City of Bushnell City Council met Feb. 17.
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. Greg Yocum -P Mayor Robin Wilt – P Public Works Director Justin Griffith -P
Ald. Chuck Howell – P Ald. Stacey Allen – P City Clerk Teresa Ebbert - P Police Chief Joe Fosdyck - P
Ald. Mike Howell –P Ald. Bruce Lorton –P Treasurer Dan Cortelyou - P Street Superintendent David Raymond –P
Ald. David Norton –P Ald. Brent Glisan – A City Attorney Chuck Laegeler-A
Guest – Jerry Arthur had talked with Justin Griffith about getting a light put up on Clover Lane. Justin informed the council that he had been down there and that we will be putting up a pole light at the end of Clover Lane.
Treasurer
*Dan Cortelyou stated that he had met with the Department heads on the preliminary budget.
Consent Agenda
Ald. Lorton made a motion to approve the consent agenda, which included the following items:
1. Approval of Minutes from February 3, 2020
2. Accept January Financial Report.
Ald. C Howell seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Coates “aye” Ald. Yocum “aye”
Ald. C Howell “aye” Ald. Allen “aye”
Ald. M Howell “aye” Ald. Lorton “aye
Ald. Norton “aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ad Hoc (Mayor’s Report)
1. Mayor Wilt stated that the Test dinner is this Saturday.
2. Next week Mayor Wilt will be going to the Rural Community Economic Development Conference in Springfield.
3. Mayor Wilt stated that she is working with the school and the police department to see About any changes we can do to Spartan drive, maybe a speed limit change, something to Make it safer for the kids.
4. Justin Griffith updated the council on the bridge going out of town. They have passed All the environmental tests and they should have the funding to start the bridge by late Summer.
Personnel/Finance/Budget
*Ald. Norton stated they have went over the bids for the uniform contracts and Recommends we switch from Aramark to Phelps.
Ald. Norton made a motion to switch from Aramark to Phelps for the uniform contract. Ald. Coates seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. C Howell “aye” Ald. Allen “aye”
Ald. M Howell “aye” Ald. Lorton “aye”
Ald. Norton “aye” Ald. Coates “aye
Ald. Yocum “aye”
*Ald. Norton stated that they would be having the first meeting with the FOP tomorrow.
Public Works-Street/Sewer/Alley
*Ald. C Howell stated they had met right after the bid openings for the Sanitary Sewer and the Davis Street Project. He said most of the bids came in higher than they expected. Eric Moe explained the bids to the council. We have 2 contracts for the Davis street Storm sewer, we received 3 bids. The excavation work is Contract 1, and Contract 2 is the remainder. These Bids for both came to $245,000 we had hoped they would come in around $125,000. Moe Stated that Gunther had said they would work with us to maybe get the price down.
Ald. Lorton made a motion to accept the bid for Contract 1 from Gunther for $210,667.15. Ald. Yocum seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. M Howell “aye” Ald. Lorton “aye”
Ald. Norton “aye” Ald. Coates “aye”
Ald. Yocum “aye” Ald. C Howell “aye”
Ald. Allen “aye
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ald. C Howell made a motion to accept the bid for Contract 2 from Hoerr Construction for $34,620.00.
Ald. Norton seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Norton “aye” Ald. Coates “aye”
Ald. Yocum “aye” Ald. C Howell “aye”
Ald. Allen “aye” Ald. M Howell “aye”
Ald. Lorton “aye
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
*Moe informed the council of the SW Sanitary Sewer phase 4, there are 3 Contracts to this Project. Contract 1 D&L excavating came in low. Contract 2 is for the lining, Hoerr Construction came in low on that bid. Contract 3 is for the manhole rehab, Spectra lining was Low bid. The total of this project is coming in at about $650,000. This project will come from the CDAP revolving loan fund.
Ald. Lorton made a motion to award Contract 1 to D&L Excavating for $337,723.00. Ald. C Howell seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Yocum “aye” Ald. C Howell “aye”
Ald. Allen “aye” Ald. M Howell “aye”
Ald. Lorton “aye” Ald. Norton “aye”
Ald. Coates “aye
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ald. C Howell made a motion to award Contract 2 to Hoerr Construction for $249,880. Ald. Allen seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Allen “aye” Ald. M Howell “aye”
Ald. Lorton “aye” Ald. Norton “aye”
Ald. Coates “aye” Ald. Yocum “aye”
Ald. C Howell “aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried:
Ald. Lorton made a motion to award Contract 3 to Spectra Tech for $59,742. Ald. Yocum seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Lorton “aye” Ald. Norton “aye”
Ald. Coates “aye” Ald. Yocum “aye”
Ald. C Howell “aye” Ald. Allen “aye”
Ald. M Howell “aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
*Ald. C Howell stated that the walls were falling in on the salt dome. This needs to be fixed, so
They are going to check on prices and options.
*Ald. C Howell stated that Eric Moe has looked into the water requirements for the Splash Park,
There are several options. The council will wait until they decide exactly where they are going to put it.
Police/Liquor/ESDA
*Minutes from meeting on Monday, February 10, 2020.
Ald. Lorton made a motion to block off Hail St. at the RR crossing at 8:30 a.m. Friday May 22 nd . The balance of the area for the Show N Shine (same as last year) to be blocked off at approximately 5:00 p.m. and re-opened at 10 p.m. Ald. Coates seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Coates “aye” Ald. Yocum “aye”
Ald. C Howell “aye” Ald. Allen “aye”
Ald. M Howell “aye” Ald. Lorton “aye”
Ald. Norton “aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
*ESDA director Jeff Rench stated the would be having some further training on Everbridge and the mobile app.
*Storm spotter training March 12th at 5:30 at the 4-H center.
Real Estate/Parks/Recreation
*Ald. Coates stated that she had contacted the Park Board about the Reid Splash Park, they can’t agree on where exactly to put it.
*Ald. Coates stated that the American Red Cross has asked to have the Rec. Center for free for their blood drives. The Council agreed by general consensus.
MAEDCO
*Kim Pierce stated that they had the annual membership meeting last week.
*Pierce stated they were working on 4 ½ active national retail projects. Starbucks plans to open on March 19 th , 2020.
*Pierce stated the enrollment at WIU is up. They are building a Center for Performing Arts for just under 9 million.
Engineering
*Nothing to report
Contracts
*Minutes from the January 29th meeting.
Attorney’s Report/Ordinances & Resolutions
*Not in attendance.
Ald. Lorton made a motion to go into Executive Session at 6:11 for 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. d) The setting of a price for sale or lease of property for the use of the public body, pursuant to Sec. 2 (c) (6) of the Open Meetings Act
Ald. Coates seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. Coates “aye” Ald. Yocum “aye”
Ald. C Howell “aye” Ald. Allen “aye”
Ald. M Howell “aye” Ald. Lorton “aye”
Ald. Norton “aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ald. Lorton made a motion at 6:42 to return to regular session. Ald. Norton seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the results as follows:
Ald. C Howell “aye” Ald. Allen “aye”
Ald. M Howell “aye” Ald. Lorton “aye”
Ald. Norton “aye” Ald. Coates “aye”
Ald. Yocum “aye”
Where upon Mayor Wilt declared the motion carried.
Ald. Allen made a motion to Adjourn.
Meeting Adjourned at 6:43.
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