JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGSOF THE REGULAR MEETING OF

THE

CITY COUNCIL OF THECITY OF PARK RIDGE, ILLINOISAT 505 BUTLER PLACE, PARK RIDGE, ILLINOISJune 6,2005,CALLED TO ORDER BY Mayor Howard P. Frimarkat 7:36 p.m.

On roll'call, the following answered present:Ald. Crampton, Machon, DiPietro, Markech, Bateman, Jones, Radermacher, Baldi, Anderson,Ryan, Parker, Wsol, Cox, Mayor FrimarkAbsent: NoneThere being a quorum present, the meeting was called to order by Mayor Howard Frimark.The Council pledged allegiance to the flag.Ald. Cox moved approval of the minutes of the Special City Council meeting held May 3,2005.Seconded by Ald. Machon.On voice vote the motion passed.

Mayor Frimark asked for approval of the Regular City Council meeting held May 16,2005.Ald. Markech requested a correction on Page 5

paragraph 4:"Ald. Markech moved to reconsider and that Ald. DiPietro

Ald. Cox moved approval with the above correction of the minutes.Seconded by Ald. DiPietro.On voice vote the motion passed.

"CONSENT AGENDA (Motions included in the consent agenda are discussed in the bodyoftheseminutes).

Mayor Frimark asked for approval of the Consent Agenda.Moved by Ald. Cox.Seconded by Ald. Crampton.Mayor Frimark read the consent items into the record:

Approve warrants for period ending May 29,2005 in the amount of $339,010.17 and forperiod ending May 30,2005 in the amount of $2,093,664.50.

Approval of the 200512006 contract for Photogrammetric Services

$28,476.10On Roll Call Vote:AYES:Ald. Jones, Radermacher, Anderson, Baldi, Ryan, Parker, Cox, Wsol, Crampton,Machon, DiPietro, Markech, BatemanNAYS: NoneABSENT: NoneThere being 13 favorable votes, the motion carried

MAYOR

(Park

Ridge

Rocketeers

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Ward

Alderman

vacancy)

Mayor Frimark introduced and welcomed Leonard Johnson, Leader of the St. Andrews NationalRocket Team. He said that over 7,000 high school and middle school age students came from712 teams to compete against each other for the final rocket competition. The top 100 teams withthe best scores had the honor of going to the national finals on May 21 in Virginia.Leader Johnson explained the group's strategy in malung the rockets and their achievement byworking as a team. He thanked the City Council for the honor of coming to the meeting andintroduced the four team members.Michael WilliamsonKenneth JohnsonMichael CinquinoA.J. WitzkeThe Council congratulated the team and the Mayor presented them with a Certificate ofAchievement and a Park Ridge pin.Mayor Frimark said that the nomination team consisting of Ald. James Radermacher and fourresidents had completed their task in interviewing 10 applicants for the position of the

4'h

WardAlderman. After consideration and discussion he recommended James Allegretti to fill thevacancy. The interview process included a Notice of Vacancy in the papers and a memo wasplaced on each resident's door in the

4th

Ward. An interview committee was formed comprisedof

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Ward residents:Don PetkisKelly SchaefferFred OttoDave MangianForrest ShieldsMayor Frimark explained that Mr. Allegretti was selected from the

final candidates after theMay 26,2005 interviews.

addition Ald. Radermacher and the Mayor met with each of thefinalists for a 30-minute interview on the following weekend. He felt Mr. Allegretti would do asuperb job in taking over the important responsibility of representing the residents of the

4th

Wardand would be a good addition to the City Council as they address important issues in the future.The Mayor introduced Mr. Allegretti and his family and asked

Mr.

Allegretti to step forward toanswer questions.Mr. Allegretti thanked the Council for the opportunity. He thanked the interview committee fortheir work and added there were many qualified candidates included in the interviews. Hesummarized he has been a resident for 19 years. One of the main reasons his family moved toPark Ridge was because they felt it was a good place to raise their children. He said he nowwanted to do what he could to ensure that this City continues to be the place people want to comeand raise their children. He also spoke of volunteerism in our city, the redevelopment plan,programs, and the characteristics of Park Ridge. He works as an attorney in the field of civillitigation.