Sangamon Sun

Village of Illiopolis Board of Trustees met June 5.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Mayor Rogers called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

A roll call was taken, all members were present except D Koonce.

Agenda

The agenda was adopted as presented.

Minutes

R Reed made a motion to approve the May 15, 2023 meeting minutes as presented seconded by B Honea All ayes Motion carried 4-0-0

Visitors

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allman was present to give an update at what is going on at the coroner’s office.

Sangamon County Auditor Andy Goleman was present and stated that he monitors the financial operations for the county, and makes sure that the bills are paid on time. They work with the County Board and their budget is up by $32 million.

The State’s Attorney Dan Wright was also present to say that communication is open and accessible. They have a felony division, they seek justice, and prove guilty upon a reasonable doubt. There is a victim witness advocacy unit. He spoke about Gibson the dog that works with victim’s unit advocates.

Christy Worrell was present to talk about Wabash Park. She stated that the cost for planting flowers doubled to get the park ready for Memorial Day. Her son donated $200. The total cost is $497. She is asking for payment to Wooden Gate for the balance of the flowers in the amount that is left over which is $257.10.

She stated that the park looks terrible because of the way the weed killer was sprayed and then driven through with the lawn mower. R Reed made a motion to pay Wooden Gate for the flowers with B Honea seconding, all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

Seth Flach from MG Engineers was there to present pay estimates 3 & 3A. Pay estimate 3 is $49,746.28

Pay estimate 3A is 47,004.00. The last pay estimates were $98,000 almost $99,000. M Pevler made a motion to approve the pay estimates with J DeVore seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0. Seth also stated that a water main was hit and the Village is responsible for that. He was asked about the water meters in the boulevard and he said they would not be a problem.

Molly Stahl and Mike Nunn were present to discuss the Illiofest 5K run. There will be several people running, the rest will be walkers and bicyclers. Mayor Rogers stated that we will use the message notification system to alert the Village of closed roads. They stated that there is going to be alcohol for consumption at the stops. The only liquor license is for Mary Street. Mayor Rogers stated that we could provide a 15 hour permit for liquor. This would be from the hours of 9am to 12am.

M Pevler made a motion to modify the liquor license with J DeVore seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

Doug and Deana Dean were present regarding an application for a building permit for a house/cabin and a 2 car attached garage. They would like to get it done this year.. After further discussion R Reed made a motion to approve the building permit with B Honea seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

Open Forum

Treasurer’s Report

C Mitchell presented the new budget. Changes were made to the budget because of additional costs. The Treasurer also gave everyone a transaction detail for the storm sewer project.

J DeVore made a motion to adopt the budget with B Honea seconding Roll call vote was taken All ayes Motion carried 4-0-0

Economic Development Report

Engineering Report

Old Business

New Business

R Reed made a motion to approve J Floyd’s building permit for a driveway with B Honea seconding all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

J DeVore made a motion to approve T Donaldson’s building permit for a fence with M Pevler seconding all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

J DeVore gave a report on the employee health insurance and he stated there will be a slight increase to the premium. He then made a motion to keep the current plan with the additional increase with M Pevler seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

M Pevler made a motion to adopt resolution 23-08 regarding a City Seal with B Honea seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

B Honea made a motion to approve Jeremy Crosby’s bid for $501 for the playground equipment with M Pevler seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

Mayor Rogers stated that he contacted 2 tree companies, one company got busy and didn’t provide a bid. Leka’s Tree Service provided a bid for $6,700. B Honea made a motion to approve the bid with R Reed seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

Getting a CD at Staley Credit Union was discussed. The interest rate will be 4.25% for this CD and it will be for one year. J DeVore made a motion to adopt Resolution 23-09 for the approval of obtaining the CD with B Honea seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

M Pevler made a motion to adopt Ordinance 2023-02 for the placement of yield signs at Foster and Prairie Run and Cherry and Prairie Run with J DeVore seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

A discussion was held regarding 132 8th Street. The Village has approximately $5000 in liens against the property and we have the opportunity to purchase it before the county tax sale in the amount of $750. Once purchased we would get it appraised and sell it to try and get some of our money back. J DeVore made a motion to purchase the property and get it appraised with M Pevler seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

Mayor Rogers mentioned that it is going to cost $5000 for a new motor for the Exmark or they can rebuild the engine for $3000. He also mentioned they have an opportunity to purchase a mower for $5,700, after further discussion R Reed made a motion to purchase a used mower for $5,700 with J DeVore seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

Mayor Rogers mentioned that we recently purchased mulch for Wabash Park but we still need more. After further discussion J DeVore made a motion to purchase additional mulch with M Pevler seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

Dilapidated Property

Attorney Segatto spoke about the letter that was sent to Mr. Reinhart regarding the old Methodist church. He will do additional research to see if we can secure it.

Comments

Mayor Rogers stated that the contract for garbage is up this year and some resdients are not happy with the current company. He asked Attorney Segatto to help draft a letter for request of proposal that would be sent to garbage companies. Attorney Segatto is going to review the contract to see if there is an automatic renewal or not.

J DeVore made a motion to go into Executive Session at 7:42pm for the sale or lease of village property, personnel and review of executive session minutes with R Reed seconding Roll Call all ayes motion carried 4-0-0

J DeVore made a motion to come out of Executive Session at 7:52 pm with M Pevler seconding Roll call all ayes motion carried 4-0-0

J DeVore made a motion to appoint Stacey McIntyre as the new Village Trustee with M Pevler seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

J DeVore made a motion to approve the executive session minutes for the dates of 2-20-2023 and 4-17-2023 and to keep them confidential with M Pevler seconding roll call vote was taken all ayes motion carried 4-0-0.

R Reed made a motion to adjourn at 7:58 pm with J DeVore seconding. All ayes 4-0-0

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