City of West Frankfort City Council met July 11.
Here is the minutes provided by the Council:
1. Mayor Jordan Called The Meeting To Order At 7:00 p.m. Reo Uesting Aroll Call All Commissioners Were In Attendance, Along With The City At Torney And City Clerk.
2. Mayor Jordanasked For Approval Of The Minutes From The June 27, 2017 Regular Council Meeting. Commissioner Simpson Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Harkins, Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Woted To Approve Motion Carried.
3. Mayor Jordan Next Asked For Approval To Pay City Bills And Payrollin The Amount Of $216,796.88. Commissioner Simpson Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Woted To Approve Motion Carried.
4. The Next Item Was Approval To Accept Bids And Awards Projects For Demolition The Mayor Stated The First Ones For 207 E. Manilla. We Have Three Bids, The First On Is From Mcvicker's For S3,850.00, Road Work Inc. Bid $9,830.72 And Joplin Salvage For S6,200.00. Commissioner Blades Stated Make The Motion To Accept The Low Bid From Mcvickers. Commissioner Blades Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: Commissioners Blades And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Commissioner Chambers Abstaned. Motion Carried.
A. The Mayor Stated We Only Received One Bidat The Property Located At 108 S. Emma The Bid Is From Mcvicker's For $12,750.00. This Is The Oldel Vallarta Buildingit Is One Structure With Two Buildings. This Bid Does Not Include Any Asbestos Inspection Or Removal Commissioner Simpson Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Harkins, Roll Call Vote: Commissioners Blades And Mayor Jordan Woted To Approve Commissioner Chambers Abstained. Motion Carried.
5. The Next Item Was Approval For The Closure Of The 100 Block Of North Jackson Street Forer Brown's Annual Street Sale Onjuly 12 Through July 15, 2017. Commissioner Chambers Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Blades. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
6. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, To Advertise For Bids From Independent Contractors Regarding Uanitorial Services For City Hall The Mayor Stated We Have Had The Same Lades Dong Our Uanitorial Work Here At City Hall For Over Two Years And This Is Just For Discussion. We Would Like To Look At Different Options And Maybe Save Some Money On The Cost Of The Janitorial Service. Commissioner Blades Stated Would Like To Keep It Local If We Could. Commissioner Harkins Stated We Will Advertise This For Two Weeks7 The City Clerkstated It Will Be Advertised For Two Weeks And Posted. Commissioner Simpson Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
7. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of An Engineer's Final Paymentestimate For K.R.B. Excavation Inc. In The Amount Of $26,853.00 Regarding The 9"Streetsidewalk Project Commissioner Chambers Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Blades, Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
8. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of Invoices From Brown And Roberts Inc. In The Amount Of $5,163.50 And $4,878.90 Regarding The 9"Streetsidewalkproject. The City Clerk Stated Put The Wrong Amount For The Second Invoice. Put $5,163.50 On The Agenda, But The Actual Amount Of The Invoice Is $5,340.98. It Is Within 10%, I Read The Wrong Amount On The Bill When Made The Agenda. Commissioner Chambers Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Blades. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Woted To Approve Motion Carred.
9. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of An Engineer's Final Paymentestimate For Sierra Bravo Contractors, Llc In The Amount Of $10,749.19 Regarding The Factory Outlet Loop Extension. Commissioner Simpson Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Harkins, Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
10. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of An Invoice From Schulte Supply In The Amount Of $1,798.00 Regarding The Purchase Of Water Meters For The Water Department. Commissioner Blades Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Simpson Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Woted To Approve Motion Carried.
11. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of Aninvoice From Energy Culvert Company In The Amount Of $3,394.60 Regarding Purchase Of Culverts For The Street Department. Commissioner Chambers Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Blades, Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
12. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of Aninvoice From Illinois Environmental Protection Agency In The Amount Of $17,500.00 Regarding The Annualnpdes Fee For The Sewer Department Commissioner Blades Stated This Is Our Annual Epa Deal That We Can't Get Away From. Commissioner Blades Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
13. Officers Reports:
Chefallen Read The Fire Department's Report
Chef Irwin Read The Police Department's Report.
Codes Officer, Ed Hammonds, Read The Codes Report.
14. Building And Sign Permits:
The First Request Is One Thatwe Had Tabled For Further Discussion On Randy House The Fielders Choice Building, We Have Determined That There Are Now Sewer Lines In That Area And His Request To Youis To Use That Areato Connect Part Of His Building To The Existing Fielders Choice. Roger Stanley Has No Use To That Alley At All Commissioner Chambers Stated That Is Notaused Alley We Have Cleared It Out Several Times. The Mayor Stated Should We Approve The Building Permit First Or Should We Talkabout Wacating The Alley First? Commissioner Chambers Stated Think We Should Wacate The Alley Before We Give A Building Permit To Build On The Property. The City At Torney Mike Riva Stated We Should Wacate The Alley First. The Mayor Stated We Don't Have That On The Agenda Sowe Will Put That On The Agenda For The Next Meeting. We Can Go Ahead And Approve The Building Permit Pending That We Will Take Action On Vacating The Alley Next Council Meeting The Mayor Stated I Don't Thinklightly Giving Away The City's Property, But When Somebody Is Going To Make An Investment In Our Community With A $50,000.00 Structure And Create Jobs We Will Vacate The Alley. The Alley Has No Services In It That Have To Be Moved And It Is Not In Use So Don't Have A Problem With It Everybody In Town Has An Alley And We Can't Give Them All Away There Needs To Be Some Sort Of Prerequisite For That What We Are Saying Is If Yougota Business With A Property Behind You And You Are Going To Expand And Need To Build On The Alley We Will Consider Wacating The Alley Commissioner Chambers Stated We Got Luck To Have Him Come Towest Frankfort Because He Owns A Business In Johnston City And He Is Combining It With His Business In West Frankfort. Hes Bringing The Johnston City Business To Us So Think Accommodating Hms A Good Thank You For Hm Bringing The Extrabusiness To West Frankfort. Commissioner Harkins Stated Imake A Motion To Approve The Building Permit Contingent Upon The Approval Of Wacating The Alley Commissioner Harkins Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Smpson Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
The Other Building Permit Have Is From James And Julie Trogolo. They Are Reo Uesting A Building Permit For A New Houseat 1786 Old Marion Road. The Lot Is Plenty Big And The Set Backs Are Considerable From The Road. Commissioner Blades Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
15. Mayors Comments:
I Would Like To Thank The Council For Allowing Me To Serve On The Illinois Municipal League Board Drove To Bloomington Today And We Hada Board Meeting. It Is An Honor To Be Associated With The Iml They Fight Very Hard For Municipalities. We Were All Informed That The Budget Bill That Was Passed Has Alttle Prize For Municipalities In It. The State Is Now Going To Collect A 2% Charge Or Service Fee For Collecting Taxes For The City Our Sales Tax, Home Rule And Gas Taxwe Will Give 2% Of That Back To The State We Also Have Something Called The Local Government Disbursement Fund Which Comes From The Income Tax There Will Probably Be Some Discussion Come Up About That And The Iml Will Stand With The City And Try And Keep That, Currently We Get 10%. The Fireworks Were Pretty Nice That The Park Put On.
16. Commissioner Comments:
Commissioner Harkins Stated The Police Andfire Departments Are Staying Busy And Dong A Good Jobas Usual.
Commissioner Simpson Stated Think All The City Employees Are Dong A Good Job And Appreciate Their Effort.
Commissioner Chambers Stated As We Tear Downel Wallarta One Of My Biggest Complaints That I Hear About All Over Town Is A Lack Of City Public Parking That Lot Specifically Saterrible Parking Lot. If There Is An Opportunity For The City To Use That Asadditional Parking In The Future That Would Be My Recommendation To Consider.
17. Audience Questions Or Comments:
The Mayor Stated At This Time Would Like To Ummcphail. Jm Stated I Am Here Tonight To Represent The Park District. Was On The Park Board Back In The 1980's And I Have Had The Opportunity To Get Back On And Have Been There Since May. I Have Hada Passion For The Parkall My Life. Lived There When Was A Kd And Lived There When Raised My Famly. What I Am After Is Money And I Am Going To Tell You Why The Park District Needs It. Here Is The Drawing Of Our Basketball Courts At The Parkand I Am Going To Make A Suggestion To All Of You To Stop And See The Basketball Courts Thatwe Have Today. It Is A Shame, They Are Terrible. Isee What Needs To Be Done Out There And These Basketball Courts Have Neededdone Formany Years. The Estimate Have Todo What Want Todo Out There Is $30,000.00. The Park Has Started A Fund To Re-Do The Basketball Courts About 4-5 Years Ago And That Fund Has Gottento $5,000.00. I Have Volunteered Todo This Because Ampassionateabout It. I Have Been Out Already Asking People And I Am Amazed By The Generosity Of Our Community. Anything You Can Do Would Be Greatly Appreciated. Commissioner Simpson Stated The Park District Is Committed That Once Theserenovations Are Done To Maintain Them? Jim Stated Yes, As Long Asi Am On The Board.
18. Mayor Jordanasked For Approval To Go Into Executive Session To Discuss Contract Negotiations, Personnel And Acquisition And/Or Pending Litigation, With Possible Action. Commissioner Harkins Made Amotion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissionersalong With The Mayor Wotedyes. Motion Carried The Council Went Into Executive Session At 7:37 p.m.
19. The Council Returned To Open Session At 8:24 p.m. On A Motionby Commissioner Harkins, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissionersalong With Mayor Jordan Voted To Return To Open Session. Motion Carried
20. With No Further Business To Be Discussed, The Meeting Was Adjourned On A Motion By Commissioner Harkins At 8:24 p.m.
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