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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Regular_05/08/2003 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA Post Office Box 3273 250 Tequesta Drive, Suite 300 Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 (561) 575-6200 Fax: (561) 575-6203 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA VILLAGE COUNCIL. MEETING MINUTES MAY 8, 2003 I. Call to Order and Roll Call The Tequesta Village Council held a regular meeting at the Tequesta Recreation Center, 399 Seabrook Road, Tequesta, Florida, on Thursday, May 8, 2003. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by the Village Clerk. A roll call was taken by Mary Miles, Village Clerk. Councilmembers present were: Mayor Edward D. Resnik, Vice Mayor Russell J. von Frank, Councilmember Geraldine A. Genco, and Councilmember Pat Watkins. Also in attendance were: Village Manager Michael R. Couzzo, Jr., Attorney Scott Hawkins sitting in for Village Attorney John C. Randolph, Village Clerk Mary • Miles, and Department Heads. Councilmember Joseph N. Capretta was absent from the meeting. II. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Reverend Paul Beresford, First Baptist Church, gave the invocation, and Vice Mayor Russell J. von Frank led the pledge of allegiance. III. Approval of Agenda Councilmember Genco requested that discussion of the Hattie Siegel matter be placed under Any Other Matters and that items L and M on the consent agenda be stricken. Mayor Resnik requested removal of item O from the consent agenda for discussion. MOTION: Councilmember Genco made a motion to approve the Agenda as amended. Vice Mayor von Frank seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. IV. Unfinished Business A. Resolution No. 32-02/03-A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, approving an National Pollutant • Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Second Term Permit Interlocal Agreement between the Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District Recycled Paper Village Council Meeting Minufies May 8, 2003 Page 2 ----------------------- and the Village of Tequesta Village Manager Couzzo explained that this item had been requested to be brought back before the Village Council in light of a request for an estimated amount of costs for the Village contribution in the amount of $1,930.00. MOTION: Councilmember Genco moved approval of Resolution No. 32-02/03. Vice Mayor von Frank seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. Mayor Resnik read Resolution No. 32-02/03 by caption only. B. Discussion and consideration of the proposed Budget Calendar The Village Manager reported that the Village Clerk had put together a tentative • schedule of budget meetings, which was presented for consideration. Mr. Couzzo read the schedule: June 30 for a Budget Planning Workshop at 7 p.m., July 10 for a workshop on the millage rate from 5 to 6:30 p.m., July 10 at 7:00 p.m. for the regular Village Council meeting and vote on the proposed millage rate; August 21 at 4 p.m. for a budget workshop; August 28, 7 p.m. for a budget workshop if needed; September 4 at 7 p.m. first public hearing, tentative millage rate, and tentative budget; and September 18 second public hearing, final millage rate, and final budget. Councilmember Genco indicated she might have a conflict with the proposed date of July 10 at 5:00 p.m. set for the millage workshop and asked the purpose of that meeting. Mr. Couzzo explained that this was a different procedure than in the past and would be an extension of the planning session to have dialog on where the budget was headed and provide direction to the Village Manager. Councilmember Genco indicated if she was unable to attend she would provide a memo of her thoughts. MOTION: Vice Mayor von Frank made a motion to approve the budget calendar as presented. Councilmember Watkins seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. V. Consent Agenda • MOTION: Village Council Meeting Minutes May 8, aoo3 Page 3 Vice Mayor von Frank made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda with items L, M and O pulled. Councilmember Watkins seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. Therefore, the following items were approved: A. Village Council Regular Meeting Minutes of April 10, 2003-Village Clerk Mary Miles B. Village Council Sitting as the Stormwater Utility Board Meeting Minutes of April 10, 2003-Village Clerk Mary Miles C. Community Appearance Board Meeting Minutes of March 26, 2003-Village Clerk Mary Miles D. Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Minutes of March 5, 2003-Village Clerk Mary Miles • E. Special Master Code Enforcement Hearing Minutes of March 27, 2003-Village Clerk Mary Miles F. Declaration of May 9 and May 10, 2003 as the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Days Mayor Edward D. Resnik G. Reappointment of Royce Hood to a two-year term as member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board-Village Clerk Mary Miles H. Reappointment of David Becker to a two-year term as member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board-Village Clerk Mary Miles Approve $22,500.00, in addition to the $95,222.00 contract awarded to Rood Landscape Co. on October 10, 2002, for additional lawn and landscape maintenance for area "A". Finance Director JoAnn Forsythe Approval of budget appropriation from the Parks & Recreation Department, initiated by a donation from the Campaign Fund of Pat Watkins, to purchase equipment or for the Second Annual End of Summer Teen Bash. Director of Parks & Recreation Greg Corbin • K. Approval of amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with Palm Beach County, the School District of Palm Beach County, and twenty-five (25) other municipalities of Palm Beach County.-Village Planner Carol Lux Village Council • Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page 4 ----------------------- N. Declare as surplus vehicles two 1999 Ford Crown Victoria police cars.- Police Chief Stephen J. Allison Items Pulled from Consent Agenda to be discussed separately: L. Resolution No. 29-02/03-A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, awarding the five year contract to Line-Tech, Inc. of Boynton Beach, Florida, in the total amount of $131,488.50 for Touch Read Water Meter Installation, with $23,160.00 for year one, having a FY 2002-2003 Water Fund #401-411-652.601 allocation of $140,000.00 and authorizing the Village Manager to ezecute the applicable contract on behalf of the Village. Councilmember Genco stated her reason for pulling items L and M was that the Village was venturing into a new area with touch read water meters and looking at • implementing a new level of service, and it was an expense to the Village to implement this. Councilmember Genco stated that items L and M sort of went together. Councilmember Genco asked how this would affect the budget for the Water Department going forward in terms of personnel and staffing. Village Manager Couzzo explained that the long-term goal was to minimize the current manpower required to do that function. Currently a person read a meter and punched the numbers into ahand-held computer which recorded the numbers in a database. This was time consuming and there could be a misread from human error. With the new meters, the meter would have a transponder on top of it and instead of having to read it a card would be swiped across the top to automatically read the meter, speeding the process up about five times and eliminating transposition of numbers. This now took approximately 16+ man days which would be reduced to 3-4 days and the inaccurate reads requiring another trip to do another reading would be almost non-existent. Village Manager Couzzo explained that many of the current meters were old and not functioning properly, which actually was an advantage to residents since old meters ran slower. The new meters would probably result in higher bills but consumption would be reflected accurately. Councilmember Genco asked if this was going to be part of a budget that was standard for operations and maintenance, to which the Village Manager responded yes, that it was afive-year program. Councilmember Genco commented that over the long run if the Village was spending money for the • operations and maintenance and reducing man hours, the plan would be to shift the man hours to another division. The contract was $131,000 for five years; $23,000 for the current year plus $64,000 for the actual meters. The allocation budgeted Village Council • Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page 5 ----------------------- for 2002/2003 was $140,000, leaving a reserve of around $50,000, far short of the five-year contract. Councilmember Genco asked how that would be handled. The Village Manager explained that the whole amount would not be spent this year, only what was allocated, and the difference which was higher would be surplus rolled into reserves and then next year there would be another appropriation. The Village Manager noted that the Village infrastructure was approximately 25-30 years old and normally the Village changed out meters when they malfunctioned. This was a program to change out meters on a scheduled basis over five years to be proactive in maintenance and meter replacement. Discussion ensued regarding the budgeted funds. Councilmember Genco asked why $140,000 was budgeted. The Village Manager explained that originally this was to be a four-year plan but looking at recent analyses from the utility study, Mr. Couzzo had felt it would be beneficial to stretch the program from 4 to 5 years, because of other operational revenue considerations, and it was now planned to change the system out at the rate of 20% each year. Councilmember Genco stated she was okay with it and had no further questions. • MOTION: Councilmember Genco made a motion to approve Resolution No. 29-02/03. Vice Mayor von Frank seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4- 0vote. Attorney Scott Hawkins read Resolution No. 29-02/03 by caption. M. Resolution No. 30-02/03-A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, awarding a contract to Invensys Metering Systems, of Norcross, Georgia, in the amount of $64,300.01, for Touch Read Water Meters, having a FY 2002/2003 Water Fund (#401-411-652.601) allocation of $140,000.00, and authorizing the Village Manager to ezecute the applicable contract on behalf of the Village. Village Manager Couzzo reported he had received a memo that day from Russell White, Public Service Supervisor, who was in charge of maintaining the utility infrastructure and distribution. The memo stated that Mr. White had been able to negotiate with another contractor, Sun State Meter and Supply, Inc., who was also an approved contractor by the American Waterworks Association, to provide a similar meter that would meet or exceed the expectations of the meters that were • previously considered. This would reduce the amount $12,482.00, which would result in a $60,000 savings to the Village over the next five years. Village Council • Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page 6 ----------------------- MOTION: Councilmember Genco made a motion to approve Resolution No. 30-02/03 amended as follows: Resolution No. 30-02/03-A Resolution of the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, awarding a contract to Sun State Meter and Supply, of Newberry, Florida, in the amount of $48,607.00, for Touch Read Water Meters, having a FY 2002/2003 Water Fund (#401-411-652.601) allocation of $140,000.00, and authorizing the Village Manager to execute the applicable contract on behalf of the Village. Councilmember Watkins seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. Village Manager Couzzo distributed a chart showing meter route changes. *O. Authorize the Village Manager to appoint a temporary Special Master for the purpose of hearing the Siegel matter. Councilmember Genco commented the Mayor had requested this item be pulled and asked that the Hattie Siegel discussion that she had requested be held under this item. Village Manager Couzzo reported Mrs. Siegel was cited Apri121 for violation of Village Code Chapter 10, Health and Sanitation, for her property; and the Village Attorney had sent correspondence regarding his interpretation of the citation and her return receipt registered mail and her thoughts on it, and the Village Attorney suggested it go before a Special Master. The current Special Master had recused herself in this matter. The Village Manager reported that another Special Master had been used in the past, and recommended that the Village bring in a Special Master not particularly familiar with the case, and the hearing would be scheduled for the 26"' of this month. Councilmember Genco commented she had read the letter dated May 7 from Jones, Foster, Johnson, and Stubbs, and the attorney had advised that the Council should appoint an alternate Special Master and if they did not have a specific name to recommend that they appoint someone to this temporary position, any individual that might subsequently be designated as this hearing officer. Councilmember Genco stated that before doing that she wanted to get some background on the procedure at this time as far as the litigation. Councilmember Genco stated it was her understanding that Mrs. Siegel had filed an appeal almost a year ago and that appeal was now going for a hearing and wanted the best estimate of a time frame for going for foreclosure or final hearing on this matter, since the letter from the Village Attorney basically tied • the Village's hands from going in and cleaning up the property. Attorney Scott Hawkins apologized that Village Attorney Randolph had a family conflict that prevented his attendance tonight. Attorney Hawkins advised that a Judge on Village Council Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page ~ ----------------------- March 27 specially scheduled a hearing for May 15 to hear a motion for final judgment on the pleadings, which would be an attempt by the Village, argued by Mr. Randolph, to seek final resolution of the case by the court regarding the initial action that was filed instituting foreclosure proceedings. Attorney Hawkins stated he understood that action was filed in Apri12002 and the final hearing was set for next week. Attorney Hawkins advised that based on his review of the motion, it appeared the odds were very high the Village would win on that motion. Thereafter, the Village would have to have a final judgment of foreclosure entered, which would be a separate filing but largely procedural in nature, and Attorney Hawkins estimated that could be obtained within 20 days of a ruling on the motion for judgment on the pleadings, which he expected the Village would receive within a couple of days from the hearing on May 15. Councilmember Genco asked if there was a statute or time frame the Village had to wait to go and file for foreclosure following the May 15 hearing. Mr. Hawkins advised that Mrs. Siegel would have a 10-day period to contest the judgment or final ruling on the judgment on the pleadings. Councilmember Genco commented it was highly likely Mrs. Siegel would do that. Attorney Hawkins commented from his brief review of the file he would agree. Councilmember Genco asked if there was anything the Village could do at this point since Mrs. Siegel had lost one appeal at every district court she could think of, to keep this from continuing to happen, and commented there has to be a point at which one would lose the right to appeal a matter. Attorney Hawkins noted it seemed the prior appeals related to the code enforcement proceedings themselves and went up all the way to Supreme Court of Florida. After the Supreme Court of Florida had said enough is enough, Mr. Randolph had instituted the foreclosure proceeding, which could only be done at that point as a matter of law. Mr. Hawkins commented that it was like traveling up two highways-that Mrs. Siegel had been able to exhaust her remedies all the way up one highway, then was able to get on the second highway; Mr. Randolph instituted the proceedings on highway two and that gave her a right to exercise her remedies on highway two, which was what she would do if she appealed the final judgment-and there was no way around that because it was her constitutional right. Attorney Hawkins advised if Mrs. Siegel appealed she must file notice of appeal within 30 days of the entry of the final judgment, and based on the record as he saw it the odds of her prevailing on an appeal were quite low, but that would take 90 days to 120 days Thereafter, if the Fourth District Court of Appeal rejected her appeal and if she was consistent with her previous pattern, she would attempt to go to the Supreme Court, which was another long period of time. • Councilmember Genco commented for someone who claimed to have no money it was incredible that she would go to this length. Councilmember Genco favored going with the Special Master, with which Attorney Hawkins agreed. Attorney Village Council Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page 8 ----------------------- Hawkins commented he would discuss a procedure with Mr. Randolph that might help. Councilmember Genco commented that anything he could think of to fast track this matter would be appreciated. Councilmember Genco wondered if the Village went in and cleaned up the property whether they would lose their right to repairing the remedy, then it would be foreclosing for the liens and not the code violation. Attorney Hawkins explained that if the Village won in the lower court and she wanted to stop the Village from exercising the rights obtained by virtue of their win, there were things she would have to do in addition to instituting the appeal, and she would have to figure that out and if she didn't the Village could proceed with cleaning up the property. Mayor Resnik commented it was his understanding there were two issues facing the Village-the judgment on the foreclosure, separate from the item of having a new solicitor for the Village to listen to the appeal, which was only based on the initiation of the charges of unsanitary conditions that were issued and apparently interpreted by Mr. Randolph that she has the right to appeal, which she did in accordance with the charter, which she did not do in her response, but still the Village was giving that option. • The Village Manager was arranging to have a separate solicitor come and listen to that appeal, and that appeal applied to the Village going in to clean up the property, not destroy it but clean it up, and this had nothing to do with the foreclosure coming before the judge. The code called for certain time frames for holding the hearing, and after the hearing if it was rendered against her, she would have five days to comply or the Village could go in and clean up the property. Mayor Resnik commented that was separate from the $1.2 million lien on the property, for which a foreclosure had been proposed. Mayor Resnik stated that was his interpretation. Attorney Hawkins stated the Mayor was right. Village Manager Couzzo commented that the hearing before the Special Master was for a citation issued April 21, which had nothing to do with the previous case. Councilmember Genco stated that was a way to clean up the property, which the Council had requested at the last Village Council meeting. MOTION: Vice Mayor von Frank made a motion to approve item O which was pulled from the consent agenda. Councilmember Watkins seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. Village Manager Couzzo announced that Councilmember Watkins had brought to his attention that May 26 was Memorial Day; and he had made a mistake and • meant to state that the Special Master Hearing for the one item, the Siegel matter, would be May 29t'' and would be held at the administrative offices on the third floor of 250 Tequesta Drive. Village Manager Couzzo advised that the regular Village Council • Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page 9 ----------------------- Special Master hearing was that same day, so he was unsure of the time. VII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS Harold Taylor, 13 Chapel Court, commented that the Tequesta Plaza project ought to be top priority because residents were tired of looking at the parking lot which had become an eyesore, development adds to the tax base bringing in needed revenue, and if developed as condos that would bring in new residents to the Village. As currently designed the project was to have four independent buildings. At the April Village Council meeting the Council voted to sell the southwest parcel. Mr. Taylor expressed his opinion that to get from the current status to where this project needed to go, and that condos were the most viable way to complete the project, which would only happen if a single developer owned the property-all of the property, including Main Street. Mr. Taylor suggested the Village could sell JMZ their southwest parcel and whatever portion of Main Street he wanted; or the Village could purchase the two JMZ parcels and repackage them with the Village's parcels for sale to another developer. Mr. Taylor expressed his opinion that selling the • southwest parcel to a third party other than JMZ would be a disaster for both JMZ and the Village. Mr. Taylor indicated a decision on who to sell the southwest parcel to and for what price; and on Main Street. The south half of Main Street was approximately 3/10 of an acre and probably worth $120,000, and would be beneficial to JMZ to join their parcels. Mr. Taylor stated this was something for the Council to consider, and he did not see how anyone could develop the property without purchasing Main Street. Wade Griest, 494 Dover Road, commented he got late word on the developments in the Siegel case, and if he had known he would have had an attorney present to interpret them since they did not make sense to most people. Mr. Griest stated these people had violated the same codes for 20 years, had been charge 16 times, went through seven court cases, and seven code enforcement officers. Mr. Griest asked why the cleanup was called off, and stated the Village could not afford this. Mr. Griest asked what would happen if every case wanted their own Special Master, commenting that at the last hearing there had been 14 cases, which would have required 14 different Special Masters. Mr. Griest advised the court costs for one meeting in December 1999 were $25,534.01 and at that time the Siegels were fined $1,000 a day which had now accrued to over $1.3 million. Mr. Griest commented this would never be paid and there would be a cost for the Special Master which was requested, and as a taxpayer he resented it and the Council should, too. Councilmember Genco explained that the Village was now pursuing this as a health hazard, and Mrs. Siegel was not being a good neighbor. • Village Council • Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page 10 ----------------------- VIII. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS Councilmember Genco indicated she would like to recognize Leslie Cook with a resolution of appreciation for her service to the community. The Council agreed by consensus. Councilmember Watkins reported she had received a call from Babs Henderson to see if anyone on the Council would be interested in joining the Entertainment Council of Palm Beach County. Councilmember Genco commented the membership was extremely expensive. Mayor Resnik commented that the Village and Mayor had received an American flag that had flown over the U. S. Capitol, obtained through the efforts of former Councilmember Bill Burckart and his son who got a congressman from Florida to provide the flag. The flag came with authentication that it had flown over the capitol. The flag would be raised in a ceremony to be held May 30 at 8 a.m. and would be flown from the Public Safety • Facility flag pole. The certificate would be framed. Mayor Resnik also reported that nice thank-you letters had been received from Jupiter High School for their committee for state membership in the council of schools and from the American Cancer Society for the Village contribution to Relay for Life. Mayor Resnik announced a Village Council workshop on May 22, 2003 for each Councilmember to present their ideas of what they would like to see at the Village Center. All of the options would be presented and hopefully each option could be merged into a consensus vision. Another workshop would be held at a later date to determine how best to satisfy the consensus vision. The Bank of America building would be replaced by a smaller bank building to be built in the parking area, and after completion, the old bank building would be torn down and replaced with an Eckerd's drug store. Councilmember Genco asked for the workshop meeting that a layout of the area be provided showing the property with the new bank and drug store in place, plus a breakdown of previous expenses of the Village incurred for planning for the existing commercial area, and also the obligations that the Village had including maintaining easements, parking, streets, Bridge Road improvements, and drainage, and an estimate of current property value. Councilmember Genco requested that Mr. Newell speak to potential changes to the existing zoning and have whatever citations were needed. Councilmember Watkins asked if the vision was for the Village's parcel or for the entire property; since the Village did not own the whole property she did not see how they could impact someone else's • property. Councilmember Genco responded she agreed and that was one reason she felt the entire Council should be present for a workshop on that matter. Councilmember Genco commented someone had been doing a lot of soliciting of Councilmembers and Village Council • Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page ~~ ----------------------- residents to promote a plan to have a townhouse area, which would require rezoning and replanning. Councilmember Genco commented that the Village only owned one parcel but were already committed to maintain the road, install lighting, to do parking and landscaping, and it all had to be a part of the picture and apparently the Council wished to entertain changing the zoning to accommodate a developer, and she would just as soon handle selling the property as an arm's length transaction and if the developer wanted to buy to have a bidding war on the property. Mayor Resnik indicated no matter who owned the land, the purpose of the workshop was to come up with what everyone would like to see on the land. After that, at the next meeting the Council would try to figure out how to achieve that. Councilmember Genco stated she did not disagree but would like to see a successful commercial development there, for which the Village had spent several hundred thousand dollars in developing a vision, but unfortunately the developer seemed to be reluctant to proceed or to be competitive in the market and therefore he was unsuccessful. Councilmember Genco commented that the Village was now trying to retrofit something to accommodate a developer to make it successful and therefore had to go back and decide whether to change the vision. Mayor Resnik stated he was not interested at all in . accommodating a developer but only in getting an idea. Councilmember Genco commented the Village had already spent a fortune on studies telling the Village they needed commercial, and expressed her opinion that now that there was new residential development, commercial made even more sense. Mayor Resnik asked that the comments be saved for the next meeting as to what Councilmember Genco wanted to see, and if she wanted to see commercial that was fine. Councilmember Genco stated it was already zoned commercial. IX. New Business A. Discuss additional appropriation to hire a Dispatcher for the Police Department in the approximate amount of $11,300.00. Police Chief Stephen J. Allison requested approval from the Village Council to hire a dispatcher due to increase in call volume. Chief Allison reported that following an accident one day he had noticed about five people on cell phones all calling it in. The Chief recalled that in 1977 there were two lines for dispatch, no emergency, no 911, and no computer system. Now, 26 years later there were only four dispatchers and now a highly skilled person was needed. Adding the Fire Department had doubled the load. Chief Allison referred to his report showing incidents, and reported that frequently more than one incident was going on at one • time. The critical thing that could be controlled was the call processing time. Chief Allison explained he was asking now instead of at the budget workshop because one dispatcher was leaving on maternity leave and if a new dispatcher was Village Council • Meeting Minutes May 8, 2oog Page 12 ----------------------- hired now they would be able to fill in during that time and five people were really needed to cover sick days, vacations, etc. Chief Allison noted overtime would not be reduced but could cover some part time work. Councilmember Genco commented next year's budget would be impacted $45,000. Chief Allison noted it was the current policy of Palm Beach County EMS to refund 25% of a dispatcher's salary, but it would have to be funded for the current year and adjusted next year. MOTION: Councilmember Genco moved to approve an additional appropriation to hire a Dispatcher for the Police Department in the approximate amount of $11,300.00. Councilmember Watkins seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. B. Discuss declaring the US 1 Water Main Crossing Project an emergency due to the timing of the Jupiter Franchise Severance and possible approval of the • following: 1. Allow Village Staff to acquire up to three quotes from underground utility contractors that have performed successfully on past similar projects. 2. Allow Staff to choose the most qualified Contractor and negotiate, if necessary, to achieve a total project cost that does not exceed $65,000 (which has been paid by the Town of Jupiter). 3. Allow the Village Manager to enter into and execute a contract with a Contractor chosen as above, to an amount that does not exceed $65,000. Village Manager Couzzo commented this item was discussed at the last Council meeting and the final agreement executed with Jupiter to separate the two systems as called for with expiration of the contract and the negotiations called for Jupiter to pay the full cost for replacing a crossing over U. S. One to the island. The Village Manager requested the ability to obtain three contractor's prices and to execute a contract so the work could get completed as soon as possible to coincide with separation of the systems. MOTION: . Councilmember Genco made a motion to approve the staff recommendation as presented. Councilmember Watkins seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. Village Council • Meeting Minutes May 8, 2003 Page ~3 ----------------------- C. Discuss renewal of Canada Life Insurance through Acordia-Basic Life renewal rate up .025/$1,000. Village Manager Couzzo explained that rates had gone up only slightly for the life insurance provided for the employees and recommended approval. This had been shopped by Acordia, a broker for the Village, and they were now shopping for health insurance. MOTION: Councilmember Genco made a motion to approve renewal of Canada Life Insurance through Acordia. Vice Mayor von Frank seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. X. Any Other Matters • There were no other matters to come before the Village Council. XI. Adjournment MOTION: Councilmember Genco moved that the meeting be adjourned ice Mayor von Frank seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 votes The motion was therefore passed and adopted and the meeting was adjourned at 8:16 p. m. Respectfully submitted, Mary Mi s Village Clerk DATE APPROVED: U