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City of Lincoln Council met Aug. 20.

Here is the minutes provided by the Council:

The Regular Meeting of the City Councilof Lincoln was called to order by Mayor Seth Goodman at 7 p.m.,with proper notice given. City Clerk Peggy Bateman called roll.

PRESENT:

Alderman Steve Parrott Alderman Tracy Welch Alderman Ron Fleshman Alderwoman Michelle Bauer Alderman Ron Keller Alderwoman Heidi Browne Alderman Jeff Hoinacki Alderman Dayne Dalpoas

STAFF PRESENT:

City Administrator Elizabeth Kavelman City Clerk Peggy Bateman

City Attorney Blinn Bates Treasurer Chuck Conzo Fire Chief Mark Miller Police Chief Paul Adams Building and Safety Officer Wes Woodhall Streets Superintendent Walt Landers

STAFF ABSENT:

None

PRESIDING:

Mayor Seth Goodman

PUBLIC COMMENT:

Mayor Goodman called upon citizens registered to speak. Mr. Chris Collins came forward to promote a nonprofit initiative, he's from Bloomington, Illinois. He wants to build a veterans rehabilitation community in the area. They would produce homes made out of recycled steal on it. Over the weekend they discovered 130 acres available in Lincoln.The property has 18 acres that's buildable. He then promoted a sticker-labeled

H.O.P.E. He wants to put the stickers in businesses' windows. He said the American Legion is endorsing this sticker.There are over 140 businesses on the website now.

Alderman Welch thanked Mr. Collins for bringing attention to the initiative. He said that particular property has been vacant for some time. He said there isn't anyone in this community who wouldn't want to see something happen there. He said other talks are in progress about that property at this time.

Alderman Dalpoas asked how many homes he had built. He said one home made it into the news in 2011. He said it was on Cl Proud. He said many homes are in Bloomington,and a home is in Monticello. He said there is a house in Pennsylvania and he also built a home in 2006 in Pearlington, Mississippi. He said there was a story written about it in The Pantagraph. Alderman Parrott asked for his contact information.He can be reached at 309-542-6319.The website is projecthooe.global. Housing Our People Everywhere (H.O.P.E.).

Julie Ship with Hanson Professional Services,Inc., offered an update on the design for the 5th Street Road Project. She said it's been a vision that the city would have this street improved, she said they've been working toward that goal for 15 years or more. She's been the project engineer for the street for the past seven years, she's worked with several past city administrators and elected officials.

The plans have been reviewed by Illinois Department of Transportation {IDOT). She's been in contact with Union Pacific Railroad and utility companies. Funding has been secured and has been in place since 2009. She said there's risk that the city could lose that funding though, because the roadway project has been at a standstill.She said the community would like to see this built and it's in the city's best interest to move things forward. She wants to get the plans to "final," and then we'll be ready to build.

Alderman Parrott asked how many parcels still need to be purchased. Mrs. Ship said around 20, CMT was on hand to discussland acquisitions. Stan Hansen with Crawford Murphy & Tilly Inc. (CMT) came forward to offer an update onthe land acquisition. He said 40 parcels were identified in the preliminary report. He said 3.8 acres of the five are agricultural. He said offers have been made on all 40, 19 of the 40 have agreed to settlement-21 remain to be settled and acquired.

Mr. Hansen said a couple of owners and businesses have had concern about access during the construction phase. Others had drainage concerns. Some owners have been nonresponsive, he and the city administrator, maybe Alderman Keller may be involved in individual meetings with owners going forward. They would share the message of how important it is to get the final parcels acquired.

Some would require commitments, maybe a letter for the final acquisition. Any commitments made would be included in the final plan. He said the state puts together a multiyear program. They want to try to acquire all the right of way, by the end of this fiscal year. The right of way needs to be secured 75 days in advance. The goal is to try to get the remaining 21 parcels by the end of this year, so construction could start in 2019.

Alderman Parrott asked when the last time was that he had "presented, -six more parcels have been acquired since then.

Alderman Keller asked how many of the hold outsN-how much more would it add to the design and construction costs? Mrs. Ship said it would definitely hold up the project, and it puts the funding at risk. She said if it doesn't get built, some people could pull the funds, including the county.She said some money of that could be owed back to IDOT. He followed up by saying the county has allowed us $477,000 through April.

They will vote to renew the agreement in April.

He said once we get the city and the homeowner comfortable, they could use that to negotiate at the time whether or not to make commitments. Alderman Dalpoas asked what was needed from the city to get this done. Mrs. Ship said the final parcels are holding things up-they need the city to light a fire behind the project. They need to let the community know they support it. City Administrator Elizabeth Kavelman mentioned the meeting the group had held last week. She said the county engineer is present as well as a representative from IDOT. Alderwoman Bauer said there is still a missing piece of the puzzle.She said funds have never been earmarked. She said time, energy, effort, and cost to this point-she asked is this project something we want to continue.She said there's upwards of $2 million dollars that need to come from the city.Alderman Dalpoas asked for a timeframe.

Mrs. Ship said we're relying on these final acquisition's to get the project going. Mr. Hansen said something [inaudible).

The county engineer, Mr. Bret Aukamp said they have an intergovernmental agreement in place with the city, they've committed to $488,000-the money has been sitting in their account for the past 13 years. He said they have other projects that need the money. Alderman Keller said it seemed inviting, if they don't have the funds-to scale it back. He said at the meeting they had talked about scaling back the project, but there were certain dangers with doing so.

Mrs. Ship said the county has their own project, they're waiting for this to be improved so they can continue on with their own portion of the corridor, she said evenif this project does not get built,it sounds like the city still wants some kind of improvement along this corridor. She said any changes would require quite a bit of redesign.They would have to start over a little, with the design,if the city does not move forward.They'd have to change the scope of the project and do an amendment to the design report.She said even as it is now, the project requires more time to get the changes put in and to get the design completed. It'd be more time and money, if the complete design was different.

Mayor Goodman called on Alderman Parrott who asked if there was ever a return on investment, based on the city's investment. And idea of when they could recoup the almost $3 million.She couldn't answer that.

Alderman Welch couldn't answer the question either, he had his own question. Alderwoman Bauer said based on the funding piece in front of them, their outlie is about $2 million, the grant funding is up to $5 million.She said if we don't get these other funding sources for whatever purpose, the city would still have to come up with $2 million... he said when the city was looking at doing this-that's a large amount of money, what happens if nothing comes of this and the city does not recoup their funds. Alderwoman Bauer said she had asked for a total cost analysis of what was spent so far-onwhat was invested in the project so far.She said we still have $2 million to pay on this project. The city has paid nothing.

The IDOT representative, Mr. Chris Isbell said $700,000 has been expended to date to cover preliminary engineering, most has been reimbursed back to the city. He said if the project dies, the federal government could step up and say you need to repay all of that. He said it's being discussed a lot more than it used to be. He said the government is getting stricter. Some was 100 percent reimbursement, some was 80 percent reimbursement. He said some of these federal funds-the agreement expired at the end of this year.The city would need to renew this, to keep this active [inaudible].He said the county was getting funds too,it's not just $400,000 or something from the county, it's over $1 million.

Alderman Fleshman asked about the bike path and storm sewer-eliminating these two. He wanted to know if there was a fee for that. Mrs. Ship said changing things would affect the design, there'd need to be a redesign. Mr. Isbell said eliminating the storm sewer would impact drainage and IDOT would have to agree again to the design.

Alderman Keller said if people want to move forward,they want permission to say, "go ahead.n Alderman Welch said the needs of the community have drastically changed over the past 20 years. He asked what is the gain to the community other than the natural,"businesses may come?" He said Idon't see too many businesses going out on 5th Street. He said clearly, just short of using eminent domain, we're not going to get these parcels. He said that's a safe assumption on some of these. He said if we can't acquire these properties,

if we truly feel we have to move forward, why are we notlooking for an alternate plan to build a smooth road out there-at a fraction of the cost that does not require the use of these parcels?

Mrs.Ship said getting the roadway improved is the city's decision.There would be consequences such as losing federal funding.She said some benefits of the project as its currently designed are some of the drainage solutions. There would be a storm sewer and retention pond, which could alleviate drainage issues. She also said it gives a roadway improvement and an improved railroad crossing-UPR has approved designs.She said she isn't saying there aren't other options, but there are consequences for not building it.

Alderman Welch wanted to know if it was this plan or "no plan"-to IDOT.He said this keeps coming up and at some point you have to stop beating the dead horse, you gotta' figure out if you're going to do it, or not do it.

He said he will never, ever, ever vote for eminent domain. He said if they aren't going to sign after 20 years, what will make them think differently? Mrs. Ship said they've only been approaching these property owners over the past three years. She said they've heard about the project over the past 15, but they haven't been turning us down for 15 years. She'd ask IDOT about funding, if they change the scope of the project.

Mr. Isbell said it's not IDOT funding, it's federal funding. It's federal highway funds, it's not !DOT and it's not the state. He said IDOT is not saying this is the only plan. He said this is a City of Lincoln project, not an IDOT project [inaudible].

Alderwoman Bauer asked Mr.Aukamp-jf there'd be value in having the two boards (Logan County Board and Lincoln City Council) get together in a public forum-to have the public hear them hash it out about whether or not the project should continue. She said it's all one surface, but they have to be mindful, if they push for this project...would the county continue to support it, or are they ready to use their funds.

Mr. Aukamp said that would be a good idea. [Inaudible]. It could be discussed before the intergovernmental agreement expires. He said it'd be a fine idea to understand what would be at risk. Alderwoman Bauer said the next step for the council is to get a clear picture of howit's impacting the budget moving forward. Mr.Aukamp said [inaudible].

Alderman Parrott said he keeps hearing the question, 'What direction does the city want to go?" He said we're the ones holding up this project. But they don't have the parcels. He said in 36 months we have 20 parcels it's part of Hanson Professional Services' role to work with these people to try to get them to sell. He said now they want them to put pressure on these homeowners. He didn't know where the city would go.

Alderwoman Browne asked, "We didn't budget for this this year, correct?" City Treasurer Conze said they budgeted for some land acquisitions from the Motor Fuel Tax. It's around $145,000 or so, for the acquisition of property. She asked, but we didn't budget for $2 million? He said no, and that was done in anticipation that it would take the city so long for the acquisition of property. Alderwoman Bauer said, her point wasn't that they held up on the acquisition of property, but they still hadn't discussed how they would budget for $2 million.

Potentially $2.5 million.She said if we're not budgeting, we have to be mindful that we're now committing to $2 million.He said we could be like the county and have this $488,000 hidden away.She said,"But we don't." He asked if we should budget for that year after year, after year.

Her point is that if they continue to move forward to get this acquired, they told the county they were going to do it, then they have to be comfortable with the $2 million dollars coming out of their budget somewhere next year. She said we have to make sure that's where we want to head with that money. Alderwoman Browne said no other council has made that level of commitment before. Treasurer Conzo clarified that the amount was $175,000 for acquisition of property-not $145,000. That was the actual amount that was that was set aside for land acquisition. He then said he wasn't sure if the $2 million needed to be budgeted in one year,two years, or three years.

Mr. Isbell said the state invoices the city for their portion, they get the final invoice when the project is complete. It could take 1-2 years after the project is complete. The entire amount does not need to be budgeted in full and payments can also be stretched out. They would receive the final bill after the budget is complete, [inaudible].

He said at !DOT, he's working an annual program that covers 15 counties and several municipalities [inaudible]. He said there's only so much money, and right now this project is holding $7 million of that. He needs to know if the city is going to move ahead on this project and consultants need to know the timeline, so they can know how they need to move forward. He's looking for the city's intent, if they want to move forward¬ if yes, what kind of time table does the city want.

Alderman Dalpoas, offered a hypothetical question about moving forward.He wanted to know if the city decided to move forward and they can't get the parcels what happens.Mr. Hansen said [inaudible]. He said it's going to take more money or more improvements to come to a resolution on the parcels. Alderman Parrott said, but you can only go up so much, you can't give them some ungodly amount of money. Mr. Hansen agreed, [inaudibleJ. He said they've all be appraised to make a fair market offer. You can look at the justification for the counteroffer.

Alderman Welch asked Mr. Isbell-about what the city's intentions are, he wanted to know how long they'd hold the $7 million to acquire these parcels. Mr. Isbell said the fund have been held for 20 years, this project started in 1998. He said as long as the city is moving forward and spending at least $1, the feds will allow IDOT to hold thefunds. The clock gets reset, as bills come in.Typically for right of way, they will allow 20 years.

Alderwoman Bauer mentioned the agreement with the county being up in April. Mr. Aukamp said, "Correct." Alderman Hoinacki asked about filing extensions, if that was the first sterr-to file the extensions. Mr. Isbell said it would require council action, but that he could work with the city administrator. Alderman Dalpoas agreed with Alderwoman Bauer about having a public forum with the county to hammer things out. To come to some kind of decision and hold themselves accountable for that.

Alderman Welch asked what he meant about securing a date and deadlines for securing parcels.Alderman Welch said the last time this came up, the city never got a timeline either, but they walked away without a timeline and there still asking some of the same questions today. Alderman Dalpoas wanted to set a firm date to hold everyone accountable, he wanted more frequent contact with Mr. Hansen, on a monthly basis, he also wanted a breakdown of the penalties and lost money-in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. He wanted to be able to explain the lost money due to an extension for the project.

Mayor Goodman wanted to know how often the property owners were reached out to. Mr. Hansen said it depended on the property, they try to reach out quarterly.They don't always get a response back. They want to know what the outstanding issue is that's keeping them from making the final settlement. Mayor Goodman

said if 19 parcels have been agreed to,why have only 13 been recorded. Mr. Hansen said they can now record some of the parcels, but based on the warranty deed,the property owner was not comfortable with signing the documents.

Alderwoman Bauer said Ithinkit's time we get involved with the acquisition process.She said they've done it on their own for two years.she said the hesitancy from a property owner to want to commit when they are not sure the city is committing 100 percent, would be difficult for some-she said it would be difficult when the city has not committed to the project. She said for them to hear it from us that may move things along in some fashion.

Alderman Welch asked if Alderman Hoefle was engaged in conversation with some of these landowners. Mr. Hansen said he was in some meetings with their negotiator and the county representative. But maybe not any of the homeowners. Mayor Goodman said he did not have any direct meetings with homeowners. Alderman Welch asked Mrs. Kavelman to work with Mr. Hansen on the extension and coordinate a meeting with Mr.

Chuck Rueben to get the city and county together. They would hold a meeting at the rec. It would be a public hearing ASAP.The entire county board would be invited.

Alderman Fleshman wanted to clarify that it'd be $2,861,000. There being no further public participation, Mayor Goodman thanked everyone and moved to the Consent Agenda.

CONSENT AGENDA BY OMNIBUS VOTE:

1.Payment of Bills

1.Approval of minutes from the August 6, Regular City Council Meeting and August 14, Committee Of The Whole Meeting

1.Request from The Christian Village to permit the closing of South Main Street from the alley between Fifth and Sixth Streets on Friday, September 28, 2018, from 4-8 p. for the Annual Fall Festival

2.Request from the Route 66 Heritage Foundation to permit the closing of First Street between Washington and Jefferson Streets on August 26, from 1-4 m. for Governor Bruce Rauner's Route 66 Motorcycle Ride

Alderwoman Browne made the motion to approve, seconded by Alderman Welch.Mayor Goodman called for further discussion, there being none, City Clerk Bateman called roll.

Yeas: (8) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch, Alderman Ron Fleshman, Alderwoman Michelle Bauer, Alderman Ron Keller, Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki, Alderman Dayne Dalpoas Nays: None

Absent: None

Mayor Goodman moved to other items on the agenda.

BIDS:

1.Approval of requests for bids for additional sidewalk and curb improvement project targets

Alderwoman Bauer made the motion to approve, seconded by Alderman Dalpoas. Mayor Goodman called for further discussion, there being none,City Clerk Bateman called roll.

Yeas: (8) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch, Alderman Ron Fleshman , Alderwoman Michelle Bauer,Alderman Ron Keller, Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki,Alderman Dayne Dalpoas Nays: None

Absent: None

1.Approval of requests for bids for additional street resurfacing/oil and chip project targets

Alderman Dalpoas made the motion to approve, seconded by Alderman Welch. Mayor Goodman called for further discussion, there being none, City Clerk Bateman called roll.

Yeas: (8) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch, Alderman Ron Fleshman, Alderwoman Michelle Bauer, Alderman Ron Keller, Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki, Alderman Dayne Dalpoas Nays: None

Absent: None

1.Approval of bid from Shew's Design Center in an amount not to exceed $3,450 for construction of a wall between the city clerk and city administrator offices

Alderman Welch made the motion to approve,seconded by Alderman Parrott. Mayor Goodman called for further discussion, there being none, City Clerk Bateman called roll.

Yeas: (6) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch, Alderman Ron Fleshman, Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki, Alderman Dayne Dalpoas

Nays: (2) Alderman Ron Keller, Alderwoman Michelle Bauer Absent: None

Mayor Goodman moved to other items on the agenda.

REPORTS:

1.City Treasurer Report for July, 2018

Treasurer Chuck Conzo opened discussion by sharing information about the composite account and General Revenue Fund balances. He said there were fewer bills due this month.The pension reports-he pointed out are up considerably this month because of the stock market. He said the Municipal Sales Tax and State Use Tax are up,you see an upward trend as the city brings in total higher than the previous month.

He mentioned the Motor Fuel Tax, the city is ahead from where we were last year, and with the Hotel/Motel Tax receipts-there were a couple delinquent for a few months, but they're caught up on their payments so it's higher than it would be otherwise. He said Iwould point out in there. even without it they'd be at about $17,000 for the month of July. He said part of the difference is due to bringing accounts up to date. He also mentioned the Utility Tax that was $70,399.71 in Utility Tax. Higher than the city was a year ago. Part of this funds the police and fire pensions. That was all he had.

1.City Clerk's Report for July,2018

City Clerk Peggy Bateman opened discussion by sharing information on trash and sewer receipts.Sewer receipts were at $411,911.75 - that was the total received for the month of July. Money was received from both prisons-$196,084.And $67,182.13 was collected for trash in July. Some people paid over and above. They have 4,521 units. They had $5,425.20 over. So, $61,756.93 was forwarded to Area Disposal for the month of July.

1.Department Head Reports for July, 2018

Mayor Goodman said department head reports are either on file or will be shortly. Alderman Fleshman talked about who from the new water company would be filling in for Mr. Tim Ferguson who had resigned.Veolia needs to discuss the new alarm system, maintenance and repair issues. They also need to discuss the Jefferson Street Lift Station. He was going to go to a meeting, and welcomed others to join him. Alderman Fleshman said they have not set a time.Aldennan Welch said the research on the alarm system was already completed and infonnation should be documented.Alderman Fleshman said it had not been put out for bid yet. The meeting would be this Friday. Alderwoman Bauer said she could meet with Aldennan Fleshman.

Alderman Fleshman said he and Mrs.Kavelman had met with CMT about their CSO mandate by the Illinois EPA last week. The intended use plan has gone through 2/3 channels through the Illinois EPA. The Union Street lift station design is complete, except for the soilborings. The other part of their meeting pertained to the lab occupational building that the city has on the south plant. They wanted to know how many people work in the facility, the wanted to know what kind of test procedures were done there, and what kind of upgrades would be needed.Moving forward the may demolish the structure and rebuild.Mayor Goodman moved to other items on the agenda.

9. NEW BUSINESS/COMMUNICATIONS

1.Approval of Letter of Understanding and Agreement between the Logan County Tourism Bureau and the City of Lincoln regarding the Tropics Sign

Alderman Hoinacki wanted to table the discussion,especially pertaining to the cost of electricity. He wanted to discuss it more in the next Committee of the Whole meeting.Alderman Welch said he received questions about this, this week as well. He told people it comes out of the Hotel/Motel Tax. Insurance and electric would be paid for out of the Hotel/Motel Tax only.

Treasurer Conze said there is $1,000 in the Hotel/Motel Tax line item that can be used to cover expenses for the sign. Alderman Welch said the funds come from people who lodge at city hotels and motels. The money is given back from the state.

Treasurer Conzo clarified, saying the money is paid directly to the city. Alderwoman Bauer weighed in, saying she received questions this week too.The Hotel/Motel Tax is earmarked for tourism events such as The Railsplitting Festival, 3n1 Friday's Downtown Lincoln etc. She wanted it placed on the COW for next week. The council has more information from Ace Sign Co.of Springfield-about installing a timer and photocell mechanism, which would save about 50% of their costs. Alderman Dalpoas said one of his only concerns was that the majority of the Hotel/Motel Tax goes to tourism-85% and 15% goes to the city.He wanted to know about the buckets where the money came from.

Alderwoman Bauer said there have been very few things that the city has done... in addition to what they are already asking tourism to do from the Hotel/Motel Tax. She said even though it is out of the smaller bucket-it evens out. It allows them to do things on a larger scale and allows the insurance costs to be manageable from both entities. Treasurer Conze wanted to review the details of what was budgeted from the Hotel/Motel Tax.

He said there's still $1,000 set aside for The Tropics Sign and $1,000 set aside for The Logan County Balloon Festival... he continued to mention other tourism projects. He touched on DockDogs and picnic tables.

Alderman Parrott said he sees The Tropics sign as a "Lincoln" thing,it may bring people into Lincoln to spend some money. He said he didn't mind taking the money out of the 15% for a sign that's just sitting there, he said the 85% is more Logan County. Alderman Welch wanted to share some brief history-he said when he came onto the council there as a 90/1O split. They had a situation come up with The Mill,where The Mill needed some financial support to add on the bathroom, but the project didn't fall under The Logan County Tourism Bureau's bylaws. So they retained an additional 5% to keep it at 15%, to help cover some projects the bureau may have their hands tied on. He said things like this come up.

Alderman Hoinacki said thank youfor the input on the funding source. Alderman Welch asked him-do you still feel comfortable moving forward or do you want to table it? City Clerk Bateman shared what the monthly electric bill would be. It's around $117 and some change per month.That's without the timer.

Alderwoman Bauer made a motion to approve, seconded by Alderwoman Browne. Mayor Goodman called for further discussion, there being none, City Clerk Bateman called roll.

Yeas: (7) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch,Alderman Ron Fleshman,Alderwoman Michelle Bauer, Alderman Ron Keller,Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki Nays: (1) Alderman Dayne Dalpoas Absent: None

2.Approval of loan proposal from State Bank of Lincoln in an amount not to exceed $60,000 for a two-year term at a rate of 5% for the purpose of purchasing real estate at 716 Broadway Street

Alderwoman Bauer made a motionto approve, seconded by Alderwoman Browne.

Treasurer Conze shared information on the payments that would be due. It's a $60,000 loan with the interest around $2,000. The payments would range from $14-$15,000 this is for the acquisition of the corner lot adjacent to the fire station. For public record, Alderman Welch wanted to know what line item the payments would come from. It would be out of the capital projects line item. Mayor Goodman called for further discussion,there being none, City Clerk Bateman called roll.

Yeas: (8) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch,Alderman Ron Fleshman,Alderwoman Michelle Bauer, Alderman Ron Keller, Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki,Alderman Dayne Dalpoas Nays: None

Absent: None

1.Authorization to hire a full-time sewer clerk for the city clerk's office

A motion was made by Aiderman Welch to amend this from full-time to part-time. He had had some discussion with City Clerk Peggy Bateman and at this time, part-time would be appropriate rather than full-time. Alderman Keller asked for some explanation? Alderman Welch said there were some questions regarding the ordinance, and there was a meeting held in private today, it will be discussed at the next COW-and plays into this decision. City Clerk Bateman said she just needed someone in there now. Adlerman Keller had no objection.

Alderman Welch made the motion to approve of a part-time sewer clerk,seconded by Alderman Parrott. Mayor Goodman called for further discussion, there being none, City Clerk Bateman called roll.

Yeas:(8) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch, Alderman Ron Fleshman, Alderwoman Michelle Bauer, Alderman Ron Keller, Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki, Alderman Dayne Dalpoas Nays: None

Absent: None

Mayor Goodman moved to other items on the agenda.

1.Approval of job description for the city administrator position Alderwoman Browne made the motion, seconded by Alderwoman Bauer. Absent: None

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3.Yeas: (8) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch,Alderman Ron Fleshman, Alderwoman Michelle Bauer, Alderman Ron Keller, Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki,Alderman Dayne Dalpoas Nays: None

4.Alderwoman Bauer gave background, and clarity about the need to change the job description as the council had previously altered the salary structure. She said this current job description meets the needs of the council and the skills and abilities of Mrs. Kavelman.Alderman Keller said he still feels it's incumbent upon the council to pursue economic development opportunities as well as the strategic plan and that they continue to look for help on this from the city administrator. Mayor Goodman called for further discussion, there being none, City Clerk Bateman called roll.

1.Approval of changes to the benefit package for the city administratorAlderwoman Bauer made the motion, seconded by Alderman Welch. Mayor Goodman called for further discussion, there being none, City Clerk Bateman called roll.Yeas: (8) Alderman Steve Parrott, Alderman Tracy Welch, Alderman Ron Fleshman, Alderwoman Michelle Bauer, Alderman Ron Keller, Alderwoman Heidi Browne, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki, Alderman Dayne Dalpoas Nays: None

2.Mayor Goodman moved to other items on the agenda.

3.Absent: None

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

o The welcome garden now has music/lights, the Route 66 experience hub has been relocated there

o Mayor Goodman mentioned the fitness court ribbon cutting

o Alderman Welch said there was strong turnout at the last 3rd Friday's event on Aug. 17

o City Clerk Bateman said there were a few items left behind on Friday

oAlderman Hoinacki said it was a good night for all involved, food vendors gave feedback-some had record sales, he said it's great for everyone involved

ADJOURNMENT:

A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Alderman Keller, seconded by Alderwoman Welch. Mayor Goodman adjourned the meeting at 8:47 p.m.

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