06-01-2004 Special MeetingMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES
PLAINES, ILLINOIS HELD IN THE ELEANOR
ROHRBACH MEMORIAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS , DES
PLAINES CIVIC CENTER, TUESDAY, JUNE 1,
2004
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CALL TO ORDER: The Special meeting of the City Council of the City
of Des Plaines, Illinois, was called to order by
Mayor Anthony W. Arredia at 6:30 p.m. in the Eleanor
Rohrbach Memorial Council Chambers, Des Plaines Civic
Center on Tuesday, June 1, 2004.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated the following aldermen present:
Murphy, Say ad, Brookman, Becker, Argus. Aldermen
Beauvais, Christiansen and Smith were absent.
Alderman Christiansen arrived at 6:34 p.m.
Also present were City Manager Niemeyer, Assistant Director of
Finance Jisa, Police Chief Prandini, Fire Chief Farinella, Deputy
Fire Chief Heavey, Assistant Director of Engineering Duddles,
Director of Public Works Dusckett, Acting Director of Community
Development Molinari, and Director of Human Resources Bajor.
REPORT/
FLOOD
RELATED
ACTIVITIES:
Mayor Arredia stated that he would like to thank all
those that helped during the recent flood conditions, May
22-28, 2004; he will be sending them a letter showing
that the City has in place a Disaster Plan that saved
them money; he will be asking for funding for those that
suffered damage; he talked to the mayor of Gurnee, with
Congressman Kirk and other mayors in the area; he would
like them to join forces with us to see what can be done
to alleviate flooding.
Mayor Arredia stated that so many people helped during
that week, even some people from Gurnee came down to
help. Also lending their support were:
Albrecht Enterprises
Allegretti's Ristorante
Boy Scouts
Coast Guard Auxillary
Commonwealth Edison Company
Cook County Departments, including Sheriff Sheahan
Dominick's Finer Foods
Faber Bag Company -Peosta, lows
Hinckley Springs, Arlington Heights
Home Depot, Mt. Prospect
State of Illinois Departments, including IDOT, IEMA
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District/Chicago
Village of Mt. Prospect
IBM
Jake's Pizza
Jewel Food Stores (Elmhurst Road and Lee Street)
Little Villa Restaurant
Meyer Material
Northbrook Public Works
Orange Crush
Starbucks Coffee, Mt. Prospect
. and many, many individuals who came out to help.
Also of tremendous help were:
Congressman Jan Schakowski, State Senator Susan Garrett
and State Senator Dave Sullivan, State Representative
Elaine Nekritz and State Representative Rosemary
Mulligan, and Cook County Commissioner Liz Gorman.
FLOOD REPORT
(Cont'd. )
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Mayor Arredia stated that the City's Disaster Plan worked
like a charm; the City Staff was great; he again thanked
all the people of Des Plaines.
State Senator Garrett addressed the City Council to thank
the Mayor and City Staff for all they did.
Alderman Sayad stated that we should thank Mayor Arredia
for his leadership and for all he did; he did a fine job .
City Manager Niemeyer stated that
leadership made things run smoothly;
drill to find out what we could do.
Mayor Arredia's
this was a good
City Manager Niemeyer stated that each department would
now give a report of their activities during this week:
Don Meseth, Coordinator of Emergency Management Agency
Jim Prandini, Police Chief
·Jon Duddles, Assistant Director of Engineering
Leroy Molinari, Acting Director of Community Development
Tom Farinella, Fire Chief
Jason Bajor, Director of Human Resources
Matt Dusckett, Director of Public Works
Sherrill Ornberg, Director of Emergency Communications
Karen Henrikson, Public Relations Officer
Eric Palm, Media Coordinator
Mrs. Marilyn Sauerberg, 1931 Big Bend Drive, addressed
the City Council speaking on behalf of the residents of
Big Bend Drive; she would like to thank everyone for
their effort; she thanked Mayor Arredia for his efforts
for flood prevention; also she thanked City Manager
Niemeyer, Alderman Beauvais, Police Chief Prandini, Fire
Chief Farinella, Director of Public Works Dusckett ,
Community Outreach Coordinator Kathy Puetz , and all the
students from Maine West High School who helped.
Mrs. Linda Caruth, 1868 Bennett Place, addressed the City
Council thanking the Mayor-Manager's office, Public
Works, Police and Fire departments, Paulette Tabor in the
Human Resources Department, Alderman Beauvais, Alderman
Becker; thanks to all of you.
Alderman Argus thanked Christine Bajor, Keep Des Plaines
Beautiful Coordinator; for all she did to get the big
clean up going; she answered a lot of questions.
Alderman Becker stated his thanks to Mayor Arredia, City
Manager Niemeyer and the Engineering Department ,
especially for the concrete wall that was temporarily put
along River Road.
Alderman Sayad stated his thanks to City Manager Niemeyer
for all his efforts.
Alderman Murphy commended the Staff and all the
volunteers for their efforts; it was appreciated.
Alderman Christiansen stated that the other aldermen have
said most of what he was going to say; special thanks
should go to EMA; enough can't be said for the volunteers
that came out to help, even people from the 3 rd , 4th and
5 t h Wards; we have come a long way since the flood of
1986; we have learned; City Manager Niemeyer did an
excellent job; on behalf of the 2 nd Ward, he would like
to thank Mayor Arredia, the Staff, the whole City and our
l egislators, too.
Alderman Christiansen stated that the City has a Flood
Rebate Program that will help pay for sump pumps,
overhead sewers, etc.; he thinks the City should waive
all permit fees for this work.
Alderman Brookman also thanked everyone; she would like
to know how many homes were affected by the flood.
ADJOURNMENT:
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Moved by Murphy, seconded by Brookman, that the Special
meeting of the City Council adjourn. Motion declared
carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m.
Donna McAllister, MMC CITY CLERK
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