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Home My WebLink About09-05-06 City Council Meeting Minutes A regular meeting of the Canton City Council meeting was held on th September 5, 2006 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 Heinze asked for roll call at 6:30 p.m. Present – Aldermen Joe Berardi, Jim Hartford, Craig West, Larry Sarff, Kevin Meade, Eric Schenck, Rick Reed. Absent – Alderman Les Carl. MINUTES OF AUGUST 15, 2006 COUNCIL MEETING. Motion and second by Aldermen Hartford/West, the minutes be placed on file as presented. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. MINUTES OF AUGUST 22, 2006 MECHANICAL COMMITTEE. Motion and second by Aldermen Reed/Hartford, the minutes be placed on file as presented. Discussion. Alderman Schenck stated that he is not questioning the minutes as they state the monument for the K-9 unit would be placed at the Public Safety building on their grounds. Actually the monument would be placed at the City Building/Police Department. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. LLOYD KLINDWORTH. Lloyd said he lives at 326 Ingersoll Blvd and has been at that address for 30 years. He asked the council and mayor why they let Bill Randolph and Henry Dare speak concerning 336 Coalition, as neither of them live in the City of Canton. Did you even think about the impact of 336 Coalition? Wal-Mart was pretty well set to come here until you voted against it. Wal-Mart does not pay well, and you told them that. Thank you for giving me 5 minutes. Mayor Heinze said to Lloyd, you always have though provoking questions. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Public Safety & Traffic. Council Action None. 1 Council meeting 9-5-06 Streets & Garbage. Council Action None. Lake, Buildings & Grounds. Council Action Billing Cost for FOIA information for chairman of the committee. Alderman Berardi said he had not been charged as yet for his last request. The chairman of the committee when they need information they have to file under FOIA request. I am not going to ask council for what I need. My problem is, also I do not intend to pay for that information. Motion by Alderman Berardi to waive any FOIA charges for the chairman of a committee requesting the information. Motion died for lack of second. K-9 Memorial. Motion and second by Aldermen Berardi/Schenck, to allow the fund raising that necessary to build the K-9 memorial. Discussion. Alderman Sarff said he had input from three individuals who wanted the city employees who have dedicate their lives to the community be memorialized. Mayor Heinze said that of any department that needs to be recognize is the Public Works Department, as they never are recognize. Roll call. AYES – Aldermen Reed, Schenck, Meade, Sarff, West, Hartford, Berardi. NAYS – None. 7 AYES, 0 NAYS, 1 ABSENT. Motion carried. Overhead Doors at Firehouse. Motion and second by Aldermen Sarff/Reed, to allow the expenditure for $8,472 from Adams Door. Roll call. AYES – Aldermen Berardi, Hartford, West, Sarff, Meade, Schenck, Reed. NAYS – None 7 AYES, 0 NAYS, 1 ABSENT. Motion carried. Public Works, Water & Sewer. Council Action 2 Council meeting 9-5-06 Upgrade to Meter Reading System. Motion and second by Aldermen Hartford/Sarff, the Water Department allowed to upgrade the Meter Reading System from Badger Meter, in the amount of $15,750.00. Discussion. Alderman Berardi brought up the next issue on the agenda which was Budget: Use of line items from General fund/CSO Plan. Alderman Berardi wants to use the $15,750.00 for one year and incorporate the $6,500 the fire department wants to use for upgrading of the kitchen to TV and repair of the sewer system. This is a preventive maintenance. Last week was told could not use the funds from the general fund for this project, but now found out you can by Auditor Jim Hocker, City Attorney Chrissie Peterson, City Treasurer Kathy Luker and former city treasurer Pat Wright by shifting line items in the budget. Public Works Director Clif O’Brien mentioned that the City will develop a long term cleaning plan of city sewers. The IEPA will be contacting us and you will have to do it, and you will come up with a long term plan. Clif also mentioned that the Telecommunication Tax and ½% of sales tax was to be used for infrastructure. City Treasurer Kathy Luker mentioned that at the end of July the contingency fund for the General Fund was almost depleted. The Water/Sewer contingency fund has a balance of $150,000.00. Alderman Meade said the issue is very clear to him, we will be saving $10,000 tonight by upgrading the meter reading system in the Water Department. Personally I want to save $10,000. Alderman Berardi mentioned using some of the bonding funds to upgrade infrastructure in the city and taking care of the CSO’s. Roll call. AYES – Aldermen Reed, Schenck, Meade, Sarff, West, Hartford. NAYS – Alderman Berardi. 6 AYES, 1 NAY, 1 ABSENT. Motion carried. Alderman Hartford said it was worth checking into using some of the bonding funds for infrastructure. Motion and second by Aldermen Berardi/Schenck, to revisit the $26 million dollar bond issue along with the remaining $10,000,000.00 on the $36 million dollar bond issue, and to utilize some of those funds to address failing water/sewer infrastructure. Discussion. City Treasurer Kathy Luker said she wants to be part of this discussion. Alderman Berardi said every member of council will be part of it. 3 Council meeting 9-5-06 Alderman Meade said this is not on the agenda and should be sent to a committee as we need to study it. Alderman Schenck said the decision needs to be tonight as we have battered this around long enough. The question before was the issue of using the general fund monies. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. Budget: Use of line items from General Fund/CSO Plan. Discussed in the above issue with the upgrade of Meter Reading System. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR HEINZE. The Bartonville Police Chief Brian Fencel and K-9 officer Cecil Simmons presented plaque’s to Sgt. Rick Nichols, and officer Mike Eveland for helping them when their city was looking to purchase a K-9 officer. The City of Bloomington had contacted 15 departments in the Tri-County area and Canton stepped up to the plate. There was 130 dogs to choose from and we narrowed it down to 10. Sgt. Rick Nicholas has done a documentary of some 13 pages for those cities in the future wanting to purchase their first K-9 officer. OLD BUSINESS: RESOLUTION – APPROVING A SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT WITH THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE SUBORDINATION SURFACE RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC ROAD PURPOSES. Motion Second reading, read by title. and second by Aldermen Hartford/Reed, the resolution be placed on its passage. Roll call. AYES – Aldermen Berardi, Hartford, West, Sarff, Meade, Schenck, Reed. NAYS – None. 7 AYES, 0 NAYS, 1 ABSENT. Motion carried. Resolution being # 3768. NEW BUSINESS: RESOLUTION – APPROVING A TIERED APPROACH TO CORRECTIVE-ACTION OBJECTIVES AGREEMENT (TACO AGREEMENT) WITH THE MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY, LCC. Motion First reading, read by title. and second by 4 Council meeting 9-5-06 Aldermen Sarff/West, the resolution be adopted. Roll call. AYES – Aldermen Reed, Schenck Meade, Sarff, West, Hartford, Berardi. NAYS – None. 7 AYES, 0 NAYS, 1 ABSENT. Motion carried. Resolution being #3769. RESOLUTION – APPROVING A PRE-ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CANTON AND RUSSEL BRIGGS. Motion First reading, read by title. and second by Aldermen Sarff/Reed, the resolution be adopted. Discussion. Alderman Berardi asked where this is located? Public Works Director Clif O’Brien mentioned in Del Bar, on Barker Road. Roll call. AYES – Aldermen Berardi, Hartford, West, Sarff, Meade, Schenck, Reed. NAYS – None. 7 AYES, 0 NAYS, 1 ABSENT. Motion carried. Resolution being #3770. ORDINANCE – RE-ZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY OF CHARLES H. TAYLOR AND JANET RUTH TAYLOR TO A B-2 ZONING CONFIGURATION. First reading, read by title. ORDINANCE – RE-ZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY OF CLANCEL ORVIS, L.P. TO AN AG-1 ZONING CONFIGURATION. First reading, read by title. Adjournment. Motion and second by Aldermen Reed/Hartford, to adjourn. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously. The regular scheduled council meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. _____________________________, Nancy Whites, City Clerk APPROVED: ______________________________, Rodney W. Heinze, Mayor 5 6