City Council

Meeting date:

Monday, April 20, 2015

O’FALLON CITY COUNCIL

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

April 20, 2015

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

Philip Goodwin, City Clerk, called the roll: Gene McCoskey, excused; Richie Meile, present; Ed True, present; Jerry Albrecht, present; Jerry Mouser, excused; 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.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mayor Graham asked for approval of the minutes. Motion was made by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to approve the minutes of April 6, 2015. All ayes. Motion carried.

PUBLIC HEARING – Mayor Graham opened the Public Hearing at 7:01 p.m. for the consideration of the adoption of the fiscal year 2015-2016 Municipal Budget.

Mayor Graham called three times for public input but no one came forward. He closed the hearing at 7:02 p.m.

RESIDENTS: Mayor Graham invited any resident who wished to speak to come forward.

JoAnn Fischer came forward. She stated that the people have spoken at the last election, so the Council should amend the Strategic Plan. She added that improvements to the quality of life with road improvements is preferred.

Vern Malare spoke about the status of Phase 1 of the presidential streets. D. Sullivan answered that 95% of the plans are drawn up. We have started the easement process. Mayor Graham asked if the Proposition S money this year is going to do the improvements. D. Sullivan said all of it will be allocated to them.

John Bush, Gateway Events Coordinator, said about 3,000 people came by. He appreciated the support of the Council. M. Bennett added he went by the neighborhoods and it was quiet. He added that it was a good event.

T. Lysakowski voiced his concern about the prevailing wage and right to work resolution and the lack of discussion. He added that skilled labor is not cheap.

Mayor Graham said the Strategic Plan will not get done if none of the things are funded. We also are not going forward with the lease bids. He is assigning new committees and they will be looking over the budget. We have a 76 million dollar balanced budget. The State is looking at cutting from $500,000 to 1.4 million dollars.

REPORTS:

Clerk’s Report: City Clerk Goodwin read the following roadblock request from the Alzheimer Association for Saturday, June 13, 2015 from 8 – 12:00 noon at the intersections of State/Lincoln and State/Smiley. Applicant operates out of O’Fallon home. Motion by E. True and seconded by H. Gerrish to approve the request. All ayes. Motion carried.

Mayor’s Report: Mayor Graham stated this month’s meeting of the Southwestern Illinois Council of Mayor’s will be held April 23^rd at the Red Bud Winery.

He invited Gary Hursey to come forward and present a proclamation to Arthur and Ethel Louise Hinrichs in honor of their 60^th anniversary. They are life-long residents.

RESOLUTIONS: Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to approve Item 1, a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign an annexation agreement with Michael R. Kombrink, representing MRK Land Trust, for a path of annexation to the Reserves of Timber Ridge Subdivision. All ayes. Motion carried.

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to approve Item 2, a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign an annexation agreement with Denny Blumberg, representing Reserves of Timber Ridge, LLC for the Reserves of Timber Ridge Subdivision. All ayes. Motion carried.

ORDINANCES:

1^st Reading –

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Hursey to consider on 1^st reading, Item 3, an Ordinance amending Ord. 623, Zoning, development known as Green Mount Professional Park located at 1405 N. Green Mount Road.

ROLL CALL: Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Cardona, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye; Gerrish, aye. Ayes – 12; Nos – 0. Motion carried.

2nd Readings –

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by J. Drolet to consider on 2^nd reading, Ordinances 4, 5, 14, 15, and 16 under the Omnibus Agreement. All ayes. Motion carried.

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to approve on 2^nd reading, Ordinances 4, 5, 14, 15, and 16 under the previous Omnibus Agreement.

Mayor Graham read the following Ordinances:

Item 4 - An Ordinance budgeting for all corporate purposes of the City of O’Fallon for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2015 and ending April 30, 2016

5 - An ordinance amending 623, Zoning, Planned Use Development Gateway Classic Cars at 1237 Central Park Drive

14 - An Ordinance annexing Certain Territory to be named Reserves of Timber Ridge containing approximately 111.57 acres

15 - An Ordinance amending Ord. 623, Zoning, Development known as the Reserves of Timber Ridge Subdivision

16 - An Ordinance approving the transfer of the Volume Cap in connection with private activity bond issues and related matters

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to consider on 2^nd reading, Ordinances 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 under the Omnibus Agreement. All ayes. Motion carried.

Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to approve on 2^nd reading, Ordinances 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 under the previous Omnibus Agreement.

Mayor Graham read the following Ordinances:

6 - An Ordinance amending Ord. 623, Zoning, development known as Four Points Center located at the northwest corner of Scott-Troy Road and US Hwy 50

7 - An Ordinance approving the 2015 amendment to the City of O’Fallon TIF Redevelopment Project Area No. 1

8 - An Ordinance authorizing the Execution of Intergovernmental Agreement with O’Fallon Community School District 90 and O’Fallon Township High School 203

9 - An Ordinance approving the Tax Increment Redevelopment Plan and Project for the Route 50/Scot Troy Road Redevelopment Project Area

10 - An Ordinance Designating the Route 50/Scott-Troy Road Redevelopment Project Area

11 - An Ordinance adopting the Tax Increment Financing for the Route 50/Scott Troy Redevelopment Project Area

Item 12 - An Ordinance authorizing the execution of the redevelopment agreement with S.I. Strategy, LLC

13 - An Ordinance proposing the approval of a Business District Plan for the proposed Route 50/Scott-Troy Road Business District and fixing the time and place for a Public Hearing date on the Plan and designating the Business District

M. Bennett said that he does not think the name is just trivial. He is concerned it may lead to a legal issue. He also thinks a review of the building and layout of the site and development could be better as the hotel is built in such a way that it could be connected. Now the people will have to walk across the parking lot to get to the center.

ROLL CALL: Meile, aye; True, aye; Albrecht, aye; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, no; Cardona, aye; Hursey, aye; Holden, aye; Cozad, aye; Gerrish, aye. Ayes – 11; Nos – 1. Motion carried.

STANDING COMMITTEES –

Community Development:Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by E. True to approve the Special Event requests from:

Happy Day Tropical Sno Huts at 600 Southview and 6000 Old Collinsville Road, with conditions

Global Brew Crawfish Bowl to move the date from June 20^th to June 27^th and the Big Woody Comes to Town which includes alcohol sales, for April 29^th

Soul to Sole 5k Run/Walk on April 26^th from 8:30 – 12:30 p.m., with conditions

Enjoy Church, Alternative Parking Plan

All ayes. Motion carried. He stated they will meet April 27^th at the Public Safety building.

Public Works: R. Meile stated they will meet April 27^th at 7:00 p.m. at the Public Safety building.

Motion by H. Gerrish and seconded H. Roach to place a discussion of the lease on the agenda on where we are going and how we are going to proceed.

C. Cardona asked if we are going to discuss it before the new Council members are seated. D. Cozad added the Mayor stated earlier that we are not moving forward.

ROLL CALL: Meile, aye; True, no; Albrecht, no; Hagarty, aye; Drolet, aye; Roach, aye; Bennett, aye; Cardona, no; Hursey, aye; Holden, no; Cozad, no; Gerrish, aye. Ayes – 7; Nos – 5. All ayes. Motion carried.

Public Safety: K. Hagarty said they will meet May 11^th at 5:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building. He added that the traffic concern form will be added to the website.

Finance/Administration: He stated they will talk about the 2017 budget at the next committee meeting. If there is a major change in our revenue, they may talk about amending the current budget.

Motion by M. Bennett and seconded by G. McCoskey to approve Warrant #323 in the amount of $1,173,509.46.

Parks and Environment: E. True said the committee will meet May 11^th at 5:30 p.m.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Graham stated he needed a motion to go into Executive Session to discuss the purchase of property specifically Right–of–Way. Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by H. Roach to go into closed session.

Mayor Graham added they will not have action afterward.

The Council went into closed session at 7:36 p.m. and returned at 8:00 p.m. with no action.

ADJOURNMENT: Motion by J. Albrecht and seconded by R. Meile to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:01 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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