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