June Minutes

June 13, 2007

PRESENT:

Mayor Harry Nicolaides Helen L. Averso, Clerk-Treasurer

Deputy Mayor Albert T. Jaronczyk James A. Bradley, Counsel

Trustee Peter Puttré (Absent) Anthony DiProperzio, Building Inspector

Trustee Sheila A. Brennan

Trustee Elaine R. Phillips (Absent)

The Mayor called the meeting to order at 8:00 PM.

2007 ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

Prior to the meeting, Ken Pritchard, village engineer from Dvirka Bartilucci, and Mayor Nicolaides did a walk through the Village to check each of the streets involved in the road project to ascertain where the contractor should end. They noticed that parts of Eakins Road were in bad condition but this road was not on the list of scheduled street repair projects. The Mayor asked the Board to go out and visit the site. Deputy Mayor Jaronczyk suggested they break and go visit the site.

It was moved by Mayor Nicolaides and seconded by Deputy Mayor Jaronczyk, with the absence of Trustee Puttré and Trustee Phillips, that the Board adjourn the meeting to do a street tour.

In favor: Mayor Nicolaides

Deputy Mayor Jaronczyk

Trustee Brennan

The Mayor declared the motion approved.

The Board returned after twenty minutes. They reviewed Eakins Road and determined it should be revisited. Mr. Pritchard will update the map of the roads to be repaired, with all the changes.

The road work should begin Monday, June 18, if weather permits. The contractor will be getting his letter out to the homeowners by Friday. The Village will be sending its letters out Thursday. There will be daily updates on the progress. If weather permits, the bulk of the work will be finished before school starts at the end of August. The balance of the work should be done in September.

MINUTES for the meeting of May 9, 2007, and the Special Meeting on May 26, 2007, were approved as submitted.

CLAIMS for June 2007 were presented by the Clerk/Treasurer. Disbursements as detailed in Abstract of Vouchers in the amount of $165,107.14 were approved for payments. The Clerk mentioned the high amount in payments this month was due to claims for $80,474 paid to Dvirka & Bartilucci, $28, 089 paid to Meadow Carting, and two months of medical bills totaling $11,879.

JUSTICE REPORT for June 2007 was submitted by the Clerk and stated revenues in the amount of $8,460, of which $1,510 was for parking.

POLICE REPORT for May 2007 was distributed to the Board. During the month, 88 tickets were issued (40 for vehicle and traffic violation and 48 for parking). There were four auto accidents, seven aided (other than auto), and one criminal mischief.

BUILDING INSPECTOR REPORT for May 2006 was submitted to the Board.

COUNSEL REPORT / COURT MATTERS

The Village Attorney had nothing to report to the Board of Trustees.

TREE CITY PROCLAMATION

Mayor Nicolaides read the following proclamation for Arbor Day:

WHEREAS, in 1872 J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and

WHEREAS, this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska, and

WHEREAS, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and

WHEREAS, trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen and provide habitat for wildlife, and

WHEREAS, trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires and countless other wood products, and

WHEREAS, trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, and beautify our community, and

WHEREAS, trees are a source of joy and spiritual renewal, and

WHEREAS, the Village of Munsey Park has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation and desires to continue its tree planting ways,

NOW, THEREFOR, I, Harry Nicolaides, Mayor of the Village of Munsey Park, do hereby proclaim July 7, 2007 as ARBOR DAY in the Village of Munsey Park, and I urge all citizens to support efforts to care for our trees and woodland and to support our Village's community forestry program, and

FURTHER, I urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden the hearts and promote the well-being of present and future generations

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL BE HELD AT 8:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2007