City Council

Meeting date:

Monday, February 1, 2016

O’FALLON CITY COUNCIL

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

February 1, 2016

The regular meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by Mayor Gary Graham who led the Council in “The Pledge of Allegiance.”

Philip Goodwin, City Clerk, called the roll: Gene McCoskey, present; Richie Meile, present; Jerry Albrecht, present; Robert Kueker, present; Jerry Mouser, present; Kevin Hagarty, present; Herb Roach, present; Matthew Smallheer, present; Michael Bennett, present; Courtney Marsh, present; Ray Holden, present; Ned Drolet, present; David Cozad, present; Harlan Gerrish, present. A quorum was declared present.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mayor Graham asked for approval of the minutes. Motion was made by J. Mouser and seconded by K. Hagarty to approve the minutes of January 19, 2016. All ayes. Motion carried.

PUBLIC HEARING – None scheduled.

RESIDENTS: Mayor Graham asked if anyone wished to come forward to speak to the Council.

Justin Walters of the O’Fallon Marching Panthers Band said they have paired with the O’Fallon Weekly and are selling subscriptions. He said $9.00 of each subscription will go into the personal account of the student to fund their trip to the Orange Bowl in Florida.

REPORTS:

Clerk’s Report: P. Goodwin read the following requests:

1. Request from O.U.S.A.R.T. to conduct a raffle from February 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017 for cash

2. Request from the O’Fallon Moose Lodge to conduct a raffle on March 13, 2016 for various packets of meat and on March 1, 2016 for two rifles, ammunition, and cash

3. Request from Hospice of Southern Illinois, Inc. to conduct a raffle on February 6, 2016 for a Split the Pot cash prize at the KC Hall on Old Collinsville Road

Motion by M. Bennett and seconded by G. McCoskey to approve the requests. All ayes. Motion carried.

P. Goodwin then read a request from American Legion Post 137 to conduct a roadblock on Saturday, June 4^th at the intersections of State and Lincoln and State and Smiley from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Insurance pending) and a request from the Knights of Columbus Council #4239 to conduct a roadblock on Friday, September 16^th from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. as well as 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, September 17^th from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the intersections of State and Lincoln and State and Smiley (Insurance pending).

Motion by M. Bennett and seconded by J. Mouser to approve the requests. All ayes, except for N. Drolet. Motion carried.

Mayor’s Report: No report.

RESOLUTIONS:

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Mouser to consider Resolution items 1 – 5 under the Omnibus Agreement.

H. Roach asked M. Hutchison for clarification on Item 1. He asked if the $17,500 was going to the organization listed as they have already done their part of the study or is it for them to reach out to other entities to see what their interest is and then coming back to us with a complete proposal. M. Hutchison replied that they will develop a list of partners and put a business plan together. We then could develop current fields into artificial fields, as that is the standard. We want to still be able to attract them.

All ayes. Motion carried.

Mayor Graham read them:

Item 1 - Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with Game On Sports for the purpose of a consulting agreement for services conducting study for the comprehensive plan for the Sports Park Village in an amount not to exceed $17,500

Item 2 - Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Local Agency Agreement for Federal Participation for the construction of the Milburn School Road Sidewalk & Pedestrian Bridge Project in an amount of $391,290

Item 3 - Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an IDOT Construction Engineering Services agreement for Federal Participation with Rhutasel and Associates for the Milburn School Road Sidewalk & Pedestrian Bridge Project at a cost of $34,500

Item 4 - Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. for the Union Hill Watermain Extension in an amount of $366,035

Item 5 – Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute agreements with Horner & Shifrin for the design of the Green Mount Road Watermain Relocation in an amount $16,000

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Mouser to approve resolution items 1 – 5 under the previous Omnibus Agreement.

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; Albrecht, aye; Kueker, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Roach, aye; Smallheer, aye; Bennett, aye; Marsh, aye; Holden, aye; Drolet, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye. Ayes – 14; Nos – 0. All ayes. Motion carried.

ORDINANCES:

1st Reading –

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by R. Kueker to approve on 1^st Reading, Item 6, an Ordinance amending Ord. 623, Zoning, Development known as Skyline Community Church located at 870 Milburn School Road.

2^nd Reading – None brought forward.

STANDING COMMITTEES –

Community Development: J. Albrecht said they will meet next Monday at 6:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building.

Public Works: G. McCoskey stated the next meeting is February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building.

Public Safety: C. Marsh said they will meet next Monday at 5:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building.

Finance/Administration: Motion by M. Bennett and seconded J. Albrecht to approve Warrant #343 in the amount of $738,209.29.

Parks and Environment: R. Holden said they will meet next month.

Mayor Graham mentioned that they should be able to go forward on the first phase of the presidential streets in the spring. Jeff has a verbal agreement.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Graham announced there is no closed session tonight.

ADJOURNMENT: Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by K. Hagarty to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:13 p.m.

Submitted by,

__________________________

Philip A. Goodwin

City Clerk

Minutes recorded by

Maryanne Fair, Deputy City Clerk

Proper notice having been duly given

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