City of Dixon City Council met May 28.
Here is the minutes provided by the council:
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Arellano at 6:03pm.
ROLL CALL
Councilman Considine, Marshall, Oros, Venier, and Mayor Arellano answered Roll Call. The Pledge of Allegiance was cited.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
City Manager Langloss - presented an overview of City Business.
Assistant City Manager/Public Works Director Heckman - presented on a Public Works overview.
COUNCIL REPORTS
Mayor Arellano – spoke about an overview of the City from his perspective.
Councilman Oros – spoke about First Responders stress management, mental health, and safety.
Councilman Venier – opened up the meeting for questions.
VISITOR/PUBLIC COMMENT
• Deb Dickinson – South Galena traffic and condition of roads.
• Scott O’Neal – spoke about past Mayor’s accomplishments and how we need progress and urban development.
• Kathy Hensler – project GenX, splash pad and the need for age appropriate venues
• Facebook comment – sidewalk program
• Roberta Lemoine – recycling program
• Facebook comment – store fronts on Galena in disrepair
• Jennifer Heintzelman – the building on Palmyra Road
• Facebook comment – Depot Avenue sidewalks
• Facebook comment – 4way stop intersection on 4th Street and Dixon Avenue
• Josie Whaley – ADA development and handicapped parking in the downtown with the snow removal, school zones on 4th Avenue (beginning and ending, solar powered speed sign)
• Kathy Yount – a number of stop signs, people are not always stopping
• Kathy Heintzelman – movie theater downtown, bring motion pictures back to town
• Roberta Hensler – pool for our kids
• Larry Reed – South Galena and IDOT’s 5-year programs, people need to contact IDOT also regarding the disrepair of State roads.
• Facebook comment – Canterbury Apartments need a public sidewalk down Lowell Park Road.
• Facebook comment – is the City looking at fiber to homes, municipal dark fiber network for home fiber link.
• Facebook comment – asked about the business signs on I-88 tollway
• Facebook comment – please fix 1st Street and Lincoln Avenue finish the blacktop
• Facebook comment – Petunia Fest, what is the Police’s strategy to protect our downtown against vandalism and destruction of the downtown businesses.
• Facebook comment – when will the work on the High School project be done
• Facebook comment – can we limit the number of farm animals, 20 chickens, 5 pigs and goats; awful smell.
• Scott O’Neal – asked if he could have further discussions with the Mayor after the meeting.
• Facebook comment – can you work on a contract for the cemetery to have volunteers help with cleanup of the cemetery.
• Facebook comment – wanted to thank the City for the much-needed road repair and sidewalks at Oakwood for the Memorial Day Parade.
Mayor thanked the audience for coming out to the first Town Hall Meeting.
ADJOURMENT
Councilman Marshall moved that the Town Hall Meeting of Tuesday, May 28, 2019, be adjourned to meet in Regular Session on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 5:30 pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Seconded by Councilman Considine. Visual Voting Yea: Councilman Considine, Marshall, Oroz, Venier, and Mayor Arellano. Motion Carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:44pm
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