10/13/2009 Special MeetingMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
HELD IN ROOM 102, DES PLAINES CIVIC CENTER,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009
CALL TO ORDER: The Special meeting of the City Council of the City of
Des Plaines was called to order by Mayor Martin J.
Moylan at 6:31 PM in Room 102, Des Plaines Civic
Center on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
ROLL CALL:
Roll call indicated the following Aldermen present:
Haugeberg, Robinson, Bogusz, Higgason, Walsten,
Wilson, Argus. Alderman Brookman was absent.
Alderman Brookman arrived at 6:33 PM.
Also present were: City Manager Bajor, Assistant City Manager
Slowinski, Director of Finance Wisniewski, Assistant Director of
Finance Raymond, Financial Analyst Fundament, Director of Human
Resources Earl, Director of Public Works & Engineering Oakley, Deputy
Director of Engineering Duddles, Police Chief Prandini, Fire Chief
Wax, Assistant Director of Public Works Boeche, Director of Emergency
Communications Ornberg, Director of Community Development Conlan,
Director of Information Technology Duebner and City Attorney Wiltse.
FINANCE COMMITTEE - Alderman Higgason, Chair
2010 Alderman Higgason introduced Director of Finance
BUDGET: Wisniewski who presented an overview of the 2010 budget's
Non -General Funds: TIF's, MFT, Grant Funded Projects,
Capital Projects, Debt Service, Building Replacement,
Equipment Replacement, IT Replacement, Parking,
Water/Sewer, Risk Management, Health Benefits and
Library.
Discussions were held with the Aldermen and residents
regarding each of the departments and responses were made
by Staff during the discussion for each department or
fund.
Non -General Fund -
TIF #1 - No changes were made to the budget as presented.
Mr. Dion Kendrick, 943 Webster Lane, addressed the
Committee of the Whole and presented a TIF summary
statement (see file); TIF's should be self-sustaining.
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2010 Ms. Barbara Van Slambrouck, 286 Stratford Road, addressed
BUDGET: the Committee of the Whole stating that budgeting the
holiday decorations out of the TIF seems odd; why is $7K
budgeted out of the TIF funds for cleaning the train
station; pay for the right things out of the right funds.
TIF #3 - No changes were made to the budget as presented.
Mr. Dion Kendrick, 943 Webster Lane, addressed the
Committee of the Whole and stated that Cook County has to
approve 6b's; a forensic audit of the TIFs cannot come
soon enough; the investigation needs to continue.
Mr. Dick Sayad, 290 Shannon Court, addressed the
Committee of the Whole and stated that none of the
Aldermen put this TIF together; Staff put the TIF
together and the outside attorneys approved it; in
hindsight it was not a good idea.
Ms. Candee Cole, 1520 Pennsylvania Avenue, addressed the
Committee of the Whole asking if the holiday decorations
are rented or if the City purchases and stores them.
Director of Public Works & Engineering Oakley stated that
some of the decorations are purchased and some are
rented.
TIF #4 - No changes were made to the budget as presented.
Mr. Dion Kendrick, 943 Webster Lane, addressed the
Committee of the Whole and stated that this public money;
we don't need to clean up other property's environmental
hazards.
TIF #6 - No changes were made to the budget as presented.
Mr. Dion Kendrick, 943 Webster Lane, addressed the
Committee of the Whole and asked if the project does not
take place within a set period of time, does the
redevelopment agreement include a penalty. City Manager
Bajor stated that the redevelopment agreement does
include penalties for non-compliance.
Motor Fuel Tax Fund - Director of Public Works &
Engineering Oakley presented and answered questions from
the Aldermen. No changes were made to the budget as
presented.
Grant Funded Projects - Director of Finance Wisniewski
presented and answered questions from the Aldermen. No
changes were made to the budget as presented.
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2010 Capital Projects - Director of Public Works & Engineering
BUDGET: Oakley presented and answered questions from the
Aldermen. No changes were made to the budget as
presented.
Alderman Argus stated that there is flooding in all Wards
in Des Plaines; accelerate the Storm Water Master Plan;
we need to do something about the flooding now; advance
the CIP; who wants to purchase a house that floods.
Alderman Brookman stated that the gas tax is not a good
idea; we should not impose permanent taxes when the
casino is coming.
Ms. Monica Brandt, 1068 Seymour, addressed the Committee
of the Whole and presented petitions from the residents
requesting that the City look into the flooding problem
in her area.
The following residents spoke to the Committee of the
Whole and asked that the Storm Water Master Plan be
accelerated:
Richard Storto, 151 Jeffrey Lane
Halina Kraszewski, 685 Devonshire
Halina Gumulka, 1505 Marshall Drive
Mike Cimbalo, 410 Cordial Drive
Pauline Kubiniec, 680 Devonshire Drive
Joan Wright, 1329 Phoenix Drive
Bob Terracina, 248 Denver Drive
Bob Furst, 126 Roxbury Lane
Candee Cole, 1530 Pennsylvania Avenue
Jim Vinci, 1482 Marshall Drive
Dick Sayad, 290 Shannon Court
Mr. Dion Kendrick, 943 Webster Lane, addressed the
Committee of the Whole and stated that the Storm Water
Master Plan has $12M left in projects; had we not done
the TIFs, we would have enough money for these projects.
Mr. Brian Burkross, 2133 Webster Lane, addressed the
Committee of the Whole stating that a discussion needs to
take place; there are areas that now flood that didn't
flood 11 years ago.
Moved by Higgason, seconded by Brookman, to take a five
(5) minute recess. Motion declared carried.
The Council recessed at 9:49 p.m.
The Council reconvened at 10:05 p.m.
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2010 Debt Service - Director of Finance Wisniewski presented
BUDGET: and answered questions from the Aldermen. No changes
were made to the budget as presented.
Building Replacement - City Manager Bajor presented and
answered questions from the Aldermen. No changes were
made to the budget as presented.
Equipment Replacement - City Manager Bajor presented and
answered questions from the Aldermen. No changes were
made to the budget as presented.
IT Replacement - Director of Information Technology
Duebner presented and answered questions from the
Aldermen. No changes were made to the budget as
presented.
Metra Leased Parking - City Manager Bajor presented and
answered questions from the Alderman. No changes were
made to the budget as presented.
City -Owned Parking Fund - Director of Public Works &
Engineering Oakley presented and answered questions from
the Aldermen. No changes were made to the budget as
presented.
Water/Sewer - Director of Public Works & Engineering
presented and answered questions from the Aldermen. No
changes were made to the budget as presented.
Risk Management - Director of Finance Wisniewski
presented and answered questions from the Aldermen. No
changes were made to the budget as presented.
Mr. Dick Sayad, 290 Shannon Court, addressed the
Committee of the Whole stating that we should not pay for
the Library in our budget; please review this.
Mr. Brian Burkross, 2133 Webster Lane, addressed the
Committee of the Whole stating that the Library has a
budget with a line item on the tax bill; they are in our
Risk Management pool; it should be cheaper for the
taxpayer because it is now a larger pool.
Health Benefits - City Manager Bajor presented and
answered questions from the Aldermen. No changes were
made to the budget as presented.
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Library - Library Board President Lake presented and
answered questions from the Aldermen.
Mr. Dick Sayad, 290 Shannon Court, addressed the
Committee of the Whole stating that when the Library
comes back to the City Council with their updated budget,
it will have to be approved by the Library Board of
Trustees at their October 20th meeting.
After further discussion with the Aldermen and residents,
it was agreed that the Library would come back before the
Committee of the Whole at a later date to discuss,
clarify and answer questions.
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Haugeberg, to adjourn the
Committee of the Whole Meeting of the City Council.
Motion declared carried. Meeting _:'.urned at 11:58 PM.
APPROVED BY ME THIS \
Nancy Pet on - Deputy City Clerk
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