City of Lanark City Council met Jan. 18.
Here are the minutes provided by the council:
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER/ROLL CALL-Lanark City Council met in regular session at the Lanark City Hall at 7 p.m. Roll call taken by Marilyn Heller, City Clerk, showed Alderpersons present were Haley Grim, Weston Burkholder, Mark Macomber, and Lynn Collins. Alderpersons Brad Knutti and Lance Leverton were absent.
Mayor Ken Viglietta was absent.
Others present were: Darin Stykel from Fehr Graham, Attorney Ed Mitchell, Utilities Clerk Denise Bormann, Treasurer Donalee Yenney, and City Clerk Marilyn Heller.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE-was led by Attorney Ed.
A Motion was made by Alderperson Weston Burkholder and seconded by Alderperson Haley Grim to approve Alderperson Mark Macomber to Mayor Pro tem. Motion carried by 4 aye votes. Aye voted: Alderpersons Haley Grim, Weston Burkholder, Mark Macomber, and Lynn Collins. Alderpersons Brad Knutti and Lance Leverton were absent.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES-MOTION – Tabled, due to City Clerk Marilyn being out for Covid the last two weeks.
PUBLIC COMMENTS- None
REPORT FROM BILLING CLERK – Denise stated off sharing that she will be retiring at the end of February 2022 and is available to train her replacement. Denise sent out 28 shutoff letters this month and wanted to let the council know Jason does a great job with the shutoff process. Denise noted that there are 4 accounts that are uncollectable. Denise handed out a report breaking down the revenue vs. expense for garbage, water, and sewer from the calendar year 2021. Garbage disposal will be going up $1.25 per account stating Sept. 2022 from $13.50 a customer to $14.75. The city now charging only $10.75 per account causing a short fall per year of $1,319.06 after the raise. Sewer revenue was at $ 402,064.29 but the expense was $640,160.06 (including the sewer pond project of $422,087.01). Denise suggested raising garbage at least $1.25 to cover the price change bit maybe $2.00 even would be a better choice as per the 5 year contract garbage will be going up another $1 over the next two years.
DOWNTOWN LIGHTING UPDATE – Darin Stykel from Fehr Graham went over the light poles the streets and property committee recommends. The city had Scotts Electric investigate the current poles and the conduit chases are in good shape except for in the pole themselves. The lights have to be 25ft over the highway per IDOT and will have a pedestrian light at 12ft tall. They would include 2x4 banner on rear side, flag pole on street side with wreath hook, upper and lower outlet plugs, and a GFI reset button on bottom. Darin ordered three different black colors samples for the council to look and decide. It will take 4 to 6 months to get light poles so Darin thinks we could get this done by spring of 2023. It is suggested to budget between $250K to $350K for both pole package and installation. Darin suggests bidding out pole and installation separately for a better price. MFT cannot be used for this project. A Motion was made by Alderperson Lynn Collins and seconded by Alderperson Haley Grim to accept working agreement for light with Fehr Graham. Motion carried by 4 aye votes. Aye voted: Alderpersons Haley Grim, Weston Burkholder, Mark Macomber, and Lynn Collins. Alderpersons Brad Knutti and Lance Leverton were absent.
Darin then discussed another possible project of replacing the light heads on the ComEd lights throughout Lanark to LED. It would cost around $350 a light. Starting with the rest on the main street through town and each year replacing more throughout town.
STREET STUDY – Tabled – Darin shared that Lanark has 18.5 miles of streets and to redo only the streets it would cost 11 million dollars. This would not include curbs, storm issues, sidewalks, and ramps. A street study for 60K could create a 10year plan for $250K to $350K a year in work. The study would be MFT eligible and there is $142K in MFT funds as of 12-31- 2021. The study would create a plan to not only redo the all the roads but fix the root of the problems and prevent them from happening again. Tabled to discuss more at the Feb 1st, 2022 meeting.
Jason had asked Darin to give do some evaluations after the fire at Carroll Service in regards to water and sewer. Darin will be getting some rough prices if Carroll Service would expand, closing the street to gain a larger foot print with the empty lot across the street. This would require moving a water main so would be more extensive/costly. Another idea was if they were to build out by the new funeral home, this would not be in TIF district but would give a much larger area to work with.
STANDING COMMITTEES AND BOARDS-POSSIBLE ACTION- NONE
REPORTS-EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEY, CLERK, TREASURER, ALDERPERSONS AND MAYOR Alderperson Mark Macomber – Carroll Service is asking if they can partially vacate the alley on the northeast corner running east and west by the Farm Systems building. They would like to tear down an open face building and close off that area. Streets and Property Committee will be looking. City Clerk Marilyn – Monica Klempel can in and presented Liberty National Life Insurance that she would like to offer the city employees. After discussing with Mayor Ken this is not something the City would like to offer but if any employee is interested in learning more on their own I can get you Monica’s information. Treasurer Donalee – December month is closed out, W-2s done, 1099’s done and included Dec. reports on Change in Bank Balance 12/31/2021, Changes in Balance by Find 12/31/2021, and Profit & Loss Budget vs. Actual 12/31/2021. . Donalee is working the budget, she has met with Matt and will be meeting with Jason next week. Alderperson Haley – reached out to Matt Ripplinger with Broadmoor Insurance to get information in regards to the OSD Reenactment as it will be happening. It will be taking place on private property and Haley wants to be sure it will be insured.
ADJOURNMENT-MOTION-was made by Alderperson Weston Burkholder and seconded by Alderperson Mark Macomber to adjourn at 8:18 p.m. Motion carried by 4 aye votes.
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