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CITY COUNCIL 2018/07/23 MinutesThe City of Lake Forest CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP Proceedings of the Monday, July 23, 2018 City Council Workshop Meeting – Municipal Services Center, 800 N. Field Ct, Lake Forest, IL CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Honorable Mayor Lansing called the meeting to order at 6:30pm, and City Clerk Margaret Boyer called the roll of Council members. Present: Honorable Mayor Lansing, Alderman Beidler, Alderman Newman, Alderman Rummel, Alderman Reisenberg, Alderman Preschlack, Alderman Moreno and Alderman Buschmann. Absent: Alderman Morris. Also present were: Robert Kiely, City Manager; Mike Strong, Assistant to the City Manager; Elizabeth Holleb, Finance Director; Susan Banks, Communications Manager; Sally Swarthout, Director of Parks & Recreation; Michael Thomas, Director of Public Works; Pete Siebert, Fire Chief and Anne Whipple, Consultant. There was one person in the audience. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 6:30 p.m. Mayor Lansing welcomed the Council, Members of the Community, and City Staff to the Workshop meeting. He turned the meeting over to Alderman Preschlack, chairman of the sub-committee developing City Council protocols. 1. DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPLES, CONDUCT, AND PROCEDURES FOR MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBERS City Manager Bob Kiely reported that along with the Decision Making Parameters, the Principles will be reviewed annually, and the Council should not get bogged down trying to create a perfect document. Alderman Preschlack reviewed the proposed plan to finalize the document that included building on consensus on key open strategic issues by section. The City Council had discussion on strategic issues: general rules for Council member conduct, standards of decorum and meeting rules and procedures. 2. REVIEW OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CIP) SCORING SHEET FOR POTENTIAL REVISIONS FOR FY20 BUDGET. City Manager Bob Kiely and Finance Director Elizabeth Holleb reviewed the current sheet and asked the City Council for potential revisions prior to budget season starting. The City Council had discussion on scoring projects, OCM adjusted score and projects that received a 1NF score. 3. OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Kim Reich offered a statement to the Council regarding the berm in the Oak Knoll subdivision, and commended the Council for good discussion this evening. 4. ADJOURNMENT There being no further discussion. Alderman Reisenberg made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Alderman Newman. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote at 8:30p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Margaret Boyer, City Clerk Proceedings of the Monday, May 21, 2018 City Council Workshop Meeting