McLean County Times

City of Fairbury City Council met Feb. 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

The following items are considered routine business by the City Council and will be approved in a single vote. If discussion is desired, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered under item #8.

A. Minutes from January 17, 2024

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

Members of the public are welcome to speak at this time. Please register with the Clerk prior to the start of the meeting.

6. Reports of Departments

Streets & Fire – Martin Steidinger, Superintendent & Chief

Sewer – Bruce Pride, Asst. Superintendent

Water – Mike Mellott, 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 –

James Tipton -

Bill Schmidgall –

8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda

A. NONE

9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items

A. NONE

10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items

A. Consideration to approve a quote from Gutwein Quality Doors for Old City Hall updates

B. Consideration to approve a street closure request from Fairbury Speedway

C. Consideration to approve adding a payment option with Doxo for utility bill payments to the City’s website

D. Consideration to approve ordinance pertaining to unscheduled buses

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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