City of Dixon City Council met August 20.
Here is the minutes as provided by the council:
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Arellano at 5:30pm.
Roll Call
Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano answered Roll Call. Absent: None. The Pledge of Allegiance was cited. Reverend Bunyan Cocar gave the invocation.
Change of Agenda Order
Mayor moved Ordinance 12a and 12b to the beginning of the meeting. Due to the fact that the representative for the ordinances had to attend another town meeting.
ORD #3107 – Amending Ordinance No. 3077 and Lee Ogle
Enterprise Zone Description for Recording
Andy Shaw from the Lee Ogle Enterprise Zone gave information on the amendments to the ordinance regarding the recording of Mount Morris. Councilman Marshall moved to approve an Ordinance amending Ordinance #3077 & Lee Ogle Enterprise Zone description for recording in the Village of Mount Morris. Seconded by Councilman Marx. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.
ORD #3108 – Amending Ordinance No. 2984 and Lee Ogle
Enterprise Zone Intergovenmental Agreement
Andy Shaw from the Lee Ogle Enterprise Zone gave information on the amendments to the ordinance regarding adding additional property in Oregon and Ashton. Questions on the total acreage and specifics were discussed. Councilman Marx moved to approve an Ordinance amending Ordinance #2984 & Lee Ogle Enterprise Zone Intergovernmental Agreement. Seconded by Councilman Marshall. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.
Work Session
None
Approval of Minutes
Councilman Considine moved that the minutes of the Regular Session Council Meeting of Monday, August 6, 2018 be accepted and placed on file. Seconded by Councilman Venier. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.
Approval of Total Labor and Outside Claims
Councilman Venier moved that the total labor and outside claims in the amount of $589,953.82 be approved and ordered paid. Seconded by Councilman Considine. There were a few questions on bills, all questions were explained. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.
Department Reports
None
City Manager Report
City Manager Langloss reported: 1) Mailers are being created for the notifications for the water meter project, they will be going out soon. There will be several things going out to the media to get citizens attention. 2) He attended the last Park Board Meeting and presented on the Build Grant. 3) Working on a new website refresh. One of the new focuses will be on a link to the most current meeting packets and last meeting minutes, also economic development information. 3) Wednesday at 2pm there will be a pre-construction meeting for the timeline of the City Hall remodel. 4) The Governor will be signing Bill #3023 a Police Deflection bill on Wednesday in Springfield. 5) Had a meeting with South Dixon Township representatives regarding the agreement the City has with them to plow certain streets in the city limits for $14,000/year. He asked the Council to get back to him with their thoughts on the agreement for this year. 6) Met with Raynor regarding the ITEP grant. The project is on pace and will end by Raynor. Ideas were discussed. 7) Deadline to register for the IML Annual Conference is in a couple days. He needs to know who will be attending, the reservations need to be made. 8) The Gerdes family sent a petition to Lee County for a Solar Farm to be built on their property. The City has no jurisdiction on the land, but since it is within 1.5 mile of our city limits we can weigh in our opinion with the Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals, which meets on September 6th. The land is immediately contiguous and surrounded on three sides by residential properties. Lengthy discussion ensued. It was decided to put this discussion on the September 4, 2018 agenda to have a resolution on the City’s stance to give to the Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals before their September 6, 2018 meeting.
Council Reports
Mayor Arellano – 1) He has been on military duty the last couple weeks. 2) Has seen a lot of community support for Officer Ginn. 3) Welcomed a baby girl to the family over the weekend.
Councilman Considine – None
Councilman Marshall – 1) Welcomed back students to school. 2) Asked if there was a crew car at the airport? A vehicle for people who fly in that could be used to come to town. Confirmed.
Councilman Marx – He brought some guests from the Airport, Chair of Board, Dan Ruckman and M&M Aviation, Mike Dowell. They gave a presentation on the RV Fly-In event that happened at the Airport a couple weeks ago. The planes came to our airport as a stop before Oshkosh. They met here and trained before heading to Oshkosh. Shared pictures and information on the event and all participated and supported the event.
Councilman Venier – 1) Thanked the men for their presentation and efforts with the Airport. 2) Venetian night was a great success. There were approximately 1500-1600 people who attended, great response from out-of-towners. It was a busy weekend, Gardenstock and an event at the Theater, busy time in the City. 3) There is a lot of street work going on in the City. Good to see that progress is being made. Thanks for all the extra work. 4) There have been a lot of questions about the theater since the article came out in the paper. New analysis is going on for the theater and trying to get things done and on the agenda to move forward. 5) The City Band has ended their season. Dave Johnson would like to do a presentation to the Council next meeting. 6) There are two more tented events on the riverfront this season, is the tent useable for these events? The tent was damaged by a renter, but should have enough good sections that will work for these events.
Board & Commissions Reports
Minutes on file: Building and Zoning Report.
Visitor/Public Comment
None
RESOLUTION #2631-18 – Appointing Seth Wiggins to the
Plan & Commissions Board
Mayor gave information on the appointment, and stated he will have another appointment next meeting. He is looking for people interested in getting involved with city government.
Councilman Marshall moved to confirm the appointment of Seth Wiggins to the Plan & Commissions Board for a term commencing August 20, 2018 and ending August 30, 2022, or until his successor is duly appointed and qualified, be adopted. Seconded by Councilman Marx. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.
RESOLUTION #2632-18 – Authorizing the City Manager to Sign a Competitively
Bid Contract for the Retail Supply of Natural Gas Services for the Properties Owned by the
City of Dixon
City Manager Danny Langloss explained the resolution and it will only be applied to properties owned by the City. Rock River Energy Services is also the City’s consultant with respect to municipal aggregation for electrical service. Councilman Marx moved to authorize the City Manager to sign a competitively bid contract for the retail supply of natural gas for the properties owned by the City of Dixon. Seconded by Councilman Marshall. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.
Executive Session
City Manager requested to add an Executive Session to discuss an employee. Councilman Considine moved that the Regular Council Meeting of August 20, 2018 adjourn into Executive Session to consider the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Seconded by Councilman Marshall. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.
Reconvene Meeting
Councilman Venier moved that the Regular Council Meeting of August 20, 2018 re, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.convene into Open Session. Seconded by Councilman Marx. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine
Additional Discussions
Councilman Venier raised a concern to the group about Sam’s Club approaching the staff in regards to promoting memberships. Discussion ensued about if the City offices were a place that promotion for private businesses is appropriate. The Council seemed to agree that this is not appropriate for the City.
City Manager Danny Langloss asked to finalize the plans on the IML Annual Conference. Who is attending, what days, etc. Final decisions will be sent to the Clerk and the registration and reservations will be made.
Adjournment
Councilman Marshall moved that the Regular Council Meeting of Monday, August 20, 2018, be adjourned to meet in Regular Session on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 5:30 pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Seconded by Councilman Marx. Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Marx, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Voting Nay: None. Motion Carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:34pm.
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