City Council Agenda - July 23, 2008

AGENDA
CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008  – 7:30 P.M.

I. MEETING CALL TO ORDER – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

II. ROLL CALL – CITY CLERK

III. OMNIBUS AGENDA: All items on the Omnibus Agenda are considered to be routine in nature by the City Council and will be enacted in one motion.  There will not be separate discussion of these items unless a Council member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Omnibus Agenda and considered separately.

A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: July 9, 2008.

B. STATEMENT OF BILLS through July 23,2008: $232,426.68.

IV. ADDITIONS TO AND/OR DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA

V. QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE

VI. MAYOR’S REPORT

A. Confirmation of appointment:  Municipal Adjudication Officer – Ronald Belmonte.

B. Confirmation of appointments:  To a Developer Selection Ad hoc committee. 

C. Recognizing Plan/ZBA members Gonzales and Jasinski for the successful completion of the IU web based training program for new Plan Commissioners. Also, recognizing Plan Commissioners Grotzke and Gonzalez for the successful completion of the Chicago Metropolitan Area Planning agency seminar for new Plan Commissioners.

D. Recommend attendance at the Local Officials’ Day 2008 at the Illinois State Fair on August 9.  Deadline for RSVP 8-1-08.

VII. CITY CLERK’S REPORT

A. Recommendation to adopt resolution to release certain executive session minutes.

VIII. TREASURER’S REPORT

IX. COMMITTEE REPORTS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE – ALD. MCDERMOTT, CHAIRMAN

(Backup material previously distributed for EDC Committee meeting of 7-17-08)

A. Recommendation to approve the Countryside Commercial Corridor    Development Plan/Vision as presented by Economic Research Associates (ERA).

B. Recommendation to approve a list of developers for interviews.

WATER COMMITTEE – ALD. STRAZA, CHAIRMAN

(Backup material contained in  Water Committee agenda packet)

C. Recommendation to accept M.E. Simpson’s contract for meter testing.

D. Recommendation to accept M.E. Simpson’s contract for fire hydrant flow testing, $22,900.

E. Recommendation to accept Wright Water Systems contract for fire hydrant cleaning and painting, $20,610.

F. Recommendation to enter into agreement with Hodgkins for emergency water purchases.

H. Recommend authorization to advertise the Joliet Road water main replacement project.

INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE – ALD. MICHALCZYK, CHAIRMAN

G1. Recommendation to approve the execution of the Com Ed Customer Work Agreement and $133,914. for the IDOT ITEP LaGrange Road Streetscape project.

G2. Recommend approving the City Administrator to execute the   ComEd Customer Work Agreement.   

X. CITY ATTORNEY/LEGAL REPORT

A. Plan/ZBA recommendation re R-5, Section 10-5E-4 regarding the lot area requirements.

B. Consideration of adopting revised  park rules.

C. Consideration of a sales tax revenue sharing program with AutoBarn.

XI. ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT – none

ASST. ADMINISTRATOR

A. Engineer’s pay estimate #5 and final re ’07 Street & Alley    Rehabilitation project to Central Blacktop Company for $33,026.62.

B. Recommendation to amend FGM’s Architectural Agreement to include     the services of rehabilitating Hollands, City and Srejma-Michalek Parks.

C. Recommendation to extend the YMCA agreement to offer T-Ball and Soccer during the 2008 Fall Season at Ideal School Park for $250.

XII. STAFF REPORTS

A. Police Chief

B. City Engineer

XIII. OLD & NEW BUSINESS

XIV. ADJOURNMENT  to executive session

Your Honor, I move that we adjourn into executive session under Sec. Open Meetings Act for the purpose of discussing 

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