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NORTH AURORA VILLAGE BOARD MEETING

VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES

Monday, October 7, 2024

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Gaffino called the meeting to order.

 

SILENT PRAYER – MEDITATION – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

ROLL CALL

In attendance:  Mayor Mark Gaffino, Trustee Jason Christiansen, Trustee Laura Curtis, Trustee Mark Guethle, Trustee Mike Lowery, Trustee Todd Niedzwiedz, Trustee Carolyn Salazar

 

Staff in attendance:  Village Administrator Steve Bosco, Finance Director Jason Paprocki, Community Development Director Nathan Darga, Village Attorney Kevin Drendel, Public Works Director Brian Richter, Village Engineer/Assistant Public Works Director Brandon Tonarelli, Police Chief Joe DeLeo.

 

AUDIENCE COMMENTS –

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

  1. Village Board Minutes dated 09/16/2024; Committee of the Whole Minutes dated 09/16/2024
  2. Bills List Dated 10/07/2024 in the Amount of $1,126,988.66
  3. Approval of an Ordinance Amending the North Aurora Code Section 5.08.350 by Decreasing the Number of Class D Liquor Licenses Authorized in the Village of North Aurora
  4. Approval of an Ordinance Amending the North Aurora Code Section 5.08.350 by Increasing the Number of Class D Liquor Licenses Authorized in the Village of North Aurora.
  5. Approval of an Ordinance Amending the North Aurora Code Section 5.08.350 by Decreasing the Number of Class L-1 Liquor Licenses Authorized in the Village of North Aurora.

 

Motion for approval made by Trustee Guethle and seconded by Trustee Salazar. Roll Call Vote:  Trustee Guethle – yes, Trustee Lowery – yes, Trustee Niedzwiedz – yes, Trustee Salazar – yes, Trustee Christiansen – yes, Trustee Curtis –yes. Motion approved (6-0).

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Approval to Award Bid for Old Central Water Tower Water Main Disconnection Project to Performance Construction & Engineering, LLC in the Amount of $47,000.00

Public Works Director Richter stated that the scope of the project included disconnecting the Village’s old central water tower that was removed from service in 1998, from the water main distribution system.  On September 19, 2024, four sealed bids were received for the project.  Performance Construction & Engineering was the low bidder at $47,000.00.  Richter said that the Village staff designed the improvement project, and the Civil Engineer will be performing the construction inspection and administration of this project in house.

 

Motion for approval made by Trustee Guethle and seconded by Trustee Curtis. Roll Call Vote:  Trustee Guethle – yes, Trustee Lowery – yes, Trustee Niedzwiedz – yes, Trustee Salazar – yes, Trustee Christiansen – yes, Trustee Curtis –yes. Motion approved (6-0).

 

  1. Approval of an Ordinance Approving a Special Use to Allow a Child Daycare Center in the O-R Office and Research District for the Property Located at 581 Sullivan Road, North Aurora, Illinois

Community Development Director Darga reminded the Board that they had seen the plans for the Little Duckling Daycare at the Committee of the Whole meeting on September 16, 2024.  Darga stated that the facility would be for up to 28 children, and the daycare met the parking space requirement.

 

Motion for approval made by Trustee Salazar and seconded by Trustee Lowery. Roll Call Vote:  Trustee Salazar – yes, Trustee Christiansen – yes, Trustee Curtis –yes, Trustee Guethle – yes, Trustee Lowery – yes, Trustee Niedzwiedz – yes. Motion approved (6-0).

 

 

  1. Approval of an Ordinance Amending Title 17 of the North Aurora Code of Ordinances Regarding Permitted and Special Uses and Other Corrections and Clarifications

Director Darga explained that this had been seen by the Plan Commission in July and by the Village Board at both the August 19th and September 16th Committee of the Whole meetings.  This would update all of the sections for permitted and special uses which was a goal in the Strategic Plan.  After the second COW meeting, the rules for home occupations was updated.

 

Motion for approval made by Trustee Lowery and seconded by Trustee Christiansen. Roll Call Vote:  Trustee Lowery – yes, Trustee Niedzwiedz – yes, Trustee Salazar – yes, Trustee Christiansen – yes, Trustee Curtis –yes, Trustee Guethle – yes. Motion approved (6-0).

 

 

  1. Approval of Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Village’s Purchasing Policy

Finance Director Paprocki reminded the Village Board that the proposed changes to the Village’s Purchasing Policy were presented during the Committee of the Whole meetings on August 19th and September 16th.  The proposed changes include adding language that would define change orders and the criteria for approval, rewording time sensitive change order section to model the Village’s emergency purchase language, where concurrence of the Mayor would be needed and notification given to the Village Board for any change orders exceeding the Village Administrator’s approval.  It also included removing the need for formal approval when reducing a contract amount, adding sections where the Village Administrator could approve change orders out of contingency funds as long as it doesn’t increase the total value of the contract that had been previously approved.  The changes would remove the need for formal approval when extending contracts more than 30 days.

 

Motion for approval made by Trustee Lowery and seconded by Trustee Salazar. Roll Call Vote:  Trustee Lowery – yes, Trustee Niedzwiedz – yes, Trustee Salazar – yes, Trustee Christiansen – yes, Trustee Curtis –yes, Trustee Guethle – yes. Motion approved (6-0).

 

 

  1. Consideration of an Ordinance Providing for the Issue and Sale of Approximately $13,625,000 of General Obligation Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source) of the Village for the Purpose of Constructing and Equipping a New Public Works Facility in and for the Village of North Aurora

Director Paprocki stated that the Bonds were pledged by sales tax revenue, the terms of the Bond was 15 year repayment with final maturity January 1, 2040.  Paprocki reminded the Board that the Bonds would be used to fund the new Public Works Facility.

Kyle Harding from Chapman and Cutler, who served as Bond Council on the transaction and prepared the Ordinance, was on hand to answer questions.  He stated that the Ordinance provided for the issuance of $13,665,000.00 for the new Public Works Facility, the bonds are secured by sales tax with a back-up property tax levy which further secured the bonds.  Harding stated that this was similar to the way the Village had borrowed funds in the past, such as the 2015 and 2017 bonds.  Each year the Village Board will need to take action to abate the underlying property tax levy.  This was the third, and final Board action that was required to issue the debt.  Harding reminded the Village Board that on August 19th the Village Board adopted an ordinance of intent and September there was a Public Hearing.  The bond ordinance provided for the sale of the bonds to the Baker Group whom were the winning bidder at a sale conducted for the bonds the morning of October 7, 2024.  The Closing was scheduled for October 23, 2024.

 

Motion for approval made by Trustee Guethle and seconded by Trustee Niedzwiedz. Roll Call Vote:  Trustee Guethle – yes, Trustee Lowery – yes, Trustee Niedzwiedz – yes, Trustee Salazar – yes, Trustee Christiansen – yes, Trustee Curtis –yes. Motion approved (6-0).

 

VILLAGE PRESIDENT – Appointment of Mark Theis to North Aurora Days Committee.

The Village Board consented to this appointment.

 

TRUSTEES COMMENTS – Trustee Salazar commented on the Ground Breaking Ceremony that occurred prior to the meeting.  She extended compliments to the staff and everyone whom had worked tirelessly on the new Public Works Facility project.

 

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT – Administrator Bosco stated that staff was planning on giving the Board an overview of the equipment utilized by Public Works that will be stored at the old Fire District building.

 

VILLAGE DEPARTMENT REPORTS

  1. Finance – None
  2. Community Development – None
  3. Police – None
  4. Public Works – None
  5. Village Attorney– None

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

Motion to adjourn was made by Trustee Guethle and seconded by Trustee Curtis. All in favor.  Motion approved.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

Jessi Watkins

Village Clerk

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