Public Works Minutes 2000 01-17-00 1
UNFEED CITY OF YORKVILLE
Committee Minutes—Public Works
Date of Meeting:January '17, 2000 Time Conve ed: 7:40 P.M.
Location: 800 Crams Farm Road Time Adjou ed: 8:50 P.M.
Attendees:
Joe Wywrot
J.T. Johnson
Mayor Art Prochaska
Tom Sowinski
Richard Sticka
Dave Dockstader
Valerie Burd
Mike Morley—TCD
Discussion:
1.) Subdivision Ordinance/Roadway Standards—Hopefully this is the lost issue with the
subdivision control ordinance. The City may require a study on a case by case basis.
Wywrot is hoping to have by COW in February.
2.) Cimarron Ridge Unit 2/Letter of Credit Reduction — Wywrot would recommend that
we reduce the letter of credit. This needs to go on the agenda for OW on January
19.
3.) Fox Road Watermain — There are several streets in that area that have dead end
watermains. We do need to redo all of them. Wywrot is not recom ending it at this
time because of the other projects that are scheduled in the five-yeai plan that offers
overall benefits to the City. J.T. has been investigating to see if there is more rust
then normal. It may be that the new subdivision is pulling water oat of the smaller
watenmains causing the rust to be stirred up more. Wywrot does feel that it would be
a good project to construct watermains on Fox and Washington and then consider
looping the mains at VanEmmon and Ridge and Orange and Olsen at some point in
time. The project is estimated to cost approximately $88,000. We heed to send the
resident a letter to let him know what our intent is.
4.) August, September, October, November and December Water Re orts — Take to
COW.
5.) Additional Business — Land Cash — The only change to the ordinan a was to allow
the school district to use the money. This should really be discussed at an
Administration meeting.
Lights for Baseball Fields — There are old lights that were used for flike football field
Swithin would like to put them up at the baseball fields. Dockstader feels that the
lights are old and out dated and they will be very costly to use. Th lights were not
good enough for the football field then they should not be gobd enouh for a baseball
field, where the ball is white and"traveling much faster then a football. Dockstader
feels that we need new bail fields and new lights. The pdtks need to get approval
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from City Council before they put in permanent structures. The oftball/baseball
program is not a City function nor does the City fund it. Swithi really needs to
submit a five-year plan.
Water Line—Beecher—The water line for the baseball fields will be n by spring-
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— MTEB is a gasoline additive. MTEB contamnates the wader and makes it
undrinkable. It is very afire aware of this, We do not know how to get d of t
make sure our engineers
Wywrot will notify the engineers.
Nextel Phones—Wywrot would like to have Nextel phones for Dhus and himself to
replace the pagers_ J.T. feels it is a good package. These phones would be more
convenient. You can use the radio part only. Nextel is the only co pany that offers
these types of phones/radios. We need to find out the cost for sure_
Guardrail at River Road Rridge—The City received a letter fiom Frail Klaas with the
County. YBSD and IDOT feel that the guardrail belongs to the City. A car hit the
guardrail. J.T. has plans on replacing the 10-foot piece of guardrail. The City
believes that the County put in the guardrail. Tt was a County r ad, now it is a
township road. Bridges are very expensive to maintain. J.T. will talk to Klaas.
Corneils Road — We should ask for turn bays. We need to talk t Inland about a
tratfitc light and turn bays at Wheaton Avenue. Tt should be pursued A IDOT. J.T.
will contact.
Railroad Tracks Downtown — The railroad tracks downtown are fai11ng apart. They
are going to be repaired. There will be extensive re-routing oftraffi . They want to
pour concrete. This really needs to be done in the summer time.
Countryside Parkway — Plans are 95 percent of the way complete. Wywrot nees to
get in contact with Idot. If we can put piping in at that time then we need to do it. if
we deepen the sewer we will not be able to do it at this time because it is at least a
million-dollar project. We need to run the line from the nursing home. We need to
make a decision within the next few months. The current sewer can handle a lot of
arcs.
Recapture Agreement on the '16 Inch Water Line to County - There as supposed is
be an agreement so that the County could collect a recapture fee. Tt�e County wants
to re-do the agreement. They figure it is approximately $105,000 Nvithout interest
added- J.T said that we already paid $38,.510 for the oversized pipe- We need to get a
copy from Ilan- It was for?,000 feet of pipe. The County spent $175,000 and they
feel the cost to the City is $105,000. We need to get a copy of everything together.
Waste Management — Garbage Contract — Waste Management prooses to hold the
rate until June 30, 2001. Increases after that will be subject to the ctirl rent fonnula of
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CPI plus a percentage of any increase in the landfill gate rate. As mith the previous
agreement, they will agree to an annual cap of five percent. Waste anagement will
continue to provide refuse clean up to residents in the spring. They 11 pick up yard
waste from April l through November 30 and provide a driver and vehicle for the leaf
plow program. Waste Management is offering a Senior Citizen discount of 10
percent. This would be for seniors over 65 years of age living alone or with a spouse.
The City will determine those eligible and certify the status of the resident and report
the number of applicable units to Waste Management with the monthly home count.
Waste Management will continue to provide Port-O-Let units for t e neighborhood
watch. They are proposing an increase for the City parks from $60 t S65 for regular
units and from $100 to $110 for handicap units. The charge for Po -O-Lets has not
been increased in five years. Mayor Prochaska would like to see a percentage cap per
year also. Morley feels that they would be agreeable to that The current contract
expires in June.
Minutes submitted by: Mollie Dunn
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