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R-765 - 02/27/2001 - IL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE - Resolutions Supporting DocumentsqM V� o f 0,4 O y A � gCF��UNII VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK 1200 OAK BROOK ROAD OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS 60523 -2255 PHONE. 630 990 -3000 FAX 630 990 -0876 MEMORANDUM W E B S I T E www oak -brook org DATE: February 8 2001 TO: Village President and Board of Trustees FROM: Stephen B. Veitch, Village Manage SUBJECT: Mayors and Managers and lllnois Municipal League Legislative Programs The Board has previously been provided with copies of the 2001 DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference Legislative Action Program and the 2001 Illinois Municipal League Legislative Agenda. In a memorandum dated February 2, 2001 1 urged the Board to consider adopting both of these, programs, in whole or in part, as positions of the Village of Oak Brook. This suggestion arises from a discussion that took place last summer among the Mayors and Managers Conference Board of Directors and membership. The subject was how to address those instances when professional municipal employee associations, (e.g., police chiefs, fire chiefs, public works) to which our department heads belong adopt positions on legislation that might be contrary to the positions taken by the municipal associations (e.g., DMMC and IML) to which their employers belong. One option raised by that discussion was to recommend action by corporate authorities to formally adopt the legislative positions of the municipal associations in order to assist managers and staff in determining appropriate responses to those situations when a professional association takes a contrary stance. This is not a frequent occurrence, but it has happened, most recently in connection with police pension increases. In order to provide useful guidance to staff members should any situations of this sort arise, I encourage the Board to consider adopting the legislative positions expressed by the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference and Illinois Municipal League in their respective programs. It' it is, your wish to proceed in this fashion, it would be appropriate to direct the Village Attorney to prepare an appropriate resolution for your consideration on February 27. It would also be appropriate to include in your direction any provisions of either program you wish to except from such action, so that they might be specified in the resolution. /sv 1 a DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS — LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS: Community Development Trustee Savino Finance, Information Services & Purchasing Trustee Caleel Intergovernmental Relations Trustee McInerney Library & Community Events Trustee Butler Public Safety Trustee Kenny Public Works & Engineering Trustee Craig Sports Core President Bushy Village Clerk Clerk Gonnella Departmental reports were discussed and accepted UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS (Final Action Not Anticipated): OA- DISCUSSION - ADOPTION OF MAYORS AND MANAGERS AND LINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS The Village Board were provided with copies of the 2001 DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference Legislative Action Program and the 2001 Illinois Municipal League Legislative Agenda. The Village Manager requested consideration by the Village Board for adoption of these programs, in whole or in part, as positions of the Village of Oak Brook. Most municipalities are adopting these as Village policies. This suggestion arose from a discussion that took place last summer among the Nlayors and Managers Conference Board of Directors and membership. The subject was how to address those instances when professional municipal employee associations, (e.g., police chiefs, fire chiefs, public works) to which our department heads belong, adopt positions on legislation that might be contrary to the positions taken by our municipal associations (e.g. DMMC and INIL) to which their employers belong. One option raised by that discussion was to recommend action by corporate authorities to formally adopt the legislative positions of the municipal associations in order to assist managers and staff in determining appropriate responses to those situations when a professional association takes a contrary stance. Motion by Trustee McInerney, seconded by Trustee Savino, to direct the Village: Attorney to draft an appropriate resolution for Village Board consideration at their February 27, 2001 meeting. VOICE VOTE. Motion camel. VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK Minutes Page 10 of 1 1 February 13, 2001 DEPT RPTS ADOPT LEGIS PRG Trustee Savino indicated that many of the positions that would be beneficial to the Village appear to have been on the Du Page Mayors and Managers Conference agenda for quite some time. He inquired as to how effective this organization was in legislative action for municipalities. Trustee Caleel concurred with Trustee Savino and asked what legislative successes the Conference have occurred in return for the Village's membership fee. Village Manager Veitch indicated he would provide this information for the Village Board. He noted one specific area is the sales tax information the Village now obtains was initiated by the Conference's legislative action. 11. OTHER BUSINESS PERTAINING TO VILLAGE OPERATIONS: None ADJOURNMENT Motion by Trustee Caleel, seconded by Trustee Savino, to adjourn the meeting at 9.25 p.m. VOICE VOTE: Motion carried. ATTEST: Linda K. Gonnella, CMC Village Clerk E30T -0. I )01 VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK Minutcs Page 1 l of l 1 February 13, 2001 AD1RN 1 v OF 044 C G q A 9c4P C p U N VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK 1 200 OAK BROOK ROAD OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS 60523 -2255 PHONE 630 990 -3000 MEMORANDUM PHONE 630 990.0876 DATE: February 15 2001 TO: Village President and Board of Trustees FROINI: Stephen B. Veitch, Village Manager SUBJECT: Results of Legislative Advocacy Adjun Ict to the February 13 discussion of adoption of the Illinois Municipal League and DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference legislative programs as positions of the Village of Oak Brook (in order to give guidance to staff whose professional organizations might adopt contrary positions), the Board expressed interest in more information on the results of legislative advocacy by the League and Conference over the last few years. Below, I have listed several recent Conference and/or League initiatives that we can consider as legislative '`successes ". While our exact proposals were not enacted in every case, the essence of what we were trying to achieve was achieved in most cases. In others, we obtained part of what we sought and the rest remains in the legislative agendas of the League and/or Conference. • Access to detailed sales tax information by certain non -home rule municipalities (critical to Oak Brook). • Separation of library levies from other municipal levies on property tax bills. • Enhancement of county zoning authority over telecommunications towers in unincorporated areas. • Clarification of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act and expansion of scope of allowable intergovernmental agreements. • ,Local option sales tax for non -home rule mwucipalitles. • Authority to archive public records electronically Not all successes Lire the result of Conference or League initiatives Many are the result of strategic partnerships or a strong defense against bad legislation that makes it better (or even acceptable) or witch Ielps prevent passage. For example • Expansion o t investment authority for police and fire pension funds. • Police pension portability. I Village President and Board of Trustees February 15, 2001 Page 2 • Legislation that established the telecommunications IMF to preserve franchise revenue and allowed retention of limited control over local right -of -way in the face of loss of franchising authority as dictated by Federal law. o Local Taxpayer "Bill of Rights" legislation. • Wireless 911 surcharge legislation. Authorization of studies on simplification of collection and administration of sales and use taxes. Preservation of the local share of the state income tax through prevention of significant new exemptions. •; Legislation that would have designated bicyclists as "intended users" of streets and highways (did not pass). • Sales tax exemption for leased computers (did not pass). •' Sales tax "holiday" legislation (did not pass). • Regional tax -base sharing study legislation (did not pass). The Conference is also the entree through which Oak Brook has become so deeply involved in the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. The Caucus is in fact a confederation of the City of Chicago and the suburban councils of government, of which the Conference is one. The caucus is active in both Springfield and Washington, focussing on policy issues of broad regional concern more than on specific active bills. You are already quite familiar with our roles in Caucus task forces on economic development, e- commerce and electric reliability. Of course there are losses too. Most notable in the last two years are the benefit increases granted through the downstate police and fire pension statutes. These defeats were colored by what many of us thlought was less than stellar advocacy on the part of the League (not the Conference). Nevertheless, the political reality is that lawmakers have never been able to bring themselves to disappoint the huge base of voters and contributors represented by the police and fire lobbies and unions. And so every few years pension programs that are among the most generous to be found anywhere are made more generous simply because they have not been changed in a while. The state dictates the benefits and local governments are left to find a way to pay for them. The best the employers have been able to do is negotiate legislation that is not as bad as what could have been or was threatened. The question of why any changes should be made at all (regression is prohibited by the I11'inois Constitution) is never on the table. The Village receives full -time representation in Springfield at a fraction of what it would cost to employ its own representatives (as many larger governmental entities do) Oak Brook's current annual dues to the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference and the Illinois Municipal League are $6,760 and $704, respectively Of course, the benefits received from membership go far beyond legislative advocacy alone. I f you have any gUtst1011S or would like further information about the relevance or value to the V11lage of these legislative activities please let me know /sv MEMO TO: FROM: SUBJECT: � vE OF O 4,r o ! d � o e e 0 G � O A Z \C0UNT1 VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK 1200 OAK BROOK ROAD OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS 60523 -2255 February 22, 2001 Village President & Board of Trustees Richard A. Martens, Village Attorney Adoption of Legislative Positions of Municipal Associations PHONE- 630 990 -3000 FAX: 630 990 -0876 W E B S l T E: www oak -brook org Pursuant to your direction, I have drafted the attached individual resolutions in which the Board: )) Adopts the positions advanced by the Illinois Municipal League on legislative proposals in the Illinois General Assembly for the Spring 2001 session and as expressed by the Municipal League in the 2001 Legislative Agenda; and 2) Adopts the positions advanced by the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference on legislative proposals in the Illinois General Assembly for the Spring 2001 session and as expressed by the Conference in its 2001 Legislative Action Program. I understand you will consider these resolutions at your regular meeting on February 27, 2001. Respectfully submitted, Richard A. Martens - Village Attorney RAM sps Attachments cc. Stephen B. Veitch, Village Manager �U�ti 1 5. F. 1) TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AND STREET LIGHT TRFC sIGNL REPAIR RPR 2) AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE - MOSQUITO MOSQUITO ABATEMENT SERVICES ABATEMENT G. APPROVAL TO ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE - TREAS RPT - TREASURER'S REPORT OF JANUARY 2001 01/2001 Motion by Trustee McInerney, seconded by Trustee Caleel, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. ROLL CALL VOTE: Ayes: 6 - Trustees Butler, Caleel, Craig, Kenny, McInerney and Savino. Nays: 0 - None. Absent: 0 - None. Motion carried. 6. ! ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA: None. 7. ACTIVE AGENDA (Items for Final Action): A. APPOINTMENTS: None. B. ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS: 1) RESOLUTION #2001 - IML -LP -R -765, A RESOLUTION '01 ADOPT ADOPTING THE ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE LEGIS POS LEGISLATIVE POSITION IM The Resolution adopts the positions advanced by the Illinois Municipal League on legislative proposals in the Illinois General Assembly for the Spring 2001 session and as expressed by the Municipal League in the 2001 Legislative Agenda; and Motion by Trustee McInerney, seconded by Trustee Kenny, to approve Resolution #2001 - IML -LP -R -765, "A Resolution Adopting the Illinois Municipal League Legislative Program," as presented and waive the full reading thereof. ROLL CALL VOTE: Ayes: 6 - Trustees Butler, Caleel, Craig, Kenny, McInerney and Savino. Nays: 0 - None. Absent: 0 - None. Motion carried. 2) RESOLUTION #2001- DUNIM -LP -R -766 A RESOLUTION '01 ADOPT ADOPTING THE 2001 LEGISLATIVE POSITION OF THE LEGIS POS DUPAGE MAYORS AND MANAGERS CONFERENCE DP MYR & MGR VILL'�i GE OF OAK BROOK Minutes Page 4 of 19 February 27, 2001