Village of Stickney Board of Trustees met January 16.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Stickney met in regular session on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at 7:04 p.m. in the Stickney Village Hall, 6533 W. Pershing Road, Stickney, Illinois.
Upon the roll call, the following Trustees were present:
Trustees Hrejsa, Kapolnek, Milenkovic, Savopoulos, Torres and White
Trustee Milenkovic moved, duly seconded by Trustee Hrejsa to approve the minutes of the previous regular session on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.
Upon the roll call, the following Trustees voted:
Ayes: Trustee Hrejsa, Kapolnek, Milenkovic, Savopoulos, Torres and White
Nays: None
Absent: None
Mayor Walik declared the motion carried.
Trustee White moved, duly seconded by Trustee Savopoulos that the bills, approved by the various committees of the Board, be approved for payment, and to approve warrants which authorize the Village Treasurer to draw checks to pay the bills, to be signed by the authorized signers, as provided for by the Ordinances of the Village of Stickney.
Upon the roll call, the following Trustees voted:
Ayes: Trustee Hrejsa, Kapolnek, Milenkovic, Savopoulos, Torres and White
Nays: None
Absent: None
Mayor Walik declared the motion carried.
Prior to the vote, Treasurer Paul Nosek provided a summary indicating the source of funds used to pay the bills and the totals to be approved.
Corporate Fund: $72,163.32
Motor Fuel Tax Fund: $0
Badge Fund: $0
Water Fund: $10,227.33
Police Pension Fund: $0 911
Account: $10,730.25 1505
Account: $0
Family Day: $0
Police Revenue Sharing: $0
apital Projects Fund: $9,819.00
Bond & Interest Fund: $0
Subtotal: $102,939.90
General Fund Payroll: $200,822.90
Water Fund Payroll: $14,664.55
Subtotal: $215,487.45
Total to be approved by Village Trustees: $318,427.35
Trustee White moved, duly seconded by Trustee Savopoulos to Accept the Village of Stickney Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending April 30, 2017
Upon the roll call, the following Trustees voted:
Ayes: Trustee Hrejsa, Kapolnek, Milenkovic, Savopoulos, Torres and White
Nays: None
Absent: None
Mayor Walik declared the motion carried.
Prior to the vote the Mayor introduced John Wysocki, Partner with GW & Associates, PC Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Wysocki went step-by-step providing an overview of the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information for the Village for the year ending April 30, 2017. He noted that the Police Pension Fund was audited by other auditors. They incorporated the results of that audit into our report. The opinion on the statements is called the unmodified or clean opinion which is the best that they could give. An explanation of the Management’s Discussion and Analysis was given. This overview provides a summary and comparisons of current and prior year’s figures. He continued on to explain the Statement of Net Position of Governmental type activities and Business type activities which is really the Water Fund. The Statement of Activities was discussed next. Expenses for various Village activities were listed. This included related revenues including the property tax revenues. He noted that the beginning net position on this page they indicated, as they stated, we noticed during the audit that there had been errors discovered in the prior year’s financial statements. He stated that the beginning net position was corrected for that error. Moving on, he addressed the Governmental Funds. There are no long-term capital assets or no long-term debt. The ending fund balance is positive because you don’t have the pension debt. They broke out the major funds; the General Fund, Debt Service Fund and Non-major Governmental Funds. Additional information was provided on those funds. The Water Fund was discussed, including a statement of cash flow. The Police Pension Fund includes a lot of detailed information on the fund. Mr. Wysocki explained that the report goes from a more summarized version up front to a more detailed line-by- line version at the back. In addition, we were told that he passed out a Management Letter today that includes recommendations for improvement and internal controls. There is also the required communications to the board summarizing the results of the audit and included any audit adjustment that we made.
Mayor’s Report: Mayor Walik thanked the people for coming out tonight. He thanked Public Works for doing a great job with the snow. So far no accidents. Most of the vehicles moved to complete the cleaning. A member of the audience, Juan Chavez, thanked the Mayor for the sidewalk cleaning by the Village on Pershing Road. The Mayor explained that it is the new Kubota Utility Vehicle that is cleaning the perimeter sidewalks. It is allowing people to get into the businesses. This is where our tax dollars are going. If they have to get into their cars, they could go somewhere else. Again he told them that they did a good job in a safe and timely manner. The Mayor informed the audience that he went to the Senior Club last Wednesday and the Police Chief went on Thursday. We explained that we have to go to this combined dispatch in the police department. We may have a decision next month. It is the state forcing us. Any Village with fewer than 25,000 people has to do it. Lyons; McCook; Riverside; North Riverside have to do it. We had two choices, Norcomm Cicero or Norcomm Oak Lawn. The other ones were too expensive or haven’t started yet. This should have been done two years ago. Our Deputy Chief got an extension until March of 2018. This isn’t us. We like our hometown feeling. We love our dispatchers. We love that someone is there. We will have someone there but they will not be dispatching. The Chief used the analogy that it is just like ordering a pizza, you will still get your pizza but it will be delivered by someone else. This Friday he will be going with Trustee Torres, the Chief and other people to see our Deputy Chief graduate from Northwestern Academy Command School in Oak Brook. The Chief informed the Mayor that we will get a new officer in mid-February. There will be another two officers hired to be in the academy in June.
Clerk’s Report: Clerk McAdams read two letters. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hiller noticed the fine service the Police, Fire Department and Public Works is providing to the residents of Stickney. A letter of appreciation was received from Chris Armstrong for the snow cleaning by the Village’s new Kubota Utility in front of her home on Pershing Road.
Trustee Reports: Trustee Hrejsa reported that the next Parks and Recreation meeting will be Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the Village Hall.
Trustee Kapolnek provided some promotional information concerning a Home School event. He applauded the Fire Department for their hard work. He said that they are looking at a new ladder truck.
Trustee Milenkovic informed people about the State Treasurer’s office feature called I Cash. He found $120 in lost money at this site. He told us that the Stickney-Forest View Library is now providing home delivery. They are also looking for volunteers.
Trustee Savopoulos notified us that there will be a Zoning Board meeting. As soon as we get a date it will be posted at the Village Hall and as well as in the newspaper.
Trustee White reminded people that the Stickney-Forest View Lions Club will be having a spaghetti dinner on Saturday, January 27, at the Forest-View Village Hall. He then reported on an incident where a resident had called a garage door company to fix her door. This company tried to sell her a whole new door. He suggested that people keep on their toes.
Department Reports:
Public Works Supervisor Joe Lopez ordered more salt.
Police Chief Dan Babich announced that the 2018 Chevy Tahoe will be here on Friday. The graphics represent our veterans and cancers. It is going to be our command vehicle so all our specialized equipment will be contained in the car for any kind of situation. We had an armed robbery on December 22. It was a male Hispanic that entered the Grooming Place on 6741 Pershing. The robber put a knife to her demanding the money. The woman did and the guy took off. He pulled another robbery in Cicero. He committed seven robberies there at knife point. He was arrested on the seventh one. He confessed to our robbery. He was supporting his heroin habit and is no longer on the street. He was charged with a Class-X felony and will be doing two years in prison. In addition, he finally got an agreement with Lexipol. Lexipol tells the Police Department how to operate. They give guidelines and discipline. If they violate a policy you have the section numbers to charge them. The other good thing they follow mandates of the state such as sexual assault violations. They already implemented our guidelines into their specifications of what we need to follow in a sexual assault, because it changes all the time. They did three other ones that deal with homeless people and mentally ill people. They already gave us the guidelines and procedures to follow so we stay on the standards of the law and not violate any one’s rights. It is a very good tool. It has training once a month. It has videos on scenarios that the officers are tested on. There will be an entry for their file that they have been tested on that particular policy. Lexipol has been around a long time. Not everyone is on the same page no matter what we handle. The Police Chief then thanked the board for allowing us to have it.
Fire Chief Jeff Boyajian provided the Stickney Fire Department 2017 calls: Ambulance calls; 678: Mutual Aid Calls; 144: Service Calls; 39: Fire Calls; 166: Hazardous Condition Calls; 23: Motor Vehicle Accidents; 67: Working Fires; 2: Brush/Trash Fires; 8: Car Fires; 3: Outside Equipment Fires; 1:
After the report was given, Mayor Walik mentioned that Deputy Fire Chief Andrea Acosta puts in a lot of hours. She is in charge of training, answers fire calls, takes care of physicals and does the reports. She does a great job along with the Chief. Both put in over 40 hours a week. If a shift is not filled she will fill it herself.
There being no further business, Trustee White moved, duly seconded by Trustee Savopoulos that the meeting be adjourned. Upon which the Board adopted the motion at 7:30 p.m.
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