Village Of Odell
Official Minutes of the April 08, 2013 Regular Board Meeting
Village of Odell, Illinois
Council Room, Odell, Illinois, Monday April 08, 2013, a Regular Board Meeting was held this date at 7:00pm., at Village Hall, Council Room, 213 S. Front Street, with Mayor Noonan presiding and with proper notice having been posted.
Roll Call
Roll call showed the following Trustee Members were physically present: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, and Herman Fearman
Staff Present: Iris Thorne, Rich Ribordy
Village Attorney Present: Ed Legner; Nicholas Ehrgott, Associate
Guests Present: Jim Boomgarden; Greg Klehm; Kiel Pennington; Terry Joyner; Adam Dontz
Mayor Tony Noonan called the meeting to order at 7:00pm., at which time a majority of a quorum was present
Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Tony Noonan led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Minutes of the March 11, 2013 Regular Board Meeting
After review of the minutes Trustee Herman Fearman moved to approve the minutes of the March 11, 2013 Regular Board Meeting as printed; second by Trustee Brian Verdun;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer has supplied copies of an YTD Fund Summary and a MTD Treasurer’s Report. Bank balances for the month ending March 31, 2013 are as follows:
| Odell Checking | $ 10,231.62 |
| Odell Savings |
$ 74,044.64 |
| Illinois Funds Gen Fund Checking |
$ 172,312.11 |
| Illinois Funds MFT Checking |
$ 93,170.73 |
| General Fund CD’s |
$ 222,929.64 |
| Odell Tourism | $ 14,334.97 |
Trustee Jamie Johnson moved to approve the Treasurers report; second by Trustee Matt Weaver;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Bills
Board Listing Report #724 ran at 12:50 PM on 04/08/13 representing all due bills for the Village, and Board Listing Report #725 ran at 1:23 PM representing all due bills for Tourism for April 2013 were presented for payment approval.
Trustee Matt Weaver moved to approve and pay all bills on the Board Listing Report dated
April 08, 2013 ran at 12:50 PM, list #724, and Board Listing Report dated April 08, 2013 ran at 1:23 PM, list #725; second by Trustee Jamie Johnson;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Police Report
There was not a representative from the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department present. The Sheriff’s Department did respond to the Village’s request for the Police Activity report for the months of February and March 2013.
Public Forum:
Mayor Noonan introduced Adam Dontz from GLCEDC. Mr. Dontz gave an overview of GLCEDC’s activities for Livingston County as a whole. The first being a study of all the interchanges along Interstate 55 from Dwight to Chenoa and the ability of each community to provide what would be required for new development. Results of this study will be made available by mid May 2013. The second activity is a work force training program that is to start this May.
OLD BUSINESS:
Police Contract
Mayor Noonan reported that there has been no response from anyone on the formal Police Contract proposal requested by and presented to Randy Wittenberg last month. Mayor Noonan noted that according to a newspaper article that Randy Wittenberg has resigned from the Livingston County Board to take another position with the County.
Clearwell
Litigation issue to be discussed later in Executive Session.
Miscellaneous
Mayor Noonan opened sealed Garbage Bids from four (4) companies which were recorded as follows:
(Note recorded figures are for curbside refuse and recycle)
- Company Year Amount
- Central IL Disposal 2013 13.89
- 2014 14.31
- 2015 14.71
- Kinder & Moore Disposal 2013 15.50
- 2014 16.50
- 2015 17.50
- Boomgarden 2013 12.50
- 2014 13.50
- 2015 14.50
- Republic 2013 12.75
- 2014 13.13
- 2015 13.52
Mayor Noonan indicated that there are additional residential services offered and optional dumpster prices for the business that will all be taken into consideration by a committee appointed to review the contract bids. Bids will be voted on at the May 13, 2013 Regular Board Meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
Sewer Connection Petition
Terry Colman submitted a petition for a sewer tap for his detached garage requesting to tie into his neighbor’s sewer line. Mayor Noonan explained that according to our Sewer Ordinance each building must have a separate sewer tap into the main sewer line. Mayor Noonan advised that we will research to see if there would be an appeal process by which Mr. Colman could tap into his own sewer line. The petition is tabled until further research is conducted.
Trustee Herman Fearman moved to enter into Executive Session at 8:18 PM to discuss “imminent” litigation; second by Trustee Brian Verdun;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Trustee Jamie Johnson moved to exit Executive Session at 8:39 PM; second by Trustee Brian Verdun;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Trustee Matt Weaver moved to pay the Engineers the outstanding invoices that are due for their participation in the uncompleted project due to MPC lack of finalizing the project; second by Jamie Johnson;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Trustee Brian Mills moved to enter into Executive Session at 8:45 PM to discuss employee benefits and personnel policy; second by Gary Wykes;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Trustee Herman Fearman moved to exit Executive Session at 9:25 PM; second by Gary Wykes;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Trustee Jamie Johnson moved to give Tim, Rich & Iris fifty cents (.50) per hour raise; second by Brian Mills;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None
Trustee Herman Fearman moved to give the part-time help at the Station twenty-five cents (.25) per hour raise; second by Brian Verdun;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 5;
Nays: Gary Wykes – 1
Trustee Gary Wykes moved to adjourn at 9:28 PM; second by Trustee Jamie Johnson;
Approved by roll call vote:
Yeas: Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Jamie Johnson, Brian Mills, Matt Weaver, Herman Fearman – 6;
Nays: None