City of Fairbury City Council met Feb. 4.
Here are the minutes provided by the council:
1. Call to order – Mayor Slagel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
2. Mayor Slagel directed the Clerk to call roll and the following members of Council answered present: Gary Norris, Steve Endres, Charles Hoselton Jr, Jon Kinate, Bruce Weber, Jerry Hoffman, Jim Tipton, and Bill Schmidgall.
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Motion to approve the Consent Agenda – Motion by Kinate, second by Hoselton Jr to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda:
A. Minutes from January 21, 2026 council meeting
B. Voucher Invoice Register listing the bills
C. Treasurer’s Cash Report (second meeting of the month)
D. Check Register (second meeting of the month)
E. NONE
F. Overtime Report
Motion carried 8-0 YES-Norris Endres Hoselton Jr Kinate Weber Hoffman Tipton Schmidgall
5. Mayor Slagel opened Public Comment and the following persons provided comments:
➢ Recognized Gerry Vance for his time and dedication to the Zoning Board of Appeals
6. Reports of Departments
→ Streets – Lonnie Rhoads, Superintendent – none
→ Fire – Josh Hoselton, Chief – absent
→ Sewer – Bruce Pride, Superintendent – none
→ Water – Mike Mellott, Superintendent – none
→ Police – Chris Edwards, Chief reported –
➢ Working on sending drug assets and vehicle seizures to the state. We should receive 65% of the cost back to us.
➢ Working on cleaning up the seized vehicles at the water plant
→ City – Brett Ashburn, Superintendent reported –
➢ Josh Hoselton is the new VCOM board alternate
➢ The City closed on the land sale by the Waste Water plant
→ Legal – Matt Schrock, City Attorney – absent
7. Reports of Aldermen
→ Alderman Norris – none
→ Alderman Endres – none
→ Alderman Hoselton Jr – none
→ Alderman Kinate – none
→ Alderman Weber – none
→ Alderman Hoffman – none
→ Alderman Tipton – none
→ Alderman Schmidgall – none
8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda
NONE
9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Motion by Weber, second by Schmidgall to approve the $310,500 purchase of camera van from Woody’s Municipal Supply Co. for the Wastewater Department. Motion carried 8-0
YES – Norris Endres Hoselton Jr Kinate Weber Hoffman Tipton Schmidgall
10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Motion by Tipton, second by Endres to approve 10M debt authorizing ordinance for Water Treatment Plant Rehab Project IEPA Loan Application. Motion carried 8-0 YES – Norris Endres Hoselton Jr Kinate Weber Hoffman Tipton Schmidgall
11. Other Items for Discussion & Information
NONE
12. Public Comment
NONE
13. Executive Session
NONE
14. Adjournment – Motion by Norris, second by Tipton to adjourn at 6:52 p.m.
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