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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-06-25 Board MinutesMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MORTON GROVE COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, HELD AT THE RICHARD T. FLICKINGER MUNICIPAL CENTER JUNE 25, 2012 CALL TO ORDER I. Village President Dan Staackmann called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and directed the Clerk to call the roll. II. Village Clerk Tony Kalogerakos called the roll. Present were: Trustees Dan DiMaria, Larry Gomberg, Bill Grear, Shel Marcus, John Thill, and Maria Toth. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Regarding the Minutes of the Special Meeting of June 11, 2012, Trustee DiMaria moved, seconded by Trustee Toth, to accept the Minutes as presented. Motion passed unanimously via voice vote. b. c. IV. Regarding the Minutes of the June 11, 2012 Regular Board Meeting, Trustee DiMaria moved, seconded by Trustee Toth, to accept the Minutes as presented. Motion passed unanimously via voice vote. SPECIAL REPORTS 1. Presentation by Commonwealth Edison Representative Jeff Batara Village Administrator Ryan Horne introduced Jeff Batara of ComEd. a. Mr. Battara said ComEd was pleased to present several new ways that the company is improving communication with its customers. He gave some background on himself. He has been with ComEd for 23 years and recently replaced Eric Duray due to internal reorganization. He worked the last few years with Chicago City Hall and also was Eric's back-up from 2008 to 2011. Mr. Battara said he was pleased to inform the assemblage of enhancements to the ComEd customer experience. One new enhancement is called "'Factor" and it can be found on ComEd's website: www.comed.com. This enhancement allows customers to view outages by town, county, even general neighborhood. This is similar to a feature that has previously been provided to municipalities only called "eOutage". Minutes of June 25, 2012 Board Meeting IV. SPECIAL REPORTS (continued) c. iFactor allows customers to view the number of outages related to a specific ticket. Customers can see online the number of outages, their cause, and an estimated time for restoration. d. Another new enhancement is a mobile application (app), the result of listening to customer feedback. ComEd has also increased the number of trunk and phone lines to its Customer Service Center. The mobil app allows customers to report an outage, check the status of an outage, make a payment, view account activity, locate payment centers, and enroll in budget billing. The app is available for smartphones or iPads at the app store and is called ComEd.com. People need to have an established online account with ComEd, and they would log in to the app with the same user name and password information. e. Yet another new feature is two-way text messaging. By texting "IN" to 26633 (which is ComEd), customers will be asked for their account number of the social security number of the account holder or the phone number on the ComEd account. That will "enroll" the customer to receive text updates regarding outages, account activity, etc. Customers can text "OUT" to 26633 if they decide they no longer want to receive text updates. f. Customers also have the ability to compare energy usage and savings with friends on Facebook via https://social.opower.com. g. Lastly, Mr. Battara said there is a new sweepstakes called "Coolest Ever Sweepstakes" where customers can compete and receive cool prizes. This is also to help educate customers about energy conservation. There is a link to the sweepstakes on ComEd's Facebook page. h. Mayor Staackmann asked Mr. Battara if all of this information was available on the ComEd website (it is) and if he would give the information to Village Administrator Horne. V PUBLIC HEARINGS NONE VI. RESIDENTS' COMMENTS (Agenda Items Only) NONE VII. PRESIDENT'S REPORT Mayor Staackmann asked for a motion to concur with his appointment of Drew Massa to the Economic Development Commission. Trustee Grear so moved, seconded by Trustee DiMaria. Motion passed: 6 ayes, 0 nays. Tr. DiMaria gyp_ Tr. Gomberg acre Tr. Grear ave Tr. Marcus ave Tr. Thill aye Tr. Toth afire 2 . = 4+>t:!t*`' .•� °� ; ?�siti-.�',1s �:r� ?'~�.;i�:g�,r,�,� .x'�; ti ,e ,? :.,- �.':: 1;'.Minutes;ofdJune{254012ABbardfil,_ tin PRESIDENT'S REPORT (continued) Mayor Staackmann asked for a motion to concur with his appointment of Remy Navarrete as the Village's new Finance Director. Trustee Thill so moved, seconded by Trustee DiMaria. Motion passed: 6 ayes, 0 nays. Tr. DiMaria aye Tr. Gomberg ave Tr. Greer aye Tr. Marcus aye Tr. Thill ave Tr. Toth aye VIII. CLERK'S REPORT Clerk Kalogerakos had no formal report, but said he was looking forward to the upcoming Morton Grove Days festivities. He encouraged everyone to come out and have a good time! IX. STAFF REPORTS A. Village Administrator: Village Administrator Ryan Horne had no report. Corporation Counsel: Corporation Counsel Liston had no report. X. TRUSTEES' REPORTS A. Trustee DiMaria: 1. Trustee DiMaria presented Resolution 12-54, Authorization to Execute a Letter of Commitment to the Advocate Lutheran General Emergency Medical Services System. He explained that adoption of this resolution and associated Letter of Commitment will allow the Morton Grove Fire Department to transition all paramedic certification, continuing education, supervision, and operations from the current Resource Hospital, St. Francis of Evanston. The change of hospital affiliation will result in increased efficiencies in the delivery of pre -hospital care to the Morton Grove community. b. Trustee DiMaria said that all providers of EMS (paramedic) services in the State of Illinois must "affiliate" their organizations with a Resource Hospital recognized by the Illinois Depart- ment of Health. The Resource Hospital acts as a central point of education, supervision, and coordination for all EMS activities under licenses granted to the provider by the State. St. Francis of Evanston has been the Resource Hospital for Morton Grove paramedics since the early 1980's. Recently, the Advocate organization has committed to a corporate philosophy that places pre -hospital emergency medical services as a priority in its community mission. Last year, Advocate Lutheran General approached the fire departments in Glenview, Morton Grove, Niles, Park Ridge, and the North Maine Fire Protection District about changing hospital affiliations. The other four fire organizations have indicated their intent to affiliate with Advocate. a. 3 1% J, d's .r.4,‘ •' i' sites fr9une 25,T2a 0112 a ial1Meeiin, X. TRUSTEES' REPORTS (continued) A. Trustee DiMaria: (cont'd.) c. Trustee DiMaria added that approximately 80% of emergency medical services patients from Morton Grove are transported to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. The Village will save over $2,700 in continuing education costs by making this switch. Trustee DiMaria moved, seconded by Trustee Grear, to approve Resolution 12-54. Motion passed: 6 ayes, 0 nays. Tr. DiMaria aye Tr. Gomberg aye Tr. Grear awe Tr. Marcus aye Tr. Thill aye Tr. Toth aye Trustee Gomberg: Trustee Gomberg had no report. C. Trustee Grear: Trustee Grear had no format report, but did have several announcements. a. First, the Economic Development Commission is seeking nominees for its 2012 Community Choice Business Awards. Everyone can nominate candidates in three different categories: Building Appearance, Grounds/Landscaping, and Signage. He encouraged everyone to nominate as many candidates as they'd like. Businesses may be nominated for one, two. or all three categories. Nominations must be received by the end of July. Residents can nominate at commdev car mortonaroveil.orq. Next, Trustee Grear announced that there will be a public meeting tomorrow night (June 26) at the Civic Center at 7:00 p.m. held in conjunction with the CMAP Industrial Area project. The Village and CMAP are looking for community input about industrial areas of Morton Grove. c. Lastly, Trustee Grear encouraged everyone to come out to Morton Grove Days. TRUSTEES' REPORTS (continued) D. Trustee Marcus: 1. Trustee Marcus presented Ordinance 12-23, Establishing the Prevailing Rate of Wages for Laborers, Mechanics, and Other Workers in the Village of Morton Grove Employed in Performing Construction of Public Works for the Village. This is the second reading of this ordinance. 4 Minutes of June 25, 2012 Board Meeting X. TRUSTEES' REPORTS (continued) D. Trustee Marcus: (continued) a. Trustee Marcus explained that this ordinance is required for the Village to be in compliance with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, which requires that a contractor or subcontractor pay laborers, workers, and mechanics employed on public works projects no less than the general prevailing rate of wages as established by the Village. The term "public works" is defined by the Act to mean all fixed works constructed by any public body or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. Each June, the Village is required to investigate and establish the prevailing rate of wages. b. 2. Trustee Marcus said that this ordinance adopts the prevailing wage rates established by the Illinois Department of Labor for Cook Count as the prevailing wage rates for public works projects in Morton Grove. Trustee Marcus moved, seconded by Trustee Toth, to approve Resolution 12-47. Motion passed: 6 ayes, 0 nays. Tr. DiMaria aie Tr. Gomberg Tr. Grear awe Tr. Marcus aye Tr. Thillafire Tr. Toth lyre Trustee Marcus then introduced for action this evening Resolution 12-53, Authorizing the Execution of a Contract With Bill's Painting Company for the Waukegan Road Street Light Pole Painting Project. He explained that the ornamental street light poles installed along Waukegan Road from Dempster Street to Golf Road need to be painted to protect against further corrosion and to restore their decorative appearance. This project was bid out and the bids were open and read in May. Bill's Painting Company was the low bidder in the amount of $21,108, and Public Works staff has concluded that the company is capable of satisfactorily performing this work. Trustee Marcus moved, seconded by Trustee Thill, to approve Resolution 12-53. Motion passed: 6 ayes, 0 nays. Tr. DiMaria aye Tr. Gomberg Tr. Grear aye Tr. Marcus afire Tr. ThiII aye Tr. Toth aye Trustee Grear commented that he was surprised to see the range of differences in the bids. 3. Trustee Marcus echoed his colleagues' comments about participating in the Morton Grove Days festivities. He said that he would be working in the Information Booth on July 3rd, and hoped everyone would come out and say hi. E. Trustee Thill: Trustee Thill had no report. 5 Minutes of June 25, 2012 Board Meetin. X. F. Trustee Toth: Trustee Toth had no report. XI. TRUSTEES' REPORTS (continued) OTHER BUSINESS NONE XII. WARRANTS Trustee Toth presented the Warrants in the amount of $634,288.54. She moved to approve the Warrants, seconded by Trustee Thill. There was no discussion. Upon the vote, the motion passed: 5 ayes, 0 nays, 1 abstain. Tr. DiMaria abstain Tr. Gomberg awe Tr. Grear aye Tr. Marcus ayl Tr. Thill aye Tr. Toth ayre XIII. RESIDENTS' COMMENTS Eric Poders, 7940 Foster Street. Mr. Poders read a prepared statement noting that rumors are circulating in town. He encouraged people to realize that there are open meetings for the public to attend and see and hear about what's happening in the Village. There are also closed meetings, but minutes are taken and recorded for possible future use, or destroyed if deemed applicable, in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Mr. Poders that the types of things discussed in closed meetings are generally related to personnel, real estate, litigation and labor negotiations. Public officials have explained that it is vital—and illegal—to "leak" or disseminate information from closed meetings for several reasons. Closed meetings are a tool to discuss the hiring, firing, disciplinary action, or other issues with personnel. They are also used to discuss the probability of a developer or business coming to town and other real estate topics. If real estate and development are discussed within a community before the necessary applications, permits, and licenses are applied for, it enables other municipalities to persuade or steal that developer or business owner to do business in their town. Mr. Poders said that the citizens of a community should band together, especially in these current difficult economic times, to bring about positive change. If they see an issue to which they want answer, they should become more involved. Once an idea or concept becomes public, residents are enabled through the use of regular meetings, special meetings, work- shops, and other communication tools to bring about change through new and fresh ideas, civility in public discourse, respectful discussion, and open dialogue. Rumors are rumors and facts are facts. 6 Minutes of June 25, 2012 Board Meeting XIV. ADJOURNMENT/EXECUTIVE SESSION Trustee Marcus moved to adjourn the Meeting. Trustee Toth seconded the motion. Motion passed: 6 ayes, 0 nays. Tr. DiMaria aye Tr. Gomberg gyp Tr. Grear aye Tr. Marcus aye Tr. ThiII gyp Tr. Toth aye The meeting adjourned at 7:32 p.m. PASSED this 9th day of July, 2012. Trustee DiMaria Trustee Gomberg Trustee Grear Trustee Marcus Trustee Thill Trustee Toth pis 9th day of July, 2012. /!% Daniel �. Staa 'n, Village President Board of Trus ees, Morton Grove, Illinois APPROVED and FILED in my office this 10th day of July, 2012. lam' A4 /yam. Tony S. Kalogerakos, Village Clerk Village of Morton Grove, Cook County, Illinois Minutes by: Teresa Cousar 7