City of Fairbury City Council Met Jan. 6.
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, Charles Hoselton, Jon Kinate, Bruce Weber, Gerald Hoffman, Lynn Dameron and Bill Schmidgall.
3. NONE
4. Motion to approve the Consent Agenda – Motion by Kinate, second by Hoffman to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda:
A. Minutes from the December 16, 2020, 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 Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
5. Mayor Slagel opened Public Comment and the following persons provided comments:
⮚ NONE
6. Reports of Departments
→ Streets & Fire – Martin Steidinger, Superintendent & Chief – no report
→ Sewer – Brad Duncan, Superintendent was absent
→ Water – Mike Mellott, Superintendent was absent
→ Police – Robert McCormick, Chief was absent
→ City – Brett Ashburn, Superintendent – no report
→ Legal – Steven Mann, City Attorney – no report
7. Reports of Aldermen
→ Alderman Norris – no report
→ Alderman Endres – no report
→ Alderman Hoselton – no report
→ Alderman Kinate – no report
→ Alderman Weber – no report
→ Alderman Hoffman – no report
→ Alderman Dameron – no report
→ Alderman Schmidgall thanked Martin and crew for all their hard work clearing limbs and roads after the ice storm
8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda – NONE
9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Consideration to sell a section of a city-owned parcel to Gail & Keith Schladenhauffen - TABLED
10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Motion by Dameron, second by Hoffman to pay dues to the Fairbury Area Chamber of Commerce in the amount $650 for the 2021 calendar year. Motion carried 8-0. YES Norris Endres Hoselton Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
B. Motion by Weber, second by Endres to approve a quote from Midwest Sport Surfaces to resurface basketball court at North Park in the amount of $11,000. Motion carried 8-0. YES-Norris Endres Hoselton Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
C. Motion by Hoselton, second by Weber to approve the purchase of a tool box for the Street Department in the amount of $2,930 from Addis Auto Parts. Motion carried 8-0. YES-Norris Endres Hoselton Kinate Weber Hoffman Dameron Schmidgall
This section includes items received after the required posting of 48 hours prior to the start of the meeting.
11. Other Items for Discussion & Information
⮚ Mayor Slagel shared a thank-you note from Firefighter Alan Walter for the Christmas gift
⮚ The Council discussed resuming in-person council meetings; the decision was made to continue meeting remotely
12. Public Comment
⮚ NONE
13. DID NOT ENTER
14. Adjournment – Motion by Dameron, second by Norris to adjourn at 6:53 p.m. Nancy Widlacki, City Clerk
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