South West Illinois News

City of Red Bud City Council met Oct. 7.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

I. Pledge of Allegiance

II. Call to order

III. Roll call

IV.* Motion to approve the financial statements

(Note: final revenues for each month are not recorded until after the first of the following month)

V.* Motion to approve the estimated and listed bills (Note to committee chairmen: please review list for additional bills, which may require individual Council approval.)

VI. Consideration of any additional bills

VII. Correspondence and public and guest comments

A.* Violence Prevention Center – Proclamation to designate October as Violence Prevention Month by Kay Clements

VIII. Consent Agenda – Items originated at committee level as indicated in ( )

A.* Approval of City Council meeting minutes – September 3, 2024

B. Approval for City Attorney to draft the sample ordinance using 1% grocery sales tax rate (Finance)

C. Approval to invest $350,000 of the City Hall, Code and Planning Funds in Illinois Funds Investment Pool Fund (Finance)

D. Accept FY ’24 audit results from Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson (Finance)

E. Approval for school crossing guard position to be paid $20.00 per session (Personnel)

F. Approval of training requests for Kristy Cooper – SWIC VPC, EI and Customer Service (Personnel)

G. Approval of training requests for Jill Landgraf – SWIC VPC and leadership training (Personnel)

H. Approval of ComWell requests to reserve additional spaces for handicapped parking and use pavilion 1 at Ratz Park, less fee on September 27, 2024 for Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Program from 7AM-4PM (Cultural)

I. Approval of $100 Witches Night Out t-shirt sponsorship (Cultural)

J. Approval of Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois to place purple ribbons on trees in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Cultural)

K. Approval of David Friess request to use Ratz Park, pavilion 1, less fee for Women’s Leadership Initiative scavenger hunt on October 19, 2024 (Cultural)

L. Authorization to obtain bids/investigate lease options for replacement backhoe (Public Works)

M. Accept SealMaster St. Louis proposal for new paint sprayer, NTE $8,970 (Public Works)

N. Accept Metro-Ag sludge removal contract (Public Works)

O. Approval of mural application from Lanetta Adams, Health Focus, Inc. at 505 S. Main St. (Zoning)

P. Approval of Muskets homecoming requests October 10-13, 2024 (Recreational Facilities)

Q. Approval to release minutes from March 18, 2024 (Executive Session Minute Review)

IX. Reports of standing Committees, Departments, and other Committees, Boards & Commissions

A. Finance Committee Meeting September 16, 2024 1.* Maturing CDs

B. Personnel Committee Meeting September 16, 2024

C. Public Health and Safety Committee Meeting September 16, 2024

D. Public Works Committee Meeting September 16, 2024

1. Approval to end Hunter Bauer’s 6-month probationary period, effective October 2, 2024

2. Approval to end Bob Zipfel’s 6-month probationary period, effective October 9, 2024

3. Approval of $2.50/hour step increase for Hunter Bauer, effective the first full pay period following the council meeting

E. Zoning Committee Meeting September 16, 2024

F. Cultural Committee Meeting September 16, 2024

1.* UltraPlay’s request to collect at the four way stop on October 12, 2024 from 10AM-2PM to benefit the dog park project

2.* Red Bud High School National Honors Society to sell donuts at the four way stop on October 26, 2024 from 7AM-12PM

3.* RBHS FFA request - hot chocolate run on November 29, 2024

G. Recreational Facilities Meeting September 16, 2024

H. Executive Session Minutes Review Committee Meeting September 16, 2024

I.* Planning Commission Meeting September 17, 2024

J. Economic Development Commission No Meeting

1.* Monroe County, IL Economic Development Corporation annual stakeholder dinner on October 24, 2024

K.* Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting September 4, 2024

X. Old business

XI. New business

A.* Review of October calendar

B. Other comments

C. Adjournment

*Documentation enclosed.

Additional agenda items may be added the night of the meetings.

Some documentation may be delivered to the meeting and will not be available in advance.

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