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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-06-1987 Council Minutes 135 A regular meeting of the Canton City Council was held on January 6th 1987 in Council Chambers. ' PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENED THE MEE;TING FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY MAYOR DONALD E. EDWARDS. Mayor Edwards asked for roll call at 6:30 p.m. Present: Aldermen Kovachevich, Zilly, Steck, Sarff, Workman, Bohler, May, Chapman. Absent: None. MINUTES OF DECEMBER 2nd MEETING. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Workman, the minutes of December 2nd be accepted and placed on file. Voice vote, motion carried. MINUTES OF DECEMBER 16 MEETING. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second ' by Alderman Workman, the minutes of December 16 be accepted and placed on file. Voice vote, motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DAVID LEEZER - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ' Q AND BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR. Finally received the first appraisal ~ from Tompkins Appraisal on the MSD property for the Canton prison. ~ Their estimate was $1,700 an acre with the total purchase price of $170,000 for 100 acres. Harold Turley was sent the information = for a second appraisal. He was contacted today and reported ~ that he had mailed the review appraisal and did concur with the Q price of $1,700 an acre. We have already submitted $50,000 payment in escrow from the Enterprise Zone monies. Having a meeting with the DOC officials this Thursday morning. Hoping to set up some plans on the prison. On January 26-28 the Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association and the Illinois Fire Chief's Association will sponsor a school for fire chief's on labor relations. Basically on collective bargaining. Cost is $295 for members of Illinois Fire Chief's Association and will be held in Monticello. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman May, the fire chief be allowed to attend the session. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Workman, Sarff, Steck, Zilly, Kovachevich. NAYS - None. Motion carried. $ AYES 0 NAYS 0 ABSENT. Received a monitoring report on the downtown sidewalk project from DCCA. They found no problems with the program. The report is available from Dave. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CLIFF SAGASER - CITY ENGINEER. The lift station for contract #2 was scheduled for today, but will not be here for another week. Have finished the preliminary drawings on the North Main 2-way Street along the side of Spurgeons and West of the square. Copies of the drawing will be available at the next committee meeting and to receive your approval of the plans. If there is to be a sidewalk project for 1987, I want to know by the next two committee meetings as we should be preparing plans to be able to proceed on time. And where the money will be coming from. At the next clerical committee meeting I'll be bringing a revised estimate of fees from Daily & Associates. 1 ~ "CONTINUED January 6th, 1987 COMMITTEE REPORTS: Public Safety & Traffic. Council Action None. Street & Garbage Council Action Motion by Alderman Kovachevich, second by Alderman Steck, to eliminate one parking space on West Pine Street for loading and unloading purpose. Voice vote, motion carried. (Vic Mason business). Lake, Building & Grounds. Council Action None. Public Works, Water & Sewer. Council Action Motion by Alderman May, second by Alderman Chapman, the approval of a 30 day extension of a part-time employee (Keith Bitner) from System Maintenance Dept. to the Sewer Plant at the same salary. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Kovachevich, Zilly, Steck, Sarff, Workman, Bohler, May, Chapman. NAYS - Nane. Motion carried. 8 AYES 0 NAYS 0 ABSENT. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR EDWARDS. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Bohler, the appointment of Mike Farhrenbacher to the Historical Preservation & Development Committee be confirmed. Voice vote, motion carried. Mayor Edwards said he okayed the purchase of 2 gallons of a substance that's suppose to burn the feet of the starlings that have become a nuisance in the downtown area. The fire chief will furnish the fire truck so the substances can be painted on the window sills. While investigating the problem on starlings we noticed the condition of the J. Anthony building. One of the big panes of glass fell out of the building a few weeks ago and you know what that would do if it fell on someone. Jim Malmgren has checked on ownership and the owner on record is DAHM Inc. The corporation owners are Dr. Rod Maguire, Jack Hardy, Ed Daily, Bud Ashley. They sold the building on a partnership to A1 Painter, Jerry Jarnigan & Ray Rumler. Jim Malmgren City Attorney said that notice has been given on several different ocassions to several different firms. The owners at record DAHM Inc. had entered into a contract with deed arrangements with the other 3 individuals. There's been a record search made by the abstractor that the contract purchaser allegedly defaulted on the contract. DAHM Inc. apparently initiated and still has pending a law suit against the purchasers to force them to follow thru with their agreement to purchase. And of course the city is caught in the middle. We've taken the position we've give notice to everybody, and so far I've heard nothing. And if something doesn't happen very quickly, you may want to consider legal action. Chief Derenzy said he would be willing to put up some plywood when he's up there for the starlings. 13~ CONTINUED January 6th, 1987 The prison meeting will be January 8th at 10:00 a.m. A majority of a quorum will be present. I'm gcing to declare that ~ closed meeting for Negotiations of Land Acquisition. Wi~ll be looking at the Utility Tax Ordinance. Were goin_q to , have to make a commitment to MSD and DOC officials on how were going to pay for the land. The Utility Tax could be very effective if we make the Industrial Park a TIF area. Because than we could recapture the Utility Tax in the Industrial Park and the prison has to pay utility tax. This can only be done in an Industrial area. Other governmental bodies will be asked to make donations on payi'ng for the land according to David Leezer Community Development Director. ' ~ Jim Malmgren City Attorney said if the construction phase of ~ this portion is accelerated, it means you have 2 or 3 years less to get prepared. At the January 22nd meeting of the MSD Board = it is anticipated the Board will authorize the filing of a petition m for Annexation and Rezoning of all that property into the city. a Their bringing in about 239 acres which would be everything from the Western boundaries of our Enterprise Park to Lone Barn/College Road. Of that we would be purchasing 100 acres of the N.W. ' corner. The balance or the 139 acres, we would be told for bringing that in we would abate the city's portion of the real property taxes. So their tax situation does not change from what it presently is, situated in the county. That's part of the agreement will be working with. Mayor Edwards said the first thing will be working on is the Prison, the Utility Tax, Police & Fire Department because of the prison coming in, and being brought upto the 1983 level, putting a policeman back on the street instead of using as a dispatcher. Have received recommendations from the Historical Preservation & Development Committee, and their going to be asking for set aside monies for loan funds for the downtown buildings. OLD BUSINESS: ORDINANCE - PROVIDING FaR A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH 16TH AVENUE AND EAST ASH STREET. Second reading, read by title. Motion by Alderman Kovachevich, second by Alderman Workman, the ordinance be placed on its passage. Roll call. AYES - Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Workman, Sarff, Steck, Zilly, Kovachevich. NAYS - None. Motion carried. 8 AYES 0 NAYS 0 ABSENT. Ordinance being #1127. NEW BUSINESS: RESOLUTION - APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR SALE OF LAND FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPNI~ENT MADE BY AND BETW'EEN THE CITY AND MIDWESTERN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. First reading, read by title. Mayor Edwards recommended the resolution be sent to the committee on the 13th of January and to the 20th council meeting. Jim Malmgren City j_38 Attorney said this will be somewhat unusual procedurally because o:~ the rec1uirenlents ~n the Tax Increment financing law. V~e car~ ~n our downtown Tax~ In.crement area sell property like this. The agreement itself is basically standard but the sale price has never been agreed to. It definitely should go back to committee, you cannot take final action on this until you solicit alternative bids, but it was necessary that this be formally presented to the council and have the notice in the newspaper on the 9th and 16th of Janaury. Motion by Alderman Zilly, second by Alderman Kovachevich, the resolution be sent to the Legal & Ordinance Committee. Voice vote, motion carried. EXECUT'IVE SESSION - NEGOTIATIONS, GRIEVANCE AND PERSONNEL. IMMINENT/THREATENED PENDING LITIGATION. Motion by Alderman Workman, second by Alderman Kovachevich, to go into executive session. Voice vote, motion carried. Council recessed the regular session at 7:17 p.m. Executive minutes are on file for review. ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderrnan Kovachevich, to adjourn. Voice vote, motion carried. Council adjourned at 8:31 p.m. ~ CITY CLERK ~ G71~ - APPROVED • MAYOR