CITY OF KANKAKEE

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AUGUST 18, 2008        7:01 P.M.

 

 

MAYOR GREEN:       I’d like to call the meeting to order please.  I’d like to ask Minister Vurnice Maloney from the Garden of Prayer Youth Center to come forward and open our meeting with a prayer.

 

MINISTER MALONEY:         May we all bow our heads, please?  Father God as we come today, come thanking You for Your grace and Your mercy and Your love and all that You have given unto us.  And we pray today, if we have offended anyone, we’re sorry Lord God.  We pray for the meeting tonight, Lord God, that You would bless the officials, every official that is represented here.  We pray for business within our community.  We pray for our children as they return to school.  We seek peace   within our community.  Every auxiliary that’s working in our community, Lord God, we pray Your blessings upon them, Father.  We  speak more than enough of finances that will come into our community, Lord, where we will be able and families will be able to provide for their children and many times for the seniors, also.   We thank You, God, for the many blessings which have been put in Kankakee County.  And, we speak even further blessings upon the meeting tonight and every official that is represented here.  In Jesus’ name we pray and we thank God.  Amen.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Now I’d like to ask the young men and women from the Youth Center from the Garden of Prayer to come forward and lead us in our Pledge.  Why don’t you come on down here?  The flag’s over here.

 

CLERK DUMAS:        Face the flag.

 

YOUTH FROM GARDEN OF PRAYER YOUTH CENTER AND ALL:   Pledge of Allegiance.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Thank you very much.  Roll call. 

 

CLERK DUMAS:

PRESENT:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Grant-Swanson*; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1)

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Department Heads.

 

                                                                                                * Hereinafter referred to as Swanson

                                                                                   

 

CLERK DUMAS: 

PRESENT: Regnier; Young; Doyle; Spice; Bohlen; Power; Leshen; Simms; Tyson; Shaw; Nolan; Gordon; Fuerst (13)

                                                                                                  

MAYOR GREEN:       Thank you.  You have the minutes of the August 4, 2008, meeting.  I need a motion to approve.

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         So moved.

 

ALDERMAN HEARN:           Second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Hunter, seconded by Alderman Hearn to approve the minutes of August 4, 2008.  All in favor, AYE.  Opposed, same sign. 

 

MOTION TO APPROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 4, 2008

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Ah, next, Petitions.  I’m going to ask Mr. Cross to come forward and talk a little bit about the Comprehensive Plan for the City.

 

CLIFF CROSS:           Thank you, Mayor Green.  I appreciate the opportunity to speak before you all tonight.  I just want to provide you with status on the indistinguishable Kankakee’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan or otherwise known as the Master Plan.  The development of this plan’s going to consist of three primary phases.  The first phase is the community assessment phase.  Basically, this is the phase that I’m working on right now where I’m collecting demographic data in reference to the City of Kankakee such as population, incorporated boundaries, industry and so forth.  And, then what I would like to do is then start up what will be known as the community’s participation phase of this development.  And this is why I’m coming to you tonight.  ‘Cause this is where I’m going to need your help.  This is the phase in which I will generate a survey and it will help us to identify key stakeholders in each of your wards and then we can take that data and generate from those stakeholders and those surveys to develop a indistinguishable workshop.  I’m planning on doing that in October.  That workshop will then help us generate what’s known as community agenda.  And, what the community agenda is indistinguishable.   We will then take that document and work from that to develop what the goals and objectives of the 2030 plan will be and then bring it back before you for a First Reading and then ultimate approval in early 2009.  So, what I’m going to need to get from each of you is to give indistinguishable contact survey and then have you, in turn, based on your ward and who the primary contacts are in your ward to get involved indistinguishable.  I’d be happy to address any questions that you may have.       

 

MAYOR GREEN:       I........I think what we want to do, here, is each one of you, if you’ll get Cliff that information.  I mean, I think really what we’ll avail ourselves here are the neighborhood groups that each one of you have started in your neighborhood because I think that’s a great source of information that he’s going to need in order to put this together.  So, I think in order to help him, we should each get him that information.  I think Carole Franke, of course, has all of them and has the contact points for you, Cliff.  Ah, but there may be........there will be other individuals that each of you as Aldermen may want him to sit down and talk with.  Those individuals that have–as he calls it–a stakeholder’s interest in the City of Kankakee.

 

CLIFF CROSS:           And, I have generated for your participation program I will email to each one of you.  And, I’ve actually identified some stakeholders that I believe need to be involved from the standpoint of business owners, indistinguishable groups, the public school system, parks and recreation, advisory boards, some of the major employers.  But, that will give you a list of who I’ve considered.  If you want to add to that.  indistinguishable 

 

MAYOR GREEN:       What you might want to do tonight is each one of you who’s got an email address that you want him to contact you at, other than the one that the City has assigned to you, I think if you’ll let him know, I think that’s truly what he’s looking for.       

 

CLIFF CROSS:           Thank you.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Thanks, Cliff.  Okay.  Also, under Communications we have one item of business.  It’s an Ordinance that vacates the public alley that’s on West Court Street that’s between Entrance Avenue and Washington Avenue.  That’s a public alley where the new Walgreen’s is going to be built and what we’re looking for tonight, there was a question on this from the Planning Commission.  That question has been answered to the Commissioners.  And, Mr. Tyson did that.  They were concerned if there was a sewer in the easement of the alley.  It is not.  It doesn’t affect anything so Cliff polled the members of the Planning Commission.  I believe those who have responded it was a unanimous response back.  And, they will officially vote.  They will officially vote on their action tomorrow night at the Planning Commission meeting.    But, in order to not wait another two weeks, we’d like to pass the Ordinance tonight so we can vacate that alley so they can start construction in that area.    Alderman Williams.

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     I’ll make a motion to Suspend the Rules that would interfere with the passage of this Ordinance.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Is there a second?

 

ALDERMAN CIACCIO:        Second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Williams, seconded by Alderman Ciaccio to Suspend the Rules that would interfere with the passage of this Ordinance.  Roll call. 

CLERK DUMAS:

AYE:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1) 

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Is there a motion to put this Ordinance on its Final Passage and Pass?

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     So moved.

 

ALDERMAN CIACCIO:        Second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Williams, seconded by Alderman Ciaccio.  Any questions?  Roll call. 

 

CLERK DUMAS:

AYE:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1)  

 

PB08-09:  AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE VACATION OF A PUBLIC ALLEY

WITH THE CITY OF KANKAKEE (PROSPECTIVE WALGREENS LOCATION)

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Next, under Communications, I was contacted by Jim Romanek, the Executive Director of the Park District.  He asked for some time tonight to talk about their survey that they’re doing for the District.  He’s here and Commissioner Collins is also here–Roy Collins is here from the Park District.  So, Jim, the Floor is yours.

 

JIM ROMANEK:        Thank you Mayor Green and Council members for allowing us a moment of your time.  The Kankakee Valley Park District, with the approval of our board, the Park Board, is getting ready to launch an attitude and interest survey throughout our taxing body district.  We are asking for your support to make this successful.  This survey is part of the Park District’s Strategic Plan to strategize where the next five to ten, twenty years and how, in the next five to ten to twenty years we can better serve the community.  A lot of time and effort has gone into this survey and we would like the community to get involved any way they can.   And, it’s important that we get the community involved so that we can get the results of this survey.  Where the City Council can come into play is by putting the groups or individuals in contact with us that you’re aware of that have community-wide input and would like to be involved in heading up a group, or handing out these surveys to them and getting them back into their possession and back to us within a couple of days.   We will be hosting a couple of information meetings with these individuals from the groups.  Some of the groups that may be of interest is homeowners’ associations, sponsor groups, special interest groups, yourselves,           Aldermen and Alderwomen, and as I heard the Mayor say, you have neighborhood groups.  Any of those would be part of the outline of what you would expect as a contact person or point a person.  These info meetings are planned to happen in September.  The dates are to be determined once we have the names and contact information.  I don’t know if you noticed, you know, the Kankakee Valley Park District has taken on a new attitude.  We’ve implemented a lot of new things this year with the reopening of Bird Park Quarry, paddle boats, fountain, Splash Pad.  One thing that’s in your handout you’ll see, we’re getting prepared to do a 10-acre corn maze out on River Road.  We’re also, this year, we are the title sponsors to the Power Boat Races that will be upcoming here on Labor Day and you’ll see in your brochures there indistinguishable that all the events that are planned and the entertainment that we’re bringing in this year to make this a community-wide event.  Also, what I’d like to do is present Mayor Green with a Fall Gathering CD of our 10-acre corn maze that is being implemented out there at River Road.  It’s in yellow gold corn.  And, I’d like to entertain any questions anybody has or answer anything.  Yes, sir.

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     In the 5th Ward, we’ve got two parks along the river.  One is Legion Park and the other one is LaVasseur.  In the last five or ten years nothing has been done.  Legion Park is a dumping ground for anything the Park District wants to throw at ‘em.   And, the other park, LaVasseur, was where hobos come and camp out along the river.  Now, we recently, a couple years ago, we had a Ward effort to clean up LaVasseur Park along with the help of the Park District and DPW.  But, nothing is happening to improve those two parks. 

 

JIM ROMANEK:        Ah, let me ask this.  When was the last time you’ve been out there?

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     Where?

 

JIM ROMANEK:        LaVasseur.

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     About two weeks ago.

 

JIM ROMANEK:        Okay.  We’ve spent over $44,000.00 upgrading that park this year.  We redid the press box and concession stand.  We redid the fields.  We redid the dugouts.  We also spent part of that $44,000.00 in the program with indistinguishable and took all the exotic plants along the riverside.  We did the berm this year along that river to get rid of all the invasive plants and bring back the natives.  I don’t know if you were aware of that.  So, that was one park.  And, we also, at Legion, recently indistinguishable and took some phone calls from concerned citizens.  But, we also have just upgraded the playground, indistinguishable mulch inside the playground.  We’ve had, ah, I had my guys go around and clean up around the indistinguishable building and we just accepted bids to paint the vacant facility there.  So I know that park has been neglected a little bit more than others.  But, we are making an effort to improve indistinguishable.

 

ALDERMAN JONES:             I know there’s a lot of youths in Kankakee that–young adults–that use skateboards.  We have a skateboard shop here on Court Street, but they have no skate park in Kankakee.  Will there be coming a skate park for the young adults and the youths?

 

JIM ROMANEK:        Well, that’s what that attitude and interest survey is all about.  I mean there’s sections there in that survey that will help us strategize for the next five or ten years–what does the community want?  I mean if we have an outcry for a skate park then that’s something that our Park Board will look at and then we’ll look for the funding to go towards how to build that– whether it be grants or, you know, through the taxpayers or what.  That’s what that whole survey is about.  It’s about an 18-page survey.  It’s asking you what your interests are.  I mean we get calls–I get calls every week and I’m sure the Mayor gets calls for his City what they want.  You know, we want a indistinguishable golf park, we want this and we want that.  You know, getting those calls is one thing, but whether the community will support it is another.  So, that’s what we’re hoping that if we get these surveys out, we’re going to get as many as can get out there.  We would like at least 500 back to give us some good number ratio to, you know, what is the community–what they’re wanting.  So, that’s what it’s all about.  We’re just, you know, I would love to have a skateboard park indistinguishable but does the community want a skateboard park.  And, that’s what this attitude and interest survey is all about.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Any other questions?  Thank you, Jim.  I think really what we can do and Hank, you’ve brought up some good points, is I think again we talk to the individual groups that we have in each of our Wards and say, can we get you this information and maybe they can help disseminate it and get as much of this back as we possibly can.  Because it certainly will make it easier for the Commissioners to make their decisions as to where they’re going to spend the money.  So, and I think it’s important.  Parks are a pretty important part of our City and we’re fortunate enough to have the majority of them within the City of Kankakee and we have some very beautiful parks so I think we’re kind of lucky.  But, I think if you get him that information, I know Jim is very accessible.  So are the Commissioners.  And they want the same thing for all the parks.  They want the good things for our community.  So, thanks for being here.  I appreciate it.  Okay.  Under Communications, we have several requests and would you like to..........

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         Move to approve all of them.  B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Is there a second?

 

ALDERMAN SWANSON:     I second.

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Hunter.  I apologize.  Alderman Danita Grant (Swanson) seconded.  All in favor, AYE.  Opposed, same sign. 

 

ST. MARTIN OF TOURS PARISH IS REQUESTING PERMISSION TO BLOCK OFF

WEST CHARLES STREET BETWEEN NINTH AND TENTH AVENUES AND TENTH AVENUE TO SCHOOL STREET ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2008, FROM

10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. FOR THEIR ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL

 

HORACE GYLES, JR. OF 312 SOUTH CHICAGO AVENUE IS REQUESTING

STREET BLOCKAGE OF THE 300 BLOCK OF SOUTH CHICAGO AVENUE FOR A

BLOCK PARTY ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2008 FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M.

 

CLARENCE HAYES OF 528 SOUTH EVERGREEN AVENUE IS REQUESTING

STREET BLOCKAGE OF THE 500 BLOCK OF SOUTH EVERGREEN AVENUE FOR A BLOCK PARTY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 FROM 2:00 P.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M.

 

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IS REQUESTING A STREET BLOCKAGE

OF THE ALLEY SHARED BY THE 300 BLOCKS OF SOUTH INDIANA AVENUE

AND SOUTH HARRISON AVENUE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008, FROM

4:00 P.M. UNTIL 11:00 P.M. AND ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008, FROM

11:00 A.M. UNTIL 11:00 P.M., FOR THEIR SECOND ANNUAL HALF PATTY FESTIVAL

 

JAMES JORDAN OF 262 SOUTH GREENWOOD AVENUE IS REQUESTING STREET BLOCKAGE OF THE ALLEY SHARED BY THE 200 BLOCKS OF SOUTH

GREENWOOD AVENUE AND SOUTH ROSEWOOD AVENUE FOR A BLOCK

PARTY ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 FROM 12:00 P.M. UNTIL 8:00 P.M.

 

YOANA VILLALOBOS REQUESTING A NOISE PERMIT FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY

WITH A DISC JOCKEY TO BE HELD AT 443 SOUTH FOURTH AVENUE ON

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008, FROM 3:00 P.M. UNTIL 10:00 P.M.

 

ABDUL ALI REQUESTING A NOISE PERMIT FOR A BLUES FESTIVAL WITH 

LIVE MUSIC TO BE HELD AT 2205 EAST COURT STREET ON SATURDAY,

AUGUST 23, 2008, FROM 2:00 P.M. UNTIL 11:00 P.M.

 

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IS REQUESTING A NOISE PERMIT ON

FRIDAY,  SEPTEMBER 12, 2008, FROM 4:00 P.M. UNTIL 11:00 P.M. AND ON

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008, FROM 11:00 A.M. UNTIL 11:00 P.M., FOR

THEIR SECOND ANNUAL HALF PATTY FESTIVAL

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Standing Committees.  Public Safety.

 

ALDERMAN HEARN:           Mayor.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Alderman Hearn.

 

ALDERMAN HEARN:           Can I interrupt for a minute?  I’d like to give an oral Communication here.  I’d just like to thank Bert Dear and the Department of Public Works for the wonderful job they did cleaning up all the trees and debris all over this community.  I mean it was just a mess and they did a yeoman’s job.  They did great.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Thank you.  Ah, Public Safety.

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         Public Safety is self-explanatory.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       License and Franchise.

 

ALDERMAN SWANSON:     Information is in the packet.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Any other Standing Committee reports?  If not, we’ll move onto Report of Officers and approval of bills.

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     I move to approve the Report of Officers, place the money into the proper accounts and pay the bills in the amount of $622,991.31.

 

ALDERMAN CIACCIO:        Second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Williams, seconded by Alderman Ciaccio to approve the Report of Officers, place the money in the proper accounts, pay the bills in the amount of $622,991.31.  Any questions on any individual bill?  Roll call. 

 

CLERK DUMAS:

AYE:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1)  

 

REPORTS OF OFFICERS APPROVAL OF BILLS - $622,991.31

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Ah, next, under Unfinished Business, first is the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the year ending April 30, 2009.  This is the Second Reading.  I’ll entertain a motion.

 

ALDERMAN BARON:           I would move that we place the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for fiscal year 2009 on its Second Reading and Pass. 

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         Second that, Your Honor.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Baron, seconded by Alderman Hunter to place the Appropriation Ordinance on its Second and Final Reading.  Questions?  Roll call. 

 

 

CLERK DUMAS:

AYE:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1)  

 

SECOND READING

ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CORPORATE PURPOSES FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING MAY 1, 2008 AND ENDING APRIL 30, 2009

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Next, is the Second Reading of the City of Kankakee’s Annual Municipal Budget for the fiscal year May 1, 2008, through April 30, 2009.  Is there a motion?

 

ALDERMAN BARON:           I move we place the budget on its Second Reading and Pass.

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         Second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Baron, seconded by Alderman Hunter to place the budget on its Second Reading and Pass.  Any questions?   Roll call. 

 

CLERK DUMAS:

AYE:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1)  

 

SECOND READING

CITY OF KANKAKEE PRELIMINARY ANNUAL MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL

YEAR MAY 1, 2008 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2009

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Next, under New Business, we have three Ordinances all dealing with surplus property.  Some deals with the surplus property from the old City Hall building.  The second deals with surplus property from the Fire Department and the last is for the Code Enforcement Department and authorizing the sale of. 

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         Can we do those en masse?

 

MAYOR GREEN:       It’s entirely up to the City Council.  So, you can deal all three at one time.

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         I’d like to, ah, consider them en masse.  Motion to Suspend the Rules.

 

ALDERMAN SCHWADE:     I second it.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Did you have a question, Hank?

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     I have a question after we indistinguishable.

MAYOR GREEN:       Well, we’re going to Suspend the Rules.  You can’t ask a question on that one.  Motion by Alderman Hunter, seconded by Alderman Schwade to Suspend the Rules that would interfere with the passage of these Ordinances.  Roll call. 

 

CLERK DUMAS:

AYE:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1)  

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Is there a motion to put these Ordinances on their Final Passage and Pass?

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         I so move.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Hunter.  Is there a second?

 

ALDERMAN SCHWADE:     I second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Second by Alderman Schwade.  Alderman Williams.

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     Yes, Mayor, I was wondering if, ah, we would entertain or give the Mayor of Hopkins Park a chance to peruse some of this to see if some of this could be used by them.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       We already have. 

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     We have?

 

MAYOR GREEN:       I did, Alderman.

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     Okay.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       And, ah, we already took action on that.  We, I want to say a month or so ago.  Mayor Payton came in, went through–I went through City Hall with him.  He made his choice of cabinets and furniture that they wanted and he’s done it and, as a matter of fact, they came and picked it up, so it’s gone.

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     Okay, thank you.

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         He was pretty happy about it, too.  He made some positive comments.  I saw him.  He was real pleased.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       So, it’s been done, Alderman. 

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     Okay. 

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Roll call. 

 

CLERK DUMAS:

AYE:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1)  

 

ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTY SURPLUS OF THE CITY OF

KANKAKEE – AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE THEREOF

 

ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTY SURPLUS OF THE CITY OF

KANKAKEE – FIRE DEPARTMENT – AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE THEREOF

 

ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTY SURPLUS OF THE CITY OF

KANKAKEE – CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT – AND AUTHORIZING

THE SALE THEREOF

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Next, we have a Resolution.  Is there a motion to approve the Resolution?

 

ALDERMAN HEARN:           I so move.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Hearn.  Is there a second?

 

ALDERMAN LINNEMAN:    I second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Second by Alderman Linneman.  All in favor, AYE.  Opposed, same sign. 

 

RESOLUTION HONORING PHYLLIS WILKEN ON HER 95TH BIRTHDAY

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  We are going to have an Executive, short Executive Session, but before I do that, I’m going to skip down to number 14 and see if the Aldermen have any comments or question.   If not, I’ll entertain a motion to go into Executive Session to discuss Personnel and Pending Litigation.  And, there will be action taken after the meeting...........after the session.  Is there a motion?

 

ALDERMAN SCHWADE:     I so move.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Schwade.  Is there a second?  Is there a second?

 

ALDERMAN BROWN:          Second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Second by Alderman Brown.  All in favor, AYE.  Opposed, same sign. 

 

 

MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL

AND PENDING LITIGATION

           

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  Could I ask for the Chamber to be cleared, please?

 

                                                                                                                                                7:25 P.M.

 

 

 


                                                                                                                                                7:38 P.M.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       I’ll entertain a motion to approve a Resolution that the City participate in the litigation with United Waste of Bradley. 

 

ALDERMAN HUNTER:         I’ll make the motion.

 

ALDERMAN JONES:             Second it.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Williams, seconded by Alderman Jones.  Any questions?  Roll call. 

 

CLERK DUMAS:

AYE:  Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Williams; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Diersen; Jones; Schwade; Cox (13)

            ABSENT: Coleman (1)  

 

 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO JOIN IN LITIGATION WITH

UNITED DISPOSAL AGAINST THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion carries.  I’ll entertain a motion to adjourn.

 

ALDERMAN HEARN:           So moved.

 

ALDERMAN WILLIAMS:     Second.

 

MAYOR GREEN:       Motion by Alderman Hearn, seconded by Alderman Williams.  We stand adjourned.

 

MOTION TO ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL MEETING

 

 

                                                                                                                                                7:39 P.M.

 

 

* Hereinafter referred to as Swanson