City Council

MINUTES OF REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 5, 2010 The regular meeting of the Pontiac City Council was held on Monday, April 5, 2010 in the City Hall Council Chambers. Mayor Russell called to order the regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. The City Clerk was directed to call roll, and the following members of the Council were present: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. MEETING OF THE PONTIAC CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY. Mayor asked that the record show the same Alderman present for this meeting as are present for the regular Council meeting: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. The Mayor asked if there was any business to come before the Civic Center Board this evening. Hearing none, he declared the meeting closed. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Russell stated that there were four items on the consent agenda. He asked if there was a need to have any item removed for later discussion. Hearing none, motion made by Myers, second by Eckhoff that the items on the consent agenda be approved as presented. A. Motion by Myers, second by Eckhoff to approve the minutes of the March 15 , 2010 meeting and the continued until March 29, 2010 as written. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. B. Motion by Myers, second by Eckhoff to approve payment of bills totaling $7,865.17 from the TIF I fund. On a roll call vote, motion carried 9-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. Abstain vote recorded: Panno C. Motion by Myers, second by Eckhoff to approve payment of bills totaling $234,465.31 from all other funds. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. D. Motion by Myers, second by Eckhoff to approve the street closing requested by Midwest Thunder on May 22, 2010. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. REGULAR AGENDA A. Presentation by OSF Saint James John W. Albrecht Medical Center, EMS Director OSF EMS Medical Director, Steve Baron presented certificate of excellence to Lori Gould & Nancy Cortez, employees of the Pontiac Rec Center and Lynn Verdun & Deanna Stephens, local Pontiac teachers for their response to a Rec Center attendee who collapsed in 2009. All four were recognized for saving the Pontiac residents life. Mayor Russell and Council also thanked the four. B. Presentation - Dan Fry- Freestar Bank Dan Fry with Freestar Bank and representing the estate of Otis Soto gave a brief talk on Otis Soto, former City of Pontiac employee, who left in his estate monies to be used for the children of Pontiac. Dan asked that any group or organization that would like to apply for the funds for things like playground equipment that could be enjoyed by all Pontiac children to present a letter of request to Freestar Bank. Freestar Bank as representative of Otis Soto and Otis’s sister will go through the requests C. Presentation - Pontiac Lions Club Wade Ahrends from the Pontiac Lions Club presented a check for $2,000.00 to the City for their contribution for payment of new playground equipment at Lions park. The City matched the funds. D. License Agreement- Charles Tucker Motion by Myers, second by Gardner to approve the licensing agreement with the City and Charles Tucker to install a fence on City right-of-way as written. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. E. Contract for Services - PROUD Motion by Gardner, second to approve the contract for services with the P.R.O.U.D. organization for one year beginning May 1, 2010, as written. TIF money will be used. On a roll call vote, motion carried 9-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. Abstain vote recorded: Panno F. Street Closings - Red Carpet & PROUD Carnival Motion by Kallas, second by Eckhoff to approve the street closing request by PROUD and the Red Carpet Corridor from Tuesday, April 29th to May 2, 2010, On a roll call vote, motion carried 10- 0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. G. Clean Sweep Children from Pontiac First United Methodist Church, who had done a “mini clean sweep” of downtown Pontiac on March 13, 2010 asked the Council to consider installing “ash trays” for residents & visitors to dispose of their cigarette butts. On the day they cleaned the downtown area they found many butts and noticed that there was no where to throw away the butts but in the streets. H. Ordinance 2010-O-009 Motion by Schickel, second by Kallas to send the proposed Ordinance 2010-O-009, Wind Farm regulations, to the Planning & Zoning committee for review. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. I. Ordinance 2010-O-008 Motion by Mabrey, second by Eckhoff to approve Ordinance 2010-O-009, applying a 10% surcharge to the Sewer/Garbage billing to help offset costs for leaf collection, etc. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. Mayor Comments Mayor Russell noted that Council will adjourn to Executive session to discuss Collective Negotiating Matters, Property Disposition and Personnel and will return to take action. City Council Comments None Administrator Comments Project status reports will be forthcoming. Public Comments Lori Fairfield with PROUD thanked the City and other organizations for their partnerships to help get projects completed. Executive Session Motion by Schickel, second by Swartz to adjourn to Executive Session to discuss Collective Negotiating Matters, Property Disposition and Personnel. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. Return from Execution Session Ordinance 2010-O-010- Teamster Local #179 Contract Ratification Motion by Kallas, second by Schickel to approve Ordinance 2010-O-010, Teamster Local #179 Contract Ratification as written. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0. Aye votes recorded: Schickel, Swartz, Eckhoff, Kallas, Gardner, Hall, Panno, Myers, Gabor and Mabrey. Adjournment With no further business to come before the meeting, on motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned Respectfully submitted, Sharon L. Dunham City Clerk