City of Fairbury City Council met Aug. 7.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
1. Call to order
2. Roll Call of Council Members
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Consent Agenda
A. Minutes from July 17, 2019
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. Sidewalk requests as suggested by the Street Superintendent
F. Overtime Report
5. Public Comment
6. Reports of Departments
Streets & Fire – Martin Steidinger, Superintendent & Chief
Sewer – Brad Duncan, Superintendent
Water – Duane Ifft, Superintendent
Police – Robert McCormick, Chief
City – Brett Ashburn, Superintendent
Legal – Steven Mann, City Attorney
7. Reports of Aldermen
Gary Norris –
Steve Endres -
Charles Hoselton –
Jon Kinate –
Bruce Weber –
Jerry Hoffman –
Lynn Dameron –
Bill Schmidgall –
8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda
9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending Parts of Chapter 4 of the Municipal Code Book of the City of Fairbury, Illinois in Relation to Municipal Purchasing
10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Consideration for Brad Duncan and Logan Krippel to attend WEFTEC in Chicago from September 23-24 with one night of hotel accommodation in the amount of $420 plus tax
B. Consideration of a request from Craig and Connie Crutcher to block Locust Street between 4th & 5th Streets from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 15, 2019 for the 4th Annual RIDE TO REMEMBER MEMORIAL RIDE; also requests a Police escort from the VFW to 1st & Oak Street when the ride begins at 10:30 a.m.
C. Consideration to hire Tyler Rafferty, Adam Schifferer and Andrew Mills as full-time Police Officers and David Turner and Graham Haley as part-time Police Officers
D. Consideration to approve the Morton Community Bank Commercial Credit Card Borrowing Resolution adding Robert McCormick as a Visa card holder on the City of Fairbury credit card account
E. Consideration of a bid from Beniach Construction in the amount of $39,521.06 for sealcoating
F. Consideration of a request for Mike Mellott and Bob Ziegenhorn to attend the 88th Annual Illinois Potable Water Supply Operators Association Conference in Springfield from September 11-13 in the amount of $450 for registration and $238 plus tax for hotel accommodations
G. Consideration to allow a park name sign to be erected at Veteran’s Memorial Park similar to the Dominy Library
11. Other Items for Discussion & Information
12. Public Comment
13. Executive Session
A. Personnel – Section 2(c)(1) – Employee hiring, firing, compensation, discipline and performance. (Note: An independent contractor is not an 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.
Action from Executive Session:
14. Adjournment
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