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City Council Minutes 1998 12-03-98 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS HELD AT THE KENDALL COUNTY BOARD ROOM. 111 W. FOX ST., YORKVILLE ON THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1998. Mayor Bob Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Clerk Simmons called the roll. Ward I Spang Present Sticka Present Ward II Burd Present Kot Present Ward III Anderson Present Prochaska Present Ward IV Sowinski Present Spears Present QUORUM A quorum was established. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Mayor Johnson welcomed those present and asked them to introduce themselves and to enter their name on the attendance sheet provided. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA None. COMMITTEE MEETING DATES Public Works Committee 6:30 P.M. Kendall County Building Monday December 14, 1998 Conference Room - Suite 3 Economic Development Committee 6:30 P.M. Kendall County Building Tuesday December 15, 1998 Conference Room - Suite 3 Public Safety Committee 6:30 P.M. Kendall County Building Monday December 7 & 28, 1998 Conference Room - Suite 3 Administration Committee 6:30 P.M. Kendall County Building Tuesday December 8, 1998 Conference Room - Suite 3 CITIZENS COMMENTS No citizens comments. PUBLIC HEARING No Public Hearing. PLANNING COMMISSION/ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS/SIGN REVIEW BOARD No report. MINUTES FOR APPROVAL A motion was made by Alderman Sowinski to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 19, 1998; seconded by Alderman Anderson. Approved by viva voce vote. BILLS FOR APPROVAL A motion was made by Alderman Sticka to approve the bill list dated December 3, 1998 in the amount of$86,777.62 (vendor), $65,847.13 (payroll), for a total disbursements of $152,624.75; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Minutes - Regular Meeting of The City Council December 3. 1998 - Page 2 Alderman Spang raised a question on page 4 under Leifheit Automotive Service for mechanical automotive repair which is outside the city limits of Yorkville. He asked if this work was unable to be done within the city limits. City Administrator Nanninga stated that it was for a 1991 T-Bird, which is a special unmarked squad car for the Police Department. Alderman Prochaska raised a question on page 7 under United Parcel Service for shipping charges. Approved by roll call vote Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang nay Ayes: 7 Nays: 1 ATTORNEY'S REPORT Attorney Kramer stated that there was response on the Farm Bureau Agreement. He said they had a view points of clarification they asked about, one being the legal description which is being taken care by the survey that is being ordered and the second one was the hold harmless language. He said the only change they asked to be made was where it talked about trees, berm's and fence, they asked that we remove the berm's because they were afraid of a drainage problem. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Johnson announced there were two vacancies on the Zoning Board of Appeals and stated that if there were any citizens interested to submit a letter of interest to him or if anyone knows of someone who is interested he could approach to let him know. CITY CLERK'S REPORT No report. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT No report. CITY ADMINISTRATOR 'S REPORT City Administrator Jim Nanninga stated the snowman was going up on the water tower tomorrow, Friday December 4. He stated that Hamilton has started their work patching and Linden should start Monday December 7 on the water main crossing at the river. Alderman Spang stated at the corner of S. Main and W. Washington St., Hamilton did a repair there and where the sidewalk ends there is a large drop off where they have a barricade horse. He asked if someone could put some gravel there to make the sidewalk acceptable. SCHOOL COMMUNITY REPORT No report. OLD BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS None. Minutes - Regular Meeting of The City Council December 3. 1998 - Page 3 COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT No report. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT (RESOLUTION 98-15) COUNTRY INN &SUITES REQUEST FOR HEIGHT VARIANCE A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to approve the height variation requested by the Yorkville Lodging, LLC for the proposed Country Inn & Suites, to be located in the northeast quadrant of Route 47 and Route 34 intersection, which would establish the maximum height as defined in Section 10-70-06 of the Yorkville Zoning Ordinance for B-3 zoning from 35 feet to 37 feet per said improvement; seconded by Alderman Anderson. Approved by roll call vote. Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Kot aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT No report. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE No report. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS Mayor Johnson formally announced that he would not be seeking reelection to the office of Mayor for the City of Yorkville. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Alderman Sowinski to adjourn the meeting at 7:14 p.m.; seconded by Alderman Sticka. Approved by viva voce vote. By: 4}-t ze4‘ - irivw-on-9 Deborah K. Simmons, City Clerk City of Yorkville, Illinois CITY COUNCIL MEETING / - 3 -g � PLEASE SIGN IN! NAME: ADDRESS: :I��Lec� /-,46 pAA lio%fold