City Council

 

The regular meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Graham who led the Council in “The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.”

 

Philip Goodwin, City Clerk, called the roll:  Gene McCoskey, present; Richie Meile, present; Ed True, present; Jerry Albrecht, present; Jerry Mouser, present; Kevin Hagarty, present; John Drolet, present; Herb Roach, present; Michael Bennett, present; Courtney Cardona, excused; Jim Hursey, present; Ray Holden, present; David Cozad, present; Harlan Gerrish, present.  A quorum was declared present.

 

Mayor Graham asked for approval of the minutes.  Motion was made by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Mouser to approve the minutes of July 7, 2014.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

PUBLIC HEARING – None scheduled.

 

RESIDENTS:    Sue from St. Elizabeth Hospital thanked the City Council for their support.

 

 

Clerk’s Report:  City Clerk Goodwin read a request from the Wheels of Freedom MC, Inc.to conduct a raffle for a wheelbarrow of alcohol from July 22, 2014 – October 25^th, 2014.

 

Motion was made by E. True and seconded by J. Mouser to approve.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

Mayor’s Report:   Mayor Graham announced that this month’s Southwestern Illinois Council of Mayors meeting will be held Thursday, July 31^st at the Shrine of Our Lady of Snows.  He asked the Council to contact Jamie to secure reservations.

 

Mayor Graham asked Mr. Villhard and his family to come forward and pronounced July 21^st as Arthur R. Villhard Day in honor of his dedication to the City and his service in the military.

 

Mayor Graham asked Miss O’Fallon, Brittany Gray, to come forward, as she wanted to say a few words about her reign.  Mayor Graham stated that Brittany has been an outstanding example of the youth in our community.

 

 

 

Mayor Graham mentioned that St. Elizabeth Hospital is a three hundred million dollar development, and it will be sit on over one hundred acres on Green Mount.  He said it was not just about the hospital, but the synergy of the hospital.  Between Memorial Hospital and St. Elizabeth - it will be the medical mile.  He added that thousands of jobs will be created.  He said we have never had the jobs that keep the “brain trust” in our town.  The hospitals needed to go to an interstate location.

 

Motion by M. Bennett and seconded by E. True to approve Item 1, A Resolution supporting Hospital Sisters Health System on the proposed St. Elizabeth Hospital.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

There was a brief recess at 7:15 p.m. while Mayor Graham excused himself from the Council floor.  He asked Alderman Mouser to take over.

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by G. McCoskey to appoint J. Mouser as the Mayor Pro Tem for the meeting.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

 

1^st Reading – Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to consider on 1^st Reading, Item 2, an Ordinance amending Ord. 623, Zoning, development known as Demond Signs to be at 91 & 93 Betty Lane.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

2nd Readings – Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to consider on 2nd Reading, Ordinances 3 – 7, under the Omnibus Agreement.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by M. Bennett to approve on 2nd Reading,

Ordinances 3 – 7 under the previous Omnibus Agreement.

 

ITEM 3 – Ord. adopting the Personnel Code of 2014

 

ITEM 4 – Ord. amending Ord. 623, Zoning, development known as Enjoy Church

 

ITEM 5 – Ord. approving the final plat of the Parcs at Arbor Green – Phase 5B

 

ITEM 6 – Ord. amending Chapter 77, Traffic Schedules, Witte Farms Stop Sign

 

ITEM 7 – Ord. amending Ord. 2073, to add territory to St. Clair County MidAmerica Enterprise Zone

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

Mayor Graham stated the Ordinance approving the Franchise Agreement remains on hold.

 

 

Community Development:  Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by M. Bennett to approve the Special Event Permit requests from:

 

St. Clare Church to hold the Oktoberfest celebration on Friday, September 26^th and Saturday, September 27^th at the St. Clare School location, with conditions

 

Global Brew to hold an event “Craft Brew Bash” to be held on Saturday, September 6^th at the Community Park, with conditions

 

Global Brew to hold an event “Founders All Day Fest” on Friday, August 15^th at their location

 

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the Certificate of Need support sign.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

Public Works:  R. Meile announced that they will meet at 7:00 p.m. July 28^th.

 

Public Safety:  K. Hagarty announced they will meet August 11th at 5:00 p.m. in the Mayor’s Conference Room.

 

Finance/Administration:  Motion by M. Bennett and seconded by J. Albrecht to approve Warrant #305 in the amount of $2,078,156.94.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

Parks and Environment:  E. True stated they will meet at 5:30 p.m. on August 11th.  He said at their last meeting they discussed a contract with Global Brew, but it is a dead issue for now as they were not able to come to an agreement on the time frame.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  Mayor Graham returned at 7:22 p.m. to state that we would go into closed session to discuss purchase and or sale of property.

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to discuss purchase and or sale of property.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

The Council went into closed session at 7:24 p.m. and returned at 7:30 p.m. with no further business.

 

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

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:31 p.m.

 

Submitted by,

 

 

 

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Philip A. Goodwin

City Clerk                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                               

Minutes recorded by

Maryanne Fair, Deputy City Clerk

Proper notice having been duly given