City of Fairbury City Council met Jan. 19.
Here are the minutes provided by the council:
1. Call to order – Mayor Slagel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
2. Mayor Slagel directed the Clerk to call roll and the following members of Council answered present: Charles Hoselton, Jon Kinate, Gerald Hoffman (attended remotely) and James Tipton. Gary Norris, Steve Endres, Bruce Weber, and Bill Schmidgall were absent.
3. Pledge of Allegiance
Motion by Hoselton, second by Kinate to approve Alderman Hoffman’s request to attend the meeting remotely. Motion carried 3-0. YES-Hoselton Kinate Tipton
4. Motion to approve the Consent Agenda – Motion by Kinate, second by Hoselton to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda:
A. Minutes from the January 5, 2022, 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 4-0. YES-Hoselton Kinate Hoffman Tipton
5. Mayor Slagel opened Public Comment and the following persons provided comments:
Ø NONE
6. Reports of Departments
→ Streets & Fire – Martin Steidinger, Superintendent & Fire Chief was absent
→ Sewer – Brad Duncan, Superintendent – no report
→ Water – Mike Mellott, Superintendent was absent
→ Police – Robert McCormick, Chief - no report
→ City – Brett Ashburn, Superintendent was absent
→ Legal – Steven Mann, City Attorney – no report
7. Reports of Aldermen
→ Alderman Norris was absent
→ Alderman Endres was absent
→ Alderman Hoselton – no report
→ Alderman Kinate – no report
→ Alderman Weber was absent
→ Alderman Hoffman – no report
→ Alderman Tipton – no report
→ Alderman Schmidgall was absent
8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda
NONE
9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items
NONE
10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Motion by Kinate, second by Hoselton to approve pay request #2 in the amount of $59,083.78 to Iroquois Paving Corporation for the 1st to 4th Streets Sanitary Sewer Extension. Motion carried 4-0. YES-Hoselton Kinate Hoffman Tipton
B. Consideration of bids received to install acoustic panels in the council chambers -
TABLED
11. Other Items for Discussion & Information
NONE
12. Public Comment
NONE
13. DID NOT ENTER
14. Adjournment – Motion by Hoselton, second by Tipton to adjourn at 6:42 p.m.
http://ww2.cityoffairbury.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/January-19-2022-Approved.pdf