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OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST PEORIA, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MAY 27, 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 May 27, 2008.
1. CALL TO ORDER Meeting was
called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Mayor Dillon. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of
Allegiance was led by Mayor Dillon. 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, City
Treasurer Jennifer Main and City Clerk Carole Stephens. 4. ADDITIONS AND OR DELETIONS FROM AGENDA None 5. MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES A motion to approve the minutes from the May 13, 2008 City Council Meeting was made by Alderman Dohm and seconded by Alderman Dwyer. ROLL CALL
VOTE Ayes 8 Dohm,
Dwyer, Ganson, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas, Venzon 6. COMMUNITY POLICE REPORT Peoria County
Sheriff Chris Watkins will be gone for two weeks. 7. MAYORS REPORT Mayor Dillon
thanked everyone who worked on the Memorial Day Service at the
Franciscan Park on Saturday, May 24th. The progress on the Citys
new garage is moving right along. The Mayor reported that the City
continues to be approached by developers. We continue working on the
combined City of West Peoria and the West Peoria Township Building.
The City received a letter from Illinois American Water Company
stating that they are finally going to hook up the service for water
mains in the Laura and Heading Avenue area; these are from 2006
.After they are finished with this project they will hook up the
service for the mains they put in 2007. Illinois American Water
Company is looking into putting new water mains in the Melrose and
Dixon Avenue area. They will also be relocating the water mains on
Rohmann Avenue and there is a possibility of putting in all new
water mains on Market Street to go along with the Market Street
Storm Sewer Project. 8. TREASURERS REPORT City Treasurer Main passed out the Treasurers Report for March and April of 2008. Alderman Mathewson made the motion to receive and file the March and April reports. Alderman Meismer seconded ROLL CALL
VOTE Ayes 8 -
Mathewson, Meismer, Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson Roberts, Thomas, Venzon 9. PUBLIC COMMENT None 10. APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN PEORIA COUNTY/CITY OF WEST PEORIA INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR POLICE SERVICE AND BICYCLE PATROL RENEWAL 5/1/2008 TO 4/30/2009 was made by Alderman Dwyer and seconded by Alderman Ganson Discussion: City Administrator Carlson told the Councilmen that the increase is five percent which is standard for the last five years and that is what we budgeted. Alderman Dohm asked for a motion to vote on the Police Service and Bicycle separately. AMENDED 10. A) APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN PEORIA COUNTY/CITY OF WEST PEORIA INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR POLICE SERVICE RENEWAL 5/1/2008 TO 4/30/2009 was by Alderman Dwyer and seconded by Alderman Ganson. ROLL CALL
VOTE - Ayes 8 Dwyer,
Ganson, Dohm, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas, Venzon AMENDED 10. B) APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN PEORIA COUNTY/CITY OF WEST PEORIA INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR BICYCLE PATROL RENEWAL 5/1/2008 TO 4/30/2008 was made by Alderman Dwyer and seconded by Alderman Ganson. ROLL CALL
VOTE Ayes 8 Dwyer,
Ganson, Dohm, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas, Venzon Discussion:
Mayor Dillon commented that he is thankful to the Sheriff and his
department for the service we have been receiving and also for the
five percent increase despite the fuel prices at an all time high. 11. APPROVAL OF THE CURBSIDE GARBAGE PICK-UP: TEST AREA was made by Alderman Dwyer and seconded by Alderman Meismer. Discussion: Waste Management will have a test area for curbside pick up; this will start as soon as the City Council approves the test area. Waste Management will provide toters free of charge to all the home owners in the test area. This was brought up by Waste Management because of the conditions of the alleys and to minimize the rodents and clean up the alley ways. Waste Management will notify all the residents in the test area by mail. ROLL CALL
VOTE Ayes 6 Dwyer,
Ganson, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Venzon 12, APPROVAL OF TIF PROGRAM was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Dohm Discussion: At the last City Council Meeting Alderman Roberts explained this. We asked for any comments in the week following, we did not receive any. This is our citys TIF Program. It is on our Yearly Calendar to be reviewed and revised if necessary once a year. This is our first time for this program, if there are any problems we do have it built into the program to be able to adjust or change it. This is on a case by case basis. We will notify the residents about the TIF Program on the Website and West Peoria Newsletter. ROLL CALL
VOTE Ayes 8
Mathewson, Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas. Venzon 13. APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL $10,000 TO HERMANN & ASSOCIATES LLC FOR THE MARKET STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT SECTION -07-00010-00-SS (LINE ITEM NO. 17-00-532) was made by Alderman Venzon and seconded by Alderman Ganson. Discussion: Alderman Venzon commented that was talked about at the last City Council meeting, it is to cover the cost of the additional work that has to be done on the Market Street Engineering. ROLL CALL
VOTE 8 Ayes Venzon,
Ganson, Dohm, Dwyer, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas 14. APPROVAL FOR THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF TODD BAKER TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE WEST PEORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT was made by Alderman Venzon and seconded by Alderman Ganson ROLL CALL
VOTE -8 Venzon, Ganson,
Dohm, Dwyer, Mathewson, Meismer, Roberts, Thomas 15. OTHER BUSINESS None 16. 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 June 3, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. B. LAND USE COMMITTEE ALDERMAN DOHM CHAIR The Land Use Committee met on May 21, 2008. The Committee went over our Financial Report. We went over our Building Report. We reviewed some of our committee goals. We reviewed a Demolition Procedure Policy that we are getting ready to propose. The City has had several demolitions and we do not have a procedure or steps to get it started and finished. We went over the Yearly Calendar. Our next Land Use Meeting is June 18, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. C. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ALDERMAN DWYER, CHAIR The Public Safety Committee has met since the last City Council Meeting. Our next meeting will be June 3, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. D. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ALDERMAN VENZON The
Transportation has not met since the last City Council Meeting. Our
next meeting will be on June 12, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. 17. PUBLIC COMMENT None 18. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn was made by Alderman Roberts and Seconded by Alderman Meismer. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 7:22 p.m.
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