McLean County Times

City of Fairbury City Council met June 5.

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, Steve Endres, 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 Kinate, second by Dameron to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda:

A. Minutes from the May 15 and May 28 , council meetings

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 7-0. YES-Norris Endres Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall

5. Mayor Slagel opened Public Comment and the following persons provided comments:

➢ NONE

6. Reports of Departments

→ Street Superintendent/Fire Chief Steidinger reported

• The Fire Department has added 3 firemen

→ Sewer Superintendent Duncan – no report

→ Water Superintendent Ifft reported

• The Water Department has started the annual flushing of hydrants on the south side of town

→ Chief of Police McCormick – no report

→ City Superintendent Ashburn reported

• Matt Curl has scheduled October 11 & 12, 2019 as make-up dates for rained out races

• He will be on vacation beginning June 14th and returning June 24th

→ City Attorney Mann – no report

7. Reports of Aldermen

→ Alderman Norris reported he received a complaint about the trains’ horns blowing excessively

→ Alderman Endres – no report

→ Alderman Hoselton was absent

→ Alderman Kinate – no report

→ Alderman Weber – no report

→ Alderman Hoffman shared a concern about some golf cart headlights looking like motorcycles

→ Alderman Dameron – no report

→ Alderman Schmidgall – no report

8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda – NONE

9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items –

A. Consideration of the 2019-2022 iCOPS contract - TABLED

10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items

A. Motion by Norris, second by Endres to change the August 28, 2019, meeting to August 21, 2019 @ 6:30 p.m. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Endres Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall

B. Motion by Schmidgall, second by Weber to approve Resolution #2019-6-5 appointing Gary Hofmann and Marcia Walter as Trustees of Dominy Memorial Library. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Endres Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall

C. Consideration of a donation request from Faithful Friends – NO MOTION

D. Motion by Dameron, second by Kinate to approve an employment contract between the City of Fairbury and new Chief of Police Robert McCormick. Motion carried 7-0. YES Norris Endres Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall

E. Motion by Weber, second by Kinate to approve the sale of the Fairbury K9 unit to include the police K9 vehicle and K9 dog officer to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department in the amount of $27,500, to be deposited into the K9 Fund held by Prairie Lands Foundation for the City’s future K9 program. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Endres Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall

F. Motion by Kinate, second by Weber to reject the bid from Merrick Industries in the amount of $14,865 for the purchase of two (2) new mixing tanks for the water treatment plant and to accept a verbal quote of $7,500 from Technical Metals Inc. Motion carried 7-0. YES-Norris Endres Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall

G. Consideration of proposal from G.A. Rich to install mixing tanks and furnish/install related piping in the amount of $6,900 - TABLED

H. Consideration to hire officer(s) for the police department – TO BE ACTED ON AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION

11. Other Items for Discussion & Information

➢ NONE

12. Public Comment

➢ NONE

13. Motion by Norris at 6:55 p.m. to enter Executive Session, second by Kinate.

A. Personnel – Section 2(c)(1) – Employee hiring, firing, compensation, discipline and performance. (Note: An independent contractor is not an employee).

Motion by Schmidgall at 7:31 p.m. to enter Open Session, second by Dameron

Action from Executive Session –

10 H. Motion by Dameron, second by Hoffman to approve the hiring for 3 Police Officers. Motion carried 7-0 YES-Norris Endres Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall

14. Adjournment – Motion by Kinate, second by Dameron to adjourn @ 7:34 p.m.

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