The village of Rantoul Board of Trustees met July 5 to gauge elected officials' interest in participating in employee plans for vision care. | File photo
The village of Rantoul Board of Trustees met July 5 to gauge elected officials' interest in participating in employee plans for vision care. | File photo
The village of Rantoul Board of Trustees met July 5 to gauge elected officials' interest in participating in employee plans for vision care.
Here are the meeting's minutes, as provided by the village:
Rantoul Village Board of Trustees
Regular Study Session
July 5, 2016
LOUIS B. SCHELLING MEMORIAL BOARD ROOM
RANTOUL MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 333 S. TANNER, RANTOUL, IL.
A regular Study Session of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rantoul was held
at 6:00 P.M. Mayor Smith called the proceeding to order.
Roll Call
The Village Clerk called the roll, finding the following members physically present:
Mayor Smith and Trustees Gary Wilson, Tony Brown, Ken Turner, Hank Gamel and
Chad Smith – 6.
The following representatives of Village departments were also present:
Jeff Fiegenschuh, Village Administrator; Scot Brandon Comptroller; Ken Waters, Fire
Chief; Luke Humphrey, Recreation Director; Greg Hazel, Public Works Director;
Mike Loschen, Community Development; Dan Culkin, Inspection; Herman Peyton,
Human Resource Director, Ervin Blevins, Chief of Police and Village Clerk Mike
Graham.
Public Participation
There were no Rantoul Citizens to offer Public Participation at this time.
Items from the Mayor
Discussion of Ancillary Benefits for Elected Officials. The Mayor polled all of the
Elected Officials as to their interest in participating in the Village of Rantoul
Employee Plans for Vision Care, Dental Insurance and Group Life Insurance.
Some were interested and some were not. The Mayor indicated that this would
begin during the next fiscal year beginning May 1, 2017 for those Elected Officials
interested.
Items from Trustees
The Trustees had no items at this time.
Items from the Clerk
The Clerk indicated that there would be a Closed Executive Session at the end of
the Study Session to comply with the Open Meetings Act Semi-Annual review of
previous Closed Sessions for the period January 1, 2016 – June 30, 2016.
Items from Administrator
Jeff Fiegenschuh, Village of Rantoul Administrator, had the following items for the
Board:
? New guidelines for Micro Loans and Committee eligibility.
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The Trustees had no objection to these items being taken to the Regular Village
Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
“NOTE FROM RANTOUL VILLAGE CLERK, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
BELOW ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEMS BELOW HAD LITTLE OR NO VILLAGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES DISCUSSION AND WILL BE TAKEN TO THE REGULAR
VILLAGE BOARD MEETING, TUESDAY, July 12, 2016.”
? Approval of Special Board Meeting, June 7, 2016.
? Approval of the minutes, Regular Study Session June7, 2016
? Approval of the minutes, Regular Board Meeting June 14, 2016.
? Approval of Bills and Monthly Financial Reports.
? Purchase of Police Vehicles.
? Approve Budget Amendments BA-FY No. 17-01 – Police Department.
? Establish a Load Limit on Cemetery Road.
The Trustees had no objections to these items being taken to the Regular Village
Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
Motion to enter into Closed Executive Session pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (C) 21, to
discuss the minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Act, whether for purposes
of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as
mandated by Section 2.06.
Trustee Wilson moved for approval and Trustee Turner seconded the motion.
The Clerk called the Roll and the Motion passed 5 – 0.
The Rantoul Village Board went into Closed Session at 6:24 P.M.
The Rantoul Village Board returned into open session at 6:36 P.M.
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Board, Mayor Charles Smith
declared the proceeding adjourned.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:37 P.M.
Mike Graham
Village Clerk
APPROVED August 9, 2016
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______________________________
Charles Smith
Village President
ATTEST:
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Mike Graham
Village Clerk
I, Mike Graham, Village Clerk of the Village of Rantoul, Illinois do hereby certify that
the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the Regular Study Session of
the Board of Trustees held July 5, 2016, as the same appears on the records of the
Village now in my custody and keeping.
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Mike Graham
Village Clerk
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