Tonight's City Council COW agenda (.pdf) covers issues under Finance and Budget, and Procedures and Regulations committees.
The Finance and Budget committee will be voting to approve spending your money on Ceridian Employee Services (.pdf), Ariel Database Services (.pdf), Employee Medical, Dental & Life Insurance (.pdf), and Third Millennium (.pdf).
In addition to those expenditures, the Finance and Budget COW will also be spending your money to renew the lease agreement (.pdf) with "SCH Real Estate, LLC for parking spaces at 20-22 S. Fairview. The City then sells parking permits for the lot to cover the amount of the lease. The existing lease expires on June 1,2010. The lease is being renewed for a period of six months with an automatic renewal for an additional six months in the amount of $20,520. This amount is based on an annual rate of $360 per space, with 57 spaces leased."
And the PRU Crew is wondering if SCH Real Estate, LLC sends flowers and chocolates to City Hall on Secretaries Day. If they don't, they should -- the PRU Crew feels it's very nice for the City to provide secretarial services and staff time to SCH Real Estate, LLC, as well as snow removal and other services to the lessor. The PRU Crew is also wondering if the City is obligated to pay the lease amount whether or not the spaces are sub-leased?
However, the real fun at tonight's City Council COW meeting should come under the Procedures and Regulations portion of the meeting.
Procedures and Regulations, chaired by the 4th ward's Ald. Allspaghetti, is set to again take action on the issue of Supermajority voting (.pdf), as well as a 3P Manual modification re: the City Attorney (.pdf) and a Liquor Ord Mofification re: Wine Bottles (.pdf).
The City Attorney's cover memorandum includes an entertaining passage -- "The attached Ordinance contains the City Attorney's addition of the term "2/3" to supermajority. The remaining proposed changes were made at Alderman Allegretti's request." And the PRU Crew laaaaauuuuughed! We may begin referring to the City Attorney as either "Pontius Hill" or "Buzz Pilate."
Also on the Procedures and Regulations agenda is another renewal of the lease agreement (.pdf) for the "pedestrian arcade from Prospect Ave. to the alley behind the building." Gillick-Zember Partnership will be receiving $15,000 for the first year and "the annual rent will increase at a rate of 4% annually. The initial term of the lease is 15 years, with an automatic 15 year renewal." And we're sure the Prospect Ave. Starbuck's crowd, among others, will be very pleased.
Enjoy the show!
April 26, 2010
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I don't know how Ryan could say he doesn't know how the supermajority voting got tied in with billboards. The only subjects Allegretti has hammered to death is billboards and supermajority voting. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Forget about billboards. It now appears people will be able to leave a restaurant with a properly sealed bottle of wine!!! What on earth is happening to our bedroom community?!?!?!?!! The horror!! The horror!!
Anon@10:51 --
You object to the bottles being properly sealed?
I would like to forget about billboards!!!!!!!!!!!!! But Allagetti keeps bringing them up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:30:
You're right. Allegretti is pursuing billboards like a house on fire and I have to wonder why. With all I have read on the PRU and the Public Watchdog on this I can't help but smell a rat.
The Zoning board authority should not have ever been watered away like these aldermen have done. I can see some of the points made about who should have final decisions on legislation, but I can't help but think the changes they already made and the change Allegretti wants now will make a bigger mess than anything before.
Frimark wanted a 7 person council because he could control it with 4 votes instead of 8. Frimark protege Allegretti wants to over-ride Planning & Zoning decisions with a simple majority because it's easier to get than a supermajority. You don't have to just smell the rats, you can see them.
anon 10:51
I get your sarcasm, but don't you think of Park Ridge as a bedroom community?
Mayor Schmidt said it is. He said so in his announcement when he ran for Mayor.
Mayor Schmidt said he wanted to preserve the character of Park Ridge.
Maybe you should ask Mayor Schmidt if he has changed his mind.
3:23:
Glad you got the sarcasm. I guess I do not guard this concept of bedroom community as closely as some. As for dialogue with the Mayor, you would be better served by having some of the other folks who come here talk to him. I could be standing right in front of the Mayor and he would not know who I am. He certainly does not have me in his phone book or address book, let alone on speed dial.
...oh for cryin' out loud...
Public Act 094-1047
SB0946
...which has been in effect for a couple years...looks to be since 2007!...makes Illinois a "Winedoggybag" State.
So...once again, Park Ridge is just "catching up"...
There's a significant difference between allowing patrons to carry out paid for, but only partially consumed bottles of wine...vs...enacting an entirely new liq. license ord.
...but again...even then...Park Ridge is just "catching up." Whether one might consider that a good thing or a bad thing is a matter of personal opinion.
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OT -- to our Roosevelt University Googler --
Because 100 years ago the voters of Park Ridge said it should be.
You can read about it here
I know you posted the link for another person but thanks! I did not see that before and I enjoyed it.
You're welcome.
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