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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-24-2013 Mechanical Minutes MECHANICAL COMMITTEE OF CANTON CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, September 24, 2013 6:30 pm Donald E. Edwards Way Historic Depot 50 N. 4t" Avenue Canton Il 61520 Aldermen in attendance: Aldermen Craig West, Tad Putrich, Jim Nelson, Dave Pickel, Justin Nelson, Gerald Ellis,John Lovell, Jeremy Pasley Aldermen Absent: Staff in attendance, Mayor Jeffrey Fritz, City Clerk Diana Pavley-Rock, Treasurer Kathy Luker, Police Chief Kent McDowell, Fire Chief Tom Shubert, Public Works Director Bill Terry, Economic Development Director Missy Towery Others in attendance: Attorney Drew Johnson, Dean Putman, Dan Carmack, Kelly Downs, Dale Brooks, Kevin Williams, George Hall, Leonard Barnard,Tim Garren, Lee Puleo Media in attendance: The Daily Ledger, Fulton Democrat,Journal Star Video Services by: Joe Ginger PUBLIC SAFETY&TRAFFIC ALDERMAN JIM NELSON, CHAIRMAN POLICE REPORT Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Pickel to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. FIRE REPORT Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Lovell to send to Council for approval. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. SPECIAL EVENT REQUEST FROM THE CANTON TRAVELING BASKETBALL FUNDRAISER A request was submitted by the Canton Traveling Basketball association for a fundraiser to be held at White Oaks on October 12, 2013 from 3:00-11:OOpm. A street closure is being requested on White Court from Elm to Pine Street Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Ellis to send to Council for consideration The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. SPECIAL EVENT REQUEST FROM CANTON MAIN STREET FOR THE ANNUAL MUNCHKIN MASQ A request was submitted by Canton Main Street for the annual Munchkin Masq to be held on October 25, 2013 from 5:00-7:OOpm. The request for the street closure is the CEFCU lot and the streets leading into the downtown square. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Ellis to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. SPECIAL EVENT REQUEST FROM CANTON MAIN STREET FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS WALK A request was submitted from Canton Main Street for the annual Christmas Walk to be held on December 6, 2013 from 5:00-7:30pm. The request includes closure of the CEFCU lot. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Ellis to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. SPECIAL EVENT REQUEST FOR FULTON COUNTY PINK INC 5K/10K Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Ellis to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. SPECIAL EVENT REQUEST FROM THE CANTON FAMILY YMCA FOR THE YMCA TURKEY TROT A request was submitted by the Canton Family YMCA for the YMCA Turkey Trot to be held on November 28, 2013 from 8:30am to 11:30am. A request for street closure was submitted for the event. A certificate of insurance is on file with the City Clerk's office. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Ellis to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. REQUEST FROM HY-VEE FOR THE EXPANSION OF PACKAGED LIQUOR LICENSE Alderman Lovell explained that if one additional packaged liquor license is granted there will be more businesses wanting to apply for the license. The Council will need to decide if a certain number of licenses will be allowed or if it would be opened to anyone. Alderman Lovell further explained that he did research and a survey with other communities. A suggestion would be to offer a sub-class license. The subclass license could be available to the grocery stores, gas stations etc and would have a higher level of restrictions. Alderman Pickel said he understands the concerns of the small business owners, but also understands that it is important to help grow the community. The vision of the City is to help economic growth. The current local businesses should be positive and fight to make their business profitable. The City will see an increase in property taxes and revenue by increasing the number of packaged liquor license. Alderman Pickel explained that he is in favor of increasing the number of packaged liquor license. Alderman Justin Nelson explained that he thinks it should be placed on a referendum and have the citizens decide if they want to expand the number of packaged liquor license. Alderman Pasley asked why the Council didn't care about Alexander Lumber when True Value came into town. If the City is going to consider limiting the liquor license, would the Council want to look at limiting restaurants, salons and other businesses. Alderman Putrich explained that he has concerns for someone that purchased a business with the understanding that there were limited license available at the time of the purchase. Alderman Jim Nelson said he does not believe the revenue brought in from the expansion of packaged liquor license is going to be large. This is not considered economic development. Alderman Jim Nelson further explained that he does not see an increase in the number of license as a huge benefit to the City. The three businesses that currently have the packaged liquor license receive their revenue from the sale of alcohol liquor. The other businesses in town wanting to increase the packaged liquor license has revenue coming from other sources— food, gasoline, etc. If this would go to a referendum, the next election will not be until March 18, 2014. Alderman Ellis explained that this is not a new topic for the City. Discussion has taken place regarding an increase in packaged liquor license since the 1980' and the request was always denied. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Lovell to send to Council for consideration and consider amending the ordinance to allow packaged liquor license with no numbers tied to it. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. REQUEST FROM BIG RACK'S STEAKHOUSE FOR A CLASS B SUPPER CLUB LICENSE Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Lovell to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. UPDATE FROM MAYOR FRITZ ON PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Mayor Fritz explained that the City is considering combining the planning and zoning commission with the zoning board of appeals. The City needs to appoint two aldermen to the committee. If any of the aldermen would like to volunteer please contact Mayor Fritz. STREETS &GARBAGE ALDERMAN DAVE PICKEL DISCUSSION OF THE ALLEY BETWEEN EAST WALNUT AND EAST PINE STREET THAT RUNS FROM SOUTH 8TH TO SOUTH 11TH AVENUE Two residents (Tim Garren and Dean Putman) were present at the meeting tonight to discuss changing the traffic flow so cars can only go one way down the alley. The alley is very long and the vehicles travel down the alley at a high speed. Alderman Jim Nelson suggested placing speed bumps on the alley. Closing the alley would not be an option because several of the residents use the alley to access their property. The alley has not ever been vacated according the Alderman Jim Nelson. There has not ever been anything recorded at the Courthouse indicating that the alley was ever vacated. Dean Putman explained that % of the alley is on his property and the other 1/4 is on Tim Garren's property. Tim further explained that he would like to divert the traffic in the alley or at least slow the traffic down. Alderman Pickel suggested having Engineer Keith Plavec look further into a solution. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Pickel/Jim Nelson to have Keith Plavec look into a solution and send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. The Streets and Garbage Committee adjourned AT 6:40PM. LAKE, BUILDINGS& GROUNDS ALDERMAN JOHN LOVELL, CHAIRMAN TRUE VALUE GARDEN CENTER CHANGE ORDER REQUEST The change order is a net increase in the amount of $74,981.40 for a loading dock, doorway, sidewalk etc. These items were provisions discussed with the previous administration and an agreement was made that the City would incur the cost of these changes. Alderman Jim Nelson stated that previous Mayor Kevin Meade was in a meeting with Attorney Peterson, Keith Plavec, Tony Rolando and the owner of True Value without bringing the information to the Council. Alderman Nelson stated that Kevin didn't ever come back and ask for Council approval—which is a huge concern. Alderman Jim Nelson further asked if there are any other agreements that Kevin Meade and the past administration made that we are not yet aware of. It was recently discovered that Kevin previously agreed to forgive an $11,000 water bill and he also tried to cut a deal with the union to put an employee in the union. Alderman Nelson said this amount of the change order ($74,981.40) could have been used for sidewalk improvements in town rather than this agreement that was made by Kevin Meade for True Value. Alderman Ellis and Alderman Justin Nelson stated that they recall discussion in the past; however they don't recall the Council ever approving the agreement. Since this agreement was made by the past administration it was agreed upon that the City could not deny it now since the project is already started. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Lovell/Ellis to send to Council for consideration the change order request in the amount of$74,981.40 from the TIF 1 fund. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND VOTE ON AN AMENDMENT TO A LAKE LOT LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF CANTON AND MICHAEL MANSFIELD/NANCY CRAWLEY/GRAVES Currently the Mansfields are on lot 22 and in order for them to get to their property they have to go between the house and the garage built on lot 21. There is a dispute between the two owners. The owner of lot 22 made a new roadway and they would like to amend their lake lot lease agreement to include the roadway. Attorney Drew Johnson was at the meeting representing Mansfield/Crawley. Drew explained that the amendment has been prepared to include the legal description with the roadway. Language is being added to the agreement to add Ms. Crawley to the lake lot lease with Mr. Mansfield. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Lovell/Pickel to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. CANTON LAKE CAMPGROUND UPDATE The Canton Lake campground shelter was ordered a month ago and the playground equipment was ordered today. The Lake, Building and Grounds committee adjourned at 6:58PM. PUBLIC WORKS, WATER&SEWER ALDERMAN GERALD ELLIS, CHAIRMAN A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PRE-ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CANTON AND DENNIS AND MARY THOMPSON The new owners would like to build a house on property located at East Chestnut. The request was to have City sewer for the property. G-M Mechanical provided a quote for providing the sewer to the property; however an additional cost of $4,000.00 would be required to extend the sewer services. Keith Plavec is working with IEPA for the extension. Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Jim Nelson to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous INVOICE FROM SYNAGRO CENTRAL, LLC FOR WTP SLUDGE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL IN THE AMOUNT OF$92,273.82 Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Lovell to send to Council for consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT NO 3 FROM OTTO BAUM COMPANY INC FOR TRUE VALUE GARDEN CENTER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF$17,582.85 Motion and second were made by Aldermen Ellis/Lovell to send to Council for consideration from the TIF 1 funds. The motion carried by voice vote and was unanimous. ADJOURNMENT Motion and second were made by Aldermen Jim Nelson/Pickel to adjourn (7:28pm) with no need executi - ession. Thermot'.n c- rie- by voice e and was unanimous. '', , - CSC no Pay Rock City Clerk