MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 17, 2009
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Mayor Steve Dean with all the council members present at roll call except Dawn Hanafin. Staff members present were Steve Reynolds, Corey Edgington, Gordon Beck, Dave Jenkins, Jeff Clawson and Sue Marcum.
The minutes of the August 3, 2009 Council Meeting and invoices payable in the total amount of $196,435.19 were included on the consent agenda. Motion was made by Shirley and second was given by T.A. to approve the consent agenda. Roll call: Nancy Bentley-yes, Wendy Brent-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T.A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays.
T.A. told the council of the $10,000 donation the Replex recently received from Pioneer.
Dawn Hanafin was seated at 7:10 P.M.
The council received a copy of a letter which was sent to Norfolk Southern Real Estate Department informing them of the city’s intent to remove the tracks and open cut a trench to install storm sewer pipes in the city’s right-of-way near the intersection of Cedar Street and Illinois Route 150. The letter had been sent in mid July, 2009. The letter requested return correspondence from the railroad if they had contrary input to the city’s plans by August 7, 2009. Motion was made by John and seconded by Dawn T. to request bid pricing for the LTCP Project for both boring under the tracks and using an open cut of the tracks at the Cedar Street and Route 150 intersection. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-abstain, Nancy Bentley-yes, Wendy Brent-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T.A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstain.
Nancy Bentley made a motion to change the mayor and council’s pay periods from quarterly to monthly beginning with September, 2009. The mayor asked for a second to the motion and no second was given. The motion failed for lack of a second.
Minutes of the meeting held on 08/17/09 continued.
Motion was made by Dawn T. and second to the motion was given by T. A. approving the hours of 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday for city hall’s permanent office hours and also as the daily working hours for public works department. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-no, Wendy Brent-abstain, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T.A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 6 yeas, 1 nay, 1 abstain.
Motion was made by T. A. and seconded by Shirley to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Le Roy and the Village of Wapella in Dewitt County, providing software training at a rate of $250.00 per day. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-no, Wendy Brent-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T.A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 1 nay.
Mike Hanafin requested the council to consider a TIF proposal for the Le Roy True Value Hardware, Just Ask Rental and Napa Auto Parts which would be used to improve drainage and enlarge the parking lot at their store location.
Motion was made by Boyd and seconded by Nancy confirming the first council meeting in September will be held on Tuesday, September 8th at 7:00 P.M. due to the Labor Day Holiday. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Wendy Brent-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T.A. Whitsitt-no. Motion carried 7 yeas, 1 nay.
Motion was made by Dawn T. and second was given by Shirley to adjourn the regular session of the city council and move into the scheduled work session.at 8:05 P.M. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Wendy Brent-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T.A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 8 yeas, 0 nays.
Sue Marcum,
City Clerk