Village of Mount Morris Village Board Met Feb. 23.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Mt. Morris met in Regular Session in the Board Room, in Village Hall in said Village at 7:00 PM.
The Village President called the meeting to order and directed the Clerk to call the roll. Upon roll being called, the following answered present: Hopkins, Labash, Pennington, Stauffer, Fay and Kolling. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.
Attorney Lesage was not present. Corey Buck was present.
VISITORS: Dave and Sylvia Saunders, Gary Desmedt, Ed Higley and Chris Corcoran.
MINUTES: Trustee Pennington moved and Trustee Stauffer seconded the motion to accept the February 9, 2021 minutes as presented. Trustee Fay abstained. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.
EXECUTIVE MINUTES: No Report.
TREASURER’S REPORT: No Report.
CURRENT BILLS: Trustee Pennington moved and Trustee Kolling seconded the motion to accept the current bills as presented. Upon roll being called, all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.
PETITION & COMMUNICATION: No Report.
ADMINISTRATION: Trustee Labash informed the Board the new I-pads are ready to be distributed and training for the Trustees will be on Tuesday March 2, at 7:00 PM in the Board Room. He reiterated that this is a training session and there will be no discussion of Village business allowed.
STREET DEPT: No Report.
WATER/SEWER: Trustee Pennington reported that there was a water main break at Hannah and First Street. Trustee Pennington moved and Trustee Labash seconded the motion to approve the quote from Peerless Pump not to exceed $20,000.00. Upon roll being called, all Trustees present voted “Aye.” Trustee Stauffer “Nay.” President declared said motion carried. Trustee asked if we would be further ahead to just shut the well down? Trustee Pennington said that it would be cheaper to repair vs putting in a new well. If we should any future growth in housing or if there were a massive fire, we would need to draw from all of our wells.
FINANCE: Trustee Labash reported that budget meetings with the Trustees have been scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. He instructed the Clerk to put on the agenda for the next meeting an Executive Session to begin discussing employee salaries.
PARK & RECREATION: No Report.
POLICE DEPT: Trustee Kolling reports that Paul Lindstrom will be coming on Board part-time in the police department to help fill in when needed.
ORDINANCE: No Report.
PUBLIC PROPERTY: Trustee Stauffer moved and Trustee Labash seconded the motion to accept the revised procedures for the electronic sign board as presented. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.
CIVIL DEFENSE: No Report.
OLD BUSINESS: No Report.
NEW BUSINESS:
There being no further business to come before this Board. Trustee Stauffer moved and Trustee Hopkins seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:20 PM. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.
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