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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-02-1983 Council Meeting Minutes 421 A regular meeting of the Canton City Council was held on August 2nd , 1983 in Council Chambers . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENED THE MEETING FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY CITY CLERK NANCY WHITES . Mayor Edwards asked for roll call at 6 : 30 p .m. Present : Aldermen Kovachevich , Hammond , Savill , Sarf-F, Workman , Carl , May , Horr . Absent : None . j MINUTES OF JULY 19th , 1983 MEETING . Motion by Alderman Savill , second by Alderman Sarff, the minutes cf July 19th meeting be accepted and placed on file . Voice vote , motion carried . COMMITTEE REPORTS : Public Safety & Traffic . Council Action Motion by Alderman Savill , second by Alderman Horr , the purchase of a police car from Orlando Park Dodge in the amount of $8 ,925 . 00 be allowed . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen Horr, Vay , Carl , Workman , Ur Sarff, Savill , Hammond , Kovachevich . NAYS : None . Motion carried . Q 8 ayes 0 nays 0 absent Q Lake , Building & Grounds . Council Action Motion by Alderman Workman , second by Alderman Horr , repairs to the roof at the west side sewer plant in the amount of $2 ,600 . 00 be approved . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen Horr , May , Carl , Sarff , Workman , Savill , Hammond , Kovachevich . NAYS : None . Motion carried . 8 ayes 0 nays 0 absent . L I Streets & Garba;e . Council Action None . Informational : Correction on the M. F . T . program of the 20C block of South 9th Avenue should read 200 block of South 101.-h Avenue . Public Works , Water & Sewer . Council Action Motion by Alderman May , second by Alderman Savill , the purchase of water meters at a cost of $2 , 100 . 00 for Fairview Heights and at the staff ' s decision as to when to order the meters . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen Kovachevich , Hammond , Savill , Sarff , Workman , Carl , Pray , Horr. NAYS : None . Motion carried . 8 ayes 0 nays 0 absent . PUBLIC HEARING - PROPOSED TAX LEVY - 7 : 00 p .m. - Motion by Alderman Kovachevich , second by Alderman May to adjourn the regular meeting and conduct a public hearing . Voice vote , motion carried . Purpose of the public hearing : concerning the proposed tax levy of the City of Canton . a CITIZENS : There was no citizen input . COUNCIL : No one on the council gave oral or written comments . Motion by Alderman Savill , second by Alderman Sarff to adjourn the public hearing and reconvene in regular meeting . Voice vote , motion carried . Public hearing adjourned at 7 : 01 p .m. . COMMUNICATIONS FROM DAVE DORGAN - BUDGEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR . Presented a proposal for various secretaries . We ' ve had some trouble staffing various committees . There would be paid days of corip time . Several questions were asked concerning the days of comp time . Motion by Alderman Sarff , second by Alderman Savill , this proposal be sent to the Negotiations , Grievance & Personnel Committee . Voice vote , motion carried . 422 CONTINUED AUGUST 2ND , 1983 Tom Homer, State Representative , was recognized from the audience by Mayor Edwards . Received a letter from Harold Benedict , the union representa- tive . Harold wants us to look into an arbitrator , as we are to the arbitration stage on the lay-off grievance . There are two ways we can do this . We can hire one or go through the State Labor Department. A paid arbitrator is $250 . 00 a day { plus expenses . Motion by Alderman Sarff , second by Alderman Kovachevich , we go to the state for an arbitrator. Discussion . Mayor Edwards reported that it is non-binding arbitration and a state man might be a little more sympathetic to a city government . Voice vote , motion carried . The last date for filing petitions is August 22nd to put a referendum on the ballot for the Step 3 sewer construction project proposed by Crawford , Murphy & Tilly . Received approval for HUD Amendment for the Industrial Site Area . They approved the entire amount of $230 ,000 . 00 . Attended a Job ' s Bill Seminar in Springfield which laid out the guidelines for applying for the Job ' s Bill Fund . The state has been approached with the concept of submitting a grant for a qualified buyer for the I . H . C . plant and agrees this would be an excellent application . The maximum amount the city can apply for is $400 ,000 . 00 . Application deadline is August 31st and will be awarded September 30th . Motion by Alderman Carl , second by Alderman Hammond , that the Community Development Director make application for the Job ' s Bill Grant . Discussion . Alderman Workman asked how we would use the money? What we would be doing with this money is providing a loan to the buyers of I . H . C . , all $400 ,000 . 00 commented Dave Dorgan . The money would actually be repaid to the state . The city would charge (over a 15 year period) 5% interest . This would be billed for administrative costs of running the grant over that period of time . The city would get the interest money and the state would get the principle . Voice vote , motion carried . The existing Community Development Block Grant money : We are looking at fixing 9th Avenue between Chestnut and Elm Street and putting in some curb and gutter . The city engineer and I have looked at Sam Scott Street which is heavily traveled on by trucks , since they no longer can get through at 4th Avenue . Motion by Alderman Hammond , second by Alderman May to use the Community Development Block Grant Funds for a change order for Sam Scott Street , 9th Avenue and the two drainage problems up to $20 ,000 .00 . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen Kovachevich , Hammond , Savill , Sarff, Workman , Carl , May , Horr. NAYS : None . Motion carried . 8 ayes 0 nays 0 absent . We want to put in a storm sewer on 7th Avenue to drain a ditch into a storm inlet, and also one additional drain at 7th and Hanlon stated Dave Dorgan . COMMUNICATIONS FROM CLIFF SAGASER - CITY ENGINEER. Three r members of Crawford , Murphy & Tilly ' s firm were at the meeting . Leonard Crawford , Gary Heinking and Charles Ritchey . They ' re here to help us and encourage us to make decisions regarding the sewage treatment plant project and the sewer rate re-hab project . Mr. Crawford reviewed his comments made on June 9th . If the city should decide to move ahead , then the city would need some advice from bond counsel . If a bond election is held , it ' s legally possible to finance a project with general obligation bonds or revenue bonds . Revenue bonds have a 423 CONTINUED AUGUST 2ND , 1983 higher interest rate , and there ' s no election unless a petition is filed . It has to be held on the regular general election . Since our city attorney was not available , we took it upon our- selves to call Chapman and Cutler and ask what action has to be taken to have an election to commit this to general obligation bonds . You would have to pass an ordinance asking the county clerk to set up the election . This ordinance could be drafted , if you wanted , by Chapman and Cutler . Mr. Dan Johnson is the person that Crawford , Murphy & Tilly talked to . Alderman Carl asked if the city was refused the Step 3 Grant , what would the city be out in terms of dollars? We estimated if you went ahead on authorized engineering , the city would be out the maximum spent of $80 ,000 . 00 . Crawford , Murphy & Tilly said they would be willing to wait for their money . Alderman Carl asked what percentage would it be for us in getting the grant? Mr. Crawford stated pretty good , but you ' d have to meet these dates . Alderman Carl asked what would it cost the citizens if the referendum went for a bond issue and not general obligation? Gary Heinking re- ported that if there was a revenue bond issue , you would need a 54% increase in sewer rates . Mayor Edwards said that we need to inform the citizens as to what (29 we ' re doing . Mayor Edwards recommended we ask Crawford , Murphy & Q Tilly to do our design work on Step 2 Bond Ordinance for the Q next council meeting . Cliff stated that an estimate for a water line at 13th Avenue would be $2 ,200 . 00 . We could do this in house . Motion by Alderman Carl , second by Alderman Horr, this be referred to the Finance Committee to look at funding . Voice vote , motion carried . Received a letter from the Illinois Department of Public Health in regard to swimming at the lake . There ' s not much the city would have to do for swimming at the beach . A copy of the letter will be made available to the Aldermen and discussed at the Committee . Completed the ditching work at 20th Avenue . The city did the work . Fairview Heights Grant is just in a 30 day holding pattern . There is a need to do an environmental review, said Dave Dorgan . Cliff said that he knows the city does not want to spend M . F .T . funds on the Redevelopment Plan Project . Certain amounts could be funded on this project. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR EDWARDS . Larry Dutton , Waste Water Treatment Supt . , lost his house due to lightening . A consider- able amount of items have been collected and passed on . They now have everything they need and are very grateful . OLD BUSINESS : ORDINANCE - AMENDING CHAPTER 1 , TITLE 5 , RE-STRUCTURING THE FIRE DEPT . AND RE-ESTABLISHING THE FIRE DEPT ' S AUTHORIZED STRENGTH . Second reading , read by title . Motion by Alderman Sarff , second by Alderman Savill , the ordinance be placed upon its passage . Discussion . Alderman Carl asked if any contact has been made from the Fire Department? Alderman Sarff said not to his knowledge . This ordinance is at the recommendation of the chief and should not be used in negotiations , stated Mayor Edwards . Roll call . AYES : Aldermen Horr , May , Carl , Workman , Sarff , Savill , Hammond , Kovachevich . NAYS : None . Motion carried . Ordinance being #986 . NEW BUSINESS : ORDINANCE - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF TAXES . First reading , read by title . 424 CONTINUED AUGUST 2ND , 1983 ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Alderman Savill , second by Alderman Kovachevich to adjourn . Voice vote , motion carried . Council adjourned at 8 : 00 p . m. CITY CLERK APPROVED . MAYOR