Grundy Reporter

Channahon Village Board met July 2.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

Village President Moorman Schumacher called the meeting to order at 6:28 p.m. and a led the Board in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll call was taken with Trustees Host, Greco, McMillin, Perinar, and Scaggs present. Trustee Slocum was absent.

Also present were Village Administrator Tom Durkin, Director of Community Development and Information Systems Mike Petrick, Finance Director Heather Wagonblott, Chief of Police Shane Casey, Director of Public Works Ed Dolezal, Village Attorney David Silverman and Village Clerk Kristin Hall.

VP Moorman Schumacher informed everyone present that the meeting was being recorded and anyone speaking at the meeting deems his/her consent to the recording of their likeness and speech.

Citizen/Special Requests/Public Hearing:

Citizen Request – Shannon Crego Bartels – Leaf Burning Ordinance Mrs. Crego Bartels thanked everyone for their time and consideration. She stated she is hoping the Board can expand the definition of yard waste to include leaves. She stated she did a community comparison, including 8-9 communities and reviewed each of the ordinances. She stated the vast majority has banned the burning of leaves specifically, based on their hazards. She stated she also included in her considerations talking points raised by the National Lung Association and EPA relative to the hydrocarbons causing irritation to the eyes, nose, throat and lungs, the production of carcinogens and carbon monoxide, and the effects to unborn children and the elderly. She stated that she does not want to ban bonfires, just specifically the issue of leaf burning. She stated she has read numerous studies that have determined the burning of leaves is hazardous.

Casey stated he had a rough draft of an ordinance, which is a work in progress. He stated he wasn’t looking at banning the burning of leaves but wanted to give the police department guidance on when they can approach people and tell them the fire has become a nuisance. He stated the ordinance is broken into different categories and one thing the Fire Chief was really interested in was when they have big bonfires, they be notified. He stated a lot of calls are received thinking it is in an unattended fire. He stated he is putting together some language that limits what people can burn. He stated that small fire pits would be exempt from this ordinance. He stated he is hoping to have something in place by the fall when burning really becomes an issue.

VP Moorman Schumacher stated she understands that it can be a hazard and a nuisance but we have a lot of areas that are still unincorporated Will County. She feels there is some balance we can find other than an outright ban. She stated that there are people with large tracks of land and what do they do with their yard waste. She stated she often has a burn pile from pruning trees and choses to compost her leaves. She stated they are looking at addressing it and hopefully we can find a balance that works for everybody.

Trustee Perinar stated that if this comes to fruition information could be placed on the website and other social media reminding residents of the new ordinance.

Trustee McMillin stated a back truck would eliminate a lot of this and something to keep in mind when budget time comes around.

Mrs. Crego Bartels stated since you are working on an ordinance she asked if there could be some sort of special request for people with health conditions, such as asthma.

Public Comment:

Tom Crego stated when you do have leaf collection pickup that’s a wonderful way to get rid of them. He stated this eliminates the need for burning by providing the residents that option.

VP Moorman Schumacher stated that our current contract with Waste Management provides for a timeframe in the fall where leaves will are picked up free of charge. She stated that if we had that all year long everyone’s garbage rates would go up.

Consent Agenda:

A. Consider Approval – Minutes – Committee – June 18, 2018

B. Consider Approval – Minutes – Board – June 18, 2018

C. Approve Payment of Bills List of July 2, 2018 for $568,312.07

D. Approve Payment of Manual Checks of July 2, 2018 for $135,896.71

E. Approve Payment of Net Payroll Expenses for the two week period ending June 17, 2018 for $111,661.90

Trustee Scaggs made a motion to approve the consent agenda as read. Seconded by Trustee Perinar.

Roll Call Ayes: Greco, Host, McMillin, Perinar and Scaggs.

Nays: None Motion Carried

Reports & Communications From Village Officials

A. Village President

B. Village Administrator

Consider Approval – Resolution approving the Renewal of Intergovernmental Agreement regarding participation by the Village of Channahon in the WCGL Utility Aggregation Group

Trustee Perinar made a motion to approve a Resolution approving the Renewal of Intergovernmental Agreement regarding participation by the Village of Channahon in the WCGL Utility Aggregation Group. Seconded by Trustee Scaggs.

Roll Call Ayes: Greco, Host, McMillin, Perinar and Scaggs.

Nays: None Motion Carried

Consider Approval – Hiring of Office Assistant

Trustee Host made a motion to approve the Hiring of Office Assistant, Stephanie Mutz, pending results of various background checks. Seconded by Trustee Perinar.

Roll Call Ayes: Greco, Host, McMillin, Perinar and Scaggs.

Nays: None Motion Carried

C. Community Development & Information

Petrick stated Planning and Zoning was scheduled for next Monday, July 9th, he does have a confirmation of a quorum. He stated on that agenda so far, it will be the site plan for Doka with three other items pending including Casey’s site plan.

Trustee McMillin asked if we were going to allow them to do what they are asking.

Petrick stated right now they are following all the ordinances and that the site plan will need to be approved by the Board.

Trustee McMillin asked if we needed to rewrite an ordinance to make them do what we’ve been asking other people to do for some time with the utility system.

Attorney Silverman thinks it would be difficult to include them since they have already submitted their site plan. An ordinance has been drafted to provide for the full extension of utilities, if applicable, with future projects.

D. Finance Department

Wagonblott stated she had no formal items.

E. Police Department

Casey stated he had no formal items.

F. Public Works Department

Consider Approval – Chicago Title Land Trust Company – Resolution for the Acceptance of Plat of Easement Grant

Trustee Scaggs made a motion to approve the Chicago Title Land Trust Company – Resolution for the Acceptance of Plat of Easement Grant. Seconded by Trustee Perinar.

Roll Call Ayes: Greco, Host, McMillin, Perinar and Scaggs.

Nays: None Motion Carried

G. Village Attorney

Attorney Silverman stated he had no formal items.

Committee Reports:

Trustee Sam Greco – Finance/Human Resources – Trustee Greco stated the last couple weeks he has been working with a couple residents on the maintenance of the entrance to Indian Trails. He stated it’s the County’s but our residents have been taking it upon themselves to maintain it. He stated he has contacted the County and we were supposed to be on the schedule but they have a lot of areas to cut so he talked to Dolezal and hopefully we can put it on our schedule and start doing that. He stated his concern the liability if one of them got hurt.

VP Moorman Schumacher stated we’ve talked about the area by Thornton’s too. She stated if we want it to look the way we want it to look then we will need to be involved. She stated a concern was with the liability of our public works employees being on State or County property.

Dolezal stated public works has been on the west side of I-55 cutting, so what you see is what we felt we could reasonably add to our schedule. He stated they will look into the entrance of Indian Trails.

Trustee Patricia Perinar – Community & Legislative Affairs – Trustee Perinar stated the Village Hall will be closed on July 4th for Independence Day. She also reminded the Board of two events coming up, the LyondellBasell Groundbreaking and the IML Conference if you want to attend, please let Leti know. She also stated the GEDC summer intern, Kaleb Spreitzer, has been a great help to the office staff. He has been very busy with the Village since June 4th completing various tasks. She stated he is averaging about 25 hours a week and if anyone on the Board would like to come and meet him he is at the office in the morning.

Trustee Chantal Host – Public Safety/Emergency Support – No Report.

Trustee Scott McMillin – Public Works and Facility – No Report.

Trustee Mark Scaggs – Community Development – Trustee Scaggs asked what is the schedule for completion on the work at I-55 and Bluff Road.

Dolezal stated we had a final completion day contract with D Construction, not a working day contract. He stated they did the change order to do the electrical but a new schedule has not been received from D Construction.

Trustee Scott Slocum – Technology/Community Image/Code Enforcement – Absent.

Old Business

New Business

Executive Session

Adjournment:

Trustee Host made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:58 p.m. Seconded by Trustee Perinar.

Verbal Roll Call: All Ayes Motion Carried

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