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, present; Jim Hursey, present; Ray Holden, present; David Cozad, present; Harlan Gerrish, excused.  A quorum was declared present.

 

Mayor Graham asked for approval of the minutes.  Motion was made by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to approve the minutes of October 20, 2014.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

PUBLIC HEARING – None scheduled.

 

RESIDENTS:    Mayor Graham invited any resident forward to speak.  Ron Zelms came forward to speak against the proposed sale of the water company.  He said he read the Strategic Plan and what made a strong community.  He wants to be able to vote on the issue.

 

Terry Lysakowski also spoke against the sale.  He stated that we buy our water from Illinois American Water, so whoever would buy our company, would have to as well.  He was concerned that the entity would pass on upgrades to the customer.

 

 

Clerk’s Report:  Motion by J. Mouser and seconded by E. True to approve the request from O’Fallon Homecoming/VFW to conduct a parade on November 29^th (rain date December 6^th) starting at 6:00 p.m. and ending at 7:30 p.m. from the Community Park to 221 W. 1^st Street.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

Mayor’s Report:   Mayor Graham read a Proclamation declaring November 3, 2014 as Kyle Dismukes Day.

 

Mayor Graham announced that we would have a Council Meeting on November 10^th.  We will go into Executive Session and no action will be taken.  He also announced that tomorrow the paper would announce that an Aquatics Center is coming to O’Fallon.

 

RESOLUTIONS:  D. Sullivan asked that Item 4 be withdrawn from the agenda.  Motion by M. Bennett and seconded by J. Albrecht to place Item 4 on hold.

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Mouser to consider Resolutions Items 1 – 3 under the Omnibus Agreement.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

Mayor Graham read the following resolutions:

 

Item 1 - Resolution authorizing the O’Fallon Fire Department Federal and Statewide Deployment of Employee Compensation

 

Item 2 – Resolution authorizing the City Clerk to sign an IDOT resolution for use of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) for road maintenance in CY2015, Section 15-00000-00-GM

 

Item 3 – Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with Thouvenot, Wade, and Moerchen, Inc. (TWM) for professional services for the design of Porter Road, $65,000 and for the use of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds in an amount not to exceed $650,000 for the total project cost

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Mouser to approve Resolutions Item 1 – 3 under the previous Omnibus Agreement.

 

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.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

 

1^st Reading – Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to consider 1^st Reading Ordinance, Item 5 an Ordinance authorizing the addendum to the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Agreement.

 

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.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to consider 1^st Reading Ordinance, Item 6, an Ordinance which authorizes the execution of the Redevelopment Agreement with Commercial Real Estate Investors, LP.

 

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.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

2nd Readings –

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by M. Bennett to consider 2^nd Reading Ordinances Items 7 – 10 under the Omnibus Agreement.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

 

Mayor Graham read the Ordinances:

 

Item 7 - Ord. amending Chapter 72, Section 72.19, Parking, as amended, (Section 70 was incorporated into and referred to as “Truck Ordinance” on 1^st reading)

 

Item 8 – Ord. amending Chapter 98, Obstructions, (Referred to as “Parking Ordinance” on 1^st reading)

 

Item 9 - Ord. amending Chapter 75: Vehicle Conditions, Equipment and Loads (Referred to as “Truck Ordinance” on 1^st reading)

 

10.  Ord. designating 226 West State, known as the Wachter Building, as a local historic landmark

 

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Mouser to approve Ordinances Items 7 – 10 under the previous Omnibus Agreement.

 

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.  Ayes - 13; Nos – 0.  Motion carried.

 

An Ordinance amending Chapter 111, Section 111.99 is on hold, and an Ordinance approving the Franchise Agreement remains on hold.

 

 

Community Development:J. Albrecht stated the committee will meet on November 10^th in the Mayor’s Conference Room at 5:30 p.m.

 

Public Works:  R. Meile announced that they will meet November 24th at the Public Safety Building at 7:00 p.m.

 

Public Safety:  K. Hagarty said they will meet at 5:00 p.m. on November 10^th.

 

Finance/Administration:  Motion by M. Bennett and seconded by G. McCoskey to approve Warrant #312 in the amount of $863,446.38.

 

ROLL CALL: McCoskey, aye; Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Mouser, no; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, recused; Roach, aye; Bennett, no; Cardona, no; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye.  Ayes - 9; Recuse – 1; Nos – 3.  Motion carried.

 

Parks and Environment:  E. True said they would not have a meeting.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Graham said there is no Executive Session.

 

H. Roach mentioned that County Board members John West, Craig Hubbard, and Dennis Renner provided a successful recycling center in Shiloh a couple of weeks ago.

 

He also thanked the Police Chief, Fire Chief and EMS staff.  He said he the Citizen Police Academy was well done.  He stressed that everyone should take the opportunity to go through it.

 

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

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 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