Public Works Minutes 1995 10-02-95 i
UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE
Committee Minutes - Public Works
Date of Meeting: October 2, 1995 Location: 111 W. Fox Street
Time Convened: 6:45 P.M. Time Adjourned 9:30 P.M.
Attendees:
Jim Nanninga
Jeff Spang
Jerry Lynch
Richard Scheffrahn
J.T. Johnson
Art Prochaska
Bert Callmer
Jim Stafford
Brian Ethington
Bill Schmanski
Mike Hogan
John Bakel
Kathy Tomasek
Anton Tomasek
Dan Lutz
Carol Fowler
Doug Fowler
Lynne Aug-Barmettler
Discussion:
1 .) State Participation - Maintenance Traffic Signals - State pays money
to the city to take care of the traffic lights. IDOT has to have an
agreement. Agreement is mandatory. 50/50 Split. Information item
at COW on Thursday October 5, 1995.
2.) Tower Lane Water Storage Tank Repainting - Am Coat Painting
160,195.00 - Nanninga recommends rejection of all bids. Schmanski
feels this amount is in comparison with other areas. In Wheaton for
1 .5 million square feet the cost was $400,000. Callmer suggested
out of state bidders may be much less expensive. Spang feels that is
ok if it is a reputable company. City will make some inquires from out
of state companies. Painting will have to wait until spring. Will start
over then with new bids.
3.) IDOT Permit - Green Briar - Permit from IDOT only allowing hook up to
water main. Water main tap is there.
4.) Next Public Works Committee Meeting - October 23, 1995 (change
from October 16) - Everyone at meeting was made aware of change.
5.) IEPA Radium Variance - City applying for extension. Only have 45
days to agree on conditions and get the paperwork back to them. If
City does not apply now, the property west of Eldamain will have be
developed now. City is hoping the EPA will raise the radium
allowance in the water. When the water is tested it can vary 3-4
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it depending on where and when the water is tested. In 1994
City did everything the EPA recommended we should do and got less
than towns that did nothing at all. If the EPA doesn't raise the
allowance then it will be mandatory and the EPA will come in present
it to the residents and set up a plan for the City to follow. Filtering is
good and is very expensive, but there is no where to dump what is
being filter out of the water. It has to go to a special dumping area
and is very expensive. If the EPA doesn't raise the allowance then
the City will have two years to decide what to do. Bring to COW.
6.) Care Group/Land Fill - Two part plan, Step 1 is to implement plan, part
2 is solid waste plan. Plan from Kendall County was very
accurate. The problem has been financing. The funds have put in for
this year to hire a coordinator. Scheffrahn recommends plan.
Prochaska would like to ask Council to adapt resolution. This needs
to be done by December. Kendall County Care feels it is an excellent
plan but they want to make sure it is adapted and followed. Chapter
7 is the summary part of the plan. Council members are to get a
copy of chapter 7 to look it over. Spang and Stafford would like to
g et together with Mike Hogan and go over it. Bring to COW and have
an start working on a resolution.
7.) Atlases - New Subdivisions - Schmanski suggest when a new
subdivision comes in to digitize sewer and water lines on a CAD
system. Schmanski is asking how much does the City want on the
map? Prochaska feels it would be less time consuming to import
information into a CAD systems as opposed to digitizing. Developers
are suppose to have as builts, with an as builts the developer is
responsible for the property for the first year. After the first year the
City then becomes responsible. Schmanski feels if the City is going
to require as builts then it should be in ordinance form. City should
request as builts on disk when available. Prochaska would like to
see a break down of what Schmanski is doing. Then City should
figure out how we want to do this and what City would like atlases to
include and try to fit it into next years budget.
8.) N.E. Area Sanitary Interceptor Study - Study on NE area of town.
Need to report on size interceptors need to be. Area east of Rt. 47
and north of Rt. 34. Wanting to develop area now. Financing for
study will have to come from streets in the general fund. Spang does
not feel that is right. There are alot of streets that need to be repaved
in Yorkville. Nanninga said he put alot of money in that fund because
the year before there were alot of studies done and he wanted to
make sure there was plenty of money to cover any studies that the
City may need this year. Prochaska feels there should be a plan, but
no one is wanting to do much until they know what the school
district is doing. Spang doesn't feel City should spend money on
property that is not in the City limits. City can put a recapture fee on
this. There is money in an unidentified engineering fund. Bring to
COW. Look for areas to take the money from.
9.) SW Interceptor Billing - Discripencies on Guires bill. J.T. and Bill need
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to get together and will give a final bill.
10.) Additional Business - Subdivision Control Ordinance - Prochaska
would like get with Schmanski, Stafford and Nanninga. Yorkville
went from almost no standards to being over standard. Prochaska
would like to reevaluate the standards. It is cheaper to develop in
Plano, Montgomery, and Oswego. Are our standards too high? Is
there anything excessive? Prochaska and Schmanski has heard that
it is more costly to develop land in Yorkville as opposed to other
towns. Prochaska would like to review it.
Fox Hill Area - Spang was offended by the odor coming from the
bathroom in a model home. It is a townhouse currently setting
empty: J.T. said there is sulphur in all the water in Yorkville. As the
water in the area starts getting used more it will most likely take
away most of the smell. Flushing the hydrants will also help. Spang
suggest that the City open the hydrant a small amount to help get
some relief. J.T. will go and look at it.
Jim Hines has requested no parking on Center Parkway in Countryside
Center. Put on agenda for Public Safety.
Snow Bird Policy - $25 fee to have the water shut off at the B box
and turned back on. Any time a City employee goes to a customers
home we should charge for the service. Alot of people turn the
water off on their own. Spang feels this amount is excessive if the
people leaving town don't want the City to come in and shut off the
water. However, it needs to be clear that the water used during the
time they are out of town, that they are responsible to pay for it. In
the event that a water line should freeze and burst or there are drippy
faucets. That water needs to be paid for. TCD has agreed to waive
their fee for full months only. Will not do a partial month billing.
Building reports for August and September. Bring to COW.
Minutes By: Mollie Anderson