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City of Flora City Council will meet June 17.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

OPENING CEREMONIES

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION

PUBLIC COMMENTS

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

APPROVE AGENDA FOR JUNE 17, 2024 FLORA CITY COUNCIL MEETING

CONSENT AGENDA

• ACCEPT POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MAY 2024

• ACCEPT BUILDING AND ZONING REPORT FOR MAY 2024

• APPROVE TREASURER’S REPORT FOR MAY 2024

• APPROVE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 3, 2024

• APPROVE SCHEDULE OF BILLS FOR MAY 29, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 12, 2024

REGULAR BUSINESS

Mayor Rick Slaughter

1) Accept the Retirement Notice of Guye Durre, Chief of Police (effective 11:59 p.m. on September 25, 2024)

2) Appoint Jeremy Ruger as Chief of Police with a Yearly Salary of $97,457.36 (effective 12:00 a.m. on September 26, 2024)

3) Appoint Kaleb Greenwood as Assistant Chief of Police with a Yearly Salary of $90,253.93 (effective 12:00 a.m. on September 26, 2024)

4) Hire Luke Durre as Police Officer, Effective August 1, 2024 at $29.57 per hour (per union contract for lateral transfers)

5) Appoint Jen Henson to the Tourism Board (2-year term to expire June 17, 2026) 6) Reappoint Robert Powless to the Airport Authority Board (5-year term to expire June 28, 2029) 7) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3355, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 27 “CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES REQUIRED TO RESIDE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS”

Commissioner Linda Spicer

Commissioner Jeremy Henderson

Commissioner Phil Wiley

Commissioner Jim Fehrenbacher

City Attorney Bob Coble

Chief of Police Guye Durre

City Administrator/Economic Development Director Mike Stanford

1) A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2025 NON-REGULATED VENDOR AGREEMENT FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP)

2) Approve Invoice – Nussmeyer Tree Service ($48,833.39)

3) Update Council on Main Street Resurfacing Project and Payment Request

4) Update Council on Pickleball Courts and Payment Request

City Clerk Becky Burgess

1) Approve Closed Session Minutes of June 3, 2024

City Treasurer Kim Adair

Building and Zoning Official Chad Bayles

1) A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE GLORIA ABOTT REAL ESTATE AS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS (421 E. 3rd Street)

2) A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE REBECCA CLOSSON REAL ESTATE AS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS (729 N. State Street)

3) A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RONALD WAYNE COBLE REAL ESTATE AS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS (404 W. 5th Street)

4) A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE DELORES M. MAYBERRY REAL ESTATE AS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS (715 W 4th Street)

5) A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE SHAWN JANYE REAL ESTATE AS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS (419 Presley)

6) A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE SHAWN JANYE REAL ESTATE AS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS (401 W. 5th Street)

7) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3356, AN ORDINANCE REZONING REAL ESTATE TO C-2 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OWNED BY EJ LEWIS PROPERTIES, LLC AND BEING PURCHASED BY OUTBACK STORAGE II, LLC (708 S. Main Street)

8) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3357, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE TO OUTBACK STORAGE II, LLC (708 S. Main Street)

9) Consideration of a Petition Filed by Yongxin Enterprises, Inc. Requesting Special Use to Construct Self Storage Units (306 W. North Ave.)

Superintendent of Public Services Toby Rinehart

CLOSED SESSION

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3) The selection of a person to fill a public office, as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public office, when the public body is given power to appoint under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public body is given power to remove the occupant under law or ordinance.

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body.

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21) Meetings for the discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Act either for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or a semi-annual review of the minutes as required by the Act.

OPEN SESSION

ADJOURN

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