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OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE WEST PEORIA CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 10, 2009 AT 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 November 10, 2009.
1. CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order at 7:00 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: Mayor Dillon, Alderman Dohm, Alderman Dwyer, Alderman Ganson, Alderman Mathewson, Alderman Meismer, Alderman O’Neill, Alderman Thomas, Alderman Venzon, City Administrator Carlson, City Attorney Connor, Economic Development Coordinator Pratt, Street Department Manager Strube, City Clerk Stephens. Also attending Rolland Reinhart and Plan Commission Officer Jason Barth
4. ADDITIONS TO OR DELETIONS FROM AGENDA None
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motions to approve the minutes from the October 27, 2009 City Council Meeting was made by Alderman Dwyer and seconded by Alderman Ganson. No corrections. ROLL CALL VOTE Ayes – 8 Dwyer, Ganson, Dohm, Mathewson, Meismer, O’Neill, Thomas, Venzon Nays – 0 Absent – 0 Motion Carried
6. COMMUNITY POLICE REPORT Peoria County Deputy, Officer James Middlemas reported on Halloween night an altercation at Cam’s this resulted in two arrests. On November 3rd, there was a home burglary in the 2400 block of W. Rohmann Avenue taken was a television and Play Station. Officer Middlemas reminded everyone about the No Burning Ordinance in West Peoria and stated that the Bicycle Patrol in West Peoria ended on October 31st for the year. Mayor Dillon welcomed Officer Middlemas and let him know that if there was anything that the City of West Peoria could do, let him or the City Hall know.
7. MAYOR’S REPORT Mayor Dillon reported that he has been attending several meetings and commented on the meeting he attended on November 9th, with Scott Moore the new City Manager of Peoria. City Manager Moore extended his best wishes to the West Peoria City Council and the Staff of West Peoria and he is looking forward to meeting the Council and Staff, but the City of Peoria City Council Meeting is on the same day as West Peoria’s. We are trying to figure out a good time when he can meet everyone. Mayor Dillon said tomorrow November 11th is Veteran’s Day and City Hall will be closed. He thanked Alderman Dwyer, Street Manager Strube and Township Supervisor for serving our county. Mayor Dillon suggested to the City Council if they know any veterans know of anyone that is actively serving our County tell them thank you. City Administrator John Carlson informed the City Council members last Friday night at the Twenty- Five Year Anniversary Tri County Construction Dinner Mayor Dillon was awarded the Tri County Construction Worker of the Year. This will be in the Labor News. John stated that Mayor Dillon in true form shared his leadership on the dance floor. Mayor Dillon said that he did not want to waste the money they paid hiring a band, we needed to enjoy the music. This is the Twenty-Five Year Anniversary for this event and the twenty-third year for giving this award. Mayor Dillon commented that he was totally shocked saying this is the first time I didn’t know what to say. This was a great night and I owe a lot of people thanks for this honor. Mayor Dillon thanked City Administrator John Carlson for recognizing this honor.
8. PUBLIC COMMENT None
9. MOTION TO APPROVE CDO TRUCKING INC. BID FOR DEMOLITION OF 2425 W. CALLENDER AVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,500 (Line Item 01 21 549) was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Meismer. Discussion: Mayor Dillon stated this is the house the Code Enforcement Officer has been working on for over a year. Attorney Connor received the Demolition Notice. ROLL CALL VOTE – 8 Ayes Mathewson, Meismer, Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, O’Neill, Thomas, Venzon Nays – 0 Absent – 0 Motion Carried
10. MOTION TO APPROVE ANNUAL PAYMENT TO IMLRMA FOR 2010 IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,471.00 (Line Item 01 11 592) was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman O’Neill Discussion: Alderman Mathewson stated this covers all of the insurance for the City except health insurance. ROLL CALL VOTE – 8 Ayes Mathewson, O’Neill Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson Meismer, Thomas, Venzon Nays – 0 Absent – 0 Motion Carried
11. MOTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO LONTAI DESIGN IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,699.10 FOR GRANT PREPARATION (Line Item 20 00 820) was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Ganson Discussion: Alderman Mathewson told the Council that $135.00 should be deducted from the original invoice of $5,834.10 for the amount of $5,699.10 seconded by Alderman Ganson. Discussion: Alderman Mathewson stated there is a line item for $135.00 on the Mr. Lontai’s invoice that is a discrepancy and the City will not pay that part of the invoice. City Administrator Carlson explained this to Mr. Lontai.
12. MOTION TO APPROVE TIF PAYMENT TO LEO WINE FOR $5,500 FIFTY PERCENT OF $11,000 (Line Items 15 00 503) was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Meismer. Discussion: Alderman Mathewson said the bill is $11,000 and fifty percent of this is $5,500. ROLL CALL VOTE: 8 – Ayes Mathewson, Meismer, Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, O’Neill, Thomas Venzon Nays – 0 Absent – 0 Motion Carried
13. MOTION TO APPROVE TIF PAYMENT TO HADDAD’S MARKET IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,585.28 FIFTY PERCENT OF $9,170.55(Line Item 15 00 503) was made by Alderman Mathewson and seconded by Alderman Meismer. Discussion: Alderman Mathewson stated this is another part of Haddad’s facade improvement . This is for the front sidewalks and post. The first TIF project approved was basically the parking lot. ROLL CALL VOTE - 8 – Ayes Mathewson, Meismer, Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, O’Neill, Thomas, Venzon Nays – 0 Absent – 0 Motion Carried
14. DISCUSSION ONLY TIF Economic Development Coordinator Gene Pratt stated he would like to share information with the members of the City Council regarding the Babu Project and annexation of property between the City of West Peoria and Babu Property. Gene passed a copy of the current boundary of West Peoria and the Babu Boundary and told the Council that he and City Administrator John Carlson met with the City’s consultants in Bloomington sometime ago and in the course of conversation they talked about this project. Gene pointed out from the copy he gave the Council that below St. Mary’s Cemetery the Greater Peoria Sanitary District has a large block of property and another piece of property next to it the owners are unknown or it is State of Illinois property. Alderman Dohm thinks this is State property; the County Recorder does not have any information on this property. Then there is Creek Road and this takes us to Babu Property. The Greater Peoria Sanitary District has indicated their willingness to cooperate with West Peoria. Gene said will he be attending a meeting with the Board of Trustees for the Greater Peoria Sanitary District and will discuss this more in detail. In addition James Connaughton came to City Hall to talk about annexing ninety-eight acres of his property which is just south of properties owned by the State of Illinois, this is on the side of Creek Road and Mr. Connaughton indicated that he would like to be a part of West Peoria. Gene said in addition to this our consultant recommended the City of West Peoria could extend their existing TIF District that comes down Callender Avenue and turns down Sterling. The City could extend the existing TIF through the cemetery across the Greater Peoria Sanitary District property and over to the Babu Property with no great difficulty. The advantage of this is two fold: the Babu property is valued at a relatively low amount because it is agriculture property. Once the development starts; the road improvements, the first thirty-six units then the assessed value of the property will increase dramatically and all that will be increment and available to the City of West Peoria. This being in the existing TIF District, the TIF money would be available for infrastructure uses in the existing TIF. The money could be used for: sewer improvements, Fire Department, Grade School, for any public works project the city would be interested in supporting. Gene stated he wanted to let everyone know this information and he has cleared this with the Finance Committee and some of the Staff knows about this. He explained the plan is in development stage and is a very exciting project for West Peoria. Gene asked if anyone had any questions or concerns, please call him at City Hall.
15. PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Dillon congratulated Alderman Dwyer on the birth of his new daughter.
16. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. FINANCE COMMITTEE The Finance Committee went over the items 9,10,11,12 and 13 that were on this agenda. The committee discussed the Waste Management contract and came up with some ideas how to solve some of the problems we have and we will keep working with Public Safety on this project. We went over all the bills. Our next meeting will be December 1st, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
B. LAND USE COMMITTEE The Land Use Committee has not met since the last City Council Meeting; our next meeting will be November 18th, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
C. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE The Public Safety Committee has not met since the last City Council Meeting our next meeting will be November 18th, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
D. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE The Transportation Committee has not met since the last City Council Meeting. Our next meeting will be November 12, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
1 17. PUBLIC COMMENT City Administrator Carlson addressed the City Council with a request from the Township asking if the the Building Committee would set up a Building Committee Meeting for November 30th at 6:00 p.m. This would involve Mayor Dillon, Alderman Mathewson and Alderman Venzon. Economic Development Coordinator Pratt informed the City Council the fuel tanks from the old Clark Station on Farmington Road are being removed. He said Code Enforcement Officer Sullivan and he went to check on this and they have appropriate permits. The State Fire Marshall had a representative on site to monitor the job and we spoke with the owner of the property and he has renewed his interest in re-developing the property. Alderman Dwyer asked if anyone knows what the owner’s plans are? Economic Development Coordinator Pratt said he didn’t know but that the owner of the property's ultimate plan is to buy some adjacent property and said he has wanted to do this for some time.
18. MAYOR ASKED FOR A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Alderman Mathewson made a motion to go into executive session to review old Executive Session Minutes Alderman Dwyer seconded. ROLL CALL VOTE 8 Ayes Mathewson, Dwyer, Dohm, Ganson, Meismer, O’Neill, Thomas, Venzon Nays – 0 Absent – 0 Motion Carried
Council adjourned to Executive Session at 7:20 p.m. The regular meeting was called back to order at 7:31 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Mayor Dillon, Alderman Dohm, Alderman Dwyer, Alderman Ganson, Alderman Mathewson, Alderman Meismer, Alderman O’Neill, Alderwoman Thomas, Alderman Venzon.
19. ACTION ARISING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION Alderman Mathewson made the motion to release the following Executive Session Minutes: August 12, 2003 August 10, 2004 July 11, 2006 June 24, 2008 February 10, 2009 seconded by Alderman Dohm ROLL CALL VOTE – 8 Ayes Mathewson, Dohm, Dwyer, Ganson, Meismer, O’Neill, Thomas, Venzon Nays – 0 Absent – 0 Motion Carried
20. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn was made by Alderman O’Neill and seconded by Alderman Ganson. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
Carole Stephens – City Clerk
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