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City of Gibson City Council met Aug. 28.

Here are the minutes provided by the council:

Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Dickey. Treasurer Lorenzen is taking Minutes in Clerk Hall's absence.

Roll Call: 

Ward #1 Susie Tongate: P    Sarah Sarantakos: P 

Ward #2 Randy Wyant: P     Ray Hankes : P

Ward #3 Scott Davis: P         Doug Parsons: A

Ward #4 Denis Fisher: A        Laura Miller: P

Visitors: Supt. Martin, Admin Shull, Officer Rosenbaum, Karen Kummerow-GC Recycling, Justin Carpenter-GC Harvest, Terry Roesch, City Atty Marc Miller.

Pledge led by Alderman Hankes.

Motion to approve Minutes of August 14th made by Alderman Miller, 2nd made by Alderman Tongate. Discussion- Alderman Sarantakos noted that resident Dean Summers was in attendance on the 14th and he informed council of his plans to renovate his building (former Pentecostal Church) into multi- family residence. Sarantakos stated this is zoned R-1, Single family residence and suggested someone from city inform Mr. Summers. Atty Miller stated as owner, if he wants to have multi-family zoning, he would need to petition through the Planning Commission. Nothing further, motion carried 6/0.

Visitors: 

Justin Carpenter asked if council has any questions about the upcoming harvest fest, and stated he has an informational letter going to all affected businesses with dates, layout and parking restrictions. Alderman Sarantakos asked if this requires a liquor license to Carpenter responded "yes, all taken care of". Karen Kummerow asked that Farmer's market vendors be given advance notice as well.

Bills:

Motion to pay General Fund bills in the amount of $154,191.13 made by Alderman Hankes, 2nd made by Alderman Sarantakos, motion approved 6/0.

Treasurer's Report: Treasurer Lorenzen read the July Treasurer's report (attached)

Alderman Sarantakos questioned: (1) Bond funds to pool? Finance Chairman Davis responded that the bond funds were moved to a different line item, but remain in TIF fund.

Old business: 

Question from Alderman Sarantakos about past discussion regarding purchasing lots for new Wells #5 & #6 from Developer Steve Miller, Mayor responded "that will be discussed later".

New Business:

A. Discussion and Consideration of Task Order 071 - Source Water Protection Plan from Donohue & Associates. Supt. Martin explained this is an annual report required of all public water supply areas, and Engineer Will Gray submitted this report. 

Motion made by Alderman Hankes to approve Task Order 071 in the amount of $691.00 to Donohue 2nd by Alderman Tongate. Motion carried 6/0.

B. Discussion and Consideration of Invoice 14227-01- WTP Upgrade and Well # 6 CRS from Donohue and Associates. Supt. Martin - this is for engineering on alternative test boring sites for wells.

Motion made by Alderman Miller to approve Task Order 14227-01 in the amount of $3153.90.00 Donohue, 2nd by Alderman Wyatt. Motion carried 6/0.

C. Discussion and Consideration for approval and payment of an invoice from Varsity Striping and Construction Co. in the amount of $22,690.18. This work is for pavement striping at the GCMS School. The invoice has been reviewed and approved by Farnsworth Group for payment from General Funds. 

Motion made by Alderman Hankes to approve Payment to Varsity Striping in the amount of $22,690.18, 2nd by Alderman Sarantakos. Motion carried 6/0.

D. Discussion and Consideration of a Presentation by Karen Kummerow Regarding the Recycling Contract. Asking to renew annual agreement with Ridgeview Recycling. Sale of passes has gone down in the last 2 years, while amount collected continues to increase. Program has been going since 2005, time change is 8 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Pass prices have remained the same, sales maybe down due to seniors being the ones who bring in the most recyclables, and CoVid caused people to get out of the habit. 

Motion by Alderman Sarantakos to approve renewing the contract with Ridgeview at $650 per month, 2nd by Alderman Wyatt. Motion carried 6/0. 

E. Discussion and Consideration a Property Improvement Program Application for Paul & Mia Thomas. This residential property is located at 520 E. 8th Street, and the total quote for tearing down and removal of the unattached garage is $2500.00. City matches 65% up to $5,000.00. 

Alderman Wyant made a motion to approve matching funds in the amount of $1,625.00 to Thomas's for removal of the garage, 2nd by Alderman Sarantakos. Motion carried 6/0.

Alderman Davis made a motion to Enter Executive Session for the limited purpose of discussing the purchase of real estate for use by the City for public purposes pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2. (c) (5) and for the purposes of discussing probable or imminent litigation on behalf of the City before a court pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (11). 2nd to this motion made by Alderman Tongate. Motion carried 6/0.

Council returned to regular session with no motions or further discussion. Alderman Miller made a motion to adjourn, 2nd made by Alderman Sarantakos. Motion passed 6/0; meeting adjourned.

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