MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

                             April 15, 2009

 

The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District was held Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 7:30 pm.

 

There being a presence of a quorum, Daniel R. Ansani, Vice President called the meeting to order.

 

Trustees present:  Daniel R. Ansani, Vice President and Assistant Secretary; Richard A. David, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer; William Schneck, Treasurer; Karen V. Mills, Vice President and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer.

 

Trustees absent: Arnold D. Kincaid, President.

 

Also present:  Donald Veverka, Attorney; Michael Szyska, Director.

 

The amended minutes of the December 2008 meeting were read. Karen V. Mills made a motion to accept the minutes as read and William Schneck seconded the motion.

 

The Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion and thereby declared the motion carried.

 

The minutes of the March 2009 meeting were read.  William Schneck made a motion to accept the minutes as read and Richard A. David seconded the motion.

 

The Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion and thereby declared the motion carried.

 

The minutes of the April 1, 2009 meeting were read.  Karen V. Mills made a motion to accept the minutes as read and Richard A. David seconded the motion.

 

The Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion and thereby declared the motion carried.

 

The Treasurer's Report for March 2009 was presented and all checks were approved for payment.  William Schneck made a motion to accept the report as read and Karen V. Mills seconded the motion.

 

The Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion and thereby declared the motion carried.

 

Mr. William Schneck made a motion to adopt the Tax Levy Ordinance for the period of May 1, 2009 through and including April 30, 2010 as presented by the District’s Attorneys, Veverka Rosen & Haugh.  Karen V. Mills seconded the motion. 

 

TAX LEVY ORDINANCE

 

     AN ORDINANCE for the levy of taxes for the corporate purposes of the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT for the year May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010.

 

     BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Trustees of the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT.

 

     SECTION 1:  By a Budget and Appropriation Ordinance passed by the Board of Trustees of the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT on the 1st day of April, 2009, the sum of Three Million One Hundred Sixty Nine Thousand One Hundred Fifty Seven Dollars and 00/100 ($3,169,157.00) was appropriated for the corporate purposes of said District, for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2010, as hereinafter specified:

 

I.    Personal Services

      Salary of Director                                  $  112,257.00

      Salary of Field Employees                           $1,050,400.00

      Salary of Entomologist                              $   62,732.00

      Salary of Office Manager                            $   82,579.00

      Employer’s Share of Employees’ Retirement Fund(FICA)     $   94,000.00

      Employer’s Share of Employer’s Retirement Fund(IMRF)     $   91,000.00

      TOTAL                                               $1,492,968.00

 

II.   Contractual Services

      Insurance: Business Auto                            $   70,000.00

      Insurance: General Liability and Pollution Liability     $   71,500.00

      Insurance: Umbrella Liability                       $   20,000.00

      Insurance: Workmen’s Compensation                   $   38,242.00

      Insurance: Property                                 $   16,890.00

      Insurance: Bonding                                  $        0.00

      Insurance: Directors’ and Officers’ Liability       $    8,000.00

      Insurance: Hospitalization                          $  120,000.00

      Insurance: Unemployment                             $   12,000.00

      Materials & Services: Motor Vehicles                $   22,000.00

      Materials & Services: Field Equipment               $    8,233.00

      Materials & Services: Buildings & Grounds           $   35,955.00

      Materials & Services: Shop Equipment                $    3,000.00

      Materials & Services: Radio                         $    2,668.00

      Maintenance                                         $    5,000.00

      Light                                               $   16,665.00

      Heat                                                $   20,388.00

      Telephone                                           $   24,255.00

      Water                                               $      700.00

      Legal Fees and Expenses                             $   60,000.00

      Legal Administration                                $    8,157.00

      Auditing and Accounting                             $    9,500.00

      Dues and Subscriptions                              $    5,300.00

      Computer Software                                   $    6,000.00

      TOTAL                                               $  584,453.00

 

III.  Travel                                              $    6,825.00

 

IV.   Commodities

      Insecticides                                        $  697,696.00

      Oils                                                $        0.00

      Motor Vehicle Fuel                                  $   70,276.00

      Drafting Supplies                                   $        0.00

      Office Supplies                                     $    6,945.00

      Postage & Cartage                                   $    2,575.00

      Shop Supplies                                       $   15,600.00

      Lab Supplies                                        $   22,000.00

      Drainage                                            $    1,000.00

      Uniforms                                            $    5,407.00

      Safety Equipment                                    $    7,000.00

      TOTAL                                               $  828,499.00

 

V.    Equipment

      Motor Vehicles, Field Equipment                     $    6,090.00

      Lab Equipment Purchase                              $    3,000.00

      Office Equipment Purchase                           $    2,625.00

      Shop Equipment Purchase                             $    8,610.00

      Radio Equipment Purchase                            $    6,066.00

      Computer Hardware                                   $    8,400.00

      TOTAL                                               $   34,791.00

 

VI.   Contingencies                                       $   15,000.00

 

VII.  Education

      Educational Meetings                                $   17,522.00

      Research and Development                            $      850.00

      Literature Purchase                                 $    1,122.00

      TOTAL                                               $   19,494.00

 

VIII. Capital Improvement Fund

      1.  Propane heater for the Bartlett facility

      2.  Roof repair for Wheeling facility

      3.  Window replacements

      4.  Bay door replacements

      5.  Acquisition of four trucks

      6.  Sprinkler system for the facilities in Wheeling

          and Bartlett

      7.  Five ULV sprayers

      8.  Photocopier

      TOTAL                                               $  162,127.00

 

RECAPITULATION

 

Personal Services                                         $1,492,968.00

Contractual Services                                      $  584,453.00

Travel                                                    $    6,825.00

Commodities                                               $  828,499.00

Equipment                                                 $   34,791.00

Contingencies                                             $   15,000.00

Education                                                 $   19,494.00

Capital Improvement Fund                                  $  162,127.00

Loss and Cost of Collections                              $   25,000.00

TOTAL APPROPRIATED EXPENDITURES                           $3,169,157.00

TOTAL APPROPRIATION                                       $3,169,157.00

 

     SECTION 2:  Of the total amount of Three Million One Hundred Sixty Nine Thousand One Hundred Fifty Seven Dollars and 00/100 ($3,169,157.00) so appropriated, the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT requires to be raised by taxation the sum of Two Million Four Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Six Hundred Forty Three Dollars and 15/100 ($2,438,643.15) for the following corporate purposes:

 

APPROPRIATED EXPENDITURES

 

I.    Personal Services

      Salary of Director                                  $  112,257.00

      Salary of Field Employees                           $1,050,400.00

      Salary of Entomologist                              $   62,732.00

      Salary of Office Manager                            $   82,579.00

      Employer’s Share of Employees’ Retirement Fund(FICA)     $   94,000.00

      Employer’s Share of Employer’s Retirement Fund(IMRF)     $   91,000.00

      TOTAL                                               $1,492,968.00

 

II.   Contractual Services

      Insurance: Business Auto                            $   70,000.00

      Insurance: General Liability and Pollution Liability     $   71,500.00

      Insurance: Umbrella Liability                       $   20,000.00

      Insurance: Workmen’s Compensation                   $   38,242.00

      Insurance: Property                                 $   16,890.00

      Insurance: Bonding                                  $        0.00

      Insurance: Directors’ and Officers’ Liability       $    8,000.00

      Insurance: Hospitalization                          $  120,000.00

      Insurance: Unemployment                             $   12,000.00

      Materials & Services: Motor Vehicles                $   22,000.00

      Materials & Services: Field Equipment               $    8,233.00

      Materials & Services: Buildings & Grounds           $   35,955.00

      Materials & Services: Shop Equipment                $    3,000.00

      Materials & Services: Radio                         $    2,668.00

      Maintenance                                         $    5,000.00

      Light                                               $   16,665.00

      Heat                                                $   20,388.00

      Telephone                                           $   24,255.00

      Water                                               $      700.00

      Legal Fees and Expenses                             $   60,000.00

      Legal Administration                                $    8,157.00

      Auditing and Accounting                             $    9,500.00

      Dues and Subscriptions                              $    5,300.00

      Computer Software                                   $    6,000.00

      TOTAL                                               $  584,453.00

 

III.  Travel                                              $    6,825.00

 

IV.   Commodities

      Insecticides                                        $  697,696.00

      Oils                                                $        0.00

      Motor Vehicle Fuel                                  $   70,276.00

      Drafting Supplies                                   $        0.00

      Office Supplies                                     $    6,945.00

      Postage & Cartage                                   $    2,575.00

      Shop Supplies                                       $   15,600.00

      Lab Supplies                                        $   22,000.00

      Drainage                                            $    1,000.00

      Uniforms                                            $    5,407.00

      Safety Equipment                                    $    7,000.00

      TOTAL                                               $  828,499.00

 

V.    Equipment

      Motor Vehicles, Field Equipment                     $    6,090.00

      Lab Equipment Purchase                              $    3,000.00

      Office Equipment Purchase                           $    2,625.00

      Shop Equipment Purchase                             $    8,610.00

      Radio Equipment Purchase                            $    6,066.00

      Computer Hardware                                   $    8,400.00

      TOTAL                                               $   34,791.00

 

VI.   Contingencies                                       $   15,000.00

 

VII.  Education

      Educational Meetings                                $   17,522.00

      Research and Development                            $      850.00

      Literature Purchase                                 $    1,122.00

      TOTAL                                               $   19,494.00

 

VIII. Capital Improvement Fund

      1.  Propane heater for the Bartlett facility

      2.  Roof repair for Wheeling facility

      3.  Window replacements

      4.  Bay door replacements

      5.  Acquisition of four trucks

      6.  Sprinkler system for the facilities in Wheeling

          and Bartlett

      7.  Five ULV sprayers

      8.  Photocopier

      TOTAL                                               $  162,127.00

 

RECAPITULATION

 

Personal Services                                         $1,492,968.00

Contractual Services                                      $  584,453.00

Travel                                                    $    6,825.00

Commodities                                               $  828,499.00

Equipment                                                 $   34,791.00

Contingencies                                             $   15,000.00

Education                                                 $   19,494.00

Capital Improvement Fund                                  $  162,127.00

Loss and Cost of Collection                               $   25,000.00

TOTAL APPROPRIATED EXPENDITURES                           $3,169,157.00

TOTAL APPROPRIATION                                       $3,169,157.00

 

MINUS: AMOUNT OF ESTIMATED RECEIPTS WHICH IS IN

EXCESS OF APPROPRIATIONS INCLUDING CASH TO BE

RECEIVED FROM STATE OF ILLINOIS PERSONAL

PROPERTY REPLACEMENT TAX                                   -$  730,513.85

 

TOTAL NEEDED FROM LEVY                                    $2,438,643.15

 

     SECTION 3:  NOW, THEREFORE, thereby and hereby is levied upon all taxable property within the territorial limits of the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT for the year 2009-2010, for the corporate purposes of said NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT, the sum of Two Million Four Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Six Hundred Forty Three dollars and 15/100 ($2,438,643.15)

 

     SECTION 4:  The Secretary of the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT is directed to file with the County Clerk of Cook County a certified copy of this Ordinance, and said County Clerk to cause the same sum of Two Million Four Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Six Hundred Forty Three Dollars and 15/100 ($2,438,643.15) to be extended upon and against the taxable property within the territorial limits of the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT, in accordance with the Laws and Statutes of the State of Illinois.

 

     SECTION 5:  This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

 

     Passed by the Board of Trustees of the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT this 15th day of April, 2009.

 

    

                                 

                                      ________________________________

Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the NORTHWEST MOSQUITO

ABATEMENT DISTRICT

 

 

_________________________________________

Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the

NORTHWEST MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT

 

Mr. Ansani signed the Illinois Truth in Taxation Law Certificate of Compliance.

 

A Motion was made by Richard A. David and seconded by Karen V. Mills to pass the following ordinance:

 

                           ORDINANCE

 

WHEREAS, the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District has depleted the financial resources in certain funds (as hereinafter designated); and

 

WHEREAS, due to financial commitments, additional monies are needed in the depleted funds;  and

 

WHEREAS, the District has sufficient financial resources available in certain other separate funds (as hereinafter designated) to meet the financial needs of the depleted funds;  and

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with 65 ILCS 5/8-2-7, the District is desirous of transferring monies from certain funds to the depleted funds.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved, in accordance with 65 ILCS 5/8-2-7. as follows:

 

One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00) is transferred from Account 5104-5105 to Account 6205;

 

Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) is transferred from Account 5104-5105 to Account 6210-8404;

 

Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) is transferred from Account 5104-5105 to Account 6212-8406;

 

Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) is transferred from Account 5104-5105 to Account 7303;

 

Twenty Two Thousand Dollars ($22,000.00) is transferred from Account 5104-5105 to Account 8403;

 

Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) is transferred from Account 5104-5105 to Account 8506.

 

The Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion and thereby declared the motion carried.

 

Mr. Veverka reminded everyone that the Ethics Statement need to be mailed in.  Mr. Szyska will contact those who have not filed.

 

Mr. Szyska mentioned that the seasonal hiring is almost done.

 

Mr. Szyska gave the Board information on the G/L, Auto, Pollution, Crime & Property insurance policies from AIG.  The agent the District was dealing with at Gallagher has left the company and the District has not received a quote from them.  The quote for the property insurance might have to be adjusted because Mr. Szyska just received the new property appraisal.  The Board told Mr. Szyska to contact them if he receives a quote from Gallagher.  If we do not hear from Gallagher, Karen V. Mills made a motion to stay with AIG and Richard A. David seconded the motion.

 

The Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion and thereby declared the motion carried.

 

Mr. Szyska mentioned that he attended a West Nile Virus meeting hosted by Cook County and the IL Dept of Public Health.

 

The District received a Freedom of Information request.  Mr. Veverka will write an ordinance stating the District’s FOI policy.

 

Mr. Szyska mentioned that the IRS performed a Compliance Review of the District. 

 

Mr. Ansani mentioned a talk at the AMCA convention on educational programs for schools.  Mr. Szyska indicated that the District has given programs at schools and also attended earth days and field days hosted by various villages.

 

A Motion was made to adjourn into Executive Session pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2), and it passed unanimously.

 

The Board reconvened the regular meeting.

 

Karen V. Mills made a motion to keep confidential all minutes of Executive Sessions not previously disclosed.  The motion was seconded by William Schneck.

 

The Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion and thereby declared the motion carried.

 

Karen V. Mills made a motion to approve the proposed wages of the non-union employees as discussed in the Executive Session.  William Schneck seconded the motion.

 

The Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion and thereby declared the motion carried.

 

There being no further business to come before the Board a motion was made to adjourn and it passed unanimously.

 

 

____________________________

Vice President

 

 

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Secretary