Sangamon Sun

City of Atlanta Council met Sept. 18.

Here is the minutes provided by the council:

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Fred Finchum at 7:30pm.

ROLL CALL: Halley, Eimer, Young, Finchum, McVey and Cheek were present.

Motion by Cheek second by McVey to approve the minutes as presented.

ROLL CALL:

                  Halley-yes                                                 Finchum-yes

                  Eimer-yes                                                 Cheek-yes

                  Young-yes                                                McVey-yes

Motion Carries.

Motion by Finchum second by Eimer to pay all bills as approved by their respected chairman or as far as money allows.

ROLL CALL:

                  Halley-yes                                                 Finchum-yes

                  Eimer-yes                                                 Cheek-yes

                  Young-yes                                                McVey-yes

Motion Carries.

Amy Werthiem sked the City to report on a proposed violation or violations of the Liquor Code. She claimed that the library had multiple violations.

David Blankenship asked the council to consider lowering the amount of spending that could be done by Dept. heads. He also asked that the City consider using Logan County businesses over others when contracting work.

Randy Brooks gave a short report on the outing held Saturday for the Christmas Tree lights. He states that is was a good turn-out.

Chief Eimer reported on Police activity. Several auto theft activities had been reported around Atlanta. An incident near the 217 Roadhouse was discussed.

Paul Goodwin reported that Well #10 was on-line and had been for a week. This is the only Well being used at this time. Testing will continue and adjustments are being made Questions were answered about water and operations.

Softners and piping up-grades are yet to be done. This work should begin in October.

The Mayor brought up the Logan County Joint Solid Waste Committee was ceasing operations on November 30, 2018

The City’s options were gone over to replace the service.

Option 1 is working with Area Disposal using the current city owned bin. Total cost was $3532.00 per year.

Option 2 is to provide no outlet for recycling.

Option 3 is to investigate a program where each home owner has their own bin and the cost would then be passed onto the home owner.

Alderman Young felt that any contract should specify that recycling is actually being done.

The Mayor went over a report on the operation of the swimming pool. Operations had went well but income was down some.

Alderman Halley said that the pool hours were not conducive to working parents. Added operations were discussed.

Alderman Finchum stated that there was quite a few people from long distances that came to play in the Golf outing Saturday.

Motion by McVey second by Cheek to adjourn the meeting.

ROLL CALL:

                  Halley-yes                                                 Finchum-yes

                  Eimer-yes                                                 Cheek-yes

                  Young-yes                                                McVey-yes

Motion Carries.

The meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm

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