COW Minutes 1992 09-17-92 ' UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE
COAMITTEE AIINUTES
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DATE OF MEETING _September 17, 19922 ATTENDEES
LOCATIONYQrk1Ti11e City Hall ELECTED OFFICIALS Jack Jones
PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED YES Mayor Ken Kittoe Bob Fey
❑ NO Pat Clark
TIME CONVENED 7:34 p.m. Bill Baird
TIME ADJOURN D 11:16 p.m.
MINUTES BY: Pamela K. Ellertson OTHERS Don Peck, Dave Scharenberg, Patricia Mil r,
DISCUSSION ( IDENTIFY BY NUMBER)
1.) Dave Scharenberg, President of the Tri-County Chapter of Viet Now, came to request
pemission to sell flaLzs at the intersection of Rt 47 and Rt 34 on Sept 19, 1992
between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. It was decided taht he should present this
information to the Police Dept. and permission will be granted
2.) Patricia Miller came to inform Council that on Oct. 4 between the approximate hours of
2-4 P.m. there will be a "Fox Valley South Life Chain"; a Christian Witness against
abortion. at Rt �4 and Rt 47• Council will be informed by next week of the legality/
liability/etc. regarding this issue.
3.) Mr. Huston, City Trea.suruer, sent Council a memo stating that the first payout on the
revolving loan has been received by the City. This check was in the amount of $107,154.00
Now payment must be made to Richardson Mueller in the amount : of $66,957.24.
4.) Don Peck will bring a plan for the SW Interceptor Sewer at the annexation meeting next
Tuesday.
5.) Bill BaIrd handed out a revised Personnel Policies Manual Council members will take it
_home for rpvi pw and hri ng i i any que'sti ons, them 'g-rp next week
6.) There was discussion regarding the employee manual. Cost-of-living and merit wages were
discussed. These will be discussed further in full Council next week.
7.) On Sunday morning at 7.00 a.m. the Mavor requested help of Council members to move/arrange
flower pots downtown
��11 Peck reported to Council that Llovd Yepsen still has not installed the necessary
sidewalk on his property. Mr. Peck has written a letter to Mr. Yepsen which states-a
date by which the sidewalk must be installed. If the sidewalk is not installed by this
date, daily assessments will be made.
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9 ) Some general discussion carried on regarding the Yorkville Hometnum Dag.-,_
Arrangement to pick M folding chairs, the flated_, Ito. were cii snnissed_
l0,,) Leak Protection =r gram will begin nbo>>t one month from todng along with the valve
exercising program.
^11.) Don Peck passed out a sheet with "Recommendations from Building Department." Mayor Kittoe
asked Don to get copies of Plano's and Oswego's building permit regulations. Don will
bring up the recommended changes again in a couple of weeks.
12.) Don Peck reported that it is necessary to construct an inlet and storm sewer between
Prairie Park and Prairie Lands subdivisions. Don Peck will talk to Dan regarding who
is responsible for the construction.
13.) Pat Clark informed Council that Dean Fisher was asked to attend the Planning Commission
meeting last night to pick-up a list of concerns from people in Countryside regarding the
Fisher property. Mr. Fisher attended the meeting, but the list was not made available to
him. Therefore, Dean Fisher is scheduled on the agenda for the Oct. 21 meeting.
14.) Bob Fey suggested that the storm sewer/dra.iniage basin between Park St. and Somonauk St.
has heen flooding re e l y_ Don Peck report .d that he h n al reaj 4 looked into thi s
problem and will continue to look for a solution.
15) Don Peck uF-gested that if IDOT will not pay for improvements on Rt. 47, then the City
shouls seek to install stoplights at Spring St. and at Fox Rd. Discussion followed,
but no ; definite opinions were given.
16.) Bill Baird asked Don Peck which streets will be redone by the end of thia fiscal year.
Don mentioned State St. , Adrian, Kendall Dr. , Strawberry , and Somonauk.
17.) Chief Graff informed Council of the upcoming Crop Walk (Sat. , Sept. 19) and distributed
maps of the walk.
18.) Cheef Graff handed out Drug Law booklets that the police have been distributing throught
the schools.
19.) Chief Graff told Council that there will be a Gang Awareness Seminar on Nov. 2, 1992 at
Cross Lutheran.
20.) Chief Graff handed out an "Alcohol and Drug Initiative" proposal abstract which proposes
continuing the substance abuse/intervention program that was initiated last year.
21.) Bliss & Knight, surveyed the police department. They recommended an update of the Use
of Force Policy, and also defensive driving classes.
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22- ) Jack jones, -rppr)-rtpcl on thp ljb-rR= board meeting- lie repopted tb;;I; :LIAQ4:p f4,-��
doesn't work, and that non Peck sllggesfPry ;n�tallatinn_r srru e s. u° 2-J.S;^
reported that the board thinks that the request fora district fa;lerg the
proposed area is not large enough
23, The school board asked for the City to install four more light-- in the narking lot rather
than n^57 fnr the =ari nng of the 1Dqrki n�Z l nt
24.) Pat Clark received a cajl from a constituent in Rtero7hrnnk whn is nnnnernerl ahn„t the
subdivision becoming part of Oswego Mavor Kittoe assured Council that although he is
meeting with the Mayor of Oswego tomorrow no plans are h ing cii-- -lisserl
25-) Rill Baird offered to make—>i= a =?m?l het l i eti ng the ,Prjri c,Pe ahlp in V r;l le.
He will try to make a rought draft and bring it to Co mej