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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-16-1988 Council Minutes 334 A regular meeting of the Canton City Council was held on March 16, 1988 in Council Chambers. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENED THE MEETING FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY ALDERMAN KEVIN MEADE. Mayor Edwards asked for roll call at 6:30 p.m. Present - Aldermen Steck, Sarff, Meade, Bohler, May, Chapman. Absent - Aldermen Kovachevich, Zilly. Alderman Zilly reported she was ill. BILLS FOR FEBRUARY. Motion by Alderman Steck, second by Alderman Sarff, all bills properly approved be paid and to approve the bills of the city attorney in the amount of $2,500 and bond counsel Kurt Froehlich in the amount of $2,250. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Meade, Sarff, Steck. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DAVID LEEZER - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR. The Loan Committee met this evening and made the following recommendations to the council. To request a loan to Active English Inc. of $100,000 in RDLF monies. FmHA was contacted and they said approval is not needed from them since the loan is for the cap of $100,000. Bill Phillips of Phillips & Associates the principle owner of Active English spoke briefly to council members. Bill said that they have been making progress for Active English, Information System and System George. We have received national publicity for our product. We appreciate the Loan Committee's support, also the city's and council. We have not sold or offered additional stock in the company since last May. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman May, to accept the Loan Committee's request to approve a loan of $100,000 to Active English Information Systems, Inc. with a one year maturity on the loan and an option to extend to an additional 4 years and personal guarantees be recieved from Cliff and Bill Phillips. Discussion. Jim Malmgren City Attorney said a resolution will be available at the next meeting for approval of the Loan Agreements. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Steck, Sarff, Meade, Bohler, May, Chapman. r1AYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. David Leezer said he would be attending a Illinois Enterprise Zone meeting in National Illinois. The Canton School Board will be meeting on the request for dedication of the North Main Shopping Center. The meeting is open to the public. Alderman Meade asked who will improve the road once it's dedicated? Dave replied that the developer will develop the road and the city's MFT fund wil be responsible for on going maintenance. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CLIFF SAGASER - CITY ENGINEER. Met with CM&T staff, they presented a letter requesting a change in their contract. What their wanting is not paying the engineer anymore money, but they have an agreement dated in June of 1985 which allows a total of $482,00 worth of engineering cost to completion. It's anticipated the bill 335 CONTINUED March 16, 1988 will be $480,000. But there is one area where the construction engineering cost has increased and another area has decreased. And to get grant funds for this $30,000 construction cost increase CM&T is requesting to modify the contract designating $30,000 be changed from one area to another. This is to be reviewed at the Mechanical Committee meeting. A memo was received from Ray McKinney Supt. of Water Treatment Plant that the water that supplys Canton and surrounding communities exceeded the maximum allowable concentration, the maximum amount allowed in drinking water, of trihalomethone. Ray is taking measures to get this lower. The contractor on the dam is planning on placing the last ~ 2 pipes in on Friday of this week. This will wind up that ~ section of the project. ~ CIPS will be replacing gas lines South of Linn & East ~ = of the railroad tracks. m Q Interviews for the four (4) job openings in the Public Works department will begin next week. The interviews were completed on the position at the water plant. Were waiting for information from the engineers on the FAU project. Alderman Bohler asked Cliff Sagaser if any information is available on the Bowlin property on West Walnut Street? Cliff said CM&T had been contacted, they said they would get the work completed as soon as possible. Alderman Steck commented on the sidewalk in front of city hall. Mayor Edwards said this will be the first project of the new maintenance employees when their hired. Cliff Sagaser felt the cost to repair the sidewalk would be around $1,200. He will have cost available at the Mechanical Committee meeting. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Legal & Ordinance. Council Action Motion by Alderman Bohler, second by Alderman Sarff, the ordinance for Hazardous Material be placed on the agenda. Voice vote, motion carried. Finance. Council Action Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Bohler, the awarding of the contract for the sewer line project to the medium security prison be tabled until the next council meeting. Discussion. Pat Wright City Treasurer asked Cliff Sagaser City Engineer if monies would be received on the tap fees for the prison site, or would we be using city funds? Cliff said he had not received that information as of yet. Voice vote, motion carried. 33~ CONTINUED March 16, 1988 Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Bohler, the pay estimate of Hillyer Excavating in the amount of $900 for Project 4; Heinz Construction in the amount of $15,653.15 for Project 3; and Slack's Excavating in the amount of $41,471.86 for the Dam Project be paid. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Meade, Sarff, Steck. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Bohler, to approve the change order of Project 4 for Hillyer Excavating of an increase of $671.50. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Steck, Sarff, Meade, Bohler, May, Chapman. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Bohler, the approval to pay Slack's Excavating for the trenching of ~ 2700 feet of sewer lines for the medium security prison site in the amount of $2700 and paid from the Water & Sewer fund. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Meade, Sarff, Steck. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Bohler, to allow the expenditure of an roof mounted exhaust fan for the Water plant and to not exceed $200. Discussion. This is being done to come upto OSHO standards. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Steck, Sarff, Meade, Bohler, May, Chapman. NAYS - None. Motion carried. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Meade, Ray McKinney Water Supt. be allowed to attend a Lake Management conference at a cost of $175. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Meade, Sarff, Steck. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Bohler, to accept the low bid of McWhorter Electric for wiring the main garage on E. Locust in the amount of $1,349.13. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Steck, Sarff, Meade, Bohler, May, Chapman. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. Negotiations, Grievance & Personnel. Council Action Motion by Alderman May, second by Alderman Chapman, to accept the recommendaticn of Supt of Wastewater Larry Dutton that Gary Orwig Assistant Supt. be given an additional salary increase on May 11 to bring his total salary to $22,300 a year. Discussion. Larry Dutton stated the raise I'm recommending is to get him off the bottom scale for assistant's salary range. He will receive the 3% proposed wage increase on May 1, and an additional $600 on May llth to bring his salary to $22,300 a year. Lengthy discussion , was held. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Meade, Sarff. NAYS - Alderman Steck. 5 AYES 1 NAY 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. Alderman Sarff, added to the agenda under Executive Session discussion on Personnel. 33~ CONTINUED March 16, 1988 Community & Industrial Development. Council Action Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman May, to approve the purchase of 2 XT Computers (IBM compatible) from Soft Select at a cost of $3,775.84 for both. Discussion. David Leezer said 2 Sony M 2 prossor was approved in committee. They have been discontinued. So we approached the second low bidder of Soft-Select. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Steck, Sarff, Meade, Bohler, May, Chapman. NAYS None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR EDWARDS. The appointment of Alderman Chapman Chm., Cliff Sagaser, Pat Wright, Nancy Whites, David Leezer to serve on a committee to plan a Q retirement party for Ray Hartle. ~ ~ I have asked that Chuck Bedinger who represents AFSMC unions = to provide the city with some information on drug testing ~ of our employees. Q On March 26 Boy Scout Troop 104 will be cleaning in the area of the downtown and the city will provide a truck for the debris. OLD BUSINESS: ' ORDINANCE - AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF PART OF SOUTH FOURTH AVENUE TO LESLIE CARL. Second reading, read by title. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Bohler, the ordinance be placed on its passage. Discussion. Alderman Steck reported that the other party that was interested in the property wanted to use the area for the storage ot "-trailer beds and not for the park-ing of"t~•u~ks as s~ated ' in another meeting of the city council. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Meade, Sarff, Steck. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. Ordinance being #1186. ORDINANCE - ESTABLISHING TITI~E 5, CHAPTER 9 RELATING TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Second reading, read by title. Motion by Alderman Steck, second by Alderman May, the ordinance be placed on its passage as amended. Discussion. Jim Malmgren City Attorney said that the 3 changes that were made were mainly because of typing errors. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Steck, Sarff, Meade, Bohler, May, Chapman. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Ordinance being #1187. NEW BUSINESS: ORDINANCE - GRANTING A HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT FOR THE OPERATION OF A TAXIDERMY SHOP AT 271 FULTON PLACE. First reading, read by title. Recommended by Planning & Zoning Commission that a license be granted. RESOLUTION - FINDING A NUISANCE AND A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD: DAHM HALL - SOUTHEAST CORNER OF S. FIRST AVENUE AND EAST ELM STREET. Motion by Alderman Chapman, second by Alderman Sarff, the resolution be adopted. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Meade, Sarff, Steck. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Resolution being #2024. 33g CONTINUED March 16, 1988 RESOLUTION - REGARDING IMRF RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR BERNARD J. OARS, FORMER GREENWOOD CEMETERY EMPLOYEE. First reading, read by title. Motion by Alderman Bohler, second by Alderman Sarff, the resolution be adopted. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Steck, Sarff, Meade, Bohler, May, Chapman. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. Resolution being #2025. EXECUTIVE SESSION - IMMINENT, THREATENED/PENDING LITIGATION. PERSONNEL. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Chapman to go into executive session for the purpose as stated. Voice vote, motion carried. This portion of the council recessed at 7:55 p.m. The executive minutes are on file for review. Council reconvened in open session at 8:33 p.m. RESOLUTION - A RESOLUTION DECLARING DEFAULT IN INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS RECYCLING, INC., AND IN DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACCELERATING ALL NOTES GIVEN BY INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS RECYCLING, INC. AND BY DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS, INC. TO THE CITY OF CANTON, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO PROTECT THE CITY. First reading, read by title. Mayor Edwards said our intent is to bring them to decision making. We don't intend to destroy IPRI. This resolution will stop all future dumping of chips. Jim Malmgren City Attorney said this resolution is similar to CIC's resolution except that you have different legal rights that are on page 2, paragraph 4 of the resolution. ~ Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Meade the resolution be adopted. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Meade, Sarff, Steck. NAYS - None. 6 AYES 0 NAYS 2 ABSENT. Motion carried. Resolution being #2026. ADJOURNMENT - Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Meade, to adjourn. Voice vote, motion carried. Council adjourned at 9:04 p.m. ~ ' - ~ C TY CLERK APPROVED: Y R