MINUTES
OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
October
21, 2009
The
regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement
District was held Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:30 pm.
There
being a presence of a quorum, Arnold D. Kincaid, President called the meeting
to order.
Trustees
present: Arnold D. Kincaid,
President; Daniel R. Ansani, Vice
President and Assistant Secretary; Richard A. David, Secretary and Assistant
Treasurer; Karen V. Mills, Vice President and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer.
Trustees
absent: William Schneck, Treasurer.
Also
present: Donald Veverka, Attorney;
Michael Szyska, Director.
The
minutes of the September 2009 meeting were read. Karen V. Mills made a motion
to accept the minutes as read and Daniel R. Ansani 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 September 2009 was presented and all checks were
approved for payment. Richard A. David
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.
Veverka presented the Treasurers Statement for the Assistant Treasurer to
sign. The Attorneys will file the
statement with the Cook County Clerk.
Mr.
Veverka mentioned that the second tax bill will be due December 1st. The fiscal year-end audit has been published
in a local newspaper. The District will
send a PDF copy to the Cook County Treasurer per the New Debt Disclosure
Ordinance.
Mr.
Szyska highlighted a few items from the staff meeting minutes. Two furnaces had to be replaced in the
garage. To date there are only 5 cases
of WNV in Illinois and none within the District.
Mr.
Szyska opened a discussion on a letter to Governor Quinn regarding a Supreme
Court hearing on the Clean Water Act and mosquito control.
Mr.
Szyska mentioned that an asphalt plant is purchasing the former Village of
Wheeling property on the other side of the railroad tracks. He is concerned about the smells and
particulates affecting District operations.
The
Board opened the following bids for three 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD
pickup trucks:
Northwest Ford Sterling Truck Ctr $18,149.00
Currie Motors $21,499.00
Advantage Chevrolet $21,672.80
Hoskins Chevrolet $21,538.70
Bill Stasek Chevrolet $21,199.65
Biggers Chevrolet $21,888.00
The
bids from Northwest Ford and Advantage did not meet the bid specifications and
were rejected. Daniel R. Ansani made a
motion to purchase three 2500HD Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks from Bill
Stasek Chevrolet. The Board also
discussed purchasing a van to take crews to DeKalb for pesticide license
testing and decided not to purchase one at this time because of the current economic
circumstances.
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 not release the minutes of past undisclosed minutes
as well as the minutes of April 15, 2009 in compliance with the Open Meetings
Act. Daniel R. Ansani 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.
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President
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Secretary