City of Le Roy City Council met Jan. 6.
Here is the minutes provided by the council:
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM at Le Roy City Hall, 207 S. East Street by Mayor Dean with council members Dawn Hanafin, Rick Kline, Kyle Merkle, Brad Poindexter, Ron Legner, Matt Steffen and Greg Steffen present at roll call. Kelly Lay was absent.
Staff members present were Chief Williamson, Dan Lush, Ed Allen, Perry Mayer, Treasurer Brad Frankovich, Samantha Walley and Vicki Moreland.
Included on the consent agenda were meeting minutes from December 16, 2019, Invoices for January 6, 2020 in the amount of $46,500.76, and payroll from December 20, 2019 totaling $42,765.23 and payroll from January 3, 2020 totaling $45,595.93. Motion was made by Kyle and seconded by Matt for approval of the consent agenda. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Rick Kline-abstain, Kyle Merkle-yes, Brad Poindexter-abstain, Ron Legner-abstain, Matt Steffen-yes, Greg Steffen-abstain, Mayor Dean yes. Motion FAILED due to tie vote of 4 yeas, 0 nays, 4 abstain. Motion will be put on January 20, 2020 meeting agenda.
Chief Williamson addressed the council regarding being contacted by the Christian Church asking about the possibility of police presence at Sunday services after the recent church shooting. Due to liability issues and worker's comp issues, the consensus of the council was to allow off-duty officers to be hired by the church as a private hire between the church and the individual officer.
Dan asked the council for direction in regard to part-time labor and snow plowing. The current part-time street department employees are not interested in working weekends to plow snow if it does not result in overtime or incentives. The City will advertise for snow removal positions at $18.95 for CDL holders and $16.95 for non-CDL holders with the position starting January 1, 2020 through the last Friday in April, 2020.
Perry informed the council that since October he and John had replaced 40 meters, mostly in businesses. He stated they had also been working on fixing a leak in the chlorine tank at the South Tower as well as addressing issues at the water plant.
Sam stated that she had been contacted by the law firm handling the Hotel/Motel Tax issue with an update on the status of the delinquent payments. She also informed the council that Sterling Codifiers had removed the City Code link from the website effective December 31, 2019. She had contacted Gencode and they were working on getting the information back on the website until the permanent link was completed.
Motion was made by Kyle and seconded by Dawn for adoption of per acre price of $17,600 for the City of Le Roy owned property with parcel identification number 30-28-100-004 (commonly referred to as the city farm”). Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Rick Kline-yes, Kyle Merkle-yes, Brad Poindexter-yes, Ron Legner-yes, Matt Steffen-yes, Greg Steffen-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, O nays.
ORDINANCE NO. 20-01-01-70, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER 2 AND TITLE 1, CHAPTER 4 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF LE ROY, ILLINOIS, 2006 (specifically Sections 5-2-14,5-2-15, and 1-4-3), Cannabis, was passed on a motion made by Rick and seconded by Greg. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Rick Kline-yes, Kyle Merkle-yes, Brad Poindexter-yes, Ron Legner-yes, Matt Steffen-yes, Greg Steffen-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
The council discussed the acceptance of bulk purchase quote from Midwest Meter Incorporated for 1,250 radio read water meters. Motion was made by Greg and seconded by Brad for approval of the quote. After questioning Perry regarding the number of meters yet to be updated Greg stated that it seemed like a lot of excess meters compared to the remaining meters for update as well as new construction/replacement. Greg agreed to amend his motion to table until January 20 meeting for clarification. Brad agreed to amend his second. Perry will check to see if the quote per meter would remain the same if he purchases fewer meters as well as making sure they would not be required to advertise for quotes.
ORDINANCE NO. 20-01-02-50, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1; CHAPTER 6 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF LE ROY, ILLINOIS, 2006 (specifically Section 1-6-5) public comment, was passed on a motion made by Greg and seconded by Dawn. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Rick Kline yes, Kyle Merkle-yes, Brad Poindexter-yes, Ron Legner-yes, Matt Steffen yes, Greg Steffen-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by Dawn and seconded by Brad for adoption of mowing contract between the City of Le Roy and the Riordan Brothers LLC for the 2020 mowing season. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Rick Kline-yes, Kyle Merkle-yes, Brad Poindexter-yes, Ron Legner-yes, Matt Steffen-yes, Greg Steffen-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
In Old and New business Greg stated that the City needed to get something ready for incentive in the case a business was interested in opening in Le Roy. Sam stated that she and the Mayor would be meeting with Keith Moran on Tuesday regarding thoughts on the implementation of a TIF district or business district for revenue growth and business
incentives. After the meeting she will update the council on their meeting.
Motion was made by Brad and seconded by Greg to adjourn the regular council meeting at 7:50 PM.
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