City of Bushnell City Council met Oct. 7.
Here is the minutes provided by the Council:
Mayor Wilt called the meeting to order.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was given.
Roll Call
Ald. Donna Coates - P
Ald. Chuck Howell – P
Ald. Mike Howell –P
Ald. David Norton –P
Ald. Greg Yocum- P
Ald. Stacey Allen – P
Ald. Bruce Lorton – P
Ald. Brent Glisan – P
Mayor Robin Wilt – P
City Clerk Teresa Ebbert – P
Treasurer Dan Cortelyou – P
City Attorney Chuck Leagler – P
Public Works Director Justin Griffith – P
Police Chief Joe Fosdyck – P
Street Superintendent David Raymond - P
Treasurer
City Treasurer Dan Cortelyou stated we have a GATA deadline of October 15, 2019, which is part of the Audit.
Ald. Lorton made a motion to approve the consent agenda, which included the following items:
1. Approval of Minutes from Sept. 16, 2019
2. Accept August Financial report
3. Accept and pay September bills.
Ald. C Howell seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Coates “aye”
Ald. C Howell “aye”
Ald. M Howell “aye”
Ald. Norton “aye”
Ald. Yocum “aye”
Ald. Allen “aye”
Ald. Lorton “aye”
Ald. Glisan “aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ad Hoc (Mayor’s Report)
1. Mayor Wilt stated that the new Web site is up and going, any changes or additions should be sent to City Clerk Ebbert to pass on.
2. Mayor Wilt advised that there is a problem with the flooring in the council room and water in the basement. Engineer Eric Moe came in and looked at it and gave his opinion on what should be done about it.
3. Mayor Wilt reminded the council to turn in their timesheets for payment at the end of month.
4. Mayor Wilt recognized Vaughan & Bushnell on celebrating 150 yrs., she will make a proclamation to be presented to them on Thursday at the luncheon.
5. Mayor Wilt stated that they would be doing Housing Authority interviews next week and the week after.
6. Mayor Wilt stated that Justin Griffith, Teresa Ebbert and herself had attended the IML Conference in Chicago, and learned a lot about the new and upcoming laws.
7. Mayor Wilt stated that the CEO program was having a fall social this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 at the Recreation Center from 7:30 to 9:00, and urged everyone to go out and show support.
Personnel/Finance/Budget
*Ald. Norton stated they came to an agreement with the Public Works, Gas and Electric unions. Would like a recommendation to settle with them.
Ald. Norton made a motion to approve contracts for the IBEW Public Works, IBEW Gas and IBEW Electric unions. Ald. Lorton seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows.
Ald. Coates “aye”
Ald. C Howell “aye”
Ald. M Howell “aye”
Ald. Norton “aye”
Ald. Yocum “aye”
Ald. Allen “aye”
Ald. Lorton “aye”
Ald. Glisan “aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Public Works-Street/Sewer/Alley
*Ald. C. Howell reported that Jacob Havens was no longer with the city. Jesse Carter expressed interest in the meter reading position, so they are recommending to move Austin Howe to full time gas service man and move Jesse Carter to the meter reader. They also recommend hiring Jason Delpierre for the open Public works position.
Ald. Lorton made a motion to move Austin Howe to the full time gas service man and move Jesse Carter into the meter reader position. And hire Jason Delpierre for the vacant Public works position.
Ald. Norton seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. M. Howell“aye”
Ald. Norton“aye”
Ald. Yocum“aye”
Ald. Allen“aye”
Ald. Lorton“aye”
Ald. Glisan“aye”
Ald. Coates“aye”
Ald. C. Howell“aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ald. Norton stated that they wanted to look in to getting bids for an answering machine to take care of the on call phones for electric & water departments. The council agreed by general consensus to get bids for the answering machine.
Police/Liquor/ESDA
*Next meeting October 14, 2019 at 4:00 at the Complex.
*Ald. Lorton reported that the tire collection went well.
*Mayor Wilt stated Justin Griffith would be doing a presentation on Everbridge at the next council meeting.
Real Estate/Parks/Recreation
*Ald. Coates stated they were waiting on Nancy Heron to find grants.
MAEDCO
*MAEDCO director Kim Pierce mentioned the CEO social on Thursday morning and how well the program was doing.
*Pierce stated how exciting the Vaughan & Bushnell Anniversary celebration is, and urged everyone to go take the tour, and check out the museum.
Contracts
*Ald. Glisan stated that they need permission to go ahead and get bids out for garbage contract. The council agreed with a general consensus.
*Next meeting will be Oct. 15, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.
Attorney’s Report/Ordinances & Resolutions
*Chuck Legler sat in for Nicole Humbert. He stated that Humbert would be on medical disability leave and he would be filling in for her until she returned.
*Legler stated that he had changed the language on the contract for the School Resource officer.
*Legler stated that he was working on putting together a different contract for the Blaine street property.
*Legler stated that there was a dispute with Frontier about the contract and he was working on that issue.
*Legler stated the case of the property owned by Patty Sullivan has been dismissed. They gave her a deadline of the beginning of next week to produce a contract detailingwhat work was going to be done, that we would file another OV.
Ald. Lorton made a motion to pass the intergovernmental agreement with the school district for
the SRO officer at the school. Ald. Allen seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the
Results as follows:
Ald. Norton“nay”
Ald. Yocum“aye”
Ald. Allen“aye”
Ald. Lorton“aye”
Ald. Glisan“aye”
Ald. Coates“aye”
Ald. C. Howell“aye”
Ald. M. Howell“nay”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ald. Norton made a motion at 5:53 to enter into executive session to discuss section a)Appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of an employee of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, pursuant to Sec. 2(c)(1) of the Open Meetings Act. b) Collective Bargaining matters between the public body and its employees or representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees, pursuant to Sec.(c)(2) of the Open Meetings Act. Ald. Lorton seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Yocum“aye”
Ald. Allen“aye”
Ald. Lorton“aye”
Ald. Glisan“aye”
Ald. Coates“aye”
Ald. C. Howell“aye”
Ald. M. Howell“aye”
Ald. Norton“aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
A motion was made by Ald. Lorton and seconded by Ald. Coates to return to regular session at 6:06. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Allen“aye”
Ald. Lorton“aye”
Ald. Glisan“aye”
Ald. Coates“aye”
Ald. C. Howell“aye”
Ald. M. Howell“aye”
Ald. Norton“aye”
Ald. Yocum“aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ald. Allen made a motion to adjourn.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:07 p.m.
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