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Village of Algonquin Village Board of the President and Board of Trustees met April 4.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Village President Debby Sosine, called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. with Village Clerk, Fred Martin, calling the roll.

Trustees Present: Brian Dianis, Jerry Glogowski, Maggie Auger, Laura Brehmer, Bob Smith, John Spella (arrived at 7:31) and Village President Debby Sosine

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

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 District 23 Board Member, updated the Board on Kane County Developments including recycling events, Forest Preserve Foundation plant sale, and changing street lighting to LED technology.

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 Special Meeting Held March 21, 2023

(2) Public Hearing Held March 21, 2023

(3) Village Board Meeting Held March 21, 2023

(4) Committee of the Whole Meeting Held March 21, 2023

Moved by Spella, seconded by Auger, 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) Pass an Ordinance (2023-O-11) Approving the Village of Algonquin Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024

(2) Pass an Ordinance (2023-O-12) Approving a Zoning Amendment for 1311 Merrill Ave.

(3) Pass an Ordinance (2023-O-13) Approving the Vacation of Wendt Street and Easement and Setback Lines in the Algonquin Corporate Campus Unit 3

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 $1,986,147.29

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

PAYMENT OF BILLS RECAP:

01 GENERAL 392,933.75

03 MFT 45,060.63

04 STREET IMPROVEMENT 304,834.92

05 SWIMMING POOL 374.05

06 PARK IMPROVEMENT 182,810.70

07 WATER & SEWER 124,135.26

12 WATER & SEWER IMPROVEMENT 991.25

16 DEVELOPMENT FUND 15,795.63

26 NATURAL AREA & DRAINAGE IMPROV 10,328.50

28 BUILDING MAINT. SERVICE 18,445.65

29 VEHICLE MAINT. SERVICE 31,118.09

TOTAL ALL FUNDS 1,126,828.43

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 for Mr. Shallcross:

1) Natalie and Jason are attending the National Planning Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and will be back in the office later this week.

2) An Antiques Mall is moving into the former Ashley Furniture space on the south end of Randall Road; looking to open in the next 6 months.

3) Fresh Market signed a lease to go into the Algonquin Commons adjacent to Half Price Books.

4) Separate but related, Five Below and an array of salon/beauty service providers have also signed leases with the center and permit submittals are forthcoming.

5) Mass earthwork has begun at The Enclave, with Coopers Hawk and Portillos hoping to host ribbon cutting ceremonies this fall.

6) Kensington is working on a deal with two restaurant users to locate in a single building on Lot 3 of The Enclave between Belle Tire and BJs Brewhouse.

7) Lennar is searching for new land in Algonquin for its next subdivision.

8) An exciting sports user is looking at the Dania building that staff should be able to announce next month.

9) CarMax is still on track to achieve occupancy in September.

10) Comp. Plan Update - next up for the comprehensive plan process are key person/group interviews and a meeting with local business owners.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:

Mr. Schloneger provided the report

POLICE DEPARTMENT:

Mr. Walker:

Officers responsed to a crash last week at Rt. 31 and Division, just South of the Northbound entrance to the bypass. The crash, was a three vehicle crash with one of the vehicles being a commercial motor vehicle. We since looked at the area’s history and see that we have had enough crashes at or near that intersection to warrant further actions by us. Our traffic supervisor, Sgt. Burzynski has reached out to IDOT and they will be reviewing the area to consider all avenues to justify any changes in signage or pavement markings, or however they can help us. We furthermore had our electronic sign boards placed out at the entry points of the by-pass displaying a safety message and lastly, we have again created a directed patrol and pointed our patrol and traffic divisions to that area to give it enforcement attention. Hopefully, until IDOT is able to report back to us with their findings, we will be able to see some change in behavior in this area through the sign boards and enforcement measures.

PUBLIC WORKS:

Ms. Zimmerman:

We received 1.9 inches of rain in 25 minutes today. We basically only had isolated flooding of streets and back yards due to drainage structures being covered with debris. We had crews out all over town and were able to respond to most issues within 15 minutes and clear the drains to get the water flowing again.

CORRESPONDENCE:

None

OLD BUSINESS:

Trustee Glogowski requested a copy of the planned street construction projects for this year. Ms. Zimmerman advised the information is on the Village’s website.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

None

NEW BUSINESS:

None

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

Voice vote; all voting aye

The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 PM.

https://www.algonquin.org/egov/documents/1681910527_95068.pdf