City Council Minutes 1976 03-25-76 FORM 601-49 U.S.A.
-- March 1g7s
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED CITS
OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS, HELD AT THE CITY HALL ON
MARCH 25 , 1976 .
Mayor LeRoy Thanepohn called the meeting to order at 8 : 00 P.M. and le
the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Roll call was taken as follows :
Ward 1 - Beach Ward 2 - Erickson Ward 3 - Simmons
Wolff Groner Smith
A quorum was established .
Guests included Mrs . Smith and Mrs . Hilliard representing the Senior
Citizens , Attorney Bassak, Jack McEachern, Blaine Harker and members
of the press .
The reading of the minutes was waived. Alderman Wolff moved to accep
the minutes, seconded by Alderman Smith. Motion carried.
ATTORNEY'S REPORT - A motion was made by Alderman Wolff to accept the
Ordinance to purchase the Rowlands Property, seconded by Alderman
Smith . Roll call was taken as follows:
Beach - Aye Erickson - Nay Simmons - Aye
Wolff - Aye Groner - Abstain Smith - Aye
Mayor Thanepohn - Aye
The Ordinance was passed at a vote of 6-1 . It will be tabled for 30
days and in the meantime published .
The Personal Record Check Ordinance requesting a fee- of $10 . 00 ,for
securing copies of arrest sheets and records ,to cover copy expenses
was referred to the Police Committee for further study.
MAYOR 'S REPORT - Mayor Thanepohn appointed a committee for the Emerger
cy Services and Disaster Agency to work with Coordinator, Al Brady:
Alderman Bert Erickson - Committee Chairman
Alderman Groner
Alderman Wolff
Alderman Smith moved to accept the appointments , seconded by Alderman
Simmons . Motion carried .
Mayor Thanepohn appointed Alderman Erickson as Disaster Chairman to
work in liason with the Red Cross .
A seminar workshop is being held May 28 , 1976 at the Aurora Hilton
Inn at a cost of $15 . 00 a person,to be reimbursed by the City. The
program will cover Council Duties, Fiscal Management and Downtown
Improvement. Mayor Thanepohn would like all Councilmen who are able
to attend to do so .
lderman Simmons moved to allow the Women ' s Club to conduct their
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Icarried.
Study Plan of the Fox River and its Distributaries was referred to
lderman Groner for study.
CITY CLERK - A request for rezoning 5 lots in Countryside Center for
Senior Citizen Housing from Madsen Development Corporation was pre-
sented. The matter was forwarded to the Plan Commission for further
study.
PLAN COMMISSION - Alderman Beach reported the petition from Mr. Droba
on his proposed riding stable was discussed and the Commission asked
for further information. The petition was tabled until the April 27 ,
1976 meeting.
The Plan Commission has approved the Unit 4 opening of Fox Industrial
Park and recommended approval by the City Council. The matter was
referred to the Building and Zoning Committee for further discussion
at a meeting set for April 1, 1976 at 8 : 00 P.M. Attorney Bassak pre-
sented the original preliminary plan and final plat for Unit 4 of Fox
Industrial Park to the Committee .
Alderman Groner questioned the status of the Route 34 Corridor
Study. There will have to be a meeting between the Mayors and their
Attorneys first . The City of Yorkville will host the meeting.
SENIOR CITIZENS - Mrs . Smith thanked the City Council for the $400
donation towards the Kendall County bus .
NEW BUSINESS - Robert Loftus requested the City Council accept his
5000 bond for one sanitary sewer line to be installed at Countryside
Center. It was referred to the Building and Zoning Committee for
further study.
Alderman Erickson noted to Loftus a complaint from the occupant at
507 Morgan St. to the effect there was no stoop from the back exit
of the building.
STREETS 8 ALLEYS - Alderman Simmons reported the County had been
notified on the Fox Road Culvert Problem, but to date there has been
no response .
HEALTH 8 SANITATION - A "Clean-up Campaign" has been scheduled for
Monday, May 3, 1976 for the South side of town and Monday, May 10 ,
1976 for the North side .
POLICE - Alderman Simmons set up a committee meeting for Tuesday,
April 6 , 1976 at 9 : 00 P`:'M.
TREES 8 PARKS - A plan was formulated to work out an equitable
distribution of the available ball parks . There was a request for a
fence to divide the two fields on Van Emmon Street and Alderman Groner
suggested an alternative plan of buying bleachers . The matter will
be taken back to the Baseball Committee meeting for further discussion
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There is also a drainage problem onto the baseball diamond on Van
Emmon Street. The problem was referred to the Streets 8 Alleys
Committee to confer with the County Committee on the matter.
The construction on the tiverfront park is progressing along very we--
Alderman Groner attended the County Bicentennial meeting. Four (4)
signs were ordered to designate The City of Yorkville as a Bicentenn-
ial Community.
Alderman Groner asked that Mr. Jensen of the Department of Transpor-
tation review our request for the Bicentennial Parade Route on
Route 47 by letter. There is an alternate parade route set up if
the request is denied .
A plan for the park shelter was presented. Alderman Groner received
a written committment from Mrs . Woodward of $1000 towards the pur-
chase of the proposed shelter. The approximate cost of the most suil
able shelter would be $8 , 000 on a slab, on concrete footings , $7 , 60(
and in addition approximately $1, 500 for electricity and water. It
was referred to the committee for further discussion and study.
Alderman Erickson will advertise in the paper for free trees to be
delivered and/or planted by the Boy Scouts in the City Parkways .
SEWERS - At the request of Chairman, Alderman Wolff, the Public
Works Department was directed to block all sanitary sewer catch
basins on South Main and State Streets in the combination sewers as
a temporary measure to see if it alleviates the condition at the
interceptor on Hydraulic Street .
LIGHTS , TELEPHONE 6 GAS - Alderman Erickson reported the contract for
one more light on Game Farm Road had been received. Nothing has beer
resolved for the downtown area as yet .
FINANCE - Alderman Smith announced a committee meeting for Wednesday,
April 7 , 1976 at 8 : 30 P.M. at City Hall and asked the Council all
be present if possible for discussion on the budget approval .
Attention was brought to the new tape recorder purchased for the
City Council .
Copies of the new personnel policy were handed out for study.
Arm chairs have been ordered to be used by the department heads and
members of the press at the meetings .
Alderman Wolff moved that each Alderman choose the filing equipment
to meet the requirements of his job within the Counci not to exceed
$70 each, and to be included in the City inventory, seconded by
Alderman Groner. Motion carried 5-1 with Alderman Erickson voting
Nay.
LIBRARY BOARD - Alderman Erickson reported the budget as of February
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4 , 1976 as $ 5,473 . They would also like to participate in the
Bicentennial Parade .
There was a request by Alderman Wolff for an Executive Session to
discuss personnel at 9 : 09 P.M.
Regular session was reconvened at 9: 30 P.M.
Alderman Wolff moved to adjourn the meeting at 9 ; 35 P.M. , seconded
by Alderman Beach . Motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted by,
For: ALA
City
Approved by:
Mayor
MARCH, 1976
GENERAL FUND
Commonwealth Edison Co. - EH55-AP=3084A Park $29.07; EJ59-AP-0150A P.D. $2.65; 789.33
EH55-AP=3046A Maint.Bldg. $7.47; E-AP71881 St. Ltg. $750.14
I11.Bell Telephone Co. - Dir.Public Works 553-7855 $39.44; P.D. 553-5836 $35.78 103.98
City. Treas. 553-7809 $8.26; Mayor 553-0535 $2.54; Call
Forwarding 553-7593 $16.68; City Clerk 553-6222 $1.28
Northern I11.Gas Co. - Park Acct. #311905811 $14.16 14.16
Institute of Cultural - Town Meeting 76 600.00
Affairs
Fred Dickson, Atty. - Reporting services-Liquor Control Comm. hearing 25.00
Markelz Off.Products - Office Supplies - City Sect. 42.25
Ellsworth Windett - Budget Officer Bond 20.00
The Country Companies - Workmans Comp. , Auto Liability, General Liability $ 1672.00
Inland Marine Insurance Premiums
Fox Valley Disposal - Disposal Service for March $1632.00; Dumpster pickup 20.00 1652.00
Betty Huston, Sect. - Sect. Plan Commission - Fees for Jan. & Feb. 1976 47.62
Ill.Municipal League - Registration Fees for Mayor & City Treas.-Attending Workshop 30.00
Rich's Union 76 - P.D. $587.61; St. Dept. $163.78 - Gas 751.39
Yorkville Auto Parts - Fusees $27.00 Inv.#06303; Prestone $2.03 Inv. 07534 - P.D. 29.03
Jim McCarty - Recharge Fire Extinguisher P.D. 7.00
Bob Prickett - Motorola Radio repairs 39.25
Constable Eqp. Co. ,Inc. - Inv.#3719 Veriprint #10 365.00
Badger Uniforms - Raincoats $ Raincovers Inv.#76343 P.D. 283.51
Hamilton Chev.Olds,Inc. - Inv.#24163 Align front end, reline brakes, fix starter 314.43
problem $267.68; Inv.24303 Tune-up $ fix windshield washers
$46.75
Plano Police Dept. - 295 calls on Call forwarding 29.50
Countryside True Value - Oper.Suppl. $23.86 Maint.Bldg. repairs $ Maint. ; Oper.Suppl. 27.31
P.D. $3.45
McNelis Tree Service - Rolling Park - Trees & Parks Maint. 45.00
Belson Mfg. Co., Inc. - Equipment - City Park 236.10
Sears Roebuck $ Co. - Flag Pole - Trees $ Parks (Baseball Park) 123.95
Central Limestone Co. - Canoe Launch - Trees & Parks 56.52
Farmers Elevator Co. - Fence & Concrete - Trees & Parks 116.51
John N. Schneider - Oper.Suppl. - Trees $ Parks $52.13; Maint. St. Dept. $13.85; 67.01
Oper. Suppl. P.D. $1.03
Yorkville Hardware - Equip.Maint. - Trees & Parks $24.69; Maint.Bldg.-Maint.$34.73 59.42
Tri-County Excavating - Progress Est.#1 Work on Riverfront Park 2767.50
Bldg.Officials $ Code = Books - Building & Zoning 15.00
Adm.Int., Inc.
Home Builders Ass'n. of - Building & Zoning Education Conference 25.00
Greater Chicago
Airco Welding Supply - Truck Tractor & Equip. - Maint. Supplies 22.62
Milford Mikkelson - Textbook for W.C.C. - Trucks,Tractor $ Equip. Maint. 10.45
Yorkville Auto Parts - Oper. Suppl. - Trucks,Tractor $EQuipt.Maint. 101.87
Kenneth Durland - Library - Ceiling repairs 144.32
C.O. Nelson Co. - Disposal - Trees $ Parks-City parking tree removal 15.00
Ace Hardware - Tape Recorder, tapes and batteries (New Equipt. Finance) 150.90
Aurora Blacktop, Inc. - Cold Mix - Inv.A-26 87.00
Badger Uniforms - Wearing apparel - Streets & Alleys 273.48
Comm.Tech. &Consultants - P.D. - repair portable radio $20.00; St. Dept. repair 56.20
portable $36.20
CMT, Inc. - Sewer Fund - Trip to Springfield for Grant Application 328.69
CMT, Inc. - Services regarding Park reconstruction $176.75 (City Park Eng.)444.10
Services for Ctryside Center sewers (Sewer Eng.) $196.32;
Services regarding Fox Road culvert (St. & Alleys Eng.)$71.03
GENERAL FUND Continued
Fox Valley Sewer Serv. - Flush main (Sewer repair, maint. & cleaning) 85.00
Elden Madden - Sewer operators convention expenses 138.40
Elden Madden - Supplies $14.98 (Finance) ; Supplies City Office $1.03; 21.01
Conference - Bldg. & Zoning $5.00
TOTAL 12233.81
SALARIES GROSS 13247.97 NET 9866.75
22100.56
WATER FUND
Comm. Edison Co. - Acct.EH55-AP-8690A Water Tower $29.81; EK59CH25525 1308.87
Pumping $22.09; EP14AP33737 Pumping 1-21-76 to 3-23-76
$1256.97
Northern Ill. Gas Co. - Acct. #313906160 Pumphouse 80.47
Ill.Bell Telephone Co. - Dir.Public Works Dept. 553-7079 17.45
The Northern Trust Co. - Water Revenue Bonds 5/1/69 Issue 7% 6491.65
The Northern Trust Co. - Water Refunding Bonds - Issue dated 5/1/69 5% 11018.57
The Bk. of Yorkville - Deposit - Water Depreciation & Contingencies Fund 150.00
Nat'l.B1vd.Bk. of Chicago- Deposit - Bond and Interest Account 150.00
Nat'l. B1vd.Bk. of Chicago= Deposit-Bond and Interest Reserve Account 170.00
Marilyn J. Merkel - Postage 1.34
Elden Madden - Postage 36.64
Janroy - 2 Deposit stamps 5.74
Sidener, Inc. - Water meter 614.01
Jim's Trenching - Water leaks - using backhoe 175.00
E & H Utility Sales,Inc.- 2 Smith Blair Clamps (Repairs to water mains) 88.05
Elliot A. Vick - Heater coil & ground wire - Repairs to Waterworks plants 14.64
Anderson & Bushnell - Office Supplies 11.81
TOTAL 20334.24
Salary Gross 770.83 Net 546.79
20881.03
MOTOR VEHICLE TAX FUND
Color Tone, Inc. - Inv. A-9649 Vehicle Stickers 323.10
FUND BALANCE INCLUDING CTF 'S. OF DEPOSIT
3/ 31/76
GENERAL FUND WATER METER RENTAL FUND
Balance 27098 . 55 Balance 732 .61
f' s . of Deposit 80000 .00 Ctf's . of Deposit 1000 .00
and Balance 107098 . 55 Fund Balance 1732x61
WA's - -' -N'D REVENUE SHARING FUND
Balance 14154 . 75 Fund Balance 2943 .52
Ctf's . of Deposit 35000 .00
Fund Balance 49154 . 75
MOTOR VEHICLE TAX FUND
Balance 3761. 80
Ctf' s . of Deposit 30000 .00
Fund Balance 33761.80
MOTOR FUEL TAX FUND
Balance 12277 . 58
Ctf's . of Deposit 62000 .00
Fund Balance 74277 . 58
SEWER - BOND 8 INTEREST FUND
Balance 6701. 54
Ctf' s. of Deposit 14000 .00
Fund Balance 20701. 54
SEWER FUND
Balance of Fund 2900 . 56
WATER CONSTRUCTION FUND
Fund Balance 205 . 40
WATER - BOND 8 INTEREST FUND
Fund Balance 4575 . 00
WATER - BOND 8 INTEREST RESERVE FUND
Ba-ance 5253 . 83
Ctf' s . of Deposit 16000 . 00
Fungi Balance 21253 .83
WATER DEPRECIATION 8 CONTINGENCIES FUND
Balance 4939 .73
Ctf' s . of Deposit 14000 . 00
Fund Balance 18939 . 73
A . ,
FUND BALANCES FOR MARCH, 1976 ,
GENERAL FUND
Balance 2/29/76 20121. 49
RECEIPTS
State Income Tax for January, 1976 1557 . 21
Sales Tax for December, 1975 18231.94
Utility Taxes - Electric 8429 . 23
Gas 5434 . 35
Telephone 4703 . 21
Circuit Clerk - Fines 252 .00
City Ordinance Fine 6 .00
Dog Tags 3 . 00
Building Permits 480 . 80
Library - W. Tax, S. S. 8 IMRF 146 . 85
Interest on Certificates of Deposit 123 . 30
Sale of BOCA Building Code Books 7 . 00
Re-Imburse General Fund for Commonwealth Edison
Bill for Pumping 612 . 92
Robert Loftus - Re-Imbursement for BOCA Review 85 .00
Total Receipts 40072 . 81
DISBURSEMENTS 33095 . 75
Balance 3/31/76 27098 . 55
WATER FUND
Balance 2/29/76 23279 . 36
RECEIPTS
Water Rentals 2872 . 90
Meters 273 .90
Connections 1150 .00
Total Receipts 4296 . 80
DISBURSEMENTS 13421 . 41
Balance 3/31/76 14154 . 75
MOTOR VEHICLE TAX FUND
Balance 2/29/76 3734 . 11
RECEIPTS - Vehicle Stickers 11 . 25
Interest on Certificate of Deposit 16 .44
Total Receipts 27 . 69
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76 3761. 80
MOTOR FUEL TAX FUND
Balance 2/29/76 10109 .42
RECEIPTS - Interest on Certificates of Deposit 82 . 20
State Treasurer - Allotment for February, 1976 2085 .96
Total Receipts 21.68 . 16
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76 12
SEWER - BOND 8 INTEREST FUND
Balance 2/29/76 6701. 54
RECEIPTS None
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76 6701. 54
SEWER FUND
I ance 2/29/76 2450 . 56
5'EC'IPTS - Sewer Hook-ups 450 . 00
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76 2900 . 56
WATER CONSTRUCTION FUND
Balance 2/29/76 205 .40
RECEIPTS None
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/ 31/76 205 .40
WATER - BOND 6 INTEREST FUND
Balance 2/29/76 4425 .00
RECEIPTS 150 .00
DISBUR—SEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76 4575 . 00
WATER - BOND 6 INTEREST RESERVE FUND
Balance 2/29/76 5083 . 83
RECEIPTS 170 .00
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76 5253 .83
WATER DEPRECIATION CONTINGENCIES FUND
Balance 2/29/76 4789 . 73
RECEIPTS - Transferred from Water Fund 150 .00
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76 4939 . 73
WATER METER RENTAL FUND
Balance 2/29/76 682 . 61
RECEIPTS 50 . 00
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76
REVENUE SHARING FUND
Balance 2/29/76 2643 .52
RECEIPTS None
DISBURSEMENTS None
Balance 3/31/76 2652
YBSD USER FEE ACCOUNT
Balance 2/29/76 3026 .42
RECEIPTS 958 . 35
DISBURSEMENTS 3026 . 49
Balance 3/31/76 958 . 35