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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-13-2012 Clerical Committee Meeting Minutes CITY OF CANTON CLERICAL COMMITTEE Tuesday November 13, 2012 6:30 p.m. Donald E. Edwards Way 50 North 4th Avenue Canton IL 61520 Aldermen in attendance: Dave Pickel, Justin Nelson, Jim Hartford, Jeff Fritz, Gerald Ellis, Craig West, Jeremy Pasley, Eric Schenck (late arrival) Aldermen absent: Staff in attendance: Mayor Kevin Meade, City Clerk Diana Pavley, City Attorney Chrissie Peterson, City Administrator Jim Snider, Comptroller Caty Campbell, Fire Chief Keith Frank, Public Works Director Bill Terry, WWTP Superintendent Joe Carruthers, City Engineer Keith Plavec Joe Ginger Video Services. In the audience: Missy Towery, Carol Davis, Janet Hartford, Robert Clayberg, Denise Clayberg, Darlene Clayberg, Richard Spilky with Integrys News Media- John Froehling from Daily Ledger. Finance Alderman Craig West, Chairman BILLS A 2012 Ford was purchased for the WTP to replace an older vehicle. This was reflected on this month's bill list. The WWTP had an expenditure on this month's bill list for storm pump repairs. The repair is completed and working fine. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Pickel to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. TREASURER'S REPORT Comptroller Caty Campbell explained that at the end of October the available cash was 3.3 million dollars. The total investments were 4.5 million dollars. The budget comparison report reflects the general fund with a gain of $13,000.00 and a YTD gain of $205,000.00. The water and sewer fund had a gain at the end of the month in the amount of $194,000.00 and a YTD gain of 1 million dollars. The City will make a payment on the water and sewer bond on December 1, 2012 under 1.8 million dollars. An interest only payment will be made in the middle of December on the TIF debt certificate. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Pickel to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT NO 4 FROM ALL SERVICES CONTRACTING FOR THE WTP FILTERS REHAB PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 540,241.25 An application for payment number 4 was received from All Services Contracting Corporation in the amount of $40,241.25 This pay request is for work related to repair, demolition and under drain material for filter No. 1. The contractor has submitted lien waivers and certified payrolls. This is a bond related expense. An application was also received for payment number 5 from All Services Contracting Corporation after the agenda was sent out in the amount of $21,099.60. This pay request is for work related to the installation of the new under drain for filter No. 1. The contractor has submitted lien waivers and certified payrolls. This is a bond related expense. This pay application will appear on next week's agenda. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Pasley to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. FIRE ENGINE REPAIRS Chief Frank explained that a few items are needed to be upgraded on the used vehicle purchased for the fire department. The old engine was sold for $62,000.00 and the new vehicle was purchased for $42,000.00. Keith Frank further explained that the department is working at upgrading the fleet the best they can without causing additional cost to the tax payers. The request is to hold the money in reserve from the sale of engine two and squad 1 so they can continue to work at improving their fleet. Chief Frank would like to spend up to $20,000.00 to upgrade the vehicle. The major items are approximately $14,500.00 for the vehicle. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Fritz/Pasley to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. ELECTRIC AGGREGATION REPORT A representative from Integrys (Richard Spilky) discussed the Electric Aggregation and gave a brief summary. The City of Canton residents authorized the electric aggregation program by referendum on March 20, 2012. The City held public hearings on the plan of governance on April 10, 2012 and April 17, 2012. Integrys Energy Services, the selected supplier mailed opt-out letters and informational material to all eligible residents Energy Services submitted the account list to Ameren for enrollment. Integrys Energy began delivering supply, as planned, to the City aggregation program on June 1, 2012. The report reflects 91.44% of accepted enrollments in the City of Canton electric aggregation. 13.44% accounts were removed by Ameren. 8.56% opted-out of the program. The total savings reflected in the report for the City of Canton is $176,720 from June 2012-September 2012. Since June 2012 the average resident has saved $39.89 and the average small business has saved $29.81. The City will continue to receive updated reports from Integrys as the program continues. AUDITING FEE PROPOSAL- PHILLIPS. SALMI AND ASSOCIATES The audit is available on the website for public review. The contract with Phillips, Salmi and Associates is a three year contract that started after Jim Hocker retired. The firm has done a great job with their auditing services. The base audit cost is $25,500.00 for this year. The proposal for 2013 is $24,600.00. The proposed audit for 2014 is $25,000.00. The proposed audit for 2015 is $25,400.00. City Administrator Jim Snider recommends extending the auditing services with Phillips, Salmi and Associates for another three years. It would be further recommended that at least every six years the City change auditors and complete an RFP process. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Pickel to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. FY 12 AUDIT Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Fritz to send to Council approval. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. COLLECTOR WELL PUMP REPAIR The City's water department determined a couple of weeks ago that pump # 2 at the radial collector well was not pumping water. After bringing in a pump representative out of Peoria it was determined that the pump shaft is broken. The radial collector well pumps are vertical turbine style which means the pump is at the bottom of the collector well and moves water vertically thru a column in to the discharge pipe located in the pump station. A shaft runs from the motor which is located in the pump station building to the pumps. The depth of the pumps is approximately 66 feet. In order to determine where the damage has occurred and the extend of the damage, the motor must be removed and then column and shaft pieces that range between 4 and 5 feet long each must be removed thru an opening in the building roof. Keith Plavec has worked with Greg Pollitt to contact two companies to provide quotes to remove the pumps. The first company is Armiture Motor and Pump out of East Peoria lL. And have worked on the high service pumps for the City in the past at the WTP. We are waiting on a quote for their services. The second company is Layne out of Aurora IL. Layne installed the two deep wells near Canton Lake, is the parent company of Reynolds who installed the collector well and raw water transmission main and is also the Flowserve pump representative for Illinois. Quotes were received in the amount of $14,000.00 to $15,000.00 to remove the motor, columns, shafts and bowl assembly; truck the shafts and bowl assembly back to their shop for inspection and provide an inspection report with repair costs. This is a time and materials price which assumes three days to be in the field to tear everything apart and 12 hours to inspect the shafts and bowl assembly once in the shop. A three person field crew would be coming out of St. Louis. Their prices are based on Fulton County Prevailing Wage. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Picke) to authorize up to $15,000.00 for the expenditure and send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous GEORGE KELLY'S PROPOSAL FOR ODD FELLOW'S WALL John Kunski and Keith Plavec met with Mr. George Kelly who is an architect out of Morton, Illinois and is currently retained by Sarah Carter with True Value. They discussed proposed options for the southern wall and requested that George provide the City with a proposal to provide three design schemes (tuck pointing with a painting system, EIFS face or block face) for the southern wall and provide a design concept for the loading deck. His proposal is in the amount of $12,000.00. One area that John and Keith feel that a cost savings could occur is to issue one bid package and have three alternatives. The proposal is calling out three separate bid packages for the wall. The architectural services would be paid for from the City's TIF account. The proposal states that Maurer and Stutz Inc will be responsible for the front end specifications, structural considerations for the fa~ade work and any site plans required for grading or paving to the loading dock and the outdoor merchandising area. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Pickel to send to Council approval The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. ASHLAND PLACE WATER MAIN DISCUSSION The City has been contacted by Brinshore Development regarding reimbursement for a portion of the water main that was installed along the north side of Ash Street for the Ashland Place Apartments. Brinshore Development had originally shown the water main on the north side of Ash Street and when trying to reduce costs, they decided to move the water main to the south side of Ash Street. Bill Terry and Keith Plavec discussed a desire to keep the water main on the north side of the road due to the number of utilities already located on the south side. Jim Snider and Keith Plavec met with Linda Fulkerson and with Brinshore Development where she provided them with a breakdown of costs for the water main installation and a change order that had been presented to her. Linda asked if the City would consider paying for all of the water main expenses that she submitted or $23,569.95 because they did not ask the City for any assistance on this project. Jim stated that the property was excluded from the TIF and that neither he nor Keith could commit to paying for any of the water main and council must decide. The letter dated July 19, 2012 from Baxter Construction shows a total cost of $17,739.12 for placing the water main on the north side of Ash Street. In Keith's review he noticed that the letter accounts for the entire length of the water main not just eliminating a second roadway crossing and a few valves and fittings. Keith ran some numbers and felt that the additional cost to keep the water main on the north side of the roadway was approximately $3,000.00 and this was based on the unit prices provided in the letter. The change order dated August 31, 2012 that was submitted is for $5,830.83 relating to additional work due to utilities not being shown on their drawings, the water main could not be shut off as desired and a tapping sleeve and valve was required. In Keith's opinion, any costs that should be considered by the City would be for a tapping sleeve and valve. Based on their breakdown, this is around $800.00. Bill Terry said that with labor, the cost is approximately $2,000.00 when the City orders a tapping sleeve and valve. In reviewing the numbers, if the City decided to assist with any of the water main installation cost, approximately $5,000.00 would be a number that could be justified. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West /Pickel to allow $5,000.00 from TIF funds. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. WTP FILTERS 2& 4 DISCUSSION Keith Plavec contacted All Services Contracting Corporation about costs to complete the rehab of filters 2 and 4. All Services Contracting Corporation is stating that they will complete the original bid items for the same price and will complete the demo and under drain installation for the same priced as the previous change orders. The only increase is going to be for the increase cost for the under drain material. This would be a bond related expense and Keith is looking to the council to see if this is work that they would like to undertake at this time. This would be a bond related expense. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Pickel to approve the bid package for the two filters and send to Council or consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. ACTURIAL REPORT FOR POLICE PENSION City Administrator Jim Snider explained that a report was sent out from the police pension board regarding the actuarial report for the police pension. They are not recommending a significant increase primarily because the stop market has performed fairly well over the last 18 months. The City is only looking at a$2,687.00 increase in the police pension on the tax levy. Jim Snider explained that he will apply this in the tax levy and will have an ordinance for review next week. The City is still waiting on numbers from the fire pension. The City will more than likely see a larger impact on the fire pension figures. Alderman Schenck further discussed how the increase would be applied on the tax levy or if this would be a decrease on the corporate amount. Alderman Schenck had discussed the tax levy in great length at previous meetings regarding the EAV increase, but did not have any support from other Council members. Alderman Nelson explained that he wanted to wait until he had all of the figures before he made a final decision on the tax levy. The ordinance must be filed by the last Tuesday in December with the County Courthouse. Alderman Fritz suggested reducing the corporate amount. The ordinance that will be presented next week will reflect the requested change. legal & Ordinance Alderman Jeff Fritz, Chairman ALARM LICENSE RENEWAL AT END OF FISCAL YEAR The current ordinance states that alarm system license renew at the end of the calendar year. The request is to change the ordinance to have the alarm system renewal at the end of the fiscal year. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Fritz/West to amend the ordinance for the alarm license to renew at the fiscal year. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. DISCUSS. CONSIDER AND VOTE ON REQUEST FOR REDUCTION IN MOWING AND CLEANUP CHARGES FOR 57 NORTH 4T" AVENUE Robert Clayberg explained that his daughter resides at 57 North 4t" Avenue and read a letter to the committee written by his daughter. The letter asked to have the charges for the mowing services reduced due to her lack of funds to pay for the services. The charges of $200.00 per hour per employee are too high. Alderman Fritz asked Denise Clayberg why she did not take care of the property herself. Denise explained that the person that she was going to have mow the lawn did not come to do it. Attorney Peterson explained that the property received more than one notice. The notices were ignored so the public works department went to the property to clean it up. The total amount of the charges total $3600.00. A few years ago the council raised the fee from $75.00 per hour to $200.00 per hour per person. The fee is to encourage homeowners to take care of their own property. Alderman Pasley asked if an option would be community service instead of cash payment. Attorney Peterson stated that if that would be the option of the council. Alderman Fritz suggested that the City file a lien and have the owner make payment arrangements with the City to pay for the fine. OFF STREET PARKING REGULATION This will be held over to the next committee meeting. A RESOLUTION APPROVING A BMO PURCHASING SOLUTIONS CORPORATE MASTERCARD PROGRAM MEMBER ACCOUNT AGREEMENT With a purchasing card program, rather than a credit card program as we currently have, we have better control over the purchases allowed with the cards. Cash advances are automatically blocked as well as many merchant codes, blocking international purchases and locations such as pawn shops, financial institutions, counseling services, tax prep services. Of course these types of services are not allowed by our purchasing policy, but the card program is another measure to prevent these types of purchases. Alderman Nelson suggested checking with some of the smaller businesses to make sure that codes would not cause the card to reject purchases. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Fritz/Pickel to send the agreement to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF TIF FUNDS FOR JOB TRAINING THROUGH SPOON RIVER COLLEGE Attorney Peterson explained that job training is an eligible TIF expense. Over the last few years the City has spent funds to help with the testing process. Cook originally required a standardized test and a fee was charged for the testing. The City decided not to have the applicant pay the cost, but rather the city would provide some TIF funds for the job training. Carol Davis from Spoon River College thanked the council for providing the TIF funds for the testing fees during the last few years. Economic development groups work together with the city to bring businesses to town and the educational institutions work together to train a qualified work force. The process has worked very well during the last few years. Carol distributed information that outlines some of the results from the testing over the last year. During the testing process, people go to Spoon River College to sign up for online test preparation training. A test date is provided to the individual. If the first set of tests are passed, staff will sit down with the applicant (on be-half of Cook) and help them fill out the application. Testing costs are associated with the process. Spoon River College pays the cost and then the City will reimburse the college for the expense. The statistics from November 2011 to present shows that 440 people have signed up for the test. 490 were scheduled to test (including some re-tests from previous months) 203 attempted the test while 164 successfully completed the test. The test results are sent to Cook for employment determination. Cook currently employees 130 employees, but should increase to 250 by this time next year. Further discussion took place regarding a marketing plan for other employers and corporations to use the same testing module for their hiring needs. Carol Davis further explained that the career readiness certificates can be obtained online for a cost of $15.00. The individuals are encouraged to print the certificates and attach to other resumes and job applications. The resolution is listed below: WHEREAS, pursuant to the TIF Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-2(b), the City has the authority to promote the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public and to prevent the spread of blight and deterioration and inadequate public facilities by promoting the development of private investment property thereby increasing the tax base of the City and providing employment for its citizens; and WHEREAS, the City, recognizing the need to foster the development, expansion and revitalization of certain properties which are vacant, underutilized or obsolete or a combination thereof, adopted TIF and created a TIF District known as the Canton International Harvester Site Project Area TIF District (the "Canton IH TIF District") on July 6, 2004; and WHEREAS, the City, by the duly elected Mayor and City Council and pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4 et. seq., approved the first amendment to the Canton International Harvester (IH) site project area tax and permit financing district by Ordinance No. 2052 on the 22"d day of November, 2011, thereby adding public and private TIF eligible project costs and renaming the TIF district as the "Canton #1 Downtown/Fifth Avenue TIF District"; and WHEREAS, eligible Redevelopment Project Costs under TIF include "costs of job training and retraining projects, including the cost of welfare to work" programs implemented by businesses located within the redevelopment project area" per 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3(q)(5); and WHEREAS, eligibility to work at Cook Medical requires interested applicants to pass a set of four ACT WorkKeys; examinations; and WHEREAS, to date, Spoon River College and Career Link have administered the testing process for prospective applicants through ACT KeyTrain training and WorkKeys testing modules; and WHEREAS, ACT charges $25.00 per person to score a set of tests; and WHEREAS, a grant through the illinois Department of Commencer and Economic Opportunity was obtained by Spoon River College to test the first 1,000 applicants, but the funds expired on June 30, 2010; and WHEREAS, on November 16, 2010, the Canton City Council passed Resolution No. 3944, which authorized up to $6,000 for WorkKeys testing and training; and WHEREAS, between November of 2010 and September 7, 2011, Spoon River College incurred $1,858.50 in costs for WorkKeys testing and training and was paid pursuant to the terms of Resolution No. 3944; and WHEREAS, on November 15, 2011, the Canton City Council passed Resolution No. 3974, which authorized up to $4,500.00 for WorkKeys testing and training; and WHEREAS, between November 2011 and November 1, 2012, Spoon River College incurred $3,605.50 in costs for WorkKeys testing and training and was paid pursuant to the terms of Resolution No. 3974; and WHEREAS, additional hiring is expected by Cook Medical and Cook Polymer Technology; and WHEREAS, additional job training will be necessary to supply these entities with qualified applicants; and WHEREAS, approximately seventeen (17) applicants per month are likely to test between November 2012 and November 2013 for a tota) cost of $5,100 ($25 per person X 204 people); and WHEREAS, proof of success from the ACT WorkKeys testing and training wil) benefit the community as a whole by having evidence of a skilled and trained workforce; and WHEREAS, the City agrees the cost of the testing is an eligible TIF expense and will fund the costs of ACT WorkKeys testing for approximately 17 applicants a month for one year for a total cost not to exceed $5,100. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois, as follows: 1. That Spoon River College will administer up to approximately seventeen (17) WorkKeys tests per month between November 2012 and November 2013. 2. Spoon River College will incur WorkKeys fees not to exceed five thousand one hundred dollars ($5,100) between November 2012 and November 2013. 3. Upon receipt of paid invoices from WorkKeys, SRC personnel will pay the invoices and submit requests for reimbursement to the City Administrator. Motion and second were made by Aldermen West/Fritz to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. ZINK FARM LEASE Attorney Peterson explained that a request for proposal and some changes to the Zink farm lease was distributed. Some questions came up regarding the lease and the mowing services provided. Several items could be handled by the City. Alderman Schenck explained that previously the agreement was the crop lease for mowing services. The east plant would be left out of the lease agreement. The draft of the lease prepared by the City attorney is a two year lease. A crop rotation should be encouraged in the lease agreement. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Fritz/West to send to Council for consideration encouraging crop rotation. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. Community & Industrial Development Alderman leremy Pasley, Chairman UPDATE FROM MISSY TOWERY SRPED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GENERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POINTS RETAIL/COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT o Continued to work on Theater Project o SRPED Loan committee approved loan to retailer locating in the downtown o Attended Illinois Enterprise Zone Association Fall Conference o Conversation with Commercial Real Estate Developer regarding retailers interest in downtown TIF district o Currently working on scheduling individual appointments with each of the Alderman to discuss Economic Development efforts BUSINESS DEVEOPMENT, ATTRACTION AND SUPPORT o Worked from Retail Lease Trac Database o Met with developer interested in purchasing a property in the Canton 2- Rt. 9/Chestnut St. TIF o Began work on an Economic Development marketing piece TOURISM REPORT o Please see the reverse for a report from Dana Smith. o Assisted with Scenic Drive duties CANTON MAIN STREET o Met with Illinois Main Street Representatives o Prepared for and attended Canton Main Street Meeting o Attended Munchkin Masquerade OTHER o Radio to promote Small Business Saturday and discussed Economic Development in Canton o Met with Gentleman interested in doing a plaque project in the gazebo in Jones Park o Met with Alderman Fritz concerning sign ordinance o C.I.R.C.L.E. meeting in Springfield with CACC Director Susan Miller o Assisted with and attended "Meet the Candidates" event o Finalization of Audit numbers for SRPED o Continued in training process with CACC Director General Marketing & Tourism • Toured Ottawa on Wednesday, October 17, as part of a Community Exchange sponsored by the Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway to allow Byway communities to offer ideas on how they utilize the Byway to promote tourism, and how they partner with local leaders, government officials and community organizations to leverage tourism as an economic development tool. • Attended the Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway Board meeting on October 25 in Peoria. • Met with Willis Taggart and Missy Towery to discuss his proposal to create historica) information panels for the gazebo in Jones Park. Canton Main Street. • Designed and scheduled print and radio advertising and for the Munchkin Masquerade on Friday, October 26. • Prepared secondary follow-up news release for Munchkin Masquerade and distributed to news media. • Coordinated street closures for Munchkin Masquerade with the City and Canton Police Department. • Coordinated reminders to Canton Area Chamber of Commerce and Main Street members for Scarecrow contest entries for Munchkin Masquerade. • Attended Art on Main meetings on Tuesday, October 2, and Tuesday, October 23, to continue planning for the Fine Arts Festival scheduled for June 1-2, 2013. • Attended a Promotion Committee meeting on Monday, October 8, to finalize plans for Munchkin Masquerade on October 26. • Met with Illinois Main Street Director Christina Rodgers, Missy Towery, Susan Miller and Dennis Crawford on Friday, October 19, to discuss possible changes in the Canton Main Street program. • Helped decorate Jones Park and the gazebo for Munchkin Masquerade on Monday, October 22. • Helped to coordinate actual Munchkin Masquerade event on Friday, October 26. • Attended Main Street Board meeting at First Christian Church from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30. • Attended Art on Main Committee meeting on September 15 to continue planning fine art festival for June 1-2, 2013. Scenic Drive • Designed and distributed Point-Of-Purchase materials and ityers to local businesses promoting the Drive in Canton. • Finalized vendor map for Scenic Drive participants, and placed calls to vendors to confirm their attendance. • With the help of the City of Canton Public Works Department and Missy Towery, placed new, oversized signage between Farmington and Canton to draw visitors to lones Park. • Placed vendor locator stakes in Jones Park on Fridays before both weekends to assure participating vendor set up in the correct location. • Coordinated pick-up and delivery of coffee and breakfast breads to the gazebo for both weekends for vendor appreciation. • Set up tents and signage for Wildlife Prairie State Park. • Manned the information booth located in the gazebo both Saturday, October 6, and Sunday, October 7 from 6:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. • Assisted with breaking down and storing Chamber tents and property each weekend on Sundays. • Attended Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Association meeting on Wednesday, October 24, to turn in remaining guidebooks, cookbooks, and money owed to the Association. • Crated spreadsheet to manage budgeted and actual expenses for the 2012 Drive. Website • Scheduled meeting with Comptroller and City Treasurer to develop financial pages on cantonillinois.org for Tuesday, October 30. • Updated cantonillinois.org and visitcantonil.org with information on the Scenic Drive and Art on Main. • The tourism website has had 3,447 page views since August 26, 2012, with 2,172 unique I Ps. PARKING LOT CLOSURE FOR CHRISTMAS WALK A request was submitted for closure of the CEFCU parking lot to provide state area for a dance performance on December 7, 2012 from 5:00-7:30pm during the downtown Christmas walk. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Pasley/Fritz to approve the closure The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. Negotiations, Grievance & Personnel Alderman Dave Pickel, Chairman ADJOURNMENT Motion and sec d were made by Aldermen Pickei/Hartford to adjourn without the need of exe 've ses 'o . . -G-~' ey City Clerk