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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-04-1983 Council Meeting Minutes 452 A regular meeting of the Canton City Council was held on October 4th , 1983 in the Council Chambers . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENED THE MEETING FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY MAYOR DONALD EDWARDS . MayorEdwards asked for roll call at 6 : 30 p . m . Present : Aldermen Kovachevich , Hammond , Savill , Sarff, Workman , Carl , May , Horr . Absent : None . MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 20TH . Motion by Aldermiaan Savill , second by Alderman Horr the minutes as corrected be accepted and placed on file . Cliff Sagaser asked for a correction on page 444 , the 3rd paragraph , the word "somewhere" should read "similar. " On page 445 the second paragraph , the word "maps" should read "map . " Voice vote , motion carried . COMMITTEE REPORTS : Public Safety & Traffic . Council Action None . Informational : Esda will be meeting with other towns to have a mutual agreement , stated Alderman Horr. Street & Garbage . Council Action None . Lake , Building & Grounds . Council Action None . Public Works , Water & Sewer . Council Action None . COMMUNICATIONS FROM DAVE DORGAN - BUDGET/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. Last week the city was informed that the $400 ,000 . 00 grant , was turned down by CDDA, due to a lack of a decision from International Harvester for a buyer for International Harvester . We now are faced with focusing our attention to other means of the plant , without the equipment . Other community development activites , we are to©king toward opening bids for demolition for the two housing projects discussed at commit- tee , which bids will be opened on the 18th of October . Dave met with the Fulton Square representatives concerning the possi - bility of creating a new comfort station in the Fulton Square area . The city engineer will be asked to draw up some specifications on that comfort station and I will continue with this project and bring back a report at some future date . The progress of the public hearing on the downtown plan as it stands , we would like to have some publication of the changes of the public input sometime soon . Jim Malmgren City Attorney reported that at the staff level , we are recommending some changes to the committee . The purpose changeshave been sent to Chicago . Jim previously talked to Alderman Hammond . When the changes come back from Chicago , they will go to the Legal & Ordinance committee for review and consideration . 453 CONTINUED OCTOBER 4TH , 1983 The changes that were going to be proposing : 1 ) On the East and West side of the square , proposed instead of a 51 % vote of the owners of real property , that it be the owners of 51 % of real property as determined by lineal footage. 2 ) The proposed scraping of White Court , instead of being a item of the first priority , simply given an asterisk in terms of we may do it when the funds are available . 3) With respect to the proposed one-way street immediately south of Spurgeon ' s , that would be deleted and in its place would be substituted a walk way but the curbs would be ramped for wheel chairs , so we would be able to access emergency vehicles thru there . A grievance hearing was scheduled for tonight for Marion Clark , it will now be scheduled for the next committee meeting as the union representative and Mr. Clark could not be here tonight . Dave was contacted by union member representation and was told they wanted to schedule this for later on . It puts us by the 14 day period in which were suppose to answer the grievance . It was mutually (9 agreed that it would be alright . Q Q A public hearing is set for tax increment , to create some additional incentives for who ever buys the International Harvester plant. COMMUNICATION FROM CLIFF SAGASER - CITY ENGINEER . Cliff is wanting permission to have a public auction of excess city equipment from the police station , and Esda on October 22nd . This will be held at the sewage plant . Motion by Alderman Sarff , second by Alderman Savill , the auction be allowed for October 22nd . Voice vote , motion carried . The North Main Street Sewer Project that was installed several years ago , we had to make a repair on it . We ' ve been working on it in our spare time for the last several weeks . This involves straightening the sewer which was failing and falling over in the area of the Jack Pollitt property, it should be completed shortly. Dave Dorgan has been contacted by three different individuals who want to be our fiscal agent . That would entail a percentage type contract for ,the actual sale of the bonds . I ' ve been told that can range between $5 , 000. 00 to $12 ,000 . 00 fee . It would be a percent- age of the bonds based on that basis . Dave feels all are equally qualified , one is from Bloomington , two are from Chicago . Motion by Alderman Carl , second by Alderman Workman that the committee be allowed to interview a fiscal agent and the recommendation of hiring be brought to council . Discussion . Cliff Sagaser City Engineer, stated that Crawford , Murphy & Tilly was requested by one branch of the Epa to revise part of the plans on step 1 phase of the project . The major change is the Eastside Sewage Plant will be shut down during normal flow, and all of the treatment will be taken place in the West plant and then when the flow exceeds a certain pre set amount , then we will manually start the plant on the East side . Voice vote , motion carried . COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR EDWARDS . The Spoon River Drive Association has complimented the Esda people for this last week-end . It ' s the first time that Canton Esda has worked with them and their very happy about it . The Jaycees have requested that they be allowed to use the Scripps Building for a haunted house . Motion by Alderman Sarff , second by Alderman Workman , the Jaycees be allowed to use the Scripps Building for a haunted house , if there is efficient insurance and if the possibility of injury due to warped floors is taken care of due to our satisfaction . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen Horr , May , Carl , Work- man , Sarff, Savill , Hammond , Kovachevich . NAYS : None . Motion carried . 8 ayes 0 nays 0 absent . 454 CONTINUED OCTOBER 4TH , 1983 A request to use office space next to the comfort station from interdenominational area churches . Its purpose is to develop and assist families in need during the times of unemployment . Its assistances is for shelter , food and etc . The name of the group is Love Inc . of Fulton County . The mayor wants them to use it for an enterim time . Motion by Alderman Horr , second by Alderman Hammond , this be all - owed . Discussion . Alderman Sarff wants to know if its just office furniture? The mayor said that would be all . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen Kovachevich , Hammond , Savill , Sarff, Workman , Carl , May , Horr. NAYS : None . Motion carried. 8 ayes 0 nays 0 absent . Mayor Edwards received communications from congressman Lane Evans that he has introduced a bill because of a Canton resident which will allow the monthly allowance for people in nursing homes on public aid money , to receive $50 . 00 instead of $25 . 00 a month . The Fairview Heights Water & Sewer Project meeting on Tuesday was well attended and accepted . One of the residents thanked several of the officials for there help . The mayor received a call from Bryan Whalen , the International Harvester representative in Chicago . He ' s a governmental affairs representative . Mr. Whalen was breaking the news to the mayor be- fore he went to the press . International Harvester plans to move 50% of the jobs to Canada and the other 50% to the quad cities area . We had hoped to keep the plow works here . The mayor said he felt that International Harvester has fed us a line for the last several months . The mayor and others , met with Mr. Rutherford in September and was told there still is 2 viable buyers for the Canton plant . Today we reconfirm that those two buyers are still there . I think will look at this differently later on and some day will have an- other plant in Canton . Dave Dorgan stated that the city has done everything possible to keep the plant in Canton . We deserved a better break then we got and I hope something can come of the plant once International is gone . NEW BUSINESS : RESOLUTION - SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION OF A PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND PROJECT AND PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA . First reading , read by title . Jim Malm- gren City Attorney reported that at a staff meeting last week , con- sideration was given as to what if anything could we do to assist a buyer for the International Harvester plant that we hadn ' t then already done . One of the items that came up was the question whether or not we wanted to create a new separate tax increment area . Primarily involving only the International Harvester plant in scope . And whether to bring this to council and set the wheels in motion with that view in sight . So a resolution was presented , if we pass the resolution tonight , we do nothing more then to set a public hearing on the question of whether or not such a tax increment area should be created . You do not commit the city to do anything other then to spend what ever money would be necessary to send notices , publish notices , the cost is estimated at $200 . 00 to $400 . 00 . This would give us some statutory powers which we do not presently posses as a non home-rule municipality . Dave Dorgan commented that this sets up the way perhaps for some leveraging in the future should we be fortune enough to be in a situation to condo out to various industries segments of the Inter- national Harvester plant , it may give us some leveraging down the , road . We have to approach this with an eye toward the future . 455 CONTINUED OCTOBER 4TH , 1983 Mayor Edwards stated that we ' ve all heard rumbles throught the community about demolition of the harvester buildings . This could be one of the tools that we would use to stop the demo- lition of buildings until we could have the opportunity to con- sider a buyer , we must protect the tax base . Motion by Alderman Savill , second by Alderman Kovachevich , the resolution be adopted . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen Horr , May , Carl , Workman , Sarff, Savill , Hammond , Kovachevich . NAYS : None . Motion carried . 8 ayes 0 nays 0 absent . Resolution being #1001 . RESOLUTION - MAKING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO . First reading , read by title . Motion by Alderman Carl , second by Alder- man May , the resolution be adopted . Discussion . The cost is about $1 , 348 .00 an acre , with 872 acres . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen �. Kovachevich , Hammond , Savill , Sarff, Workman , Carl , May , Horr. NAYS : None . Motion carried . 8 ayes 0 nays 0 absent . Resolution d, being #1002 . C.� OLD BUSINESS : Q Q None . ADJOURNMENT : Motion by Alderman Savill , second by Alderman May , to adjourn . Voice vote , motion carried . Council adjourned at 7 : 11 p .m. CITY LERK APPROVED. ` in MAYOR