City Council

CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting June 4, 2018 7:30 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag was given by all present. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Gottman called the regularly scheduled meeting of the Vandalia City Council to order at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL: Aldermen present were: Barker, B. John Clark, Hubler, Hobler, Lester, Hobler and Crawford. Rebbe was absent. MINUTES: A motion was made by Stunkel and seconded by Hobler approving the minutes from the May 21, 2018 meeting as presented. Motion carried. REGULAR BILLS: A motion was made by Stunkel and seconded by B. John Clark approving the regular bills as presented. Motion carried. SPECIAL BILLS: A motion was made by Stunkel and seconded by Hobler approving the Special Bills as presented: Smith Backhoe Service in the amount of $9,000.00 for demolition to 308 & 312 N. Fifth St. buildings; Woolsey Bros. Farm Supply in the amount of $3,440.00 for chemicals; Land of Lincoln Credit Union in the amount of $9,990.79 for payment of the fire truck; Vandalia Asphalt Service in the amount of $2,100.00 for patch mix; Tina Kingery in the amount of $6,029.50 for TIF reimbursement; Wehrle Properties in the amount of $51,798.00 for TIF reimbursement; U.S. Bancorp in the 1  amount of $14,781.19 for water meter payment; Mac’s Fire & Safety, Inc. in the amount of $39,662.50 for 25 sets of turnout gear for the Fire Department; Hawkins, Inc. in the amount of $3,926.29 for chemicals; Direct Energy in the amount of $15,037.94 for electric. Motion carried. AUTHORIZATION TO REPAIR PUMP A motion was made by Hobler and FOR VCC LIFT STATION: seconded by Barker authorizing Vandevanter Engineering to repair pump for the Vandalia Correctional Center lift station in the amount of $9,795.03. Motion carried. AUTHORIZATION TO REPLACE A motion was made by Hobler and PUMP AT MAIN TERMINAL LIFT seconded by Crawford authorizing STATION: Vandevanter Engineering to replace pump at the Main Terminal lift station in the amount of $29,212.00. Motion carried. LAKE COMMITTEE MEETING A motion was made by Hobler and MINUTES FROM MARCH 27, 2018: seconded by Barker approving the Lake Committee Meeting Minutes from March 27, 2018 as submitted. ORDINANCE #2018-6-4-A: A motion was made by Stunkel and AMENDING THE VANDALIA seconded by Hobler approving Ordinance MUNICIPAL CODE AT TITLE V #2018-6-4-A, Amending The Vandalia BUSINESS LICENSES AND Municipal Code at Title V Business REGULATIONS AT SECTION Licenses and Regulations at Section 5.08.070 NUMBER OF LICENSES 5.08.070 Number of Licenses. No more than Nine (9) Class E licenses shall be currently in effect at any one time. Roll Call: Hubler, yea; Barker, yea; Stunkel, yea; Hobler, yea; Clark, yea; Lester, yea; Crawford, yea; Rebbe, absent. Motion carried. 2 ORDINANCE #2018-6-4-B: A motion was made by Stunkel and AMENDING THE VANDALIA seconded by Crawford approving MUNICIPAL CODE AT TITLE V Ordinance #2018-6-4-B, Amending The BUSINESS LICENSES AND Vandalia Municipal Code at Title V REGULATIONS AT SECTION Business Licenses and Regulations at 5.08.070 NUMBER OF LICENSES Section 5.08.070 Number of Licenses. No more than One (1) Class H License shall be currently in effect at any one time. Roll Call: B. John Clark, yea; Hubler, yea; Stunkel, yea; Barker, yea; Hobler, yea; Crawford, yea; Lester, yea; Rebbe, absent. Motion carried. TRANSFER OF LAKE LOT #88- The transfer of Lake Lot #88 from Mike TABLED TILL JUNE 18TH: & Cheryle Meyer, Brownstown was tabled till the June 18th council meeting. ORDINANCE #2018-6-4-C: A motion was made by Stunkel and AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE seconded by Barker adopting Ordinance ILLINOIS PUBLIC WORKS MUTUAL #2018-6-4-C, Authorizing Execution of AID NETWORK AGREEMENT the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network Agreement. (IPWMAN) Roll Call: Barker, yea; Stunkel, yea; Clark, yea; Lester, yea; Hubler, yea. Crawford, yea; Hobler, yea; Rebbe, absent. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #2018-6-4-D: A motion was made by Stunkel and APPROVAL OF ILLINOIS seconded by Crawford Approving IDOT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Local Public Agency Amendment #1 for LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY Federal Participation on 5th & Randolph AMENDMENT #1 FOR FEDERAL St. PARTICIPATION (5Th & RANDOLPH) Roll Call: Stunkel, yea; Barker, yea; Hubler, yea; Clark, yea; Hobler, yea; Crawford, yea; Lester, yea; Rebbe, absent. Motion carried. MAYOR’S REPORTS: Mayor Gottman reported that things are moving along very well on the Comprehensive Plan. There will be additional meetings in the future. 3  Mayor Gottman reported that the city is waiting on approval on the Enterprise Zone. On Thursday, The Holiday Inn Express will have a ribbon cutting and open house to celebrate the renovations to the facility. George Evans, President of Kaskaskia College will be the key speaker at the Chamber of Commerce Meeting on Wednesday of this week. Mayor Gottman announced that the Thrill Hill Bridge was open last Friday. Mayor Gottman thanked the people for being patient and didn’t slander and badger the city about getting it done. Mayor Gottman said that the city didn’t have the money originally to start the project, and the taxpayers of the city are paying to put the bridge in. Mayor Gottman will need to do a final inspection on the bridge but allowed the bridge to be open for traffic. Another meeting will be held with the city engineers as we work on obtaining grants for different projects for the city. The Bi-Centennial Committee held a meeting the other night working on the 200th birthday celebration for next year. STANDING COMMITTEES: B. John Clark reported that there was a water main break on Coles Street. The Public Works Department is working to replace the water main under Coles Street. 4  Lester reported that Slack Glass will be replacing the front glass windows this week. Hobler reported that Memorial Day weekend went very well at the Vandalia Lake. Barker reported that the Grande Levee will be June 15th & 16th with several of the downtown businesses holding specials. CONCERNS FROM COUNCIL Lester said that he understood there MEMBERS: is a conflict between Justin Durbin & Grubaugh. Grubaugh will not let Illini Restoration access to the lot which belongs to Grubaugh to Justin Durbin’s building at 101 S. Fifth St. to tuck point the building after the council approved a TIF agreement between the City and Durbin. Grubaugh told the council that the wall was actually his because he had a party wall agreement that after the Craycroft building was torn down, he still owned the wall according to the agreement. Hobler asked Grubaugh if he intended to purchase the wall from Durbin, and Grubaugh said, that he owns the wall. Grubaugh said, that he has no problem with that wall being maintained, and there is a TIF agreement that we submitted to repair the wall. He said that, Illini Restoration is not coming in and working on my wall. 5  Lester asked City Attorney Ryan Connor if there was any way the city would get Grubaugh to allow Durbin access to the wall. Attorney Connors said, until TIF enters the picture, the city doesn’t really have a dog in the fight, so to speak. Connors said that he did not see the party wall agreement that Grubaugh is referring to and without that information he could not adequately answer the question as applied to the facts. Crawford spoke up and said, Am I the only one who’s missing that Grubaugh is doing the exact same thing we did to him a month ago? Last month we were talking about surveying the lot adjacent to Grubaugh’s property to determine whether he or the city owned the wall of his building. She said that the whole agreement we had on the wall on Our Place was ridiculous. Mayor Gottman told the council that Attorney Connor will get a copy of the party wall agreement which should be on file at the courthouse. AUDIENCE: Brent Tedrick & Mike McCall, Jr. approached the council with questions about a building permit for their Lake Lot 95. They requested to add an addition onto their trailer but the building permit has been denied two years in a row. They explained that a nearby lot owner had expanded their structure and had 6  put permanent posts in the ground which is not permitted by lake ordinances. Attorney Ryan Connor explained that the issue was actually discussed about a year ago, but no recommendation was put before the council as far as how to change to enforce the ordinance. A work session will be held on Monday, June 11th at 4:00 p.m. in council chambers to discuss questions and concerns at Vandalia Lake. COUNCIL MOVES INTO EXECUTIVE A motion was made by Stunkel and SESSION AT 8:13 P.M.: seconded by Barker to move into Executive Session at 8:13 P.M. under 5ILCS120/2 for pending possible litigation. Roll Call: Stunkel, yea; Barker, yea; B. John Clark, yea; Hobler, yea; Crawford, yea; Hubler, yea; Lester, yea. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSION ENDS AT Executive Session ended at 8:32 p.m. 8:32 P.M.: REGULAR SESSION RECONVENED Mayor Gottman reconvened the regular AT 8:33 P.M.: council meeting at 8:33 p.m. with a roll call: Barker, yea; Stunkel, yea; Lester, yea; Hobler, yea; Crawford, yea; Hubler, yea; B. John Clark, yea. ADJOURNMENT: There was nothing to report out of Executive Session. A motion was made by Hubler and seconded by Stunkel to adjourn at 8:34 p.m. Motion carried. ____________________ CITY CLERK 7 8 9 10 11 12 13