Audio recordings from the March 30th meeting of the Board of Trustees have been posted to the Village Website.
The meeting began with a public hearing for residents to have the opportunity to comment on the 2016 Appropriations Ordinance. One resident commented, and the ordinance was later passed.
The regular meeting began with the financial reports, and reviews or approvals by the board. Peggy Hirsch, who is now the village treasurer, was invited to speak during this topic on the board’s agenda, and it appears she had things well in hand after a few short weeks on the job as can be heard here.
During the Roads and Bridges discussion, the board approved the replacement of all Village streetlights with energy-saving LED units by ComEd. They also discussed new names for the Cuba Road Bridge once reconstruction is completed and agreed to decide on one at their April meeting.
During the Building & Zoning report, Trustee Konicek questioned why approval of the 2016 Zoning Map was placed on the agenda, since she apparently had not received all of the information from the Zoning Board she had requested of Bob Kosin at the February board meeting. Due to this lack of follow up and the absence of time sensitivity for approval of the map, she did not make a motion for approval.
Trustee Harrington apparently did have some motivation to get the map approved, and he motioned to approved it which was seconded by Trustee Gohl. After some brief discussion, Harrington then attempted to call the matter for a vote before all the trustees had an opportunity to fully participate in the dialog.
When a vote was finally called by the president, Harrington’s motion didn’t pass. The link to this discussion and vote can be accessed here.
To access the menu of edited recordings by agenda topic, click here.
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