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The council meeting was called to order by Mayor Pat Maher at 6:37 p.m. (The audio recorder was turned on.) The Wyoming, Illinois City Council met Tuesday,
May 11, 2010 at City Hall, located at 108 E. Williams, in a regular session.
Mayor Maher was presiding with Alderwoman Kathy Hardy of the First Ward, Alderwoman Sally Pepper and Alderman Joe Gray of the Second Ward, and Aldermen Steve Hansard and Daniel Hardman of the Third Ward, present.
Alderwoman Ginger Carlisle of First Ward was absent.
Minutes from the April 13, 2010 regular session council meeting were reviewed. The motion was made by Ald. Pepper to approve the minutes as presented. The motion was seconded by Ald. Hansard. Voice votes all ayes and the motion was carried.
The Treasurer's Report and Bills were reviewed. The Treasurer's Report showed a General Operation and CDs balance of $ 1,485,932.75. The motion was made by Ald. Hansard to authorize Treasurer JR. Rachel to pay all the bills listed on the report for April 2010. The motion was seconded by Ald. Gray. Roll call votes all ayes and the motion was carried.
Ronald Roach, of Roach & Family Septic Service & Excavation, addressed the council on the letter he received from the Mayor about not being able to dump at the sewer plant. He voiced his concerns on how the action would impact his business and whom he services locally. Mayor Maher says the actions stands, he still won't be allowed to dump.
Denny Rewerts, from the Stark County Economic Development Partnership, submitted his monthly report. He said there will be articles in the local newspapers telling about the Community Foundation that has been formed as discussed in earlier council meeting. Other things happening, this Friday the Rock Island Trail Depot will open. Also, on Friday there will be a bus tour to the Wind Farms.
Stark County resident Melinda Downing will be stationed at the Stark County EDC Office, 20 hours a work representing the Work Force Network. They offer services with help writing resumes, job searches, student loans, educational programs, etc.
City Attorney, Bruce Fehrenbacher, was present and later in the meeting the council discussed the issue of stray cats and how to enforce, not allowing residents to leave cat food outside attracting cats and other wild animals. Bruce will check into it further and advise.
City Engineer Dave Wright, from Christopher Burke Engineering, said he had tried contacting Denton Gunther Underground Inc. on the piping to the R/O plant without much success. Dave felt they really aren't interested in the project. After discussion it was decided to get another contractor to do the project, keeping the cost of the project less than $20,000. These expenses will be ran through the USDA Grant. Meanwhile the two, high service pumps will be here next week.
The motion was made by Ald. Gray instructing Dave to go out for bids on the water meter project and have it prepared for next month's meeting. The motion was seconded by Ald. Hardy. Roll call votes all ayes and the motion was carried.
Dave will go out for pricing on a permanent fence to secure the R/O Plant, Watertower and ground storage tank.
Dave said he talked to Scott Salisbury from Stark County Physical Therapy, located at 112 E. Williams Street, about the handicapped sidewalk project and he was very agreeable with the project. Handrails, as discussed, will be added to the project.
Donald McCauley, Manager of the R/O and Wastewater Treatment Plants, and Dave Wright talked about the quote received for an Automated Control System
from Britton Electronics at the amount of $18,600, needed for the water system upgrade. The motion was made by Ald. Pepper to purchase the control system and was seconded by Ald. Hardman. Roll call votes all ayes and the motion was carried.
The motion was made by Ald. Hardman to pay CB&I Inc. $72,673.20 reference pay request #3 and the letter dated 5/10/10 from Duane Smith, USDA Area Specialist, which said to pay $32,0000 from the CDAP fund and $40,673.20 from the Construction Account Funds. The motion was seconded by Ald. Pepper. Roll call votes all ayes and the motion was carried.
The motion was made to pay Invoice # 93571, for $11,846.64 to Christopher Burke Engineering by Ald. Hardy and seconded by Ald. Hansard. Roll call votes all ayes and the motion was carried.
The motion was made to pay invoice # 6 date 5/3/10 from Jim Cummings & Assoc. in the amount of $2,300 for administrative services on the CDAP Grant. This was seconded by Ald. Pepper. Roll call votes all ayes and the motion was carried.
The motion was made by Ald. Hansard to hire Justin Williams and Stephen King again this year for summertime helpers. The motion was seconded by Ald. Gray. Roll call votes all ayes and the motion was carried.
City Superintendent, Joe Beck, submitted his monthly report. He said the tree by Dorothy Streitmatter's and one by Bob Jackson's needs to be taken down. This was OK'd by the council. Joe was asked to trim the trees by Barry Sprout's building and trim brushes in allies.
He was instructed by the council to replace the faded stop signs around town, but first he is to check with the Stark County Highway to see where our signs are from them, as promised. If they are unable to supply them, he was told to purchase the signs and have Stark County reimburse the City.
He was reminded that the hole by the cemetery is bad again and was asked to fix it with blacktop. He was also asked to purchase engineering fiber mulch for underneath the bleacher at Thomas Park.
Chief of Police, William Bauer, submitted his report. He reported that the City Boys are going to cut off the 8 ft. bottom portions of the unsecured steps of Barry & Pam Sprout's on the side of their building at 100 N. 7th. The City will invoice them for the work.
Ald. Hansard suggested having stop signs placed around Thomas Park. After much discussion, it was decided that the Police Dept. will enforce the current stop signs and speed limits and advise the council of additional signs needed.
The motion was made by Ald. Hansard to go into executive session on the topic of personnel. This was seconded by Ald. Hardy. Voice votes all ayes and executive session started at 8:00 p.m.
Note, Minutes forms, audio tapes and recorder were provided to the council for the executive session.
The motion was made to return to regular session by Ald. Hansard and seconded by Ald. Hardy. Voice votes all ayes and regular session started at 8:30 p.m.
The motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Ald. Hardy and seconded by Ald. Hansard. Voice votes all ayes and the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Minutes submitted by,
Judy St. John, City Clerk
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