Village of Wauconda Village Board met January 16.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
1. Call To Order
Mayor Knight called the Regular Village Board Meeting to order in the Village Hall at 7:00 pm
2. Pledge Of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Boy Scout Troop 90.
3. Roll Call
Upon roll call by Clerk Falk-Novak, the following Trustees were present: Trustees Starkey, Arnswald, Black, Howe, Schlick
Absent: Trustee Morino
Quorum Present
Also present: Kevin Timony (Village Administrator), Chris Miller (Director of Building, Planning, and Zoning), Police Chief Wermes and Rudy Magna (Village Attorney)
4. Public Comment:
No public comment.
5. Presentation Of Citizen Life Saving Award To Mark Konicek
Chief Wermes presented an award on behalf of the Village of Wauconda, The Wauconda Police Department and the Wauconda Fire Department to Mark Konicek, who is a Middleton’s on Main employee, for his heroic actions taken on Friday, December 15, 2017, for saving the life of a patron who was choking on her food and required immediate life-saving measures. Because of his actions, the patron made a full recovery.
6. Approval Of Agenda
(Last Ordinance No. was 2017-O-40) (Last Resolution No. was 2017-R-22)
Motion to Approve the Agenda made by Trustee Schlick, second Trustee Howe.
Ayes 5 Nays 0
Motion Declared Carried
7. Motion To Approve Consideration Of Consent Agenda By Omnibus Vote
Motion to approve consideration of Consent Agenda by Omnibus Vote made by Trustee Howe, second Trustee Black.
Ayes 5 Nays 0
Motion Declared Carried
8. Consent Agenda
A. Approval of the Bills for Payment from December 13, 2017 through January 9, 2018 in the Amount $944,866.76. (Pgs. 3-42)
B. Minutes of the December 19, 2017 Regular Village Board Meeting (Pgs. 43-47)
C. Consideration for Approval Pay Request No. 1 for the Lake Michigan Water Internal Improvements Phase 3B to Manusos General Contracting Inc. (Pgs. 48-55)
9. Motion To Approve Items A Through C On The Consent Agenda
Motion to Approve Items A through C on the Consent Agenda made by Trustee Black, second Trustee Arnswald.
Ayes 5 Nays 0
Motion Declared Carried
10. New Business
A. (Action) Consideration for Approval of an Ordinance Granting a Variance From Sign Regulations Contained Within Section 152.08 of the Code of Wauconda to Allow a Wall Sign for Tractor Supply Company (600 W. Liberty Street) (Pgs. 56-58) (Ordinance No. 2018-O-01)
The Village Code Chapter 152 Sign Ordinance regulation limits the size of business wall signs to a maximum of 100 square feet. Tractor Supply Company (TSC) is opening a store in the former Dominick's building located at 600 W. Liberty Street., and they are requesting a 192 (8' x 24') square feet wall sign to be located on the front facade of the building. The variance request was considered by the Economic Development Committee at their 12/12/17 meeting and the Committee found that the TSC location is setback considerable distance from the highway compared to other business, and also that the adjacent storage facility sign was granted similar relief as part of a zoning conditional use permit process. The EDC recommended granting the requested wall sign variance.
Motion to approve Ordinance Granting a Variance From Sign Regulations contained Within Section 152.08 of the Code of Wauconda to Allow a Wall Sign for Tractor Supply Company (600 W. Liberty Street) made by Trustee Arnswald, second Trustee Starkey.
Ayes 5 Nays 0
Motion Declared Carried
B. (Action) Consideration for Approval of a Resolution Establishing a Policy Prohibiting Discrimination and Harassment for the Village of Wauconda. (Pgs. 59-65) (Resolution No. 2018-R-01)
Administrator Timony: Last November the state passed a new law requiring all municipalities to pass a policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment. The Village already had a discrimination and harassment policy in place which has been updated to include requirements to be in compliance with the new law. A provision was added to include “non-village employees” as well. Once the policy is approved, training will be implemented.
Motion to approve a Resolution Establishing a Policy Prohibiting Discrimination and Harassment for the Village of Wauconda made by Trustee Starkey, second Trustee Schlick.
Ayes 5 Nays 0
Motion Declared Carried
C. (Action) Waiver of 24-Hour Seasonal Temporary Fishing Shelter Permit Application Fee for January 27, 2018 LVVA Ice Fishing Derby and February 10, 2018 Walk on Water Ice Fishing Tournament Participants (Pg. 66)
Administrator Timony: As part of the Village’s Special Event Policy, there is a $2 per participant contribution to help with the restocking of fish. Trustee Black thanked the board for taking this into consideration as this is a fundraiser and Trustee Howe interjected that all benefits will be going to Veterans R&R.
Motion to approve Waiver of 24-Hour Seasonal Temporary Fishing Shelter Permit Application Fee for January 27, 2018 LVVA Ice Fishing Derby and February 10, 2018 Walk on Water Ice Fishing Tournament Participants made by Trustee Schlick, second Trustee Howe.
Ayes 5 Nays 0
Motion Declared Carried
D. (Action) Consideration for Approval of a Market Analysis and Redevelopment Strategy Proposal with SB Friedman Development Advisors for the Triangle Area TIF District (Pgs. 67-73)
Chris Miller: In 2013 the Village established a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District as provided under the State of Illinois Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act. In establishing the District, the Village approved a Redevelopment Plan which provides for "Master Planning" along with a number of projects related to infrastructure and development improvements. In recent months the Economic Development Committee and Staff have discussed the TIF District including next steps and strategies to bring redevelopment to the area consistent with the Redevelopment Plan. At the January meeting, Staff presented two proposals received from leading firms experienced with economic development and preparing market studies to the EDC. The Committee selected the S.B. Freidman proposal and recommended that the proposal be brought to the Village Board for approval. The S.B. Freidman proposal consists of two phases. Phase 1: Market Analysis and Phase 2: Prepare Redevelopment Strategy. At this time only, Phase 1 is being considered for Village Board approval. TIF Funds will be used to pay for the study. The TIF fund balance as of April 30, 2017 was $87,162 with planned encumbrances of $21,450 for a stormwater study currently in process. The Economic Development Committee is recommending the Village Board accept the S.B. Freidman proposal and authorize the spending of not-to-exceed $24,900 of TIF funds for this purpose.
Trustee Howe: This is one of the reasons that we established the TIF is to be able to fund studies like this to help develop this blighted area without having to dip into general revenue funds. This gives us yet another tool to effectively take advantage of the TIF and spur development in the area. Trustee Starkey added that the committee looked at several options and S.B. Freidman was the preferred vendor. She also mentioned that one of the committee members, Doug Buster, has worked with them before and they come highly recommended. Trustee Schlick added that having Doug’s input was really valuable and feels S.B. Freidman will give us a true and honest assessment of what will go in that area.
Motion to approve a Market Analysis and Redevelopment Strategy Proposal with SB Friedman Development Advisors for the Triangle Area TIF District made by Trustee Howe, second Trustee Black.
Ayes 5 Nays 0
Motion Declared Carried
11. Mayor’s Report
The Mayor wished everyone a Happy New Year and stated he is looking forward to a great 2018. One of the items coming up, in which he has already met with Administrator Timony several times to discuss, is setting up dates to review our Strategic Plan. It has been several years since we have worked on this and it is time to give it a thorough review and some updates. This will begin once the budget process is complete. This will give us a better idea of where we are financially and what we have to work with for our future. He thanked McDonald’s for re-investing in our community. They had their re-opening tonight and he apologized that he was not able to attend due to an appointment. He thanked our Public Works Department for their hard work during this last snow event.
12. Committee Reports & Trustee Comments
Trustee Starkey
The Economic Development Committee Meeting met last week and they discussed the TIF Market Analysis (Phase I) which should be completed in the next several months. The sign variance for Synergy Flavors was also discussed and will be brought to the board in February. The Tractor Supply Company wall sign was approved tonight. They have begun site improvements and plan to open in early spring of 2018. She attended the McDonald’s Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony this afternoon. The exterior and interior facility looks great and includes high-tech ordering and many improvements. She thanked them for their continued investment in the community. She congratulated Administrator Timony on the new addition to his family. She also mentioned that the FBLA is in need of adult volunteers to act as judges for their upcoming conference on January 28th and to contact Wendy Mills for more information.
Trustee Arnswald
There is no committee report this week. He congratulated Mark for his award tonight and for his great job in jumping in and saving a life. He also thanked the Fire and Police Departments for their involvement. He attended the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at McDonald’s this afternoon and said the facility was just amazing. He congratulated Administrator Timony on the new addition to his family.
Trustee Black
The Natural Resources Committee meeting was held tonight and the big topic was recycling. A SWALCO representative attended and spoke to the group. They will work with SWALCO to implement a program, beginning with the Village Hall, and analyze what we are doing right and wrong which will be carried out to other Village Departments. He will also be attending a SWALCO meeting Thursday night and will report back at the next Village meeting. He mentioned that he attended the Chamber Awards Ceremony last Friday and congratulated Trustee Starkey for the award that she was presented. It was a great room full of a lot of people from town. A lot of businesses were represented and a lot of very qualified people won awards. The Chili Cook-Off will take place on Friday 1/26 at the American Legion at 6 PM and the Ice Fishing Derby will take place the following day on 1/27 at 7 AM. They are hoping to attract 600 participants this year and all proceeds benefit Veterans R&R.
Trustee Howe
The Village’s new electronic sign continues to be tweaked and he mentioned that Alise has done a great job of adapting to what we need from the baseline of what the sign company gave us and look forward to continued improvement especially with landscaping in the spring. He thanked McDonald's for the great improvements they made and stated it looks fantastic. He thanked Mark and congratulated him on his award. He happened to be there when this took place and stated Mark and the Middleton’s crew handled the situation so quickly and efficiently as well as the extremely quick response by the Fire Department.
Trustee Schlick
Congratulations and a thank you to Mark as well as the Fire and Police Departments for all they did in saving the Middleton’s patron’s life. He mentioned the “Adopt a Hydrant” program the Lions and Rotary Clubs along with the Fire Department implemented and stated it was a great program. He asked that residents “like” their Facebook page and take care of our hydrants.
Trustee Morino
Absent
13. Adjournment
Motion to adjourn made by Trustee Black, second Trustee Arnswald.
Ayes 5 Nays 0
Motion Declared Carried
Adjourn Time 7:23 pm
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