PLEASANTVIEW FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT
MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
12, 2006- 7:00 PM.
FIRE STATION #1,
1970
I. CALL TO ORDER
Trustee Kubicki
called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM
ROLL CALL
Kubicki - Aye
Smith – Aye
Gay– Aye
All
ayes. Motion carried.
II. PUBLIC HEARING
Open meeting for
public hearing – Trustee Gay motioned to open the meeting for the public
hearing. Trustee Kubicki seconded.
ROLL CALL
Kubicki - Aye
Smith – Aye
Gay– Aye
All ayes.
Motion carried.
Attorney Broida invited
comments from the audience on the proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance
for 2006-2007 #06-01-0. The document
provides the authority to spend but not the requirement to spend.
There were no comments
from audience.
Trustee Gay moved to
close the Public Hearing. Trustee Smith
seconded.
ROLL CALL
Kubicki - Aye
Smith – Aye
Gay– Aye
All ayes.
Motion carried.
III. ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
Chief Hermes requested
the Illinois Telecommunicator Emergency Response Task
Force agreement be
placed on the agenda.
IV. MOTION TO ACCEPT MEETING MINUTES
Trustee Gay moved to
accept the minutes of August 8, 2006. Trustee Smith seconded.
ROLL CALL
Kubicki – Aye
Smith – Aye
Gay– Aye
All ayes. Motion carried.
V. MOTION TO ACCEPT WARRANTS AND
DISBURSEMENTS
Trustee Smith moved
to accept the warrants and disbursements. Trustee Gay seconded.
ROLL CALL
Trustee Kubicki – Aye
Trustee Smith – Aye
Trustee Gay – Aye
All ayes – Motion carried.
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VI. MOTION TO ACCEPT TREASURER’S REPORT
Trustee Gay moved to
accept the Treasurer’s reports. Trustee Smith seconded.
ROLL CALL
Trustee Kubicki – Aye
Trustee Smith – Aye
Trustee Gay – Aye
All ayes – Motion carried.
Trustee Kubicki asked
that Chief Hermes present the Service Award to Commissioner Brad Tertell for 10
years of service.
VII. ATTORNEY REPORT
Attorney Broida informed the Board of
the following:
2005
Real Estate Tax Exemption-
This is at the administrative appeal level and notification of a preliminary
hearing has been received for September 27, 2006 before the Administrative Law
Judge. This is only an explanation of the process and the case and the judge
will decide how we will go forward on this case.
Western Springs One LLC –
The deposition of
the former attorney has been taken and he admitted
what they did, but did not admit to any plan or scheme to breach the contract.
Attorney Broida, also stated he was deposed. Broida
decided to take the manager of the company’s deposition, also. Another court hearing is
scheduled at the end of this month and will go to trial.
Chief Hermes asked: “When
you deposed the attorney did he admit he was truthful?” Broida stated he was
truthful. He admitted after the case was settled with the district, they looked at the situation, and felt they were not being treated fairly
as taxpayers by the assessor’s office. Did he
admit that our agreement was solid?
Broida states the agreement speaks for itself. They decided to challenge
the rollback agreement. He testified that
he was unaware that the district was not in compliance. Attorney Dan Pierce
stated he was not aware that the district did anything wrong. Broida asked him if this $85,000 is about the right number and he stated yes. The deposition
went fairly well and now we will wait and see.
Tax rate objection cases.
These are rate objections cases from the railroads and large
corporations. This is a contest over the amount of interest paid on tax monies
refunded to sustain the objections. As this does not involve the district significantly we joined the lawsuit as there were 136
entities involved.
6001
Lenzi - Chief and he met
with John Sigalos and John Ochoa to work out a working relationship as to the legal
mechanics of the construction of the new station and as to how contracts will
be handled. There should be very little
involvement on attorney’s part once the agreements and contracts are
completed.
Hodgkins – Trustee Kubicki, Chief Hermes, Mayor
of Hodgkins and met with Hodgkin’s attorney yesterday to discuss the outline of the intergovernmental agreement as to the use
of the parking lot, the combined fire station and existing police station. It will also handle the mechanics of the transfer
of the old Hodgkin’s fire station to the Village, some easements and combine
all into one single
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document that will be recorded. Additionally,
once the district stops being involved with the station, the fuel distribution
system will be owned by the Village and then managed
the same way through the Fire District through an agreement to be
prepared. Trustee Gay asked are we
maintaining this because we have the system and Chief answered in the
affirmative, however, the agreement needs to be reworded.
VIII. CHIEF’S REPORT
Chief Hermes reported on the following:
1. One item to my agenda and to be brought up under new business; Illinois Telecommunicator Emergency Task Force
2. St. 3 update – All bids sent to those bidders and
are due back at 2:00 PM on September 26, 2006 at Sigalos office by and open
bids at 3:00 PM. Chief will be in attendance. John called Trustee Kubicki and
asked how we want to do this process. It was decided
the Chief would attend the bid opening and he would get back to the Board for
approval. No bids will be awarded at that time until
the Board reviews them. We will stay on
a good timetable. The scheduled
completion is September 14, 2007. We
have identified items we need to purchase and specs to review. An addendum went
out to each contractor concerning the union issue. The colors are chosen.
3.
Burr Ridge fires –
One year ago, we had a lightening strike on
4. IPRF grant - This is a new program of disbursing assets
from our insurance company. It is a refund tied to a grant formula and every
agency insured with IPRF is part of this program. Our grant amounted to
$12,664.92 and we bought stair chars and portable radios which
are safety related for our personnel.
5. Roofers Apprentice Partnership – We have moved our CPAT equipment
inside to the rear building which is now unheated, but eventually will be
having it heated. We will use this facility rent free.
They have extended the roof up and they are not charging us for this. We will thank
them through some type of publicity.
6. ILLINOIS TELECOMMUNICATOR EMERGENCY
TASK FORCE
– The Illinois Telecommunicator intergovernmental
agreement is a state response which gives coverage under FEMA or the State and
it would allow us to send Ed Milam or Bill Srejma if
need arises. This is a standard form
throughout the state and is similar to the MABAS agreement. Under new business please consider this agreement.
Request
for closed session this evening.
IV. FIRE COMMISSIONERS REPORT
Commissioner Sexton
stated the Chief attended the orientation at COD for the commission.
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Chief informed
Commissioner Sexton that the orientation was very uneventful. There were over 500 applicants and should
reduce our costs. He commented
that he needs to be brought up to speed on the
promotional testing. A plan is in place,
agreed to by both unions and the only hold up was the written portion, and need
to find a company for written.
VI COMMITTEE REPORTS
None
VII. OLD BUSINESS
None
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
Trustee Gay moved to
adopt Budget and Appropriation Ordinance 2006-2007, Ordinance #06-01-0. Trustee
Kubicki seconded.
ROLL CALL
Trustee
Kubicki – Aye
Trustee
Smith – Aye
Trustee
Gay – Aye
All ayes – Motion carried
Chief Hermes
presented the Service Awards to Linda Nicholson for five years of service.
Trustee Kubicki
moved to approve the Illinois Telecommunicator Emergency
Response Task Force agreement. Trustee Smith seconded.
ROLL CALL
Trustee
Kubicki – Aye
Trustee
Smith – Aye
Trustee
Gay – Aye
All ayes – Motion carried
IX. COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE
None
X. EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION
Trustee Kubicki
moved to close the regular meeting and adjourn to executive session to discuss
personnel matters – Trustee Smith seconded.
The regular meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM.
ROLL CALL
Trustee
Kubicki – Aye
Trustee
Smith – Aye
Trustee
Gay – Aye
All ayes – Motion carried
Trustee Smith moved
to reconvene the regular meeting. Trustee Gay seconded
ROLL CALL
Trustee
Kubicki – Aye
Trustee
Smith – Aye
Trustee
Gay – Aye
All ayes – Motion carried
The regular meeting
reconvened at 7:51 PM.
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XI. ADJOURNMENT
Trustee Smith moved
to adjourn the regular meeting. Trustee Kubicki seconded. The regular meeting
adjourned at 7:51PM.
Roll
Call
Trustee Kubicki - Aye
Trustee
Smith - Aye
Trustee Gay– Aye
All ayes.
Motion carried.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
RONALD P. KUBICKI FRANK SMITH JAMES F. GAY
PRESIDENT TRUSTEE SECRETARY