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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON AUGUST 6, 2007
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Gary Koerner at 7:00 P.M. with all the council members present at roll call except Dawn Thompson. Staff members in attendance were Gordon Beck, Scott Bryant, Steve Reynolds, Jeff Clawson and Sue Marcum.
Minutes of the July 16, 2007 City Council Meeting were approved on a motion made by T. A. and seconded by Dawn H. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Minutes of the August 2, 2007 Hearing held by the Zoning Board of Appeals were accepted and the reading waived on a motion made by Shirley and seconded by Butch. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Ordinance No. 07-08-01-80, An ordinance approving a variation of sign setback requirements of the Municipal Code of the City of Le Roy, Illinois, 2003 Title 10-Zoning (Flanagan State Bank, 500 S. Persimmon) was approved on a motion made by Butch and seconded by John. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Ordinance No. 07-08-02-80, An ordinance providing for and approving the sale of personal property of the City of Le Roy, McLean County, Illinois was approved on a motion made by Dave, second to the motion was given by Shirley. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Shirley made a motion and second was given by Butch to approve awarding the job of building the retaining wall at the Le Roy High School to David Brackett for a cost not to exceed $7,500. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Minutes of the meeting held 08/06/2007 continued.
Motion was made by Shirley and seconded by Dawn H. to agree to a land exchange with the school district in return for the city completing the final steps of the street and sidewalk renovation at no additional cash outlay from the school. The school district is preparing the necessary paperwork for the change in land ownership. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Total invoices in the total amount of $63,374.39 were approved for payment on a motion made by Dave and seconded by T. A. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by John and second was given by Shirley to enter executive session at 8:30 P.M. to discuss 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1), Personnel and, 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2), Collective negotiating matters. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by John and second was given by Dave to adjourn the executive session at 10:37 P.M. and return to the regular session of the city council. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
The council members were provided copies of the annexation agreement made in 1996 with Falcon Ridge Developers. A discussion of the agreement would be on the work session agenda for August 20th meeting.
Jeff had a meeting with Pat and Gary Burr. They are interested in purchasing a small part of the property the city recently purchased for industrial development. Their plans would be to build rental warehousing. The council agreed they were not interested in selling this land at this time.
Arlo Ford, property manager of the downtown building located at 209-211 E. Center Street, has again questioned what the city is willing to do to repair the brick wall which was left exposed when the city had the How Building demolished. The council directed Jeff to request the owners to submit a proposal to repair the brick wall as a request for reimbursement from eligible TIF funding.
The council discussed the situation with the Lucky Aces Restaurant and Bar.
The business has been allowed to open for alcohol sales without food service
for an extension of 30 more days until September 1st. Mr. Novitski is waiting
for the range hood installation to be completed by a contractor hired by the
building owner, Jeff Tate. The council directed Jeff to speak to Mr. Novitski
in regards to entering an additional TIF agreement for the amount of cash needed
to complete his project without further delay.
Minutes of the meeting held 08/06/2007 continued.
Motion was made by Butch and seconded by Dave to adjourn the regular session at 11:23 P.M. Roll call: John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Butch Cook-yes, Dawn Hanafin-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Dave McClelland-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
Sue Marcum,
City Clerk