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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-03-2024 Canton City Council Regular Meeting Minutes . CANTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. Historic Depot-Donald E. Edwards Way th 50 North 4 Avenue, Canton, Il 61520 A regular meeting of the Canton City Council was held on December 03, 2024 (6:30pm) at the th Historic Depot located at 50 North 4 Avenue Canton Illinois. STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Mayor Kent McDowell, City Clerk Andi Smith-Walters, City Treasurer Crystal Wilkinson, Police Chief Mike Eveland, Fire Chief Scott Roos, Public Utilities Director Joe Carruthers. OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: City Attorney Chris Jump, City Engineer Keith Plavec, Comptroller Beka Shultz MEDIA IN ATTENDANCE: Fulton Democrat MEETING CALLED TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENED THE MEETING INVOCATION – Mayor Kent McDowell ROLL CALL Yes No Absent Alderperson Gossett x Alderperson x Lingenfelter Alderperson Ketcham x Alderperson Hale x Alderperson Grimm x Alderperson Lovell x Alderperson Nelson x Alderperson x Chamberlin ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA: Alderman John Lovell asked to move his committee (Community and Economic Development) to the beginning. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: MAYORAL COMMUNICATIONS/REQUESTED ACTION: Under Mayor McDowell’s communication, Dr. Victoria Livingston with the Land Banks Project spoke to council. The organization Livingston works for is Prairie Hills Resource Conservation and Development is working on at present is a land bank for this region of Illinois. Livingston passed a few items out to council members to look over. Livington is the executive director at Prairie Hills and one thing they are currently trying to do is a Brownfield project. A Brownfield is essentially something that has been developed before but is sitting as a vacant property. Prairie Hills focuses on industrial and commercial buildings. Prairie Hills is currently trying to put together a land bank. It is an intergovernmental agreement that acts as a repair station for vacant property. The land bank helps with these vacant properties and what you can do with them. In this area, it would help to navigate out of state land owners and properties going up on tax sales. It would be a cooperation between communities so everyone can benefit from having greater flexibility dealing with vacant properties. A lot of people are interested in seeing this happen expressed Livingston. The question is what communities would like to be involved and be there from the very beginning. Mayor McDowell stated City workers are still picking up leaves. CITY CLERK COMMUNICATIONS /REQUESTED ACTION: DEPARTMENT HEAD COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS: CONSENT AGENDA - APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES HELD NOVEMBER 19, 2024. BILL LIST DISBURSEMENT REPORT TREASURER’S REPORT PUBLIC WORKS REPORT POLICE REPORT FIRE REPORT Motion and second were made by Alderpersons Ketcham/Lingenfelter to approve the consent agenda. ROLL CALL Yes No Absent Alderperson Gossett x Alderperson x Lingenfelter Alderperson Ketcham x Alderperson Hale x Alderperson Grimm x Alderperson Lovell x Alderperson Nelson x Alderperson x Chamberlin The motion carried. COMMITTEE REPORTS: PUBLIC SAFETY AND LEGAL ALDERPERSON JUSTIN NELSON, CHAIR RESOLUTION APPROVING A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PECULIAR PROJECTS LLC AND THE CITY OF CANTON AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER SAID AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS. Attorney Jump explained this is the same lease that has previously been entered. The agreement was modified because there was one difference. We now own the Oddfellows lodge, so the termination period was shortened. If someone were to show interest then the City would be able to terminate the lease upon a 30 day notice. Motion and second were made by Alderpersons Nelson/Ketcham to approve a resolution approving a lease agreement between Peculiar Projects LLC, and the City of Canton, and directing the mayor and city clerk to execute and deliver said agreement on behalf of the City of Canton, Illinois. ROLL CALL Yes No Absent Alderperson Gossett x Alderperson x Lingenfelter Alderperson Ketcham x Alderperson Hale x Alderperson Grimm x Alderperson Lovell x Alderperson Nelson x Alderperson x Chamberlin The motion carried. REGULATORY AND POLICY ALDERPERSON ANGELA HALE, CHAIR COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALDERPERSON JOHN LOVELL, CHAIR ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A TIF/BDD REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CANTON, FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AND 309 DEVELOPMENTS, LLC AND JED RHOADES AND MAX KUMER (FULTON SQUARE PROJECT). This project entails wanting to purchase JC Penny’s and the adjacent properties such as the strip mall and the parking lot for a purchase price of $1.8 million. As part of this, there is a phase 1 project to do some of the improvements that need to be done on the building. Phase 1 includes parking lot improvements, replacing outdated lighting, asbestos abatement, security cameras, demo work, sealing floors, painting, HVAC improvements, and a few other things. To get this project off the ground the City is looking at a reimbursement of 20% of the acquisition cost from TIF which comes to about $300,000. 25% of the phase 1 projected cost is right around $480,00 which would come out to $120,000 reimbursement. The total reimbursement on this project between TIF and BDD would be $480,000. Lovell believes there is a timeline with phase 1 and they want it completed by May of next year. They are trying to get other people interested in these properties. The structure of this agreement is based on a 10 year loan. There were some triggers put in the agreement to get the term of the loan of 10 years down to 5. If they get a tenant in the building, for every $20,000 in BDD funds it generates it will reduce the term by a year up to 5 years. Lovell sent out the initial agreement last week and there has since been some revisions. Mayor McDowell sent out the latest revision this afternoon. There was some language cleaned up and one of the changes from the initial agreement was that at the time of closing of the purchase of the property, that is an eligible expense and to help them get started on phase 1 the City would reimburse $150,000 from TIF and the rest will be reimbursed in May. Motion and second were made by Alderpersons Lovell/Grimm for approval of an ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a TIF/BDD redevelopment agreement by and between the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, and 309 Developments, LLC and Jed Rhoades and Max Kumer (Fulton Square Project). ROLL CALL Yes No Absent Alderperson Gossett x Alderperson x Lingenfelter Alderperson Ketcham x Alderperson Hale x Alderperson Grimm x Alderperson Lovell x Alderperson Nelson x Alderperson x Chamberlin The motion carried. TIF/BDD APPLICATION AND/OR AGREEMENT REGARDING KYLE BAINTER FOR WEST CENTRAL POWER SPORTS (406 S. FIFTH AVENUE). This has been previously talked about and there has been some misinformation/miscommunication from the beginning of this project. The process of this application was started when Cole McDaniel was still here with SRPED, and he left shortly after the application process was started. Bainter was under the impression he needed to keep all receipts until the project was done, so the application was never formally brought to council and voted on. The initial application for the total project cost was $109,000. Lovell believes some of the expenses are not eligible, such as the hoist or any parts that are movable. There will be more information available at the next meeting and there will hopefully be a resolution with a 25% reimbursement. TIF/BDD APPLICATION AND/OR AGREEMENT REGARDING STEVE HINES FOR OAK-HINES FUNERAL HOME (1601 E. CHESTNUT). This has not yet been discussed. They have a project where they will be doing some major improvements. They will be replacing the heating, cooling, and doing an entire roof replacement which will be just under $145,000 for that project alone. There will more than likely be an agreement for this at the next meeting. Alderman John Lovell explained this was not on the agenda, but there will be another agreement that will be drawn up for the next meeting. This project is for a free standing Starbucks in front of Walmart. There has been some back and forth on this property with developing it for several years now. This is about a $2.2 million project with a conservative estimate to do $2 million worth of business a year. By comparison, the developer explained to Lovell that the Starbucks in Morton does about $10-$12 million each year (although they have more traffic). The reason Lovell did not have this on the agenda is because the developer wanted to punch some numbers in a different way that could potentially put this agreement together. Lovell stated they needed to get up to $440,000 and that is by doing $300,000 of that cost being a 10 year forgivable loan with the other $140,000 being reimbursed from the BDD money they generate. If they do $2 million worth of business a year they will generate $20,000 in BDD funds. PUBLIC WORKS ALDERPERSON ANGIE LINGENFELTER, CHAIR FINANCE ALDERPERSON ANDRA CHAMBERLIN, CHAIR APPROVAL TO PAY KEMPER CONSTRUCTION, INC, FOR LABOR, MATERIALS, AND EQUIPMENT IN REGARDS TO REPAIRS OF THE ODD FELLOWS BUILDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,176.98. TO COME OUT OF TIF 1. There was no discussion. Motion and second were made by Alderpersons Chamberlin/Grimm for approval to pay Kemper Construction, INC, for labor, material, and equipment in regards to repairs of the Odd Fellows building in the amount of $29,176.98 to come out of TIF 1. ROLL CALL Yes No Absent Alderperson Gossett x Alderperson x Lingenfelter Alderperson Ketcham x Alderperson Hale x Alderperson Grimm x Alderperson Lovell x Alderperson Nelson x Alderperson x Chamberlin The motion carried. APPROVAL TO PAY RP LUMBER FOR MATERIALS IN REGARDS TO REPAIRS TO THE ODD FELLOWS BUILDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,188.43 TO COME OUT OF TIF 1. There was no discussion. Motion and second were made by Alderpersons Chamberlin/Nelson for approval to pay RP Lumber for materials in regards to repairs to the Odd Fellows Building in the amount of $3,188.43 to come out of TIF 1. ROLL CALL Yes No Absent Alderperson Gossett x Alderperson x Lingenfelter Alderperson Ketcham x Alderperson Hale x Alderperson Grimm x Alderperson Lovell x Alderperson Nelson x Alderperson x Chamberlin The motion carried. IT AND CYBERSECURITY ALDERPERSON GREG GOSSETT, CHAIR LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ALDERPERSON RALPH GRIMM, CHAIR PROPERTY ALDERPERSON PATRICK KETCHAM, CHAIR EXECUTIVE SESSION/CLOSED MEETING ADJOURNMENT Motion and second were made by Alderpersons Nelson/Lovell to adjourn without the need for executive session. ROLL CALL Yes No Absent Alderperson Gossett x Alderperson x Lingenfelter Alderperson Ketcham x Alderperson Hale x Alderperson Grimm x Alderperson Lovell x Alderperson Nelson x Alderperson x Chamberlin The motion carried. _________________________________________________________________ Andi Walters, City Clerk _________________________________________________________________ Kent McDowell, Mayor