City Council

Village of Tilton Board Meeting Minutes November 19, 2020 & December 10, 2020 6:00 pm Mayor Phillips calls the November 19, 2020 meeting order and roll call was taken. Trustee’s Barrett, Finley, Mitchell, Washkowiak and Wear are present. Trustee Sheets is absent. Trustee Wear made a motion to accept the minutes of the October 15, 2020 and October 22, 2020 board meeting; minutes of the special board meeting of October 29, 2020; finance committee report and pay bills listed: ERH MONTHLY CHARGE AND REPAIRS $8,000.00 GENERAL CODE $5,429.10 FEHR GRAHAM FOR SEWER ENGINEERING $52,412.75 FIRST BANK CARD $5,097.61 CROWDER CPA'S FOR AUDIT $9,758.75 NEW COPIER FROM DTI OFFICE SOLUTIONS-Approved at 10-29-20 Special Board Meeting $6,013.00 INDIANA MEDIA GROUP FOR LEGAL NOTICES IN THE PAPER FOR NEW TIF DISTRICT $3,092.68 KESLER LAW FIRM-LEGAL SERVICES $1,518.00 VERMILION AUTO CORPORATION FOR SEPTEMBER INCENTIVE $14,236.00 INTERSTATE BILLING SERVICE-TRANSMISSION FOR DUMP TRUCK $6,108.36 AUSTIN TRUCKING FOR INSTALLATION OF NEW TRANSMISSION $1,500.00 NEWTON'S FOR COVID CLEANINGS $1,958.60 OSF PRO OCTOBER SERVICES $3,850.00 CARLA'S FOR GAMING FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH OCTOBER $12,622.10 Trustee Wear made a motion for ORDINANCE 2020_1119 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF TILTON, VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND STERLING AUTO BODY OF DANVILLE, INC. IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA NUMBER ONE, Trustee Mitchell second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion for RESOLUTION R2020-1119 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FEHR GRAHAM AND ASSOCIATES, LLC, TO PREPARE AN ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT AMENDMENT AND IEPA LOAN DOCUMENTATION FORMS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND COLLECTION SYSTEM, FOR SIGNATURE AND SUBMITTAL TO IEPA. Trustee Washkowiak second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to reject all bids on WWTP Project A based on protest, and authorize Fehr Graham to readvertise for bids. Trustee Washkowiak second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Mitchell made a motion to pay Cross Construction pay estimate of $531,625.14, Trustee Wear second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Washkowiak made a motion to pay Gleisner Engineering bill, $2169.79, Trustee Finely second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Barrett made a motion to continue Village Health Insurance with Health Alliance for the year, at an increase of 1.9%, Trustee Finley second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Mitchell made motion to condemn 203 E 4th Street, has been bought on taxes and is falling down. Inspection has been done by inspector David Biggerstaff. Trustee Barrett second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to amend budget due to grants and extra COVID measures. Trustee Washkowiak second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion for ORDINANCE O-2020-1119 ADDING SECTION 15 TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2001- 12-13, UTILITY TAX ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. Trustee Finley second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion for employee holiday bonuses, Trustee Washkowiak second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Mitchell made a motion to purchase winter coats for Ambulance service at $3,130.72. Trustee Barrett second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to purchase a Stair Chair for ambulance service at $3,433.90, with $3,000.00 being donated from the recent Cruise In benefit. Trustee Finley second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion for Tristar to install sound deadening panels at Community Center for $7,218.00. Trustee Barrett second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Mitchell made a motion for Tristar to install UV Ray Lights on all furnaces within Village buildings for $7,130.00, to help kill viruses, Trustee Wear second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Washkowiak made a motion to recess meeting until December 10, 2020 and to be conducted by Zoom only for public participation, Trustee Mitchell second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2020 Trustee Wear made a motion to reconvene November 19, 2020 meeting. Trustee Finley Second. Roll call is taken, Trustee Finley, Washkowiak and Wear present in person, Trustee Mitchell and Sheets present via Zoom. Trustee Barrett is absent. Trustee Washkowiak made a motion for finance committee report and pay bills listed: Fehr Graham, Sewer Engineering $63,925.25 Fehr Graham, G Street bridge engineering $14,274.00 OSF PRO – November $3,300.00 River City Roofing - City Hall $24,500.00 Crowder CPA’s audit $2,500.00 ERH - Monthly $8.000.00 Trustee Waskowiak made a motion for ORDINANCE 2020-1210 – DECLARATION OF LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. Trustee Sheets second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Mitchell made a motion for ORDINANCE 2020-1210A - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF TILTON, VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS REMOVING CERTAIN PROPERTIES FROM THE TAX INCREMENT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA NUMBER ONE. Trustee Sheets second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion for ORDINANCE 2020-1210B - AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE RELATED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE PROPOSED TILTON TIF IV REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA OF THE VILLAGE OF TILTON, VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Trustee Finley second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Sheets made a motion for ORDINANCE 2020-1210C- AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE TILTON TIF IV REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA OF THE VILLAGE OF TILTON, VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Trustee Mitchell second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Finley made a motion for ORDINANCE 2020-1210D - AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FOR THE TILTON TIF IV REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA OF THE VILLAGE OF TILTON, VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Trustee Wear second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Washkowiak made a motion for $7,633.90 to Midwest Asphalt for doors, insulation and ceiling work in Police Pole Barn. Trustee Sheets second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Sheets made a motion for $9,100.00 to ARC Electric for electric work in Police Pole Barn, Trustee Mitchell second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to pay Prinsco $5,500.00 for pipeline supplies for Coultas property on Spelter Ave. Trustee Washkowiak second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to condemn 718 CENTRAL, 403 CRESTWOOD, 209 E 5 TH, by Thomas Excavating, at a rate of $145.00 an hour for his machinery and operator. Trustee Washkowiak second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Sheets made a motion to advertise and place the lot-formerly park- at Henson and Central out for public bids with a minimum bid of $3,000.00. Trustee Mitchell second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to donate $1,000.00 to the 3 churches, Central Park, Nazarene and Calvary Baptist, to help relieve the pandemic shortfall. Trustee Finley second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to release the lien on 1924 S Washington for $1,500.00. Trustee Washkowiak second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to withdraw from Vermilion Advantage. Trustee Washkowiak second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to purchase Dr’s Karinattu’s office building at 100 E 5th Street for $125,000.00. Trustee Finley second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Washkowiak made a motion to award WWTP Contract to Curry Construction and Financing for Project B. Trustee Mitchell second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Finley made a motion for RESOLUTION 2020-1210 applying a COVID relief of $5.00 on sewer bills for Tilton residents. Trustee Wear second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried. Trustee Wear made a motion to adjourn, Trustee Sheets second. All five Trustees present voted yea. Motion carried.