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City Council Minutes 2012 04-24-12 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 800 GAME FARM ROAD ON TUESDAY,APRIL 24,2012 Mayor Golinski called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Golinski had a moment of silence in remembrance of Eric Lederman from Oswego that passed away from a tragic baseball accident. ROLL CALL City Clerk Warren called the roll. Ward I Gilson Present Colosimo Present Ward II Milschewski Present Kot Present Ward III Munns Present(Arrived at 7:01) Funkhouser Present Ward IV Spears Present Teeling Present Also present: City Clerk Warren, City Treasurer Powell, City Attorney James Binninger,City Administrator Olson, Police Chief Hart, Deputy Chief of Police Hilt, Public Works Director Dhuse, Finance Director Fredrickson, EEI Engineer Sanderson, Community Development Director Barksdale- Noble, Director of Park and Recreation Schraw QUORUM A quorum was established. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA Mayor Golinski requested that Plan Commission(PC 2012-02)be moved to after public comments. Alderman Milschewski requested that Item# 3 on the consent agenda, (PW 2012-26),be moved to the regular agenda under Public Works. Amendment approved unanimously by a viva voce vote. PRESENTATIONS Certificate of Recognition Presented to Eagle Scout Samuel Fellerer Mayor Golinski presented a certificate of recognition to Eagle Scout, Samuel Feller. Certificate of Recognition Presented to the Cross Lutheran Basketball Team Mayor Golinski presented a certificate of recognition to the Cross Lutheran basketball team. Proclamation for Poppy Days Mayor Golinski read a proclamation for Poppy Days. PUBLIC HEARINGS Electric Aggregation Plan Jody Lewis, a representative from NIMEC, said the vote on March 20, 2012, gave the City the power to aggregate the electric supply. Yorkville will have two public hearings. The purpose is to lower the citizen's individual Com Ed bill. Yorkville will get power from Com Ed. If a citizen chooses not to take part they will be given two opportunities to opt out. She explained the term electrical aggregation. CITIZEN COMMENTS Fred DuSell,Rivers Edge, is opposed to the special use application from D Construction in regard to Evergreen Farms. He believes the application is flawed and notes differences in opinion regarding the application between the applicant's representatives including the engineer,project manager, and attorney. It is normally common practice to use adjacent properties for such use. He believes trucking through a residential neighborhood would be disruptive and detrimental to the community. He believes it is the duty of the local government to protect its citizens and provide for their safety. Jesse Alaniz, Colonial Parkway, read a brief from the Bloomberg report that states Illinois is almost nine billion dollars behind in payments to its creditors. He provided this information for the benefit of the community when considering projects to be reimbursed by the State of Illinois. The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council—April 24,2012—Page 2 of 8 Ron Morris, Fox Road, would like to recommend a work zone speed limit of 20 MPH on Fox Road. He recommends this speed limit be strictly enforced. He recommends obtaining a photo speed enforcement camera. He would like all trucks to be either covered or watered down to limit dust. He feels the company doing the hauling for this project should be responsible for the road damage caused by the trucks. The company should not just patch but completely rebuild the road. He requests a study of both present drainage at the site and the impact of the fill upon future drainage. He believes the company should be responsible for any necessary changes if needed. Greg Firrantello, Rivers Edge, questioned why it was never considered to lease a farm adjacent to Route 47 for a three year period as opposed to purchasing a property before receiving a permit for their intended use. He also wonders why the construction company for the project is required to secure the fill site instead of IDOT. Judy Gilmour,Fox Glen Drive, asked the Council to deny the special use permit to D Construction for dumping road materials on the Evergreen Farm property. She feels the location is simply the wrong location. Fox Road is a quiet residential street and is a narrow two lane road. It currently experiences extra traffic.Fox Road has had flooding issues in the past. On March 14, 2012,the Plan Commission held a public hearing and denied the request because it did not meet the standards of public health, safety, general welfare, traffic congestion, and drainage. During the public hearing, there was conflicting information given from the lawyers and engineer from D Construction. Different representatives were inconsistent with their projected amount of truck traffic Fox Road would experience. In addition, D Construction has given multiple possible uses for the property at the termination of the project. She believes the representatives of D Construction have not been forthright in their testimony concerning the amount of truck traffic, future use, drainage, and the general welfare of the community. She urges the Council to vote against the application. PLAN COMMISSION D Construction Spoil/Fill Site(Evergreen Farms Estate) Special Use Request (PC 2012-02) Pete Hvinker, HR Green, spoke on the D Construction for the Evergreen Farms Estate special use request for the R2 zoning districts. In 2006, this property was approved as R2 zone, 77 single family unit lots. At the same time,Aspen Ridge and Silver Fox, were zoned and annexed. Between the two there were 390 total units. During that process the annexation and zoning was reviewed by the staff, Plan Commission, and City Council. This review was regarding traffic, appropriate uses, drainage and other issues as part of that process.Now,the City has three proposed subdivisions.There is no evidence in sight that the City is going to have any of these developed as residential subdivisions in the near future. This property is based off the zoning. They have the right to develop based on the allowed zoning, which is based on the annexation agreement. He explained how a subdivision is built making citizens aware of the activities that go on in a subdivision. What they are asking to do is consistent to what zoning allows. Due to the zoning ordinance in Yorkville, no fill is allowed anywhere unless it is part of the R2 or R1 zoning but only as a special use. D Construction is the contractor doing the work on Route 47, and they are the owner of this property. A maximum of sixty thousand cubic yards will be brought to this site. The clean material is going to be reviewed and approved by a certified soil reviewer. That is required as part of this project. As part of the project,that material has to be placed on trucks and hauled off. They are proposing to take the trucks and have them deliver the material here on the site.This site is not creating the truck traffic.The big retaining wall along Route 47 next to the county building will be taken away, and all that material behind that has to be hauled off. It is right next to Fox Road, and so they thought this would be a great location for that material. D Construction understands that there were many concerns from the Plan Commission.Now they have new information. There was information that was completed in 2006 and 2007 that City consultants put in reports. Hopefully, D Construction has the answers to those questions based off the information from those reports. Fox Road is a county highway and a portion of Fox Road is a City road. Right now it does allow truck traffic. Trucks are currently going down Fox Road. Originally, there were 77 single family units for this site. Based on generally accepted engineering practices,there are about nine and a half car trips per day from each house. In 2006 the proposal was for 730 vehicles per day.D Construction is proposing a maximum of 60 truck loads per day with an average of 25 truck loads per day. That is about 2 loaded trucks per hour on average. Mr. Hvinker stated the citizens need to understand the process in loading these trucks. Route 47 is going to be open for traffic while they are constructing the improvements. It is a very tedious process. Currently there are 4,500 vehicles a day going down Fox Road. D Construction is proposing two access driveways. There is adequate site distance for the access points off of Fox Road. Many citizens are concerned about the drainage of this area. Just to the East of Fox Glen there is a separate water shed.No fills are being proposed anywhere in this area.The entire fill that would be proposed would be consistent with all the existing drainage patterns. There are engineers that prepare this information, and D Construction had the staff review the information to make sure there are no blockages. This site would be a controlled site, so there will be erosion control measures required as part of this project. Also,there is the storm water pollution protection plan, which is reviewed by the Illinois EPA. There are many agencies to make sure that D Construction is providing adequate sedimentation control. The drainage report states the two structures within this drainage area were deemed acceptable. If material is spread evenly over all 47 acres, then that would be less than one foot of The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council—April 24,2012—Page 3 of 8 fill. Once this property is finished with its use, which would be 2 years after the first truck load is delivered, it would return to farm land. D Construction is willing to provide the City and county documentation of the existing roadway conditions before and after the improvements, providing a baseline of the roadways. Federal emergency management agency has not called out any flood plain within this site. They would follow any of the erosion control ordinances and requirements with the City, as well as state requirements. In addition to that,the petitioner would be willing to have additional restrictions or special conditions attached, if allowed. It would restrict clean fill from the Route 47 improvements only. Gary Davidson, Brumund,Jacobs, Hammel,Davidson& Andreano, LLC, is the petitioner's attorney. It is a permitted use as long as D Construction meets that criterion. They cannot move a grain of dirt onto this site unless they follow the site development process in the City of Yorkville.Many of these issues raised by the citizens,though legitimate, were premature. The site development permit process is when City staff and City professional representatives and engineers review any development coming in. In this case, moving clean dirt from one area of Yorkville and relocating it to another area of Yorkville. He believes the process should be open, so all the information can be reviewed before making the decision.He believes that a special use is in fact a permitted use as long as criteria are met. The site development permit process governs all of these other concerns. Right now, the City of Yorkville has the opportunity to have a meaningful discussion to arrive at a decision that is in the best interest of all parties. This insures that public interest is served by expanding Route 47. He asks that the Council approves this with conditions. Tom Gilmour, county resident,believes the special use request is a bad thing for Yorkville.There is no protection for homeowners. The Plan Commission denied this request for a special use permit because it found that it did not meet the standards for special use. His concerns were the dump trucks, constant noise,unknown hours of site operation, and no protection from home owners for possible soil, and ground water contamination from fill material.This on site grading and hauling operation will turn their neighborhood into a dust bowl with constant noise and heavy machinery. All of which will be a disruption of the property,property owners and immediate vicinity. This will diminish property values. This is an industrial project in a residential neighborhood. There are drainage issues and he believes D Construction grading plans do not provide adequate draining for this project. This is a dangerous area for trucks to go into and out of This property was annexed and zoned R2 six years ago. This annexation agreement allows for stockpiling of materials and only in conjunction with developing the property as a residential development. They have no plans to develop this as a residential site and want to use it as a dump site for excess road material. There was discussion of how many cubic yards of fill would be coming in. There is not a clear definition of where these materials are coming from. He talked about City insurance protection,and gave a recommendation of where to put the fill material. Mayor Golinski brought up two pieces of information that they are claiming are new information. This new information was never within the scope of the FOIA request. The Citizens can make up their own minds. This storm water management plan and the traffic plan were not inadvertently left out by Yorkville's staff. Alderman Munns asked if this gets voted down, what is the backup plan. He was told there is not a backup plan. Alderman Kot was confused on the number of trucks.He asked why this number keeps changing. David Schultz HR Green, Inc. said what was stated in the Plan Commission meeting and public hearing was a range of 20 to 25 trucks per day but was adjusted up to as many as 100 trucks per day. This discrepancy was due to the fact that all of the necessary operations had not been determined and needed to be adjusted. HR Green, Inc. now feels that 60 trucks per day is the new estimate. When Dave Schultz from HR Green, Inc. was asked by Alderman Kot if that estimate would be adjusted again, he answered no. Alderman Gilson posed several questions to Gary Davidson, Brumund,Jacobs, Hammel, Davidson& Andreano,LLC concerning the impact special use permit will have on the surrounding areas,public health and safety. Alderman Gilson asked if any additional storm sewers were planned. David Schultz HR Green, Inc. replied there is no plan for the addition of storm sewers just addition of fill and grading. Alderman Gilson refers to the inclusion of the 2005 traffic study and how it applies to the City of Yorkville in 2012.Alderman Gilson refers to the petitioner's continual reference to the 2005 traffic studies and asks if the petitioner feels that traffic in Yorkville has changed since 2005. The petitioners response was no. David Schultz HR Green, Inc. said because the site does not include the addition of any residents,the traffic impact is unchanged. Gary Davidson, Brumund, Jacobs, Hammel, Davidson& Andreano, LLC remarked that such information was not provided because the plot developing plan is still in the preliminary stage. He added that the only certified impact studies completed on the site were done by HR Green, Inc. In conclusion, Alderman Gilson does not believe D Construction has met the criteria necessary and will be voting against the permit. Alderman Colosimo feels that a lot of the issues being raised are off track, and he does not feel the traffic is an issue. He would like clarification on some other issues including what is the process for determining what is"clean fill"and the procedure before dumping. Jeanette Virgilio from ENMARC and Associates, who was hired by IDOT as a consulting firm to oversee the project, spoke. Based on site history all sections of the proposed project are evaluated for the potential of contamination. These areas will have borings taken to determine the boundaries of contaminated areas. Areas determined to be contaminated will require removal to a special waste landfill facility.Non-impacted areas are determined clean fill and can be moved to the designated site. Alderman Colosimo questioned if the areas determined to be non-impacted would be tested.Alderman Colosimo wanted to know if all of the soil from each truck load would be tested. Jeanette Virgilio from ENMARC The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council—April 24,2012—Page 4 of 8 and Associates stated no. It is impractical to test every inch of a proposed site and the clean fill protocol established byIDOT and the EPA takes into account the placement of clean.fll placement within residential areas. Alderman Colosimo raises concern over the drainage issue for the special permit site. He does not feel the drainage and potential flooding from the addition of fill to the proposed site has been adequately addressed. Alderman Spears shares concerns over the public safety and health issues concerning the fill site. Also, she questions whether the state can adequately oversee the potential for contamination pertaining to this project given reductions within the state agencies. Given these facts, Alderman Spears will be voting against this request. Alderman Kot's main concern is the truck traffic on Fox Road. He will vote to reject this request. Alderman Funkhouser stated the City approved the use before they approved the plan which is problematic.The Council is being asked to approve just a use before the Council has the details. When the Plan Commissioners reviewed it,they had many questions. They chose to go ahead and make a vote,but could have tabled it. More information was provided after the fact. At the second Plan Commission, Alderman Funkhouser had an issue with the chairman not allowing the commissioners to voice their opinion in the second vote. It may not have changed the outcome, but the commissioners should have been able to voice their opinion. Alderman Funkhouser is not necessarily for this,but believes there has not been enough information given to make a decision. He is not prepared to vote at this point and recommends that this issue is tabled for further discussion. Alderman Funkhouser made a motion to table the D Construction Spoil/Fill Site Special Use Request to the next City Council meeting; seconded by Alderman Teeling Motion failed by a roll call vote. Ayes-2 Nays-6 Colosimo-nay, Funkhouser-aye, Milschewski-nay, Teeling-aye, Gilson-nay,Kot-nay, Munns-nay, Spears-nay Alderman Teeling received an e-mail stating this is against the City's ordinance. Community Development Director Barksdale-Noble stated it is not against the City's ordinance. It identifies special use. At some point when the City adopted the zoning ordinance for R1 and R2, the City felt this was an appropriate use but would require special conditions to allow it. Community Development Director Barksdale-Noble stated to say this is not permitted in our ordinance is incorrect. Alderman Teeling asked if this passes and a fill is put on this site,what is the procedure for the drainage. How does it work? Community Development Director Barksdale-Noble stated D Construction would submit a grading plan which would be reviewed by staff, City engineer, and herself. The plan can be revised if needed. Then the City will do an approval of the site plan.Alderman Teeling stated if this site isn't approved and a different site is picked, the road would be protected up to how much,for the bond. Community Development Director Barksdale-Noble stated the City hasn't set a limit on that bond because it would be dependent upon what the approval of the soil and traffic study turns out to be. That was going to be done as a percentage of what the City felt the damage would be to the road. That is voluntary. Alderman Teeling stated if this doesn't pass and D Construction finds an alternate site,they can use any of the City's roads within the weight limit. Community Development Director Barksdale-Noble stated they can use any public roads. Alderman Spears wanted to call the question.Mayor Golinski stated the Council has several options. There is no ordinance in the packet.The City Attorney and staff need direction. There are four options for the Council to consider. 1. Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance denying the special use request. 2. Direct the City Attorney to direct an ordinance approving the special use request as presented. 3. Direct the City Attorney and staff to grant an ordinance approving the special use request with all staffs recommendations. 4. Send it back to Plan Commission to conduct a new public hearing. That is the consensus that the Council needs first. This needs a super majority to pass. Since four alderman have stated that they are voting no, so he is assuming that consensus is to direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance denying the special use request. Alderman Spears made a motion to direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance denying the special use request; seconded by Alderman Kot. Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-8 Nays-0 Gilson-aye,Kot-aye,Munns-aye, Spears-aye, Colosimo-aye, Funkhouser-aye, Milschewski-aye, Teeling-aye Mayor Golinski stated the ordinance will be on the agenda and voted on at the next City Council meeting. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Bills for Payment- $866,313.19(CC 2012-32) 2. Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement with HR Green, Inc. for Somonauk Street and Game Farm Road Construction—authorize Mayor and City Clerk to execute (PW 2012-25) 3. Monthly Treasurer's Reports for February and March 2012 (ADM 2012-16) 4. Resolution 2012-09 Approving a Revised Capital Asset Policy—authorize Mayor and City Clerk to execute (ADM 2012-20) The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council—April 24,2012—Page 5 of 8 5. First Amendment to the Contract for Garbage, Refuse,Recyclables&Yard Waste Collection between the United City of Yorkville and Veolia ES Solid Waste Midwest, LLC— authorize Mayor to execute (ADM 2012-21) 6. Resolution 2012-10 Authorizing the Transfer of Motor Fuel Tax Funds to a New Account with the Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund(IMET)—authorize Mayor and City Clerk to execute (ADM 2012-22) 7. Resolution 2012-11 Approving a Revised Fund Balance Policy—authorize Mayor and City Clerk to execute (ADM 2012-23) 8. Copier RFP Vendor Selection—award contract,for City copier equipment to McGrath Office Equipment.for a term of 36-months (ADM 2012-24) Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to approve the consent agenda as amended. So moved by Alderman Munns; seconded by Alderman Milschewski. Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-8 Nays-0 Colosimo-aye,Milschewski-aye, Spears-aye, Munns-aye, Funkhouser-aye, Gilson-aye, Teeling-aye, Kot-aye MINUTES FOR APPROVAL 1. Minutes of the City Council—March 27, 2012(CC 2012-33) 2. Minutes of the City Council—April 10, 2012 (CC 2012-34) Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to approve the minutes of the regular City Council meeting for March 27, 2012 and April 10, 2012 as presented. So moved by Alderman Colosimo; seconded by Alderman Milschewski. Alderman Milschewski had a correction for March 27, 2012 on page 3; Ward III needs to be Ward II. Alderman Gilson had one correction. City Clerk Warren checked tape and for clarity purposes, quoted him directly. Alderman Gilson had several additions to the April 10, 2012 City Council meeting. Alderman Milschewski made a motion to table the minutes back to the next City Council meeting; seconded by Alderman Kot. Table approved unanimously by a viva voce vote. REPORTS MAYOR'S REPORT Ordinance Approving the Second Intergovernmental Agreement for Replacement of the River Road Bridge over Blackberry Creek (CC 2012-35) Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to repeal the motion of March 13, 2012, approving a second intergovernmental agreement for the replacement of the River Road Bridge over Blackberry Creek, Yorkville, Illinois, and in its stead, approve the revised second intergovernmental agreement as presented to this meeting along with an ordinance approving the second intergovernmental agreement for the replacement of the River Road Bridge over Blackberry Creek, Yorkville, Illinois and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute. So moved by Alderman Kot; seconded by Alderman Spears. Alderman Gilson asked if the City Attorney can detail the added five pages and what they were in terms of content. He has a hard time voting without seeing the pages. City Administrator Olson stated there were no changes in structure or content. Mayor Golinski asked if there was a time frame on this and there was not.Mayor Golinski suggested the City Council bring it back in two weeks and compare them. City Administrator Olson stated he won't be able to do an actual redline. He will give the Council both the documents to review side by side. Alderman Gilson made a motion to table ordinance approving a second intergovernmental agreement for the replacement of River Road Bridge back to City Council in two weeks; seconded by Alderman Colosimo. Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-8 Nays-0 Spears-aye, Colosimo-aye, Funkhouser-aye, Milschewski-aye, Teeling-aye, Gilson-aye, Kot-aye, Munns-aye PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement with Engineering Enterprises, Inc.for Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Grant (PW 2012-26) The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council—April 24,2012—Page 6 of 8 Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to approve a preliminary engineering services agreement with Engineering Enterprises, Inc. for safe routes to school sidewalk grant and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute. So moved by Alderman Milschewski; seconded by Alderman Teeling. Alderman Milschewski understands they changed the plan due to funding. They took the sidewalk out from in front of Circle Center Grade School. The City doesn't know for sure that more money can be added for sidewalks. EEI Engineer Sanderson stated it is their intention to try to get that back in. There is a limited budget and if added back in it is going to take money from somewhere else. There is $280,000 wich will be maximized when possible. If it is a strong consensus that the Council wants to add that back in on Mill Street then the City will push in that direction. Alderman Milschewski lives in that neighborhood and works at that school. She sees the children walking and is concerned. She is all for the sidewalks. It is bothering her that it defeats the whole purpose of the safe routes to school. City Administrator Olson stated the engineering agreement is what the Council would be approving. Mayor Golinski asked since this is just the engineering agreement then before it moves forward it will come in front of the Council again, as far as what sidewalks are getting done. City Administrator Olson stated that the next process after the engineering agreement would require a survey before the end of the school year of the existing students and then the preliminary plan soon thereafter. The preliminary plan would be the appropriate time for the Council to receive an update. Alderman Milschewski wanted to know that if this is approved tonight that the Council is not locked in. Alderman Kot stated as the City gets closer to a final decision on sidewalks it is extremely important that the City has an informational hearing for residents. Many of the sidewalks would be located in an area where they have never had them. It will be a big adjustment for our residents. They need to know upfront that this is going to happen. At some point the City needs to do this sooner rather than later. Mayor Golinski stated that is correct. Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-8 Nays-0 Funkhouser-aye, Milschewski-aye, Teeling-aye, Gilson-aye, Kot-aye, Munns-aye, Spears-aye, Colosimo-aye ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT No report. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT No report. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE REPORT No report. PARK BOARD No report. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS No report. CITY COUNCIL REPORT Procedural Ordinance 2012-09 Amendment—Summer Meeting Schedule (CC 2012-36) Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to approve an ordinance regarding City Council procedures and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute. So moved by Alderman Funkhouser; seconded by Alderman Munns. Alderman Funkhouser stated this would be the summer schedule for June, July, and August. This would change the structure from the standard committee structure to a committee as a whole structure. City Administrator Olson stated the staff prefers this for they would have more time to consolidate packets and longer to do their standard jobs. Alderman Funkhouser believes that overall committee as a whole is a time saving stream line process, and would reduce minute takers for the summer. If it works, he would propose that the Council moves to this permanently. Alderman Colosimo is against making this change. Aldermen got elected to do this job thoroughly. He doesn't believe that committee as a whole allows enough time for the City's four committees to meet in one night and discuss the issues properly. He understands it would cut back on staff time and that it would save money with minute takers. There is a balance between efficiency and doing the job the right way. In feels Council members would feel rushed. He would never support committee as a whole. Alderman Spears stated the meetings would definitely be longer. The result is that Council members rush through the last agenda. The City had a hard time retaining minute takers. She cannot support this. Alderman Munns stated the City's committee structure allows four aldermen to be able to put items on the City Council agenda. He was in favor of making committees like real committees and if it doesn't come out of committee then nobody can put it on the agenda. He is for trying the committee as a whole structure for the summer. Alderman Kot doesn't mind trying it, but agrees that meetings have been very lengthy in the past. He feels this can work. Alderman Gilson doesn't mind extended meetings, but agrees with Alderman Colosimo that the Council will not have the quality review with this committee as a whole. He believes the Council will be shortening The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council—April 24,2012—Page 7 of 8 themselves on reviewing the details. He opposes this proposal. Alderman Teeling believes this would be good to try. Alderman Milschewski is torn but is open to new things. She is concerned about the length of the meeting and concerned about retaining the minute takers for the future. Alderman Colosimo believes there is a fundamental fault in the concept that is being presented. He believes this would be doing the citizens a disservice. Alderman Funkhouser disagrees with Alderman Colosimo that the City can't do committee of a whole effectively. Yorkville is a relatively small community and there are much larger communities that do committee as a whole effectively and concisely. There is no reason a single committee should run four hours. That is unproductive. Meetings should be concise and be able to inform all Council members at the same time. It has been proven and it does work. Alderman Funkhouser called the question. Alderman Munns seconded. Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-4 Nays-3 Present-1 Funkhouser-aye, Milschewski-present, Teeling-aye, Gilson-nay, Kot-aye,Munns-aye, Spears-nay, Colosimo-nay Mayor Golinski stated roll call vote on the summer schedule. Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-4 Nays-3 Present-1 Kot-aye, Munns-aye, Spears-nay, Colosimo-nay, Funkhouser-aye,Milschewski-present, Teeling-aye, Gilson-nay CITY CLERK'S REPORT No report. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT No report. COMMUNITY&LIAISON REPORT YMCA and Rec Center Alderman Gilson met with a YMCA board member and proposed there be discussion between the City and the YMCA. An e-mail from Brian Weiss, one of the 28 YMCA board members,was read.Mr. Weiss would like the City of Yorkville to look into using the YMCA as another option instead of buying the Rec Center. Alderman Gilson's intent in reading this is for the Council to have open discussion regarding this option. He would like find out what the City's intent is to initiate discussions and to meet with the YMCA. Mayor Golinski said the City has already talked with the YMCA's leadership. The YMCA leadership was at the Rec Center meeting. In response to this e-mail the City has a meeting set up this coming Thursday with the leadership.The YMCA has 28 board members who all have different ideas. The City will meet with the leadership once again. Alderman Gilson's understanding is that as a board they do want to have open discussion. Mayor Golinski stated that wasn't their position the last time the City discussed this. Alderman Gilson believes the Council owes it to Yorkville's residents to have open discussions to hear about a third option. Mayor Golinski agrees and that is why they have had meetings. Preserve Funding For Critical Senior Services In Illinois Alderman Spears reported on preserve funding for critical senior services in Illinois. (See attached.) STAFF REPORT Community Development Director Barksdale-Noble updated the City Council on the build program. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS Home Rule Mayor Golinski is hoping to have at least four educational meetings over the course of the summer to inform residents about the benefits of home rule. He hopes to convince the residents that this is a good thing for Yorkville. He would like home rule to be on the November ballot. EXECUTIVE SESSION None. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to adjourn the meeting. So moved by Alderman Milschewski; seconded by Alderman Gilson. Adjournment of the meeting was unanimously approved by a viva voce vote. 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Golinski, Mayor of the United City of .�i�111111 �1►1'�' Yorkville do hereby proclaim "Poppy Awareness Days" in the United Cit '•��011 ll'oil,0. 0 of Yorkville, and request all citizens to observe these days by wearing a :�•�:�`ll 111 -, �IIII 111►�..�. Poppy and making contributions for this worthy cause. •• ��O,ill ► ' Iljll�t'i; Dated this 241h day of April, 2012, A.D. '111►,;'-•!; �::!�l( Gary J. linski, Mayor Of I �t :''1'111111 :.. - .- • 1tiL =• lt It It � 1 :;; 1L : ._.1L- ... 1 � ::: 1"L" ... ......a ♦...... ��....• ��..... �.....• ...... ....•� Community& Liaison Report 04-24-12 Report received from Alderman Spears Preserve Funding for Critical Senior Services in Illinois! The Governor's budget message on Friday called for the elimination of IL Cares Rx as well as other critical programs. Make Your Voice Heard TODAY — Call the AARP State Budget Hotline at 1- 888-616-3322 There has been a lot of talk in Springfield about cutting funding or reducing eligibility for critical senior service programs such as the Community Care Program and home delivered meals — programs that help to ensure that older adults in Illinois are able to remain in their homes as they age and avoid more costly institutional placement. Home and community based service programs are not the only ones facing potential cuts. Illinois' Long Term Care Ombudsman program - a program that advocates for nursing home residents, and the Illinois Cares Rx program — a program that enables older adults better afford their prescription drugs, are also facing potential cuts. AARP is working to protect critical senior services and to ensure that lawmakers understand the long term implications of potential cuts — and we need your help! 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