McHenry Times

Village of Algonquin Village Board met June 6

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Village President Debby Sosine, called the meeting to order at 7:33 P.M. with Deputy Village Clerk, Michelle Weber, 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: Jason Shallcross, Community Development Director; Michele Zimmerman, Assistant Public Works Director; Ryan Markham, Deputy Police Chief; Michelle Weber, Deputy Village Clerk; and Attorney, Kelly Cahill.

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

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

Voice vote; ayes carried

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION:

1. Benjamin Rider, with State Representative McLaughlin’s Office, updated the Village Board on the location of their local office and the various services officed by their office and staff. 

2. Chris Kious, Kane County District 23 Board Member, updated the Board on Kane County Developments including Longmeadow Parkway, their Budget and other projects in the pipe. Trustee Glogowski asked if the County plans on undertaking a trail use study. Mr. Kious explained, although it is not in the budget at this time they would consider it.

3. Mr. Bret Dorn, 1 Division Street, expressed is frustration with the feral cat problem in his neighborhood and the downtown area in general.

President Sosine explained this is an ongoing problem and staff has contacted a vendor to review and possibly begin a catch, neuter and release type program. She also indicated, to help monitor the problem, she recommended contacting the Police Department’s non-emergency number to report issues.

THE VILLAGE OF ALGONQUIN PROCLAIMS JUNE 19-25, 2023 POLLINATOR WEEK 

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 May 16, 2023

(2) Village Board Meeting Held May 16, 2023

(3) Committee of the Whole Meeting May 16, 2023

Moved by Spella, seconded by Glogowski, 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. ADOPT RESOLUTIONS: 

(1) Adopt a Resolution (2023-R-51) Accepting and Approving an Agreement with Peerless Fence for the Removal and Replacement of Fencing at the Countryside Standpipe in the Amount of $39,615.00

(2) Adopt a Resolution (2023-R-52) Accepting and Approving an Agreement with Tri-R Systems Inc. for the Well 7 and 11 Motor Control Center Replacement in the Amount of $44,000.00

Moved by Brehmer, seconded by Dianis 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 $2,826,191.45

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

PAYMENT OF BILLS RECAP: 

01 GENERAL 607,347.39

03 MFT 159,425.38

04 STREET IMPROVEMENT 685,391.72

05 SWIMMING POOL 4,417.59

06 PARK IMPROVEMENT 32,527.65

07 WATER & SEWER 330,261.35

12 WATER & SEWER IMPROVEMENT 26,897.50

26 NATURAL AREA & DRAINAGE IMPROV 39,584.22

28 BUILDING MAINT. SERVICE 31,772.48

29 VEHICLE MAINT. SERVICE 39,747.05

TOTAL ALL FUNDS 1,957,372.33 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE: 

A. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 

B. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 

C. PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY 

VILLAGE CLERK’S REPORT 

Deputy Village Clerk Weber announced future meetings.

STAFF REPORTS:  

ADMINISTRATION: 

None

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:

Mr. Shallcross

1. New Employee Kory Hintzsche started Monday. She is the new Property Maintenance Inspector. 

2. The ICSC RECon Recruitment Conference, that he and President Sosine attended, was very successful and they had meetings with many business prospects.

POLICE DEPARTMENT: 

Deputy Chief Markham

1. Sunday, several members of APD participated in the Torch Run for Special Olympics, which was held in McHenry this year.

2. Numerous members of APD assisted in the Harvard homicide investigation this past weekend, serving as members of the McHenry County Major Investigation Assistance Team. Most notably, Detective Sergeant Rob Salazar, who was recently named Commander of the Major Crime Investigation Team, supervised the investigation.

3. APD concluded entry level police officer testing and has established a list of 55 eligible candidates. They were very pleased with the number of participants, which was much higher than recent showings in neighboring communities.

PUBLIC WORKS:

Ms. Zimmerman

1. The road striping contractor has been in town. Staff hasbeen overseeing their work; 

2. The crack seal contractor has been here working on the annual crack seal program; 

3. Streets Department has been working on sidewalk grinding;

4. Landscape contractor has been mulching and weeding all Village parks and properties;

5. Parkway tree planting program is in progress;

6. Parks Department has been mulching ROW trees at Village properties;

7. Water & Sewer Dept. has been working on drainage repairs.

• Mr. Glogowski asked about the roadwork being done on Harrison Street. Ms. Zimmerman explained, they are patching to make it usable until the complete rehab next year.

• Trustee Spella asked about the cable buring project. Ms. Zimmerman indicated that is planned for a fall start date.

CORRESPONDENCE:

Mr. Glogowski mentioned he recently attended the Northwest Water Planning Alliance on May 25th which had CMAP Kelsey Pucloch presentation and Technical Committee Advisor Peter Wallers feedback. The members were asked to complete a survey regarding the direction the committee was heading. The Committee being a non-committal advisory group, it does not address unique water supply for each of any individual village or communities, and only advises the water situation in the surrounding counties. To which the attendees were all in favor of the plans so far, but need to address communities planning for development and population growth.

Trustee Spella asked if staff could look into the CarMax ROW area. The grass is getting very long. Mr. Shallcross indicated he will have a Property Maintanence Inspector make some calls to get this resolved.

OLD BUSINESS:

A. Pass an Ordinance Amending Chapter 43.39, Video Gaming Terminals, of the Village of Algonquin Municipal Code 

Ms. Cahill explained, the original ordinance brought before the Village Board last month to modify the portion of the Municipal Code covering Video Gaming included language preventing ATM machines within the establishment housing video gaming machines, which was a scrivner’s error. This new Ordinance remove the ATM language.

Moved by Auger, Seconded by Glogowski to Repeal Ordinance 2023-O-19

Roll call vote; voting aye – Auger, Brehmer, Dianis, Glogowski, Smith, Spella

Moved by Auger, Seconded by Glogowski to Pass an Ordinance Amending Chapter 43.39, Video Gaming Terminals, of the Village of Algonquin Municipal Code

Roll call vote; voting aye – Auger, Brehmer, Dianis, Glogowski, Smith, Spella

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 8:12 PM.

https://www.algonquin.org/egov/documents/1687446702_76803.pdf