HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-05-2014 Council Meeting Minutes City of Canton
Council Meeting
The Donald Edwards Way (Historic Depot) Canton II 61520
08-05-2014
7:OOpm
A regular meeting of the Canton City Council was held on August 5, 2014 (7:OOpm) in the
Council Chambers, The Donald E. Edwards Way-50 North 4th Avenue, Canton, Illinois 61520.
The meeting time was changed from 6:30pm to 7:OOpm due to the National Night Out Event
being held from 4:OOpm-7:OOpm tonight.
STAFF IN ATTENDANCE
Mayor Jeffrey Fritz, Attorney Nancy Rabel, City Clerk Diana Pavley-Rock, Treasurer Kathy Luker,
Police Chief Kent McDowell, Community Service Director Jason Strandberg, City Engineer Keith
Plavec
MEDIA IN ATTENDANCE:
Daily Ledger
OTHERS IN THE AUDIENCE
Representative from Nationwide, Darren Donald, Dustin Pollitt, Rick Nichols, Nick Williams, Lee
Puleo, Steve Kline, Members of the Canton Police Department, Mark Lenz, Nick Orwig
VIDEO SERVICES BY JOE GINGER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENED THE MEETING.
INVOCATION- Alderman Gerald Ellis
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION-
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Eliis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
VacantSeat
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich x
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR FRITZ:
1. RECOGNITION OF ALDERMAN JEREMY PASLEY
Mayor Fritz recognized Jeremy Pasley as Alderman of Ward 4 for his services to the City of
Canton and presented him with a plaque. Jeremy Pasley resigned as Alderman of Ward 4 on
May 31, 2014 due to relocating from the City of Canton. Jeremy served as an Alderman from
June 2011-May 2014.
2. APPOINTMENT OF ALDERWOMAN-WARD 4
Mayor Fritz announced that he would like to appoint Angela Hale to the vacant seat for
Alderwoman in Ward 4. Angela resides at 559 East Walnut Street. Angela is a specia)
education teacher for Peoria district 150 schoot district. Angela is also a current board member
of Lambs of God Daycare.
Angela will serve as Alderwoman for Ward 4 until it expires in May 2015.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Putrich to approve the appointment
of Angela Hale.
ROU CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John lovell X
VacantSeat
Aiderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
3. OATH OF OFFICE-ALDERWOMAN WARD 4
City Clerk Diana Pavley-Rock administered the Oath of Office to newly appointed Alderwoman
Angela Hale for Ward 4. Alderwoman Hale took her seat on the Council floor.
4. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
Mayor Fritz recommended the following people to the Development Review Committee.
Aldermen•
Craig West
Dave Pickel
Justin Nelson
Civilians
Kay Long
Kathy Lock
James Hartford
Roy Hopper
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Putrich to approve the appointments.
ROU CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
5. PRESENTATION OF AWARDS FOR THE CANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police Chief Kent McDowell awarded a certificate of appreciation for their exceptional DUI
enforcement to Officer Dustin Pollitt and Officer Darren Donald from the Alliance Against
Intoxicated Motorists. Every year hundreds of people are killed and injured as a result of drug
and alcohol accidents in Illinois.
In September 2013 Nick Williams saved the lives of two stranded fishermen at Lakeland Park in
Canton. Nick received an award through the National Police Memorial. Nick received both the
State award and the National award from the America Legion. This is the first Illinois officer on
record to receive a national award.
CONSENT AGENDA
1. APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES HELD JULY 15, 2014.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Pickel/Jim Nelson to approve the consent agenda.
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
PUBLIC SAFETY&TRAFFIC
ALDERMAN JIM NELSON, CHAIRMAN
STREETS AND GARBAGE
ALDERMAN DAVE PICKEL, CHAIRMAN
UPDATE/RESULTS OF CITY CLEANUP WEEK
Clean—Up Week-July 14-19-2014
Dumpsters—7@ $450 =$3150 with a tota) of 23.27 T
2 garbage trucks— 10.84 T= 325.20
2 employee OT= $516.79
Total = $3991.99
Last year's total
Gabby Days Breakdown - lune 2013
Fuel —Avg. monthly gallons for Garbage Dept. for 2012-2013 Diesel— 1265
Total for June—2024
Diff.—759 gallons X 3.70 per gal. _ $2808.30
Street Dept. —Used 678 gallons for Gabby Days =$ 2508.00
Total Fuel—$5316.30
landfill—Avg. weekly garbage in tonnage- 100
Gabby Days Tonnage—141
Diff.- 141 X$40 per ton = $5640
Estimated gabby days total-$10956.30
Alderman Pickel explained that using the dumpsters this year instead of Gabby Days saved the
City a substantial amount of money and was well received in the community.
LAKE, BUILDINGS &GROUNDS
ALDERMAN JOHN LOVELL, CHAIRMAN
DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: A RESOLUTIDN APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF CANTON AND JEANETTE AND ANDREW EWING TO CHANGE THE TERMS OF THE
CANTON LAKE LOT LEASE FOR 24724 EAST LAKEVIEW DRIVE-LOT 3 OF LAKEVIEW ADDITION
TO CANTON LAKE.
Jeanette and Andrew Ewing are requesting a FHA loan to purchase the property at Canton Lake.
The request for the FHA loan was denied because the current lease does not conform to the
FHA requirements.
Discussion:
Attorney Rabel said the contract may equal no more than 2%of HUD'S site value. It will need
to be determined what the site value is based from. The department of housing and urban
development has very strict requirements. The biggest issue is how the rent is calculated.
Currently the rent is calculated based on the value of the land and it can change. This is not
allowed with the FHA requirements. FHA requires that the rent be a set amount-only able to
increase after three years. The increases can only be for exact amounts and not based upon
percentages. The increase cannot be more than 2.0% of HUD's original value.
The request being brought forward is to amend the lake lot lease to conform with the FHA
requirements so the Ewing's can be approved for the loan.
The current lot lease is $109.00, however with the change of the ownership this will increase to
$390.00 for the Ewings. This increase is due to the assessed value being higher now than it was
several years ago.
Attorney Rabel said if the City is going to do the FHA loan there should be two separate types
setup with the City. One for the FHA loan types and one for the conventional loan types. When
this lease was approved, the Council did not know it was going to be used for FHA financing.
City Engineer Keith Plavec explained that due to the homes sitting on leased land, many times
people are not able to get loans from the banks. Some people have saved up to pay cash for
the property instead of trying to get financing. Keith suggested the possibility of selling the lots,
but explained that many people would be against buying the lots for the actual value rather
than just paying their lease of$100.00-$200.00 per year. People would be able to do more if
they owned the lots and they would be able to obtain financing if they owned the lots.
Alderman Pickel said that he would be in favor of looking at selling the lots at Canton lake.
Keith Plavec said the plat is complete but it would still need to go to the County for approval.
This process could take a few more months. leanette Ewing said she would be willing to
purchase the lot if the City would want to sell it.
Motion was made by Alderman Ellis to have a contract that would be $450.00 for the first three
years, and then having an increase of$12.00 per year for the next three years.
Attorney Rabel said she will need to find out what the site value is for HUD. There are
guidelines set that this amount could not exceed 2.0-%of HUD's original site value.
Alderman Putrich said this needs to be brought back to the next Council agenda so information
could be gathered.
Alderman Ellis withdrew his motion.
PUBLIC WORKS, WATER&SEWER
ALDERMAN GERALD ELLIS, CHAIRMAN
APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT NO. 5 FOR THE WWTP PRIMARY CLARIFIER VALVE ACTUATOR
IMPROVEMENTS FROM LEANDER CONSTRUCTION FOR$21.538.02
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/West to approve the payment No 5 for the
WWTP primary clarifier valve actuator improvements from Leander Construction in the amount
of$21,538.02 from the bond fund.
This project is behind schedule by approximately one month due to problems with wrong parts
being shipped and waiting on the shipping of new parts. The City would like to have this project
finished before winter.
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Aiderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT NO. 7 FOR THE WWTP EAST PLANT PUMP IMPROVEMENTS
FROM LEANDER CONSTRUCTION FOR$4,683.06.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Putrich to approve the payment No. 7 for the
WWTP east plant pump improvements from Leander Construction for $4,683.06 from the bond
funds.
Discussion:
The City has retainage of 10% which is in the amount of $17,525.29. The balance to finish the
project is in the amount of $22,300.00. The only thing remaining on the project are punch list
items.
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale x
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
FINANCE
ALDERMAN JUSTIN NELSON
DISCUSS. CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF CANTON AND NATIONWIDE RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS FOR A DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES. �4073
City Clerk Diana Pavley-Rock explained Nationwide would provide investment options to
employees into a deferred compensation program. Employees would have the option of
participating in the deferred compensation program.
This service would be available at no cost to the City.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/West to approve the resolution and
place it on file.
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
LEGAL& ORDINANCE
ALDERMAN CRAIG WEST
DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PERMISSION AND HOLD
HARMLESS AGREEMENT FOR USE OF CITY OF CANTON PROPERTY BETWEEN THE CITY OF
CANTON AND COOK CANTON REAL ESTATE LLC AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND
DELIVER SAID AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS. lt4074
The resolution includes the following language:
The legal and ordinance committee determined that it is in the interest of the City of Canton
and its citizens and in the preservation of an artifact of the city's history to restore and relocate
"Big Toot",the pressurized whistle that blew in Canton while International Harvester plant was
in operation. The Big Toot will be relocated to the Cook Polymer facility that is now on the
former International site. The agreement grants permission to temporarily use this City
property for a period of 99 years, unless terminated sooner by Cook.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Pickel to approve the resolution and place it
on file.
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE OF
SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF CITY ORDINANCES. #4075
The City of Canton passed ordinance#3058 in April 2014 setting forth a settlement option for
citations written for certain violations of the code of the City of Canton. The fee schedule was
kept separate from the ordinance so it could be amended from time to time without the need
of amending the City code.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Putrich to approve the resolution and place
it on file.
ROLL CALL Ves No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
DISCU55. CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A FEE ARRANGEMENT
LETTER BETWEEN HINSHAW&CULBERTSON LLP AND THE CITY OF CANTON AND DIRECTING
THE CITY ATORNEY TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER SAID FEE ARRANGEMENT LE7TER ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS.
This will be discussed in executive session.
DISCUSS. CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONTRACT AGREEMENT
WITH REHIRIG PACIFIC COMPANY AND THE CITY OF CANTON AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO
EXECUTE AN DELIVER SAID AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CANTON ILLINOIS #4076
The City received a proposal from Rehrig Pacific Company for the solid waste disposal totes.
The proposal includes:
A quantity of 200-95 gallon waste totes, 175- 65 gallon waste totes, 54- 35 gallon waste totes
along with the artwork. These numbers would allow the City to have extra totes on hand for
those not yet ordered. The total cost for the additional totes (not yet paid by orders) would be
$7,216.32. There is current funds available in the depreciation account to cover the amount,
however it is suggested to take the money from the general fund. 50% is due up front and the
remaining 50% is due within 15 days after delivery. The number of totes ordered would have
approximately 10% of the community using totes----which is a good start. The quote includes a
10 year warranty on cart body, lid, wheels, axle, stop bar and all attachments.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Pickel to approve the resolution and place it
on file.
ROLL CALL Ves No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
DISCUSS. CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO MORTGAGE BETWEEN PREFERRED EAGAN LLC AND
THE CITY OF CANTON AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER SAID
AGREEMENT AND MORTGAGE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CANTON. ILLINOIS.
Mark Lenz (representative from Preferred Eagan LLC) explained that renovations were made to
the Canton Crossing Center. The original loan was taken out for the renovations between the
City and LZ Ventures. The City provided TIF funding through the redevelopment agreement.
The City agreed to subordinate to a primary lender under the terms of that agreement.
Mark explained that the primary lender will be taken out and the loan will be with MidAmerica
National Bank as a local lender. The loan with MidAmerica Bank is intended to be a long term
loan that is based on the appraisal of 1.8 million dollars. The City previously approved the
allocation for TIF funding in May 2013. The closing then took place using funds from LZ
Ventures. The closing then took place with the City's TIF funding in August 2013. The request
now is to remove the LZ Loan and add MidAmerica National Bank.
Alderman Jim Nelson asked why there would be an increase in less than one year. Mark
explained that during the renovation process they were informed of leakage by Krogers. An
assessment of the roof took place and it was determined that the roof should be replaced. A
bid was received from Holthaus Roofing. If the requested loan is approved, the funds would be
used to repair the roof. The mural that was placed along the side of the building was higher in
cost than what was originally anticipated. The mural, closing cost and fees contribute to the
increase in the debt.
Alderman Jim Nelson said it is due-diligence to have an inspection completed (including the
roof) prior to purchasing a building. Alderman Jim Nelson said he has a problem requesting
additional money a year later to repair a roof that should have been originally identified as a
need. Alderman Jim Nelson said that money was used for the mural that could have been used
for the roof.
Kroger's extended their contract until 2020. CVS extended their contract for five years.
Attorney Rabel explained that they are not requesting additional funds from the City of Canton,
however they are asking the City to subordinate( the original amount was $840,000.00) now
they are requesting us to subordinate $1,052,750.
If they defaulted on the first mortgage- Mid-America would get paid their portion ($840,000.00)
and then the City would get paid. The new request would have Mid-America getting paid
$1,052,750.00 and then the City would get paid anything above.
Attorney Bruce Beal said that essentially the City is dropping further down in the subordination
by $212,000.00. Bruce said an important question to address is to determine if the building is
worth 1.8 million dollars. The amount that is currently owed to the City of Canton and the
amount that would be owed to Mid-America would create an unsecured amount of$52,750.00.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Pickel to approve the resolution and place it
on file.
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman lustin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale Abstain
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich Abstain
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion failed by lack of number of votes required.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Hale to bring back in two weeks for
reconsideration.
The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous.
DISCUSS. CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
FIRST AMENDMENT TO A REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF
CANTON AND JERRY JARNAGIN. INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE FOR CHESTNUT RENTALS
LAND TRUST. (ist Readin�)
Steve Kline explained that in April 2014 the City approved a redevelopment agreement with
Jerry Jarnagin for the redevelopment of the property on East Chestnut Street. (Formerly Heilig
Meyer) As part of the terms to the redevelopment agreement the City agreed to loan Jerry
Jarnagin the amount of$60,000.00 toward TIF eligible project cost to make improvement to the
facility to attract new retail tenants to the building.
Jerry Jarnagin successfully attracted Label Shopper and is aggressively marketing the remaining
three spaces left in the building. There is currently someone very interested in occupying one
of the remaining spaces.
The question that came up was precipitated by the fact that the $60,000.00 that the City was
going to loan-was going to be loaned to the TIF II fund from the TIF I fund.
There has been an assessment of the TIF 1 area and there has been a reduction in the amount of
real estate taxes being received by the City. Essentially the money the City was going to use
from TIF I is not there. The TIF I fund will be shorted about $240,000.00 that the City was
expecting.
If the City is going to make the loan to Jerry Jarnagin- it would need to come from the TIF II fund
by increment that is available.
The redevelopment agreement is a limited obligation to provide the funds from the TIF fund, so
technically the City is not obligated to come up with the money owed to Jerry Jarnagin. In the
interest of being able to operate in good faith to developers who have incurred costs and have
redevelopment agreements with the City, Steve Kline would like to continue to work with the
City to find a way to allow Jerry Jarnagin to continue to work aggressively to get the retailers to
fill the space. Jerry was relying on the $60,000.00 to finance the additional improvements
needed. The City needs a new approach for financing.
Steve Kline explained that one of the solutions that he spoke to Jerry Jarnagin about is in lieu of
the $60,000.00, the redevelopment agreement would be amended to remove the loan and
provide a series of grants to him. $20,000.00 would be provided this year and then $20,000.00
annually for the next three years. This would equal four annual payments in the total amount
of $80,000.00. The reason for the four payments is to entice Jerry Jarnagin to approve the
agreement and have the cash to do the additional work on the building.
This structure would eliminate the problem of the City needing the full amount immediately.
The terms of the agreement would essentially be the same. Once he is provided the
$80,000.00 over the next four years it would be re-evaluated in the fifth year. It would be
determined to what extent the property generated enough municipal sales tax and new real
estate tax increment to offset the$60,000.00 that we would originally loan.
The $20,000.00 is not increasing the cap-- the cap in the agreement is the same. All we are
doing is taking $20,000.00 of the reimbursement that he would have been receiving in future
years on pay as you go basis to moving it up to the front. The cap is set at $323,500.00-- and
has not changed.
This is the first reading of the ordinance and will be presented at the next Council meeting as
the second reading.
COMMUNITY& INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
ALDERMAN TAD PUTRICH
UPDATE FROM MISSY TOWERY-SPOON RIVER PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Missy Towery was not at the meeting to provide the update, but the following information was
in the Council material for review.
GENERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POINTS
RETAIL/COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Attended Congresswoman Bustos' Digital Lab event in Moline.
In-Line Lunch and Learn &follow up from Brian Bagett regarding the company's involvement in
data center development.
Enterprise Zone Application work with Attorney Rabel.
Meeting with Jason Strandberg and development prospective to discuss water/sewer rates.
Follow up e-mail with development prospective to discuss possible media appearance with
Governor Quinn.
They are not ready to announce, but would possibly like to explore that opportunity later in
August.
Scheduled meeting with Deputy Director of Highways Region Three Engineer, Kensil Garrett to
introduce the SRPED Transportation Committee so we can communicate transportation
priorities.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ATTRACTION AND SUPPORT
Provided presentation at Fulton County Mayor's meeting.
Bloomington, IN Cook Site Visit (July 14th & 15th) with Mayor Fritz, Attorney Rabel, Carol Davis
(SRC) and Cheryl Bielema (Canton Main Street President) &follow up lunch, in Canton,
(Thursday,July 17th) with Jim Murphy CFC Properties.
Phone and e-mail conversations with local realtor communicating they have client interested in
certain properties in Canton. Worked with the realtor to identify property owners and
provided other available property information they may be interested in.
Worked to local organization seeking office space, connected the organization to two property
owners who have available space that would fit their criteria.
Assisted local business on TIF application and connected them to TIF administrator Steve Kline.
Contact from local business owner wanting to make SRPED aware of available property they
have available for lease.
TOURISM REPORT
See Dana Smith's Marketing Report
OTHER
Met with Tazewell County Economic Development representatives to discuss their local
incentives and shared resources.
Assisted at Canton Main Street's Kids Fest
SRPED New board members orientation
Isaac Swan Monument showing with CFC Properties (Canton Main Street would like to move
the monument from Greenwood Cemetery to property owned by CFC Properties)
Presented Economic Development presentation at Canton Rotary
Attended Chamber Coffee
General Marketing&Tourism
• Attended a presentation by broadband supplier Inline at Bistro 101 on July 9 to learn
more about their services to small and medium businesses, educational institutions,
banks and government.
• Working with the Illinois Department of Agriculture and Illinois Main Street on the Buy
Illinois Challenge, a new initiative to generate consumer and business awareness for
Illinois-made products. A new website, www.buvillinoischallen�e.com will feature
downloadable coupons from seven locally owned businesses in Canton, offering
discounts designed to encourage local residents to spend at least $10 of their weekly
budget on products made in Illinois. Will also be planning a media event to introduce
the website through local media outlets.
• Working with Kevin Stephenson, Jon Johnson and others to secure Canton as a two-day
stopover during the June 2015 Grand Illinois Trail and Parks tour, which would bring
approximately 250 bicyclists to Canton. This tour is a partnership between the League
of Illinois Bicyclists and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. A core committee
to promote Canton as a stopover is being formed.
• Responded to five requests for information from the visitor's website, coming from the
Chicago area, Las Vegas, Nevada and Ohio.
Canton Main Street.
• Supported the promotion and implementation of a new Main Street event, Canton
Night Out through design work, distribution of flyers, and development of news releases
and layout of participants in Jones Park.
• Attended a wrap-up meeting for Art on Main to brainstorm about next year's event,
including the type of entertainment, food offerings, timing of first mailings, etc. This
year's event profited over$2,200, a substantial increase of$1,569 from the first Festival
i n 2013.
• Met with Cheryl Bielema and Carol Davis to review potential grants available from the
State of Illinois Office of Tourism that could be used to promote and/or expand the 2015
Art on Main Festival.
• Prepared Canton Main Street minutes and financial reports for May.
• Attended the Canton Main Street Board meeting on July 29.
Website
• Worked with Kathy Luker to resolve issues posting financial information to the City
Treasurer's portion of the website.
• Responded to a request from Diana Pavley to look into better options for visitors to the
City Clerks pages to find their Ward, and their Aldermen.
• In July www.cantonillinois.or� had 32,141 pages views. There were 17,887 unique IP
addresses.
• In July, the www.visitcantonil.or� had 4,170 page views. There were 2,745 unique IP
addresses
Scenic Drive
• Attended the Scenic Drive Association Board meeting on July 16.
• Responded to three requests for information about being a vendor in Canton for the
Drive.
61 EAST SIDE SQUARE UPDATE
DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND VOTE ON: A RESOLUTION FOR TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF A STATE
MAINTAINED ROADWAY FOR A PUBLIC EVENT. (FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL PARADE TO BE HELD
SEPTEMBER 20. 2014. #4077
A request was submitted by the Friendship Festival Board for the Canton Friendship Festival
Parade to be held on September 20, 2014. A certificate of insurance is on file naming the City
of Canton as additional insured.
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Putrich/Ellis to approve the resolution and place it
on file.
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried.
NEGOTIATIONS, GRIEVANCE & PERSONNEL
ALDERWOMAN HALE
OLD BUSINE55
Mayor Fritz suggested holding a strategic planning session on August 23, 2014 at 8:30am. This
meeting will re-address the streetscape project.
NEW BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Putrich to adjourn into executive session for
the purpose of: personnel/pending Litigation and employment matters.
51LCS 120/2 (C1), (D2),(C3)
ROLL CALL Yes No Absent
Alderman Jerry Ellis X
Alderman Justin X
Nelson
Alderman John Lovell X
Alderwoman Hale X
Alderman Craig West X
Alderman Tad Putrich X
Alderman Dave Pickel X
Alderman Jim Nelson X
The motion carried. ,,_
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Diana avley-Ro k, C y erk
Jeffrey A. Fritz, Mayor