City of Lanark City Council met Aug. 6.
Here is the minutes provided by the council:
Lanark City Council met in regular session at the Lanark City Hall at 7:02 p.m. Roll call taken by Kim Hunter, City Clerk, showed Alderpersons present were Lance Leverton, Haley Grim, Brad Knutti, Weston Burkholder, Mark Macomber and Jay VanMatre. Mayor Ken Viglietta was present and presiding.
Others present were: Anne Knutti, Trevor Knutti, Matt Magill-Chief of Police, Jason Alvarado- Maintenance Manager, Donalee Yenney-Treasurer, Ed Mitchell-City Attorney, Kim Hunter-City Clerk.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE- was led by Alderperson Lance Leverton.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES-MOTION- was made by Alderperson Lance Leverton and seconded by Alderperson Jay VanMatre to accept the minutes of the July 16, 2019 meeting as presented. Motion carried by 6 aye votes.
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION-ACTION REQUIRED- Mayor Ken Viglietta awarded and presented Alderperson Brad Knutti along with his wife Ann and son Trevor Knutti an award of Certificate of Appreciation for the Lanark Water Tower project. Brad thanked the City Council and his family. A photo was taken also.
PUBLIC COMMENTS- None.
STANDING COMMITTEES & BOARDS-POSSIBLE ACTION- Alderperson Haley Grim asked if the Park Board raised enough money yet for the playground equipment. Mayor Ken said that Rosemary was not able to attend the meeting tonight, she is on vacation. Ken thinks a few donations have been made and it could be around $1,500.00 short now.
WELL #4 IMPROVEMENTS-POSSIBLE ACTION- Alderperson Brad Knutti said the hammering is really bad at Well #4 and believes the cost of this project could be around $45,000.00, he does not have a set number yet from Darin at Fehr Graham. The electrical work also has to be done and updated. Brad wanted to get a consent to get a work order created and it could be added to the master service contract and have it ready by the next meeting. Jason Alvarado- Maintenance Manager explained what is going on with Well #4 with the hammering and what is wrong with it and some of the costs of pulling the pump in and out. Alderperson Mark Macomber said he thought this would be a good time to use the CIP money for this project and Brad agreed with him. Mayor Ken asked if Brad would like this on the next agenda and Brad said yes. Brad said that we will not need to get an outside electrician as Fehr Graham has Ryan and he can do it.
CHAPMAN TIF-ACTION REQUIRED- Attorney Ed Mitchell put together a TIF Ordinance for Tim Chapman for 30 percent of the cost of the TIF project which the total project is approximately $80,000.00 and 30 percent would be the sum of $24,300.00 for which the City agrees to be paid to Chapman upon and during the completion of the Project. MOTION-was made by Alderperson Weston Burkholder and seconded by Alderperson Haley Grim to approve Ordinance #967 An Ordinance Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Tax Increment Financing District Redevelopment Agreement Between The City of Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois and Tim Chapman d/b/a Chapman Properties 360 LLC Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lanark This 6th Day of August, 2019. Motion carried by 5 aye votes. 1 Abstained: Alderperson Jay VanMatre.
GRANT CONSULTANT-POSSIBLE ACTION- Mayor Ken Viglietta would like to have help with grant writing and have a grant consultant do it for us. He would like to have an amount approved by the city council. There are grants out there that Dan Payette, the Executive Director of the Blackhawk Hills Regional Council, will help guide us through but they can’t write the grants for us. He suggested an amount of $2,000.00 to $3,000.00. He said there are grants that are outside of Fehr Graham such as grants for streets, etc. that we could be applying for. Donalee Yenney-Treasurer said there is a category in the budget called Consultant Services that it can come out of. She said there is $11,000.00 in it. Ken asked for some suggestions from the City Council on who they thought would be a good grant consultant. MOTION- was made by Alderperson Brad Knutti and seconded by Alderperson Jay VanMatre to authorize up to $2,500.00 to a grant consultant. Motion carried by 6 aye votes.
EXECUTIVE SESSION-EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION, REAL ESTATE-MOTION- was made by Alderperson Haley Grim and seconded by Alderperson Brad Knutti to convene in Executive Session at 7:30 p.m. in order to discuss Employment, Pending Litigation, Acquisition of Real Estate and Personnel. Motion carried by 6 aye votes.
REGULAR SESSION-MOTION- was made by Alderperson Weston Burkholder and seconded by Alderperson Haley Grim to reconvene into regular session at 8:33 p.m. Motion carried by 6 aye votes.
ORDINANCE TO PURCHASE PROPERTY-ACTION REQUIRED- MOTION- was made by Alderperson Mark Macomber and seconded by Alderperson Brad Knutti to approve Ordinance #968 An Ordinance for The Purchase of Real Estate for the Use of the Lanark City Cemetery Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lanark This 6th Day of August, 2019. Motion carried by 6 aye votes.
CORNERSTONE TIF-POSSIBLE ACTION- Upon putting in a floor and furnace the matter is resolved.
CODE OFFICIAL-POSSIBLE ACTION- Mayor Ken said Ed Mitchell is making an Ordinance to amend Ordinance #892-(An Ordinance Amending the Lanark City Code with Regard to Adoption of the International Property Maintenance Code). Chief of Police Matt Magill will continue on as the Code Official.
REPORTS-EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEY, CLERK, TREASURER, ALDERPERSONS AND MAYOR- Jason Alvarado handed out a three page City Maintenance 2019 Equipment Report and explained it to the council. It was for the life expectancy and also for plans on eliminating some of the equipment. He said the water tower is done, the tanks are still there but they will be coming to pick them up and he also said to call him if anyone sees bags left on any of the fire hydrants. They have been doing hot mix on the streets instead of the cold patch. He says it is holding up a lot better. They are doing sidewalks. He will bring a quote on the Crooked Roof on what curbs and gutters will cost on both sides of the street. Ken said that TIF money can be used for infrastructure and for commercial businesses in the TIF district. Ken said he will put it on the next agenda. Jason also passed out a recent picture of the brush pile and that residents are helping by taking out their own brush and tree branches out to it. He talked about the April memo he had sent out regarding brush also. Matt Magill said that Loescher is coming to do the dampers and installation maybe this week or next week. Brad asked Matt about the night when the generators kicked in and if the generators were working properly. Matt said he needs to ask the electrician and would find out. Ken said that every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. the generators are running a test. Kim Hunter read two thank you notes, one was from Nino at the Crooked Roof and one from the City Park Board. Ed Mitchell asked if the city park is completed now, Ken said that Rosemary said that everything in Phase 3 is done and will do a mini Phase 4 next year if they can raise the money. Ed asked if he can contact the Attorneys General Office and say everything is done, Ken said yes. Kim also passed out a subscription form that was a savings for receiving the Carroll County Review for two years at a special half price offer of $34.00. The offer is limited to New Subscribers only in Carroll County and adjoining counties. Donalee Yenney talked about the Illinois sales tax report and explained it to the council. Weston Burkholder passed out information for two wireless security camera systems and their costs for the city hall. He was asked if there were any monthly fees on these and Weston said no. They asked if it can be put on the agenda for next month. Mayor Ken Viglietta said that the Republican party will be at the city park on August 24th and that Patty Kloepping will be at the Heritage Center for the Carroll County Republican Women’s group meeting on September 26th. There could be an upward of 40 cars. He wanted to make sure there is enough parking for everyone. Ken said that Lance Leverton was awarded two awards ICS-300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents for Operational First Responders (O-465) and ICS-400: Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff (O-467). They will be put in his file. It will make him a stronger part of our disaster preparedness. Ken also talked about tentative dates for the Table Top Emergency Preparedness meeting with Greg Miller, the dates are August 13th and August 27th, 2019. Ken will get a hold of him to find out more information. Ken said he also has meetings at the Stewart building in Freeport with State Representatives, State Senators, mayors and Amtrak on this Wednesday evening and a Northern Illinois Mayors meeting in Stillman Valley on Thursday this week. He said he will report back on these meetings. He will put the TIF being used on the sidewalks on the next agenda.
ADJOURNMENT-MOTION- was made by Alderperson Weston Burkholder and seconded by Alderperson Mark Macomber to adjourn at 9:02 p.m. Motion carried by 6 aye votes.
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