Fisher Board of Trustees met Thursday, Sept. 8.
The Fisher Village Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month.
Here are the minutes as provided by Fisher:
Village of Fisher
Regular Meeting
08 September 16
The regular meeting of the President and Village Board was held on 08 September 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Center. Roll Call: Bayler-present, Deer-present, Estes-present, Henderson-present Mathias-present, Ponton-present, Kelly-present.
Motion by Deer, 2nd by Mathias to approve the agenda. Voice vote: all yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Bayler, 2nd by Henderson to approve the minutes of the prior meetings. Voice vote: all yes. Motion carried.
A public hearing was held concerning the annexation and rezoning to R-1 Residential property at 528 County Road 3000 North and 530 County Road 3000 North. There was no public comment. Chris White, Chairman of Planning and Zoning, stated that there was a unanimous approval by the Planning and Zoning Committee to approve the annexation and rezoning.
Motion by Mathias, 2nd by Ponton to approve Ordinance 2016-8 an Ordinance Annexing 528 County Road 3000 North and Rezoning as R-1 Residential and approving Ordinance 2016-9 an Ordinance Annexing 530 County Road 3000 North and Rezoning as R-1 Residential. Roll call vote: Deer-yes, Estes-yes, Henderson-yes, Mathias-yes, Ponton-yes, Bayler-yes. Motion carried.
Communications from the public: George Rogers would like to thank the Village Board, Ron Ragle and Trustee Michael Bayler on working to get the annexation and rezoning done.
Judy Cagle asked the board if anything can be done concerning the mosquitos in town. The Village doesn’t spray in town and most towns don’t do this anymore.
Village President’s Report: Village President Milt Kelly read a statement he prepared regarding comments made at the prior meeting regarding township tax revenue. Village President Kelly stated that he would like to form a task force for development of operations plan. He would like Ron Ragle, Jeremy Reale, Trustee Henderson, Trustee Estes, Trustee Ponton and himself on this task force. The Board was in agreement.
Building Inspector report was given.
Motion by Estes, 2nd by Deer for the payment of claims and accounts. Roll call vote: Estes-yes, Henderson-yes, Mathias-yes, Ponton-yes, Bayler-yes, Deer-yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Estes, 2nd by Bayler for the payment of claims and accounts from TIF I and TIF II. Roll call vote: Henderson-abstain, Mathias-yes, Ponton-abstain, Bayler-yes, Deer-abstain, Estes-yes. Motion carried.
Committee Reports
Finance and TIF: Nothing
Public Works: Mike Rice has gotten the tree removal completed. The bids for the North Side drainage will be discussed later in the meeting.
Water and Wastewater: The water level has gone down but the heavy rains lately haven’t been helping. The emergency permits have been received. Later on the agenda, they will be asking for approval of funds to repair the water main that broke by the Fisher National Bank on 136. Fire hydrant flushing will be the end of September through October. The board thanked Brenda and Ron Ragle for all their work lately with being shorthanded. Ronnie Nelson is doing good.
Parks and Recreation: Nothing.
Judiciary and Police: Police Chief Bein thanked Mike Bateman and Dennis Martin for moving the dirt for the range. There are new signs for kids crossing at the school. Police Chief Bein stated that he has seen a reduction in speeding through that area.
Old Business:
The consideration for proposals to redesign the Village website was tabled until a later meeting.
Motion by Ponton, 2nd by Henderson to approve payment to Phoenix not to exceed $3100.00 for MFT project. Roll call vote: Mathias-yes, Ponton-yes, Bayler-yes, Deer-yes, Estes-yes, Henderson-yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Henderson, 2nd by Mathias to approve the bid of $52,971.00 from Chandler Concrete and Excavation with alternate bid 1 and 2 for the North side drainage work. Roll call vote: Ponton-yes, Bayler-yes, Deer-yes, Estes-yes, Henderson-yes, Mathias-yes. Motion carried.
The consideration of payment to Illiana for MFT work was tabled until a later meeting.
Motion by Estes, 2nd by Deer to approve the audit with Martin, Hood & Friese. Roll call vote: Bayler-yes, Deer-yes, Estes-yes, Henderson-yes, Mathias-yes, Ponton-yes. Motion carried.
In regards to the property on First Street, the property owner has stated to Trustee Deer that he has started to clean it up. The Village does have the option to purchase the property from the Owner.
New Business:
Motion by Estes, 2nd by Mathias to approve a TIF grant to Steve Ingold not to exceed $2200.00. Roll call vote: Deer-abstain, Estes-yes, Henderson-abstain, Mathias-yes, Ponton-abstain, Bayler-yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Estes, 2nd by Bayler to approve authorization of the Mayor and Village personnel to purchase a dump truck not to exceed $20,000.00. Roll call vote: Estes-yes, Henderson-yes, Mathias-yes, Ponton-yes, Bayler-yes, Deer-yes. Motion carried.
The old dump truck will be put out for bids when a new one is purchased.
Motion by Bayler, 2nd by Henderson to approve funding for emergency repair on a water main located by the Fisher National Bank on 136 not to exceed $8000.00. Roll call vote: Henderson-yes, Mathias-yes, Ponton-yes, Bayler-yes, Deer-yes, Estes-yes. Motion carried.
Questions from the media taken.
Motion by Henderson, 2nd by Deer to enter into Executive Session for the limited purpose of considering the employment, performance and compensation of one or more classes of employees and to consider the acquisition of real estate.
Roll call vote: Mathias-yes, Ponton-yes, Bayler-yes, Deer-yes, Estes-yes, Henderson-yes. Motion carried. Time: 8:00 pm.
Motion by Henderson, 2nd by Mathias to hire Kyle Thomas as a temporary part time Public Works employee at an hourly rate of $12.00. Roll call vote: Ponton-yes, Bayler-yes, Deer-yes, Estes-yes, Henderson-yes, Mathias-yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Bayler, 2nd by Mathias to adjourn. Voice vote: all yes. Motion carried. Time: 8:26pm
Christa N Moore, Village Clerk
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