MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 19, 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. Staff members present were Steve Reynolds, Nathan Wilkins, Dave Jenkins, Jeff Clawson and Sue Marcum.
Included on the consent agenda were the minutes of the October 5, 2009 Council Meeting and invoices payable in the total amount of $101,808.17. Motion was made by Dawn T. and seconded by Shirley to approve the consent agenda. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-abstain, Nancy Bentley-yes, Julie Duncan-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 7 yeas, 0 nays and 1 abstain.
The Director of Replex, Laura Spencer, reported to the council on the current activities and future activities planned for Replex. The memberships have grown to 1850 to date.
Joe Roberts with Area Disposal spoke to the council regarding the status of their preparations for taking over the refuse pickup for Le Roy beginning on November 1, 2009.
Motion was made by Shirley and second was given by Dawn T. to enter executive session at 7:22 P.M. for the purpose of discussing 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1), Personnel, (2) Collective Bargaining Negotiations, and (11) Litigation. Attorney Bruce Beal was approved to attend the executive session. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Julie Duncan-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 8 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by Dawn T. and seconded by Nancy to adjourn the executive session and return to regular session at 8:45 P.M. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Julie Duncan-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 8 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by Dawn T. and seconded by Boyd Denner to approve a revision in the Salary Ordinance to change the cap for the Code Compliance Officer from $36,000 to a cap of $45,000. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-no, Julie Duncan-no, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 6 yeas, 2 nays.
Motion was made by Shirley and seconded by Dawn T. to approve the ICOP Collective Bargaining Unit Contract. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Julie Duncan-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 8 yeas, 0 nays.
Shirley made the motion and T. A. seconded the motion to approve spending up to $5,000 to Boyle Excavating for the city’s share in the cost of improving the drainage on the Gary Golden property east of the Crumbaugh Subdivision. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Julie Duncan-yes, Dawn Thompson-yes, John Haney-yes, Shirley Chancellor-yes, Boyd Denner-yes, T. A. Whitsitt-yes. Motion carried 8 yeas, 0 nays.
Motion was made by Dawn T. and seconded by John to adjourn the regular session of the city council and move into the scheduled work session at 9:08 P.M. Roll call: Dawn Hanafin-yes, Nancy Bentley-yes, Julie Duncan-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