City of West Frankfort City Council met December 12.
Here is the minutes provided by the Council:
1. Mayor Jordan Called The Meeting To Order At 7:00 p.m. Requesting A roll Call. All Commissioners Were In Attendance, Along With The City Attorney And City Clerk.
2. Mayor Jordan Asked For Approval Of The Minutes From The November 28, 2017 Council Meeting. Commissioner Harkins Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Simpson Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
3. Mayor Jordan Next Asked For Approval To Pay City Bills And Payroll in The Amount Of $247,075.73 Commissioner Simpson Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers, Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
4. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Resolution Appointing A Paid On Call Colunteer Firefighter To The City Of West Frankfort Fire Department. Fire Chief, Jody Allen Stated Would Like The Councils Approval To Put On Aj Willmore, He Is One Of Our Police Officers. Commissioner Harkins Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Blades. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
5. The Next Item Was Approval To Renew Gallagher Bassett Services As The City's Third Party Administrator For The Period Of 12/31/2017 - 12/31/2018 Regarding Workers Compensation Clams For A Minimum Clam Handling Fee Of $18,435.00 And Excess Workers Compensation Coverage For An estimated Costs S90,728.00. The Mayor Stated Gallagher Bassett is Who We Have Been Doing Business With For The Last Three-Four Years. This Year Our Workman's Comp Insurance Has Gone Up About 33%. We Are Self Managed And The Cost Lat Year Was S64,297.00 And It Has Gone Up To S90,728.00 For Excess Coverage After Our $600,000.00 Deductible Commissioner Simpson Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
6. The Next Item Was Approval Of An ordinance Vacating A Portion Of Factory Outlet Drive Right Of Way. The Mayor Stated This Will Accommodate Mach 1 And Protect Our Right Of Way Commissioner Blades Made A motion 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 Of A Resolution Of Support To Apply To The State Of Illinois For A Community Development Block Grant And Approval For The Mayor And City Clerk To Execute Documents Regarding The Application Matt Tosh Stated This Is In Support Of An Application For Monroe Street For Sanitary Sewers. There Is One Section That Could Collapse Anytime Now Commissioner Blades Made a Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Simpson. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
8. The Next Item was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding Approval Of A Resolution Establishing a policy Prohibiting Sexual Harassment. The Mayor Stated The State Of Illinois Has Mandated That All Government Units Adopt Within 60 Days After An Effective Date Of November 16, 2017 Which Is January 15, 2018 An ordinance Of Resolution Establishing a policy Prohibiting Sexual Harassment.
9. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Proposed Wage Reopener Regarding The Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City And The Illinois Fraternal Order Of Police Labor Council - Captain's Contract To Cover The Period Of March 1, 2017 Through February 28, 2018. The Mayor Stated This Isa Wage Reopener We Started Negotiating This In March Of 2017. Commissioner Harkins Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Simpson Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
10. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Proposed Wage Reopener Regarding The Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City And The Illinois Fraternal Order Of Police Labor Council - Patrolmen's Contract To Cover The Period Of March 1, 2017 Through February 28, 2018. Commissioner Harkins Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
11. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Proposed Wage Reopener Regarding The Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City And Laborers Local 773/Dispatchers To Cover The Period Of March 1, 2017 Through February 28, 2018. The Mayor Stated For Training They Will Receive $500.00 A Year Annually On The Anniversary Of This Agreement. Commissioner Simpson Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Harkins, Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried
12. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Proposed Bargaining Agreement Between The City And Laborers Local 77.3/Lieutenants & Sergeants To Cover The Period Of March 1, 2017 Through February 28, 2018. The Mayor Stated This Contract Is Going To Be Automatically Renewed Unless There Is An Agreement Between The Two Parties To Open The Contract. In The Event Such Notice Is Given Negotiation Will Begin No Later Than 90 Days After The Anniversary Date. Commissioner Harkins Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Simpson Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
13. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of An Invoice From B&J Construction In The Amount Of $21,385.00 Regarding Structural Rebuild Today Insurance Due To Demolition Of Building On Emma Street. The Mayor Stated We Have Talked About This In The Past This Is The Bill For The Cost When We Demolished The Building At The Corner Of The Alley We Were Told By The Demolition Crew That We Would Lose The Day Insurance Building If The Building Was Not Secured. The Construction Crew Came In And Secured The Building And Made It Safe, They Replaced The Wall Fixed The Roof And Interior wall Commissioner Chambers Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Blades. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
14. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of An Invoice To Stryker Medical In The Amount Of $3,213.58 For Payment Of A New Star Chair For The Fire Department. Fire Chief Jody Allen Stated Was Approached By The Elk's Club And They Wanted To Donate a Stair Chair To Our Department so This Would Be For Half. Commissioner Harkins Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Simpson. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
15. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of An Invoice From 4siwin The Amount Of $2,891.72 For Wi-Fi equipment For The West Frankfort Mall Commissioner Blades Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Chambers. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
16. The Next Item Was Approval For Payment Of An Invoice From Fowler Heating & Cooling Inc. In The Amount Of $4,510.00for The WFBI. The Mayor Stated We Have Rented Two Units And The Roof Unit Went Out. Commissioner Chambers Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Blades. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
17. Officer Reports:
Chef Allen Read The Fire Department's Report.
Chef Irwin Read The Police Department's Report.
Ed Hammonds Read The Code Department's Report.
18. Building And Sign Permits:
The First Request Was a Sign Permit From Ryan Kathalyn as. He Is Taking Over The Building At 511 N. Douglas Street For His New Office. Commissioner Harkins Made A motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Simpson. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve Motion Carried.
19. Mayors Comments
The Mayor Stated Want To Thank The Council For Allowing Me To Go To Chicago For The IML I Had a nice Time Up there. Living In A Small Community We Don't Have All The Same Problems The Larger Communities Have It Is Nice To Stand Listen To The Discussion In A Similar Environment. Want To Thank The Council's Overwhelming Support For Mach1 The Council Has Done Everything They Needed To do And Appreciate That Thanks To Mike Riva And Brown And Roberts For All Their Work and Allowing Them To Move Forward With Construction If You Have Been By The Dollar General On East Man We Have Worked With Them For Three Years And It Is Moving Along Fast. The Bridal Shop is Moving Into The Mall And Country Companies Is Currently Dong Construction Out There For A New Entrance On The South End. We Are Getting Alot Of Compliments And Business Out There We Spoke With One Of The Merchants Today And They Talked About How Much He Has Notice The Increased Traffic At The Mall Our renters Out There Are Happy And Their Sales Are Up.
20. Commissioner Comments:
Commissioner Harkins Stated The Police And Fire Department As usual Are Doing A Professional Job, Aj Am Glad To Have You As a Pad On Call Fireman.
Commissioner Simpson Stated We Are All Glad To Have You Aj we Appreciate What You Do As A Police Officer And Now That You Are Moving Along To Be A Fireman Wish Everybody A Merry Christmas And Hope The Seasons Everything You Expect It To Be.
Commissioner Chambers Stated Want To Thank roger And The Street Department For All Their Hard Work around The Holidays. They Have Taken On A lot They Do it well And Don't Complain About T. Saw Them Out Helping The Lades Put Up The Small Trees And Decorating Them. They Do a Good Job and I Appreciate Everything You Guys Do To Help Christmas Town. Also Want To Thanked Hammonds For All The Stuff You Do And All The Complaints We Get Have Had Several Incidents Lately Where People Have Been Very Angry And Ed Has Fixed Them Ina Quick Amount Of Time And Made Them Very Happy Know That Isn't Always Possible To Do but I Appreciate It And So do They.
21 Audience Questions Or Comments:
Don Stated Want To Thank The Ambulance People For Their Services I Have Had To Use Them A Time Or Two. Also Want To Thank The Police Department For All They Do And All The Calls They Get. Want To Thank The Water, Street, Sewer And Office Workers As Well.
22. With No Further Business To Be Discussed, The Meeting Was Adjourned On A Motion By Commissioner Harkins At 7:38 p.m.
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