City of St. Charles City Council met March 2.
Here is the minutes provided by the council:
1. Call to Order at 7pm by Mayor Rogina
2. Roll Call
Present –Silkaitis, Stellato, Payleitner, Lemke, Vitek, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
Absent – Turner, Bancroft
3. Invocation by Ald. Payleitner
4. Pledge of Allegiance by Ald. Silkaitis
5. Presentations
• Recognition for the St. Charles East High School Boys Bowling State Champions 2020.
• Presentation of Hope for the Day’s 2020 National Suicide Prevention and Action Month Proclamation recommendation by Mayor Rogina to adopt, motion by Ald. Stellato and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis.
VOICE VOTE: AYE – UNANIMOUS
NAY-NONE
ABSENT: Turner, Bancroft
MOTION CARRIED
6. Omnibus Vote. Items with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine matters and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member/citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in normal sequence on the agenda.
*7. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to accept and place on file minutes of the regular City Council meeting held February 18, 2020.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Stellato, Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Vitek, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Turner, Bancroft
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*8. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve and authorize issuance of vouchers from the Expenditure Approval List for the period of 2/10/2020-2/23/2020 in the amount of $5,485,804.54.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
I. New Business
II. Committee Reports
A. Government Operations
*1. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Proposal for a new Class G1 Liquor License Application as well as a 2 am Late Night Permit for Mad Ape, LLC dba Alter Brewing Company, located at 12 S. First Street, St. Charles.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*2. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Proposal for a new Class E1 Liquor License Application for Project Mobility for a Long Table special event to be held on July 11, 2020.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*3. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Proposal for a new Class C1 Liquor License Application as well as a 1 am Late Night Permit for El Elle Sea, LLC dba Ed’s Basement, located at 219 W Main Street, St. Charles.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*4. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Proposal for a new Class B1 Liquor License for Osteria Trulli, located at 210 Cedar Street, St. Charles.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*5. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Proposal for a new Class B1 Liquor License Application for Southern Café, located at 1590 E Main Street, St. Charles.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*7. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to accept and place on file minutes from the February 18, 2020 Government Operations Committee meeting.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
B. Government Services
*1. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve Street and Parking Lot Closures and Amplification License for the Fine Arts Show.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*2. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve Amplification License for the Annual MS Walk.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*3. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve Street Closures for the Bike MS Event at the Kane County Fairgrounds.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*4. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Resolution 2020-9 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of St. Charles to approve the award of Two (2) 2019 Ford Interceptor Sedans from Morrow Brothers Ford Inc.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*5. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve an Ordinance 2020-M-8 Amending Title 13 “Public Utilities”, Chapter 13.08 “Electricity”, Section 13.08.320 “Renewable Generation Energy Purchase Policy”.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*6. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve an Ordinance 2020-M-9 Amending Title 13 “Public Utilities”, Chapter 13.08 “Electricity”, Section 13.08.135 “Application Procedures and Charges”.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*7. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Resolution 2020-10 for a Construction Contract with J.A. Johnson Paving Company for the 2020 Street Rehabilitation Program.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
8. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Payleitner to approve an Ordinance 2020-M-10 Amending Title 13 “Public Utilities”, Chapter 12 “Sewers”, Section 13.12.207 “Stormwater/Groundwater Discharge Standards”.
Lewis –
I was not at the committee meeting where this was discussed, can someone give me a little background on this?
Lemke – This is regarding the water from sump pumps in backyards in many subdivisions, mostly the newer subdivisions. We don’t want to disconnect the sumps from that; the sumps should be properly routed to the storm drains. On the sides of the houses, we don’t want to have water dumped into the neighbors yard and if a couple neighbors do it, you have a muddy mess between the houses. The sense that the in the front of the house, there might not be any discharge beyond the build line, or setback line, well between the houses, two feet, five feet, if it is possible, it seems reasonable to have some discharge at the front of the house than have a pond between the houses. For most folks, the city said that they were not going to be the storm water police about this but, we did want to have an ordinance to allow them to go in and mitigate disputes between neighbors and I think for that reason, I think it makes sense.
Lewis – You don’t see it as a problem then?
Suhr – No, I do not and that is exactly the reason. We don’t get a lot of these in St. Charles but a few times a year we will get a call about this. It is a dispute between neighbors, our storm water system might be right at the property line, maybe right under the fence and draining into the neighbors yard. This gives us another tool to be able to go and have that conversation and ask them to bring that line back 5 feet, not a big deal, not a huge cost and that water can then runoff on their property and disperse before getting to the neighbor’s property. That was really the reason this was brought forward.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*9. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Resolution 2020-11 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of St. Charles to approve a Budget Addition for Pump Repairs to the Eastside Lift Station.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*10. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Resolution 2020-12 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of St. Charles to Waive the Formal Bid Procedure and approve repairs of the Eastside Lift Station pump to Flow-Technics Inc.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
*11. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to approve a Resolution 2020-13 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of St. Charles to authorize Application for Kane County Development Funds and Execution of all Necessary Documents for the 7th Avenue Creek Project.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
C. Planning and Development
*1. Motion by Ald. Silkaitis and seconded by Ald. Silkaitis to accept and place on file minutes of the February 10, 2020 Planning & Development Committee meeting.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYE: Silkaitis, Payleitner, Lemke, Turner, Bancroft, Pietryla, Bessner, Lewis
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: Stellato, Vitek
ABSTAIN: NONE
MOTION CARRIED
9. Additional Items from Mayor, Council, Staff, or Citizens
Mayor Rogina – This past weekend we hosted a town hall and it was brought up, the Corona Virus. The Kane County Health Department representative was here and talked about the county’s website and the interaction that any citizen can have with the local officials, at the county level, they are the main go to agency in this area, on the Corona Virus. The city of St. Charles does not have a health department, but they provided other things. IF you want all the new and latest information, this is the website you need, www.CDC.gov/covid19, everything regarding this situation is there.
On the city’s social media outlets, we had information there, we will do the best we can to share information as it comes in. There are many things that you should and should not do if you are feeling sick and so on.
Restaurant week was another success, well done staff and local businesses. Lots of full parking spaces and establishments. St. Patrick’s parade coming, good weather we hope!! See you all there!
A. Executive Session
• Personnel –5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)
• Pending Litigation – 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)
• Probable or Imminent Litigation – 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)
• Property Acquisition – 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)
• Collective Bargaining – 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)
• Review of Executive Session Minutes – 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21)
9. Adjournment motion by Ald. Lemke and seconded by Ald. Bessner at 7:23pm
VOICE VOTE: AYE – UNANIMOUS
NAY-NONE
ABSENT: Turner, Bancroft
MOTION CARRIED
https://www.stcharlesil.gov/sites/default/files/event/minutes/CC%20Meeting%20Minutes%20%203-2-2020.pdf
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