CITY OF KANKAKEE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
7:01 P.M.
MAYOR GREEN: I’d
like to ask Billy Kaufman from the Youth for Christ if he’d come forward and
open our meeting with a prayer.
BILLY KAUFMAN: Good
evening. It’s an honor for us to be here
from the Youth for Christ City Life Center.
My name is Billy Kaufman and to my left, this is Caleb. And, he’s a freshman at Kankakee High
School. Caleb Gordon. And, to my right, Darien Jackson who is a
senior at Kankakee High. And, a couple
of just strong leaders that are involved in our work at the City Life
Center. Let us pray together. Heavenly Father, we thank You for who You
are. You are God, You are Creator, You
are Lord of all and we acknowledge You tonight.
We thank You for Your love for us.
We thank You for the plan that You have, Lord, in this world and in this
City. We thank You for that. And, Father, we thank You tonight for the
leaders that are assembled in this place.
And, I would ask You, Heavenly Father, to grant the leaders of Kankakee
great wisdom, righteousness, Lord, everything that they need, that You would
pour into them as they leave the City.
Father, for this meeting tonight, we ask for Your blessing on everything
that’s said and done here in this place.
We love You and we thank You for who You are. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray.
Amen.
MAYOR GREEN: Now
Caleb and Darien, you’re going to lead us in the Pledge.
CALEB GORDON AND DARIEN
JACKSON
FROM YOUTH FOR CHRIST AND ALL: Pledge of Allegiance.
MAYOR GREEN: Roll
call.
CLERK DUMAS:
PRESENT: Brown;
Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman;
Jones;
Schwade; Cox (11)
ABSENT: Williams; Diersen; Coleman (3)
MAYOR GREEN: Department
Heads.
CLERK DUMAS:
PRESENT:
Regnier; Young; Spice; Bohlen; Power; Leshen; Simms; Tyson; Nolan; Gordon;
Fuerst (11)
ABSENT: Dear; Shaw (2)
MAYOR GREEN: Thank
you. You have the minutes of the
September 2, 2008, meeting. I need a
motion to approve.
ALDERMAN HUNTER: I
so move, Mayor Green.
ALDERMAN HEARN: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Hunter, seconded by Alderman Hearn.
All in favor, AYE. Opposed, same
sign.
MOTION TO APPROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
7:06
P.M. Alderman Coleman arrives.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. The Chair has no
Petitions. Are there any Petitions from
the Floor? Hearing none, then, we’ll
move into Communications. We have
several Communications here and I think we can deal with them all at once. The Chair has a concern though and, as a
Council, I think you need to look at one
of the requests here, is for to block off an intersection for three days in a
row. And, I think we need to start
looking at the requests that are coming in because I think some of them are
getting a little bit out of hand because in this particular one–not saying it’s
a bad event–but I think we need to be careful of what we’re doing because we’re
allowing somebody to close off a street for three days in a row. And, those are residential
neighborhoods. So, it’s entirely up to
this City Council what you want to do.
But, when I saw.........and that just came in today, so this is the
first time I’ve seen it. And, you just
got it, too, today.
ALDERMAN BARON: Mayor,
along those lines, I don’t know if any other members of the Council have been
getting these complaints, but I’ve been getting a fair number of complaints
from residents of my ward about the parties.
About the parties that we grant, you know, noise exemptions for as
being, you know, birthday parties for six-year-old children that last ‘til
midnight. I don’t know. I think that we’ve routinely approved these
in the past and I think that community cohesiveness and, you know, people feel
good enough to have parties in their neighborhood that’s great, but there’s a
lot of neighbors that aren’t too wild about this. And, I don’t know.......I really don’t know
where to go with it. But, I think we
should look at it closely.
MAYOR GREEN: Neither
do I and that’s why I’m raising the issue.
I think it’s something that this City Council ought to set a policy for.
ALDERMAN BARON: Um
huh (affirmative).
MAYOR GREEN: And,
ah, abide by it. I think you need to
have a discussion amongst yourselves and I’m not sure exactly what committee I
could refer this to. But, I think we
ought to think about it. I don’t think
we can change it in the middle of the stream here, but I think that we need to
come up with a policy, you know, for the City that really works for everybody
in everybody’s ward. I mean, I think
that’s the issue and I’m not........and again, I’m not picking on this one
individual with this request. This is
not the only time we’ve done it, but when I saw this one, especially from, you
know, 11:00 A.M. ‘til 5:00 P.M. three days in a row, ah, closing down a block,
that’s, you know, that impinges upon the rest of the neighborhood. So, somebody want to make a motion to approve
these?
ALDERMAN HUNTER: I’ll
do that and in keeping with what you indicated, Alderman Linneman, I think this
matter came up–the comments that I think that Alderman Baron referenced in
terms of some of these parties–and, I think there was gonna’ be some additional
requirements of the petitions for these parties indistinguishable and I think it was brought up in the past few
months with respect to some requirements
that would be placed on the people who are asking for these. I know in our ward, 99 times out of 100 when
they ask for them, they usually contact us before........
MAYOR GREEN: Right.
ALDERMAN HUNTER: .....they
submit it. And, even, people who don’t
even live in our ward call about things and want to know what they have to do
to think about these requests. I’ll
make a motion to approve this en masse, but I think the points made by
the Mayor and Alderman Baron are well taken and we should take this matter up
even if it’s with Public Safety and
refer it over to Ordinance for consideration.
I think it does need to be addressed and I think we’ll have some time during
the fall and winter to maybe have a finished product that we’ll be able to
utilize for next year. I move to
approve.
MAYOR GREEN: Is
there a second?
ALDERMAN COX: I’ll
second.
MAYOR GREEN: Second
by Alderman Cox. Motion by Alderman
Hunter, seconded by Alderman Cox to approve A through F. Alderman Schwade.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: Epstein.
MAYOR GREEN: Epstein,
thank you. That’s a senior moment, okay?
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: Since
this just came in, may I ask what is the occasion?
MAYOR GREEN: I
can’t answer it. It just came to my
office today.
ATTORNEY BOHLEN: You
have the letter like this.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: It
doesn’t say what the event is?
MAYOR GREEN: No,
it doesn’t.
ATTORNEY BOHLEN: An
Octoberfest.
MAYOR GREEN: An
Octoberfest. It is geared towards the
children.
ALDERMAN HUNTER: You
guys indistinguishable
ALDERMAN COX: I
know where the house is. I don’t know
them.
MAYOR GREEN: What
I hear many times and I think some of you do, too, is that not everybody in the
neighborhood is enamored with what’s occurring.
Most of the times they are. I
mean, most people will talk to their neighbors and say, we’re going to do
this. Hopefully, you don’t have any
objection to it. But, we’ve done it, so
I think we almost should go ahead and approve it. And, you know, there’s a motion and a
second. I’m going to ask for a
vote. All in favor, AYE. Opposed.
KIWANIS CLUB IS REQUESTING PERMISSION TO HOST A TAG
DAY
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
FAIR HAVEN CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IS REQUESTING
PERMISSION TO
BLOCK EAST MULBERRY STREET FROM NORTH HOBBIE AVENUE TO
NORTH EVERGREEN AVENUE AND THE ALLEY FROM BIRCH STREET TO WILLOW
STREET FOR A YOUTH RALLY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,
2008, FROM
12:00 P.M. UNTIL 4:00 P.M.
LISA MCCOY IS REQUESTING PERMISSION TO BLOCK THE
INTERSECTION
OF MULBERRY STREET AND EVERGREEN AVENUE FOR AN
OCTOBERFEST
ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008, FROM 11:00 A.M. UNTIL 5:00
P.M. AND
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008, AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5,
2008,
FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 6:00 P.M.
KELLY DOYLE AND ALDERMAN CHERYL JONES ARE REQUESTING
PERMISSION
TO BLOCK THE 500 BLOCK OF SOUTH WILDWOOD AVENUE
BETWEEN EAST
RIVER AND EAST BOURBONNAIS STREET ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER
4, 2008,
FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M. FOR A “GET OUT THE
VOTE AND FALL FESTIVAL”
ZION GATE M.B. CHURCH WILL HOST “FALL FAMILY AND
FRIENDS FUN
FELLOWSHIP” SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL
4:00 P.M.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. I’m going to take the liberty
here. I think really what we ought to do
here, ‘cause I think it would be a great way to approach it–rather than
assigning it to a committee ‘cause it really doesn’t fit in the committee
structure–I think I’m going to talk to Carole Franke and I’m going to let the
neighborhood groups come up with some ideas because I think that represents all
the neighborhoods and all of our wards in the City and let them come up with a
suggestion because they will communicate with their neighbors ‘cause they live
all over in that particular ward and can come up with some suggestions and say,
what do you think would fly here? What
would work for the City? ‘Cause I hate
to see us take away some of these privileges because I think they’re good
ideas, but I think we need to limit the times and number of days and how we’re
blocking off the thoroughfares in the City.
So. Anyway. Enough said about that. Now, I’d like to ask Cindy Fuerst to come
forward. We’ve got a presentation we’d
like to make. As you know, we sponsored
a parade downtown and there were three winners–float winners–in that parade and
we’ve got a short presentation we’d like to show you–a video presentation–and
then we’d like to award the checks to the three winners.
CINDY FUERST: Good
evening. The library indistinguishable
helped to organize it and we were just one of many organizations that helped
the Mayor’s Office of Special Events indistinguishable Bill Yohnka from
the Kankakee Chamber was involved. The
Community Resource Center was involved. indistinguishable Carole Franke
was also a person that helped organize this.
If you missed the parade, this is just a real short two-minute long indistinguishable
of some of the entries and some of the indistinguishable and when you
hear the music, it is the Kankakee High School Marching Band. They recorded this just for this. So, I think without further adieu, I’ll let
Steve play the piece.
ATTORNEY BOHLEN: I’m
going to turn out the light.
STEVE BERTRAND: Here
we go.
CINDY FUERST: Oh,
no!
KEN LESHEN: The
power.
STEVE BERTRAND: That
was a tease.
CINDY FUERST: A
trailer, yeah. This year we had almost
70 entries participated and indistinguishable so we had quite a few
entries. The parade lasted about 45
minutes. So, it was a really good
parade. This little clip is only about two,
so not all entries are in the trailer thing that we did here. We also will be putting this video on our
library site as well, so if you want to show this to your family and friends indistinguishable
they can come into the library and they’ll be able to see the video with the
band.
KEN LESHEN: Four
score and seven years ago.
MAYOR GREEN: Stay
away from it Nancy.
NANCY SMITHBERG: I’m
holding it in.
STEVE BERTRAND: Wait
a minute, we’re getting close now.
Without further adieu. If I could
see the Play button. Here we go. Just like last time.
SHORT VIDEO (with longer interruption) OF AUGUST 23,
2008, PARADE
CINDY FUERST: That
video was made by Steven Bertrand, indistinguishable Director, and also indistinguishable. indistinguishable people that won the
award. The first one is Relay for
Life. They won $100.00 for third
place. The second place went to Two
Rivers indistinguishable and they are receiving indistinguishable.
MAYOR GREEN: Congratulations.
CINDY FUERST: And,
the first place winner went to the Kankakee Model Flyers. And, they’re receiving a check for $250.00.
MAYOR GREEN: Congratulations. Pete, you wanted to say something?
PETE SCHIEL: With
the Kankakee Valley Model Flyers, this community has done a lot for us. Obviously, we won the 1st Place
award and, ah, we’d like to give back to the community and Cindy and Dave from
the Community Resource Center, we’d like to go ahead and donate our winnings
back to the children of this community.
So, I’ve got $125.00 check for the Kankakee Public Library from the
Kankakee Valley Model Flyers. Likewise,
for the Community Resource Center, $125.00 for Dave.
MAYOR GREEN: Next,
we have Standing Committees. Planning
and Code. Alderman Epstein.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: Ah,
the information is in the packet.
MAYOR GREEN: Public
Safety. Alderman Hunter.
ALDERMAN HUNTER: Yeah. I think it’s self-explanatory, but I think we’re
going to have Chief Young to make a couple comments, remember, regarding the
storm of August 4, in terms of some of the activities.
CHIEF RONALD YOUNG: Well,
as you know, we had that terrible storm and I know with KanKom prioritizing all
our calls. The Fire Department alone ran
over 40 calls withinin a two-hour span.
I know that the Police Department was out there running calls as well as
Public Works. And, the question came up
was, why are you goin’ on the calls? Why
not wait until after the storm was through?
Well, the, ah, of those 40 calls, when wires are down it’s going to be a
life-safety hazard. Live wires, anybody
comes in contact so we wanted to make sure that the area is safe. And, we don’t leave that area until it is
safe. We actually had two structure
fires as a result of the storm. Wires
down. Waldron Road had wires across the
road that shut that down. It’s kind of
important ‘cause if somebody’s just driving along, probably didn’t see the
wires down or that wires went across the road, so they shut that road
down. It kind of made for a long commute
from Aroma Park to Kankakee with Lowe Road being down as well. I know that the Public Works were very busy indistinguishable
but, they utilized every single one of their barricades to block off streets to
make the area safe for the residents.
When the barricades were gone we used tape, so if residents ever come
across any police line or fire line do not cross, there’s a reason for
that. So, ah, I think that the
firefighters did a great job, along with the police and Public Works in
responding to all of those calls. Forty
in two hours is quite a bit. Thank you.
MAYOR GREEN: Thank
you. License and Franchise.
ALDERMAN SWANSON: The
information’s in the packet.
MAYOR GREEN: Okay. Alderman Brown, you’ve got a report that
comes out of your committee tonight.
ALDERMAN BROWN: Yes. To the City Council, we’d like to propose to
you for your recommendation, for your consideration a proposal from Pemco for
$10,037.00 for a meter–a module–to be put on the gas pumps at Public
Works. And, what it is, is that, I think
I’ll let....... Jim Spice can explain it further, but it’s pretty much to make
sure that they can get a true reading.
We can get a true reading of the gas that we will let other people buy
from us and I think that’s the whole purpose of it so we’ll know where our gas
is going. And, especially our diesel and
our diesel usage and stuff like that.
So, if you have any question on it, I’m sure Jim Spice can explain it
further if he wants. Jim.
MAYOR GREEN: Jim,
you want to make any comments?
JIM SPICE: No,
not unless there are questions.
MAYOR GREEN: Really,
what this amounts to–we said in committee is we were having trouble with our
computerized system down there. That
system was put in about 12 years ago and it’s simply worn out. The reader boards and everything else needed
to be replaced and so we could get an accurate reading and really for the last
year and again this year we were not getting what we felt were accurate reports
and we’re having to write off some money because we couldn’t match up the usage
to the gallonage that was in the machine simply because the computer wasn’t
reading it correctly. And, so we’ve
determined that we need to replace that because we don’t only furnish fuel just
for our internal use for Police, Fire, Code and Public Works, but we’re furnishing
fuel for the bus system and they buy that from us so we want to make sure it’s
accurate. Pemco is one of the companies
that they originally put in this system.
They do about 90% of the work within this area. And, that’s why we went back to them. So, we’re recommending that we do that and
that will come out of the Operation Budget of Public Works. So, are you making it in the form of a motion
Alderman?
ALDERMAN BROWN: I’ll
make that in the form of a motion.
MAYOR GREEN: Is
there a second?
ALDERMAN COX: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Second
by Alderman Cox. I’m sorry. Any questions? Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (12)
ABSENT: Williams; Diersen (2)
PROPOSAL FROM PEMCO TO PUT METER ON GAS PUMPS AT
DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR $10,037.00
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. Next, is the Report of Officers
and Approval of Bills. Is there a
motion?
ALDERMAN BARON: I
would move that we pay the bills in the amount of $1,181,150.11, but only after
we put the money in the proper accounts and approve the Report of Officers.
ALDERMAN CIACCIO: Second
the motion.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Baron, seconded by Alderman Ciaccio to approve the Report of
Officers, pay the bills in the amount of $1,181,150.11. Any questions on any of the individual
bills? Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (11)
ABSTAIN: Jones (1)
ABSENT: Williams;
Diersen (2)
REPORT OF OFFICERS APPROVAL OF BILLS - $1,181,150.11
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. Next, is Unfinished
Business. This is the Ordinance
amending Chapter 34 of the Municipal Code of the City of Kankakee for the
Municipal Solid Waste Utility, Second Reading.
Is there a motion? Is there a
motion to put this Ordinance on its Final Passage and Pass?
ALDERMAN SCHWADE: I
so move.
ALDERMAN BROWN: I’ll
second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Schwade, seconded by Alderman Brown. Questions?
Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Hunter (The Republican side of the aisle
is sponsoring this?)
MAYOR
GREEN: No, it’s the ladies side of the aisle.
Alderman
Schwade: indistinguishable); Epstein; Baron;
Ciaccio; Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (11)
NAY: Brown (1)
ABSENT: Williams, Diersen (2)
SECOND READING
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 34 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF
THE CITY
OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS (KANKAKEE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
UTILITY)
MAYOR GREEN: Want
to change your vote, Alderman?
ALDERMAN BROWN: No.
MAYOR GREEN: Just
asking. Motion carries. New Business.
Handicapped parking at 817 S. Fourth Avenue.
ALDERMAN HEARN: I
make a motion to Suspend the Rules that would interfere with the passage of
this Ordinance at this time.
ALDERMAN SWANSON: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Hearn, seconded by Alderman Swanson. Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (12)
ABSENT: Williams;
Diersen (2)
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. Is there a motion to put this
Ordinance on its Final Passage and Pass?
ALDERMAN HEARN: I
so move.
ALDERMAN SWANSON: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Hearn, seconded by Alderman Swanson to put this Ordinance on its
Final Passage and Pass. Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (12)
ABSENT: Williams; Diersen (2)
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32, SECTION 231
ESTABLISHING A
HANDICAPPED PARKING SIGN 817 SOUTH FOURTH AVENUE
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. Next, is an agreement between
the City of Kankakee and Neighborhood Partners of Kankakee. Larry, did you want to make any comments on
this?
LARRY NOLAN: We’ve
been working with the, ah, Neighborhood Partners of Kankakee for quite some
time to work out details of this, ah, agreement. Does anyone have any questions about the
agreement that I could answer? Yes.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: Could
you just briefly explain the process that we are indistinguishable this
non-profit into CDA. The chain of
commend. The reporting. I’m not quite sure who’s going to be
reporting to who or who’s going to indistinguishable.
LARRY NOLAN: The,
ah, activity of CDA is being involved in this will be to oversee the
construction activities of Neighborhood Partners. Ah, we plan to strengthen Neighborhood
Partners’ ability to.........we have acquired and, ah, completed and sell
eventually those properties that need to be rescued throughout the City. This involvement–this agreement–expands the
scope surface of the Neighborhood Partners and allows Neighborhood Partners to
become a City-wide entity. The Executive
Director of Neighborhood Partners will continue to report to the Board of
Directors. The City will have a indistinguishable
on the Board of Directors by appointment.
It’s my understanding that that’s the way it will work. So, the City will be involved in the
Board. The Board will still oversee the indistinguishable. CDA will oversee construction activities and
make sure that the work gets done and the properties are livable.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: It’s
my understanding this is a one-year commitment.
LARRY NOLAN: Yes,
it is.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: And,
there are plans and goals that have to be written.......
LARRY NOLAN: That’s
right.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: ..........and
reported to the Council.
LARRY NOLAN: To
the Council.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: Also,
to CDA. Are you involved in the planning
and goals?
LARRY NOLAN: We’ll
make sure that the information gets to the Council. Our committee, the CDA committee.
MAYOR GREEN: It’ll
go direct to the committee structure first.
It’ll go to CDA first.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: Before
it comes to you.
LARRY NOLAN: Yeah.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: And,
you will be involved in the indistinguishable
LARRY NOLAN: We
will, yes. The committee will.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: The
committee.
LARRY NOLAN: It
may have to be acceptable to the committee after their Board gets it
altogether, gives it to us indistinguishable
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: Thank
you.
MAYOR GREEN: Can
I make a..........make a comment and then Alderman Baron you can ask your
question? One of the issues that’s on
the Table is that there are some businesses in this community who are willing
to put some money into this particular project–to rehab houses–but it needs to
be throughout the whole community. And,
one of the things they liked about this was using our structure–our
construction structure–that we have in place at CDA because, as you well know,
we’ve rehabbed some 600 plus houses in the community through our lead grant
program through our construction process.
And, we think we can help them streamline that and there are some
financial institutions that have come to the Table and are willing to put some
money in as long as those monies are used for those purposes only. They don’t want to pay overhead for City’s
employees. They don’t want to pay
overhead for Neighborhood Partners and so that’s why we put this structure
together in this fashion. And, that’s
what we were going to try and do and we felt that Neighborhood Partners should
deal with the total community and not just one particular area of the City. Alderman Baron.
ALDERMAN BARON: I
don’t have a question.
MAYOR GREEN: Okay. So, that’s where we are and, ah, if you agree
with this in concept, this is going to go back to the Neighborhood Partners
Board and they’ll either take action on it up or down.
LARRY NOLAN: It’s
a win-win situation for the City in that we’re partnering with an entity that
does have a track record for being able to do some things in the community to
help strengthen homer ownership in our community. And, I want to be able to do indistinguishable
sums of money that’s coming down the pike from the Federal government now to
maximize our City’s potential for being able to grab hold of some of these
foreclosed properties and bring them back to life. indistinguishable a
handle on board ups and, ah, indistinguishable structures that can be
saved, bring them back and put them back on the tax roles. And, either lease them with an option to buy
or sell them to persons who can afford to purchase them.
MAYOR GREEN: This
particular agreement, if it’s agreed to by all parties, will also help
Neighborhood Partners get.....build the strength they need to get back into the
neighborhood–I hope I’m saying this right–the Neighborhood Works Network. Am I correct what I’m saying? Okay.
LARRY NOLAN: Right. Neighbor Works.
MAYOR GREEN: Neighbor
Works, okay. But, they were........are
no longer a part of that, but this adds some financial stability to it to help
them do that. ‘Cause, you know, they’ve
been very, very successful and it’s just some tough times and we think that we
can add something to this to make it work more.
Thank you, Larry. It’s on here
twice. We only need to take action one
time. We call it a Resolution and we’re
talking about an agreement. It’s the same
thing. So, we need a motion to accept
that.
ALDERMAN BARON: I would move that we authorize the Mayor and
the City Clerk to enter into this agreement between the City and Neighborhood
Partners.
ALDERMAN JONES: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Baron, seconded by Alderman Swanson.
ALDERMAN SCHWADE: Jones.
MAYOR GREEN: He
changed your name, I didn’t. I wasn’t
looking. Alderman Jones, I
apologize.
ALDERMAN JONES:
indistinguishable
ATTORNEY BOHLEN: I
was lookin’ down there.
MAYOR GREEN: Any
further questions? Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (12)
ABSENT: Williams;
Diersen (2)
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, AND
NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS OF KANKAKEE, INC.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. Next, is a recommendation that
we donate our old rescue boat to the Kankakee Township Fire Protection
District. Is there a motion to do that?
ALDERMAN HUNTER: Move
that we declare it surplus.
MAYOR GREEN: It’s
already been declared surplus. We did it
in our auction, but we pulled it from the auction because we found out they
were interested in this, so we saw no reason to sell it.
ALDERMAN HUNTER: Move
to concur with your indistinguishable.
ALDERMAN BROWN: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Hunter, seconded by Alderman Brown to donate this Fire Rescue Boat
to Kankakee Township Fire Protection District.
Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (12)
ABSENT: Williams;
Diersen (2)
RECOMMENDATION TO DONATE THE KANKAKEE FIRE DEPARTMENT
RESCUE
BOAT TO THE KANKAKEE TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. We hope this is one of the last
change orders on the Administration Building at 304 S. Indiana. We had a couple
things that we.......that had to be done and one was the temporary heating in
that building while it was under construction.
And, Precision Piping had provided that.
We had to install a larger floor drain at the handicapped ramp so we
didn’t get water inside the building and there was some faucet change outs that
needed to be done. And, that change
order is for $5,555.00.
ALDERMAN BARON: I
would move that we authorize Change Order No. 1 from Precision Piping in that
amount.
ALDERMAN SWANSON: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Baron, seconded by Alderman Swanson to approve the Change Order No.
1 from Precision Piping from $5,555.00.
Any questions? Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (12)
ABSENT: Williams;
Diersen (2)
CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 FROM PRECISION PIPING IN THE AMOUNT
OF $5,555.00
FOR THE COST TO INSTALL FLOOR DRAIN, CHANGE FAUCETS,
AND PROVIDE TEMPORARY HEAT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING REMODELING PROJECT
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. There are no Appointments. We’ve already dealt with the Motion and
Resolution. Are there any Aldermen’s
Comments or Questions? Alderman Epstein.
ALDERMAN EPSTEIN: The
Code Meeting that is scheduled for Thursday will meet here in the Resource
Center. We just feel it’s a more
convenient location for our committee.
MAYOR GREEN: Okay. Thank you.
Alderman Schwade.
ALDERMAN SCHWADE: Neighborhood
Partners is having their annual fund raising roast this Thursday night and I do
have extra invitations if anybody is interested. It really is a wonderful cause and it’s really
a fun evening.
MAYOR GREEN: Anything
else? We need a motion to go into
Executive Session to discuss Personnel, Pending Litigation and Real Estate.
ATTORNEY BOHLEN: Could
you amend Pending Litigation to say Collective Bargaining. Personnel/Collective Bargaining.
ALDERMAN SWANSON: I
so move.
ALDERMAN BARON: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Swanson, seconded by Alderman Baron. All in favor, AYE. Opposed, same sign.
MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING/PERSONNEL AND REAL ESTATE
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries.
7:39
P.M.
7:56
P.M.
MAYOR GREEN: We’re
back into Open Session. Is there a motion on the sale of real estate? And, what’s the property address, Larry?
LARRY NOLAN: 370
S. Fifth.
MAYOR GREEN: 370
S. Fifth Avenue. And, the request there
is that we sell the property we own at 370 S. Fifth Avenue for a total of
$13,000.00 to JMR Management.
ALDERMAN HUNTER: I
so move.
MAYOR GREEN: And,
Alderman Hunter made the motion. Is
there a second?
ALDERMAN JONES:
Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Second
by Alderman Jones. Any questions? Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (12)
ABSENT: Williams; Diersen (2)
MOTION TO SELL HOUSE AT 370 S. FIFTH AVENUE TO JMR
MANAGEMENT
FOR $13,000.00
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. Next, we’ve reviewed the
contract with the Teamsters Union with the Department of Public Works. Is there a motion on that contract?
ALDERMAN BARON: I
would move that we enter into the contract with the Teamsters as...... upon the
terms and conditions as have been explained to us.
ALDERMAN BROWN: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Baron, second by Alderman Brown to approve the contract with
Teamsters Local for the Department of Public Works. Any questions? Roll call.
CLERK DUMAS:
AYE: Brown; Hunter; Epstein; Baron; Ciaccio;
Swanson; Hearn; Linneman; Jones; Schwade; Coleman; Cox (12)
ABSENT: Williams; Diersen (2)
MOTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT WITH TEAMSTERS LOCAL
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
carries. I’ll entertain a motion to
adjourn.
ALDERMAN SWANSON: So
moved.
MAYOR GREEN: Motion
by Alderman Swanson. Is there a second?
ALDERMAN BARON: Second.
MAYOR GREEN: Second
by Alderman Baron. We stand adjourned.
MOTION TO ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL MEETING
7:58 P.M.