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Home My WebLink About04-16-02 Canton City Council204 A regular meeting of the Canton City Council was held on April 16"', 2002 in council chambers at the Historic Depot, 50 North 4"' Avenue, Canton, Illinois PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENED THE MEETING FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY NANCY WHITES, CITY CLERK. Mayor Jerry Bohler asked for roll call at 6:30 p.m. Present -Aldermen Bob Molleck, Jim Hartford, Larry Sarff, Craig West, Les Carl, Kevin Meade, JoAnne Shores, Mary Fillingham. Absent -None. MINUTES OF APRIL 2, 2002 MEETING. Motion and second by Aldermen Molleck/Hartford, the minutes of April 2, 2002 be accepted and placed on file. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. BILLS FOR MARCH. Motion and second by Aldermen Hartford/Sarff, all bills properly approved be paid. Roll call. AYES -Aldermen Fillingham, Shores, Meade, Carl, West, Sarff, Hartford, Molleck. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Finance. Council Action Motion and second by Aldermen Hartford/Sarff, to allow John Stanko, to spend $100 to place a nationwide advertisement with Fireteck for the sale of the fire department's used apparatus. (The committee minutes reflect that if Fireteck is able to sell the equipment the Canton Fire Department would receive 10% commission.) Roll call. AYES -Aldermen Molleck, Hartford, Sarff, West, Carl, Meade, Shores, Fillingham. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Motion and second by Aldermen Hartford/Carl, to approve pay request #6 of Leander Construction for $25,828.20; pay request #6 of Badger Meter for $10,451.52; pay request #5 of Laverdiere Construction for $82,840.00; contingent upon the City's receipt of EPA funds. Roll call. AYES -Aldermen Fillingham, Shores, Meade, Carl, West, Sarff, Hartford, Molleck. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Motion and second by Aldermen Hartford/West, to approve the repair of the polymer unit at the Wastewater Treatment Plant by U.S. Filter, in the amount of $2,560. Roll call. AYES -Aldermen Molleck, Hartford, Sarff, West, Carl, Meade, Shores, Fillingham. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Motion and second by Aldermen Hartford/Shores, to approve the purchase of two backwash pumps for the filter building of the Wastewater Treatment Plant from ALL Company, in the amount of $4,272. Roll call. AYES -Aldermen Fillingham, Shores, Meade, Carl, West, Sarff, Hartford, Molleck. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Legal & Ordinance. 205 Page 2 City Council meeting 4-16-2002 beyond their control, and they must maintain a work crew everyday of construction. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. Negotiations, Grievance & Personnel. Council Action None. Informational. Alderman Sarff said that the executive session to be held after the agenda items will be in the Depot to review what has taken place. The meeting with the union members for negotiations will take place at the Fire Station immediately after the council's briefmg. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR JERRY BOHLER. Motion and second by Aldermen Molleck/Hartford, the appointments of Mitchell Patches and Gretchen Maxson to the Planning & Zoning Commission, be confirmed. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. OLD BUSINESS: None. NEW BUSINESS: BIDS -JANITORIAL SERVICES. Motion and second by Aldermen West/Molleck, to open the bids. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. Bids are from... Chioravalle Cleaning of Bartonville, I1 in the amount of $2,757.00 and ~ $390 month for windows. Corporate Clean Inc. of Peoria, Illinois in the amount of $2,700.00. Motion and second by Aldermen Sarff/Molleck, to send the bids to staff, with recommendations to the Building & Grounds committee. Discussion. Clif O'Brien Street Supt. explained that the former janitor has quit and was paid through Manpower in the amount of $6.00 per hour with the city having to pay additional fees from Manpower making the salary an additional $2.00 per hour. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. ORDINANCE -TITLE 1, CHAPTER 18, SECTION 1, AMENDING TITLE 8, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 1, OF THE CANTON MUNICIPAL CODE, FOR PURCHASE ORDERS AND CONTRACTS; AND COMPETIVE BIDS. First reading, read by title. ORDINANCE - GRANTING A SPECIAL USE/HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT FOR THE OPERATION OF A NAIL SALON SHOP AT 735 EAST MAPLE STREET, CANTON, ILLINOIS, TO MICHELLE CONRAD. First reading, read by title. ORDINANCE -AMENDING TITLE 8, CHAPTER 11, SECTION 7-5 OF THE CANTON MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS ALA DTTDi i!'~ !+ A ARD!'~Dl1T T7-TTC ~:..,.a ..,.,. ,~:.~,~ ..,.,. ,7 L.. a:sl,. 206 Page 3 City Council meeting 4-16-2002 Sarff/Hartford, to suspend the rules for passage of the ordinance on first reading. Roll call. AYES -Aldermen Molleck, Hartford, Sarff, West, Carl, Meade, Shores, Fillingham. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Motion and second by Aldermen Sarff/Hartford, the ordinance be placed on its passage. Roll call. AYES -Aldermen Fillingham, Shores, Meade, Carl, West, Sarff, Hartford, Molleck. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Ordinance being #1725. RESOLUTION -EXTENDING CHESTNUT STREET 30 FEET WIDE, AND MAIN STREET 30 FEET WIDE, AND USING $169,000 MFT FUNDS. First reading, read by title. Alderman Sarff mentioned that there has been a good amount of discussion on this topic during the last week. Motion and second by Aldermen Sarff/Molleck, to send the resolution back to committee for further discussion. Discussion. Alderman Meade ask the question... is the downtown area going to be resurfaced with MFT funds anyway, is that our plan? The questions that he said he is receiving from people, what is the cost to do that area if we did not do the plan? Mayor Bohler commented that he feels that some of the things written by Charlie Wright and appeared in the paper is misleading. Charlie had stated that it will take $169,000 to be used to open up the north end of the square. Mayor Bohler said that only part of the money will be used in that area and part of the funds will be used to straighten up Main and Elm Street. And, along with closing off the south parking lot and having one entrance on the east side, and putting in new sidewalks. The downtown area should look very nice. Other statements that have been made, Jerry said are, there would be blind spots, there will not be any blind spots, the road will be extended out far enough you can see up or down the street both ways. There are no 3 lane roads anywhere. The business people are the ones who came to the city to have this opened up. This is their livelihood, this is not Mr. Wright's livelihood that is dependent on the downtown area. The idea is to open up traffic downtown. There were 25 businesses that were for it after several meetings were held with them. We want to make sure we are doing this for the right reasons. The business people have not given up on the downtown. Alderman Molleck mentioned that he had not seen the final plan until last week. Mayor Bohler mentioned that the first time this was presented was February 12t". This is not a rush deal. Alderman Molleck said he had talked with 3 to 4 citizens and they are against it. People think we are going to spend the whole $169,000 on that one project. Alderman Shores said she had several messages from people out of town wanting the square opened up for easier egress and ingress. Clif O'Brien gave the following break down on the projects to be done...a total of $364,358 of FAU funds will be used on Myrtle Street from l 1`" Avenue to 15`" Avenue, on Chestnut Street from 5`" Avenue to l lt" Avenue, then what you called the downtown business district which is Pine Street, Chestnut Street, Elm Street, Avenue A, Main Street and White Court. We will be spending $186,000, not counting the $169,000. The $169,000 is not just in front of Sears. Colin Edwards from the firm of Maurer Stutz Inc. spoke about the drafts that had been presented about the proposed downtown area. This is a design plan. The title block calls it a Preliminary Conceptual Design. Meaning, we have designed basically nothing. What we have done is taken some ideas and put them into form to be looked at and discussed. The design has not happened. That's part of what this resolution covers so you can get into it and peak in and find out what the problems might be. We have not participated in any traffic study, no real design, and no survey has been done. We have ~,.L„« L.:4~ .,«.~ «,nnoo ~~~n4o ~r~m ePVara~ crn7r(`PC cn vnn can talk ahnnt it_ The ~1 f9_000 207 Page 4 City Council meeting 4-16-2002 RESOLUTION -APPROVING THE GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN FIRST AMENDMENT FOR THE CITY OF CANTON. First reading, read by title. Motion by Aldermen Sarff/Meade, to accept the insurance committee's recommendation and retain HCH as insurance carrier for another year. Roll call. Discussion. Dan Oaks explained the amendments of the plan. The error wasn't caught by the administrator nor the committee. the amendments are under the Maxi Plan...the old wording...offered to all active employees. Rewrite... on the third line, offered to all active participants. In the fifth line, the maximum of $1,000 strictly for inpatient hospital stays, rewrite...to change to $1,000 per claim. AYES -Aldermen Fillingham, Shores, Meade, Carl, West, Sarff, Hartford, Molleck. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Ron Weber city attorney, asked about passage of the resolution. Alderman Sarff said he just did. Then he asked the city clerk to read back the motion...to accept the committee's recommendation to retain HCHAdministration as the city's health insurance carrier for the next year. Motion and second by Alderman Sarff/Hartford, the resolution be adopted. Roll call. Aldermen Fillingham, Shores, Meade, Carl, West, Sarff, Hartford, Molleck. NAYS - None. 8 AYES, 0 NAY, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Resolution being # 3606. RESOLUTION -AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CIVIL DEFENSE FUND FOR THE CITY OF CANTON. First reading, read by title. Motion and second by Aldermen Sarff/Molleck, the resolution be adoped. Roll call. Aldermen Molleck, Hartford, Sarff, West, Carl, Meade, Shores, Fillingham. NAYS - None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. Resolution being #3607. EXECUTIVE SESSION - FOR PURPOSE OF UNION CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FIRE UNION. Motion and second by Aldermen Molleck/West, to go into executive session for discussion of fire negotiations. Roll call. Aldermen Fillingham, Shores, Meade, Carl, West, Sarff, Hartford, Molleck. NAYS -None. 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, 0 ABSENT. Motion carried. The regular scheduled council meeting convened for an executive session at 7:04 p.m. The executive session minutes for fire negotiations are on file in the office of the city clerk for review. ADJOURNMENT: Voice vote, motion adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Motion and second by Aldermen Hartford/West, to adjourn. carried unanimously. The regular scheduled council meeting ~~~ 3 r b / ~Nahcy Whit ,City Clerk