & DRAINAG 12,202.13

28 BUILDING MAINT. SERVICE 17,501.31

29 VEHICLE MAINT. SERVICE 29,574.03

TOTAL ALL FUNDS 785,015.64

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE:

A. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

B. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

C. PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY

VILLAGE CLERK’S REPORT

Village Clerk Martin announced future meetings.

STAFF REPORTS:

ADMINISTRATION:

Mr. Schloneger:

The Village is evaluating possible options for solar panel installations at facilities located at 1000 Square Barn Road and 125 Wilbrandt Road. Using a Power Purchase Agreement, a third party investor takes on the installation cost and in turn takes advantage of the government tax credits and incentives. This results in a reduction to the Village’s energy bill when the energy from the system is able to be sold back to the Village at a reduced rate.

Staff is truing up cost assumptions and working through strategies to add another road improvement project to the proposed FY24 budget.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:

Mr. Shallcross:

• a group of downtown merchants have formed a nonprofit 501-C-6 organization titled Downtown Algonquin Association to perform marketing and other attraction activities to the benefit of downtown businesses.

• With the approval of Houseal Lavigne’s contract tonight, we will look to get our Comprehensive Plan kickoff meeting scheduled.

• There will not be a Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting this month.

POLICE DEPARTMENT:

Mr. Walker:

After multiple months of efforts made to resolve the parking problems down off of Sleepy Hollow, specifically on Stone Ridge, we are going to move to some parking restrictions on Stone Ridge. Similar to those that we have had success with at other schools. The North curb line will have prohibited stopping, standing, and no parking between 3:30 and 4:30PM on school days. The decision for this curb line as compared to the Southern curb line was due to the student pedestrian traffic crossing over Sleepy Hollow on that same side, and the parents using the Southern curb line to have right wheels to the curb, the students enter on the passenger side and not the roadway side, and so that the students would not feel compelled to cross the street mid-block to get to their parents on the North curb line. This restriction will also allow vehicles to traverse freely as compared to when there was pickup on both sides, it was a tight squeeze to get any other vehicles through, let alone the possibility of emergency vehicles needing to get through.

We hope to have the signs in place by the end of this week and as soon as the signs go up we will be sure to have a presence to educate the parents about the new signage. I have been working with D300 District Safety Officer Todd Rohlwing and he has already communicated with the Westfield staff as well as the parent associations. Lastly, the school and the PD are still working on their on campus student pickup plan to further alleviate the traffic out on Sleepy Hollow Road.

PUBLIC WORKS:

Ms. Zimmerman:

No report, all is quiet with good weather and no snow.

CORRESPONDENCE:

Trustee Glogowski:

The Northwest Water Planning Alliance met 01/26/23 and after approval of the July 28, 2022 meeting and current financials, the discussions then turned to address the following:

To review the Water Supply Sustainability Plan (WSSP) from Kelsey Pudiock of Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and with Margaret Schneemann at Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) program. As well as input from Peter Wallers of Engineering Enterprises, the NWPA-TAC Chairman. These discussions were among members of the 6 Council of Governments representatives, from the Counties of Kane, McHenry, Dekalb, Kendall, Lake and the Barrington Area Council of Governments. (As well with talks on Sensible Salting Practices that I had previously emailed to our Board and Staff).

To note some if not all of you will know some of the members.....Karen Darch, Village of Barrington President, Dave Kaptain, Elgin Mayor Kane County, Carolyn Campbell, McHenry County Board, Mike Buehler, McHenry County Board Chairman, Chalen Daigle, McHenry Council of Government, Lesli Melendy, Metro West Council of Government, Mandi Florip, Lake County Municipal League executive director, and Scott Koeppel, Kendall County Board Administrator.

After elaborate discussions on the benefits and costs to develop this plan, it had full consensus of the members in attendance to sign and execute the Memorandum of Understanding or "MOU" with CMAP to facilitate the development of a Water Supply Sustainability Plan for the Northwest Water Planning Alliance (NWPA), known as the "PROJECT" over a 2 year timeline from January 1, 2023 till December 31, 2024.

Myself I am still relatively new on this NWPA Committee representing McHenry County since being appointed in June 2022.

However after reading and discussing the materials and attending meetings since, I do feel that our NWPA and its council members, together with CMAP, is well thought out. As well it will be very beneficial to our surrounding communities for the many of us to navigate.

This approved Memorandum or "MOU" will also allow us to continue planning and working with and as well developing future water supply needs along with the Kane County 2040 and McHenry County 2050 plans.

There is no cost to its members at this point. Only until we may need to have to implement some of these planned actions at a later time(s).

OLD BUSINESS:

A. Pass an Ordinance (2023-O-01) Establishing Special Service Area Number 4 Within the Village of Algonquin for the Property commonly Known as Lots 2-6 and Outlots A, B and C of the 1st Resubdivision of the NorthPoint Algonquin Corporate Campus Subdivision Moved by Auger, seconded by Dianis to approve the Ordinance Establishing Special Service Area Number 4.

Roll call vote; voting aye – Trustees Dianis, Glogowski, Brehmer, Spella, Auger and Smith Motion carried; 6-ayes, 0-nays,

B. Pass an Ordinance (2023-O-02) Establishing Special Service Area Number 5 Within the Village of Algonquin for the Property Commonly Known as Lot 1 and Outlot D of the 1st Resubdivision of NorthPoint Algonquin Corporate Campus Subdivision

Moved by Auger, seconded by Dianis to approve the Ordinance Establishing Special Service Area Number 5.

Roll call vote; voting aye – Trustees Dianis, Glogowski, Brehmer, Spella, Auger and Smith Motion carried; 6-ayes, 0-nays,

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

None

NEW BUSINESS:

President Sosine remined everyone that economic interest statements are due to the County, there will be a Metro West Meeting at Port Edwards, she is leaving for meetings in Springfield tomorrow.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, it was moved by Glogowski, seconded by Auger, to adjourn the Village Board Meeting

Voice vote; all voting aye

The meeting was adjourned at 7:55PM.

https://www.algonquin.org/egov/documents/1677259389_46829.pdf