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Jacksonville City Council to take action on 2016 tax levy ordinance

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Jacksonville City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.

The Jacksonville City Council consists of 10 alderman and the mayor. The council holds a workshop meeting followed by a regular session on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.

Here is the agenda as provided by Jacksonville:

AMENDED AGENDA

November 29, 2016

RESCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING

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WORKSHOP

(Commission Room – 6:00 p.m.)

Roll Call

MAYOR’S REPORT

1. Discuss amending the liquor ordinance.

CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT

1. Discuss amending the water emergency ordinance.

2. Discuss the deletion of the cannabis ordinance.

3. Discuss the purchase of ground for the Jacksonville cemeteries.

CITY CLERK’S REPORT

COMMITTEE REPORTS

FINANCE/IT/PERSONNEL

1. Discuss 2016 Tax Levy.

2. Discuss finances of the Golf Course.

PARKS & LAKES

1. Discuss change order #1 for the PetSafe Bark Park.

PLANNING & PUBLIC WORKS

PUBLIC PROTECTION

SPECIAL STUDIES

UTILITY

1. Report on Utility Committee meeting of November 14, 2016.

PUBLIC COMMENT

ADJOURNMENT

COUNCIL MEETING

(Council Chamber – Immediately following Workshop, but not later than 7:00 p.m.)

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Reading of the Minutes – November 14, 2016 City Council Minutes Presentation of Petitions

Communications

Claims

MAYOR’S REPORT

  1. First reading of an ordinance amending the Jacksonville Municipal Code, Chapter 3 Alcoholic Beverages, Article II Retail Sale, Division 2 Licenses Section 3-37, Location; change of location; limitations on number issued. (increase Class A, AA, B, BB, C, CC, Club and Bowling Alley licenses by one, total 46 – Shopko Stores Operating Company, LLC)

  2. First reading of an ordinance amending the Jacksonville Municipal Code, Chapter 3 Alcoholic Beverages, Article II Retail Sale, Division 2 Licenses Section 3-34 (13) Classes, terms, hours and fees. (Last Chance Promotions, LLC)

CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT

  1. First reading of an ordinance amending the Jacksonville Municipal Code, Chapter 29 Utilities, Article II Regulations for use of water, Section 29-49 Declaration of water emergency by Mayor.

  2. First reading of an ordinance amending the Jacksonville Municipal Code, Chapter 18 Miscellaneous Offenses and Provisions, Section 18-33 Possession of cannabis or the synthetic form commonly known as K2 prohibited.

  3. Resolution authorizing execution of agreement for the purchase of ground for the Jacksonville cemeteries.

CITY CLERK’S REPORT PUBLIC COMMENT

FINANCE/IT/PERSONNEL

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. City Treasurer’s Report – October 31, 2016

  2. Resolution authorizing the transfer of money to the Golf Course from the General Fund. 

PARKS & LAKES 

1. Resolution approving change order #1 for the PetSafe Bark Park.

PLANNING & PUBLIC WORKS

PUBLIC PROTECTION

SPECIAL STUDIES

UTILITY

  1. Resolution approving the 2017 Utility Department Budget to be effective January 1, 2017.

  2. Resolution correcting payment amount to Gordon White, from $33,831.45 to $22,785.46, on Resolution 2016-R-213.

  3. Resolution approving payment for engineering services for the Town Brook Sanitary Sewer Lining Project, at Westown Ford and Delaney Drive/Western Knoll Subdivision, from the Waterworks & Sewerage Projects Fund. (Benton, $4,509.54)

  4. Resolution approving payment for engineering services for the Webster Avenue Water Main Replacement Project from the Waterworks & Sewerage Projects Fund. (Benton, $8,860.50)

FINANCE/IT/PERSONNEL

1. First reading of an ordinance levying taxes for 2016.

PARKS & LAKES

PLANNING & PUBLIC WORKS

1. Second reading of an ordinance annexing certain territory to the City of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. (Petitioner: Tri-County Community Development Corporation)

PUBLIC PROTECTION 

SPECIAL STUDIES 

UTILITY

OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT

SPECIAL NOTICES

5:30 p.m.: The refurbished Fire Department Pumper Truck will be available for viewing at the Jacksonville Fire Department.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IN THE COMMISSION ROOM, TO DISCUSS:

  1. Operations of the Utility Department

  2. Pending Litigation

This meeting will be accessible to people with disabilities in compliance with pertinent state and federal laws upon notification of anticipated attendance. People with disabilities planning to attend and needing special accommodations, including assisted hearing or deaf interpreting, should contact, either by telephone or by letter, the Mayor’s Office or the City Clerk’s Office at 200 West Douglas, Jacksonville, IL 62650, 217-479-4610 or 217-479-4613, respectively, to inform of their anticipated attendance.

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