Village of Algonquin President and Board of Trustees met May 2

By Angelica Saylo Pilo

Jul 5, 2023

Here are the minutes provided by the board of trustees:

A. Margaret “Maggie” Auger

B. Brian Dianis

C. John Spella

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 and Village President Debby Sosine

Staff in Attendance: Tim Schloneger, Village Manager; Michael Kumbera, Deputy Village Manager; Nadim Badran, 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 18, Executive Session.

Voice vote; ayes carried

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION:

Chris Kious, Kane County Board Member, spoke about KDOT’s upcoming meetings regarding the Randall over 90 Project, Carpentersville Dam project, Longmeadow Parkway project.

PROCLAIMATION:

1. The Village of Algonquin Proclaims May 7, 2023 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day

2. The Village of Algonquin Proclaims May 14 through 20, 2023 Police Week and May 15 Police Memorial Day

APPOINTMENTS:

A. Board and Commissions

1. Economic Development Commission

Jerome W. Pinderski Jr. Member May 2, 2023 – May 5, 2026

Vince Vachio Member May 2, 2023 – May 5, 22026

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Auger to approve the Economic Development Commission

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

2. Historic Commission

Viginina Donahue Member May 2, 2023 – May 5, 2026

John Lewis Member May 2, 2023 – May 5, 2026

Nancy Dombrowski Member May 2, 2023 – May 5 2026

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Auger to approve the Historic Commission

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

3. Planning & Zoning Commission

Linda Laipert Member May 2, 2023 – May 2, 2028

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Glogowski to approve the Planning and Zoning Commission

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

4. Police Commission

Ronald Gorecki Member May 2, 2023 – May 5, 2026

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Auger to approve the Police Commission

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

5. Police Pension

Stan Helgerson Member May 2, 2023 – May 5, 2025

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Auger to approve the Police Pension Commission

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

6. Liquor Commission

John Spella Member May 2, 2023 - May 6, 2025

Brian Dianis Member May 2, 2023 - May 6, 2025

Laura Brehmer Member May 2, 2023 - May 6, 2025

Jerry Glogowski Member May 2, 2023 - May 6, 2025

Robert Smith Member May 2, 2023 - May 6, 2025

Margaret Auger Member May 2, 2023 - May 6, 2025

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Spella to approve the Liquor Commission Members

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

B. Appointments of Staff and Chairpersons

Dennis Walker E.S.D.A Coordinator May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Michael J. Kumbera Village Treasurer May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Michelle A. Weber Freedom of Information Officer May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Michelle A. Weber Open Meetings Act Designee May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Jerome Pinderski Jr. Economic Dev. Commission Chairperson May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Brian Martin Electrical Commission Chairperson May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Jeffrey L Jolitz Historic Commission Chairperson May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

James P Patrician Planning & Zoning Comm. Chairperson May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Brehmer to approve the Appointments of Staff and Chairpersons

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

C. Appointment of Village Attorney

Kelly Cahill Village Attorney May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Zukowkski, Rogers, Flood, McArdle, et al.

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Auger to approve the Appointment of Village Attorney

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

D. Appointment of Village Engineer

Clifton Ganek Village Engineer May 2, 2023 – May 7, 2024

Moved by Dianis, seconded by Auger to approve the Appointment of Village Engineer

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:

Liquor Commission Special Meeting Held April 18, 2023
Village Board Meeting Held April 18, 2023
Committee of the Whole Meeting Held April 18,2023

Moved by Spella, seconded by Brehmer, 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) An Ordinance (2023-O-16) Approving a Major PUD Amendment for a Solar Panel Utility Installation of the Huntley Community School District 158 Square Barn Road Campus (650-800 Dr. John Burkey Drive)

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

Roll call vote; voting aye – Trustees Dianis, Glogowski, Auger, Spella, Brehmer, 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 $ 1,450,066.31

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 101,734.66

03 MFT 29,870.25

04 STREET IMPROVEMENT 64,800.00

05 SWIMMING POOL 395.47

06 PARK IMPROVEMENT 20,870.61

07 WATER & SEWER 75,501.47

12 WATER & SEWER IMPROVEMENT 40,600.00

16 DEVELOPMENT FUND 1,500.00

26 NATURAL AREA & DRAINAGE IMPROV 16,012.00

28 BUILDING MAINT. SERVICE 6,042.91

29 VEHICLE MAINT. SERVICE 28,052.05

TOTAL ALL FUNDS $385,379.42

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE:

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY

COMMITTEE REPORTS & CLERK'S REPORTS:

VILLAGE CLERK’S REPORT

Village Clerk Martin announced future meetings.

STAFF REPORTS:

ADMINISTRATION:

Mr. Schloneger:

The digital version of the FY 23/24 Annual Budget document is now available. Special thanks to our department heads and many staff members for their contributions, dedication, and commitment to making this year's budget process a success. And thank you to the Village Board for your support and policy guidance to prepare a spending plan that meets the priorities and needs of the Algonquin community

Mr. Kumbera:

Finance staff has been working with Algonquin State Bank to review our investment options given the rising interest rate market. The bank has developed a new product for us that pays very a competitive rate and allows to keep these funds locally and support and Algonquin business.
Our Touch-a-Truck event will be held this Saturday, May 6 at Towne Park from 11AM to 1PM. We’ll also have a Sensory Friendly Hour new this year, which will start an hour early at 10AM.
Preparations at the swimming pool are underway, with the season kicking off on June 3.
And finally, congratulations to Assistant to the Village Manager, Matt Bajor for receiving the Distinguished Mentor Award from the Illinois Association of Municipal Management Assistants.

POLICE DEPARTMENT:

Chief Walker:

An update on our recruiting efforts. With a little bit more than two weeks away from our first round of four tests we are hosting here, we are now over 130 applicants. I know I have mentioned this before but this amount of candidates is testament to our agency and community as compared to what other agencies are seeing for candidates.
Touch a Truck Event: This is the first time that we will also offer a child safety seat installation opportunity at this event, upcoming this Saturday.
And lastly, we are very excited to share, that the green bracelet program is finally up and running. Since we made the announcement of the start of the program to the public, we have received a ton of positive responses on social media as well as email responses. We are the first agency in the area to have any kind of a program of this nature.

PUBLIC WORKS:

Mr. Badran:

The downtown streetscape project Is ongoing with shoreline stabilization along crystal creek. Concrete work will continue through the coming weeks.
The Roundabout project is nearing completion. We will be working to schedule a ribbon cutting toward the end of the month.
Fairway View Drive speed table is scheduled to begin this week. The road closure should begin tomorrow.
Bunker Hill and Tunbridge had their bid opening last week. We’re vetting the bids now but it looks like the low bids for each project were both under the engineer’s estimate so we will be bringing those forward for approval soon.

CORRESPONDENCE & MISCELLANEOUS:

OLD BUSINESS:

Trustee Glogowski thanked Public Works for their support over last weekend’s trash pick up event.

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 7:58 PM.

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