City of Litchfield City Council met Feb.10.
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 retirement of Dan Evans from the City of Litchfield Police Department
Appointment: Appointment of Bill Burke to fill the unexpired term of Lisa Wright to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Term to expire May, 2023.
Public Participation Applicant Comments: Roberta Soler regarding water bill
Other Business:
1. ***A motion to accept the minutes from the January 20, 2022 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 and process payroll.
Old Business
No Old Business.
New Business:
1. Wastewater Treatment – Dwayne Gerl – A motion to approve Pay Request #2 from Haier Plumbing, Inc., for $298,142.50 for work completed on the Lake Sewer Project and authorize the City Clerk to issue a check.
2. Wastewater Treatment – Dwayne Gerl – A motion to approve pay request #4 from Korte Luitjohan for the amount of $158,575.88 for work done on the Wastewater Treatment
Facility’s Chemical Feed Improvement Project and authorize the City Clerk to issue a check.
3. Building and Grounds – Mark Brown – A motion to approve the beautification project provided by a local donor for an amount not to exceed a total of $80,000 for associated expenditures and to contract Mike Klaves to water, weed and maintain the plantings.
4. Water Treatment – Dave Hollo – A motion to authorize the advertising for bids of water treatment chemicals for the upcoming fiscal year.
5. Building and Zoning – Ray Kellenberger – A motion to direct the City Attorney to begin the condemnation and demolition process on 5 vacant residential structures with the pin numbers as follows:
Pin #10-33-280-006
Pin #15-04-185-024
Pin #15-05-233-914
Pin #10-33-137-006
Pin #15-04-403-003
6. Streets - Kassidy Paine - A motion to approve the contract renewal agreement for three years with Illinois Power Marketing Company, dba Homefield Energy and authorize the Mayor to sign the Agreement.
7. Fire/EMS – Woodrow Street – A motion to approve an Ordinance declaring various Fire Department items as surplus and to authorize the disposal by donation to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
8. Administration – A motion approve a government/municipal/public funds banking resolution for the Illinois CDBG Housing Rehabilitation Grant funds at Litchfield National Bank and authorize the Mayor to sign the documents.
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. “The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body…” (5ILCS 120/2(2)(C)(1).
2. “Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.” (5ILCS 120/2(C)(2))
3. “The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body.” (5ILCS 120/2(2)(6)
4. “Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.” (5ILCS 120/2(2)(C)(11)
New Business:
1. Possible action to follow.
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