MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGBOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON JANUARY 10, 1972.

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn PRrk District, was convenedin a Regular Meeting on January 10, 1972, in the Administrationbuilding, 94th and Knox, Oak Lawn, Illinois, at 8:05 p.m. with1-'l'esident McNamara presiding.

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Present:Absentt

Nebel, Larson, Klein and McNamaraBroderick

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A l~tter was ~eaQ from the Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce invitingthe memb0rs o~ the Boari to a dinner.

A 13tter from HUn was read regarding tr.a yroposed oonversion oflauQ betwe.en the School Board and the Park Dlstrict~

3. r1INU'l"ES IJ.fi' PREVIOUS Iv:EETINGS:,A.- g.~gu}:.§t.r-"Me8frng-cf7"""December ,13, 1971.

CO!11Fl. Larsen made a, oorrection to t::le mt:rl':.tes Gf th""! Regularr/i.:;:eting on De0embeJ.' 13, 1971.. On trl2 la3t page, ".Ander HC:'w Business:a motion had been mad.e tc acc2pt the highest b:i.d from the SouthfieldKhoury LeE..gue" The vote 't'j·O,.3 recoro.ed as beL:;.g Aye: .!.ill, Nay: None.The vote should reaQ; Aye: Nebel, Broderick, f:lein and McNamara.Nay: L&rson. ,

A mction was then maQe by Comma tars on, seconded by Comma Nebelto accep~: t~1e minutes of December 13; 1971, as amended.

Voting on the motion: Aye: Nebel, Larson, Klein and McNamar~.Na~': None, Absent: Brod.erick.

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{I'!r. Sundermeie!" ~:'eported. that nt the :pre5F.mt time we are at ane'~en '9·')int with ourl:anL 'bal6..nces. He cashed fou!" tax anticipationwarrants a.nd in ord.er to mee'c the expenditures of this month, morAt<~.}: warr8.:nts will have tc be cashed~ Bills for the month of Decel!lbertotal $21726~~,30 Corpora.te;~~lJ627.45 Ice Rink; and :~518.95 PoolACOOU:'1t. C:omII1. Klein q1......estioned. 8. $758~55 purohas8 for AthleticStandards and supt. Hope said this was an old ~ilJ.~ Also an insuranceb111 of $6,601.00 was qv.estion.ed~ an;i ~':res, McNa.m2.l'a asked Corrrn .. Kleinto form a COII1IIii t lee to oheck j.:nto o:'i.r insurance a~.G. see if Vle areo-\:er-ineured e Supt. Hope and Corpml Klein are ·.~,o i'fOrk together emthis. Ccm~. Larson stated thQt it is his understan~ing that the l~goon

at Lal\:6 Shore Park is still Ender the jurisdiction of the SaL.i tar;}'"Distriot~ and if that is tru6 why are we insuri:r...g property we do notOitIn. CCJITIiTI .., Larson Jla<le a !notioD.; seconde:l by C0Jf:.ffi c Nebel that wepay the bill s totaling $21,262.30 Corporate; ~1;, 627 .J.~5, Ice Rink;and. $518.95 Pool Accour..t I,

Voting on the ITl.Jtion: Aye: All Nay: None;;

5. RECRE~TION COMMITTEE:. A. Day Q.amp Sl-!:t'Vey for 1971.

Comm. Nebel rea.d a summary of the Day Camp Survey for 1971 andsaid he felt the res~onse could have been better. Pres. McNamarasaid he felt the response to the questionnuira was quite good, andhe felt the Day Camp Program had room for improvement.

B. Proposed Golf Program. Comm~ Nebel reported on a new GolfInstruction Program to take place in the Florida Room, startingJanuary 31, 1972. The instructor will be Ken Buss, Golf Pro at theBeverly Country Club, The length of the program will be eight 1 hourand 15 minute classes. There will be a beginners group and an advan­ced group 't'Iith a maximum of 20 and a fee of ·~10 .. 00. The instructorlsfeewill be $10 per afternoon session and $20 ~r evening session, withthe instructor supplying movies, practice balls ~nd needed clubs.

Comm. Nebel mad e a motion, seconded by Comn~. Larson to acceptthe golf instruction program as proposed.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All J:.Jay: None.

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6. BUILDINGS GROUND AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE:A. Alarm Site System for Compressor Room at 94th and Knox Rink.

Comm. Larson read two alarm system proposals; one fromAmerican District Telegraph Company for an installation charge of$261.00 with a quarterly service charge of $60.00 and the other wasfrom Certified Burglar Alarm Systems, Inc., for an installationcharge of $340.00 and an additional charge from Illinois Bell for$30.00 for installation of their line to the police department in theevent a police station hook-up is desired. Also on the secondproposal, there is a monthly service and maintenance fee of $10 forthe local alarm and $20 per month for the police station hook-up.In addition to this, Illinois Bell charges $4 per month for serviceand line rental fee. Comm. Larson did not feel that the telephonehook-up was necessary. He said if the Board does decide on an alarmsystem, that, he would recommend the ADT proposal. Comm. Klein saidthere is nothing in the compressor room to attract anyone, but Pres.McNamara said that we have $140,000 worth of equipment. He thenasked Comm. Larson if he wanted to table it until the next meeting,but since there was no motion on the floor, action was deferred fortwo weeks, until the adjourned meeting on January 24, 1972.

B. Status of Flooding Parks for Community Ice Rinks. Comm.Larson said we should check the long-range weather forecast sinceit would be foolish to flood the parks for a period of only 2 or 3days ... This is to be left to the discretion of Supt. Hope.

Supt. Hope reported that the ice at Lake Shore Park wasdangerous and is 6 inches at it1s thickest and only 2 inches at itsthinest. It is quite dangerous near the culvert ... There has bee,l'l' ared 'flag erected which will ,fly. when conditions, are not..safe~_, The"condition of the ice' at Southl-'JestPark Lagoon is very dangerous ;':;'because of t1;Ie'"chetnical struct-qre of.the water •. Signs have beenerected stating "NO SKATING PERl\UTTED. ICE DANGEROUS".

Cc~m" Larson reported that the building at Lake Shore Park wasvandalized and extensive damage was done. He was there afterward,and two youngsters were there changing their skates and said thatthey had attempted to clean up which he felt ,was very commendable.

Comm. Larson also reported that a dangerous condition was '.occurring on the ice rink.where the ice meets the boards~ This formsa cove and is very dangerous to skate.rs and he was therefore recom­mending the purchase of an edging machine. The Litholine Manufactur­ing Company of Portland, Oregon, offers such a Qachine for $350.00.

Comm. Larson made a motion, seconded by Comm. Nebel, instructingthe Supt. to purchase the edging machine at a price of ~~350.00.Under discussion, Comm. Nebel asked how soon this machine would beavailable, and if it was available in the area. Comm. Klein suggestedthat we check and see how soon it is available and if we cannot getit within three weeks we should hold off until next year.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.Supt. Hope was directed to look into this matter and see

if the machine would be available within the next 2 or 3 weeks.A job classification change for a maintenance man was requested

by Supt. Hope. Pres. McNamara requested a 10 minute recess to gointo ExecutivG Session to discuss this. This was at 8:50 p.m.The maintenance supt. was requested at the session also.

The meeting was reconvened at 9:10 p.m. and a motion was madeby Comm. Larson, seconded by Comm. Nebel, giving a promotion toRon Murabito to Working Crew Chief 2, effective as of January 11, 1972.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.7. JUDICIAL:

A. Oak Lawn Park District Code. The new Code is being offeredfor two weeks in the Park District office for public viewing andon January 24, 1972 there will be an adjourned meeting and the Boardwill return to discuss the Code. Pres. McNamara stated that theBoard is open to opinions and suggestions from the public.

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E. Go:qtract with Oak Hockey League. ;Pres. McNamara asked tohave the contract ready for the January 24, 1972 meeting.

CftStatus of McGowan Agreement. Comma Broderick sent a checkto Mr. McGowan for relocation expenses for $180 with acknowledgeoentof !'eceipt of that sum to be in full payment of all relocation8x.panses bj" HUD. We will receive from HUD the full ~~180 when thecheck has c:.J.eared and a photostat is sent to them.

D. status of Arb5.tration Hearings with Arendt Engineering.Pres. ~~cl\famgra reported., in Comm. Broderick I s absence, that onJaY.J.ua:,., 6; :)1'72.> the American Arbitration Assoc. entered the followinEaward ~ '.rhe 8V.m of $20,59:).00 is to be paid by the Oak Lawn Park:Jis·cri.8t t::J the f~.r-m of ~'\.rendt Engineer-ing, N,) Ctward was found :1.nfavor of J'eff Cra:.g, Assec:L:>;.tes 0 Fees of 8,80G. 96 a:i.....e to be borneeClualJ.~; 0 Pres .. McNamara pul.Jlicl;y~ thanked r1:c 0 Tur~er for a tremendousre.searc1'l j01.:'.. Mr« Turner stated that he wa~ not happy about theoutcomE: ;:;;,nc. would t.ave J. ik8d to come back with a figure of zero.He said. th~.:;:.:'e are still ;30iTle administrative procedures open to the:?ark Dh-:tric':;, but fo.l:" all practical purpo:3cs II vm are stucle with i t~ ~

fhJ.,s f:1.gure S.e le;Js th-sYi half of the oJ:,j.ginc:,.1 fig::re asked for •..::; .Leatle. f:~t._tot i..9t. Mr. 7urner rea..t a resolution :for

R.(~OptiDJ:., by tree B02rd :"'01' a leas,) for a tot l.ot to be situated inthe area bmlncLed b3' 95th, 3.ic1.geland ancl. .soutLwest High~'1ay. Pres.~cNamara said that he ~as ve~y pleased by this as it would alleviatecongea:c::.on in tha t are~J·o A motion was made by Comm. Larson, secondedby COii11.TI. Klein, to ado~'.t the Resolution as read.

Voting on t:r..3 motion: Aye: All Nay: None.8 • FINA.NGr~L COMiiJITTS.i;'

--i.-;-- B~ort on 9ak~Ga\foT;g. Park District ~'2='"lta.l. Property. Mr.1tJc:i:::"X'0l1 SC}-'.J.J.8ske A.:f)pearcd before the Board to report on rentalprnpel~c~r CWD.od b;/ ·r.,:b..e '!?hrk D::.stri.r,;t o Be SEl.ill of J.;he 5 bUildings in:'1i8 (;'3:r'8~ on3 had tc 1)."3 dei:r,.clished when thE::: build-tngs were firstts.h:en rn8I' by the P5.:rl-c :0isti:·ict. The other bUil1iings are old andt:'le il':~',8ntj 'In a i' that t~.me was to keep them on a month-to-monthb:::tsj.s and lId dlir.:. 2, shOJ."'t ';:-ime they would either :Jo sold or demul h;hed'I'i:1is was e.I-proxima t;eJ:r .'-1- ;rears ago.. U:.? te .:ehe present time no80rnpreh8n~i\T~ plan fer lc:uld USG J~as be;:;n 6.e·'r:loped by the ParkDistric·~. A)ou t :l 3'"1:;,0}:' e,{d;c J :her'ljddl-; S,:-l(j.:el1tS.~' :;."'';l;ort that in ViEW or't!.'le fae \:; th!'l'G no :(u.rJch";'p j):!.)..il had. bee:... '{'lace ~ ~\re 8hould keep th<:.sebuild:! ngs en E~ rr~onth-·t0"·m')nch basis.. Ir~1e bu~.:;,,:151"'gs are now gettingin pI'€' cty t,ad cGridl t.1 O:i:l al;Ci the only ex~~endit1~:ce8 have been emergencyones, £'11', 3'3rlliesJ:c8 st8:Gcd '::;hat some r·olicy has to be estabJ..:'s:nedby this Bc;a.C'd. as tc.' the So:': bt;.ildings, .'1.11 1.;, t~i:1. dings can b(:;; sold andm07et.l. ;:.i.nd :f;'l,'.~ ·J.lJ for aUGt·:.cn. He repor::;ecl th':t t: he has collectedroughly f;s.5:cOO u OC nct, lYL rent 2.ast zr8a~::' ...

Pres" i"lcNaI;1ara p..sked for committee acti;)n to be taken, and heasked Cornrn. Klein to head a 00mmi ttee to look into this.. Comm.Klein replied that he thought Comm.. Broderick was Real Estate.}ire:::;" IV:~NnlI1ara ;.:,eJd 110, Comma Broderick is Judicial and since hevTas !J.ot pl"eEsnt t.9 did not wish to aSbign it to him. Pres. McNamarat:r~en e.sked COIIll:1, Larsc~n "if he would v1Crk vii th :Nr. Schlieske, andi.nspect these bnildings.

Reaffirmat4.on 0-:" a.uthc'ri ty for Mr < S0rl} ieske to make necessaryrepairs was asked fo~,'" by Ml', Turner. A m.)tion was made by Comm o

Nebel, seconded by Comffi. Larson, to reaff~rm the management policyauthority for Mr. Schlieske on these buildings until the Board comesto a decision. Under discussion, Comm, Klein said that until wesee the contract with Mr. Schlieske, we should not approve it.

Comm. Nebel then withdrew his motion and made a new lfiotioll,seconded by Comm, Larson, to give the authority to Mr. Schlieske,in case of emergency, to authorize him to make emergency repairs onthe buildings ill question ..

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.Comm. Nebel then mentioned the fact that Mr. Schlieske's managementfee was 5% and the Chicago board fees are now 6%. He said that hewould not touch the~~ buildings and what is involved for 5%. Itwas sugges·ted thae ebmm\ Nebel be on Comm. Lattson1 ~ ~omfi1i'btee to

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inspect th~se buildings, and Pres. McNamara said that he wished to-oe there also.

B. Financial status of Ice Rink. Ice Rink expenditures andincome were read by, Comm. Klein. The expenditures total $9,836.10~~d income totals $8,230#00 through December 31,1971. This does noti~clude the amount due for December from Oak Hockey for $1,301.25.After only one month, the ice ri:n..tc is breaking even which is some­thing they 1\!er not qui to sure of when the program was started. Come:.Larson nointed out that we have some expenditures still coming upancL we have E'" deftc~.t O:{ about $1,000.00 right no'!!.

J.VIr. KroJ.8.k th':?YI stated that some people v,rere. v.Y.Lder the impres;::;­ioy: thE:.t th8 Oak Ho(;~ej.· League was getting :r':c88 lG8 time, and hew:i-shed it to be a matter (I.r })ublic record that th8;r are definitel:!paying 'cheir own "my ..

9. ~~w BJ3~NESS:

PrHS < 1,r,:N'a:JlarCi sa:'d tblt the idea of cOD1..1in~:i::,g parks withsbcppil!6 (;8n-~erG ::.11. -:h8 e,rea ::-.ad occurred. tc him., COmf':l,. Larsonsaito "chat he bad ;)8811 'coli that with land. C08t.S tLe ~'1aJ" they aretoday, -:~hai:; tr':is .!..t.' almost an impossibil~.ty, Hm\Te\~er, i. t would noth:"'~I't to look into this. Corr~£ic Klein saj.d thc~ ~ he felt approval ofth2.S WGu1d hav'e to (-ome from the Village.

Pi'es" HcNamara said that a five-year pla:n TtJ'()~.~1d be put intoeffec'c ~:CJ find ()u-~ what ];:3.r~.r.s are needed in l'lrmt areas. He alsothEt.nked all~hG commissionel's for their input on the new Oak LawnPark DistricL Cod8~

C'..... rl1:Jl, I::lGin 1.::'".gg8t)~~ii:Jd that the superintercde::1.t purchase a newCorporate 8.;c):L to ;.;oX'rec'p0:G.(L 'jIj'i th the new C\")o.fJ, artCi.ing the vmrds"GC)O~{ County" to ~r~e S8c.~." j~·.:r" Turner edvi8p.d tj,1at a change beP.1Et.Q8 ilJ the ;jorporate Ijt~[:':,t;,:;·; ~s well as in t.he 8c8.1.

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:nade by Cc,:nm. Keba::. 2l1d seconc:ed b;)r Comm,. ~Ja:"8()n.

VOToing \-,n thr-' motj.c.:f!.: .A~r;3: All Nay: None.The Ineeting lf~8,8 ar'l,IC:lrneC; u::1.til J':::t.:rL1.lar;\'2·'i-, ~-972~ at 10:15 };'.ffi u

Rospectfully submitted,

CeJ.l il'.tL~:,phy, SecretaryJ arJ.',J.a:..T 10) 1972 0

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MINUTES OF ADJOURNED 1"lEETINGBOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON JANUARY 24, 1972.

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convenedin an Adjourned Meeting on January 24, 1972, in the AdministrationBuilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, at 8:10 p.m. withPresident McNamara presiding~

1.. ROLL CALL:Present; Larson, Klein and McNamaraAbsent: Nebel and Broderick

2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:A. Regular Meeting of January 10, 1972. Pres. McNamara

said the Board would defer approval of the minutes until the nextmeeting in order to give the commissioners a chance to read them.

·3. ADOPTION OF THE OAK LAWN PARK DISTRICT CODE:Pres. McNamara said that the Code was the culmination of a long

period of work started by the League of Women Voters and he wishedto acknowledge their research, help and recommendations. The Codehas been in the Park District office for three weeks for anyone toview and he asked if. anyone had suggestions or remarks regarding theCode.

Rita Smith said regarding the peoples right to speak, that thisBoard has always recognized that right, but she felt that it shouldbe in the Code that the people have a right to speak respectfullyand within reason.

Also, on Employee Grievance Procedure, Mrs. Smith questionedwhether there could be any appeal to the Board of Commissioners.After a discussion, it was decided to change Sec. 2.50, Page 14, toread liThe decision of the General Superintendent shall be placed inwriting with copies going to all employees involved and to the Boardof Commissioners. After the previous steps have been taken, the~mployee may then request a hearing by the Board for final disposition"

Since not all the commissioners were present at this time, norwas the attorney, Pres. McNamara said they would defer this untillater in the meeting.

Comma Klein brought up the matter of the anti-nepotism clausesince he felt it should also include in-laws. Comm. Larson askedhow far they wanted to go with this. Pres. l\1cNamara said he wouldbe in favor of leaving it the way it is for the time being to seehow it works out. It was decided to hold this matter until later.

4. FORMULATION OF FIVE-YEAR OAK LAWN PARK DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVEDEVELOPMENT PLAN.

Pres. McNamara stated that a Steering Committee is being formedfor a comprehensive five-year plan. Each commissioner is to suggesta name for a five-man committee, to conduct a long-range plan forPark Development. The committee will report their findings to theBoard and there will be a three-man advisory committee, having novote, sitting in on all committee meetings. This advisory committeewill consist of one member of theSenior Citizens Club, one memberfrom the Oak Lawn Park District Teen-age Advisory Council and theSuperintendent of Parks. The committee is to consider developmentof existing park facilities, future land acqUisitions, constructionof major facilities and construction of secondary facilities.

Comm. Klein suggested the name of Arthur J. Patterson, of9864-51st Avenue, Oak Lawn, Illinois. He said he had discussed thematter with Mr. Patterson and he was interested. Pres. McNamaraasked for resumes by the next meeting, and then asked for a motionto adopt the forming of the Steering Committee.

Comm. Larson made a motion, seconded by Comm. Klein, that theSteering Committee Comprehensive Five Year Plan be adopted.·

Under discussion, it was stated that the citizens will formcommittees and sub-committees to include various segments of theVillage. Comm. Larson asked Pres. McNamara if he was going tocharge this committee, when appointed, giving them a definite routein which to go. Pres. McNamara said he wants to give an open handto the steering committee. He also said that it may be news to

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the people that there is a Teenage Advisory Council, but Supt. Hopehas been working with the teenagers, and they have come up withsome excellent plans.

Voting on the motion: Aye: all Nay: None.5. CONTRACT WITH OAK HOCKEY LEAGUE.

Pres. McNamara asked for a 10 minute recess at 8:45 p.m. to gointo executive session to discuss final matters regarding the contractwith Oak Hockey League. At 9:05 p.m. the meeting was re-convened byPres. McNamara. Mr. Turner read the Ice Rink Agreement between theOak Lawn Park District and the Oak Hockey League, and asked approvalof same. Comm. Larson made a motion, seconded by Comma Klein thatthe Ice Rink Agreement be accepted, subject to the Oak Hockey Leaguesubmitting rosters for the 1971-72 season, and also the total hoursput in on the renovation of the ice rink.

Voting on the motion: Aye: all Nay: none.6. REPORT OF INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. G. Klein.

Nothing to report at this time.7. REPORT OF HUD COMMITTEE: Comm. Larson and Comm. Nebel.

Nothing to report at this time.Oak Lawn Park District Code. At this time the Board went back

to the matter of the Code and br-Gught Mr. Turner up-too-date on thediscussion of same. Pres. McNamara asked Mr, Turner to write up aparagraph for the Code on the "peoples right to speak."

Mr. Len Wisdom said he felt the Board was handcuffing itselfby the Rule of the President not being able to succeed himself. Hesaid if the president was doing a good job, he should be able toserve a second term. Comm. Klein said that this was discussedrather thoroughly before the new Code was even thought of, and inthe past the people and the Village officials adhered themselvespretty much to the president only and we wanted a Board of ParkCommissioners who would function as a group, not as an individual.

Regarding the peoples right to speak, Mr. Hosticlca said perhapsa timelimit could be imposed on any speaker from the floor. Pres.McNamara said it was the president~ job to say there has beenenough discussion on any given matter and he has the power to moveto close the discussion.

The Board discussed the proper procedure for amending the Codeand it was stated that a 2/3 majority would be needed to amend. Pres.McNamara then tabled the matter of the Code until the next meeting.

Comm. Broderick arrived at 9:25 p.m. and apoligized for beinglate and asked to be brought up to date.8. ANY NEW BUSINESS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME PEFORE THE BOARD.

Comm. Larson proposed that we install at the Southwest Park,and in the Compressor Room at the Ice Rink, an alarm-type system.This would go over telephone lines and should the temperature dropbelow a certain point, it would activate a line in the Police Stationand the Supt. ,Maintenance Man or the commissioners could be notified.This would cost $150 for each system for relays and thermostats, $20for telephone installation fee, plus $3 a month for the use of thelines. Comm. Larson made a motion, seconded by Comm. Broderick todirect the Superintendent to go ahead with the project and have thisalarm system installed.

Under discussion, Comm. Klein asked if the telephone cost wouldbe in effect year round and asked what we were protecting ourselvesfrom in the summer. Comm. Nebel arrived at 9:55 p.m. Comm. Larsonsaid the cost of shutting off this equipment and turning backon again would not make it worth while disconnecting for those fewmonths. Voting on the motion: Aye: Nebel, Broderick, Larson andMcNamara. Nay: Klein.

Pres. McNamara again thanked the League of Women Voters fortheir work on the Code.

Comm. Larson made a motion, seconded by Comm. Broderick, toadjourn.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.

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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETINGBOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON FEBRUARY 1, 1972.

None.Nay:

Aye: Nebel, Klein and McNamaraNay: Larson

Comma Nebel made a motion, seconded by Comma Larson, toadjourn the meeting.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convenedin a Special Meeting on February 1, 1972, in the AdministrationBuilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, at 8:10 p.m. withPresident McNamara presiding.1. ROLL CALL:

Present;· Larson, Klein and McNamara.Absent: Nebel and Broderick.

2. DISCUSSION OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOC. DECISION OF THEAHRENDT ENGINEERING LAWSUIT.

Mr. Turner said that in connection with the Arbitration Assoc.~ecision of $20,590.00, which was rendered on January 6, 1972 andteported to the Board Shortly thereafter, and with approval of theBoard, he entered into negotiations with Jeff-Craig. They havetentatively accepted the offer of$18,000. The acceptance of thatoffer is conditioned on "immediate payment ll • Mr. Turner said thatuntil they accept our $18,000 we do not have a firm and bindingagreement. Mr. Turner then requested that the Board accept thisoffer and execute a draft, as long as it is accepted in full paymentof the arbjt~ation decision of January 6, 1972.

Pres~ McNamara asked if the drawings on the $18,000 will remainin the hands of the Park District. Mr. Turner said he included thatin the terms of the compromise, making it clear that at this timewe have no plan to use them. Comma Larson said he wished to statethat this is a nightmare that the present Board inherited. Comm.•Larson then made a motion, seconded by Comma Klein that we pay the$18,000. Comma Klein then amended the motion to read that we paythe $18,000 and approve the attorneyt s finalizing and completing thenegotiations with Ahrendt Engineering, and obtain full permissionfor the sole use of drawings and details, and obtain a release signedby the makers of the contract.

Voting on the Motion: Aye: Larson, Lein and McNamara.Nay: None. Absent: Nebel and Brodericl.

Comma Klein then questioned having a judgment entered againstthe Park District at all. Mr. Turner stated that there are somelegal avenues open to the Board to attempt to overturn this decision,but he felt they would be costly and unsuccessful. He felt thatthe $18,000 settlement was the best we could hope for. Comm. Nebelarrived at 8:30 p.m.

Comma Klein felt that it might be harmful in the future to havea Judgment on record against the Park District. Pres. McNamarasaid that the question now is whether or not the JUdgment entered bythe makers of the contract would harm the Park District's staturein future negotiations in borrowing. If it is not entered, there isno possibility of a levy for Judgment being sought. If it is entered,the levy can be sought. Comma Klein said this would definitely be amark against the Park District. Pres. McNamara said if there is achance it would harm us then he would not go for it.

The matter was discu~sed further, and Mr. Turner said that inhis opinion, a Judgment that has been satisfied immediately wouldnot harm us in any way. Pres. McNamara asked for a poll to see ifwe should go into Judgment to satisfy this particular debt, or shouldwe pay the $18,000 as is. Comma Klein then made a motion, secondedby Comma Nebel, that we, in drawing our check payable to AhrendtEngineering and Jeff-Craig Assoc., leave it to the discretion of ourattorney to determine if we are putting ourselves in jeopardy byletting them file a Judgment. If under any circumstances, we areputting ourselves in jeopardy, he is to immediately make payment andforestall any jUdgment of record. If not, he is to use his discretionto allow the Judgment.

Voting on the motion:

Respectfully SUbmitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary_ J_ J __

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGBOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON FEBRUARY 14, 1972.

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convenedin a Regular Meeting on February 14, 1972 in the AdministrationBUilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn,_ Illinois, at 8:15 p,m, withPresident McNamara presiding,I, ROLL CALL

Present: Larson, Klein and McNamaraAbsent: Broderick and Nebel

Comm. Broderick arrived at 8:17 p,m.. and said he had just come fromVisiting his wife and new baby daughter at the hospital.2. mNUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS.

A. Regular Meeting of January 10, 1972, A motion was made byComm. Klein, seconded by Comm, Larson, to accept the minutes ofJanuary 10, 1972, as proposed.

Voting on the motion: Aye: Larson, Klein and McNamaraNay: None

B. Adjourned Meeting of January 24, 1972. A motion was madeby Comm. Larson, seconded by Comm. Klein, to accept the minutes ofJanuary 24, 1972 as proposed.

Voting on the motion: Aye: Larson, Klein and McNamaraNay: None,

C. Special Meeting of February 1, 1972. A motion was made byComm. Larson, seconded by Comm. Broderick to accept the minutes ofFebruary 1, 1972, as proposed.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.3. TREASURER=S REPORT: A. Sundermeier.

Mr. Sundermeier said that at this time they would withhold pay­ment of all but the fixed liabilities until a financial meeting couldbe held. The remainder of the bills will be paid the day after thatmeeting. A motion was made by Comm. Broderick, seconded by Comm.Larson, to pay all the bills subject to the approval of Mr. Sundermeir.The bills are as follows: Corporate Account - $11,891.72; Ice RinkAccount - $4,729.33; Pool Account - $21.25; Total - $16,662.30.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.4. PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Pres. John J. McNamara~

Pres. McNamara gave a brief outline of the Comprehensive LongRnage Steering Committee. The committee will consist of Mrs. WilliamSmith, Mr. Ron Kehoe, Mr. Art Patterson, Mr. John Browne and Mr, JohnOpitz. In addition, there will be a three-man advisory committee,having no vote on the final report, which will sit in on all SteeringCommittee Meetings. This committee will consist of Mrs. Gert Weberfrom the Senior Citizens Club, Mr. Pat Galvin from the teen-ageAdvisory Council, and Mr. R. Hope, Supt. of Parks. Pres. McNamarathanked these individuals for consenting to serve on the SteeringCommittee. A motion was made by Comm. Broderick, seconded by Comm.Klein to accept the appointees as the members of the ComprehensiveLong Range Steering Committee as set out by the guidelines.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.5. RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. H. Nebel.

-A. Re-evaluatiori-an([revamping of Nite Gym Program. In theabsence of Comm. Nebel, Supt. Hope discussed the recommendations forthe revamping of the Nite Gym Program. He said several schools hada low utilization factor and he was recommending that four areas beclosed and their activities be transferred to another school. Heproposed that McDonald High School and Adult Women's program be closedand moved to Clark, Sward High School and Adult Women's Program movedto Gasteyer,GAddis GradeSchool and High School Adult program forwomen moved to either Gasteyer or COVington and Gaddis Grade Schooland High School and Adult Program for Men moved to COVington orGasteyer. The attendance at these schools is very low, averageattendance being only 3 to 6 persons. Ten schools are involved withonly Gaddis being completely eliminated. Supt. Hope said that numer­ous attempts were made to bolster attendance with no success. Amotion was made by Comm. Larson, seconded by Comm. Broderick, that weadopt the recommendations for the revamping of the Nite Gym Programas presented.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.

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B. Proposed opening of T.R.A.P. (At Brick building at LakeShore Park.) Supt. Hope---repor:eea.-:Cliat he and Mark Payne met with theTeenage Advisory Council on February 5th and discussed the formulationof the committee. There were only 8 students there that day, soelection of officers was delayed until another meeting. The centerwill be called T.R.A.P. (teens rap and reform) and it will function asa social gathering place for teens. It will be open on Wednesday nightfrom 8:00 tp 10:30 and on Saturday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.Membership will be restricted to students of high school age, but notlimited to residents of Oak Lawn.

At 8:45 p.m., Pres. McNamara called for a five-minute recess forthe photographers to take pictures of the Steering Committee for thenewspapers. At 8:55 p.m. he called the meeting back to order.

C. Dixieland Concert Schedule for Southwest Par~~ Supt.Hope said that he felt the Oak Lawn Park District was strong in someaspects, but were not meeting the needs of the adults and he thereforeproposed a program of summer concerts. He had previously met andtalked with Mr. Art Hodes, well known Dixieland Jazz musician, but hasnot yet finalized anything. He said Mr. Hodes was in the audiencetonight to speak to the Board. Supt. Hope said the total cost of theconcert will be $3500.00. Comm. Klein said he was sympathetic to thistype of program, but would like to table it until the Board had achance to go over its BUdget. He felt that there were many details tobe worked out. Comm. Larson asked if Supt. Hope had investigated thepossibility of college or summer school band programs. Pres. McNamarasaid that it has been his experience that in the summer, bands havetrouble getting together. Comm. Klein said that he wished to statethat he was not against this program, but felt it should be examinedfurther. Comma Klein made a motion to table this matter for furtherstudw until the next meeting. The motion died for lack of a second,and Pres. McNamara called on Mr. Hodes to explain hisposition.

Mr. Hodes said that he has arranged for many concerts in theChicagoland area, at Park Forest, Oakbrook, River Oaks, Old Orchard, etHe said you could not talk about this program and a high schoolprogram in the same breath.. This type of concert would attract city­wide attention. He suggested the concert be held on a Thursday orFriday, and said they would run for 2 hours. To get good talent hemust book them way in advance. He said rain insurance was necessary.Pres. McNamara askedWlat type of facility would be needed, and Mr.Hodes said some type of shell or platform, a piano and a sound system.After a further discussion, Comm. Larson made a motion, seconded byComm.KLein, to table and bring up this particular SUbject in two weeksat an adjourned meeting before this Board.

Voting on the motion: Aye: Larson, Klein and McNamaraNay: Broderick

Comma Broderick made a motion, seconded by Comma Larson, to have anadjourned meeting on February 28, 1972 to include the Dixieland Concertfor Southwest Park on the agenda.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.Comm. Broderick asked Supt. Hope to check on all phases of the concertand Comma Klein asked him to see what type of stand would have to beerected, whether it would be temporary or permanent, what type ofpower facilities would be needed etc., and give the Board the totalcost along with the account number that we would charge it against.Pres. McNamara said that this was presented a week and a half ago tothe Commissioners and there has been ample opportunity to ask questionsbefore tonight. Mr. Turner arrived at 9:25 p.m.

D. Formulation of S~ed Skatipg Club. Supt. Hope said aspeed skating clinic would be held on March 8, 1972 and will beconducted by Dr. Bart Kostrubala, former CYO speed skater. He hascoached Junior Olympics and local skating clubs and has volunteeredhis services. There will be a practice session and ribbons will beawarded. It is hoped that the idea will catch on and a club can beformed. There is no charge for this club. A motion was made by Comm.Broderick, seconded by Comma Klein, to approve the speed skatingprogram as described.

Voting on ~he motion: Aye: All Nay: None.

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6.. BUILDINGS GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE COl\1J:VIITTEE, Comm. M. Larson.A. Repair of all playground equipment. Comm. Larson reported

on necessary repairs needed to put the playground equipment in safeand operable condition. All work is to be done by our own mainten-ance department. Costs are as follows: Oak Meadows Park - $635.60;Dillon Park - $;284.90; Beverly Lawn - $572.20; Lawn Manor - $630.25;Southwest Park - $752.25; Dearborn Hts. - $161.65; Simmons Tot Lot ­~~15.80; Simmons Park School - $71.60 with a new acquisition for SimmonEof $269.00; Worthbrook - $19.95; Harnew - $482.10, Harnew new acqui­sition $355.09; Phillips - $244.75; Phillips new acquisition-$1,839.00and Brandt - $478.55. Comm. Larson said the new acqUisitions werereplacements for equipment which has deteriorated and the rest arerepairs of present facilities. Comm. Broderick asked Supt. Hope ifhe had been out to inspect all these parks and did he concur that allthis equipment is necessary. Supt. Hope said he has looked at thisequipment and the estimate is not inflated but is entirely realistic.Comm. Klein said he had discussed this matter with Comm. Larson andhe had assured him of the necessity of this equipment. Comm. Kleinmade a motion, seconded by Comm. Larson, to approve the purchase andrepair of the equipment as listed by the recreation diVision, subjectto them placing the order and requesting that delivery be made inaccordance with a schedule that can be accommodated by the Park District

Under discussion, Comm. Broderick asked the two commissionersto hold their motion until the meeting in two weeks until we get areport from the Treasurer on the financial picture. Comm. Klein saidthat $12,000 has been allocated in the bUdget for this year for thispurpose. Comm. Klein said further that in his opinion if a comm. orthe Supt. presents anything before the Board that we are to assumethat this recommendation is in order and in the best interests of thePark District ..

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.B. ~ental of Facility to Cook County Clerk._ Comm. Larson

had a request from the County Clerk's office to ~~ the Brick Buildingon March 21, 1972 and November 7, 1972 as a Polling Place. Also onRegistration Day, October 10, 1972. Payment would be $30.00 for eachElection Day and $25.00 for Registration Day. Comm. Larson made amotion, seconded by Comm. Broderick that we allow the Count~ Clerk1soffice to use the facility.

Voting on the motion: Aye: all Nay: None.C. Appointment of Full-time Maintenance Employee, Louis

Kananowicz. A motion was made by Comm. Larson, seconded by Comm.Broderick, that we appoint Louis Kananowicz as a full-time mainten­ance employee, to replace a previous employee that resigned.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.7. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. J. Broderick and Mr. John Turner.

- A. Discussion of Oak Lawn Park District Cod~~ ------r: Grievance Procedure. The Grievance Procedure was amended

to read II The decision of the General Superintendent shall be plac-edin writing with copies going to all employees involved and to theBoard of Commissioners. After the previous steps have been taken,th¢employee may then request a hearing by the Board for final dis­position. II

2 • .J?e0121e I s Right to Spe-,~~k. Mr. Turner read a s tatementhe prepared to be put in the Code and said he also wished to statethat the public is entitled by law to attend a Board meeting but thatdoes not mean that they are entitled to the right to speak. From thefloor the question was asked, if the people are not allowed to speak,why have public meetings? Mr. Turner said that is the whole idea ofBoard meetings being held publicly, that the public is informed ofwhat is going on, and secret meetings cannot be held. He said furtherthat an interested and well-informed citizenry makes for a good parkdistrict.

3. Nepotism Cl~us~__• The nepotism clause will state onlyII relative II without defining the word relative.

4 One Year Presidential Term. Comm. Broderick said whenthe new Boa;d came into being, the-pre-sident was stripped of many ofhis duties. The Board wished it to be a joint effort rather than.aone man operation. Comm. Larson said he would be in favor of havlngthe president be able to succeed himself. Comm. Nebel said he felt

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that the president should be able to succeed himself, but in his pastexperience with the Board he did not recall such a case. He also saidif the idea is to keep one man from getting too powerful, he said hehas seen the Board controlled by a man who wasn't even president. Aftermore discussion, a motion was made by Comm. Broderick, seconded byComm. Nebel that we strike the words "and shall not succeed himself"from the new Code. The President shall serve a term of one year.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.A motion was made by Comm. Broderick, seconded by Comm. Klein to

approve the Oak Lawn Park District Code with the additions and dele­tions as discussed here, and make the Code effective as of this date.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.Comm. Broderick thanked Supt. Hope and his staff for preparing thisdocument and especially Comm. Klein who served on the committee withhim and worked many long hours with him on the Code. He also thankedPres. McNamara and the citizens who were kind enough to take the timeto make suggestions. He also thanked Mr. Turner, who spent many longhours of work on the Code with him.

B. Oak Hockey League Contract. The Oak Hockey League and theOak Lawn Park District have finally entered into a contract that hasbeen approved and the Ice Rink Agreement has been signed.

Comm. Klein lef't at 11:00 p.m.At this point in the meeting, Mrs. Shelton called the attention

of' the Board to the section of the Code stating that anything over$1,000 has to be advertised for bids. One item for replacementof play­ground equipment is for $1,839.00. A discussion followed, duringwhich Comm. Larson stated that the equipment was purchased from theMiracle Equipment Company and the foundations and footings that werein were made to fit their equipment. Supt. Hope said he wished tostate for the record that there are two companies, Miracle and Playtimewith smaller spin-off companies, and the parts are not interchangeable.

. A motion was made by Comm. Broderick, seconded by Comm. Larson,that the Board declare that those items of purchase for the repair ofequipment of Oak Meadows, Dillon, Beverly Lawn, Lawn Manor, Southwest,Dearborn Hts., Simmons Tot Lot, Simmons School, Worthbrook, Harnew,Phillips and Brandt Parks, as contained in the proposal of Paul Buckley& Assoc., presented to the Board this date, do not lend themselves tothe bidding procedure and therefore the expenditures suggested in thatproposal be authorized. The motion was amended, adding, "with theexception of Phillips Park for $1,839 which will be advertised for bid'! II

It is the intention of the Park District to order these parts whennecessary, if they are approved by the General Supt. and MaintenanceSupt. Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.

Comm. Broderick made a motion, seconded by Comm. Larson, to re­scind the first motion made authorizing the purchase and repairs.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.10. SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

A. Real Estate Committee. Comm. Nebel asked to defer thisuntil the adjourned meeting of February 28th.

B. Report of Insurance Committee. No report.11. NE\-J BUSINESS:

A. Lawn Manor Area Residents; discussion of the lack of iceskating facilities at Lawn Manor Park, by Janet Swanson. Mrs. Swansonsaid that the ice skating facilities were not adequate at Lawn Manor.Pres. McNamara said one of the big problems at La~in Manor was thefreezing of the valve. Several citizens spoke regarding the lack ofice for the past three years. A discussion followed, and Pres. McNamarasaid that the problem was the Park District had over-estimated itscapabilities and had tried to freeze 17 parks and 5 tennis courts withonly 5 maintenance men. Also, the weather had been a factor, due tothe fact that it would only stay cold for 2 or 3 days at a time. Pres.McNamara asked for the citizens patience and indulgence while theyre-evaluated and re-assessed the problems.

Comm. Nebel left at 11:55 p.m. A motion to adjourn was madeby Comm. Broderick, seconded by Comm. Larson.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.The meeting adjourned at 12:00 a.m. until February 28, 1972.

Respectfully submitted,Ceil Murphy, Secretary2.LJ..bkL72 _

MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETINGBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON FEBRUARY 28, 1972.

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convenedin an Adjourned Meeting on February 28, 1972, in the AdministrationBuilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, at 8:10 p.m. withPresident McNamara presiding.1. ROLL CALL:

Present: Nebel, Broderick, Larson, Klein and McNamaraAbsent: None.

2. RECREATION:A. Oak Lawn Park District Boxing Program at Lake Shore Park.

Supt. Hope reported that since September of 1971, the Park Districthas been conducting a boxing program. The program has not,been successful in that they were unable to register participants. Supt. Hopesuggested that the program be ended effective this date, and thefacilities offered on permit basis to the Lake Shore Athletic Assoc.,for them to use as they see fit. Comm. Klein asked if the registeredboys would be reimbursed, and Supt. Hope said they would be, on a pro­rated basis. Comm. Klein made a motion, seconded by Comm. Nebel thatwe accept Supt. Hope's recommendation in turning over the facilitiesand let the Lake Shore Athletic Assoc. finish out the season.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.B. Dixieland Concert. Supt. Hope reported that the cost of a

20' x30 I bandstand will be apprOXimately ~~200. The cost of a 200 watt­2 column sound speaker with amplifier is $40 per day, and the cost ofrain insurance would be from $200 to $300 for the five dates, withLloyds of London. Pres. McNamara asked Comma Nebel his opinion asDirector of Recreation, and Comm. Nebel said it was a great programand he was in favor of it. Supt. Hope said the total. cost would be$3900 without the rain insurance. He was not recommending the pur­chase of the rain insurance, feeling it would be better to line thebackstop with Visqueen. The cost of this would be $30 to $40 includinglabor. A motion was made by Comm. Nebel, seconded by Comm. Broderick,that we accept Supt, Hope's recommendation on the band concert.

Under discussion, Broderick asked if it would be an afternoonor evening concert and Supt. Hope said he would prefer evening.Comm, Broderick said it would be an idea to hold it from 7:00 to 9:00after the evening family swim. Comm. Larson suggested we look intothe purchase of a sound system rather than renting one, and we wouldthen have a portable one for the future. Supt. Hope said he has anappointment tomorrow with Rich Sound Systems to survey the site andgive recommendations on suitable combination sound reproductionsystems. Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.The rain insurance was decided against and Supt. Hope is to decideregarding the Visqueen.3. TREASURER I S BEPORT.

Mr. Sundermeier was having minor surgery and will present hisreport to the Board at the March meeting. Comma Broderick said thatthe Board has had a financial meeting and the commissioners have beenbrought up to date.4. SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

A. Real Estate Committee. Comm. Nebel said that he has beenunable to examine the property as yet and has no report to make.

B. Report of Insurance Committee. No report.5. ~ffiW BUSINESS:

Pres. McNamara said that MaryLou Carr, an employee of the OakLawn Park District through the work program with Richards High School,recently represented the District in Springfield and gave.a sp68ch .regard.ing her job before 1,000 1geople. Pres. McNamara saJ.d that thJ.sis qUite an accomplishment and that we are very thankful to haveMarylou Carr representing the Oak Lawn Park District downstate~

Comma Broderick reported that he was now ready to meet wJ.threpresentatives from the Chicago Ridge Park District. Pres. McNamarasaid he would like to sit in on those meetings and that this shouldbe included in the agenda as a regular report.

Comm. Nebel, seconded by Comma Klein, made a motion to adjourn.Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.

The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGBOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBELDON MARCH 13, 1972.

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convenedin a Regular Meeting on March 13, 1972, in the AdministrationBuilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, at 8:00 p,m. withPresident McNamara presiding.1.. ROLL CALL:

Present:Absent:

Nebel, Larson and McNamaraBroderick and KleinComm, Broderick arrived at 8:05 p,m._

2. CORRESPONDENCE:A letter was read from the Southfield Khoury League, thanking

the Board for past courtesies and requesting permission to use theWorthbrook Park fields for the coming season,

A letter was read from Village Trustee Huskey:lIThis is in response to your letter of February 3rd,outlining proposal of the Village of Oak Lawn takingover property for a street.In taking up this matter with the Village Presidentand the Board of Trustees, it is very difficult forus to meet these demands at the present time; theVillage dollars are as hard-put as the Park Districtdollars. When we are talking amounts this large, weare talking about bond issues.Hoping that our two Boards can sit down together andsee if we can come to some common solution which willbenefit the Village of Oak La\in, I remain,".

3. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:A. Regular Meeting of February 14. 1972. Larson moved, Nebel

seconded, to adopt the minutes of the RegUlar Meeting of February 14,1972, as proposed, Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None ..

B. Adjourned Meeting of February 28; 1972. Larson moved, Nebelseconded, to adopt the minutes of the adjourned meeting of February28, 1972 as proposed. Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None,4. TREASURER'S REPORT: A. Sundermeier, Treasurer ..

The Treasurerrs report was deferred until later in the meeting.5. PRESIDENT'S REPORT: John J. McNamara, President.

A. Communications with Village re mutual concerns. Regardingthe letter from Mr, Huskey, Pres, McNamara said he and two commission­ers appeared before Mr. Dumke to discu~s the street at 94th andKnox. Pres. McNamara then read the follOWing letter which was sentto Mr. Huskey on February 3rd.

"The attached proposal is a copy of the one sent to you by ourcommittee, cons~sting of Messrs. Klein and. Larson, It appears to bethe intent of the majority of the Board to allow the construction of94th Street, after the rink is built.

It is our feeling that we will take care of the substantialchanges necessary to change the main entrance and access routes thatwill be necessary when this street goes through. However, we wouldlike you to consider the alternate route of Knox Ave. to the Stony~'€ek; then over the Creek to Kenton,

In your meeting with our comm~ssioners, yo~ requested a costfigure for the proposed rink, If you want a highly accurate figure,we could submit our engineering draWings for estimate, However, wefeel that the "ball park" estimate given at the meeting of $150,000to $180,000 is quite accurate. Naturally, if this work was to be doneby the Village, the cost could be SUbstantially less. If that is theroute you wish to take, we have the services of a construction super­intendent and construction prints for the project.

Again, I call to your attention that the main concern of oursis that the people of Oak Lawn not be deprived of an ice facility.We do not feel that a payment of money is justification for the re­moval of our ice facility, therefore; the $25,000 offered would betotally inadequate. Our only concern is that the ice rink be providedto replace the existing facility, .

Thank you for yqurconcern and the time devoted to straighteningout this problem. Since we are elected officials, responsible to ourconsitituants, it is only fitting that we cooperate to theutmost toprovide facilities to be beneficial to all the people in our village. 1I

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Pres. McNamara said the commissioners had discussed this matterthoroughly and have come to the conclusion that this matter must bedecided by April. He asked Comm. Larson to work out some proposals,gather financial and Jogistical data on the repair of the ice rink andpresent these facts to the Boamat the April meeting. Also, regardingthe signs at 94th and Cicero and 95th and Kenton, to this date theyhave had no action on their requests and this is over three months old.The alarm system was approved in December, but they cannot get per­mission from the Village to install it at the police station. In1969, Mr. Dumke offered the park district an entire new ice rink andnow his only offer is $25,000.00. He said under these conditions,we would not be justified in accepting.

B. Proposed construction of high-rise property adjacent towest property at Central Park. McNamara read a letter from Mr. GusStathis regarding improvements to park district land. Mr. Stathishas offered to spend up to $5,000 to improve the land behind hisplanned Oak Lawn Towers Apartments. Mr. Stathis presented his plansto the Board for their perusal, but stated that the problem of thestreet at 94th and Knox has to be resolved. Larson asked the proposedheight of the building and Mr. Stathis said it is to be 205 feet, or19 stories high. The question was then raised as to whether thiswould block the sun from the Central Pool and Mr. Stathis said itwould not. McNamara said he wished to take this under advisement.6. RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. H. Nebel.

Comm. Nebel read a memo from Recreation Director, Mark Payne,to the effect that the major recreational projects are establishinga day camp program, organizing three summer softball leagues andworking with the teen program at Lake Shore Park. Supt. Hope wasdirected by pres. McNamara to have these programs ready for the nextmeeting on March 27, 1972.7. BUILDING GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. M. Larson.

A. Awarding of Contract for Spring Planting. Supt. Hoperecommended the purchase of 80 trees for six parks. Larson moved,Broderick seconded, to have the superintendent advertise for thepurchase of a total of 80 trees, 1-1/2 inch trunk, balled andburlapped. Voting: Aye; All - Nay; none.Supt. Hope said he had been able to get shrubs at a low price fromthe State for conservation purposes only. The state cannot sell treesto park districts for ornamental purposes, but only for re-forestation.

B. Status of Playground Revamping. Lawn Manor, Brandt, South­west, Dillon, Simmons and Phillips Parks are now being revamped. Allbenches have been repaired and broken studs have been removed from theparks. Broken equipment is being replaced in these parks and paint­ing will start when the weather permits.

Larson moved, Broderick seconded, that we send out for bids fora portable welder, on the determination of the maintenance departmentand superintendent, as to the size of the welder.

Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None.8,. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm", J .. Broderick and Mr .. J. Turner.

Pres. McNamara asked Broderick to comment on the recent courtcase of the Oak Lawn .Park District vs. Louis Ahner.' Broderick saidenough had been said in court. The Park District lost the case, thedecision being between $4500 and $5000, contingent upon the courtcosts, and the amount of vacation pay already paid.

A. Report on Chicago Ridge Negotiations. Broderick said Mr.Witous had told him he would be available any time we wish to discussthe Chicago Ridge Disconnection. They will try to get together assoon as possible.9. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. G. Klein ..

Larson moved, seconded by Broderick, that the bills as proposedin the amount of $13,963.20 be paid, contingent upon the approval ofthe treasurer. ~he treasurer reserves the right to cancel out a billthat is incorrect. Voting: Aye; All - Nay; none.

The bill for Edward Electric Co., for street lighting at OakLawn Lake was questioned. McNamara said we have no evidence of everapproving or submitting for bids. Broderick said it was his recoll­ection that Pres. Henry agreed to pay about $5,000 for the lighting.McNamara asked Broderick to locate the exact wording in the minutes,and have this ready by the March 27th meeting.

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10. SPECIAL COMMITTEES:, • .A. Real Estate Committee: Comm, Nebel and Larson, No report.B. Insurance Committee; Comm. Klein. No report,

11. SUPERINTENDENT'S 'REPORT: Supt. R. Hope .A, Fireworks Display for 4th of July, Due to the recent

explosion at the Melrose Fireworks Display, this was deferred,B. King Bros.Circus. Supt, Hope said he plans to flood the

Village with posters advertising the circus and Colonial Savings haspromised the use of their marquee. Supt. Hope will supervise thetelephone solicitation. McNamara asked Turner to have it written inthe contract that the people in question will not be returned for thesolicitation of the circus. Supt. Hope plans a 4th of July week-endstarting with the Dixieland Jazz Concert on Friday noght; a movie onSaturday night; a water carnival on Sunday; Monday, the circus andTuesday, the 4th, a fireworks display.

Broderick moved, Larson seconded, to permit Supt. Hope to enterinto negotiations with the King Bros. Circus, and proceed with plansfor the entire 4th of July week-end. Under discussion, Larson askedabout insurance. The motion was amended to read, "the contract mustcontain adequate insurance and be acceptable by our attorney beforeallowing the signature of the president". Voting: Aye; all - Nay;none

C. Purchasing of Sound Equipment. Supt. Hope reported thatafter two visits with sound engineers from Rich & Co., it was decidedthat the best system for the park district would be a 300 amp. ShureSystem, with two speakers, complete with woofers and tweeters. Hecontacted the Shure Co., and asked them for a list of local suppliersand then called each of them. The bids were from: Baumann MusicStudios of Arlington Hts., $599; Douglass Music & Assoc, of Chicago,$650pluscptional covers and installation charge; Gill Custom Houseof Palos Hills, $748.50 plus $52.06 for micro~hones, Supt, Hopesaid that rental of the same system would be ~40 a day and therewould be many other uses for this system since it is completelyportable, Larson moved, Nebel seconded, to purchase the soundsystem at the low bid of $599 from Baumann Music Studio,

Voting: Aye;. All - Nay; None.12, NEW BUSINESS ..

Mr. Bud Nader, President of the Southfield Khoury League, resid­ing at 8733 So, New England, spoke to the Board re his request forboth Worthbrook Park Fields, 5 days a week. Supt. Hope said the ParkDistrict must utilize all fields available and offered one field 7days a week and the other 2 days. Mr, Nader said this was not satis­factory. Hope said if the plans of the Park District failed to workout, that Mr, Nader's request would be reviewed.

McNamara said a league would have to submit a roster to thePark District when requesting a field. Mr. Nader said they wouldagree to that. Policy is that the list would be submitted to thesuperintendent only. This policy is for all sports. A discussionfollowed, then Larson moved, Broderick seconded that the directors ofleagues using OLPD facilities, upon request of the superintendent,bring in their registration forms for examination by the superintendent.League directors will remain during examination of said registrationforms and upon completion will remove said forms. The directors willalso submit sworn affidavits that the registration forms are true andaccurate to the best of their knowledge.

Voting: Aye; All Nay; None,Nebel moved, McNamara seconded, to adjourn to March 27th, 1972.Voting: Aye; Nebel and McNamara Nay; Larson and Broderick.The Ahner case was again discussed, since Mr. Turner was now present.Mr. Turner said his recommendation at this time would be to levy forthe amount for next year. McNamara said tqey would take this underadvisement with Mr. Turner and Mr. Sundermeier until the nextmeeting.

In other business, Mr, Turner.said he has the oheck forArendt Engineering, and is simply waiting for them to send releases.

Larson moved, Broderick seconded, to adjourn until March 27th.Voting: Aye; Broderick, Larson and McNamara - Nay; Nebel,

The meeting adjourned at 10:20 p,m.

Respectfully submitted,

MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEE,TINGBOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON MARCH 27,1972

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The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convenedin an Adjourned Meeting on March 27, 1972, in the AdministrationBuilding, 94th and Knox, Oak Lawn, Illinois, at 8:10 p,m. with Pres.McNamara presiding.1. ROLL CALL:

Present: Broderick, Larson and McNamaraAbsent: Nebel and Klein.Comm. Nebel arrived at 8:40 p.m.

2. DAY CAMP PROGRAM:Supt. Hope introduced his Day Camp Progr~w for the corning year.

Twelve sites will beu.sed, rtmnirig .5 days a week:from 9:30 a.m. to12:00 and 1:00 to 3':)0 p.rn~bee;irining June 19th until August 11th,The charge per student will be $7, with a total enrollment of 100campers per site. Supt. Hope suggested a 10% reduction for the seoondcamper per familYt 20% for the 3rd camper, and a 50% reduction for 4or more campers per family.. Tentative trips are planned such as toMorton Arboretum, the zoo, roller skating, museums, Adventureland, etc.All trips will cost $1 with the exception of Adventureland.

The price of busing was discussed and Supt. Hope was directed tchave the cost of renting a bus for these trips as opposed to purchas­ing a bUS, ready by the next meeting. Larson moved, Broderick secondedto table the Day Camp Program until the next meeting because two ofthe commissioners are absent. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.3. SOFTBALL ,PROGRAM:

Mark Payne presented the Softball Program for the coming season.Eleven fields will be utilized with the men's running from June 19thto August 18th and the girl1s from June 19th to kugust 11th. Thisprogram is for residents of Oak Lawn only, and rosters must be sub­mitted at the time of registration. Mr. Payne said he would investi­gate the possibility of inter-league tournaments.

Larson moved, Broderick seconded, to go ~head With the softballprogram as per Mark Payne's memo. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

From the floor, Louis Panfield, 5328 W, 90th Street, asked whyonly Oak Lawn residents could play this year. He was told that allfields are being utilized and since Oak Lawn taxes pay for these.fields, Oak Lawn residents will be considered first. If the possibilitarose that there was entra playing time available, then non-residentswould be considered. Pres. McNamara said that an effort is being madeto involve the Oak Lawn resident in the total recreational prograIIl'

Steve Bowich of 10829 So. Lawler asked if there would be playerinsurance. Payne said this was not investigated but he would do so.Hope said we have liability insurance, but the cost of medical coveragewould be prohibitive. McNamara said this is a dead issue.

Larson moved, Broderick seconded, to direct Supt. Hope to movethe two backstops at Central Park to a location of his choosing.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.4. SWIMMING POOL SCHEDULE:

Supt. Hope reported that the pools will open June 12th and closeLabor Day, September 4th. He projected a deficit for 1972 of $4,000and therefore, because of increased costs, recommended increasing therates for the season. Nebel moved, Broderick seconded, that we acceptthe rate increases as suggested by Supt. Hope, as follows~

Jndividual student, 7 or older from $12Adult II 17Husband &Wife n 25Family - one or more child over 7 II 30

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.Broderick moved, Larson seconded, that the rates for non-resideL

individual student; individual adult; husband and wife; and family,be double the resident rate, including Hometown. A discussionfollowed; that HometovJn has in the past received a discount, and Larsorsaid if you give a discount to one town, you leave yourselves wideopen for a discrimination suit~

Voting: Aye: Broderick, Larson and McNamaraNay:. Uebel.

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$5.007.007.50

10.50Nay:

Supt. Hope was di~Go~d ~o re-evaluate the Central Pool as to adequateS'uI1.bathinE:j area and the possibility of a splash pool.

A multi-family discount was discussed, and Broderick moved,Larson seconded to accept the suggestion of Supt. Hope discountingmUlti-family sWimrr.ing lessons, for Oak Lawn residents only, as follows:

2 swimmers from one family - 10% discount .3 " "" "- 20% "4 or more from one family - 50% discount.

Under discussion, the possibility of giving Hometown a special ratewas brought up, and Larson said you cannot set a special rate for Home­town and a different rate for other Villages. Nebel said the issueoriginally came up because Hometown is close and has traditionally usedthe Central Pool. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

Regarding lesson rates, Broderick moved, Nebel seconded, thatall residents of Oak Lawn be charged the same rate for lessons, thatbeing $5. Voting: Aye: Nebel

Nay; Broderick, Larson and McNamara.Larson said he did not thiw{ a non-pool member should have the samelesson rate as a pool member. Larson then moved, Broderick seconded,to suspend Sec. 3~L!'OF of the Oak Lawn Park Distr~i.et Code in thismatter. Under discussion, Pres. McNamara r~ad for the record thesection of the Code in question.

"When an individual who does not reside in the corporateboundaries of the District is enrolled in a specializedinstructional program which has a limited enrollment, afee of 50% higher will be charged. A non-resident shallnot be registered in a limited enrollment program untila reasoIk~ble time has been given for residents to.first enroll."

Voting on the motion: Aye: Broderick and LarsonNa;y: Nebel and McNamara

A further discussion regarding the lesson rates for residents was heldand Broderick then moved, McNamara seconded to take the superintendentrErecommendation of $5 for resident member; $7.50 for non-residentmember; and $9.75 for non-resident, non-member~

Voting: Aye: Broderick and McNamaraNay: Nebel and Larson.

A further discussion followed, and at 9:55 p.m. Pres. McNamara calledfor a five-minute recess. After the recess, the matter was discussedfurther and Larson then moved for suspension on this matter of Rule 3.40of the Code. The motion died for lack of a second. Pres McNamarasaid a 2/3 majority was reqUired tc suspend a secticn of the Code andwith one commissioner absent it would have to be a u~animous vote.

Larson then moved, Broderick secondeQ, to accept the followingrates for swimming lessons:

Resident memberresident non-membernon-resident membernon-resident, non-member

Voting: Aye: All5 ~ AWIlRDING OF BIDS FOR TREE PLANTING:

Requests for bids were placed in the newspapers, for green ashtre8S~ with no response. Supt. Hope said he then contacted severalnurseries by telephone and their bids are as follows:

James Saunoris of Chicago Rjdge;$13~25 per treeCharles Fiore of Prairie View; $35.00 per treeCharles Klehm of Arlington Hts .. ; no price given.

Larson moved, Broderick seconded, to accept the low bid ofJames Saunoris & Sons for $1,060, or ~~13.25 per tree for 80 green ashtrees, 1-1/2" balled and burlapped.

Voting: Aye: All !Jay: None a

. At this time, Mr, Turner gave the ~0ard the releases executed'uY Jef:'-Crail?: Associates &'1.d tho 1J.hrendt Engineering Corr.pany>, andsaid that on this date. Maron 27· 1972, he deliv6red ~he $18,000.00settlAiileut pe.;Yill311~c ~'I; :J.skr:>d ",:;h~.t t~'1,}' checl{s be issued for the

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arbitration fees, one for $375.49, payable to Jeff-Craig Associatesand Ahrendt Engineering Company~ and one for $25.00, payable to theAmerican ArbiTration Association.NEW BUSINESS:

Larson asked Hope about the welder and Hope said he was notprepared at this time. Larson asked Hope about the increasedinsurance payment and directed him to get a written explanation fromthe insurance company for the next Board meeting.

Broderick asked Hope to come up with a workable plan regardingour responsibilities for maintenance of tho baseball fields, so weknow what our liabilities are, and also the people getting the fieldwould. l~now what their liabilities are.

Larson moved, NaoGl seconded, to direct Supt. Hope to purchasebasketball nets for all O....E" baskets. These are tc 1:'8 steel nets tobe installed as soon a;:. t:1'~:T come in. at a (lC'st of $,'L 75 per r.:,et$for approximately 20 nets.

Voting: Aye: l~ll Nay~ None.,.McNamara said thiG was in keeping with his directive t.o C".1t

expenses to the bond and Supt. Hope was coop6rating one jUll~r3d percent in this, and wo~ld not spend any mo~ey without Board ar-proval.

McNamara moved, seconded by Larson, '[;0 '3,djourn the meeting.Voting: Aye: All Yay: None.The meeting adjour~ed at 10:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

MINUTES OF REGULAR NEETING~OARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON APRIL 10. 1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was conveneoin a Regular Meeting on April 10, 1972, in the AdministrationBUilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, at 8:15 p.m. withPresident McNamara presiding.

1. ROLL CALL:Present: Broderick, Larson and McNamaraAbsent,:: Nebel and KleinComm. Nebel arrived at 8:50 p,m.

2. CORRESPONDENCE:There .was.a letter from Columbian S~c.urities, Inc., regarding

park improvements' which would require financing by bonds. This compaI:~

wished to be advised of any financial meeting in order to discussIllinois Municipal Bonds.

3. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:A. Minutes of Regular Meeting of March 13, 1972. Broderick

moved, seconded by Larson, to approve the Minutes of the RegularMeeting of March 13, 1972 as proposed.

Voting: Aye; All Nay: None.B. Minutes of Adjourned Meeting of March 27, 1972. The

following correbtions were made: Under Day Camp Program, the secondsentence was corrected to read "Seven sites will be used, running 5days a week from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 and 1:00 to 3:30 p.m., beginningJune 19th until August 11th".

Under Awarding of Bids for Tree Planting: Charles Klehm ofArlington Hts., "Bids as per owners documents".

Under new busi~ess, the motion regarding basketball netsshould read in the second sentence, "These are to be steel nets to beinstalled as soon as they come in at an approximate cost of.$3.75per net, for approximately 20 nets."

Larson moved, Broderick seconded, to approve the Minutes ofthe Adjourned Meeting of March 27, 1972, as corrected.

Voting: Aye; All Nay; None.A fiesolution was then read stating that the Oak Lawn Park

District would celebrate Earth Week on Saturday, April 27, 1972.A second Resolution was read stating that Arbor Day will be

celebrated in Oak Lawn on April 28, 1972.Larson moved, Broderick seconded, to approve the Earth Week

and Arbor Day Resolutions as read. .Voting: Aye; All Nay;. None.

5. RECREATION COMflITTEE: Comm. H•. Nebel. Report deferred.

6. BUILDINGS GROUNDS & MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. M. Larson.Larson reported that the parks are being worked on and at the

present time Brandt and Lawn Manor are completed.Welder. Bids for the portable welder were read and are as

follows: Meco Welding Supply Co., Chicago, $995.00; Quinn WeldingSupply Center, Chicago Hts •. , $1095.00; Midwest Welding Supply Co"Chicago, ;~1244.00. Larson said that the welder will save the parkdistrict money in the long run, He asked Hope if we had approachedthe State of Illinois for the purchase of a welder, and Hope said yes.McNamara explained that the State of Illinois has a blanket purchaseorder with all park districts which can thereby get certain itemscheaper, but they deal primarily with office supplies. Broderickmoved, Larson seconded, to approve the purchase of the Miller ModelAEAD-200-LE Gas Engine Driven Welder, from the Meco Welding SupplyCo., 4835 So. Western Boulevard, Chicago, for a price of $995.00,subject to approval of the specifications written by our superinten­dent and maintenance superintendent and their acceptance of thisparticular machine.

Voting: Aye; All Nay; None.

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7. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. J. Broderick. There are no court casespending. Broderick recently had a meeting with the Chicago RidgePark District and their attorney and our attorney will be in touchsometime in the near future.

8. SPECIAL COMMITTEES:A. Real Estate Committee: No report.B. Insurance Committee: No report.

9. SUPERINTENDENT IS BEPORT: supt. R. HopeA. Program for Earth Week. Hope reported that as per the

Resolution, an Earth Week program will be conducted at SouthwestPark on Saturday, April 22, 1972, from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Girl ScoutTroop #336, working under the direction of their leader and Mr. Hope,will police the area of debris. There will also be a scuba diverto police the lagoon of debris.

B. Insuranoe .Increase. Hope explained that the rate increasewas due to.the fact that there are now only two employees under thisplan instead of the original three.

C. Day Camp. Deferred until more commissioners are present.Broderick moved, Larson seconded, to approve the Earth Week

celebration in Oak Lawn for Saturday, April 22, 1972.Voting: Aye; All Nay; None.

Broderick moved, Larson seconded to amend the Earth WeekResolution to read "Earth Week be celebrated in Oak Lawn on Saturday,April 22, 1972" instead of April 27, 1972, as read.

Voting: Aye; All Nay; None.D. Confirmation of Employees. Approval was asked of 46

employees, 44 of which are Oak Lawn residents. Many of these arefrom last year with few changes. The list includes, Ted Konfederakas part-time office and later as Pool Manager; Robert Tomaskovic,Guitar Instructor; Nancy Webster, Arts & Crafts Instructor; LindaRapp, Pool Manager and Guy Guzzo as relief Pool Manager.

Larson moved, Broderick seconded, to approve the list ofemployees as proposed. Under discussion, Mike Raschula asked whyTed Konfederak is working part-time and Hope said among other thingshe is aiding in setting up the Day Camp Program. Broderick said theSupt. is entitled -to decide just what he wishes to hire a person for.If an employee has something mentally or physically wrong with him,the Board wishes to know, but otherwise noone has the right to questionwhat his duties are. Broderick said further that state law gives theBoard the right to adjourn to executive session to discuss anyindividual employed by the park district and the Board can then jUdgewhether any individual will be hired or fired. Mr. Raschula alsoasked why two pool managers were being hired since he thought Hopewas hired for this job as well as general superintendent. Hope saidthis is the way it has always been set up, he is the Pool Directorwith each pool having its own manager. Broderick said this isstrictly administrative and does not have to be answered publicly.

Voting on the motion: Aye; All Nay: None.E. Information on busing. Hope reported that the Illinois

School Bus Company is offering a 1964 International, 60 passen~erbus for $2700. They also have a 1962, 73 passenger model for $3300.In June there will be three buses available for purchase, one beinga 1962, 60 passenger for $1800. Bus rental would be; Illinois SchoolBus Co, $8 per hour or .55 per m~le whichever is greater; SuburbanTransit Co., $3.50 per hour and $.8S a mile and the Clark Bus Service$25 minimum per day, $10 additional noon pick-up and return. If weshould decide to purchase a bus, it would necessitate having a well­qualified driver. Expenses such as gas would run $20 to $30 more perweek. Broderick asked Hope to look into this further a~d bring backinformation such as the cost of purchase vs. rental, cost to thePark District for operation, driver fees, etc., and have comparablecost figures before we go into this program. Larson said if we dodecide to buy we should check it out thoroughly so we don't buy some­one else's troubles.

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F. Splash Pool at Central Park. Hope said he talked to threebuilders of pools and got three different opinions. There was a splashpool at Central Park in 1968 or 1969, but it was allegedly closed forlack of use. Larson said we will be selling pool passes in the nearfuture, why not have a questionnaire made up to be filled out at thattime to ~ee how great a demand there would be. Hope was directed toput together a questionnaire and also have a drawing made up of CentralPark with the situation as it is right now,

G. Night Movie Program for Summer of 1972. Hope said therewould be 7 movies shown consisting of the following: 1001 ArabianNights; Absent Minded Professor; Music Man; Tales of Terror; WackiestShip in the Army; Heroes of Telemark; and Born Free. Total cost wouldbe $708.00 including film rentals, concessions' stands, etc. Larsonmoved, Broderick seconded to go ahead with the summer movie program aslisted. Voting: Aye; All Nay; None.

H. Pitch, Hit & Throw Contest. Hope recommended the Pitch, Hit& Throw Contest sponsored by Phillips Petroleum Co., and the MajorLeague Baseball Clubs. Equipment and awards are to be furnished byPhillips. It will be held at Southwest Park on June 10, 1972, atminimal cost to the Pa~k District. Broderick moved, Nebel seconded,to approve the Supt.ts recommendation to conduct the Pitch, Hit & ThrowContest on J.une 10, 1972 and that proper notification to the residentsbe sent out. Voting: Aye; All Nay; None.

I. Fireworks Display. Hope reported that he received threebids for fireworks; Melrose Display Fireworks, Illinois Fireworksand World Wide Fireworks. It was decided to defer this for two weeks.

Maintenance of Baseball Fields, The Park District will cut thegrass on all park fields, all fields leased from school district, thethree fields behind Richards High School, two fields at 102nd andKostner, one field behind McDonald School and four fields behind ChristCommunity Hospital. Participating teams should police the generalplay area after each game.

Last year the pool was offered to non-profit organizations forsplash parties and the policy will be continued this year said McNamara,.Hope was asked to send out letters to organizations that took partlast year so they will have an opportunity to do so again this year.Broderick moved, Larson seconded, that we notify all non-profit organi­zations of our policy of offering the pool Monday, Tuesday and Wednes­day evenings from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m.

Voting: All Aye Nay: None.

10. TREASURER'S REPORT: Mr. Sundermeier said that for this month thetotal operating funds are $17,620.41; Total Trust & Agency Funds are$6,127.60 and the Grand Total is $23,748.01. Larson moved, Broderickseconded, to approve the bills as listed in the total sum of$23,748.01. Voting: Aye; All Nay: None.

Expansion of Ice Rink. Larson reported that they have hadcommittee meetings and since this is a lengthy SUbject, he requestedan adjourned meeting in two weeks to take up the committee's report.He said that in no way will 94th Street go through our ice rink, that·~l.o· ere not going to allow it.

Larson moved, Broderick seconded, that 94th Street not be~llowed to go straight through Park District property going thru our1ce rink. The motion was amended to read, "that 94th street not beallowed to go directly east through Park District property going thruour ice rink". Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

Mr. Robert Schumpp said that the residents of the area wouldlike the oommissioners to put in their motion that no extension fromthe west end of the Park would be allowed to touch any part of thepark district property. McNamara said that the Park District:s pro­posal to the Village was Knox Avenue to Stony Creek and then over theCreek to Kenton. A discussion followed and then Pres. McNamara calleda 5 minute recess at 9:55 p.m. to allow the residents to look at amap of the area and ask any questions they wished. McNamara called themeeting back to order and Larson said the Park Districts positionshould be made clear- with a letter sent to the Planning and DevelopmentCommission and to the Vi11agt: Board that we are definitely opposed to

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these people taking into consideration Park District property forgreen acreage for the proposed apartment building. Also, we mustconsider the angle of the sun, shade, etc., on the pool. Hope saidhe took measurements ane. contacted the ?lanetarium and was informedthat there are two cri t:.';)al periods of time of 2 or 3 weeks apiecewhen the pool will be s:1.gnificantly affected by the absence of therays of the sun from 3:~O on in the afternoon.

Broderick moved, Larson seconded, that the Planning & Develop­ment Commission and the Oak Lawn Village Board never use Park Distllc:::land for reasons of green for any developer in the Village of OakLawn. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

Previous motion rescinded, with Larson's agrement, and a newmotion made by Broderick, seconded by Larson, to object to the Vill~i~

of Oak Lawn and the Oak Lawn Planning & Development Commission takl:::.-:;into consideration the use of any Park District land for green acreags .for the development of any building or for the benefit of any privat8developer. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

Pres. McNamara said then he would accept comments from thefloor on this matter. Bob Schumpp said if this road went thru itwould destroy the ice rink and also part of the Park District offie::,"McNamara said no, the Village had planned to go around the office.

Mr, Schumpp then said he wants the Park District to make astatement that they would never allow the park to be cut by a street,and that they would never allow any commercial traffic whatsoever,and not have a street touch the park in any way. He said he wantsto see this Board protect the lives of the children that play in thispark and that is his only concern. McNamara said the children arethe primary concern of the Board that they are the only thir~ we haveto give to the future. McNamara said that they can close the presentroad extension of 94th Street with 30 days notice to the Village.

Eileen Noonan, Donna Petrey, Mr. Suich and Mr. Holz of st.Paul's Church, all spoke voicing their objections to a road going inthis area. Mary Ann Quinn asked how much time the Board has beforethey must come to a decision on this matter. McNamara said theVillage asked for suggestions as to how the road can go through andit is incumbent upon you as residents to go to the Vi:lage and voiceyour opinions. McNamara said further that it is the policy of thePark District not to give one square inch of land away. The peoplewere told that they would be informed of any further meetings on thmmatter and Broderick suggested they leave their names and addresses.

Since Comm. Nebel was present, the Day Camp Program was againbrought up and Larson moved, Nebel seconded, that we accept the DayCamp proposal as stated.

Voting: Aye: AllBroderick moved, Larson seconded,

April 24th, 1972. Voting: Aye: AllThe meeting adjourned at 11:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary4/10/72

MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETINGBOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICT'HELD ON APRIL 24, 1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, wasconvened in an Adjourned Meeting on April 24, 1972, in the Administra­tion Building, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, at 8:10 p.m. withPresident McNamara presiding.

1. ROLL CALL:Present: Nebel, Lqrson and McNamaraAbsent: Broderick and Klein

2. PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Pres. John McNamaraA letter was ,read from the Columbus Manor Little League,

inviting the Park Board to participate in the opening day parade tobe held on May 21, 1972.

A letter was read from HUD re approval of a request from theOak Lawn Park District - School District 122.

Pres. McNamara said Comm. Broderick would not be present tonightas his wife was in the hospital.

3. REPORT OF ICE RINK RENOVATION COMMITTEE: Cemm. Larson. Due to thefact that there is still some necessary informa,tion that the committee'does not have and because of the importance of this matter, Larsonasked to have this matter held in abeyance for a period of two weeks.He asked Supt. Hope, together with Mr. Sundermeier, to prepare a finalreport on the finances of the ice rink for last winter.

4. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. Supt. R. HopeA. Feasibility Study of Purchase vs. Rental of bus. Hope

reported that the cost for the first year of purchasing a bus wouldbe $11,500 and $8,700 for tne second year. This includes insurance,maintenance, salaries and gas and oil expenses. The cost of rentinga bus would be $12,000. McNamara said he wished to defer voting onthis until there was a full Board present.

B. Fireworks Display for 4th of July. Hope recommended theWorldwide Fireworks Corp. proposal and said he felt we would bebuying from a reputable company. Larson moved, Nebel seconded, thatwe accept the World Wide Fireworks Corp. proposal and that theadditional one-half million insurance be paid out in cash. This wouldbe a total of $2,385.00 for the fireworks program.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

5. TREASURER'S REPORT: Pres. McNamara said Mr. Sundermeier wouldnot be present tonight.

6. NEW BUSINESS: Pres. McNamara thanked the maintenance department-..,oj

for the fine job they did on the new lighting in the Florida room.Supt. Hope was directed to investigate prices on the rental

fees vs.purchase price of work clothes for the full-time employeesof the maintenance department.

Mr. Richard Lavery, 10324 So. Minnick, Oak Lawn, asked ifanything is being planned for the future in the Harker Park area.He said that since the play equipment was removed from st. Linus,there is nothjng in the area at all. McNamara said they will tryto at least put up a tot lot this year in the area owned by the ParkDistrict. McNamara said further that the Board will initiate ameeting to be set up in about two weeks with the School Board.

Nebel moved, Larson seconded, to adjourn the meeting.Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ceil 1-iurphy, Secretary4/24/72

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGBOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERSOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON MAY 8. 1972.

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was con­vened in a Regular Meeting on May 8 1972 , in the AdministrationBuilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn: Illinois, at 8:10 p.m. withPresident McNamara presiding.

1. ROLL CALL:Present: Nebel, Larson, Klein and McNamaraAbsent: BroderickComm. Broderick arrived at 8:25 p.m.

, I j 2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:Klein moved, Larson seconded, to approve the minutes of the

Regular Meeting of April 10, 1972, as presented.Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneLarson moved, Klein seconded, to approve the minutes of the

Adjourned Meeting of April 24, 1972, as presented.Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

3. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Pres. McNamara said Comm. Broderick wouldbe late and had asked the Board to delay the election of officersuntil he arrived.5. BUILDINGS-GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. Larson readthe report of the Ice Rink Committee. The report stated that afteranalysis of the 94th and Knox site, the conclusion was that this isnot an ideal location for the rink because of the problem of access,the possibility of high-rise apartment buildings and a motel nearbyand the location relating to 95th and Cicero. The committee feltthat Simmons Park, with its vast acreage and easily accessiblelocation would be a much better site. To renovate the 94th Streetrink would cost approximately $77,900 inclUding labor and materials.This would include dasher boards , a new grid system, a newc:Jrnpressor and motor , a water tower, chiller and a new brine pump.This could be placed to the south of the existing rink at no extracost. To enclose the rink, Integrated BUilding Systems of Hinsdale,Illinois, proposed a building 260' long, 120' wide with a clearanceof 20 1 at the eaves. This bUilding would be open at the sides but

-could be closed in at a future time. The sides could be enclosedwith masonry at a cost of $3.25 per square foot. The committeeinvestigated Holmsten systems which are being used in nearby areas,and this system used freon gas instead of brine.

Larson said ball park figures for a regulation size rink,85' x 200' would be between $70,000 and $100,000. Using an estimatedfigure of $85,000 and a building cost of $79,946.00, a new facilitycould be built for approximately $164,000. The committee also saidthat it was a must that an Ice Resurfacing Machine be purchased, nomatter what facility is decided upon. The money saved in manpowercosts by this machine would offset its cost over a three year period.

McNamara said the commissioners should study this report andhe would like any comments or suggestions from citizens or anyinterested party. Copies of the report are to be made available tothe public at the Park District office. The matter was tabled forfurther study•

.Easement for Stony Creek Bridge Abutment for Extension of 103rdStreet. Larson reported that the Village of Oak Lawn had requestedthat the Park District grant an easement for the bridge being built,permitting 103rd Street to go through. Looking over the agreementwhich was drawn up by the Village, Larson said we should have ourattorney look at this because he feels this agreement favors theVillage and does not protect the Park District.

Larson moved, Nebel seconded, that we grant the easement subjectto their acceptance of the attached rider which states that theyhave to restore the site back to its original condition. The motionwas then amended to read lito grant the easement subject to the agree­ment as drawn up by our attorney".

Voting: Aye: Nebel, Broderick~ ~arson, Klein and McNamaraNay: None.

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At 8:30 p.m. Pres. McNamara said that since Camm. Broderickwas now present, the Board would adjourn to Executive Session todiscuss the elction of officers and the appointment of variousBoard members .

The Board reconvened at 9:05 p.m. and Pres. McNamara statedthat the floor was open to nominations for the elction of president.Pres. McNamara moved, seconded by Klein, to nominate Comm. Larsonas president for the corning year.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NonePres. Larson then said that on behalf of the Park District and theBoard of Commissioners, for a job well done, he would like toPresent Comm. McNamara with a travel case and said for him to useit in good health. Comm. McNamara thanked the Board.

Broderick then moved, Klein seconded, to elect John McNamaraas vice-president of the Park Board of Commissioners.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneBroderick then moved,Nebel seconded, to approve the appoint­

ments of Mr. Turner as attorney, Mr. Sundermeier as treasurer andMrs. Murphy as secretary.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NonePres. Larson then made the appointments for the chairmen of

the various committees for the coming year. They are as follows:Recreation Comm. BroderickLegal Comm. KleinBUildings, Grounds and ~1ainteance Comm. NebelFinance Comm. McNamara

6. RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. Nebel.Mark Payne reported that there were now seven teams for the

softball league and one more was needed. Since there were no moreapplications from residents, he asked permission to accept non­residents. McNamara moved, Broderick seconded, that Mark Payne beallowed to proceed along these lines to fill up the leagues inthe best interests of the recreation department ..

Under discussion, Mr. Ralph Heft asked if the Park Districtwas going to recruit from outside the Village. Mark Payne saidthat the only team so far with non-resident members was the FatimaK.cr s which has its facilities in Oak Lawn and pays taxes to OakLawn. Supt. Hope said a great deal of publicity was given to this,with flyers sent home from the schools and newspaper publicitygiven to this in order to give residents every opportunity.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None7. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. Broderick reported that we arestill in contact with the Chicago Ridge attorney re their requestthat we give back some land that we had appropriated in the past.There has been no resolution of that at this time.8. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: No report,9. SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

A. Real Estate Committee. No report.B. Insurance Committee. No report.

10. SUPERINTENDENTIS REPORT: Supt. R. HopeA. Approval of Day Camp Employees. Hope asked approval of

35 day camp employees, 32 from Oak Lawn and 3 from outside OakLawn. McNamara moved, Broderick seconded, that we approve theDay Camp employees as presented.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneB. Approval of Mainteance Employees. Hope asked approval

of one full-time and three part-time employees for the maintenancedepartment~ Broderick moved, Nebel seconded to approve the hiringof the mainteance employees as stated by tho superintendent.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneC. Discussion of· Bus Purchase. Hope said that at the April

meeting, he had been directed to secure information on the meritsof bus purchase vs. rental. This information was presented at theApril 24th meeting, and the subject was tabled until a full Boardcould vote. McNamara then made a motion, seconded by Klein, totable until the next meeting so that we can discuss fully theactual utilization factor •

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Voting on the motion: Aye: Broderick, Klein and McNamaraNay; Nebel and Larson

D. Feasibility of Maintenance Uniforms. Hope recommendedthat we supply uniforms for the full-time maintenance employees,and also suggested that these be purchased on an every other yearbasis. Rental costs would be $58 per month for 5 men and thelow purchase price was ~~155, 80 for 5 men.

Nebel moved, McNamara seconded, to purchase the uniforms.Under discussion, the type of material was discussed, also thefact that if an employee left the Park District, a new uniform wouldhave to be purchased. Nebel then withdrew his motion, and McNamarawithdrew his second.

McNamara then moved, Nebel seconded, that we go with uniformsfor the maintenance employees.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.McNamara moved, Klein seconded, to table the action of either

the purchase or rental until we have more information.Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.E. Use of Brick Building by Lake Shore Athletic Assoc.

Hope reported thaL Capt. Wiegand of the Oak Lawn Police departmenthad requested a permit for the use of the Brick Building on behalfof the Lake Shore Athletic Assoc. Hope told him to appear on theagenda and come before the Board. Hope said there are two factorsinvolved, that we are using the building as a teen center, and heis planning to offer a IIfield house ll type of program at the site,incorporating various types of recreational activities and usingall equipment in the building. McNamara said he feels we shouldhave an employee of the Park District in the building at all timesit is open to pass out equipment and maintain decorum. Nebel saidwe should come up with some funds and give the people something.Hope said absolutely, and that we are working on improving it rightnow. McNamara made a motion to table in order to come up with acomprehensive physical fitness program and evaluate the total useof that building. McNamara then withdrew his motion in or.der tohave a further discussion on this. Broderick said this equipmentshould not be given out to anyone except an employee of the Park.

Mr. Heft said the Lake Shore Athletic Assoc. is looking fo~

a facility for the boys. He said many men donate their time tokeep the boys off the street. The club is ppen to anyone who wishesto come in. They are only asking the use of the bUilding untilthe Park District sets up a program of their own. McNamara saidthere is equipment in the room, such as the trampoline, whichshould not be used without a qualified instructor or the ParkDistrict could leave itself open for a lawsuit. ,Heft said to gobsck to the question, can we use it? Larson said the purpose ofthe Park District is to assist any organization within the Villagewho is trying to do a job and he could see no reason why we couldnot get an equipment man in there immediately in order to allowthem to utilize the building.

McNamara moved, Klein seconded, that we get a man in theBrick Building tomorrow to dispense equipment and to supervise theactivities until we set up a permanent program.

Under discussion 1 Mr. Heft said the Lake Shore Athletic Assoc.brings in their O~L equipment with the exception of jump ropesand a heavy bag and ring which Mr. Heft rebuilt himself.

Voting on the motion: Aye: All Nay: None.F. BQYs Physical Fitness Program. Hope presented a new

physical fitness program to be held at Central Park and WorthbrookPark for two weeks, June 12th and June 23rd, Monday thru Fridayfrom 9-4. This will include football, softball, soccer, condition­ing and films. There will be a student capacity of 100 or more.

McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, that we accept the physicalfitness program as presented.

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Under discussion, Nebel asked to have Hope talk with the Coach fromRichards. Klein asked if less than 100 boys register, what then.The motion was then amended to read that we accept the physicalfitness program as presented, and if the 100 boys do not partici­pate, then this particular program will be brought up for re­evaluation. Voting: Aye: Nebel, Larson and McNamara

Nay: Klein Absent: BroderickG. Brochure for Mailing. Supt. Hope said it has long been

his feeling that we do not get the message across to the residentsand therefore he presented a brochure, which would publicize thesummer activities and facilities available at the Park District.Three bids were received: B&G Printing, ~~297.50; Auburn Park Press,$318.00 and Harte & Sons, $460.00. McNamara moved~ Nebel seconded,to approve the publishing of the brochure for the lowest bid asspecified.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None Absent: Broderick12. TREASURER:S REPORT. McNamara moved, Klein seconded, to approvethe bills totaling ~~14,040.32 Operating Funds; $562.69 Trust &Agency Funds and a Grand Total of $14,603.01, subject to ratifica­tion by the treasurer.

Voting: Aye; All Nay: None Absent: BroderickThe Ice Rink Financial Report was deferred until Mr.

Sundermeier is present.13. NEW BUSINESS:

McNamara reported that a meeting re Harker Park will be setup in the near future.

Nebel said he wished to make a motion, seconded by Klein,that the Park District post haste pay the settlement in full toLou Ahner and settle that Judgment. Klein said we should attemptto come to some agreement rather than wait until 1973. Mr. Turnerwas instructed to contact Mr. Ahner and see if an agreement can bereached. He will report to the Board as to whether there was anygood response in an attempt to compromise this matter.

A motion was made by Nebel and seconded by McNamara, to tablethis matter for two weeks, with the stipulation that the attorneynegotiate.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None Absent: Broderick.A motion to adjourn to two weeks, until May 22nd, was made

by McNamara and seconded by Nebel.Vot~ng: Aye: All Nay: None.The meeting adjourned at 10:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary.5/8/72 .

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MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON MAY 22, 1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, wasconvened in an Adjourned Meeting on May 22, 1972 at 8:15 P.M. in theAdministration Building, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, withPresident Larson presiding.

1. ROLL CALL:Present: Nebel, Klein, McNamara and LarsonAbsent: BroderickComm. Broderick arrived at 9:30 P.M.

2. CORRESPONDENCE: A letter was read from Ernest Kolb on behalf ofthe Village of Oak Lawn inviting the Board to a prededication cere­mony on Friday, May 26, 1972.

A letter was read from Village Trustee Huskey re the playgroundat 9514 So. McVickers which stated that this parcel of land was' nowready for the use of the Park District as a playground. Pres. Larsonasked McNamara to send a letter of thanks to Mr. Huskey.

3. PRESIDENT1S REPORT: Pres. Martin J. Larson.Larson said that Mr. Sundermeier and Comm. McNamara recently

attended a seminar on park districts and felt it was beneficial.Conversations were held with other commissioners as to their problemsin their park districts and McNamara said he felt that in certainrespects it was worthwhile ...

Pres. Larson read a letter which was sent to the Planning &Development Commission from the Board of Commissioners, appealing theaction of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak Lawn re thezoning variation of the proposed apartment bUilding at 94th andKnox. The grounds for this objection were listed and included thefact that the height of the proposed bUilding will affect the pool atCentral Park as far as shadowing as per the findings of the AdlerPlanetarium. Also, the fact that the applicant was dependent uponuse of park district land as green space and the fact that it wouldcreate problems for the park district with overflow parking. Ahearing and a reply to this objection was requested•.' A letter was also sent to Mrs .. Alice Ihrig, Chairman of thePlanning & Development Commission, stating the Park District'sobjections to this proposed complex.

4. BUILDINGS-GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. Nebel.Discussion on maintenance uniforms was deferred until the

next regular meeting.Supt. Hope said a grass cutting schedule has been set up for

all the parks. Some problems have been experienced with lawn mowersat this time, and Larson directed Hope to investigate the purchaseof hand lawn mowers, and to look into State purchasing.

5~ RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. BroderickFinal Report of Southeast Basketball for 71-72 season.

Disbursements for the 71-72 season were $1,152.40 which included$464.00 for referees and time keepers; $15 for a time clock; $234.40for basketballs, which were returned; $75.00 for timer's scorebooksand $364.00 for rental of the Oakview and Richards Gyms. McNamarasaid he felt this was an excellent program.

6. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. Klein. Mr. Turner said re the Ahnersettlement, he again contacted the attorney for Mr. Ahner to settleor compromise the judgment, and Mr, Hoffman indicated that as far·as he knew, Mr. Ahner did not want a compromise. Mr. Hoffman saidthat if we do not pay, he would have to bring court action againstthe Park District in the form of a mandamus suit which would forceus to pay by some means or another. Mr. Turner suggested that weavoid the needless expense of a mandamus suit by passing a resolutionappropriating the money from the 72-73 bUdget.

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A motion was made by Nebel, seconded by McNamara, to payMr. Ahner his settlement at the earliest possible moment.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.Two weeks ago a copy of a lease agreement was given to MrJ

Turner and he said he feels it is in good order o The garage at theSimmons School site was discussed and Nebel said he felt we shouldrent this tb them.at a nominal fee, such as $1 a year. Hope said wehave had a harmonious arrangement with School District #122, andMcNamara suggested we take a look at the garage. It was decided totable the question of the lease as far as the garage was concerheduntil the commissioners can go out and take a look at. it. It wasdeferred until after 9:00 P.M. when Mr. Gierach will be present.

7. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. McNamaraMcNamara moved, seconded by Nebel, to direct the Supt. to

start working on the development of Lewandowski and Harker Parks,which work will be kept within the confines of $10,000 and that wedo this in this fiscal year. Harker Park is to be of a secondarynature as negotiations continue with School District #123.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.McNamara made a motion, seconded by Nebel, that the Supt.

investigate the costs and feasibility of putting a second story onthe Southwest Pool building. Under discussion, McNamara said this ismore of an exploratory phase at this time. Hope is to tell theBoard by the next meeting what he will need, whether it be anarchitect or engineer or whatever. The building could be convertedinto a field house. Klein asked if this should come under thejurisdiction of the Steering Committee. Larson said we have to moveforward and get things started.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.The 95th Street tot lot which will have the St. Linus tot lot

equipment will have a target date of the middle of July.Larson said that on Saturday a meeting was held with the

architects and engineers and the financial committee to discuss theice rink. They were there to fill the commissioners in on anyquestions they had concerning the ice rink. The commissioners werequite enlightened and we are now proceeding to analyze all data as tolocation, type, whether to close in, etc. It would be much simpler,said Larson, to close the building in now rather than wait two orthree years when the costs of material and labor are that much higher.There should be a decision on the ice rink sometime in June.

9. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT: Supt. R. Hope.A. Status of Teen Center: Hope as ked to have the teen-age

center as we know it in Lake Shore Park held in abeyance until he canreturn to the Board with further information.

B. Purchase of Bus: Hope asked permission to purchase a bus.McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, to approve the purchase of a bus notto exceed $3,000.

Voting: Nebel, McNamara and Larson, aye.Klein, No.

10. TREASURER'S REPORT: Mr. A. Sundermeier ..Mr. Sundermeier read the Profit and Loss Statement for the 71­

72 season of the ice rink. The skating operation netted $14,848.95in revenue and paid out $12,675.90 in expenses, giving a total netskating operations profit of $2,173.05. The concession operation hada total of $311,960.65 for sales and a total of $4,672.20 in expenseswhich made a ~711.62 net concession operating loss. The total netannual operating profit was $1,461.43. Long term fixed costs were$5,346.82 for renovation and equipment costs and $3,885.39 forrenovation balance to be recovered.

Mr. Sundermeier said that during the past year, such thingsas the Arendt Engineering judgment were paid off, the settlement ofthe Cainkar-HUD matter, a bill for $8,000 for calendars and manyother bills from previous years were paid and we still only used$170,000 in tax warrants. He said we actually accomplished areduction of $100,000, subject to audit. As soon as the audit is

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completed it will be published. Mr. Sunclermej.er asked McNamara, ashead of the Finance Co~nittee, to get together with him to holdinterviews for an auditor$

10. DIRECTOR OF RECRSATION: M. Payne. A day camp is to be establish~

ed at Harker Park pending approval of the school facilities. Noadditional staff will be needed for this camp. Counselors will beborrowed from low registration day camp sites for other sites. Ifthe day camp personnel are not all needed for the day camps, theycan assist in the maintenance department. Mr. Payne also said thatthis year all outdoor washroom facilities have been eliminated becauseof arrangements made with nearby schools. This is an entirely newday camp program and came about from the questionnaire sent out atthe end of the SUID~er last year and McNamara said Supt. Hope is tobe commended for this new program.

Mr. Gierach was now present so the matter of the lease agree­ment on the garage site was again brought up. The Board felt thatsince the School Board made the initial move on this transactionthey should pick up the cost of the title search. Mr. Gierach saidhe did not feel the School Board would object to that.

A motion was made by Klein, seconded by McNamara, that ourattorney cooperate with Mr. Gierach in having title brought down onthe property, and make arrangements to prepare a deed coveringconveyance of our property, and at the closing of the deal submit abill to Mr. Gierach relative to any expenses incurred in thistransaction. Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneA Resolution is to be adopted incorporating all these items and isentitled" Resolution authorizing the Oak Lawn Park District to

Transfer Certain Property to the Trustees of Schools,Worth Township.1I

Mr. Krolak, on behalf of the Oak Hockey League, askedpermission to come in to the Park office and go through the ice rinkfile. Information such as purchasing of equipment, utility bills,etc., is needed in order to close their books for the season. Adiscussion followed and Larson then told Mr. Krolak to make anappointment with the treasurer on any Saturday convenient to bothof them, and come in and examine the records.

A motion to adjourn was made by Broderick, seconded by Klein.Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.The meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M.

Respectfully SUbmitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary5/22/;72

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COIV'J1'HSSIONERSlIEb!:1) ON JTJ~-:E 12 2 19'12

The Board of Commissioners, Oak La~m Park District, was convenedin a Regular Meeting on June 12, 1972 at 8~10 P~Mo in the Adminis­tration BUilding., 94th and Kenton, Oak Lavvn; Illinois, with PresidentLarson presiding.

1. ROLL CALL:Present; Broclericl::, Klein, McNamara and LarsonAbsent; Nebel

2. CORRESPONDENCE:A letter was read from the IIJino.ts Association of Park Districtf

commending Supt.. Hope on the fine programs he has planned for thissummer

A letter was read from Mr~ Robert Krolak, on behalf of the OakHockey League, requesting a mutually convenient date to examine thefinancial records of the ice r.ink operation for the 1971-72 winterseason. A date was set with Comm. McNamara for June 27, 1972 at7;30 P.M.

3. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:A. RegUlar Meeting of May 8, 1972. Broderick moved, McNamara

seconded, to accept the minutes of May 8, 1972 as proposed.Voting: Aye: All'iNay: NoneB. Adjourned Meeting of May 22, 1972. The minutes of May 22,

1972 were amended to read, under President's Report, IIPres. Larson,Mr. Sundermeier and Comm. McNamara recently attended a seminar onpark districts ll • McNamara moved, Broderick seconded, to accept theminutes of May 22, 1972 as amended.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

4... PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Pres. Martin J ~ LarsonA. Vandalism. Pres. Larson said that vandalism has been

extremely heavy with Dillon Park being the number one problem area.An explosive charge was put on an electrical panel which blew the boxapart. This was probably a TNT type of charge. Tennis nets were cutand fencing was cut. Larson said they have informed the policedepartment to adopt a "get tough ll policy and anyone caught vandaliZingis to be arrested. Broderick said there is a $100 reward offered forthe arrest and conviction of anyone who damages park district property.

B. Ice Rink Study. Pres. Larson deferred the ice rinkdiscussion and said they will probably have some answers by the nextmeeting. He said that this is something that must be taken step bystep. They are now going into the financial aspects and when theyare ready with all the facts, plan to take it to the public in theform of a referendum.

5. BUILDINGS GROUNDS AND M.L\INTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. Nebel.No report.

6. RECREATION: Comm. BroderickA. status report on all prbgram~~ As of June 9, 1972 the

status of current programs was as follows:Swim team enrollment 48 Limit 200diving 1I 13 II 30tennis II 109 II 125day camp II 359 II 800piXie school" 39 " 40

Swimming season passes sold; 513 resident and 14 non-resident. Therehave been 326 registered for swimming lessons at Southwest Pool and 98registered at Central Pool. It was suggested that the boys teensoftball and girls teen softball programs be cancelled because of lack

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of interest. Broderick suggested that it be left to the discretionof the superintendent as to when and if he should drop theseprograms. Hope said he wished to hold these in abeyance for a whileand put a greater thrust on starting more teams.

7. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. G. KleinMr. Turner reported that at the present time, Mr. Hoffman, the

attorney for Mr~ Ahner said that they are not interested in a settle­ment. Klein moved, Larson seconded, that we settle this suit bypayment to Mr. Ahner before the next meeting. Under discussion, Mr.Turner said this will be under a separate category in the levy fornext year and in that way you do not take any money away from anyother uses. The interest on this judgment runs at 6%.

The motion was amended to read that the settlement for Mr.Ahn'er will go into effect wr.t(311 our levy has been filed.

Klein then retracted ilis motion, with Larson l s consent, andthen said he would like to table this matter until the budget isapproved. Sundermeier said trtis is a separate category and has nothingto do with the bUdget.

McNamara then moved, Klein seconded, to pay the Ahner suitwhen the levy has been filed.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneMr. Turner said in this way we commit ourselves and the other ­attorney will not file any further action such as a mandamus suit.

Klein reported that Turner has the opinion of title coveringa parcel of ground at Simmons School and asked him if they wereclear... Turner said other than stock objections they are clear andthe next step is to exchange the deeds. All costs incurred are beingcovered by District 122. At 8~40 P.M. Larson called a recess to gointo executive session to discuss this further. At 8:50 P.M. themeeting was called back to order and Klein made a motion, secondedby McNamara, that the attorney will proceed on the closing of thedeal pertinent to the land exchange with School District No. 122, andenter into the lease agreement which they have furnished, with thefollowing innovations:

1.) We will lease the property to School District 122 for aperiod of 5 years for the sv.~ of $1;

2.) There will be an understand::ng that should the ParkDistrict at any time during the five-year period decideto utilize that land by improving it for pa.rk purposes,we have the right to give them 90 days notice to vacate.Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

8. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. J. McNamara.Mr. Sundermeier said that we have received $170,000 in tax

money so far this year. McNamara made a motion, seconded by Broderick,that Mr. Sundermeier, as treasurer, be given authorization to, athis discretion, be given leave to remove as many tax warrants as hedeems necessary.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

·9. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT: Supt. R. HopeA. Developmental Plans for Lewandowski Park. Hope has met

with the Northwest Homeowners Association regarding the developmentof Lewandowski Park and he said much was accomplished at this meeting.

B. Harker Park. Hope said before plans are formulated it hasto be decided just where the tot lot will go. They will meet withSchool District 123 before any definite plans are made.

C. Investigation of Addition to Southwest Pool Building.Hope said he had looked at prints and consulted a draftsman and thepreliminary report is that it would be a fine addition to our facilitie~

Hope said he would like to move forward on this. McNamara said hewould like Hope to do a feasibility study as to what the additioncould best be utilized for. Hope is to have the draftsman make upthese preliminary plans.

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D. Approval of Scott McNallY as Recreation Director. Supt.Hope read the resignation of Mark Payne who is leaving to continue hisstudies. Broderick moved, McNamara seconded, to accept the resignationof Mark PaYne, with regret, effective May 26, 1972.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneHope said he interviewed 8 applicants for this position and was nowrecommending Scott McNally to the Board. Broderick moved, Kleinseconded, to approve the hiring of Scott McNally as RecreationDirector, as recommended by the superintendent on a probationary basis '0

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneHope reported that both pools opened today. The day camp is about halffilled as of today, and will start Monday, June 19th. The bus waspurchased, after a great deal of bargaining, for $1600. Supt. Hopehad been authorized to spend up to $3,000. He said it is a 1966passenger bus and looks to be a fine vehicle. Broderick requested astatus report on all programs for the summer and a final report on thegolf program.10. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Insurance Committee: McNamara said that on September 18,1972 the current insurance policy is due. He and Supt. Hope carefullywent over the automobiles and he suggested that we do not carry the

$100 deductible. He said the insurance would definitely be more thanthe value of the vehicles. As for fire insurance, in his opinion itwould be foolish to continue this, but he recommended continuing theWorkman's Compensation policy. He said we should send out for bidand present a total picture to the Board. Broderick moved, McNamaraseconded, that the financial committee work with the members of thePark District to compile an insurance package to present to the Boardas soon as possible for the letting of bids for the insurance for theOak Lawn Park District. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

B. Real Estate Committe..§.: McNamara reported that he, Mr. Nebeland Mr. Schlieske investigated all the properties owned by the ParkDistrict and are now comprising a report which Comm. Nebel will presentat the next meeting.11. TREASURER'S REPORT: Mr. A. Sundermeier.said that the pool bondis now due and there is not sufficient money to pay so we will haveto let it go into default for a month or how" McNamara moved,Broderick seconded, that we pay the bills in the amount of $30,337.82Corporate; $23,797.76 Pool; ~~10,994.81 Rec.rbational,and $1,253.22 forIllinois Municipal Retirement Fund; Grand 'l::~,tal of ~~66,383.61. Thisis subject to the approval of the treasure:'.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.Klein said there is an outstanding bill of $600 for a geographicalsurvey from the previous Board and was authorized by Supt. McCarthy.Kle. in moved1 McNamara seconded, that we pay National Survey Servicesthe sum of ~600 for the work they did in providing for the surveywhich we now have. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.12. NEW BUSINESS: Hope was directed to investigate the title of theso-called phantom park at 107th and Laramie which was deeded to theVillage.

The proposed development of Simmons Park was brought up andLarson said the Baord has sent letters to the Village and to thePlanning & Development Commission stating the Park Districtts policyregarding the use of park land as green acreage. He said our positionwas spelled out very clearly in that letter. Mrs. Wallace from theLeague of Women Voters said the Board should send a representativeto the Village and when it comes up, be there. Larson said we willdefinitely be there.

Broderick asked Hope for an estimate on the amount of moneyspent on valdalism each month. McNamara said he had visited theparks and felt that Dillon, Simmons, Worthbrook and Harnew parks werein good shape. Hope said grass cutting was proceeding on schedulewith rain days built into the schedule.

A motion to adjourn was made by McNamara, seconded by Broderick.Voting: Aye: All Nay: None. The meeting adjourned

at 9: 40 P.M.

Respe~tfully SUbmitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary6/12/72 .

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON JULY 10,1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was con­vened in a Regular Meeting on JUly 10, 1972 at 8:15 P.M. in theAdministration Building, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois J withPresident Larson presiding.I, ROLL CALL:

Present: Broderick, Klein,McNamara and. LarsonAbsent: NebelComm. Nebel arrived at 9:15 P.M.

}. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:A. Regular Meeting of June 12, 1972. Pres. Larson made the

following correction under New Business: "The proposed apartmentbUilding at Simmons Park was brought up and Larson said the board hassent letters to the Village and to the Planning & DevelopmentCommission stating the Park District's policy regarding the use ofpark land as green acreage". Broderick moved, McNamara seconded, toapprove the minutes of June 12, 1972, as corrected.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None4. PRESIDENTts REPORT: Pres. Martin Larson

A. Oak Lawn Park District's Responsibility for Shared Paymentof Lighting at Lake Shore Park. McNamara moved, Klein seconded, topay the bill of $4500 for the lighting at Lake Shore Park.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneLarson said he would prefer that the Village pay the bill and we inturn reimburse the Village. Klein said the Village has paid theirbill, everything but the ll~4500.

B. Request for Zoning Variation by Mr. E. Roebuck at 6626-34W. 95th Street. Mr. Roebuck appeared before the board to ask thatthe Park District's objections to his proposed zoning variation beremoved. Mr. Roebuck said his request had been brought before theP.& D.Commission and then at the last meeting just as it was aboutto be voted upon, a letter was presented from Pres. Larson objectingto the variation. Mr. Roebuck is asking for this variation to haveample parking for his proposed apartment building and also to utilizesome green space. He said the property is presently zoned commericaland a commercial building could be built right up to the propertyline. His proposed building is $rictly a residential unit and heplans to live there himself. McNamara said he objected to withdrawingour objection and he feels we would be establishing a precedent forthe future.

McNamara moved, Klein seconded, that we do not withdraw ourobjection to the objection against the variation. The motion wasthen amended to read "to reaffirm the position of the park districtto object to the zoning variance".

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneC. 1972 Congress for Recreation and Parks, October 1 thru 6

at Anaheim, California.' Pres. Larson said commissioners from allover the country meet and dtscuss various problems, solutions,products, etc., and he feels it would be very beneficial to sendsomeone to this convention. Klein said with the various programs thatwe are turning down, we should attend the conventions which are heldin the State of Illinois. Broderick moved, that the commissioners andtheir wives be allowed to attend the convention, seconded by Larson.Under discussion, Mr. Krolak said speaking as a resident, he feltthat the commissioners were entitled to this after working for thepark district for almost two years with no salary, Klein said weshould send one or two commissioners and McNamara agreed, saying hewould like to limit the number of people and limit expenses. Kleinsuggested that four commissioners could be sent without wives.

Voting on the motion; Aye: Brodericlr and LarsonNay: Klein and McNamaraBroderick moved, that the board allow two commissioners and

their wives to attend the convention and also the supt, and his wifeif he so wishes to attend. He then withdrew his motion.

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Reg. Meeting of July 10, 1972Page 2

McNamara moved that we authorize two commissioners and theirwives to travel to the convention, not to exceed a total expenditureof $1500 for this particular convention. He then withdrew his motionand said he would like to set up the amount of expenditures for thistrip and work out the details and then find out approximately how muchwe would spend. He said he would like to table the sUbject until thenext meeting. McNamara then moved, Klein seconded, to table theconvention. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

D. Ice Rink Study Report •. Larson said not all of the detailsare available yet and due to the fact that the treasurer was in anaccident recently, no decision has yet been reached on the ice rink.Larson referred to a memo from Supt. Hope in wh~ch he. states that hespoke to the.Zamboni Company in Paramount, California and they informedhim that their model HDB is currently priced at $11,400 with freightcharges to run approximately $400. Hesaid further that the ZamboniCompany is behind in their orders and cannot promise a machine untilearly November. Supt. Hope recommended that if the board decides topurchase a Zamboni that it be done now in order to have it for thecoming ice season. It was pointed out that the Ice Rink StudyCommittee felt it was absolutely necessary to have a Zamboni whateverfacility was decided upon, and that this would save the district inmanpower COs t·SV

Klein said he felt we were putting the cart before the horseand that the first item to be considered is where the ice will be.He also said that at this time we do not have housing for a Zamboni.Larson then asked lido we intend to have ice this year? II r1cNamarasaid we must, and said we could. do no worse than complete repairs onthe present ice rink. He said the resurfacer may significantly helpus by increasing the available ice time and he feels that theexpenditure is qUite justified. McNamara then moved, Nebel seconded,that we submit our order for the $11,400 Zamboni ice resurfacer withshipping costs not to exceed $400 and that the order be tendered assoon as possible. Under discussion, Larson said we were to havefinancial data to digest and he was requesting an adjourned meetingfor two weeks from tonight to show which direction we intend to go.Klein then suggested that we table this item. McNamara then withdrewhis motion in order to commit the board by motion to having ice~

McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, that this board be committed tohaving an ice rink this coming ice season of 1972-73, and along withthis we purchase theZamboni for ;!~11,400 and approximately ~~4,00 inshipping costs. Under discussion, Klein asked to have this motiondiVided into two separate motions in order to be able to vote on thesetwo items individually. The first motion, McNamara moved, Nebelseconded, that this board be conmlitted to having an ice rink thiscoming ice season of 1972-73. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

The second motion, made by McNamara, seconded by Nebel, is thatwe purchase the Zamboni for ~~ll ,400 and approximately ~~400 in shippingcosts. Voting: Aye~ Nebel, Broderick, McNamara and Larson

Nay: KleinKlein said he voted no to this because he felt it was premature topurchase the Zamboni since we do not have the housing for it at thistime.5. J:3UILDINGS GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comma Nebel

Ao Developmental Plans for Lewandowski Park. A plan forLewandowski park was presented which would have green space at 89thstreet, a play area at 49th Court and a handball court at 87th street.This plan was de-"eloped after a meeting of Supt. Hops ;;.no. the No:::~th­

Nest Homeowner i s Association. N3bel said he wishco. to Cl.:l.re~-c Supt.Hope to move forward with specifications for this.,

B. DevelQ:Q,@ental plans for.-Rsa:£kerJ2J'.k. A mestj Ylg iB scheduled.for the week of July 17th :Jetwe;:m Sup t, Fope; and t:be :"esidents of thearea and Dr. McGuggan, representing 3c1:001 District 123, to discusstheir recommendations for !cY-tis a:r8a. Heb81 Ll0V'311 .. Bl"zxiericJc second.ed,that we request bids for blacl~·to~pj.ng tb.e ~iarl:F:-~ IJ8rk nrea. Themotion was withdrawn, being UY.llLeCessa~y a~d t~e su~erintendent wasdirected to come up with specs on the blacktopping e r1cNamara moved,Klein seconded, to table this i tern until tl18 next :tr.aet:i.ng.

Voting: Aye: All i-l';,.y ~ None.

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'6.. RECREATION C0I1MITTEE: Cemm. BroderickBroderick reported that we are $8,000 to $10,000 down in

pool revenue from last year due to the poor weather. He read thestatus report on current programs:

Sewing 23 enrolled 40 limittennis 109" 125 "day camps 662 II 800 "pixie 40 II 40 "diving 16" 36 "

Klein questioned the enrollment of the day camp as opposed to the1970 day camp when 3,000 were enrolled. Broderick said at that timethe day camp was free and many enrolled that did not attend and healso questioned the way in which the 3,000 figure was arrived at.He said our present day camp is far superior with trained personneland there is one counselor for 25 children. Many activities areplanned, field trips are made and arts and crafts are available.7. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. McNamara

McNamara moved, Broderick seconded, to pay the bills, subjectto proper substantiation by the treasurer.. The bills are: Corporatefund; $22,249.13; Recreation Fund-$8,340.71; Pool Account-$8,555.37;Construction and Development-$932.00; Illinois Municipal RetirementFund-$1,029.81; Bond and Interest Fund-$19,873,25; Grand Total ofdisbursments and trust and agency funds is $60,980,27, .

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.Broderick pointed out that approximately $20,000 of these bills werefrom the previous administration.8. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: ' Comm. Klein deferred to Mr,.Turner who saidhe had been in contac"-E wi th ~~r.. Ahner I s attorney and they a.reawaiting our pleasure O~l the appropriation.,

Mr. Turner said the lease on the S~.mmons site should have amotion of clarity. Klein woved, Broc1ericl< secon[ed, to amend ourprevious action of June 10, 1972, dir3cting Mr. Turner to draw alease for the signatures of the commissioners with reference to theuse of the garage on the Simmons School site as follows~ "The leaseis approved in the form submitted by attorney Gierach with thefollowing additional paragraph to be numbered as paragrarh No.5:

'Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon 90 days written noticefrom the Park District to the School District, this leaseshall terminate~il

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None9,. SUPERINTE1TDENTIS REPORT: Supt. Robert Hope

A. Report on l~th of July vJ~(:;1:.~,!CL Larson read Supt.,. Hope T sreport on the weekend which stated that beginning on Frid.ay, June 30tl-::a Dixieland Concert was held 1IJi th appro:{irrateJ.y 300 people attending"The fi ::Bing progl"am ~jas held Saturday, Jl.:.ly Lrt: wi th some larr:e fi snbeing caught in the li3.goon, a.nd the m07:Le n I''1usic l"1c.,n" was presentedSaturday night to 2. c:;'~()Nd of approximateJ.,y 750 people. On Sundaythe water carnivaJ. was presented, attendecl b:~r al)ppoximrttely 150 ~ecple

and was followed b;y tilo family picnic which clue GO the weather wasattended by only about 50 to 75 people. The circus was held onMonday, with two shows pt·esented, and nett(3d the Park District a profiof ~$607.52. The fire:'lorks display, put on by Worldwide Fire-;'lorks,lasted 35 minutes and was a great success. Larson said Supt o Hopeis to be commended for a fine program over the )+th of July l.reekend~

10. SPECIAL CONNITTEZ REPOn~~:

A~ Insurance Comrr.ittee. No report.B. Real Estate Committee. No report.

Broderick moved, Nebel secu~1cled, tc 9.d;jcu,i:'~'l t:b,e w~~e ti.,ac v:1.tilJ1l1y 2l l- " 1972 at a: 00 P JYL

\'Oti11f~ ~ A:\TC: A.II !'Tay ~ I'IcTI0~:

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Ceil MQ~phYJ Secretary7/10/'72

MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON JULy 24. 1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, wasconvened in an Adjourned Meeting on July 24, 1972 at 8:15 P.M. in theAdministration BUilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, withPres. Larson presiding.1. ROLL CALL:

Present: Nebel, Broderick, Klein, McNamara and LarsonAbsent: None

2. CORRESPOmDENCE:A letter was read from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hosticka to Mr.

Hope complimenting the park district on a fine day camp program thisyear.

5. DIRECTOR OF RECREATION: Scott McNally..A. Oak Laml parlrCristrict first amlual tennis tournament.

Mr. McNally' s proposed temlis tournamentis s cheduIed $'br'! Itugus t 12,1972 and August 19, 1972 at Richards High School at 107th andCentral •. Entrants must be at least 17 years old and enrdllment islimited to 96 contestants, with Oak Lawn residents being enrolledfirst. Balls will be furnished by the park district. Trophies willbe awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Registration fee is$2 and non-resident fee is $4. Projected costs are ~ii22{),50 whichwill be for balls, trohpies and scorers. McNamara moved, Broderickseconded, that we approve the Oak Lawn Park District first annualtennis 'tournament as outlined,

. Voting: Aye: Nebel, Broderick, McNamara and Larson,Nay: none. Comm. Klein was absent from the room at the time.

3. PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Pres. Martin J. Larson.A. Ice Rink Committee Report. McNamara moved, Broderick

seconded, that we renovate the eXisting ice rink. Under discussion,Larson asked what the board had in mind as to the renovation. McNamarasaid we should submit for bids the various repairs necessary. Whenthe bids come in we would have the cost of the six items and coulddecide which ones we would do this year. Len Wisdom asked what thecosts of renovation would be and Larson said if we were to do allthe repairs neces sary it woulcl run from ~~l0, 000 to ~~20, 000 0 He sate:we would take a look at the items separately and see just what coulQbe done. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

McNamara moved, Broderick seconded, that we draw specs foralternate bids for the following:

1. Replacement of pipes2.. New dasher boards3. Additional lighting capacity4. Construction of garage for Zamboni5. Replacement of brine pump6. Expansion of ice rink to present compressor capacity7. Replace recirculating valve.

Under discussion, Klein asked if the housing for the Zamboni could b0used for other purposes in the future and McNamara said definitely;it could be used for such things as grass cutting machines, etc.

Voting on the motion: Aye: all Nay: None .._ B. Conve~ltion in Anah~im, Califo!nia~ ,Brc~:r:1.~k,~ov9d,

:'1<.;1'81 seconded, 'chat all commJ.ssJ.oners., WXlC wJ.sh '[;0 E~vvt3rC :~;-lP

'(;Y'ventioTI, and their wives, and the .s1J..pe~!."intende:nt: :.1nC, hi.:; ~·'i.f'3 ~ 't;.';;

~~n.Cowed to do so:> with travel and 10dg5.:t~.g expe:J.ses to 'l:E pXJ.<:·: 8:.1(i.",/: a per dl'em Unc::]er dJ.· scussJ.· on Kle'" .,.. "",-,'j cl it'!=> 8 1"0'" r] ·'··"·'·f ',',V .... , •• .:>.;-.' ..,L , \, J...>1.•• CL. _ ! _ ,14 ~,.L ....' I.J .....' -""! l.·~J,'.~

,:.~-8t8m of the Village trustees, where;"~' t~le eXp'311SeS ")~' t~,.·;; tJ:'~.l.;3 "::b"3

'f!IT(,re paid but each one paid for his u'n.. ,,]j.te? S 9Xpe.L;.:3',j;: " .:,;i,?t:E'Y'.':"\~2''3ussion, Broder'iok said except for '~;h:?: ~JrGv'I')US c·.)/~.:-_~: ~;) ~... tt,2·"'L,::.::.:r.gf",(,V'WeY1 f-J.' o~"'s· to "·'",h;01:1 the park dJ." st·,,",,':" c~':'-=:- 'VIod- ·"'~~e"-' '.-,.:....: ''',', " .:.C' I-:ri~'........t ..... .L~~v .'...1. ~ • ..1. .:.. ~ .;..L".\".:" ........... J..i.. .. - _ 'l .J... .J ~ .. \... '.L...r::::- V.J v_ .. _

,· .....'e'-.·"·11J.·zatl·on J.·n"~o.L"'''''·''''.:l expenco'es were ''''''T'\·.:>-r.~ p,"';" .cl·c·"'" ':;··'c,,·';u/'·ir o 1t,rjveo\~<I ~.:k.. , • _ ,v vvU-.,..... 0...: Cr..J...Vlfl....• ,;; ..:J C .... 1.,..l, .l. "1_. 1 .:.. ....... --- -0 \. J..,,);J

Voting,: Aye: Nebel, Broderici:c;; M~Nama.::."'a 8.LJ ::-.C:T' a 0::..·.Nay~ Klein

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Adjourned Meeting of July 24,1972Page 2

McNamara said there is a convention and a.s~minar coming upwhich he feels the board, or representatives;of" the board should'attend. One is pt the Mariot Hotel, given by the Illinois Assoc.of Park Distric~s, and will set policies for the coming year. Thiswill take place November 18, 1972. This has to be done in the formof a resolution to specify that the people in attendance are thedelegates to the Illinois Association of Park Districts convention.Action on this must be no later than September 18, 1972. Thedelegation must be set up and approved.

The seminar is ret for August 26, 1972 at the Holiday InnEast in Springfield, Illinois. Broderick moved, Klein seconded,that the commissioners and the superintendent be allowed to attendthe seminar on August 26, 1972 in Springfield, Illinois at theHoliday Inn East. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

4.. SUPERINTENDENTIS REPORT: Supt. Robert HopeA. Harker Park Plans" Supt. Hope reported that on July 19th

he met with representatives of the Harker Park area and the planagreed upon was that of a blacktopped tot lot, SO! x 105' l'rith twowalks, one from the west end of Clark School and the other from 105th.EqUipment to be installed would be six pieces for children of ages 3to 9. H read the proposed bid for blacktopping and requestedpermission to pUblish bids. Broderick moved, McNamara seconded, toapprove the superintendent's request to pUblish bids for blacktoppingof Harker Park as specified. Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneLarson requested an adjourned meeting for next monday, July 31st, togo over these specs and discuss them at that time.

B. Employee reclassification. Mr. George Nicholsonleft theemploy of the park district to retire and Supt. Hope asked for thereclassification of Terry Murphy from part time to full time.

Broderick moved, McNamara seconded, to approve this changein classification ~s requested. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

Hope reported that the jazzreceived. Two concerts have beenscheduled for this Friday evening.300 to 400 people.

concerts are being very wellheld so far and another is

They are attended by approximate]}'"

Len Wisdom asked why the rates for the pool have increased.He said he has talked to many people who have been priced right outof using it. McNamara answered that rising costs have forced thisaction, and there are still many large debts on the pools. He saidswimming lesson rates were cut as an.exporiment to see if this woulQbring in more people and at the end of the season they can determi~e

the results. Last week, during the hot weather, the southwest poolwas operating close to full capacity, although Central was not.NEvI BUSINESS:

The.subject of Mr. Roebuck's zoning variation request wasbrought up a.nd the board discussed whether or not they have anyfurther obligation in this regard. It was decided that they had

··rr.:¥le their position clear, that they are only following the Village ISZoning laws. Larson said this is a matter for the trustees todecide and it is out of our hands. McNamara said since he made theoriginal motion, he feels that we should stand on our principles~If the Village wishes to change their ruling, then that is up tot~em to do so. Mr. Roebuck is now going to bringtnis up before theBoard of .Appeals. .

McNamara moved, Nebel seconded to adjourn until Monday,~ugust 31, 1972. Voting: Aye: Nebel, Broderick, McNamara and.Garson. Nay: Klein

The. lllee.ting·adjourned. at 9:40 P.M.

Respeotftill.y submitted:',

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MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON JULY 31. 1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was con­vened in an Adjourned Meeting on July 31, 1972 at 8:10 P.M. in theAdministration Building, 94th and Kenton,Oak Lawn, Illinois,·. withVice-President McNamara presiding in the absence ofPres.Larson~

1. ROLL CALL:Present: Nebel, Klein and ~1cNamara

Absent: Broderick and LarsonComm. Broderick arrived at 8:20 P.M.

2 • I CE RINK COMfJIITTEE REPORT:Supt. Hope had been directed at the July 24, 1972 meeting to

develop certain aspects of the ice rink· renovation and these are:1. to maintain the existing facility of 80 x 180 feet, whichconsists of replacing the unservicable section of eXisting gridsystem with one inch black steel pipe.; to construct and installregulatlon dasher board of 3/4 11 G2S.plywood; to install 16 quar.tzpole lights; to construct a combination Zamboni and Palomino storagebUilding of 20 x 20 feet, of cement block on a 611 slab of pouredconcrete with a 241' foundation,. with flat bituminous roof; to repaireXisting reversing valve in compr~ssor room, and 2. to expand rink.size to compressor capacity by expanding and replacing grid systemusing III steel pipe; to replace brine pump supplying increasedvolume of brine to expanded grid; and to construct and installregulation dasher boards of 3/4 II exterior G2S plywood on expandedrink.

Nebel suggested that a different type roof be used, such as apitched. shingle roof to eliminate leaks,. McNamara said this was avery good suggestion•. McNamara directed the superintendent to callin the manufacturer o~ the compressor equipment and pump to seewhat we can utilize.. Klein said we installed new lighting last yearand that with all· the items under·consideratibn,.instead of beinga renovation program, this would become an improvement program.Klein also said he felt the storage shed should be larger, such as20 x 26, in order to use it for other things •. McNamara said thatrather than advertise for bids now., we should pull in prices for allthese changes and asked Hope to get ball park figures. Klein saidif we decide on what size bUilding we would like, he would get thefigure covering the cement work..2. DEVELOPflJENTAL PLANS FOR LEWANDOWSKI PARK .. , Hope requestedpermission to pUblish for bids on the proposed asphalt walkway for,the south -sector of Lewandowski Park',. This would be 3 feet wide by864 feet,. of No.- 14 grade stone, 6 inches. deep with 2 inches ofasphalt applied. This would be approximately 2,592 square feet total.Hope said this had been the first prior:i,ty of the Northwest.Home­owners association. Brodericl{ moved, Nebel seconded,. to approveSupt~ Hope's request to publish for bids for the asphalt walkway forthe south sector of Lewandowski Park.,

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.NEW BUSINESS:

Comm. Klein said he saw that Mr. Ahner was present and askedif he had anything to. say to the board. Mr. Ahner said he was hereto find out if his check had been written yet. Klein was asked toexplain the situation to Mr. Ahner, and he deferred to Mr •. Turner.:P-1r. Turner said we are levying fqr this judgment and it will be inaccordance with the board's motion. McNamara asked to have thisdiscussion after the meeting. Mr. Turner said that the levy wouldin all likelihood be passed next month.

There being no further business, ,Klein made a motion toadjourn, seconded by Broderick.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneThe meeting adjourned at 8:35 P.M.

Respectfully SUbmitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary

.' rUNUTES OF SPECIAL I-mETINGOAK LAtrm PARK DISTRICTBOAP.D OF COMHISSIONERSHELD ON AUGUST 7, 1972

Tho Board of Com:rrissicners, Oak Lawn Park District, ~'las convenedin a Special Meeting on August 7, 1972 at 8:05 P.M. in the AdministrationBUilding I 94 & Y.2::'.t:.n, Oak La~-m, wi t.."1. President Larson presiding.

1. RCLT.. CArlL:Pres~mt=

lIbEe'1t:T..arson, McNamara, Klein, Broderick and NehelNOl:a

Commislilioner B,,;(lc1erid: m;;l.da a 1!lotion tha":. Dorothy Keglevic be madeacting secretary in ~he absence of Ceil Murphy, se~onded by CommissionerMcNamara.

2. ICE RINK RENOVl"T=ON.

Commissioner La~svn st2ted t~at at the last meeting Supt. Hope was toascertain tbs feasibility of enlarging the p~esent IC9 facility. Supt.Hope reported tl.ai.: he. h:~ci been in touch 't';r::'th Vilte~::- C?rporaticn of Mil­waukee I Wiscon8i~1 CI),1(:' "tha.t tn~y z:.d'lised ageins'.: any g~:i.d expansion program.

Commissione:: r'1cNe.":lara moved that St1peri~l.tend~:Clt-. HC'J?'~ submit speci.fi­cation for grid renmTc:::':icl'l, rink lights, store.ge b~2i.1din.g cmd dnsherboards. COnL'tllE'sicne~: ExoQuerick seconded.

Voting: Aye: All.. Ne.y: "Jone •

There being no furt.h3xo busine.ss McNamara made a motion tc 8.djm:tr:'1,seconded by Nebel.

Voting: 'kye ~ ]\.11

The meeting ~djc~~~sd at 8:10 P.M.

!>Jay: None

p.espectfully sQ~mitted

D~~ot~y ~egl0.~ic,

A.c~::.i..r:g Secl:etaxy

r'J"INUTES' OF REGtJLARME.E'1'INGOAK LAWN .PARKD.'lSTRIC,T.BOARD'DFC:()~1MirSSI&iERSHELD .ONAUGUS~,.14, 1272

The:Board of Commissioners, :Oak Lawn Park District was convenedi~ REfg1.,llar Meeting 'On August 14,1972 at 8:20 P.M. in the Admiriis­',.r,on:I3B,i:I.d~ng" 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois,: with President~!~!;~n pres idlng.;,':~;aOLL" CALL:

. Presen~: Broderick, Klein, McNamara and Larson,. . Absent:~': Nebel

. ~. MlNUTj§S OF PREVIOUS ~1EETINGS,;, .i, '. A,,;RegularMeeting of July 10)' 1972. Broderick moved, Klein

,;: . '2;s'econded,to approve the-minutes of July 10, 1972 as proposed.Voting:· Aye: All Nay: None

c.'' .:8, Adjdut'ne¢l. Meeting of July 24, 1972. Broderick made the'-'rOl1oY1~ng correc1;;~ohto"the mi11utes' of "Jttljr 24,. 1972 ~ IINe'be:I. moved,Broderi,¢k second¢dith~t;~Ul contniissi-en.erswbo wish. to a;ttetld .thecqAv~n:tion a!1dtJ1ei,*, Vfivas, andth~"s:uperin~enderlt ~d' his wife,oeallowed to do so, wi tlt travel anc1J.oq;girtg, expeti~~s i;o be paid and,$50 perdi~mll ~ Alsbu~er Pres~dent~i3.F1~Pb~t i.OB j the,.last seri~endewasco:r:re,ctect '.t!o; _read, I'Nebel said ci'cceptfor the p~~vl¢iis, bdardattentiirtg;coJ4v.entionsto,ld1VJh, the parR' disiJr'-i~tct1d not even belongto the organ!z~~lon involired~. the expenses we~e always paid fortincluding wives .. I' .' .... '. '.' .;.'

Broder+cK. moyeq,!<lE;J.irt. ~ed·?l1d..~Cl.j to appr.o'ift? the minutes ofJuly 24, 197?, ctS 90ri'ect~d.6yot~Ilgt.Aye;-,Al1 ,'. N~y: None

C, Ad:jpUrm3d Meeting of July .31. ,.19'72" ,B:boderick mov~d,Klein secondad;.to approve theminu.tes of'July .:31, 1972, as pr'oposed.

Voth,g: . Aye:' .1\11 'Nay: NoneDi. Special 'f1eeting or ~\1gus~ 7 1972. . Brog.eriqk mov~d,,'

McNamara secondeq, to~pprove the mlnutes;of'AugUst 7, 1972 as .read•. .' '.. "?ti;ne;; ,Aye:; All .'. . ·.N~Y\: None

4. PRE,SIDENTSREP.QR~J .. :Pr.~f3 ~ ;Mar-tift J~ Larl:Ji:iti;•. ",A. Bevieii.r of'specificf?tions for ~iqe ri:i1k tenovqtion. Sl,lpt.

Hope submitted h:i~ specifications for ,; th.e·l?r9Pdsed ice rinkrenovation. Th$se inc+\1ded grid r~novation,wpichwould be enc~singin $and using pla~t~c pipe as oPPd~edto p1a$tib pipe encased in

conprete; dasher bOEl,J;'d r~placement; i:tlS~alla'l1ibn of new lighting; andconstruction of a l31;orage :building of 20x.30:x:12,,·After a discussionof these specs, Hope wa§ instructed to have a ¢ontractor examine thesite to give him the a.~ount of salvageable plywood that could bereused,. Larso~ said ptywood has increased in price since last yearand Klein asked if we Gould u~e some of the salvage wood ~or roofsheeting. Larson ~nswered ye$, since it is e4terior grad~.

Mr~ Krolak $a,id he did a personal stUdy of the a~vantage~Cl-nd disadvantages of us.ing thepolyethelynepipe, He said the .Wilmette Recr-eation Genter is the only one in the Chicago area usingthis and he spo~e to.I~el1 Hoffptan whoi~'ldicated to him that his mainconcernwit.n ppe plas~ic is that it is very ~usceptible to vandalism~

Mr. Hoffman also told him that they ran the Z~mQon1thru the plastic~

Larson thanked~~~ ~ro.lakto~ his informationT;Brod~r,ickaskedHope.to contaqi; the'Wilme~~e Yiecreation Center re~arding.this'fIlldMr.Hqpe saiq he pad a~~eadl tal~ed to them, Larson sald the alte~~~te~d would be for epQ~s~ng the rink tn corcrete. Performance~w~se

th~1" a,:r.e yer¥ ~ }~'-+ar, .' .'M~Ncpna:r~ mpve~J BroQ.\3.rlCk seconded, that we pUbll~ll for,

se9-;I.ed,b4o.$ Q:q.·tn~ t;qt;all. prd,gram of the ice riI?k renovatiQn. a~

amended.-. +.ne pid::? ar.~. to bE:) opened at our regu,tLarly $cll~du~edSeptem'qe;r tqe~ti1}lS~ Votil1:g;' AY~: All Nay: Noi1.e,

• I .' 'l;f'y A.:ppol~tIlle:p:J; Of D~legate to ~11~n01s l\.ssocia.t~on cf f'~rkD=l.p trlcts In Oh+ago, ~Tov~mber 16-19.. Pres. Larson apP01nted ~pNClme,1V~

a.s dele.gcilt.e. to.·... t.he ~nn.ual Cpnference O."f the IJ,t~n~~$ ASS.OCi.,at.i.o~ .OfPark D~stX'~c.ts tQ ~e held at the Merriott Hote J Cf wi th Kle~n as iill~f~rst~~tern,atf?andBroderick as $eco.~d al~r~te.. Broder~ck Plqved,McNamara secpnde<lJ to approve th~ p~es~dentialiaction just· QjsCllssea,

Vo~ing; A,ye; All' , Nay: None · ..1....• " .

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5. BUILDINGS GROUNDS. ANIfMAINTENANCE CONMITTEE: Comm. Nebel. A. Bids for bladktopping.Abid from Oak Lawn Blacktop

Paving Company of Oak Lawn was read for ~~6, .344.~oo and a bid from theO. G. Machen Pa.ving Company of Oak Lawn for $5,952.00 was read.McNamara moved, Broderick seconded, to approve the low bid of$5,952 from the O. G. Machen Company for the blacktopping of bothLewandowski am Harker Parks. Voti!l..g: Aye:all Nay: None6. RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. Broderick

A. Final Report of Day Camp. The Day Camp Program endedAugust 11th with an All Events Day at Southwest Park. Supt. Hopesaid he felt it was a very successful day camp program. A question­naire has been sent to the parents of the day campers in order to~valuate the program. Broderick said the young people who conducted.~~.day camp have already proposed various places to go next year '!

A;I'lare willing to return as of this time and they would like tohay.~ a bigger and better day camp next year. Broderick sa.id therewa$ improvement from week to week in how the camp was run. Brodericksaid the superintendent and his entire staff should be congratulatedon a fine program.

Len Wisdom said on behalf of the OLBB, he wished to thank thePar~ Board and Supt. Hope for their cooperation this season in cuttinggrass,etc. Ron Kehoe said on behalf of the West Side, he feels it ;was a fine program also.SPECIAL COMfUTTEE REPOB.TS:

A. Insurance Committee: Comm. McNamara presented a completeinventory for insurance purposes of Park District properties to theboard, in order to pUblish for:b.,ids. This inventory consisted of 19parks, 15 of which are improvea"at this time and 2 are in the process

"'6r"~~1:?:e,ing improved. Also on thfs list were the 5 homes currently~tiwnea<by the Park District. Also bUilding values, crimes, rollingequipment and vehicles. Broderick moved, Klein seconded, to approvethe publishing of specifications assubmi tted by Comm. ~1cNamara, andto send out for bids to be opened at our Regular September meeting,.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneBroderick said the board owes Supt. Hope and his staff and Comm.McNamara a debt of gratitUde for a fine job well done. Brodericksaid this is the first time a document of this size and quality hasbeen presented to the board. In the past the insurance company camein and gave us their specifications.7. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. McNamara

A. Appropriation for the fiscal yearl972-73. Mr. Sundermeierreported that the total levy for the coming year is :i~842 ,827 .00He said this was an increase of ~~49, 000 over last year, which isconsiderably less than the majority of municipalities which figurea 10% increase. Klein moved; McNamara seconded, that we put to avote for approval, the computations as presented by our treasurerand reviewed by this board on August 14, 1972, and proceed toprepare and Ordinance which the secretary of the Oak Lawn Park Districwill publish in a local community newspaper.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneMcNamara moved, Broderick seconded, that the appropriations and levybe published in the Suburbanite Economist and the Oak Lawn News.After a discussion of costs involved, and after Mr. Turner said itwas only necessary to publish in one newspaper, it was decided tosave the expense of running it in two newspapers. The motion wasthen withdrawn, and McNamara then moved, seconded by Broderick, topUblish the treasurer1 s report in the SUburbanite Economist 'andthe appropriation in the Oak Lawn News.

Voting: Aye: All Nay:, NoneMr. Sundermeier then presented the bills for approval of the

board. McNamara moved, Broderick seconded, to approve payment ofthe bills subject to the approval of the treasurer. The totals are:Corporate, ~~26,7l3.4l; Recreation, ~~22,356• .34; Pool, $15,434.. 62;and Municipals :§4,092.48 with a grand total of $68,596.85.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneMcNamara said a bill for $2,38.5 appeared for \-lhi te Hen Pantry andwas in error. This bill should be'for World Wide Fireworks.,

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B. Tiny Tots; one class of 15 students, fee $18:,.C. Pre School; three classes, 20 per class, fee $18.'D. Dance Program; class limit 15, beginners and inter.7

mediates

Real Estate Committee. McNamara said that Supt. Hope, Mr.Schlieske, Comm. Nebel and he took a tour of the properties owned bythe Park District·. He said they are recommending three buildings beput up for bid and the other two retained. This will take boardaction and since Comm. Nebel has a full report on this, McNamarSl ..asked to have this placed on the agenda for the September meetirlg~.· ,10. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT: Supt. R. Hope ....•..

A. Request for Office Offset Duplicator. Supt. Hope saiGl1?tl1eMimeo machine is approaching the salvage stage and he recommende::d,>"purchasing a small offset duplicator. He had con~acted two firnf~\~p:rprices, The A. B. Dick, who submitted a price of $1,450 and Mul~il~~hwho submitted a price of $1,593.30. These are the primary manuf~~~turers of this type of machine. McNamara asked if an extra emp1d¥~~would be needed to run this and Hope said no. McNamara moved.,'·«Broderick seconded, to submit for bid a duplicator offset machine•..

Under discussion, Klein, said the bid should includy the costof paper and McNamara said we are currently buying paper under the ,.Illinois State Purchasing Act. .

Voting: . Aye: All Nay: None11. DIREOTOR OF RECREATION: Mr. Scott McNally

Mr. McNally presented his Fall Program which would include the,f~l~ing: " ry.

A. Gymnastic Program; boys and girls 6 yrs. and older,fee #3.00

NoneFall Program Brochureout this summer.such a brochure by

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E. Yoga; four classes, 20 per class fee $15 for'.resident~and $30 for non-residents

F. Adult and Children's ceramics} limit of 15 perclass, fee $15.

G. Drama Program; two classes, limit 15 per class,. fee ~~:rH. Baton; two classes, limit 15 per class, for beginners :-

and intermediates 5 yrs. 'or older,' fee ~~10I.· Personal Defense; Defense against agressive a'\:itackerJ~ Knitting; basic stitchesK. 'Touch football; $125 per team entrance fe~ to cover

the cost of umpires, trohpies, football, held on Sunday mornings.L. Flag Football; for 6th thru 8th grade residents only-;;':·:-

fee of ~~3, may enroll as team or individual -N:. Flag Football for teen boys; 10 wyeks for 13-18 yrs~f.

residents only, enter as team or individual, fee $5 'N. Special Recreation Classes; Pixie class, motor

development class, gym, ballet, intermediate gym, all haVing a feeof $10 with the exception of the motor development class which is$15.00.

Broderick thanked Mr. McNally for his presentation and fora new innovative program. Broderick moved, McNamara seconded, thatthe board approve all presented programs, with the exception of theSpecial Recreation Programs, subject to re-evaluation of locationsto be announced in the future.

Voting: Aye: All Nay:McNamara said it would be a good idea to have aput out on these programs, such as the one sentSupt. Hope was directed to check on the cost ofthe adjourned meeting of August 28th.

McNamara said as far as the Special Recreation Program wasconcerned, the parents have many expenses and he then moved, secondedby Broderick, to defray the gost of these programs 50%.

Voting: Aye: All Nay:':",l\Tone

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F1.t3l1i1'lg>PrograI1J;o The fishirtgprogram was presented, w!hfch will'run from September 16th thrnthe 24th, daily 6:00 A.M" to 8:00 A.M.and 5:00 P.. M~ to 9.;00 P.M. and on week-ends from 6:00 A.M. until6: 00 'J? M. Children anf!. under ~~Jl 50 and adults $1.00, which entitlesthem to one fish. Additional fish are $1:.50...

Broderick moved;; McNamara seconded, to approve the fishingprogram as proposed by Mr o Hope and Mr. McNally.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneSupt. Hope reported that a> band concert was held last Friday

night and due to the inclement weather and due to to cooperation ofSupt. McGugau, they were able to obtain the use of Clark School forthe concert. .

Pool Report. Total deposit to date is $64,458.02 as opposedto $84,107 .. 69 for 1971. Hope was direqtedto investigate the:;amount of expenses in relationship to last year.. .

Resolution of Dedication of9'3rdStreet. Klein moved,Broderick seconded, to adopt a Resolution entitled:

IIResolutionof Oak Lawn Park DistrictAuthorizing. the DediC<:l,tion for ,streetPurp()sE3s10cated at 93r'(Istreet betweenNashville Avenue and Natchez"

and authorize thesecpetary of the Oak Lawfl Park District to signthe certificate attached thereto ..

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

Nc.Namara moved, Klein seconded, to adjourn the meeting untilAugust 28, 1972 at 8:00P.M.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneThe meetiilg adjourned at 10:10 P .1\1.

Respectfully SUbmitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary

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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON AUGUST 22tlQ7~

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn fark :P:i,strict, was convened.in a Special Meeting on August 22, 1972 at 7:10 P.M. ,;j.n thE!:Administration BUilding, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinoip , withPresident Larson presidiIfg,. .,,,.,'1. ROLL CALL:

Present: Nebel, Broderick, McNamara and LarsonAbsent: KleinComm; Klein.ar;rived at 7:25.P.M.

2. HARKER PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ~lOjtSupt. Hope asked permission to pUblish for bids for playground

equipIllY:r.lt for Harker Park. Sealed b;id$ shq1l1d be in the Park Officeby September 11, 1972 at 5:00 Pc.M.. Wl!.e t>i(hs will be opened thatnight during the Regular B<:>ard;'m~~y~;iig\·at."~~OoP.M.;. The equipmentwill include; tripod swings, rodeo':';R9¢kies, donee d:,¢nkey, jumboelephant, roger rooster, polly P~+~Q~ji, dome whirl';'jack"and jillclimber and 3 eight foot park benches, or similar type equipment.This eqUipment was what the residents of the area indicated to Supt.Hope that they wished to have. Larson said he had gone by theHarker Park tot lot this evening, and despite all the rain todaythe water was drain~ng Very well~ He said it was a good jOb ofblacktopping. ' ' .

McNamara moved" Broderick segopded,. to, pulpJ..i.-$h fCl~ bids forthe p~~ygrQund ~quipment for Harker Par~~

, ..'," Voting: Aye: all Nay: None.3. LEGiSLA'1'IVE COMMITTEE.

Pres. Larson said the board would now (7:15 P.M.) go intoexecutive session for a few minutes. The meeting was called back toorder at 7:25 p.m. All commissioners were n0W present.

Pres. Larson said that the purpose of this Special D1eeting,'other than the Harker :J?ark tot lot equipment" is to; inform the peopleof Oak Lawn" and the press, of the pending Iitigatibn that was filedthis morning on behalf of the Oak Lfilwn Park District and the State ofIllinois.. The investigat,ion of an alleged vi·olation by a formerpark commissioner was begun under former President McNamara. At thistime Comm. McNamara :read the complaint that was filed by the AttorneyGeneral f s office and the p;ress release that followed:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTYCOUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, For the Use of TheOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICT, A MunicipalCorporation"

Plaintiffvs.

RICHARD JENNISON,Defendant

COMPLAINT FOR ACCOUNTINGAND OTHER RELIEF

The State of Illinois, by its Attorney, WILLIAM J. SCOTT,Attorney General of the State of Illinois, for the use of the OakLawn Park District, a municipal corporation, for a complaint againstthe defendant, Richard Jennison, states:

1. Richard Jennison was, between February 11, 1970 and April 23,1971, a commissioner of the Oak Lawn Park District, a municipalcorporation;

2. That between the aforesaid dates Richard Jennison didfraudulently solicit and receive from numerous suppliers of saidPark District, large sums of money which were paid by said suppliersat the behest of Richard Jennison to a fictitious political organiza.tion created by Richard Jennison to receive said money for his useand benefit in return for the promise of Richard Jennison of continueddealing with said suppliers by the Oak Lawn Park District;

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3. That by virtue of his employmant the defendant RichardJennison owed the plaintiff the loyal and faithful performance Q,f·­his duties and to account for monies received by him by virtue ofhis employment;

4. That at all times aforesaid defendant Richard Jennisonwas suhject to the provisions of Ill. Rev. Stats., Chapter 105 ~4-1 (a) (1971) which prOVides: .

"No such member shall be directly, or indirectlyin any way' pectiniari~y interested in any contractor work of any kind, 'whatever, wi th his park ,;.district." .

5. That at all times aforesaid the defendant RichardJ~nnison was subject to the provisions of the code of the Oak LawnPark District (1955) to wit:

~ 3.08 COMPENSATION No member of the board shallreceive compensation in any manner or form, norshall accept any gratuity in whatsoever naturefrom any firm, person or corporation for hisservices as park commissioner ••••••

§5.14 INTEREST IN"CONTBACTS No member or officeror employee of the park district shall be dire(;-~ly

or indirec~ly in any way pecuniarily interested inany contract or 'work of any kind whatsoever••••••

6• That thereiceipt' of' monies by defendant as aforesa,td wasin Violation of sta.tutes, ordinances and GLut.ies ~er~~~:9;f9t~ 1;~Fdescribed.; ;;""\ i', . . C'''.''''iiJ; Ci;; ''''\:::::~;'~';:;'' ." i!,C";;2'n;,'1~i:";1>:\\;i~'

the ~~;-~~~~~~fi.~~f~~~~~ic~~~~~~-$Xt~'~~~~t:O~~!J,.:f~~~!~i6r~th~~~nr~she has received by virtue of 'his employment; .'.

8. That the plaintifff has no adequate remedy at law inthat plaintiff does notknpw the extent and amount of p~Qfitrealized by the defendant:frOinthe aforesaid' transaction.

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WHEREFORE, plaintiff requests this court:1. To ord.er· 'defendant to render an aoo.ou.n,ting for- al.l monies

received by hiIJl during hi,lS ':tenure w,i th the Oak ~ L~wn J'afk 'Di-strict;, 2. To declare all'monies rece'ivedby Richard Jennison to beheld by himin:tru's,i:; .for,the:·~O?-k"LawhPark District; .0.

3. To order' J:t:he'~d~tep,d~ri~ Richard ''$'ennison" to pay to theOak Lawn P~rk Distr'i:c,t 'ail"monies so received: by defendant RichardJennison.; . '.. >, ':. -, ." ':; ". . ... -' - .. :.'. :~; C >;:". c:

4.' For such other re~ief as in equi,ty maybe just.• •• . • ; ", .;~ " • -. -,.:.,. ',. • .':"': • • - '. " ,. " '-"". -. \.- \ " .-?~

WILLIAM J. .sOOTTAttorney GeneralState of Illinois

by_=:----:-_-=---=:--:---::- _Morton Eo FriedmanAssistant Attorney General

stephen DelantyAssistant Attorney General

188 West Randolph streetChicago, Illinois

There followed an affidavit sworn to by Pres. Larson attestingthat as president he had read the foregoing complaint and theallegations contained therein are true.

PRESS.RELEASE"Illinois Attorney General, William J. Scott, filed suit today

charging a former Oak Lawn Park District Commissioner with takingkickbacks from suppliers doing business with the Park District. Thealleged offense was brought to the attention of the Attorney GeneralIsoffice by the present Board of Commissioners.

Scottrs suit filed on behalf of the Park District in theChancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, alleges that

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Richard Jennison,. former Oak Lawn Par1': District Commissioner, "didfraudently 80lici t a':ld receive larg8 E'l;~.Jl-'3 of money from nUl:: :;ro'.'''suppliers of the ?a~:,~>: District."

Scott sa.4.6. that the investigati\ln ;,v'as initi9.ted after evidencehad been su1:mi t;;;ei to his office by the Or~k La.wn Park District _.official;). 'I'h·:;: el:.Slrges against cTerrt:.:i 80n 2,J..:.eged ill the complaintwhich wa,3 1'il::'c1 i ....'l ",:;he 00urt action '.Jas ~:r;;:,-~r._ to by :r.fartin :1.,8,),;:'0:::1,

Jr'. ~ Pre3 0 8f 'i;r_e Bee-I'd cf Com,llissioJler-s 3.'G the d~.rection of thepresent Board of r:;C~f~,;~Esioners ~

Charges 'hy :;;"a~:'!:;: CC:D.:,nis.aloners E~ga:Ll'.;4t ;,· ...::.;'lJ.l:i.';.:- l'n.S firstbrought to th8 P;i.:C8l"';:i.:.::r, :Jf 3tate's s:.tt,:p.:Ley H2.r.l.l:·ahan

's office ,and

was called to ·i~r.t", ;'i's';enticn of the k,:t(.r'Qa~T }eneral f s office onlyafter the StS.-Gi..,)· b l~. i-;'GC!',,:u:" failed to ,,:,w t., ,:: :,,:,tt stated.

S:}oti;i S :·il.:·' ,:",:;;l:\_c. :':'0],' a~ nrdep :C8'1":.:1.l·:'.·..3," Jennison to ~:.3r.der

an acco'.1i2.ting 01 Ci..'• ..i. rr8.· '.:J:J fr3.11duen:cJ.;y- Y'ecei"lec. ty hi:n r;~ul'in2: histerm as a Iark GC.7..11::'8f:~ .~.:l<:;~r- a::'ld JenD'-,son be !,c;Y,'li::~e:t. tl.) pay the GayL P k D- . . J... - ., - '1' .• ...awn ar ~Si~l:'J_C '., aJ..L I1.lYll3S so rec, ~ ';"?-:.t. oJ'.,'· '\1,

Jenniso:n. S~.L'7?l(,l. as a Commissions ._:~- +:::-:q i_'"::~~::: ""'ie" P':'.r'l~

Dis.trict from l;>(:':>,,::"·~;.::,~-'~T 11, 1970 .:to Aprl:'" 2:3, 1972. ~ I!

l\1cNamar3. -CfJ'.:,l'l ..loyed, I:leip secor..-:.::d., ·l.-.::·::'1,t ti:.3 s..etion of thePresident of thE.- .?"•. (;.. of COll.:lnissio:.:..:.;';' .:: ..? V::.,:;, ·1. -""'.1'TY.'. ParkDistrict be uphelc.... '7 the boa:.:"d·;

Voting: li::r~: All l\laJ': r~olle.

A second pr-css release was read regarLt._ng 'che financ~.8.1.

structure of the Oak Lawtl Park District~ Since 'c}:~~election ofApril 1971, im~ortant changes have been made, tw09f'which arethe computerization of all final\i'Oial records and th€':"formulationof the naw Park ~istrlct Cdde l Also, a full time bookkeeper whoworks exclusi --.reJ.;-y- v; i}( ,lCcm.m.ts payable, accounts recel vaj),::!.;:} andthe pa;yroll h[~c:: '[.8.:<1 'J'::'red.. These cha:..1ges were initiated duringthe administratic.n 01 fc rr:.6~" :7resident M-::Namara and are continuingunder the current .:,C.mj,~-lstration of President Larson.

A third docu::r..er--c, signed by all commissioners, was .. read intothe record. .'. .

1: In cos:;;:.eration with. the AJc corney G~neral, th~:' OakL3.wn P:..:rk District B6aftd' of Commissioners ha:S:,agreedthat due to the senSi:t1'V~~'nature of the pendinglitigation, all addi~fonal information must emanatefrom the office of the Attorney General, state ofIllinois.We appreciate your cooperation in this matter ll ,

McN~mara moved, to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Brode~ick.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneThe meeting adjoU~ned at 7:35 P.M.

Respectfully SUbmitted,

C8i.1. ;'If~lrphy, SecretaryBoe,.2c. of C:j;:nIi:lis sioners

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MIN"lJTES OF ADJOUF..NEDMEiE:TINCfOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICT'BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS;HELD ON AUGUST 28, 1272:.,.,..

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The Board of"G6minissioner~, Oak LawnJ?ark t\f:Esnwi-ct'l wg;s- ,etmvenedin an adjourned meeting on August 28, 197·2, at 8:0.5 P.M. in 'theAdministration Building, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois withPresident Larson presiding.

1. ROLL GALL:Present::Absent:

Nebel, Broderick, Kleiu, McNamara ana LarSonNone

3. PRESIDENT' SREPORT: Pres.JYIartd:n 'Jl,arson,Jr.A. Pro.posed Code Amendment. Larson said that ata previous

meeting, a motion was passed regarding a convention in Galifo.rniaand since that time the board began to receive the;f:eeTipgsanQlconstructive comments of the public 0 Various park dis'tri·b-C. asso¢~:ta­tions were contacted and the information passed to the- board that evertho some park districts follow this policy it is no longer a, $avorablcone, The board decided that the Code should have an amendmentper~

taining to conventions to set g'(1idelines ,clearJfY and concI'sely-, as tcwhat is expected :0$ the board. Lars:on then reacl.ub.e proposed amendmerto the Code wh~eh sinateSi:ri par.t that representatives to the conventicmaybe commisiS2:0:r1El:t'sand professional employees, and they shouldtraveJ-by-tl1e m9Sit" expedient means possible. They will be reimbursedforauuoinobfule travel· at, $.~OQ; rtfiJ,;EIandreq;m,bursed at $50 per dayfor meals andincfuae:rita'1 expenses. They must. mad.:ritain a record ofexpenses and if the daily rate is less than $.50 a day theymust returnany unuSed funds. Expenses may be applied for in advance, or if theyelect to pay expenses themselves and not draw expenses in advance,.they must submit receipts. A written report must be made to theboarcat, a regularly schedulea. meeti~g within 60 day-safter the d'onvention.

Broderick moved." Mc,N'amara s.ec.onded, that tne amendment oncionventions be added to the Oak Lawn Park Dis'bri,ct, Gode under$,ectio112I.. 90. Undet:' disctlssidh, Klein said tl1at under paragraph .5:of the amendment" in one ease Te.c'eipt,s are recruillred and in the otheran expense account is required.. Broderi;ck expla'inedthat c'ommiss!onermay before the c011ventibn makept'ov'ision for lodging and travel. .

Voting: Aye: Broderick, McNamara and LarsonNay: Nebel and Klein

McNamara moved, Broderick s·econded, to have the Code Amendmentmaderetroae:tlveto the beginning o·f the fisealyear-,Ap:t>il 21, 1972.

Under chi:s:Qussioll, Klein. said, hg.ving worked. on the Park Codeand having beeni,nstrumental in preparing the Code and gettingmaterial together for thj.s Code, he did not like being given anamendment and asked five minutes later to vote on it. He said hefelt it was somewhat of a railroad job. Broder-ick said it was notthe intent of the board to railroad anything, but as he recalled.there was at least five d.ays notice eYiven to the commissioners of theintent of the board to go to the convention in California and atthat time Mr. Klein did not give any notice of his reactions of goinguntil the night of the meeting. Broderick said further that becauseof Klein's actions and the actions of other citizens of Oak Lawn theythought it best to get together a proposed Code amendment to takecare of conventions. The wording was the main factor in holding upKleinrs getting prior notice of it, and since he had been againstboth of the motions passed at a previous meeting, Broderick felt hewould certainly be pleased to see this come before the board. Kleinsaid, wi th all" due respect to Mr. Broderick, he can see no reasonwhy this amendment was not submitted at an earlier date for theirstudy. He said he was in no way against this amendment, he thinksit is proper and belongs in the Code. He said in one instance, he(the convention representative) keeps a record and in another hesubmits receipts. McNamara read the part under discussion and saidhe felt they were clear.

voting: Aye: Broderick, McNamara and LarsonNay: Nebel and Klein

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4. BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. Nebel.Nebel reported thatonly about $6,000 of their allotted $12,000 hadbeen spent this year. He said the maintenance department was doingvery well and said they are ahead of schedule. He saidllthey havemy thanks at least". Larson agreed with Nebel, saying the maintenanceon the parks has been tremendous. He said"on the whole the parkshave never looked as good as they have this year ".

5. RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. Broderick.A. Ice Rink Rates for 1972-71 Season. Broderick reported that

the ice rink rates for the 1972-73 season would be the same as lastyear. Resident tokens were added at $1.00 each. Broderick moved,McNamara seconded, that we approve the ice rink rates for the 1972-73season to be the same as last year. Under discussion, McNamara saidthat from a study of the financial records of last year's ice rink,that the park district in their learning period made several mistakeswhich will not be made this year. However, they were able to maintaina stable income.

Larson said enclosed rink rates are not that much higher thanours and he felt that we could not raise the rates or we would bepricing ourselves·right out of business. He said costs should notappreciably increase because of the purchase of the Zamboni, whichwill cut the labor force, and also the concession stands will becut by going to some vending machines. Larson said they would alsohave better ice this year.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None6. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. KleinKlein said that it was his understanding that interest at the rateof 5% is running on the Ahner case. This will be paid as soon asthe levy and appropriation is filed with the County Clerk.7. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. McNamaraMcNamara said the appropriation has not yet been pUblished due to aseries of errors, but would be in Thursday's copy of the Oak Lawn News.8. SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

A. Real Estate. Comm. Nebel said in late Spring, he and McNamaraand Mr. Schlieske looked over the five properties owned by the parkdistrict, and they feel that two are in good shape and the otherthree had a lot of problems and the rent does not even pay for therepairs. Nebel said these three should be torn down. He said hewished to defer this matter until they could discuss the legalramifications with Mr. Turner.9. SUPERINTENDENTlS REPORT: Supt. R. Hope

A. Fall Brochure. Hope said the cost of printing and mailing afall brochure would be $1200 and he feels it would not be a justifiableexpenditure. He said he would rather see this money put toward thepurchase of an offset duplicator. Flyers are being sent to theschools and with the help of the newspapers and church bulletins hefeels the information will get to the people.

Hope said the band concert program culminated last Fridayevening and was again held at Clark School due to the weather. Hesaid the entire program was very well received, and said he felt itwas a livery exciting happening ll • Broderick commended Hope on a fineprogram of band concerts. McNamara said he was at the concert andit was a tremendous program and was very well ..received.

There being no new business, a motion to adjourn was made byBroderick and seconded by Nebel.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.The meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M.

Respectfully SUbmitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary

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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convenedin a Regular meeting on September 11, 1972 at 8:05 P.M. in theAdministration Building, 94th and Kenton, Oak Lawn, Illinois, withPresident Larson presiding.

ROLL CALL:Present: Nebel, Klein, McNamara and LarsonAbsent: Broderick. Comm. Broderick arrived at 9:00 P.M.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:A. Regular Meeting of August 14, 1972. Klein moved, Nebel

seconded, to approve the minutes of August 14, 1972 as proposed.Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneB. Special Meeting of August 22, 1972. McNamara moved, Nebel

seconded, to approve the minutes of August 22, 1972 as proposed.Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneC. Adjourned Meeting of August 28, 1972. Pres. Larson made

the following correction to the minutes: -under Pres. Report, ProposedCode Amendment, IIBroderick then read the proposed amendment to theCode which states in part •.•• II • McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, toaccept the minutes of August 28, 1972 as amended.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NonePRESIDENT'S REPORT: Pres. Martin Larson, Jr.

A. Trophy Presentation for Men's Softball Champtionship. Pres.Larson said that Mr. Nebel, being the senior member of the board,would present the first place trophy to Mr. Rossi and Mr. DeVries.Nebel presented the trhopies and congratulated the team as tournamentchampions with 18 wins and 2 losses. Second Place trophy was presentedby Klein to Fatima, Knights of Columbus. McNamara presented thirdplace to The Lake. Fourth place went to Brandt's Tavern.

B. Ice Rink Renovation Bid Openings. Bids were opened andread from DiNaso and Sons for .lh7,240 and A. F. NcCarthy for $8,751.00on the ice rink renovation. Mr. Turner was asked if negotiationscould be entered into between these two bidders on the work to bedone and he said yes, as long as no other bidders were brought into it.

McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, to authorize the Supt. to gointo a discussion with the two bidders to negotiate the two bids thatwere submitted here tonight. Voting: Aye: all Nay: None

Only one bid was received on the grid renovation. Hope said hereceived a call today from a second bidder informing him that he couldnot get his bid until tomorrow" Since there was only one bid, anadjourned meeting was called by Larson for Wednesday~ September 13, 1972at 7:00 P.M. at which time the two bids could be opened~

McNamara moved, Nebel seconded~ to defer thE; opening of the bidson the grid renovation until Wednesday, September 13, 1972 at 7:00 P.M.

Voting: Aye: All Na3r: NoneMr. Krolak said he would like to go on record for the Oak

Hockey League. He said today is September lIth and the Oak Hockey:::''''aZ1.:te is planning to play hockey on November 1, 1972. Said the OHL}~as r:yers going out, 500 information sheets, 150 signs, 12 committeeshave been formed involving 57 people worlcing for the last month, andthe League is going before the Village Board to seek permission tohave a tag day. He said with this in mind it ts very obvious that theOHL will play hockey. Said he did not like being put on the hpok andexp:::.cts to be taken off the hook right now. He said, II gentlemen, itis up to you". He said McNamara made a motion recently stating thatthere will be hockey. McNamara said, ficorrection, there will be manice facility!lI.

Larson thanked Mr. Krolak for his comments and said he wishedto say in rebuttal, first, that this park board,too, has committmentsof substantial size. Said we have a Zamboni machine on the way andthis park board would be foolish to order a Zamboni if we were notgoing to have ice. Secondly~ policy was set that we are going to havean cie facility, and the person carrying out policy has programs thatrequire ice and he wants to see ice as much as you. Krolak said limypoint is that I am forced to go on record ll • Larson said November 1styour ice will be out there. McNamara said, IIthis board will do

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everything possibH~·to"have ice by that date~ McNamara said just ."-'-.­trust us, we will do our best. Krolak said, you do not have 500 boysdepending on you. McNamara said we have 65,000 residents. Larsonsaid we will not have personalities over this board table and endedthe discussion. Said this board is on record that you will have ice~

BUILDINGS GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. Nebel,A. Proposed Police Dept. Rate Increase. Nebel said a letter

had been received from the Village Manager regarding an agreemententered into between the park district and the village in 1967, whereb:~

the park district agreed to pay 80% of the salary of two patrolmenassigned to the protection of park property. This contract is re­newable in February, and the Village is asking for an increase, due tosalary increases of the patrolmen from $550 to $1,000.

Hope questioned paying the village for this service whichbe feltshould be provided, as it is for schools in the village. Hope wasdirected to go into negotiations with the Village on this matter.Dave Morris said "why are we paying for something that should beprovided". Larson said that was a point well taken and said Hope willdiscuss the matter with the Village.

RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. Broderick.A. Day Camp Questionnaire Resu]ts~. In the absence of Comm.

Broderick, Hope gave the results on the day camp questionnaire, whichgave a median score well above the average. He said this indicateda feeling by the citizens that an above average day camp was run.Said the music program scored low, as there were some problems whichwill need to be ironed out. Also communications with the parents ofthe campers needs improvement.

Larson said that the day camp that the park district offeredwas a tremendous program, and commended Hope along with the peoplewho helped. make it possible.

B. Oak Lawn Park District Southeast Section Basketball Program.Hope recommended continuing to subsidize the SE basketball program.The cost for the 1971-72 season was $1,152.40 and he felt it wasrecreational money' well spent.

Klein moved, McNamara seconded, to subsidize the SE basketballsection program on the same basis that we su sidized them last year bysetting aside the sum of $1200 for this subsidy,

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneBill Morrison, the ne~ president of the S~ basketball, said it

is their third season, thay h9.7e 11 rnem·c8}.'S on the board, and on theirbehalf he wished to say tbey appreciate aJ.l the bac~dng the parkdistrict has given them" He saId they had. 215 boys involved in tithis year, and the parents are qUi te tni."i::"l.ed about the program. Hesaid on behalf of the SE basketball, '1thanks fl • Larson said the parkboard wculc support any group which desired to have such a program.

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. McNamaraA. P001 Comparison Study. McNamara read the comparison study

,):t~ -s.~, :iyx)l between 1971 and 1972. For 1971, revenue was $92,566,~al9.rie2 $50.820 and disbursements $32,4·92. For 1972, revenue was~~('(\590, saJ..e.l"ies $30,Lf-16 and disbursm:l1ents $33,799. He said revenuevP,s down due to bad weather in the sum of $22,000 which was offsetljY the salary decreases o McNamara said he was very happy to see that'cr.'? $22,000 was happily offset by good management. Larson said wed~,d. not sacrifice any of the safety of our pools and fortunately,,-,-gain this year, we have had no serious accidents.

B. Levy Ordinance. McNamara read an Ordinance entitled:llORDINANCE NO. 123-1972AN iORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVYING,ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES FORTHE YEAR 1972 OF THE OAK LAWN PARK DISTRICT.II

The total amount levied for the year 1972 was $575,705.00.McNamara moved, Klein seconded, that we levy for the amounts

aforementioned and that we publish this ordinance in the SuburbaniteEconomist,

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

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JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. Klein.Klein moved, Mc.l.~amara seconded, that at this time as long as the

levy has been read and approved, that we pay Mr. Lou Ahner thejudgment that he has obtained through Court Order against the OakLawn Park District in the amount owed him by judgment.

Voting: Aye: all Nay: None

McNamara moved to amend his previous motion regarding the levyto read "that we levy for the amount aforementioned in the LevyOrdinance and that we publish the treasurer's report in the Suburbanite.Economist".

Voting: Aye: all Nay: None

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT: Supt. R. HopeA. Opening of Bids for Offset Duplicator. Two bids were opened

and read as follows: the A. B. Dick Company for $1,499.30 less $50trade in - total $1,449.30; and Multigraphics Division for $1,843.85.

McNamara moved, Klein seconded, that we approve the low bid of theA. B. Dick Company for $1,449.30 for the offset duplicator.

Voting: Aye: all Nay: None

SPECIAL COMMITTEES:A. Insurance Committee - Opening of Insurance Bids. Hope said

from a telephone conversation with the insurance agent he was led tounderstand that it is difficult to submit bids. Klein said to hisknowledge, bidding is not part of their league. Klein said he feelsit is only proper to give each one an opportunity of sitting down andthen we will decide which one seems to give us the best coverage forexpenditures of funds. Broderick asked if it would be proper to havethe board or part of the board sit with the insurance agents~ Kleinsaid if it was up to him to set policy, he would prefer to see thecommissioner in charge of insurance and the superintendent sit downwith these gentlemen and prepare a proposal and submit it to the board,McNamara said he would like to make it as soon as possible and alsoextend to the superintendent the power to get a thirty-day rider onour policy if it should become necessary. McNamara asked any commi­msioners who wished to, to sit in with him after the AdjournedMeeting on Wednesday night.

TREASURER'S REPORT: Comm. McNamaraMcNamara moved, Klein seconded, to pay the bills in the amount

of $39,436.91 Corporate; $18,623.27 Recreation; $15,099.72 Pool Fund;~~796. 72 Municipal Retirement Fund; $796.72 Trl'.st & Agency :i'unds total;making a grand total of $73,956.62. This is SlJ:Jje8t to t~e approvalof Mr. Sunderme~.er. Voting: Aye: All Na,y~ None

~1cNamara said we are scheduled to totally retire all tax antici­pation warrants by next month.

~tECRBATION DIRECTOR: Mr., Scott McNally.A. Status of Fall Programs. Mr. McNally said registration began

()l~ S':;ptember 5th, with people waiting to register at 8:.30 A.~L AtJ.~~, ~ s time, tiny-tots is full with one full class on the waiting list.~"rs ·-school has Ii clas ees out of three. Publicity has been sent out'GC 2'jhools and newspapers, P;:,ess releases have been sent out regarding>'1" ~ 1 football leagues. '1'oday, 14,000 copies of the Fall Program~c be sent to all schools were delivered.

He was asked about publicity on the forthooming fishing program,Qnd Broderick suggested that he call the schools to have an announce­ment made over the school loudspeakers. Larson said that was a goodidea, and thanked Mr. ~1cNally for his report.

Under Recreation, Lareon said we would go back to Supt. Hopeas there is another bid t~ be opened. This is on the Harker Parkplayground equipment.

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The bid was from Paul Buckley & Associates on Miracle equipmentand totaled $2,463.00. One item gave an alternate price of $199.00on an item on the spec for $244.00. McNamara moved, Broderickseconded, that we accept the bid as read, without the alternate, ata price of $2,463.00.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneBroderick said we have spent approximately $7,000 on Harker Parkout of the ~~10,000 allotted to us. As far as Lewandowski is concerned~we still have quite a bit to do on this.

NEW BUSINESS:Hope was directed to prepare a financial statement for each

program that has culminated by the park district.Hope was directed to give us a list of amount of estimate that

was originally set aside so that we may use this in future years.

Klein questioned the status of Mr. Roebuck?s petition and wasinformed it was to come before the Village boa.rd tomorrow night.Larson said he would attend that meeting.

Klein said he had received several phone calls regardingvandalism on tennis nets. Hope said some were cut and two werestolen.

Nebel asked Hope is he would have a chance before the Wednesdaynight meeting to review the uniform situation. Hope was directed toplace this on the agenda also.

Hope was directed to have an estimated amount of vandalismin a monthly report.

Motion made to adjourn until Wednesday, September 13, 1972 at7:00 P.M. The meeting adjourned at 9:55 P.M. Presvious motion madeby McNamara, seconded by Nebel. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None.

Respectf1J.lly submi tteC'C)

Ceil Murphy, Secretary9/11/72

.~ MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETING~ BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

OAK 'LAWN PARK DISTRICTHELD ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1972

The Board of~ommissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convenedin an adjourned meeting on September 13,1972 at 7:25 P.M. withPres. Larson presiding.

ROLL CALL:Present: Nebel, Klein, McNamara and LarsonAbsent: Broderick

ICE RlmC RENVOATION BID OPENINGS: The following bids were opened andread: DiNaso and Sons Construction Co., Inc.

8308 So. Lockwood, Oak Lawn.for new dasher boards and supporting wood frame, labor andmaterial - $3,485.00For Zamboni storage building as per specs andplans - $9,210.00

A. F. McCarthy, Inc.10200 So. 52nd Avenue, Oak LawnFor Zamboni storage building - $9,831:00On dasher boards - $3,587.00. If exi3ting plywood reused,allow credit of $2.50 per sheet. This bid is on therevised park board sketch. If dasher board demolitiondone by others deduct $300 from base price of dasherboard, making a final bid of $3,287,00

Klein said he felt one bid was more complete, having greater detailthan the other. Larson said during negotiations with the contractors,both were advised of requirements. Klein said after the contract issigned you must abide by what is written and not on a verbal under­standing. Larson said that is a good point. Klein asked about sewerdrainage, and Larson said these figures include sewer drainage •.

McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, that based on the specs aspresented by discussions with the bidders, that the contract be awardedto DiNaso on the building for the low bid of ~~9,210.00. That thecontract for the dasher boards be awarded to the low bidder A. F.McCarthy, Inc., for the sum of $3,287.00

Voting: Aye: Nebel, McNamara and LarsonNay: Klein Absent; Broderick

Larson said we would now take up the question of the gridsystem. He said he would like to recognize Mr. Krolak from the OakHockey League at this time.

Mr. Krolak said he would like to propose a plan befm.'s :;he bidswe~e opened. Krolak said the OHL had been contacted by me,:t~jr paopleinterested in the youth of Oak Lawn, and in talkir-g with them aXldreslizing there was much community spirit, they decided to make aproposal. Possibly by working together withthe Park Board, theycould save the park district considerable money for the tax payersC.::::~ 1-t8Jp the youth of the village. Said that OHL is preparing tof..e'...·,. to the park district approximately 45,000 feet of one i::1Gh black:tS2: pipe (called 40 special) at a price of $15,000. Said they willv./~' ."': with the park district, and with the leadershi:p of the park:"h.,.,t:l'lct, we should do this complete steel job for $15,000. Said he~\a0 authorized to make this proposal, and could make delivery of5.l.YJ:i.'oximately 40 foot lengths which would considerably cut down wleding

McNamara asked if headers will be squared off. Krolak said no, hev,'~;:;.,only talking about the major portion of the grid. McNamara asked:1.£' ~15,000 is a competitive price. Krolak said yes. Krolak saidi.,here is no doubt about it, the OHL will make a profit on it. Saidthe OHL has given all commiss:i.oners the right to look at their books!:l.t any time. Said the profit margin can be substantiated. McNamarasaid it is an excellent idea.,? having volunteers, but sometimes it isd.ifficult to make completion dates and he asked if Krolak thought itcould be completed by November 1st. Krolak said if Pres. Larson would

, oversee the job, so there 1';.J'J.ld not be any conflicts of authority.va th all due re?pect to a 1.1 nommi~s:i.r"'n0rs, said. Krolak.. only one shouldheacl it.

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Nebel said we Bhould discuss the plastic pipe. Mr. Joyce, ofService Temp, said one disadvantage of plastic pipe is that you cancut it, but there are no operating differences. Plastic will tend todeform if left in the sun. It is inexpensive to replace, so there isa big difference in service.

Bids were then opened and read from:Resco Heating1716 W. Pershing Road, Chicagobase bid for grid - $46,000.00Alt. 1 - plastic grid - $19,300.00Alt. 2 - same as 1 with concrete slab - $40,500.00Alt. 3 - no salvag e for eXisting grid removal.Alt. 4 - Roll up Ice rink grid - ;i?31,000oOO

Resco Heating - Bid 2Furnish new headers and pi~e and let the park district do theinstallation at a cost of fl~ll,OOO, plus a qualified man toassist and instruct at a $20.00 per hour rate,

Service Temp -Base bid - $47,725.00Alt. 1 25,725.00Alt. 2 48,725.00Alt. 3 no bid

McNamara said we should investigate the grade of pipe at Resco,to make sure it is the same grade of plastic o Larson said at thisparticular time, in view of the information we do have and in allfairness to the community project, he would like to see this tableduntil next Monday night. Hope was directed to contact various serviceorganizations within the Village and set up a meeting for Saturday,at approximately 1:30 P.M.

McNamara moved, Klein seconded, that we table the grid renovatior.until Monday night at 8:00 P.M.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneKlein said he liked the aspect of having community action, because thatis one of our functions.

UNIFORMS FOR MAINTE~~NCE EMPLOYEES:Nebel said he and the maintenance department had agreed that

they would like to rent uniforms and have them laundered. They wouldhave three changes per week at a weekly cost of $14.50 per man. Thiscould be a short or long sleeve shirt, pants, hat and jacket. The costwould bE" ~58. 00 per man, per month. The color decided on ""·!8.S greene

Nebel moved, McNamara seconded, to approve the re:..te.l ofur.:i:forms, three sets per man, for the maintenance departmeLt.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

Nebel moved, Klein seconded, to adjourn the meeting until:~1ay, September 18, 1972, at 8:00 P.M.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneTh0 meeting Ri.'l.,iournec1 at 8:20 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary9/13/72

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MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON SEPTEr1BER 18, 1272

<,.:. The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park Dis trict, was convenedin an adjourned meeting on September 18, 1972 at 8:40 P.M. withPresident Larson presiding.

ROLL CALL:Present: Nebel, Broderick, Klein, McNamara and LarsonAbsent: None

ICE RI~~ RENOVATION:Larson called upon Supt. Hope, who said that as determined at

an earlier meeting, we had attempted to go forward with the polyeth­ylene pipe. We have two bids which he read as follows:

Service Temp: Install new ice rink grid; includes one yearservice contract on e:dsting refrigerationfacili ty; does not inG!.uds bril'lging grid up tograde - $25,725.00

Resco: Install one inch poly vin:;:=.. to 3~J c,a::.T::;,Jrscenters with steel he8.r.:.E'.!"s; p:t°iCA includesbringing up to grade ,:)1.;,-[-; '':J.rJes not includeservice contract - $lS:~CC~OO

Brodercik asked how soon the work could be G:-.n!pl~:;ed. Serv:';,c:s Tempsaid it would depend on how soon we can geL~ ci.e.:.:I.~iery on the pipe.Said it would be about a month on their p3.r:_~o l'1J'0 Richter; fromResco said it takes a few weeks to get -::;:r: 1.8 ·':'l;n01J.:n·~ of pipe and theinstallation would take no more than a mOl·.t:~l,. 30th compani38 said they:':bJt they could have the rink ready by NOViliIJ';e.t:' 1st.

McNamara said it would probably be aD_v:L.s"l:~le to all O~/l t:he;:;i':'l;erintendent to seek such professional help he deems neG"': ~8ary tollf.:-:L-o with the coordination.

~ Mr. Joyce said his service contract is worth about $3100.t::~_ein moved, McNamara seconded, that we accept Resco's bid at apr5ce of $18,500 and investigate the possibility of using sleepers.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneMcNamara moved, Broderick seconded, to allow the superintendent.

':;c hire such professional help as necessary to help him coordinate'cl-~e installation of buildings pertaining to the ice rink, and havea top limit of $100 in this regard. Notion was modified to add, lithework is to be done with the consent of the president".

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

to three insurance brokers, two of which:L\'~TlJRANCE PROPOSAL:

Hope said he talked;-J[;~·i.;mitted bids.

Look & Heidke: based on specs - $8,900 annually, with a$500 disappearing deductible on all physicalproperties.

Eastman Co.: based on specs - $10,025.00)Iope made a recommendation at this time. In accordance with our'iID Code, which states that the insurance be written for fire for

. ;.~:r:3e and five years and other limits be reviewed by the financial.-i~man each and every year

M~Namara moved, Broderick seconded, to accept the Look & Hejdk~

~,: .::. of $8,900 annually, and noted that this is a savings from last

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

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ICE RINK RETAINING WALL:Larson said he might need a little legal advice on this. Said

we have solicited for three bids on the concrete work on the retainingwall, and we have only received one bid. Hope said he tried to getbids on it, but it seems that they come out and take a look and arenot interested. Turner said we can either accept this bid or rejectit, it is not necessary to solicit for further ~ids.

The bid was read from:The Dykstra Concrete Construction COn ­total bid of $3150.00

Larson said this would provide us wi th a ret8,~Lnj.ng vIall of concreteinstead of boards, which were going to be uE,::::..:l: ar...(l would e-ventuallyrot out. Said the concrete will give us e gO();'~ solid foundCl tion forthe dasher boards to anchor to, and is def:i.nJ·',:;,~::}- beneficlal to us.

Klein moved, Broderick seconded, to accs:.,./, t:1.e bid of $3150from the Dykstra Construction Co.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

McNamara moved, Broderick seconded, to aCjourn the meeting.Voting: Aye: All Nay: Nene

The meeting adjourned at 9:05 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary9/18/72

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

. HELD ON OCTOBER 16. 1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park Distriot, wasoonvened in a Regular Meeting on Ootober 16, 1972 at 8:10 P.M. withPresident Larson. presiding,

ROLL CALL:

Present: Nebel, Broderiok, Klein and LarsQnAbsent: .MoNamara

The board expressed sympathy on the death of the newborn son of theJo~ MoNamara f~mi1y. Seoretary was instructed to send a letter toMr, & Mrs, McNamara expressing the sinoere sympathy of the board.

CORESPONDENCE:A letter was read from Mr, Sam Moore, President of the North­

west Homeowners Assoo" advising the board of a meeting Ootober 18that the Brandt Sohool, Appearing as two of the guest speakers will beDaniel Coman and Robert Hanrahan, oanditates for Representative ofthe 3rd Congressional District, Also speaking'will be Supt, MoGuganon the forthcoming tax referendum,

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:Klein moved, Broderick seoonded, to aooept the minutes of the

Regular Meeting of September 11, 1972, as proposed,Voting: Aye: All Nay: ,None

Klein moved, Broderick seoonded, to accept the minutes of theAdjourned Meeting of September 13, 1972, and the minutes of theAdjourned Meeting of September 18, 1972, as proposed,

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Pres, Martin Larson, Jr.Ice Rinlt Progress Report, Larson said the retaining wall is in

up to the point where the headers will be going over and the headersare to be installed this week, after which the balance of the curbingwill be installed. Then we will proceed to install the pipe at theend of the week, This should be completed within a two week period.The Zamboni masonry 1s being oonstructed, and we shQuld. be putting in'the sewer and the eleotrioa1 work toward the end of the week, Larsonsaid everything seems to be going along in very good shape for theNovember 1st deadline. ,

Temporary Easement for Enolosure of Neenah Brook. Klein moved,Broderick seconded, that this board, at this time, approve the ex postfacto approval of the temporary easement of Neenah Brook,

Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

BUILDINGS GROUNDS & MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comma Nebel'Community Ice Rinks - Sites & Sizes. Nebel reported a total of

eight sites for ioe rinks which will be at Lawn Manor, Beverly Lawn,Phillips, Brandt, Harnew, Simmons, Oak Meadows and Harker Park,~nere will be natural ice areas, at Lake Shore Park and Southwest,Central Park will have artifioal ioe,

The skating areas will be framed with 1n x 6" boards» and \'1il1be approximately 80' x 100', Nebel moved, Broderick seoonded, thatwe approve the aforementioned eight sites for ioe rinks,

. Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneVandalism ReRort, The Briok Building was broken into, the tQi1et

stUffed up, and the shower and water spigots were turned on, Laborcost to olean builaing - $220 and cost of repairing mats for tumblingolass unknown at this time, Hope said he had been notified todaythat the mats were irreparable, He checked into a firm in st, Louiswhich will renovate the mats, but we would have to ship them there.Hope said the mats were absolutely soaked, Larson asked Hope if hehad notified the insuranoe company, and Hope said he was just notifiedof the damage today, but he will be in touoh with them,

At Harnew Park, two baby swans were stolen at a total cost of$39 and $10 labor, At Columbus Manor, a swing was removed, tho thepolice later found same and a cost of $24 for labor was neoessary toreinstall the swing, At Lawn Manor, the roof on the slide was brokenand the gost to replace will be $59.

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At Southwest Park the ~ome for the bounce-around was removedand cost to replace is i78. Equipment for this was removed beoauseinner workings were exposed which could lead to injury. Estimatedcost to remove and replace equipment-$64.

Lights; 11-1,000 watt bulbs broken. Cost; $4.10 each and$20 labor. .

.. _ Hope said the damaged mats are not typical size, being 12 x 20and are very heavy and difficult to manipulate. He said he wouldlike to see them cut down and be hung on the wall to avoid futurewater damage.

Larson said we are going to have a monthly report on vandalismand he hopes the public takes note of where their money is going.Said he doesn1t think they realize it's their money. Said they mightas well go out and set fire to a $10 bill.

Hope said 8 boys were arrested yesterday after being foundin the building at Lake Shore. It was the feeling of the policethat there was no vandalism involved, and there was a Station Adjust­ment made. Hope said in the past he has ha~ a great deal of cooperationfrom the Juvenile Officer. He has told the Juvenile Officer that anytime he wishes to take a case into court, that the park districtwill cooperate in prosecuting the case.

RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. BroderickEnrollment and Location of Classes. Per Scott McNally's memo:

There are seven programs at the White Building, bringing it almostto maximum usage. Painting and installation of permanent cabinetsand shelves has been recently completed. Brick ,building has 12 onehour classes and an open recreation program. Painting was done thissummer, and neon lights added. The Southwest Pool locker rOoms havebeen remodeled into a classroom for knitting and guitar and possiblyfuture Yoga. This room offers an excellent location for a recreationroom to be used after school and on days when classes are not scheduled.The Florida Room is presently used for Yoga, Senior Citizens and .Bridge. He recommended the installation of drapes for privacy andwarmth. .

All Special Recreation Programs are at Park Lawn School. PilgrimFaith United Church is used for the drama class at $lO~:OO per time.

Broderick· said to his knowledge this is the first time theSouthwest building has been used in winter.

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. McNamaraFinanciai:Report of Day Camp Program Income from the day

camp was-$4,717.40 and disbursements were J2l,642.38. The income~reviously proposed was $4200 to $4900 and proposed disbursements were$21,200. This proposal, however, inoluded only payroll costs. Forthe 1973 proposal, Hope said all disbursements will be included inthe proposal.

Financial__Report of Fishing Der~. Total expenses were $837.00and income was~5G9. A total of 350 fish were delivered, 247 fishwere caught and 2Q died. The remaining fish were transferred to thelagoon.

Klein said he would like a separate report gn concession costs •

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. KleinKlein said he had no report other than Lou Ahner has received

and accepted his check. Turner said on September 21, 1972, we enclosedour cheok in the amount of $4,490. in full satisfaction and are awaitingour satisfaction 0f judgment document from Ahnerus attorney.

Turner said we have executed the lease with School Dist. 122in connection with the land exchange at Simmons. This has beensigned and accepted. .

Turner said on the Temporary Easement of Neenah Brook documentthere is no date. A letter will be sent to the Village correctingthis oversight ..

Broderick said he wished to put on record that any legal actionthe board enters into should be subjeot to the approval of our attorney.Larson said this is standard procedure and he feels it is a foregoneconclusion. Klein said at the time a motion is made, if it is warran­ted, the commissioners can:'J;'ecommend that the motion be 'based uponapprQval of our attorney. He said in that way we are free to act.Larson said he wished to defer the matter for investigation by theoommissioners.

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Turner said that he wished to report to the board that wewill be making our final payment to the YMCA shQrtly. His one concernis that they pay the title expenses. He said the original deedclearly states that these are to be paid by the seller. There willbe an investigation charge by the title company. Turner said withthe board 8 s approval, he \'1ill contact Mr. Schaffer of the "y" andsee if he can bring down the preliminary report and then the minutewe tender the final payment, they should have the' title ready tohand over to us. Larson so directed him. Klein said we should notifythem that if they do not have the title ready, the interest shouldcease to run.

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT: Supt. R. HopeIce Rink SchedUle. Hope said the ice rink schedule is basically

the same as last year. The ice will be re-surfaced after each hockeygame and daily before Open Skating begins. Speed Skating will be heldon Saturday from 11:)0 A.M. to 12:45 P.M. Broderick moved, Kleinseconded, that we approve the ioe rink schedule as submitted by Supt.Hope. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

Ill. Assoc. of Park Districts Convention. Hope said in hisopinion, it would be very worthwhile to attend the coming conventionto be held on November 17th and 18th at the Mariott Hotel. He saidany commissioner who wishes to attend should contaot him and he willmake the necessary arrangements.

Approval of New Employees. Twelve names of employees weresubmitted for apwroval. Broderick moved, Nebel seoonded, to approvethe recommendation for the hiring of full-time and part-time personnelas outlined by Supt. Hope. Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneBroderick commended Hope and Boudreau on the personnel and said thisis the first time we have a night maintenanoe man on duty, and we alsohave a man on duty in the offioe from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. to anser allquestions of the citizens.

TREASUREROS REPORT: Mr. A. SundermeierMr. Sundermeier submitted bills for board approval in the amount

of $38,845.89. ' Broderick moved, Klein seoonded, that we approve themonthly bills as submitted subject to the appr~val of the treasurerin the amounts of $27,162.48 Corporate; $3,404.56 Recreation; ~~102,161Ice Rink; $7,038.43 Pool Fund and $1,138.26 Ill. Municipal Retirement.

Voting: Aye: All Nay: NoneSundermeier said that at the last meeting, McNamara said we would payoff all outstanding warrants, which we have now done and since we willprobably run out of warrants in December he asked approval for newwarrants as needed. Broderick moved, Klein seconded, to authorize thetreasurer to sell $50,000 in Corporate Fund tax warrants, in multiplesof $10,000, as needed, at a rate which does not exceed the previousyear's rate of 3-l/2%~; Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

Sundermeier said we have an outstanding bill for $560 from SoilTesting Services i'lhich is from the previous administration and herecommended paying it. Broderick moved, Klein seconded, that weapprove the recommendation of the treasurer and pay the bill for $560for Soil Testing Services. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

NEW BUSINESS: Request from Lawn Manor Resident, Mrs. Janet Swanson, forice rink locations and warming houses. Mrs. Swanson asked what riru~s

would b~ flooded and Hope read the list of the 8 sites. She asked ifwe could use the Village hydrants and Larson said no. Broderick askedto have Hope and Boudreau meet with Mrs. Swanson and go to Lawn Manorto see what area is feasible for flooding. She was told that theserinks will be for open skating only. Hope said at the present timethere are no plans for warming houses in any parks.

There being no further business, Broderick moved, Nebel seoonded,to adjourn the meeting. Voting: Aye: All Nay: None

The meeting adjourned at 9:45 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Ceil Murphy, Secretary10/16/72

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICT

....... BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON NOVEMBER 13 9 1272

The Board of Commissioners~ Oak Lawn Park District g was convenedin a Regular Mee~ing on November 139 1972 at 8~OO·PeMe with Pres eLarson presiding~ .

ROLL CALL:Present: Nebel, Broderiek p McNamara p Klein and LarsonAbsent: NoneMr. Turner was present p Mr. Sundermeier absente

CORRESPONDENCE:A letter was read from Mr. William J. Morrison~ President of

the Southeast Se©tion Basketball for boys inviting the board to theiropening game and ©eremonles on Novexnber 1591972. Larson said hewould like ·to see all eommlssicmers· attend if possible. Brod.erickasked se@retary to send his regrets as he would be unable to attend.

MiNUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:Broderick moved 9 Nebel seconded g to approve the minutes of the

regular me~ting of O©tober 9 9 1972 as proposede · Voting~ Aye~ All ~

Na.y: None.

PRESIDENTuS REPORT: Pres~ Martin Larson~ Jr.Flag Football. Larsen said at this time he wo~ld like to go ahead

with presenting the awards for the flag football. Mr o McNally saidthis was the first year that the park district has had flag footbal.Teams were organized thru the schools in Oak Lawn~ all schools beingsolieited o S©hools which entered were ste Louis De Montfort» Kolmar g

Prairie Junior High and Sward. Referees 9 tea©ners and coaches werefrom the Oak Lawn area. All equipment was supplied by the park districtand any team more than a mile from the field was transporteQ by bus eThe commissioners presented the traphies to Sto Louis De Montfort 9 1stplace; Kol~a:r9~d place~ st. Louis De Montfort B team g Jrd plaoe andPrairie Jr. Hig~_4th pla©e. Broderick said this is the t7:pe of newprogram instituted by Mr. McNally and Supt. Hope. He asked that anycitizen who has any new ideas they wished to dis©uss 9 to please con~act

the park distri~t as the re~reational programs are for the citizens oReal Estate A~guisitiono The board tlent into executive session

a:t 8~1, P.M. He-convened at 8:3.5 9 at which time MiCNamara moved 9Broderick seconded g to aceept 9 with gratitude g the motion of the VillageBoard to pay one-half of the purchase priee for the preperty at 99thand Kostner 9 and the Oak Lawn park district will enter into negotiationsfor a mutually ac©ep,table purchase price and report back to the boardas soon as possible. Voting: Aye: All ... Nay: Nons. Pres. Larsonappointed a committes ll consistlng of COmnl o Kleing Nebel and McNamarafor these negoti.ations o .. .

Lawn Manor o Mr o Bill Conroyp spokesman for the La1~ Manor citizens,spoke to the board about the eondition of the perko He said in thepast 10 or 12 years p not much has been done to their park. Said therew~s no grass to speak of, and the playing field is pitiful. Said manytimes there are no lights 9 or they are broken. Said the parochial teamsplay there when that 1s their last resort. He asked if there are anylong range plans for the park o Larson said first of al1 9 yes, there isa long range plan. He said the Steering Committee was formed a yearago and they would give their report later tonight o He said the SteeringCommittee had attempted many times to get a response from the citizensof Oak Lawn andfuey only had four or five letters e Larson said thispark board is not sitting on itUs hands o He said we are formulatingplans~ but they cannot be done overnight 0 He said Mr o Kehoe is thechairman of the Steering Committee and they could discuss this withhim. Mr o Kehoe said Mrs. Lynn Curran from the Lawn Manor area haddiscussed their problems with him. Supt. Hope was directed to followup on this and let the citizens of Lawn MallOr know when the next meetingof the Steering Committee will be, in order to have any interestedcitizens attend o

Progress of Ic~Rink Constr~~lono Mre Keiper g the architect hiredto oversee the ice rink oonstruction, said that at the present time, theprogress on the rink is 2 weeks behind sohedule9 due to the weather andalso meohanical problems o He said the headers had to be re~worked on

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the site to fit the contour of the rink at the south end0 Larson saidthe rink should be in operationg weather permitting g by November 27thoMcNamara asked if would have an opening presentation and Hope said yes gwe will have a Santa on Ice presentation» but at this time he did nothave a complete program to present.

Major League Field at Simmons Parko McNamara asked to have thisput on the agenda to allocate funds for a field at Simmons Park for abaseball complex 0 He said this was originally a Ii to 2 foot swamp holewhich has gradually been filled in by many people. Said we should havesome plan to implement fencing» and he would like to know if it ispossible to have this done by the time the season opens in April o Larsonsaid we are at this time negotiating to have the field graded and blackdirt brought in without expense o Larson said he would go on record thatwe will have that field ready by April o

BUILDINGS=GROUNDS & MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE~ Comma NebelAdditional Fencing at Maintenance Garage o Nebel said the mainten~

ance gara.ge is an eyesore and is subject to vandalism and he recommendedfencing around ito This would be ,in addition to the existing enclosureand would increass the storage area o The storage sheds would then beutilized as a parts department 0 There was a bid from Ruckman Fence Cooof Oak Lawn for $822 g frQm Oak Lawn Fence Coo for $8950 McNamara saidthere is a question of safety involved here as well g as children areconstantly playing in the area. Klein moved to accept the SuptoOssuggestion to accept the bid from Ruckman Fence Coo of $822 to installthe necessary fen©ing o There being no second 9 a new motion was made byMcNamara p seconded by Nebel p to go ahead with the fencing at the mainten­ance garageg and that Supt o Hope be directed to determine the lowest costbid based on the specs and obtain fencing at the lowest cost bidoVoting: Aye: All = Nay: None 0

Maintenance Van0 Hope requested permission tQ shop for a used vanto be used for a mobile maintenance center0 This would be stocked withpower tools and spare parts~ necessary to go into the field and repairequipment 0 He re~ommended a used vang which complete with parts andequipment g should not exceed $1500 0 McNamara asked if this would be theonly storage arasg and Hope said it would be a secondary one. Larsonsaid with this we should be able to keep up with the maintenance in theparks p and would have the tools and equipment available instead of theprevious practl©e of running to the hardware store o Broderick moved p

Nebel se©onded 9 that we approve the SuptoDs request to shop and requestprices not to exceed $1.500 for this type of vano Under discussiong itwas decided that sin@e the vehicle itself would be less than $1 g 000 g itwould not be necessary to send out fer bids o Mr o Kehoe said there is aRed Book available which would establish prices o Larson said tnevsnwould cost approximately $800 or $900 and approximately $400 or $50(f" toequip it with tools and a generator o McNamara said he wants to give thesupt o lieniency to shop for this vehicle and does not want to tie hishands. Broderick then withdrew his motiong with consent of the secondgand made a new motionl) seClonded by Nebel p that the Supt o be allowecl.J;pshop for a maintenan©6 vang and buy this van, not to exceed $l g000 0 .'Votlng~ Aye~ All ~ Nay: None... McNamara asked Supto Hope to preparea list as to how the van should be equipped0

Vandalism Rep~t-... - .Har.new ..Eark 9 bla.@ktop sealer poured on playequipment g broken swingg broken chains fbr stra.p swings-©ost g including1aborand partsl) $93050 0 Southwest Park; .5 broken windows p 2 broken.cables for tennis nets=cost p in@luding labor and ~artsD $101 0,00: Fivebroken lights 9 2 at Dillon and J at Brandt, cost-$200500 Nebel also hadphctographs of damages done which he passed to the board. These were ofthe damage at Harnew Parko

Grass Cutting S©hedule for 19730 Grass at all parks will be ©utonce a week with Saturday and Sunday rain-out days planned. Nebel saidwe will need some new equipment. Said we are buying good pieces ofequipment g but they fall apart 0 Larson said the maintenance superinten­dent should contact other park districts to find out what types ofequipment they are usingo .

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Parks Below Grade o Supt o Hope suggested to the board that anarchitect develop specs to fill parks 'that are below gra~eo He saidthere are two or three parks that have major depressions in them thatare sUbject to floodingo Larson said the only problem is that therehas been talk of depressing other parks for flooding for ice skating 0

Klein said Oak Meadows Park ball field is some six to eight inchesbelow grade, and he said any child could break an ankle by falling inone of these depressions o Klein said the maintenance crew should makenote of these holes when cutting grass o Larson said he would like totable this g and put some emphasis on reconstruction and also gradingof these parks o Hope was directed to meet with the maintenance suptoand go out personally to determine what needs to be done o Klein movedto table p seconded by McNamara o Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None 0

Tree Planting for Fall of 1972 0 Hope said that due to othermaintenance problems, no fall tree planting program had taken placethis year, and he suggested a major program for the Spring of 19730This does not include Harker Park and Lewnadowski Park which hadprevious board approval o McNamara said the maintenance department haddone an outstanding job at Lewandowski g having transplanted some treesand purchased some o

Beautification of 94th and Kentono When the current constructionis completed at 94th and Kneton, a general clean-up will take place 9and Hope requested permission to top dress the parking lot with peagravel. He suggested several possibilities for improving the appearanceof the Zamboni building, such as adding a mansard roof, adding exteriorgrade wood paneling9 additing tip-up aggragate panels or an additionof pressed face brick. Hope said the salvageable pipe is being removedby Southtown Disposal at no charge. No action was taken on this atthis time 0 ,"~;'

Status of Lewandowski Park" As of now, th~";are several bencheson the curved walkway with shrqbs planted 0 More trees and be~ches willbe added shortlY9and a fence will divide this area from the play area.Hope suggested that work on the'handball courts be postponed until spring.

Nebel said the maintenance garage was in need of a gas pump. Hopesaid he had discussed this with the Village Manager, and they may havea proposal for a bi-lateral use of their facility.

Nebel said the maintenance department had asked permission to builda top storage rack to hold their tools and equipment o McNamara saidwe have been spending $400 to $500 a month at the hardware store, andhe feels we are mu~h better off having our own supplies at the garage.McNamara said that in going over the finan~ial pieture with Mr o Sunder­meier, they ~ame to the conclusion that a lot of money is being spenton travel time and by not ordering in bulk lots o M~Namara moved~ Nebelseconded 9 that we allocate $700 to go toward the purchase of necessaryhardware that will go in line with a usable commodity that we will usein park district maintenance. Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None 0

Broderick said he would like a written proposal so that we under­stand and have on file a timetable report to show the general publicwhat we are doing and orderingo Mr o Kehoe said there are firms whichwill stock and maintain a full stock of necessary tools and equipment,,,McNamara said that was what they had inmind.

RECREATION COMMITTEE: Corom .. Broderick ..Football Fields for Elementary School Boyso Broderick said he

wished to make note of the fact that the Southwest Football League didnot request the use of the field at Southwest Park o They were offeredthe use of Worthbrook field and Brandt field for their team practiceand are utilizing Brandt from 5 to 8 P.M. on weekdays. Broderick saidif there is a representative from the Southwest Conference in theaUdience, that the report from Hope clarifies this. BrodericY said weare in the business of recreation, and we will supply anything possibletoward this end ..

,Night Gym Proposal o This program will be conducted in 10 schools,and will run 14 weeks beginning November 21st and ending March 15thoActivities are planned for children from 5th grade on up to adults ..This program is supervised, with instruotors on the sites, with basicskills and rules being taught 0 Two supervisors will be· assigned at

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each school. Tournaments will be scheduled after Christmas p using thebus for transportation. McNally suggested selling a gym pass for $1 each.If a gym does not have at least 20 participants per night, the programat that particular school will be cancelled. All schools and church~oupsin Oak Lawn will be notified. Total proposed cost would be.$),167. Broderick moved, McNamara seconded, to accept Mr. McNally8 snight school gym proposal. Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None. Klein saidthe account this will be charged to should be determined as we are nowin deficit spending. Broderick said we collected $186,000 in recreationalexpenses and the financial committee estimates that $95,000 has beenspent .this year.

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. McNamaraProperty Rental. McNamara said he would like to see a committee

formed to make a firm recommendation to the board as to what to do withthe properties in question. McNamara said he and Nebel had inspectedthe homes and he would like to sit down with 'the rest of the board todiscuss this. Broderick said he would like a recommendation from Supt.Hope as to TJlrhether or not to repair these bUildings or tear them down.Klein said we should check with the Steering Committee and hear theirrecommendations.

Police Protectiong Hope said he had discussed this matter withthe Village, and he suggested for the present to pay the bill for $2640for the months of August g September and October of 1972. Klein moved,Broderick seconded, that we approve Supt. HopeDs recommendation thatthe bill for $2,640 for police proteotion be paid. Voting: Aye; All =Nay; None.

Northeastern ll1 e Planning Commission. McNamara moved, Nebelseconded, that ~\l' e pay the annual membership dues bill of $300 to theNortheastern Ill. Planning Commission for the year 1972. Voting~ Aye;All = Nay; None.

Ice Rink Service Contract. Hope recommended entering into a servicecontract for the iee rink. The price quotation from Service Temp was$2,000 for labor and parts at ~ost and Reseo was $3,000, complete, forserVice. and parts. McNamara m©1red, Broderick seeonded, that we approvethe $2,000 labor service eontra©t. Voting~ Aye; All = Nay; None.McNamara said this is $2,000 additional cost for the lee rink and hesaid he would like to sit down with the board and go over the totalpackage.

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE~ Camm. KleinKlein deferred to Hope who said that in the ease of the Oak Lawn

Park District vs. Jennison, he was informed today that Jennison wasgranted a 30 day extension for filing his answer.

SUPERINTENDENT 8S REPORT~ Supt. R" HopeApproval of New Employees. Hope asked for approval for Daniel McHugh

as full-time maintenance at f3 per hour and Guy Guzzo as Ice Rink Managerat $100 weekly and William Krona as Ice Rink Manager, also at $100 weekly"Broderick moved, Nebel se~onded, to approve the hiring of Daniel McHugh,full time maintenance and Guy GUzzo, Ice Rink Manager o Under discussion p

Hope said there are two ice rink manager positions available which reflecta total ice rink operating time of 80 hours per week o and he said itwas impractical to ask one man to do this" Klein said this motion wasmerely a vote to hire and not for salary. Hope was directed to advertisefurther for the second position for ice rink manager. Voting: Aye; All ­Nay; None. At 10:10 the board adjourned to exe~utive session to discusssalary and re=convened at lO~15. Broderick moved p McNamara seconded, .to approve the salary of McHug~ at $3 per hour and Guzzo at $100 perweekly flat salaryo guaranteed 0 Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None.

RECREATION DlRECTOR~ Mr o Scott McNally.Request for Purchase of Matting. McNally requested approve to

purchase new mats to replace the recently vandalised ones. He had re­quested prices from Nisson, Gym=Masters s Everlast and Atlas s and the bestprice received was from Everlast for $180 each with a 30% discount,bringing the cost to $120. These mats have a three year guarantee.

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The loss will be ~overed by insurance ll making the ~ost to the parkdistrict $500. Broder1ek moved, McNamara seconded ll tili) approve thepurchase of mats ll not to exceed the dedu~tible insurance cost of $500.Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None. Klein suggested that the Supt. be directedto have the maintenance depto install the proper rungs on the wall beforethe mats are delivered.

MenDs Basketball League. McNally proposed a season of 7 weeks beginn­ing December ; thru February 22 11 1973. Games will be at Simmons Schooland ~rofessional referees hired. Cost will be $1,433.50 and receiptsare $1 9 000 which would be entry fees of 8 teams at ~~125 per team.Broderick moved, McNamara se~onded9 to accept the proposed basketballleague. Voting: Aye; All - Nay; None 0

TREASURER8S REPORTz Comm. McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, to pay thebills as follows: Corporate $28 ,1 933.83; Recreation $7 9 185.75; Ice Rink$2 9 44.;.29; Pool $4 11 125.95; Insuran~e $8999° .• 00; Ill. Municipal Retirement$8 9 2h2.65; Bond & Interest $12 11 698.75; Grand Total,$72 9642.22. Voting:Aye;-All = Nay~ N~ne.

NEW BUSINESS:Steering Committee Report. The Steering Committee begal1 meeting

in Feb~uary of 1972. They divided the Village int~ segments and a~l .facilities were analyzed and visually checked. Consideration is ,beinggiven'to such facilities as skating rinks ll pools 11 tennis courts and fieldhouses. Citizens were asked for re©ommendations for improving parkfa~ilities and little or no response was re~eived. The committee there­for re©ommended that Mr 0 Alan Caskey-cllj' ARC As so© 0 be retained to workwith the Steering Committee to ©ond,uct a rB\11dom survey of the Village.Mr. Caskey spoke to the board about his companYi displayed a samplequestionnaire and dis©ussed what they hope to a©©omplish. He said theirgoal is to discover what th® people want p where they want it D and howmuch they are willing to pay for it. People will be selected at randomand apprOXimately 2 11 000 questionnaires will be mailed. Larson askedwhat return he expected» and Mr. Caskey said from 20 to 80 per cent.The time involved w~uld be about 60 days" and the fee is $3»000., Itwas aunanimous vote of the Steering Committee to hire this firm.. Broderickmoved, McNamara se©onded p to approve the re©ommendation of the SteeringCommittee to hire the firm of ARC Asso@.. Voting: Aye; All = Nay; None.Larson thanked the Steering Committee for a tremdous job and said thattonight the board had given them one of the tools with whi©h to go forwardand get a thorough report from the Village. Larson said he wished topersonally thank the Steering Committee for a fine job and for the manyhours they devoted to this o

A contract with ARC Assoc .. was presented 9 after having been approvedby the attorneY9 and McNamara moved p and Broderl©k se©onded, to directthe President and the secretary to execute said c~ntract. Voting: Aye;All "" Nay~ None.

Bids ,r S ti Fenci. Three bids were re©eived; Area Fencefor materia a labor »5 5p and for a 4 9 fence» $1,398: Oak Lawn _FenceCo., $2 9 014 with an alternate of $2 9 284 and Ru©kman Fence Co.» $2pO~3oAfter a discussion of the bids ll it was decided, since there was a dis­crepency in the bids p to direct Supt. Hope to c@ntact the J fence com­panies by phone and submit to the board the total spec package. Broderickmoved, McNamara seconded g to a©©ept the recommendation of a committeedesignated by the president for the lowest and best bid, which will giveus what we have asked for. Voting: Aye; All - Nay; N~ne. The Pres.appointed a committee consisting of Supt .. Hope, Supt. Boudreau. and Cormn,,,Nebel.

There being no further business ll the meeting was adjoured at 11:15,moved by McNa.mara and seconded by Broderick. Voting: Aye; All =Nay; None 0

Respectfully submitted ll

Ceil Murphy 9 Secretary11/13/72

Brod,erickSupt s

MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON NOVEMBER 20 8 1972

The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was conven~din an Adjourned Meeting on November 20, 1972 at 8~lO PoM o with PresoLarson presiding.

ROLL CALL~

Present~ Nebel, Broderick, McNamara and LarsonAbsent~ Klein

. Mr o Turner was present; Mrs Sundermeier» absent 0

APPROVAL OF ICE RINK EMPLOYEES~Broderick moved, Nebel seconded» to approve the ice rink employees

recommended by Supt. Hope for the coming ice rink seasono

Voting~ Aye~ All = Nay~ None. McNamara noted that allemployees are Oak Lawn reside~tso

APPROVAL OF LIGHTED SCHOOL PROGRAM EMPLOYEES~

Broderick moved, Nebel seconded, to approve the recommendationof Supt o Hope for the lighted school program employees. Underdiscussion, Broderick said of the 21 new employees, all but four arefrom Oak Lawn. Of the four; one is a former Oak Lawn resident whomarried and moved to Alsip and worked in the program last year, anotheris a physical education,major in.one of our universities 9 one is a ",teacher and another is a physical education teachers He said thesefour were chosen because they were outstanding.

Votingz Aye~ All = Nay: Nones

ENCLOSURE FOR MAINTENANCE GARAGE STORAGE~

Supt s Hope asked toha-ve this ta.bled for further researchsmoved» McNamara se©onded p to table on the recommendation of the

Voting: Aye: All = Nay: None

ICE RINK PROGRESS:MoNamara asked when the iee rink would open and Hope said we should

begin making i©e tomorrow 0 Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, will be openingday at the rinks Hope said the Zamboni was shipped one week ago todayand is due tomorrow or Wednesda.y at the latest o

ILL o CONFERENCE OF PARK DISTRICTS:McNamara said he and s©ott McNally had the pleasure of attending

this seminar and found it very educational. He said more commissionersshould have attended as it was impossible to attend everything 0 Hesaid there were 7 separate seminars going on and he did attend approxi­mately 6 of them o He said the quality was ex~ellents His expenseaccount amounted to $29 s60 for meals g gas mileage g etc o Larson saidour commissioners were very frugal with the tax payers money 0

There being no further new buslness g Nebel moved g Broderickseconded p to adjourn the meetingo

Votingg Aye~ All = Nay: None 0

Meeting adjourned at 8~25 PsM o

Respectfully submitted p

Ceil MurphYg Se©retary

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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETINGOAK LAWN PARK DISTRICTBOARD OF COMMISSIONERSHELD ON DECEMBER 11, 1972

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The Board of Commissioners, Oak Lawn Park District, was convened ina Begular Meeting on December 11, 1972 at 8:10 P.M. with PresidentLarson presiding.

EOL):, CALL:, Present: Nebel, Broderick, Klein, McNamara and Larson

Absent: NoneMr. Turner was present, Mr. Sundermeier was absent.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:A. November13 R 1972.Nebel moved, Broderick seconded, to approve

the minut~s of the regular meeting of November 13, 1972 as proposed.Vot~ng: Aye: .. All = Nay: None. ..

B. November 20, 1972 q McNamara corrected the minutes as follows:under Ill. Conferenoe of Park Districts, the fifth sentence should read,"His expense account amounted to $27.60 for meals, gas mileage, etc","and McNamara then mov~d, Nebel seconded, to approve the minutes Of theadjourned meeting of November 20, 1972, as amended. Voting: Aye: ~llNay: None.

At 8:15P.M. Larson said the board would go into executive se~sionfor purposes of peJ:'sonnel. The board re-convened at 9:10 P.M. Larsonapoligizedforthe length'of time, but said that unde.~ the Code the.qoard is re~uiredto discuss these matters i~ executive session.

PRESIDENTvS REPORT: Pres. Martin Larson, Jr.Larson int~oduced :auss B~uhar and Quinn LOwry, who presented two

Wophies to the park district to be displayed in the lobby. John Broderickaccepted as Recreation Chairman. Mr. Lowry said there would be twoplacques forthcoming in the near future. Mr. Bluhar said he would liketo express appreciation to the park district for their coopration in thepast and said they look forward to continuing cooperation in the future.

Electionp Two positions foJ:' park commissioner are open and theelection will be held on April 17, 1973. This coincides with the Villageelection and Hope said he had spoken with Mr. Ernie Kolb, Village Clerk,and he believes the Village will cooperate. Hope has ordered the necessarypetitions from Frank Thornberg Company, and these may be picked up atthe park office J~nuary 2, ~973. The number of signatures required is2% of the voters in the last election, or 286. These petitions have tobe filed between January 8, 1973 and January 15, 1973. Polling placeswi~l be designated by ordinance. Petitions must be marked as to date ~nd

time and number of pages received~ Hope said Mr. Kolb did a great joblast time ~nd he would hope that the same system would prevail this time.Tur~er said three things were necessary: 1) to decide if we are go~ng tQ'use the Village polling places p 2) position on the ballot and ) what '

. system of filing with the secretary' of the board on January 8thtJ.?,rtL15th.(.. , Broderick movedl' McNamara seconded, to establish an election orq.inance,

q,rawnup by the attorneyp which would include that we are using the same 'polling places as the Village, SUbject to the approval of the Village.Voting: Aye: All~ Nay: None. A discussion .followed as to the hoursto be set for the filing of the peti tions..Lt':was decided that petitiQnseould. be filed during park'otfice hours, 8:,30'A'.M. to 5:00 P.M. on January8th thru 13th and on Monday, January 15th. ,Petitions Can also be filedMonday, Janua.ry 8th at the board meeting, or until 10:00 P.M. and at t~e

home of the secretary on January 15th, after 5160 P.M. . "Broderick moved, McNamara seconded, that the secretary and the ..

attorney specifically spell out in the ordinance, the dates and"'times aIfdpeople who will be receiving the petitions for filing of candidates forthe office of commissioner of the Oak Lawn Park District. Voting: Aye:All = Nay: None 0 Brod.erick moved, Larson seconded, to designate thesecretary the power to "(ublicize this notice of eleotion in at least twolocal newspapers at the earliest eon¥en1ence.;, Voting: Aye: All ... Nay:None. Klein made the suggestion that these be written as news items, andsai~ that in the publishing of the notice of election, we should desi~te

that there are two seats available. Larson directed that the supt o andthe secretary discuss with Mr. Kolb the polling places in question andfirm up the eommittment.

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BUI~DIN:GS GROUNDS & MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Comm. NebelA." Basketball Caurt at Latm Manor School. Hope said a letter had

been received from Sehool District #125 stating that high school st~dentsuse ,the; facility, causing a distraction for Lawn Manor Schoql, ~d theyreq~e~ted that the board move the court away from the scnoo~. Hope askedpermission to secure bids to relecate the basketball area. '. Nebel moved,Mc~amara seconded, that the Supt. be given permission to secure bidsto relocate the basketball area at Lawn Manor School. Klein said amotion could be made., to the effect that the Supt. should remove thestandards from the eXil;lting pa$lketball court and get de,tails on thefeas;tbility and cost of building a court in a different location thatwould encompass other activities as well. Broderick asked Nebel andMeNamara to table this matter until the Supt. can meet the Lawn Manorci.tizens and discuss this matter with them. Larson so directed the Supt.Broderick asked Hope to make a list for him of the people from LawnManor. that he meets With.

, B., Lighting at Lake Shore Park. Nebel asked Hope why he did notwisn to do any lighting at Lak~ Shore Park. Hope said he would like tohave ,more time to study the situation and said there is adequateillumination reflecting off the ice.

Larson said the water of the lagoon is raised for ice skating, levelWith the sidewalk to prevent heaving. Larson said the deed is in thehands of the Village for the area and we are presently working with theVillage toward haVing this turned over to us.

RECREATION COMMITTEE: Comm. Broderick.A one and one-half hour presentation was recently held at st. Nicho~as

Greek Church and was attended by about 70 to 100 people in the form of '·a fashion show. This Wednesday, there will be a baton show and dancerecital at Richards High School in the Little Theatre. Scott McNallysaid that 488 Nite Gym passes have been sold and said that the super­vised recreation for ,boys and girls, 5th thru 8th grades, is the mostpopular. Said that Sward has a low attendance on Tuesday night andClark on Thursday and since Dearborn Hts., is overcrowded, some of theoverflow will be shifted to Clark.

The ice facility has been in operation for a few weeks with the helpof the maintenance crew working 24 hours a day, and also with the helpof the Oak Hockey League.

The Park District is continuing registration for the Winter Progra~s.

Broderick said that over 200 people. attended the Santa on Ice pr~se~tation

and he said the Supt. deserves a pat on the back for this show. 'He' saidHope andM9Nally have done a splendid jOb and are using their imaginationsto" the fullest.

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE: Comm. KleinKlein said that at the November meeting, we were informed that the

case of Jennison vs. the O(:l~.. r"awn Park District, Jennison had been givena 30 day extension to file'his answer.and Klein deferred to.Turneras tothe present status. Turner said that the way this case would come totria+ would be by Jennison moving to have this set for trial, the AttorneyGeneral's office moving for trial on a date oertain, or by the JUdgesetting a trial dat~ on his own. Turner said it probably will not comeup on the Court Call until August of next year.

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE: Camm. McNamaraMc~amara said that in relationship to the board 8 s executive session,

he would like to make a motion to increase the superintendent's salaryto $18,325.00 and the superintendent of maintenance to $14,32.5. Broq.erickseconded. tne motion. Voting: Aye: All - Nay: None.,

McNamara moved, Nebel seconded to pay the monthly bills as follows:Corporate, $18,713.00; Recreation, '2,636.06; Ice Rink, $37,303.75; Ill~Municipals, $688.37; Bond & INterest, $58,567075 with a Grand Total of$117,908.93. and to allow the treasurer to utilize the cash deposits or.enable him to cash tax anticipation warrants sufficient to cover thesebills. Voting: Aye: All - Nay: None. The board made note of the factthat there was a 10% retention on the bill for $1,850.

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SUPT'S REPORT: Supt. R. HopeA. Winter Mailer. Hope presented his proposed w:tnter MaileI' and

asked board approval of same. Projected cost, inclt".ding postage, __.paper,ink plates and bindery, was $1,327.75, with a delivery date of January 1,1973. McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, to approve the proposed WinterMailer. Voting: Aye: All - Nay: None.

. Furnaces. Hope said two of the furnaces are holding heat fairlywell. Broderick said Hope should have a heating engineer in to lookat all three furnaces and give us an estimate as to what could or shpuldbe ilone and also eon:~:lilAr air conditioning. Klein suggested havingChuck Westlund froffi Brainerd Heating come in and give us an overallpicture of the heating system. Larson directed Hope to come in withthree qualified bids to the next board meeting, and have a recommendatio~

for the board. If an emergency situation should arise, Hope 1s to takeimmediate steps to rectify the situation.

I Piano. Hope requested permission to purchase -a used piano for theFlorida Room for the drama class. This was held previously at thePilgrim Faith Church. McNamara moved, Nebel seconded, to approve thepurchase of a piano~ Under disoussion, Klein said perhaps one could bedonated to the park district. He said sometimes you can get one if youhappen to be in the market at the right time. Voting: Aye: All - Nay, NQne

Drapes g Hope said last August or September there was discussionabout securing drapes for the Florida Room which would benefit the seniorcitizens and other groups using the room, for beauty as well as warmth.Hope ~ad ~ecured two trices; one from Goldblatt's for lined drapes, tr~ekand installation for, 896.00 and one from Penny·s for lined drapes, trackand installation for 882.00. Broderick said he would like to considerre-designing this room. After further discussion, McNamara moved, Neb~l

seconded, to direct the supt. to look into the prices for drapes for thesouth section only of the Florida Room. voting: Aye: All - Nay: None.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES: Real Estate Acquisition.Since there has been no further disctission on this at this time,

Nebel moved, Broderick seconded, to table. Voting: Aye: All - Nay:None.TREASURER8S REPORT: Mr. A. Sundermeier

McNamara said he has a certified copy of the audit and he would.. like to call a meeting of the board at which time they could presentthe audit to the pUblic.

Broderick said that we as a board of commissioners, think very~ighly of both the Gen~""'Ql Superintendent and the Maintenance Superin­tendent ~nd that is why the~action was taken to, increase their salaries.He sEhd, further that the board thinks they are doing'S. fine jOb.-·

~cNamara gave the ice rink report, which stated that 46 passeshave been sold, totaling $768.00 and said 161 daily fee tokens weresold for non-residents at $161.00. He reported that $695.00 has beenreceived for skating lessons and the total receipts are $1,810.50. I~

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There being no further business, Nebel moved, McNamara seconded,to adjourn the meeting. Voting: Aye: All - Nay: None. The.meetingwas adjourned at 10:40 PoM o

Respectfully SUbmitted,

Ceil Murphy, Seoretary12/11/72