City of Litchfield Council met Aug. 6.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
Call Meeting to Order
Pledge to Flag
Roll Call
Recognition of Visitors and Special Guests: Recognition of Russell Campbell and Dave Wallace for years of service and retirement as Volunteer Firefighter
Appointment:
Public Participation Applicant Comments:
Other Business:
1. ***A motion to accept the minutes from the July 16, 2020 meeting.
2. ** to be passed only at the first monthly City Council meeting. A motion to direct the City Clerk to transfer funds from the city sales tax to the City’s general fund to issue checks and authorize to pay the bills.
Old Business:
No old business.
New Business:
1. Economic Development - Ray Kellenberger– A motion to approve an assignment of the TIF Agreement from the Litchfield Unlimited Corporation to the Litchfield Community Unit School District #12 and authorize the Mayor to sign the assignment.
2. Economic Development – Ray Kellenberger – A motion to accept pay request #11 from Gelly Excavating and Construction Inc., in the amount of $217,245.60 and authorize the City Clerk to issue a check.
3. Building/Zoning – Ray Kellenberger – A motion to direct the City Attorney to begin the condemnation and demolition process for commercial properties located at 220 and 222 N. State Street.
4. Building and Grounds – Mark Brown – A motion to approve the custom glass privacy wall system for the Carnegie building from Egyptian Workspace Partners for an amount not to exceed $16,140.26 and authorize the City Clerk to issue a check.
5. Tourism – Marilyn Sisson – A motion to renew an advertising contract with Meredith Media for a 1/6 of a page vertical ad in the biannual Travel Illinois Magazine, not to exceed the amount of $2,000, and authorize the Mayor to sign the contract.
6. City Clerk/Finance – Dwayne Gerl – A motion to approve Resolution 9-20 to include compensation paid under an Internal Revenue Code Section 125 Plan as IMRF earnings retroactive to December 1, 2018.
7. Lake – Dave Hollo – A motion to accept pay request #6 from Brewster Construction Inc., for the amount of $224,832.19 and authorize the City Clerk to issue the check.
8. Lake – Dave Hollo – A motion to approve pay request #1 from Endrizzi Contracting, Inc., for the amount of $37,800 for work done on the Watershed Implementation Project and authorize the City Clerk to issue a check.
9. Lake – Dave Hollo – A motion to approve the purchase of 1 ½ “ hot-dipped galvanized steel handrails for a cost not to exceed $10,000 from Hawkeye Steel Sales to help complete necessary updates to the Lake Lou Yaeger Dam outlet structure, Litchfield Lake spillway structure and 5-Mile Lake outlet structure.
10. Water – Dave Hollo – A motion to approve a Water Purchase Agreement with the City of Mt. Olive and authorize the Mayor to sign the Agreement.
11. Fire – Woodrow Street – A motion to approve a Debt Collection Agreement with Credit Collection Partners in Taylorville, IL and authorize the Mayor to sign the Agreement.
12. Fire – Woodrow Street – A motion to approve an Advanced Life Support Intercept Agreement with Raymond Harvel Ambulance Service and authorize the Mayor to sign the agreement.
13. Fire – Woodrow Street – A motion to write-off ambulance invoices dated prior to December 31, 2014 in the amount of $25,387.50 which represents uncollected revenue for services rendered by the Fire Department Ambulance.
14. Administration – Woodrow Street – A motion to approve a “Resolution for the Issue of Allowing the Sale of Recreational Cannabis in the City of Litchfield, Montgomery County, IL on the Next Local Election”.
15. Sewer – Dwayne Gerl – A motion to approve sanitary sewer forcemain easement agreement between the City of Litchfield and Envotech-Illinois, LLC pending City legal counsel final approval.
Executive Session
A Motion to Enter into Executive Session, as allowed under the Illinois Open Meetings Act, as found in Chapter 5 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Section 120, to address these certain and restricted items:
1. “Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.” (5 ILCS 120/2(2)(C)(21)
2. “The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body…” (5ILCS 120/2(2)(C)(1).
New Business:
1. A motion to release the Executive Session minutes from the following meetings, either in full or in part: July 19, 2018, September 6, 2018, December 6, 2018, January 3, 2019, January 17, 2019, February 7, 2019, February 21, 2019, March 7, 2019, March 21, 2019, April 4, 2019, April 18, 2019, May 2, 2019, May 16, 2019, June 6, 2019, June 20, 2019, July 2, 2019, July 18, 2019, August 1, 2019, August 15, 2019, September 5, 2019, September 17, 2019
2. Other possible action to follow.
http://www.cityoflitchfieldil.com/news/images/8-6-2020.pdf
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