City of Fairbury City Council met Sept. 20.
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: Gary Norris, Steve Endres, Charles Hoselton, Jon Kinate, Jerry Hoffman, Jim Tipton, and Bill Schmidgall. Bruce Weber entered at 6:34 p.m.
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Motion to approve the Consent Agenda – Motion by Schmidgall, second by Tipton to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda:
A. Minutes from the September 6, 2023, 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 7-0 YES-Norris Endres Hoselton Kinate Hoffman Tipton Schmidgall
5. Mayor Slagel opened Public Comment and the following persons provided comments:
➢ Nick Webb and Tammy Booth came to ask about the location of a fence on a fence installation
6. Reports of Departments
→ Streets & Fire – Martin Steidinger, Superintendent & Fire Chief -reported
➢ The bid for the truck was not accepted
➢ Received last quote for the Fire Dept repairs
➢ Additional masonry repairs are necessary to the pillars at the Stafford Center
➢ IDOT will be doing full depth patching
→ Sewer – Bruce Pride, Asst. Superintendent - absent
→ Water – Mike Mellott, Superintendent - absent
→ Police – Robert McCormick, Chief - none
→ City – Brett Ashburn, Superintendent reported –
➢ IDOT will start patching Route 24 on September 25th
→ Legal – Steven Mann, City Attorney– none
7. Reports of Aldermen
→ Alderman Norris - none
→ Alderman Endres – none
→ Alderman Hoselton
➢ Inquired about a property who isn’t mowing their lawn
→ Alderman Kinate reported
➢ The street lines on Locust St are looking faint
→ Alderman Weber
➢ Thanked Street Superintendent Steidinger for trimming trees at Sunken Park
→ Alderman Hoffman – none
→ Alderman Tipton –
➢ A tree is overhanging the road on Carter Dr.
→ Alderman Schmidgall – none
8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda
NONE
9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items
NONE
10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Motion by Hoffman, second by Schmidgall to approve the 2022-2023 Audit as presented by MCK CPAs & Advisors. Motion carried 8-0 YES-Norris Endres Hoselton Kinate Weber Hoffman Tipton Schmidgall
B. Motion by Kinate, second by Hoselton to approve maintenance agreement for outdoor warning sirens. Motion carried 8-0 YES – Norris Endres Hoselton Kinate Weber Hoffman Tipton Schmidgall
C. Motion by Norris, second by Hoselton to approve request from the Student Senate of Prairie Central High School to use City streets on Friday, September 29th at 2:30 p.m. for the annual Homecoming Parade. Motion carried 8-0 YES – Norris Endres Hoselton Kinate Weber Hoffman Tipton Schmidgall
D. Consideration to approve a quote to rehab downtown sound system
-TABLED
11. Other Items for Discussion & Information
➢ In an effort to assist in raising donations for the D2 Basketball Courts, Prairie Lands Foundation has established a D2 Court Fund. Donations to the D2 Court Fund will generate a dollar-for-dollar matching contribution up to $25,000. Contributions may be dropped off at Bluestem Bank branch of Bank of Pontiac, 104 E Locust St. Fairbury, IL 61739.
12. Public Comment
NONE
13. Executive Session
Motion by Kinate, second by Norris to Enter Exec Session @ 7:05 p.m.
A. Personnel – Section 2(c)(1) – Employee hiring, firing, compensation, discipline and performance.
Motion by Norris, second by Kinate to enter Open Session @ 7:16 p.m.
ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION
NONE
14. Adjournment – Motion by Schmidgall, second by Kinate to adjourn at 7:17 p.m.
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