Village of Palos Park Board of Commissioners met Nov. 11.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Board of Commissioners of the Village of Palos Park, Cook County, Illinois held its regular meeting on Monday, November 11, 2019. Mayor Mahoney called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Answering to roll call were Commissioners Milovich-Walters, Polk, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney. Commissioner Reed was not in attendance.
Also in attendance were Marie Arrigoni, Village Clerk; Rick Boehm, Village Manager; Tom Bayer, Village Attorney; Howard Jablecki, Assistant Village Attorney; Mike Sibrava, Public Works Director; Lauren Pruss, Community Development Director; Barbara Maziarek, Finance Director; Joe Miller, Police Chief; Mose Rickey, Parks and Recreation Director; and Cathy Gabel, Deputy Village Clerk.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 28, 2019: Commissioner Polk moved, seconded by Commissioner Milovich-Walters, to approve the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held on October 28, 2019 as presented.
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Polk, Milovich-Walters, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
VETERANS DAY MOMENT OF SILENCE: Mayor Mahoney asked for a moment of silence to pay our respects to those who have served in our military.
RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/APPOINTMENTS/PRESENTATIONS:
FISCAL YEAR 2019 AUDIT PRESENTATION: Commissioner Pavlatos reported the Village’s financial statements have been audited by Lauterbach & Amen, LLP, a firm of licensed certified public accountants. Brad Porter reported on highlights of the audit and a summary of the Village’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The audit is to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019 are free of material misstatement. The independent audit involved examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements; assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management; and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Lauterbach & Amen has issued an unmodified (“clean”) opinion on the Village’s financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2019. The Government Finance Officers Association has awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the Village of Palos Park for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year ended April 30, 2018.
COOK COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN PRESENTATION: Frank Flores, Palos Park Police Officer and Emergency Management Agency Director, was unable to attend tonight’s meeting. Mayor Mahoney entertained a motion to move the Cook County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Presentation to the November 25, 2019 Council meeting.
Commissioner Polk moved, seconded by Commissioner Milovich-Walters, to move the Cook County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Presentation and Resolution authorizing the adoption of the Cook County Multi-Jurisdictional Mitigation Plan to the November 25, 2019 Council meeting.
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Polk, Milovich-Walters, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
HEARINGS: None
CONSENT AGENDA
All items on the consent agenda are routine or have been brought forward at the direction of the Board of Commissioners and will be enacted with one motion. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.
Commissioner Polk moved, seconded by Commissioner Milovich-Walters to:
A. approve the Intergovernmental Agreement for the Provision of Environmental Health Inspectional Services (Palos Park restaurant inspections) for the time period December 1, 2019 through November 30, 2020 at a cost of $100.00 per inspection
B. approve payment of invoices on the Warrant List dated November 11, 2019 in the amount of $335,190.70l
C. approve the Supplemental Warrant List dated November 11, 2019 for manual checks, payroll, and recurring wire transfers in the amount of $422,056.59
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Polk, Milovich-Walters, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
OLD BUSINESS: None
BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS: None
INFORMATION & UPDATES:
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND STREETS/RECREATION & PARKS, NICOLE MILOVICH-WALTERS:
DEBT WRITE-OFF: Utility Billing staff have determined that eight inactive/closed accounts have balances totaling $1,492.01 that are uncollectable. Current procedures for collection have been exhausted. To remove account balances from monthly utility billing reports, the balance must be “written off” and then manually removed from the account.
Commissioner Milovich-Walters moved, seconded by Commissioner Polk, to approve writing off debt in the amount of $1,492.01 for eight inactive/closed utility accounts.
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Milovich-Walters, Polk, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
MONROE TRUCK EQUIPMENT SAFETY PACKAGE PROPOSAL: Commissioner Milovich-Walters
reported Village Council previously approved $35,397.00 to purchase a Nissan Utility Cargo Van to include a safety package from Monroe Truck Equipment. Public Works negotiated the price from the Nissan dealership to include a 96 month/120,000 mile warranty and the internal safety equipment. The new price from Nissan is $33,312.81. Monroe submitted a revised proposal to install the safety package at a cost of $3,533.00.
Commissioner Milovich-Walters moved, seconded by Commissioner Polk, to approve the revised proposal from Monroe Truck Equipment in the amount of $3,533.00
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Milovich-Walters, Polk, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
METROPOLITAN INDUSTRIES INC. PROPOSAL FOR CONTROL PANEL AND SUBMERSIBLE TRANSDUCER AT RAMSGATE LIFT STATION: Public Works is requesting to upgrade the controls at the Ramsgate Sanitary Sewer Lift Station allowing them to remotely monitor the station and to monitor flows in accordance with new MWRD requirements. The service quotation from Metropolitan Industries is in the amount of $9,426.25 for new controls, control panel and a submersible transducer.
Commissioner Milovich-Walters moved, seconded by Commissioner Polk, to approve the proposal from Metropolitan Industries for a new control system and control panel for the Ramsgate Lift Station in the amount of $9,426.25.
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Milovich-Walters, Polk, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
COMMISSIONER OF BUILDING & PUBLIC PROPERTY, G. DARRYL REED:
BUILDING DEPARTMENT REPORT: In Commissioner Reed’s absence, Mayor Mahoney reported the Building Department issued ten (10) permits from October 25, 2019 – November 6, 2019 resulting in $1,900.00 in permit fees. Thirty-seven (37) inspections were completed during this time. No occupancy permits were issued.
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, DANIEL POLK:
POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT: Commissioner Polk reported the Police Department received 1,807 calls for service from October 28, 2019 through November 10, 2019. Palos Park Police also issued 44 adjudication tickets, 23 traffic tickets, 34 written warnings, 37 verbal warnings, completed 24 case reports, arrested 3 adults, 0 juveniles, 1 impound, 14 senior checks, 24 citizen assists and 41 community contact hours.
ADOPTION OF THE COOK COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN: Adoption of the Cook County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan has been moved to the November 25, 2019 Council meeting.
2019 PALOS PARK POLICE CADET FOOD DRIVE: The Palos Park Police Cadet Program will be
holding their 20th Annual Holiday Food Drive. Donations of non-perishable foods will be accepted through January 1, 2020. All donations will go to the Palos Township Food Pantry located at 10802 S. Roberts Road, Palos Hills, IL. Palos Township serves families from Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Hickory Hills, Worth, Willow Springs and parts of Orland Park. Drop off sites are the Palos Park Recreation Center, Palos Park Library, Paos Park Metra Station, and the Palos Park Kaptur Administrative Center. To request a pick-up or more information please call 708.671.3770.
COMMISSIONER OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCES, JAMES PAVLATOS:
Commissioner Pavlatos had no formal report this evening however, he attended the Palos Park Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony earlier in the day and reiterated his thanks to the veterans for their service to the United States.
MAYOR’S REPORT:
PUBLIC SAFETY PENSION FUND CONSOLIDATION: Mayor Mahoney reported there are over 650 separate public safety pension funds systems in the State of Illinois covering both police and fire pensions, each with its own governing board. Consolidating these public pensions has been talked about for several years but legislation introduced never made it to the floor for a vote. The Pension Consolidation Task Force issued its report to Governor Pritzker on October 10, 2019.The report recommends mandatory consolidation of the investment funds into two separate statewide funds, maintaining individual accounts for each company’s pension fund, using the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) as the general model. In response to the Task Force report, Senator John Cullerton has introduced Amendment #1 to SB 616 for action during the current fall Veto Session in Springfield. The Illinois Department of Insurance estimates that if the existing police and fire pensions achieved the same investment returns as other larger Illinois plans (such as IMRF) over the next five years they could generate an additional $820 million to $2.5 billion in investment returns.
Commissioner Polk moved, seconded by Commissioner Milovich-Walters, to pass Resolution 2019-R-08 urging the General Assembly to Enact Public Safety Pension Fund Consolidation in Illinois.
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Polk, Milovich-Walters, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
CLERK’S REPORT: Clerk Arrigoni had no formal report this evening.
MANAGER’S REPORT:
RESOLUTION AND MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLOCATION OF SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN PALOS PARK: Manager Boehm reported the Village of Palos Park previously adopted an ordinance governing the deployment of Small Wireless Facilities within the Village. This ordinance anticipated the adoption of written attachment agreements with individual telecommunications providers relative to their installation of small wireless facilities on Village infrastructure. An attachment agreement governs a number of topics not specifically covered by the Village Code amendments, to include, but not limited to, things like the provision of electricity to the sites, what happens when a pole is damaged and the roles of the parties when poles are damaged
and procedures governing abandonment of sites by providers. The Master License Agreement will serve as the Village’s attachment agreement with Verizon and will govern any of their small cell installations on Village infrastructure within the Village. Verizon will still be required to apply for site specific permits for individual small wireless facility sites which will be processed and reviewed pursuant to the requirements of the Small Wireless Facilities Ordinance, the Village’s adopted written design standards, and the Master License Agreement.
Commissioner Milovich-Walters moved, seconded by Commissioner Polk, to pass a Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a Master License Agreement for the collocation of Small Wireless Facilities located within the Municipal Rights-of-Way (Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a/ Verizon Wireless).
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Milovich-Walters, Polk, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
CONCRETE WORK AT MCCORD GALLERY & CULTURAL CENTER: Manager Boehm reported the outside stairs to the basement of the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center are in disrepair and need to be replaced. This is a required point of egress from the basement area. The Lease Agreement between the village of Palos Park and the McCord House NFP states that it is the Landlord’s (the Village of Palos Park) obligation to make “necessary structural repairs to the McCord House located on the Premises, including, without limiting the foregoing, the foundation, walls, roof, and interior and exterior plumbing, sewer, water and utility lines serving the McCord House.” A quote was received from Dorgan Concrete in the amount of $7,600.00 to remove the existing stairway walls and stairs, and replace the concrete, tying the structures together with rebar. In addition, a new properly pitched 6’x6’ concrete slab would be replaced at the top of the stairway.
Commissioner Milovich-Walters moved, seconded by Commissioner Polk, to approve the proposal from Dorgan Concrete in the amount of $7,600.00 to remove and replace the existing stairway walls and stairs and pour a new properly pitched 6’x6’ concrete slab at the top of the stairway.
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Milovich-Walters, Polk, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
INSTALLATION OF CELLAR DOOR AT MCCORD GALLERY & CULTURAL CENTER: Manager Boehm also reported a new cellar door over the exterior basement stairwell should be installed as the drainage system does not function properly. The door itself will be purchased by the Village at a cost of $906.49 and Kevin Bowers Construction will provide installation of said door at a cost of $400.00.
Commissioner Milovich-Walters moved, seconded by Commissioner Polk, to approve the proposal from Kevin Bowers Construction for the installation of the cellar door at $400.00 and the purchase of the cellar door by the Village at a cost of $906.49.
On the call of the roll, the vote was as follows:
AYES: -4- Commissioners Milovich-Walters, Polk, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
CITIZENS AND VISITORS COMMENT PERIOD: None
ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING: There being no further business, Commissioner Milovich-Walters moved, seconded by Commissioner Polk, to adjourn the meeting at 8:17 p.m.
Upon voice vote, the motion passed with 4 yes votes.
AYES: -4- Commissioners Milovich-Walters, Polk, Pavlatos, and Mayor Mahoney
NAYS: -0-
ABSENT: -1- Commissioner Reed
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