City Council

 

The regular meeting was called to order at 7:01 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, present; 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. Mouser and seconded by J. Albrecht to approve the minutes of August 18, 2014.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

PUBLIC HEARING – None scheduled.

 

RESIDENTS:    Dan Stetman from the movie set “Belleville” announced that the movie will play of the O’Fallon Cine 15 this weekend.  They asked the Council to attend the movie and support the local effort.  Ms. McClain, the cast director, also said they will be auditioning for a sports theme movie.  She is an O’Fallon high school graduate.

 

 

Clerk’s Report:  City Clerk Goodwin read the following requests:

 

1.  Request from Sgt. Charles Fricke VFW Post 805 to conduct a Veteran’s Parade on November 11^th from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. from the corner of east 5^th Street and Park Street and ending at the corner of 1^st Street and South Oak

 

2.  Request from the O’Fallon Bombers Traveling Baseball Team to conduct a raffle for a complete auto detail from Precise Mobile Detailing from September 3, 2014 - October 15, 2014

 

Motion by J. Mouser and seconded by E. True to approve the requests.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

Mayor’s Report:   No report.

 

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by G. McCoskey to approve Item 1, A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with Rooter’s Asphalt for the City parking lot sealing and striping – CY 2014 project in an amount of $47,018 on unit rates and quantities bid.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Cardona, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 14; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

 

1^st Reading – None brought forward.

 

2nd Readings –

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Mouser to approve on 2nd Reading, an Ordinance approving the Final Plat of the Parcs at Arbor Green – Phase 6.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Cardona, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 14; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

 

Community Development:  Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Mouser to approve the Special Event request from Frieze Harley-Davidson to conduct a New Model Year Open House on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at their location with noted conditions.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

He stated the committee will meet on September 8th at 6:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building.

 

Public Works:  R. Meile asked for a motion to approve the purchase of a single axle and tandem axle dump truck form Truck Centers, Inc. for a total of $304,888.  Motion by J. Hursey and seconded by J. Mouser to approve.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Cardona, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 14; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

R. Meile announced that they will meet September 22nd at 7:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building.

 

Finance/Administration:  M. Bennett announced that the Council would be doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge directly after the meeting.  He said some aldermen will be donating their donation to a charity of their choice.

 

Motion by M. Bennett and seconded by J. Albrecht to approve Warrant #308 in the amount of $1,870,936.35.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Roach, aye; Drolet, aye; Bennett, aye; Cardona, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 14; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

Public Safety:  K. Hagarty announced they will meet September 8th at 5:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building.

 

Parks and Environment:  E. True stated they will meet at 5:30 p.m. on September 8th at the Public Safety Building.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  Mayor Graham announced the Council would go into closed session to discuss acquisition or disposition of real estate.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, aye; Hagarty, aye; Roach, aye; Drolet, aye; Bennett, aye; Cardona, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye, Gerrish, aye.  Ayes - 14; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

Council went into closed session at 7:16 p.m and returned at 7:30 p.m. with no action.

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by M. Bennett to adjourn.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 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