03-07-2011MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
HELD IN THE ELEANOR ROHRBACH MEMORIAL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, DES PLAINES CIVIC CENTER,
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2011
CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Des Plaines, Illinois, was called to order by
Mayor Martin J. Moylan at 6:00 p.m. in the Eleanor
Rohrbach Memorial Council Chambers, Des Plaines Civic
Center on Monday, March 7, 2011.
ROLL CALL: Roll call indicated the following aldermen present:
Haugeberg, Robinson, Bogusz, Higgason, Brookman,
Walsten, Argus. Alderman Wilson was absent
Also present were: Acting City Manager Slowinski, Director of
Finance Wisniewski, Police Chief Prandini, Fire Chief Wax, Director
of Public Works & Engineering Oakley, Director of Community &
Economic Development Bartholomew, Director of Information Technology
Duebner, Director of Human Resources Earl and City Attorney Wiltse.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION:
PRAYER AND
PLEDGE:
Moved by Robinson, seconded by Walsten, to go into
Executive Session to discuss Pending Litigation,
Probable & Imminent Litigation and Review of
Executive Session Minutes. Upon roll call, the vote
was:
AYES:
NAYS:
5-Haugeberg, Robinson, Higgason,
Walsten, Argus
0-None
ABSENT: 3-Bogusz, Brookman, Wilson
Motion declared carried.
The City Council recessed at 6:02 p.m.
The City Council reconvened at 7:03 p.m.
Roll call indicated the following aldermen present:
Haugeberg, Robinson, Bogusz, Higgason, Brookman,
Walsten, Argus.
The opening prayer was given by Rev. Gregory Barette
of the Unity Northwest Church, followed by the Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag.
PROB.ABLE &
IMMINENT
LITIGATION:
PENDING
LITIGATION:
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
MINUTES/
BIANNUAL
REVIEW:
3/7/11
PAGE TWO
Moved by Higgason, seconded by Robinson, to concur
with majority agreement in Executive Session that
City Attorney be authorized to file a lawsuit on the
case discussed in Executive Session under Probable
and Imminent Litigation. Upon roll call, the vote
was:
AYES: 5-Haugeberg, Robinson, Bogusz, Higgason,
Argus
NAYS: 2-Brookman, Walsten
ABSENT: 1-Wilson
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Higgason, seconded by Haugeberg,
with consensus in Executive Session that
Attorney negotiate a possible settlement of
discussed with final settlement to be duly
in open session should a settlement be
Motion declared carried.
to concur
the City
the case
reported
reached.
Moved by Higgason, seconded by Walsten, to concur
with consensus in Executive Session that the
following Executive Session minutes, or portions
thereof, no longer require confidential treatment and
are available for public inspection as recommended by
City Attorney Wiltse in his memo of February 22,
2011:
June 7, 2004 ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY
243, 255 & 263 Wille Road, TIF #3
January 17, 2005 PROBABLE & IMMINENT LITIGATION
TIF #3
March 7, 2005 ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY
255 Wille Road
April 18, 2005 ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY
301 Wille Road
February 2, 2009 EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES
August 7, 2009
March 1, 2010
Biannual Review
EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES
Biannual Review
EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES
Biannual Review
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Higgason, seconded by Haugeberg, to concur
with consensus in Executive Session that after a
review, that a need for confidentiality still exists
as to all or part of the remaining Executive Session
minutes, the rest continue to remain unreleased.
Motion declared carried.
CONSENT
AGENDA:
MINUTES:
Consent
Agenda
INTERGOVT.
AGREEMENT/
D.P. PARK
DISTRICT
SECURITY
SERVICES:
Resolution
R-26-11
3/7/11
PAGE THREE
Moved by Walsten, seconded by Argus, to establish a
Consent Agenda. Motion declared carried.
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to approve
the Consent Agenda. Upon roll call, the vote was:
AYES: 7-Haugeberg, Robinson, Bogusz, Higgason,
Brookman, Walsten, Argus
NAYS: 0-None
ABSENT: 1-Wilson
Motion declared carried. Minutes were approved;
Staff recommendation and requests were approved:
Resolutions R-27-11, R-28-11 and R-30-11 were
adopted; and Ordinances M-4-11, Z-4-11 and Z-5-11
were adopted.
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to approve
minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council
held February 22, 2011. Motion declared carried as
approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Brookman, seconded by Haugeberg, to concur
with Staff recommendation to authorize Acting City
Manager and City Clerk to execute "Intergovernmental
Agreement" with the Des Plaines Park District, 2222
Birch Street, to provide security services by trained
Reserve/Auxiliary Police Officers at various Des
Plaines Park District facilities during summertime
hours from May through September 2011 and May through
September 2012, at a cost of $2 6 per hour for each
police officer; and further recommend to adopt
Resolution R-26-11, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE
PROVISION OF SECURITY SERVICES AT ALL PARK DISTRICT
FACILITIES BETWEEN THE CITY OF DES PLAINES AND THE
DES PLAINES PARK DISTRICT. Upon roll call, the vote
was:
AYES: 7-Haugeberg, Robinson, Bogusz, Higgason,
Brookman, Walsten, Argus
NAYS: 0-None
ABSENT: 1-Wilson
Motion declared carried.
2011
MEMBERSHIP/
NORTHEASTERN
IL PUBLIC
SAFETY TRAIN.
ACADEMY:
Consent
Agenda
Resolution
R-27-11
ACCEPT
PROPOSAL/
SANITARY SEWER
FLOW
MONITORING:
Consent
Agenda
Resolution
R-28-11
ACCEPT
PROPOSAL/ENG.
SERVICES FOR
RIVER ROAD
WATERMAIN
IMPROVE.:
Consent
Agenda
Resolution
R-30-11
ADVERTISING
FOR BIDS:
Consent
Agenda
3/7/11
PAGE FOUR
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to concur
with Staff recommendation that Mayor and City Clerk
be authorized to execute "Intergovernmental Agreement
Contract & Bylaws" with Northeastern Illinois
Public Safety Training Academy (NIPSTA) for 2011
Membership in an amount not to exceed
$ 21, 9 8 4. 0 0 /Budgeted Funds; and further recommend to
adopt Resolution R-27-11, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
THE DES PLAINES FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP
AND PARTICIPATION IN THE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS PUBLIC
SAFETY TRAINING ACADEMY (NIPSTA) . Motion declared
carried as approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to concur
with Staff recommendation to accept proposal from
RJN Group, 200 West Front Street, Wheaton, IL 6018 7,
for Sanitary Sewer Monitoring of the Sanitary Sewer
Tributary to the Mount Prospect Road Sanitary Sewer
Main in the not to exceed amount of $82,
055.00/Water/Sewer Capital Improvement Program Funds,
Professional Services Account; and further recommend
to adopt Resolution R-28-11; A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
THE ACCEPTANCE OF A PROPOSAL FROM RJN GROUP, INC. FOR
SANITARY SEWER MONITORING OF THE SANITARY SEWERS
TRIBUTARY TO THE MOUNT PROSPECT ROAD SANITARY SEWER
MAIN. Motion declared carried as approved
unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to concur
with Staff recommendation to accept proposal from
Christian-Roge & Associates, 211 West Wacker Drive,
Chicago, IL 60606, for Professional Engineering
Services for the Des Plaines River Road Water Main
Inprovement, in the not to exceed amount of
$83,393.82/Water-Sewer Funds; and further recommend
to adopt Resolution R-30-11, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
THE ACCEPTANCE OF A PROPOSAL FROM CHRISTIAN-ROGE &
ASSOCIATES FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE DES PLAINES
RIVER ROAD WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENT. Motion declared
carried as approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to concur
with Staff recommendation that City Clerk be
authorized to advertise for bids for Street Light
Utility Locates and Repairs, returnable by 3: 00 PM,
Friday, March 18, 2011. Motion declared carried as
approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
ADVERTISING
FOR BIDS:
Consent
Agenda
ORDINANCE
M-4-11/
2011
APPROPRIATION:
Consent
Agenda
ORDINANCE
Z-4-11/
COND. USE/1651
ELK BLVD.:
Consent
Agenda
ORDINANCE
Z-5-11/
VARIATION/
556 S. FOURTH
AVE.:
Consent
Agenda
3/7/11
PAGE FIVE
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to concur
with Staff recommendation that City Clerk be
authorized to advertise for bids for Stretchers of
Front-Line Ambulances for the Fire Department,
returnable by 3:00 PM, Friday, March 18, 2011.
Motion declared carried as approved unanimously under
Consent Agenda.
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to concur
with Staff recommendation that City Clerk be
authorized to advertise for bids for Parkway Tree
Maintenance, returnable by 3:00 PM, Friday, March 25,
2011. Motion declared carried as approved
unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to adopt
Ordinance M-4-11, AN ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS
TO DE FREY THE EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES,
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES
DESIGNATED AS THE "ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BILL" FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2011 AND ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 2011. Motion declared carried as
approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to adopt
Ordinance Z-4-11, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.3-6 C. OF THE
DES PLAINES ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW A MASSAGE
THERAPY SCHOOL AT AN EXISTING ESTHETICS SCHOOL
(COMMERCIAL SCHOOL) AT 1651 ELK BOULEVARD, DES
PLAINES, ILLINOIS (CASE #10-064-CU) . Motion declared
carried as approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by
Ordinance
VARIATION
Haugeberg, seconded by Robinson, to adopt
Z-5-11, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A
TO SEC I TON 7. 2-4 D. OF THE CITY OF DES
PLAINES ZONING ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE AN ADDITION TO
AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOME WITH LIVING AREA ABOVE
THE SECOND FLOOR (3 STORIES) AT 556 S. FOURTH AVENUE,
DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS (CASE #10-065-V). Motion
declared carried
Consent Agenda.
as approved unanimously under
MAYOR MOYLAN DECLARED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS NOW
RESOLVED INTO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
WARRANT
REGISTER:
DISSOLUTION OF
THE CIVIL
SERVICE
COMMISSION:
WARRANT
REGISTER:
Resolution
R-29-11
3/7/11
PAGE SIX
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION -Alderman Higgason, Chair
Moved by Haugeberg, seconded by Bogusz, to recommend
to the City Council approval of the March 7, 2011 -
Warrant Register, in the total amount of
$2, 915, 747. 85; and further recommend that Resolution
R-29-11 be adopted at appropriate time this evening.
Motion declared carried.
Director of Human Resources Earl reviewed his memo of
February 24, 2011 regarding the dissolution of the
Civil Service Commission; Staff is recommending that
the City Council exercise its right under home rule
powers to dissolve the Civil Service Commission by
deleting Title 2 -Chapter 8 -Civil Service of the
City Code as detailed in Ordinance M-5-11.
Alderman Brookman stated that this is a significant
change; some employees would not be covered if the
Commission is eliminated; this should go through the
Legal & Licensing Committee; a policy manual is not
the same as an independent party.
Moved by Brookman, seconded by Walsten, to recommend
to the City Council to refer the matter of the
Dissolution of the Civil Service Commission and
Ordinance M-5-11 to the Finance Committee for further
review and report back to the City Council at a later
date. Motion declared carried.
MAYOR MOYLAN ASSUMED THE CHAIR AND DECLARED THE CITY
COUNCIL BACK IN SESSION.
Moved by Higgason, seconded by Haugeberg, to concur
with recommendation of Committee of the Whole to
adopt Resolution R-29-11, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES THAT THE FOLLOWING
BILLS ARE DUE AND PAYABLE AND THAT THE MAYOR AND
CITY CLERK BE AND ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE
PAYMENT FOR SAME. Total: $2,915,747.85. Upon roll
call, the vote was:
AYES: 7-Haugeberg, Robinson, Bogusz, Higgason,
Brookman, Walsten, Argus
NAYS: 0-None
ABSENT: 1-Wilson
Motion declared carried.
DISSOLUTION OF
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION:
Ordinance
M-5-11
ADJOURNMENT:
3/7/11
PAGE SEVEN
Moved by Higgason, seconded by Haugeberg, to concur
with recommendation of Committee of the Whole to
refer the matter of the Dissolution of the Civil
Service Commission and Ordinance M-5-11 to the
Finance Committee for further review and report back
to the City Council at a later date. Upon roll call,
the vote was:
AYES: 7-Haugeberg, Robinson, Bogusz, Higgason,
Brookman, Walsten, Argus
NAYS: 0-None
ABSENT: 1-Wilson
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Robinson, seconded by Haugeberg, that the
regular meeting of the City Council adjourn. Motion
declared carried. Meeting a · ur ed at 7:37 p.m.
CLERK
APPROVED BY ME THIS
DAY OF ~/ , 2011