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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
HELD FEBRUARY 16, 2004
The council meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Mayor Robert Rice with
all council members present at roll call except Dave McClelland and John Haney.
Staff members present were Kevin Kahoun, Jeff Clawson and Sue Marcum.
Minutes of the council meeting held February 2, 2004 were approved on a motion
made by Jerry, second by Dawn. Roll call: Butch Cook-yes, Jerry
Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes, Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes,
Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion carried 6 yeas, 0 nays.
Jeff told the council P.J. Hoerr Construction Company had been approved as the
general contractor for the Bromenn project.
Kevin reported the Zoning Board had met for the text amendment hearing regarding
several zoning text changes. The zoning board recommended approval of
the text amendments and the information had been forwarded to City Attorney,
David Stanczak for an ordinance to be written. Kevin also informed the
council the Zoning Board asked to have two additional changes considered; (1)
require the city to post a notice of application for zoning changes at the property
location and (2) to further define the setback of unroofed porches.
Motion was made by Gary, second by Butch to direct Dave Stanczak to include
the text changes requested by the Zoning Board in the zoning ordinance he has
been directed to draft in accordance with the Zoning Board Hearing from February
5, 2004. The Code Compliance Officer will provide the language for the
setback regulation for unroofed porchs. Roll call: Butch Cook-yes,
Jerry Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes, Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes,
Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion carried 6 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by Gary, second by Jerry to allow up to $36,000 in Tax Increment
Financing funds for the purpose of acquiring and renovating the property located
at 201 E. Center Street. This $36,000 will be based on an initial investment
in renovation and acquisition costs of at least $235,000 by the developer.
If the renovation costs are less than $235,000, the City will reduce its allocation
to maintain a not to exceed percentage of 16%.
Payments will be distributed as follows:
$12,000 or
5.3% of the initial investment 1 yr after opening (On or about 3/1/05)
$12,000 or
5.3% of the initial investment 2 yrs after opening (On or about 3/1/06)
$12,000 or
5.4% of the initial investment 3 yrs after opening (On or about 3/1/07)
Roll call: Butch Cook-yes, Jerry Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes,
Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion
carried 6 yeas, 0 nays.
Minutes of council meeting held 02/16/04 continued
Jerry Henson read the minutes of the Street and Property Committee Meeting held
Monday, February 9, 2004.
Listed invoices in the total amount of $49,145.27 were approved for payment
on a motion made by Gary, second by Dawn. Roll call: Butch Cook-yes,
Jerry Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes, Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes,
Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion carried 6 yeas, 0 nays.
No decision had been made on a city logo design. Theresa told the council
they may want to consider having a professional design a city logo for Le Roy.
Motion was made by Dawn, second by Theresa to recess the council meeting at
7:45 P.M., to reconvene at 8:00 P.M. at the Le Roy Elementary School in the
media room. Roll call: Butch Cook-yes, Jerry Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes,
Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion
carried 6 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by Dawn, second by Gary to reconvene the council meeting at
8:00 P.M. with all council members present except John Haney. Roll
call: Dave McClelland-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Jerry Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes,
Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion
carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
The City Council and the Le Roy School Board met to hear Steve Colantino, Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, Office Manager of Brownfields Assistance speak
about the Municipal Brownsfield Redevelopment Grant Program. This grant
program provides financial assistance to aid in the cost of investigations and
cleanups of contaminated land. Applicants for this grant must be made
by a municipality. If this grant is acquired by the city, it would help
to pay the costs of investigation and clean up of the contamination on the school
district’s property.
Motion was made by Butch, second by Gary to recess the council meeting at 9:20
P.M. and to reconvene the meeting at the Le Roy City Hall at 9:30 P.M.
Roll call: Dave McClelland-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Jerry Henson-yes, Chad
Farischon-yes, Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes.
Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by Theresa, second by Butch to reconvene the council meeting
at
9:34 P.M. with all council members present except John Haney. Roll call:
Dave McClelland-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Jerry Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes, Gary
Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion carried
7 yeas, 0 nays.
Minutes of the council meeting held 02/16/04 continued
Motion was made by Jerry, second by Dawn to enter executive session at 9:35
P.M. to discuss 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1), personnel and 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (11), pending
litigation. Roll call: Dave McClelland-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Jerry
Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes, Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes,
Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Butch Cook left the meeting at 10:05 P.M.
Motion was made by Dawn, second by Dave to adjourn the executive session at
10:10 P.M. and return to regular session. Roll call: Dave McClelland-yes,
Jerry Henson-yes, Chad Farischon-yes, Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes,
Dawn Thompson-yes. Motion carried 6 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by Dawn, second by Theresa to adjourn the council meeting at
10:21 P.M. Roll call: Dave McClelland-yes, Jerry Henson-yes, Chad
Farischon-yes, Gary Koerner-yes, Theresa O’Hare-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes.
Motion carried 6 yeas, 0 nays.
Sue Marcum,
City Clerk