Public Works Minutes 1994 05-31-94 4
UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE
COMMITTEE MINUTES-PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
ATTENDEES
Date of Meeting: 5/31/94 Elected Officials
Art Prochaska
Location: City Hall Pat Clark
Jim Stafford
Publicly Announced: Yes
Others
Time Convened: 6:05 P.M. J.T. Johnson
Time Adjourned: 7:13 P.M.
SUMMER HELP:
14 applicants. J.T. has chosen two;Michael Rigoni and Erik Shutes,with a starting date
of 6/6/94 and an ending date at the end of August. Part-time help was budgeted. J.T. will
have salary information at the committee of the whole meeting on June 2.
Ron Morris has reapplied for summer help and Joe Moore would like to hire him to paint
the fire hydrants and pump house. J.T. will check with the library to see if an agreement
can be worked out to allow Ron to paint the library. There is $2,000.00 in the Water
Operations Fund(540 Contractual Services).
SOD WORK:
J.T. informed the committee that there were written commitments for sod for Gilbert
property north and Loftus property south(approximately 1200 yards total). Prices were:
Fox Valley Landscaping-$2.10 a yard installed; Twin Oaks- $Z50.ia a yard installed; STS
- $2.40 a yard installed. Need to contact Gilbert and Loftus to make arrangements for
watering. J.T. recommended Fox Valley Landscaping and he will have recommendations
for watering at the June 2 C.O.W. meeting.
CONCRETE PROJECTS:
Quotes were received from Altman for $3.25 a square foot,Behrens, $3.25 a square foot
and McNelis at $3.50 a square foot for sidewalk replacement. Per hour rates for other
concrete work: McNelis-$30.00 per hour per man, Altman-$34.00 per hour labor, $38.00
per hour for finisher;Behrens-$28.00 per hour per man. J.T. requested using Behrens'
Brothers for his concrete projects this summer and will inform committee of projects.
ROUTE 47 BRIDGE SIDEWALK:
J.T. will check about mud jacking sidewalks at Route 47 bridge.
SOMONAUK PROJECT:
Need 16 squares of sidewalk to complete Somonauk project. J.T. will check to see if
NET funds are still available. J.T. will bring costs of projects as they come in.
ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY:
J.T. began filling out the Adopt-a-Highway forms. City will need to train adopters and
supply red vests. At the next city council meeting an announcement needs to be made
about the project and request any interested parties contact city offices. J.T. will ask
IDOT how much highway they recommend adopting at the start of the project and he will
get costs of the signs.
UTILITY TAX ORDINANCE:
Need to check utility tax ordinance to see how city tax is to be charged.
COUNTRYSIDE STREETLIGHTS:
12 lights to be installed at intersections. J.T. will check to see how many of the poles
match and will bring that information back to committee. There is $15,000.00 in the
budget for this project.
LIGGETT'S POND:
Mr. Liggett will meed with Mr. Lindley on 6/2/94 at 1:00 P.M. regarding Lindley's report.
SOMONAUK PARKWAY:
Somonauk Parkway is scheduled for completion by the end of next week.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE:
The public works committee has decided to meet the first and third Mondays of the
month. If a meeting happens to fall immediately before a regular council meeting,the
committee would like the rest of the council approval to bring items directly to Council
meeting for passage.
TRACK CROSSING:
Repairs moved to June I 1 to 13th.
BRISTOL STREET/WALNUT STREET:
Have not heard from IDOT regarding closure of these streets at Route 47.