The January 13, 2004 meeting was called to order by Supervisor Anderson at 7:36 p.m. at the Community Center.  The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.  Clerk Johansen called the roll with Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Judy, and Kupar present.  Trustee Gillen arrived at 7:40 p.m. 

Reports:

     Sheriff- Sergeant Collins:  Deputy Johnson filled in for Sergeant Collins.  He stated there has been the usual kids knocking down Santas, etc. during the holidays.  At 11:00 a.m. today there was a big accident at Route 64 and LaFox Rd.  A victim was removed by helicopter.  It is not a fatal yet.  There were speeding complaints on Beith Rd.  At Barb Hill and Sorrel in St. Charles Township, a older white male in a gray older Pontiac with a tan top, asked kids to get in his car.  We don’t know if it was because they were throwing snowballs or something else. 

     Highway Commissioner- Sam Gallucci:  Commissioner Gallucci stated we have had our first significant snowfall of the year.  It was 5.5 inches.  We are using a new snowmelt material that is less corrosive to cars and roads.  The  new material adheres to the roads and melts snow quickly.  We will probably use it all next year because it is better.  You need  vehicular traffic to distribute the material, so it appears main roads are clear first, but all have been sprayed.  The road crew plowed and salted on December 13, 17, 22, and January 4^th, rebuilt steel racks for apron boxes and salt spreaders, repainted the office and hallway in building A, cleaned out culverts and drains, and cut and chopped brush throughout the Township, picked up garbage in ditches on arterial roads, swept all small intersections on a weekly basis, marked Julie in Wide View, Brown Road, Kennedy Homes, and Oak Hills Drive, checked all stop signs in Township, and replaced six damaged or missing signs, repaired potholes with cold patch in Arbor Creek, continued maintenance on Township vehicles and equipment, installed new mailbox in Sunset Villa, and met with a homeowner in Fox Bend about a water problem.  The missing stop signs are marked Property of Campton Township and they are illegal to possess.  K. Judy asked what is the water problem.  Answer was he met with the homeowner and Paul Schuch of the Kane County Water Department because these problems often involve the Township and the County and sometimes a developer.  He added there are plans to eliminate the T at Brown and LaFox Roads.  It will probably be gone in a year.     

     Assessor-Alan D. Rottmann:  Assessor Rottmann stated the filing period to appeal assessments expired on December 29^th.  Ten appeals were filed, eight residential and two commercial. 

     Open Space Committee-Judy Hines:  Chairman Hines stated no report.

     Park and Recreation Committee-Jim Giase:  Nothing.

     Supervisor-Neal Anderson:  Supervisor Anderson stated the grant application for the Corron property has been submitted. 

Approval of Minutes:

     Public Hearing 7:00 Minutes December 9, 2003:  R. Manser moved the Board approve the December 9, 2003 Public Hearing minutes on the proposed Town Levy.  J. Kupar seconded the motion.  On a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed. 

     Public Hearing 7:15 Minutes December 9, 2003:  R. Manser moved the Board approve the December 9, 2003 Public Hearing minutes on the proposed Road District Levy.  The motion was  seconded by J. Kupar.  On a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed.

     Board Meeting December 9, 2003:  R. Manser moved the Board approve the minutes of the meeting of December 9, 2003.  K. Judy seconded the motion.  On a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed. 

Citizens’ Comments:

     John Barsanti, candidate for State’s Attorney, stated he is running on his 21 years of experience.  Bruce Rakosnik gave the Board members his cards for Aflac.  Dave Rickert, Kane County Treasurer, spoke about three senior property tax programs.  First, the senior tax deferral program allows those seniors with incomes under $40,000 to defer their property taxes with a 6% fixed interest reverse mortgage for up to 80% of the assessed valuation of their property.  Second, is the senior tax freeze.  Third, is the senior tax exemption that is administered by the State of Illinois.  If anyone in Campton Township is interested in any of these programs he suggests you see Della Winkler at the Kane County Treasurer’s Office. 

A.     Presentation from Bob  Kay – Windings Subdivision Well

B. Kay stated the field work is done, written up, and the data analyzed.  The computer model will be done this month, and the draft report by March.  At the March Board meeting he will explain the model.  We should have simulations in mind:  a 500 home subdivision in the St. Peter aquifer, or a thirty year drought, for example.  K. Judy asked did you ask the County what subdivisions are coming in here?  Answer was we can model any subdivisions you ask for.  K. Judy asked, so you didn’t talk to the County.  Answer was no.  R. Manser asked did you take all subdivisions announced by Kane County for the model?  Answer was no, he is asking for direction.  D. Gillen stated the school district knows which subdivisions are coming in.  K. Judy stated Administrator Glas may put together school district and County data to know what subdivisions are coming in.  B. Kay stated we don’t look at anything above the St. Peter aquifer.  K. Judy asked how accurate will the report be if we don’t take data from outside Campton Township because a lot of development is going on around us.  B. Kay stated he found a well in the Windings that is in the St. Peter aquifer that hasn’t been used for 20 years because of radium in the water.  It is about to be filled in.  For $10,000 it could be converted from a water well, to a water level monitoring well, that would tell us over time the direction of Campton Township water levels.  The USGS is willing to contribute $1,000.  We could look for contributions from other sources.  The advantage is this is the deep well aquifer for the Township and municipalities in the area.  We could see if its dropping over time - an early warning system.  That would let us plan to mitigate its effects.  N. Anderson asked when do you need to know.  Answer was probably March or April because they are under pressure to sample the well for radium.  J. Kupar stated we do water elevation and quality studies from the well.  R. Manser asked could we just monitor?  J. Kupar stated he met with the Speaker’s staff today to get more money for the study.  A data logger, for example.  N. Anderson asked if we control the well, is it on public or private property?  Answer was we can talk to Utilities Inc. of Feerson Creek that owns the well or the Windings Homeowners Association.  K. Judy stated we don’t have an engineer to implement this study so how can we prevent it from becoming a paper study.  John Kupar and Bob Kay’s time to take measurements is free, but if they leave we will need someone.  Wouldn’t WSD be willing to pay someone for this because they get water from this aquifer.  D. Gillen stated this information will be valuable down the years.  R. Manser asked Administrator Glas to research monitoring expense for a couple of years.  N. Anderson stated lets get a couple bids for monitoring and testing for the March meeting.  J. Kupar stated he can help with that.  B. Kay stated the USGS would have to be the people doing the water level monitoring a couple times a year for, at least, the next couple of years. 

Planning Commission:  Nothing.

New Business – Presentation and Discussion for Action:

a.      Review and Act Upon Memorandum of Understanding Kane County Paratransit Coordinating Council:  Administrator Glas stated this is to coordinate senior and disabled transport in Kane County.  It requires no funding from us.  We agree to work with other townships to provide Dial a Ride services.  R. Manser moved the Board approve the Memorandum of Understanding Kane County Paratransit Coordinating Council and appoint Township Administrator Glas to be the Campton Township representative on the Counsel.  The motion was seconded by J. Kupar.  On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed.   

b.     Review and Act Upon Agreement to Establish the Campton Township Headwaters Conservation Area Wetland Mitigation Bank Draft #8:  Patrick Keenan of V3 Realty and Tom Slowinski of V3 Consultants spoke.  P. Keenan presented a map of the wetland mitigation area to the Board and stated specs will be submitted to the Township.  T. Slowinski summarized the wetland delineation site on the map.  One half of the lower half  is the DNR portion that is not included in the wetland bank.  On the other part of the site there is an extensive drain tile network delineated by Tom Huddleston.  They will break and disable these tiles to create a wetland.  It was a fen or seep on the northern portion.  They will plant plugs and a plant mix.  J. Kupar asked, regarding the draft Agreement, why does the Township contract with V3 Wetland Restoration, LLC, instead of V3 Consultants?  Answer is to limit liability to a single entity.  J. Kupar asked whether they will provide a performance bond.  P. Keenan stated he was unable to confirm whether they are able to provide letters of credit yet as they are pending.  T. Slowinski stated they think this will be complete in nine years.  P. Keenan stated they will share all business information with the Township, but they expect the Township will not compete with them.  J. Shouba stated the contract says the Township can sell wetland credits with V3 permission.  P. Keenan stated that would occur only if business was slow.  C. Reed stated this is draft number eight.  Most wetland agreements he worked on have no end points, or an end point of 20 years, or more.  J. Kupar stated on item 22 of page seven, it states, “in the event that a Force Majeure Event is encountered by the Contractor, written notice thereof will be provided to the Township as soon as practical.”  This should be changed to a specific short time frame.  The Army Corps of Engineers has five years of monitoring requirements.  R. Manser asked what is your bank?  Answer was Harris Bank.  K. Judy asked when is reversion?  Per Administrator Glas, it’s ours after 12 years.  We can do what we want with the land.  D. Gillen stated we need one more month to consider this.  C. Reed stated a decision needs to be made by the February meeting to keep planting on schedule.  D. Gillen stated we need Township Attorney Noble here next time with C. Reed and T. Slowinski and P. Keenan.  J. Shouba stated something needs to be done with the 65 acres that are not part of wetland mitigation.  He is trying for grant money.  N. Anderson stated the Boards direction is to bring the agreement back to the February meeting for final action.

Old Business – Presentation and Discussion for Action:

     Review and Act Upon Proposed Projects for Park from Park and Recreation Committee:  R. Manser moved the Board table acting upon proposed projects for Park from Park and Recreation Committee.  K. Judy seconded the motion.  On a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed. 

Bank Statements:  D. Gillen moved the Board approve the bank statements.  R. Manser seconded the motion.  On a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed. 

Claims and Demands for Payment:

     Town Fund:  D. Gillen moved the Board approve the claims and demands on the Town Fund.  J. Kupar seconded the motion.  On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed.

     Open Space Fund:  D. Gillen moved the Board approve the claims and demands on the Open Space Fund.  R. Manser seconded the motion.  On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed. 

     Park and Recreational Fund:  None.

Executive Session – Land Acquisition:  R. Manser moved the Board go into Executive Session for purposes of land acquisition, and invite J. Shouba into Executive Session.  K. Judy seconded the motion.  On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed at 9:35 p.m.  Clerk Johansen informed the Board that in compliance with an amendment to the Open Meetings Act, that took effect January 1, 2004, he was turning on his tape recorder.  

Adjournment  Supervisor Anderson reconvened the regular session.  K. Judy moved the Board adjourn.  J. Kupar seconded the motion.  On a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye.  The motion passed, and the meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.      

                                                                              Respectfully Submitted,

                                                                              Richard Johansen

                                                                              Clerk