July 12, 2007 Monthly Meeting

Minutes of a regular public meeting of the Township Board of Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois, held at the Community Center, in said Township at 7:30 p.m., on the 12th day of June 2007.

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The meeting was called to order by the Supervisor, and upon the roll being called, Neal Anderson, the Supervisor, and the following Trustees of the Township Board, all being physically present at said location, answered present: John Kupar, Christian Boissonnas, and Kathleen Judy. The following Trustees were absent: Tom Stutesman.
The Township has no rule or procedure permitting audio/video attendance at meetings.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

4. Reports:

Sheriff – Wasco Substation Community Policing – Lt. Kramer: Lt. Kramer had to leave early. He stated there was graffiti in Wasco. They have it narrowed down and expect to identify a suspect soon. He left the Campton Township crime report for May for the Board to examine.

Highway Commissioner – Sam Gallucci: Commissioner Gallucci was absent. His written report stated the road crew started and completed road and drainage projects that consisted of digging out culvert ends, culvert opening, catch basins, dirt, gravel and shaping ditches for installing matting, rip/rap, 3” drain tiles, shoulder gravel and landscaping with dirt and seed, on Beith, Brown, Old LaFox, Denker, and Bolcum Roads; Woodland, Whirlaway, Oak Hill, Dominion, and Colt Drives; White Fence and Winchester Ways; Long Shadow Lane, and Mary Court. The Highway Department completed resurfacing and re-striping of Beith Road from Route 38 west to Crestwood Drive. The road crew completed brush pick-up on the south side of Route 64; swept intersections on a weekly basis; mowed all road ditches; picked up garbage along numerous roadways; cut and chipped up trees due to storm damage; checked all Stop signs on a weekly basis and replaced damaged or missing ones; continued to repair potholes with cold patch and continued maintenance on township vehicles and equipment.

Assessor – Alan D. Rottmann: Assessor Rottmann stated he is reviewing all properties in the Township because this is a quadrennial assessment year. He will close the books and turn them into the County by September 30^th. Solid Waste District – Greg VanZandt: Chairman VanZandt was absent. District member Dave Phillips spoke for the District stating the Newsletter is coming out soon. The first 100 people applying can upgrade to the 95 gallon recycling container for free.

Supervisor – Neal Anderson: Supervisor Anderson stated staff is working on a new project called No Child Left Inside. More on that later. We welcome our new Volunteer Coordinator, Terri Shouba. Construction has begun on Poynor Park and we expect the project to be completed by November 2007. We will then let the seed grow for one year. Staff continues to go to training provided by Township Officials of Illinois (TOI).

5. Approval of Minutes:

a. Board Meeting May 8, 2007: J. Kupar moved the Board approve the minutes of the meeting of May 8, 2007. C. Boissonnas seconded the motion. In a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed.

b. Special Board Meeting May 31, 2007: C. Boissonnas moved the Board approve the minutes of the Special Board meeting of May 31, 2007. J. Kupar seconded the motion. In a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed.

6. Citizens Comments: Fred Didier, home builder, spoke in opposition to placing a fence on the Headwaters because he built a spec. house on the border, and he markets the house as having added value because it is next to open space. The Forest Preserve solution is every 500 feet they place a sign saying you are entering Forest Preserve property, dumping is prohibited. He thinks his home buyer won’t like the fence. He offers to clean up his 573 foot border. It was a mistake to allow kids to build a tree fort on Campton Township open space property. John McGuire, an adjacent homeowner, spoke in opposition stating he wanted a passage through the fence for his horses. A fence may be a good idea but it blocks horses. He can go cross country now and he likes that. He stated you are worried about people on ATV’s, and snow mobiles. Fine them $25,000.00. Al Rottmann spoke in favor of fences stating he was on the open space committee. Fences make for good neighbors. People that back up to open space commonly encroach on public land by mowing open space as part of their lawn, dump their yard waste there, there is a pet buried on open space with a marker, a tree house was built there. C. Boissonnas stated you are underestimating the severity of the problem. Neighboring adults are dumping their yard waste there. Signs are not enough. J. Kupar stated this is necessary because we need to protect the public investment we have in restoring the wetlands that provide income to the township that reduces costs to all our taxpaying residents. N. Anderson suggested a meeting with all concerned residents. Patsy Smith, President of the new Village of Campton Hills, stated the Village is accepting applications for the Zoning Board of Appeals by this Friday. Interviews will be next Tuesday. Sandy Toms asked is there fencing proposed for Poynor Park? Answer was no.

7. Planning Commission:

a. Stonefield Preliminary Plan: Alan Brauer with Land Vision spoke for Stonefield. Roger Brown with Inland Development and Pat Griffin with B&B Enterprises were present. This is 81 single family lots, with 1 1/3 acre minimum lot size, and 41 % open space. Plan Commission Chairman Morgan stated a year ago our Plan Commission considered this an appropriate land use for this area. Lily Lake sees this area as an agricultural buffer. The developer respected Lily Lake’s requirements for large lot sizes (1 1/3 acre). The County still has this area as agricultural on the 2030 Plan because they don’t want to make spot changes but they encouraged the Concept Plan. Pat Griffin stated they will go to the St. Pete aquifer. K. Judy stated any approval we make should be contingent on the developer participating in the well study. J. Kupar stated all we need is the number of units, the aquifer they go into, and the size of the bore hole. We can run a sensitivity analysis to see if there is any effect on the neighbors. The only issue is what is the policy for who pays for the study. C. Boissonnas stated we need to have a process to ask developers to follow and we don’t have a policy yet. P. Griffin stated we will give you any information you need to run the analysis. Let us know what you need from us. K. Judy moved the Board adopt the Plan Commission recommendation to encourage the Stonefield Preliminary Plan with the understanding that the screening from Swanberg Road and the pond safety issue be properly addressed, and with the addition the developer voluntarily provides information and payment for the well water study. The motion was seconded by C. Boissonnas. In a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed. Plan Commission Chairman Morgan added John Pree resigned from the Campton Township Plan Commission so that he could be appointed to the Village of Campton Hills Plan Commission. Therefore we have a vacancy on the Campton Township Plan Commission.

8. Old Business – Presentation and Discussion for Action:

a. Review and Act Upon Boy Scout Project Proposal – Tyler Shoup for Headwaters Conservation Area: Eagle Scout candidate Tyler Shoup stated he talked to a representative of Cedar Forest Products Company and went on their website for plans. For a pavilion without concrete the estimate is $6,800. He also talked to Stock Lumber and will get a quote for lumber from them. He called Park Supply Direct about kits. They will get back to him. It’s 16’ by 20’. He will be able to provide the labor to build it. N. Anderson stated he can help with the concrete. Tyler will come back next month. K. Judy moved the Board table acting on the Boy Scout project proposal for the Headwaters. C. Boissonnas seconded the motion. In a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed.

9. New Business – Presentation and Discussion for Action:

a. Review and Act Upon Resolution Adopting Sixth Amendment to the Open Space Plan II: J. Kupar moved the Board approve the Resolution Adopting the Sixth Amendment to the Open Space Plan II. K. Judy seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The Resolution was adopted.

b. Review and Act Upon $215,000 Taxable G.O. Bonds, Series 2007A Accept bid: Dave Phillips of Speer Financial Inc., stated there were four bids received. These bonds are for maintenance of open space. The low bid was from BB&T Capital Markets which he recommends we accept. J. Kupar moved the Board accept the bid of BB&T Capital Markets, Richmond, Virginia, on the $215,000 Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007A, at a true interest rate of 5.818961%. The motion was seconded by C. Boissonnas. On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed.

c. Review and Act Upon Adopt Bond Ordinance Series 2007A: The Supervisor announced that the next item for consideration on the agenda was the issuance of the Township’s general obligation open space bonds and that the Township Board would first consider the adoption of a resolution authorizing the sale of the Taxable Series 2007A Bonds, and the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. Whereupon Neal Anderson presented and Dave Phillips explained a resolution which was before the Township Board in words and figures as follows:

A Resolution authorizing the sale of $215,000 Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007A, of Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois, and the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds.

Trustee John Kupar moved and Trustee Christian Boissonnas_ seconded the motion that said Resolution as presented and read by the Township Clerk be adopted.

After a full discussion thereof, in the presence of a quorum at all times, including a public recital of the nature of the matter being considered and such other information as would advise the public of the business being conducted, the Supervisor directed that the roll be called for a vote upon the motion to adopt said Resolution as read.

Upon the roll being called, the following members of the Township Board voted:

Aye: Neal Anderson, John Kupar, Christian Boissonnas, and Kathleen Judy._
Nay: None.

Whereupon the Supervisor declared the motion carried and said Resolution adopted, approved and signed the same in open meeting and directed the Township Clerk to record the same in the records of the Township Board of Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois, which was done.

d. Review and Act Upon $4,080,000 G.O. Bonds Series 2007B Accept bid: Dave Phillips of Speer Financial, Inc., stated the A and B bond issues totaling $4,295,000 sold in the open auction format. This $4,080,000 2007B issue was bid on by eight institutions. Harris Bank and JP Morgan Securities bid five times each. The others bid once. Each would see the bids and bid back and forth. Administrator Glas spent time with the rating analyst and they responded with a AA- Standard and Poors rating for our bonds. He believes we are the smallest unit of government in the country with that high a rating. Administrator Glas did a yeoman job. There was aggressive participation by the bidders and this is complementary to Campton Township. After this sale there will remain almost nine million left to sell next time from the current authorization. Campton Township will make more on interest from these bonds then we will pay in interest. We will close the first week in July. Then the funds will be available for the purchase of Open Space. He recommends the lowest bid from Harris N.A., Chicago, Illinois. K. Judy moved the Board accept the lowest bid on the $4,080,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007B, from Harris N.A., Chicago, Illinois, with a true interest rate of 4.2149%. The motion was seconded by C. Boissonnas. In a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed.

e. Review and Act Upon Adopt Bond Ordinance Series 2007B: The Supervisor announced that the next item for consideration on the agenda was the adoption of a resolution authorizing the sale of $4,080,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007B, and the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

Whereupon Neal Anderson presented and Dave Phillips explained a resolution which was before the Township Board in words and figures as follows:

A Resolution authorizing the sale of $4,080,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007B, of Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois, and the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds.

Trustee John Kupar moved and Trustee Christian Boissonnas seconded the motion that said Resolution as presented and read by the Township Clerk be adopted.

Upon the roll being called, the following members of the Township Board voted:

Aye: Neal Anderson, John Kupar, Christian Boissonnas, and Kathleen Judy.
Nay: None.

f. Review and Act Upon Kane County Regional Emergency Management Mutual Aid Agreement: Administrator Glas stated the Township has manpower, buildings, and a radio that can provide cooperative services with the County in emergencies as in clearing roadways, for example. K. Judy moved the Board adopt the Kane County Regional Emergency Management Mutual Aid Agreement. J. Kupar seconded the motion. In a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed.

10. Claims and Demands for Payment:

Town Fund: C. Boissonnas moved the Board approve the claims and demands on the Town Fund. J. Kupar seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed.

Open Space Fund: K. Judy asked is this the last payment to the Conservation Foundation? Answer was yes. Does this also include payment for a survey and fencing? Answer was yes. C. Boissonnas moved the Board approve the claims and demands on the open space fund. J. Kupar seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed.

Park and Recreational Fund: Nothing.

11. Executive Session – Approve Executive Session Minutes & Land Acquisition: J. Kupar moved the Board go into Executive Session for the purpose of approving Executive Session minutes, and to discuss land acquisition, and include Township botanist Jack Shouba. C. Boissonnas seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. The motion passed and Executive Session began at 9:17 p.m.

12. Adjournment: Supervisor Anderson reconvened the regular session. C. Boissonnas moved the Board adjourn the meeting. J. Kupar seconded the motion. In a voice vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Kupar, Boissonnas, and Judy voted aye. Trustee Stutesman was absent. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the meeting was adjourned at 10:56 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Richard Johansen

Clerk