The Huntley Farmside

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1990
VOLUME 29-NtJMBER 40
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Village Board Meeting Minutes
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
The December 14, 1989 Regular Meeting of the Village Board of Trustees was held in the Board Room of the Village Hall and called to order at 8:00 P.M. by President Dhamer.
Present were President Dhamer, Trustees Wicke, Hoeft, Borowicz, Russ, Gow and Greve, as well as Attorney Kukla, Village Engineer Schwegel, Police Chief Rossi, Public Works Director Nimbar and Building Inspector Schaller.
The minutes of the November 9, 1989 Regular Meeting were brought to the Board for approval. There being no additions nor corrections, they stood approved by motion by Trustee Russ, seconded by Trustee Hoeft and roll noted all ayes.
Financial Reports were examined at length and thereafter, Trustee Wicke made a motion to accept the Treasurer's Report as submitted, seconded by Trustee Gow, and upon roll call, all ayes and motion carried.
Bills for current expenses were next to be approved by the Board. Trustee Hoeft made a motion to approve of the payment of same, seconded by Trustee Russ. Trustee Greve had a question regarding two bills included in which they were for reimbursement of sewage overflow. Trustee Hoeft advised he had met with these people and felt they were not out of line. Trustee Wicke felt there might be ramifications in the payment of same. Thereafter, Trustee Russ withdrew his second and Trustee Hoeft withdrew his original motion. Trustee Gow then made a motion to pay all
bills with the exception of the two individuals invoices (E. Harting and R. Schultze), seconded by Trustee Russ. Upon roll call, all trustees voted aye and the Clerk was instructed to pay all outstanding bills as submitted. A listing of same is attached hereto. Trustee Hoeft then made a motion to pay the two individual invoices excepted above, seconded by Trustee Russ. After being advised by Attorney Kukla on this matter. Trustee Russ withdrew his seconded. Motion then
died for lack of second.
The 8th payment to Seagren and Shales by Century Title in the amount of $193,502 was authorized for payment by motion by Trustee Hoeft, seconded by Trustee Wicke, and roll noted all ayes and motion carried.
Mr. Harry Wetekam of Valentine Insurance Agency came before the Board and Trustee Borowicz explained that Workman's Compensation Insurance was to be changed to another carrier as of December 15, 1989. Annual premium will be $26,480 with present carrier and Illinois Public Risk Fund will be $17,124, which 40% will be a required down payment ($6850.00). Trustee Borowicz then made a motion to this effect, seconded by Trustee Russ, and upon roll call, all ayes and the motion carried. Mr. James Hilbert and his attorney, Ralph Hardy, were before the Board for a variance on his property at 12002 West Main for 90 foot frontages. Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals had recommended to the Village Board to accept the variance request as stated. Trustee Russ made a motion to approve the Plat of Subdivision and grant a variance based on the Plat as submitted. Discussion followed with Trustee Greve stating that this triggers ' the Subdivision Ordinance and condition of approval are Park and School donations which must be met. Trustee Russ's motion was seconded by Trustee Wicke. Roll noted: Borowicz/nay, Russ/aye, Hoeft/nay, Wicke, aye, Gow/nay, and Greve/nay. Motion denied.
Attorney iumy then brought before the Board a request from Kane County for a reading as to the Village's feeling regarding the Bruce Nagel property on Kreutzer Road in that he was planning to sell to East Jordan Iron Works, who would use this property as a distribution center only. After discussion, Trustee Hoeft made a motion that the village approve of concept of land use as proposed in their petition to Kane County,
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The Old Huntley High School on Main St. as it looked before demolition began.
The Old High School is being demolished by Mercuri Excavating to make way for a new strip mall to be constructed on that site.
Five members of the Class of 1955, Dick Swanson, Peggy Manning, Dorothy Schaller, Ed Ream and Warren Susanke, stood by the remains of the Old Huntley High School on Main Street. The graduates gathered bricks from the rubble as keepsakes.
The class of 1955, 27 in all, was the last graduating class before the school was closed.
Defenders Cancel Huntley Recycling Program
The recycling drop-off bin in Huntley will be removed and the site permantly closed on Friday January 12th. The decision to discontinue the Huntley recycling program was forced by a combination of increased costs for handling the materials and the drop in price of old newspapers sold to be recycled. "We have operated the drop-off site in Huntley on a break even basis as a service to local residents," Jerry Paulson, director of the McHenry County Defenders, explained. "But since last June when the price paid for old newspapers dropped we have been losing $150 - $200 per month on the project."
The Defenders have attempted to Tmd ways to keep the Huntley program going, but the not-for-profit organization cannot afford to continue to run it at a loss according to Paulson. "We thank the people of Huntley and Grafton Township for recycling and urge them to continue to use other recycling progranns," Paulson said. Marengo Disposal offers curbside recycling services to its Huntley customers and Crystal Lake Disposal will continue to pick up newspapers at the curb. The McHenry County defenders operate recycling centers in
Woodstock, Crystal Lake and McHenry. Call them at
815-338-0393 for information
about their programs.
Children's Bingo
They've been left home week after week, as parents go out to play bingo. Now it's the children's turn to play bingo.
Huntley's Lioness will sponsor Bingo for children ages 0-17, Saturday, January 20, 1990, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Huntley American Legion Hall. Refreshments and Prizes and special entertain¬ ment by "Those Funny Little People" will be provided. A donation at the door of $1.00 pays for it all. Mothers are welcome.
For more information call 708-669-3704.