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OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST PEORIA, ILLINOIS TUESDAY February 26, 2008 - 7:00 P.M. WEST PEORIA CITY HALL
2506 W. ROHMANN AVENUE, WEST PEORIA
IL A Regular
Meeting of the City Council of West Peoria, Illinois was held at the
West Peoria City Hall on February 26, 2008. 1. CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order at 6:58 p.m by Mayor Dillon. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Boy Scout Joe Hoerdeman, from Troop 11. 3. ROLL CALL The following members were present: Alderman Dohm, Alderman Dwyer, Alderman Ganson, Alderman Mathewson, Alderman Meismer, Alderman Roberts, Alderwoman Thomas, and Alderman Venzon. Also present: Mayor James Dillon, Attorney Bill Connor, City Administrator John Carlson, Treasurer Jennifer Main and City Clerk Carole Stephens 4. ADDITIONS AND OR DELETIONS FROM AGENDA Motion to approve moving Line Item 8 Treasurer’s Report to Line Item 5 was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Meismer. ROLL CALL; -
8 – Ayes Mathewson,
Meismer, Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, Roberts, Thomas, Venzon 5. TREASURER’S REPORT City Treasurer Jennifer Main distributed the Treasurer’s Report for the month of January 2008. Motion to receive and file the Treasurer’s Report was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Meismer ROLL CALL
VOTE:-8- Ayes Mathewson,
Meismer Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, Roberts, Thomas, Venzon
6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve the Minutes from the February 12, 2008 City Council Meeting was made by Alderman Dohm and seconded by Alderman Ganson. ROLL CALL
VOTE – 8 Ayes - Dohm,
Ganson, Dwyer, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas, Venzon
7. COMMUNITY POLICE REPORT Officer Chris Watkins reported that last week the Peoria County Sheriff’s Department conducted a Tobacco Compliance Buy; there were four establishments cited that sold Tobacco to minors. These are: Cruisen’s on Farmington Road, The Dormitory on Farmington Road, Freedom Oil on Farmington Road and Western Food Mart on Western Avenue. The City’s Vice Squad conducted a Drug Warrant in the 2000 block of Moss Avenue and seized a pound of marijuana. The Parking Ban is still a problem for the snow plows. Henry called the County for help. All we can do now is to sticker the cars that are still on the street. Code and Zoning Officer Sullivan went out this morning and put stickers on a lot of cars that have not been moved off the streets.
8. MAYOR’S REPORT Mayor Dillon thanked Alderman Mathewson for filling in while he was away. The Mayor complimented Henry and his crew for doing an excellent job with the snow removal, The City ran out of snow the City purchased from the State Buy. The Peoria County was able to give us some salt even with their low supply. We are paying more for the salt, but we are not in the shape of the larger cities are in. Next year we will need to look at a larger salt storage. We have gone over the allotment the State Buy has allowed us to purchase. Henry has secured us enough salt to get us through.
9. PUBLIC COMMENT Bob DeSutter announced that the Easter Egg Hunt will be on March 16th, at the Woodridge Bldg on Heading Avenue. Registration will be at 1:30 and the Easter Egg Hunt will be at 2:00. Ages are up to 8 years of age. There will be a prize for each age group. This is sponsored by the Township and the West Peoria Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. Boy Scouts will be selling Trash Bags again this year. The cost is $14.00. Mical McFarland said the Tickets for Family Day with the Rivermen Hockey Game for March 9th, are no longer on sale at the West Peoria City Hall. They are available at the Civic Center.
10. MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 2008-03 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A VARIANCE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1322 NO. HILLSIDE AVENUE, WEST PEORIA, ILLINOIS 61604 was made by Alderman Venzon and seconded by Alderman Dohm. Discussion: The City should send a letter of apology to Mrs. Woiwode for the way we handled this incident. Alderman Venzon passed a draft of the letter for the council’s approval. West Peoria did not follow the City’s procedure to get a variance for the building. The construction shifted from the footprints of the building. Mrs. Woiwode was afraid that the building was going to back up to her property. Mayor Dillon said that we are ok – we are 6 feet away from her property. Also, the residents were afraid of less parking, as it is there will be more parking. ROLL CALL
VOTE - 8 Ayes Venzon,
Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas
11. MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF SALT FROM C.D.O. TRUCKING, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,501.24 (Line Item No. 01-41-616) was made by Alderman Venzon and seconded by Alderman Meismer. ROLL CALL
VOTE – 8 Ayes Venzon,
Meismer, Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, Mathewson, Roberts,
Thomas
12. APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST PEORIA AND HERMANN & ASSOCIATES LLC FOR STERLING AVENUE PHASE 1 was approved Alderman Venzon and seconded by Alderman Ganson. Discussion: This is strictly for Sterling Hill IDOT paper work to get it rolling for IDOT, PPUATS, and Construction for the next 4 years. ROLL CALL
VOTE – 8 Ayes – Venzon,
Ganson, Dohm, Dwyer, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas
13, APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES BEWEEN THE CITY OF WEST PEORIA AND HERMANN & ASSOCIATES, LLC COVERING MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS THAT WILL BE PERFORMED BY HERMANN & ASSOCIATES, LLC FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2008 was approved by Alderman Venzon and seconded by Alderman Ganson Discussion: This is for miscellaneous work the year of 2008. ROLL CALL
VOTE – 8 – Venzon,
Ganson, Dohm, Dwyer, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas
14. COMMITTEE REPORTS A. FINANCE COMMITTEE – ALDERMAN MATHEWSON – CHAIR The Finance Committee has not met since the last City Council Meeting. Our next meeting will be March 4th, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. We will work on the Budget. B. LAND USE COMMITTEE – ALDERMAN DOHM – CHAIR The Land Use Committee met tonight at 6:00 p.m. here at City Hall. We discussed the Budget, Code and Zoning, our Goals and finalizing the Maintenance Code. We reviewed our Executive Minutes; we released some and retained some. Our next meeting will be March 19, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. C. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE – ALDERMAN DWYER, CHAIR The Public Safety Committee has not met since the last City Council Meeting. Our next meeting will be March 4th, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. The committee will work on the budget. D. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE – ALDERMAN VENZON The Transportation Committee met on February 14th at 6:30 p.m. here at City Hall. We discussed the 2009 Budget finalizing this should be done in the next upcoming month. We talked with Alicia Hermann on Market Street Project, it will be done by the end of May and ready to send to IDOT. Alicia updated us on PPUATS criteria of how they award projects. We discussed the two agreements with Hermann & Associates - just passed. We discussed the purchase of salt - just passed. We went over our Goals, The Committee discussed the Snow Routes and Parking Ban and sent it to our Attorney to clear the language. Suggestion was
made to ticket all vehicles that are in parked in the street during
the Snow Ban. 15 PUBLIC COMMENTS None 16. MOTION TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO REVIEW OLD EXECUTIVE MINUTES was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Venzon ROLL CALL
VOTE -8- Ayes Mathewson,
Venzon, Dohm Dwyer, Ganson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas The Regular Meeting moved to Executive Session at 7:20 p.m. The Regular Meeting was called back to order at 7:28 p.m. The following members were present: Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas, Venzon Also present were Mayor Dillon, City Administrator Carlson, City Clerk Stephens and City Attorney Connor.
17. ACTION ARISING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION Retain all Executive Session Minutes. Motion to approve to retain all Executive Session Minutes was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Ganson. ROLL CALL
VOTE 8- Ayes- Mathewson,
Ganson, Dohm, Dwyer, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas, Venzon 18. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn was made by Alderman Roberts and Seconded by Alderman Ganson. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 7:29 p.m.
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