Village of East Hazel Crest Village Board met Jan. 12.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
Regular Meeting of the President and Board of Trustees via ZOOM at7pm
Officials: Mayor Thomas A. Brown, Administrator Lazuka and Clerk Minnis
Roll Call: Trustees Forte, Johnson, Ewan, Ortiz, were present, Trustees Wideman & Kearns joined later.
Also present PD Chief Janich and Deputy Fire Chief Mills & PW Director King.
Minutes: Trustees Ewan & Forte made the motions to approve the minutes of the 12/8/21 regular meeting. All trustees present were in favor
Reports of Village Officials:
Mayor's Report:
1) Ordinance 21-06, Amending Chapter 10 Article XII room rental. Trustees Ewan and Johnson made the motions to adopt Ord. 21-06 making it illegal to rent a hotel room for less than 24 hrs. Roll Call: All trustees present voted aye .. Tr. Kearns and Wideman were delayed. Mtn. carried.
2) Ordinance 21-07; reducing the Hotel tax from 20% to 5%.
Trustees Johnson and Forte made the motions to adopt Ord. 21-07,
Roll Call: all trustees present voted aye. Tr. Keams and Wideman were delayed. Mtn. carried.
3) Ordinance 21-08; Setting places for eating tax. Trustees Ortiz and Forte made the motions to adopt Ord. 21-08 Places for eating in tax at 1 %. Roll Call: all trustees present voted aye. Trustees Keams and Wideman were delayed. Mtn. carried ..
4) Resolution 21-08 acknowledging CSCV Bureau as Convention & Visitors Bureau as Bureau of Record. Trustees Forte and Johnson made the motions to adopt Resolution 21-08. All trustees present were in favor. Tr. Kearns and Wideman were delayed. Mtn. carried.
Clerk: Clerk Minnis reported the lively surge in residents purchasing 2022 Vehicle Stickers. Mayor Brown noted several locations in town where he observed vehicles without village stickers. PD will look into this situation.
Trustees Kearns and Wideman arrived.
Administrator's Report:
1. Administrator Lazuka asked members to consider extra sick days for employees if quarantined for Covid , She requested 40 hrs,be granted to be used if the employee needed to quarantine after exposure to someone positive for COVID. Discussion followed. Trustee Ewan and Ortiz made motions to approve 40 hours of COVID sick time for those Full-Time employees testing positive for the COVID virus. Proof of a positive test would be required to collect this sick time. Part . time employees would be afforded prorated compensation with presentation of the required proof of COVID virus. This provision is for calendar year 2022. Roll Call: All trustees voted aye. Mtn. carried.
Members spoke of nearby by Testing Stations: 170 & Dixie and 175th & Dixie.
2) Adm. Lazuka asked for consideration and action to approve the PD union contract 1 year extension. Trustees Kearns and Ortiz made the motions to approve the I-year extension of the contract with a 2% raise. Roll Call: all trustees voted aye. Mtn. carried.
3)Adm. Lazuka asked for the Board to approve extending sale contracts on four (4) parcels ofland with Realtor Joann Bartelson: After discussion, Trustees Ortiz and Kearns made the motions to extend contract for three (4) parcels: 1515 W. 172nd St, 1529 W. 172nd St. and 1315 W. 172nd St. and 1411 W. 172nd St. Roll Call: all trustees voted aye. Motions carried.
There is a buyer for ½ of the property owned by the Village at
1110 W. 175t St.. Discussion followed if the property should be sub divided. This item will be discussed at the next meeting.
Adm. Lazuka reported one of our new PD officers has been working on applications for grants for PD and recently received her first grant for the Village. Officer Grennes received a $2,350.00 grant to be used for AEDs;.
OPEN TO VISITORS: no input.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Streets: Tr. Forte had some complaints oflandscaping material in
Driveways, people walking between houses, neighbor's damaged car, garbage cans being left out for days after garbage pickup.
Letters will be sent out to the offending residents.
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Mayor Brown reported on new legislation from Springfield that state anyone under the age of 16 can operate a lemonade stand.
Finance/License:
1) Trustees Johnson and Kearns made the motions to approve all bills on the Claims Sheet dated 12/27 /21 in the amount of $84,470.09. Roll Call: all trustees voted aye. Motions carried.
SIGNS: Tr. Kearns had nothing to report.
HEAL TH/SAFETY /PERSONNEL; Tr. Ewan had nothing to report.
WATER/SEWERS; No report by Tr. Wideman,
Mayor Brown inquired of Adm. Lazuka about any resistance to the current water improvements. She replied that we did have one resident who has refused the free upgrade of the lead service lines.
The Village is 93% completed with this project. Tr. Ewan commented that after the contractor had left her house, she had a water leak and notified the contractor. A repairman was on site 'within minutes" to correct the problem.
POLICE/FIRE: Tr. Ortiz. had nothing to report.
OLD BUSINESS - Tr. Forte inquired if the sidewalk could be extended from 175th & Loomis. Discussion followed. This subject will be looked into in Spring, 2022.
New Business: Mayor Brown reported on Work on the Casino. It has come to light that 500 additional parking spaces will be needed and so an additional garage is planned. A 2nd Hotel tower is proposed to be located adjacent to the garage. Homewood is working on the process to accommodate the garage and possible hotel structure.
East Hazel Crest and Homewood will also need to vacate a portion of 174th Street for this project.
Executive Session: Trustees Ewan and Wideman made the motions to adjourn to Executive Session to discuss: employment issues.
Adjournment & Reconvene to regular session to Adjourn: Trustees Ortiz and Johnson made the motions to adjourn. All trustees were in favor. Mtn. carried. Time: 8:17 pm
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