Sangamon Sun

Village of Williamsville Village Board met January 9.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

The Town Hall/board meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm by President Tom Yokley. Present: Clerk: Karen Winger. Trustees: Patrick Gettleman, Heather Hofferkamp, Dave Carter, John Brennan, Skylar Tierney. Absent: Matt Bunger

Guests: See attached.

Trustee Brenan moved to approve the minutes of the regular board meeting of December 12, 2016, seconded by Trustee Tierney. All ayes, motion carried.

Trustee Gettleman moved to approve the Executive minutes of December 12, 2016, seconded by Trustee Brennan. All ayes, motion carried.

Communications: President Yokley explained the miscommunication that was recently published in the Williamsville Sun Newspaper. He stated the newspaper stated the Village was approximately $270,000 over budget for 2017. President Yokley stated this is due to receiving an insurance payment for the fire in 2016, but not spending this money until 2017. The major portion of the rebuilt building has not been paid yet. He stated approximately $195,000 carries over, however showing a negative in the budget. He clearly stated the Village is not budgeting that much more expense than income. He stated the Village has a contingency of approximately $80,000 that is never spent. He stated the insurance money that was received in 2016 will be spent in 2017.

Mel Butterfield, Director of Building & Zoning, asked the board members to consider changing some building permit fees. He will get a copy of the current building permit fees to the board for their review.

Guests Comments/Concerns: Mark Mierjewski inquired why the tennis nets are still up. Kent Thompson stated he has been informed that the winter weather will not hurt the tennis nets. Taking the nets down for winter will not save the Village any money. Due to the warmer weather in the new future, Kent and the board anticipate people playing tennis later in the week.

Committee Reports:

Finance (Skylar Tierney): Trustee Tierney made a motion to approve the bills as presented. Trustee Brennan seconded the motion. All ayes, motion carried.

Trustee Tierney made a motion to make a $100 donation to the Cub Scouts for the Pinewood Derby. Trustee Gettleman seconded the motion. All ayes, motion carried.

Public Safety (John Brennan): Trustee Brennan shared the Incident Analysis Report for December.

Trustee Brennan updated the board in regards to the Sangamon County Mitigation Plan. He stated the plan is ready to be accepted. This plan involves 27 communities.

Trustee Brennan made a motion to pass Resolution #2017-1, a resolution regarding Sangamon County Multi-jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. Trustee Hofferkamp seconded the motion. All ayes, motion carried.

Water & Sewer, (Matt Bunger): Ordinance #2017-1 increase of sewer rates was introduced. This ordinance will be passed at the next board meeting.

Kent Thompson updated the board in regards to the Andrew water extension project. He stated they held a meeting to discuss funding for the project. He stated a preliminary study will be performed to determine how much money the residents are willing to pay for water hook-up. He stated there will be another meeting on February 8th.

Kent Thompson asked the board if he could have the approval to attend the water conference in Effingham. The board approved.

Economic Development (Heather Hofferkamp): Nothing to report.

Parks & Recreation (Dave Carter): Trustee Carter thanked the Village employees for their hard work on the new building.

Trustee Carter stated the Village has lost several trees at the park and at the lake. He would like Kent Thompson and Harold Carter to work on a plan for getting some new trees planted. They would also like to have trees planted at the sewer plant. Kent Thompson stated Harold Carter has already planted three white pine trees.

Kent Thompson stated the metal for the new building at the park will be delivered on Tuesday (January 10th). He also stated Dave Knox’s project will be started in the near future.

Streets, Alleys, Sidewalks & Storm Sewers (Patrick Gettleman): Nothing to report.

Additional Business: President Yokley asked the board to make a motion to move the board meeting scheduled for Monday, February 13th to Tuesday, February 14th due to Monday being a holiday.

Trustee Carter made a motion to move the Monday, February 13th board meeting to Tuesday, February 14th. Trustee Tierney seconded the motion. All ayes, motion carried.

The regular board meeting adjourned at 6:51 p.m.

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