City of Fairbury City Council met Aug. 1.
Here is the minutes provided by the Council:
1. Call to order – Mayor Slagel called the meeting to order.
2. Mayor Slagel directed the Clerk to call roll and the following members of
Council answered present: Gary Norris, Nancy Gerdes-Hibsch, Jon Kinate, Bruce Weber, Gerald Hoffman, Lynn Dameron and Bill Schmidgall. Charles Hoselton was absent.
3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
4. Motion to approve the Consent Agenda – Motion by Gerdes-Hibsch, second by Kinate to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda:
A. Minutes from the , 2018, council meeting after amending 10. I
B. Board Report 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 Reports
Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
5. Mayor Slagel opened Public Comment and the following persons provided comments:
NONE
6. Reports of Departments
→ Street Superintendent Steidinger was absent
→ Sewer Superintendent Duncan was absent
→ Water Superintendent Ifft was absent
→ Chief of Police Travis’ report included in council packet; reported
• He and a few of his officers are completing ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate) Training
• He will be in the dunk tank Saturday for the Taste of Fairbury event
→ City Superintendent Ashburn reported
• He attended a Community Grant workshop in Springfield; grant funding opportunities look promising for downtown sidewalks
• Andy Hanfland is scheduling a pre-construction meeting for next week with Vissering Construction; the Long-term Combined Sewer Overflow project should be breaking ground within the next few weeks
→ City Attorney Mason – no report
7. Reports of Aldermen
→ Alderman Norris received a letter from Mary Catherine Carter praising the Marsh Park re-dedication event that was attended by approximately by 350 people
→ Alderman Gerdes-Hibsch – no report
→ Alderman Hoselton was absent
→ Alderman Kinate asked if anything could be done with the railroad tracks in town; he’s received several complaints about them
→ Alderman Weber – no report
→ Alderman Hoffman – no report
→ Alderman Dameron – no report
→ Alderman Schmidgall echoed Alderman Norris’ comments about Marsh Park
8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda – None
9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Motion by Dameron, second by Weber to purchase a 2018 Ford Escape from K & S for the City Superintendent to be paid from Water, Sewer and Admin funds. Motion carried
4-3. YES-Norris Weber Dameron Schmidgall NO-Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Hoffman
10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Motion by Kinate, second by Gerdes-Hibsch to approve a liquor license application for Burger’s & Beer at 101 W Locust Street. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
B. Motion by Gerdes-Hibsch, second by Dameron to approve a liquor license application for Don And Doris LLC, Crazy Crains Bar at 206 W Locust Street. Motion carried 7-0. YESNorris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
C. Consideration of a quote from Rockstar Security in the amount of $9,765.61 for the installation of 4-door reader at the Boys & Girls Club and upgrade of software on city hall computer – FAILED DUE TO LACK OF MOTION
D. Motion by Kinate, second by Hoffman to approve a request from City Superintendent Ashburn to attend 105th Illinois Municipal League Annual Conference September 20-22 in the amount of $834 with $310 for attendance fee for members and IML block room rate of $262 per night for 2 nights. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
E. Motion by Kinate, second by Weber to approve the installation of a street light in Timber Ridge Subdivision at/near intersection of Clover Lane and Mulligan Drive by Ameren at no charge. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
F. FYI – Jay Goold, Attorney for the Zoning Board of Appeals, has resigned his position - SHARED
G. Motion by Weber, second by Kinate to approve a request from Nancy Widlacki to attend Year 3 of the 2018 Municipal Clerks Institute and Academy in Springfield October 14th to 19th to be paid for with scholarship funds; hotel to be split with the Forrest Clerk for a total of $413 plus meals. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
H. Consideration of a request from Tom Munz and Munz Farms, LLC to de-annex portions of 205 Munz Alley and 111 Munz Alley - DISCUSSED
I. Consideration to hire a Police Officer (after Executive Session)
11. Other Items for Discussion & Information
✓ Taste of Fairbury is this Saturday, August 4th, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
12. Public Comment
✓ Wayne Varner expressed his opinion about changing locks on City buildings as employees retire/resign
13. Motion by Kinate at 7:25 p.m., second by Dameron to enter Executive Session. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall Alderman Schmidgall left after roll call
A. Personnel – Section 2(c)(1) – Employee hiring, firing, compensation, discipline and performance. (Note: An independent contractor is not at employee).
B. Litigation – Section 2(c)(11) – Pending, probable or imminent litigation. Probable or imminent litigation requires specific finding to that effect in closed session minutes.
Motion by Dameron at 7:53 p.m., second by Norris to enter Open Session. Motion carried 6-0. YES-Norris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron
ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION
Motion by Weber, second by Norris to hire Tevin Weaver as a Police Officer. Motion carried 6-0. YES-Norris Gerdes-Hibsch Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron
14. Adjournment – Motion by Dameron, second by Norris @ 7:55 p.m.
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