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Village of Berkeley Village Board met Sept. 4.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

1 President Lee called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

2 Pledge of Allegiance

3 Roll Call

Present: Trustees Hammar, Salemi, Grenier, Graf-Stone, Washington and Perez

Also present: Village Administrator Rudy Espiritu, Fire Chief Michael Kuryla, Police Commander Dan Bresnahan, Village Attorney Gregory Smith and Associate Attorney Caitlin Frenzer.

4 Presentations and Appointment

No Presentations or Appointment.

5 Public Hearings

No Public Hearing

6 Public Comments and Questions (Consent Agenda Items Only)

No Public Comments or Questions.

7 Consent Agenda

The matters listed for consideration on the Consent Agenda are routine in nature or have all been discussed by the Board of Trustees previously and are matters on which there was unanimity for placement on the Consent Agenda at this meeting.

7.1.1 Village Board Meeting Minutes from August 21, 2018

Trustee	Motion	Second	Ayes	Nays	Absent	Abstain
Larry Hammar			x
Diane Salemi	x		x
Raymond Grenier			x
Sherry Graf-Stone			x
Herb Washington			x
Jerry Perez		x	x

MOTION CARRIED

8 Claims Ordinance

8.1 Motion to Approve Claims Ordinance #1398 in the amount of $977,391.12

Trustee	Motion	Second	Ayes	Nays	Absent	Abstain
Larry Hammar			x
Diane Salemi	x		x
Raymond Grenier			x
Sherry Graf-Stone		x	x
Herb Washington			x
Jerry Perez			x

9 Committee Reports

9.1 Administration, Zoning and Technology (Chair –Trustee Graf-Stone; Co-

Chair Trustee Hammar)

1. 9.1.1  Trustee Liaison Report – No report
2. 9.1.2  Motion to Approve a Resolution Approving the Disbursement of Excess Funds Received from the Sale of Recycled Equipment and Materials in Public Works and Funds Received from Eagle Distributors

Trustee	Motion	Second	Ayes	Nays	Absent	Abstain
Larry Hammar			x
Diane Salemi			x
Raymond Grenier		x	x
Sherry Graf-Stone	x		x
Herb Washington			x
Jerry Perez			x

MOTION CARRIED

9.2 Finance and Economic Development (Chair – Trustee Washington; CoChair Trustee Salemi)

9.2.1 Trustee Liaison Report – Trustee Washington gave an update on

Economic Development Plan. Coming up are interviews with various stakeholders throughout the Village on September 26, facilitated by the Economic Development Consultant.

9.3 Police and Property Maintenance (Chair – Trustee Salemi; Co-Chair Trustee Washington)

9.3.1 Trustee Liaison Report – Trustee Salemi informed the Board that the Police Department is looking for Part-Time Police Officers (Preferably certified).

9.4 Fire and Health (Chair – Trustee Grenier; Co-Chair Trustee Perez)

9.4.1 Trustee Liaison Report – Trustee Grenier informed the Board that everything is going well with the Fire Department. Trustee Grenier led a discussion with the Board regarding “Rental vs Owner-occupied residences.” A resident asked Trustee Grenier if the Village has an ordinance on the amounts or percentages of Rental vs Owner-occupied. The reason this is being brought up is because many people are purchasing single family homes to rent, however many homes are not being maintained and disagreements/fights occur between renter and owner. There is a program “Crime Free Housing” that could help protect the Village of Berkeley and assist our Police Department, as well as a Rental Inspection Program that could help with life-safety. President Lee suggested to the Board to bring it back for discussion and bring data of how many renters we possibly could have in town and how much time we have for rental properties and lack of code enforcement. Village Attorney Gregory Smith will bring some information that is used in other communities. The Board will continue the discussion in upcoming Board meetings.

9.5 Public Works and Utilities (Chair – Trustee Hammar; Co-Chair Trustee Grenier)

9.5.1 Trustee Liaison Report – Trustee Hammar informed the Board that the piping and pavement for the flood program is moving along. Trustee Grenier thanks Public Works for all their good and hard work.

9.6 Community and Intergovernmental Relations (Chair – Trustee Perez; CoChair Trustee Graf-Stone)

9.6.1 Trustee Liaison Report – Trustee Perez informed the Board that he is going to meet with the Events committee to discuss if some changes are possible for next year events. Once the committee decides, Trustee Perez will come back to the Board to present them. Movies in the Park are coming up on Friday, 9/7/18 and 9/14/18.

10 Village President

10.1 President’s Report

10.2 Upcoming Events

10.2.1 09/07/2018 – Movies in the Park @ 7:00pm (Despicable Me 3)

10.2.2 09/08/2018 – Berkeley Public Library Social @ 11:00am – 3:00pm

10.2.3 09/14/2018 – Movies in the Park @ 7:00pm (The Sting)

10.2.4 09/18/2018 – Board Meeting @ 6:30 pm

11 Village Administrator – Village Administrator Espiritu gave an update on the Flood Control Project.

12 Village Attorney – No Report

13 Public Comments and Questions

Mark Dodson (5826 Kouba Drive) asked what Code we follow on Property Maintenance. President Lee and Village Administrator Espiritu responded accordingly.

14 Executive Session

15 Action to be Taken as a Result of Executive Session

16 President Lee adjourned the meeting at 7:14 pm.

Trustee	Motion	Second	Ayes	Nays	Absent	Abstain
Larry Hammar			x
Diane Salemi	x		x
Raymond Grenier			x
Sherry Graf-Stone		x	x
Herb Washington			x
Jerry Perez			x

Voice Vote

MOTION CARRIED

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