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COW Minutes 1991 09-05-91 T � r 1 UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKV�LLE COMMITTEE MINUTES n /� DATE OF MEETING _9/5/91 ATTENDEES LOCATION City Hall ELECTED OFFICIALS Cliff Jahp PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED ZK YES Mayor Kittoe Ra.lnh Pfister p NO Pat Clark Jack Jones TIME CONVENED 8:30 Gary Bown Bill Baird TIME ADJOURNED _ 11 .10 Denny F'ahrlander Bob Fey OTHERS T)an Kramer, nelene Drew, non Peck Bob Davidson, Tom Barna DISCUSSION ( IDENTIFY BY NUMBER) l) Yorkville Rep. of Area Tourism Council offered comments on Hotel lax & also annexation of Sunset Motel. Explained Tourism Guide and how businesses can participate. He highlighted benefit of the new co-op ad program — 40,000 conies -- f„11 pwgP @r 1Rnn; a ng 950; ;r nage 500 Printing is once a vear; nctober is dead11ne far JQ92 issiie- Co-on would nossibly split between City, area concerns, or even Chamber. of Commerce. Ross wants permission to talk to business owners. 2) Don explained problem with NI Gas with standard pine vs. elastic that they now want to ime- He is =nosed to plastic due to potentially dangerous situations that arise such as explosions. Bob Davidson commented on static electricity causing PxnInginn when a line is accidently cut. -Pfister asked if nerhans this tune of QQP,ce n rraj c1 YIP 71'Y'+Psonhed to the M ni c imal Lea-vue° Kramer will,'call and ask if other cities have similar concerns and will also call Aurora. There will be a meeting, on "hursdav with ?\TZ Gas. Until more information is gathered, Don needs to know what to t11 NI Gas regarding the projects he made them stop -- Council feels We shni it d hold to the decision, 3) Don - Backflow preventers are recommended by environmental protection are of used e>>y-rent711.1 n the City. He wi 1 l brim up at the next ComTiittee Meeting to discuss how to bring new construction into compliance and also offer to existing hnmenwners Full-information will be available for the meeting ONO RECOMMENDATIONS ( IDENTIFY BY SAME NUMBER AS ABOVE) -1) OK to talk with business on advertising in Tourism (37uide. p) N; r.,r ehnul c1 be tol ci "no” to mastic nipe until further information is available and until Council action is taken 4) RE: Farm Bureau issue; Kramer said the problem has existed for quite a while and liability for the City is questionable. Pfister said a policy needs to be established to handle similar issues. Reimbursement agreed upon was 12,000 from the City (originally they asked for X3,100) . Bown thinks we should pay no more than a third. Opinion is that backup was caused from connection problem and that the City already paid for removing a blockage problem. Kramer said only make an offer of settlement only if they can agree to a full release. Pfister also said we need an assurance that the nroblemr_will be corrected. Barna - commented on rise in crime directly related to drugs. Spoke on Task Force operation for 1992. State would bring in supervisor for the force,a car and "bust" money; he cited importance of being, connected to such an operation expecially for a Kendall County Task Force. Key issue in commiting an officer to service. Yorkville is now doing nothing to actually fight drugs and related crimes. We would need to hire an entry level officer so a senior officer could be part of the Force. Jahn wants a cost breakdown on paper.. Bown asked who is committed now -- Barna said Oswego, Plano, Kendall County Sheriffs Dept. Will think about it for next meeting. Barna - Brought up Chamber of Commerce comment that they were not happy with the Police Department. Barna's allegation is that an Alderman said the dept is out of control. Discussion followed on plus & minus efforts of the Police Department. Point was also made on proper procedure to be followed when a question on discrepancy advises & the importance of letting the Chief do his job. Jones wants a list of concerns written to give to Chief Barna and he will respond. 7) Clark - presented resolutions pertinent to the Police Dept. that need to be revised. Also the employee manuals revisions were briefly discussed. Ton was akked to get a committee of employees to present proposed changes. 8) Clark - needs issues related (Police) to part-time employees, why 10 hour rather than 8 hour shifts. Issue of bringing in extra officers could be outside insurance guidelines. RE: Calverts month & another individuals back pay -- she thinks this kind of issue to be public. Kramer said back pay issue could be handled but the issue is not to lock the Council into Policy precedent of letting a department head make non-policy decisions. 9) Baird - one computer at the city office is nearly used all of the available file. mayor Kittoe said the motion had been made and annroved for fund . necessary additions. Delene said we already had q quote on doing the update. She & Bill will check. *8) Kramer will check into liability insurance situation relative to recalling employees not currently listed in the payroll files. T l UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE COMMITTEE MINUTES DATE OF MEETING ATTENDEES LOCATION ELECTED OFFICIALS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED ❑ YES ❑ NO TIME CONVENED TIME ADJOURNED OTHERS . DISCUSSION ( IDENTIFY BY NUMBER) 10) Clark - asked about the dollar value put on the upgraded licenses. Bown said he thinks there is a scale for additional compensation after attaining educational levels. Minutes need to be checked to see what the newest decisions were. Pfister said a package for certified persons or those upgrading their license should be provided as an incentive. 11 ) Tnnes - City Stickers - how does it relate to this year" Still enforce collections on this year's purchases. Also said we need an alternative to compensate for the loss that will be experienced by eliminating the stickers. 1 ) jLhp - Fmloyee manual needs something specific on work/corm. Water -- Sewer Billing -- suggests thinking about monthly billing Pfister said there will be clot of consideration before doing so. RF,: Rail wreck in Bristol. Our present plan for handling this type of situation is poor and we need to update. 1�) Don - asked that we keep a professional tone and language during our meetings. 14) Bown - any reports on recent fish death cause? Barna said no definite report has been porovided by the EPA. He will keep working on it 15) Fev - Concern w/burned out garage on Ridge St; Mayor Kittoe will talk to Dan Kramer on this. RE: Annexations -- wants to know what properties are still to be annexed and should we proceed with forced annexation. .RECOMMENDATIONS ( IDENTIFY BY SAME NUMBER AS ABOVE) Adjourn - Pfister Second - Fahrlander