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[0:39] good evening ladies and gentlemen i'd like to call the april 18 2022 cresthill

[0:44] city council meeting to order if everyone would please rise for the

[0:46] pledge of allegiance to the flag

[0:54] i pledge

[0:57] states of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands

[1:01] one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all

[1:10] roll call please chris here

[1:14] president scott doug here jefferson here

[1:18] here you know here nate albert here

[1:23] here okay you have before you for approval

[1:28] the minutes from the city council meeting held on april 4th 2022 motion

[1:34] would be in order so move second we have motion by alderman albert

[1:37] seconded by alderwoman gazelle for the approval of the city council meetings of

[1:41] april 4 2022 questions or comments roll call please

[1:50] scott yes

[2:02] yes

[2:07] and you also have before you the minutes of the work session

[2:11] held on april 5th 2022.

[2:16] motion would be in order so move second motion by all the maneuvers second to

[2:20] buy all the mitsukiti for the approval of the work session minutes of april 5th

[2:24] 2022. questions or comments roll call please

[2:29] john shea yes

[2:34] [Applause]

[2:42] yes yes

[2:47] you also have before you the minutes of the work session held on april 11th 2022

[2:52] motion would be in order second we have motioned by alderman

[2:55] albert seconded by alderwoman resolved for the approval of the work session

[3:00] minutes of april 11 2022 questions or comments roll call please

[3:05] jefferson yes

[3:08] yes yes

[3:10] yes yes

[3:12] abstain yes

[3:16] yes thank you

[3:18] and you have before you the minutes of the work session held on april 12th 2022

[3:23] motion would be in order second we have motion by alderman albert

[3:27] seconded by alderman dyke for the approval of the work session minutes

[3:30] held on april 12 2022 questions or comments

[3:33] roll call please claudia yes yes mark graffiti yes

[3:39] yes

[3:43] yes yes

[3:48] okay we were to have here uh the gentleman from super catfish which is

[3:54] located at 20641 renwick road uh the grand opening was on

[4:00] march 31st uh this is their second uh business in the city of cresthill

[4:06] they have uh the first catfish is on caton farm road and this was the opening

[4:11] of super catfish with the same type of

[4:15] food they were supposed to be here tonight for our business promotion

[4:19] but uh they are not here yet if they do come in

[4:22] we will certainly let them approach the podium

[4:25] with that uh let's move on to our city attorney mike stiff good evening mike

[4:29] good evening mayor and council i do not have any agenda items this evening happy

[4:34] to answer any questions of course any questions of our city attorney

[4:39] okay thanks mike uh moving on to our city administrator jim marino good

[4:43] evening jim good evening mayor council you have before your resolution

[4:48] approving a proposal with lvs and avi

[4:52] this is for the audio visual equipment at the new city center this was

[4:56] discussed at last week's work session

[5:00] i also sent you earlier today and you had in front of your dais just an

[5:04] updated uh agreement proposal from abi mike stiff had asked for correction on a

[5:10] couple items which they did however mike is still reviewing uh the language on

[5:15] indemnification um i'll have that done tomorrow so

[5:19] uh if you would approve this with subject to final approval by uh the city

[5:24] attorney

[5:27] motion would be in order with uh the

[5:31] the avi agreement to be subject to the attorney

[5:34] approval

[5:38] motion by all the woman gazelle seconded by alderman jefferson

[5:42] for the approval of a resolution awarding certain work for the audio

[5:45] visual project the low voltage solutions incorporated and awarding certain work

[5:50] for the city center audio visual project to avi systems

[5:54] incorporated subject to the attorney approval questions or comments

[6:00] roll call please you know overland yes mark

[6:04] yes nate albert yes yes

[6:08] scott dyke yes yes

[6:11] yes yes

[6:13] resolution 11 52.

[6:29] anything else jim no any questions of city administrator no

[6:34] just a quick uh comment uh

[6:37] with the last email you sent about the 14 candidates for academic development

[6:42] when it comes to the end can the council be part of

[6:46] not the questioning but to listen to the uh candidate the final two or three

[6:51] candidates listen to

[6:54] their presentation or uh well i don't know if we're having a

[6:59] presentation yet so i'm not sure

[7:06] well right now i'm planning on having at least two rounds of interviews correct

[7:09] but in the end when you come down to like the the the final two or three

[7:13] candidates uh is the council going to be involved

[7:17] uh that wasn't my plan no um i think we have to find a way i'm not

[7:24] i'm not asking that we have to ask questions i think all the candidates

[7:27] should be asked the same questions but i think we need to be involved in a

[7:30] decision at this point just because of the track record that we

[7:34] had in the past um i would like to see the final

[7:39] two candidates well it is the council's decision to make the appointment but we

[7:44] will only bring us one person and how can we make a decision on one

[7:48] person i would like to see the final two or

[7:51] three candidates well what's the practice been

[7:54] mayor i mean i understand it was and two rounds of interviews that was done by

[7:58] staff bringing the top candidate to city

[8:01] council

[8:03] i think that's maybe part of alderwoman gazelle's question is the

[8:09] concern of that process possibly

[8:12] of not being involved before the appointment is that

[8:16] is that what i'm hearing you say

[8:20] yes i just i just want to see the last two

[8:23] candidates i mean just like the way when we interviewed

[8:27] for your position we were involved in the whole process i'm not asking to ask

[8:30] the minimum like all these questions obviously

[8:33] you're going to have a format of questions that are going to be asked for

[8:36] everybody right so the last two candidates your top two

[8:39] candidates it would be nice to for all of us to be

[8:43] involved in listening to

[8:46] their vision and their goals and who they come from instead of bringing one

[8:50] person say okay this is who you have to vote so are you saying you want to do

[8:54] the second round interview i don't want to do the second round

[8:57] interview i just want to be part of it if the

[9:00] council can't hear

[9:04] the candidates so we can have a better view of what

[9:07] they're looking for what their goals what their

[9:11] accomplishment i mean if you're gonna bring me just one

[9:14] obviously i have to go on right because we've been like for two years almost

[9:17] with no economic development what i'm asking is bring us two or three people

[9:21] that we can say okay this one is

[9:24] better than this one or this is what's this guy is missing or this

[9:28] person is missing or why why are you choosing this last person you know

[9:34] okay can we talk about it later because i just have to yeah but i just want to

[9:37] make sure that it's something that we that we'll think about and

[9:43] then we should be part of the process okay

[9:46] you know i just wanna make sure we're going to

[9:50] pick the right kind this time

[9:54] any other questions no thank you

[9:57] okay thanks jim uh moving on to public works department our director of public

[10:00] works mark seifer good evening mark good evening council i have no agenda items

[10:04] this evening but i do want to remind all of council and all the residents

[10:08] that starting tonight at 9 00 pm we will start hydrogen flushing

[10:13] tonight through the 29th we'll just have saturday saturday night

[10:18] off so we'll have 10

[10:20] 10 out of 11 nights we'll be hydro flushing from 9 00 pm

[10:23] to 6 a.m if you have any questions we have an faq

[10:28] page on the city's website under the water wastewater tab just for hydrogen

[10:32] flushing with a map of the city what zone the residents are in and if they

[10:36] have any further questions or follow-up or any actions needed please feel free

[10:40] to call public works at 815-741-5108

[10:44] and we'll be happy to answer any of their questions once again we are

[10:47] starting hydrogen flushing this week we have signs up social media posts

[10:52] there's been flyers at city hall so

[10:55] every every morning we will have a facebook post letting them know what got

[10:59] completed what zone where we're going to be the next night along with an internal

[11:03] email so anybody who's answering the phones inside of city hall has that

[11:06] information as well so thank you any questions

[11:11] questions of public works all right thanks mark

[11:15] um city engineer our city engineer ron wiedemann good evening ron thank you

[11:18] mayor two items for you tonight the first senator looking for a motion to

[11:22] approve the mayor and the city clerk to execute

[11:25] the 2022-23 mft resolution

[11:30] mft maintenance engineering agreement and the mft general maintenance program

[11:34] as presented at april 11 2022 budget presentation the only change that i did

[11:41] make from that last monday was i added division street

[11:44] as an additional street for patching with cheney and kate

[11:49] so no move is presented second we have motion for the approval of the

[11:54] 2022 mfd general maintenance program by elder

[11:58] person overland seconded by alderman albert questions or comments of the

[12:02] motion this was discussed last week at the work session

[12:06] roll call please mark the pd yes yes joe cuball yes

[12:12] scott dyke yes yes darrell jefferson yes

[12:16] yes yes

[12:19] resolution 11 53.

[12:28] second item that i have is to authorize the mayor to execute a professional

[12:33] services agreement for d3 companies for a not to see an amount of one hundred

[12:37] and seven thousand two hundred and thirty three dollars to prepare plans

[12:42] specification and bid documents for the chaney and center water main replacement

[12:47] and roadway rehabilitation contract um um this is actually the american

[12:52] rescue fund project that was presented back uh march 14th where v3 was the

[12:58] highest selected consultant

[13:02] so move is presented we have motioned by alderman albert

[13:06] seconded by alderman dyke for the approval of

[13:10] the american rescue funds chaining center water main improvement

[13:13] professional service agreement with v3 questions or comments

[13:17] roll call please yes

[13:21] yes yes

[13:24] yes yes

[13:26] yes mark yes

[13:28] yes thank you

[13:30] and that is all i have anybody has any questions any questions of city

[13:35] engineering okay thanks for watching

[13:40] uh community development department uh steve is not here this evening he'll be

[13:45] back in tomorrow if there's any questions please give him a call police

[13:49] department our deputy police chief ryan dobschicks here good evening ryan good

[13:53] evening mayor and council your two week activity report is in the

[13:57] packet i do not have any agenda items tonight

[14:01] i'd be happy to answer any questions that you or the council may have

[14:05] any questions of the police department

[14:10] okay thanks ryan moving on to the mayor's

[14:13] report first we have an ordinance amending the code of ordinances for the

[14:15] city of cresthill regarding alcoholic beverages

[14:19] this license is for the old pueblo grocery and food store which is located

[14:24] at 2222 plainfield road unit a um

[14:29] elizabeth dominguez is uh requesting a package liquor license in the city of

[14:34] cresthill we went through the entire process

[14:36] everything is in order uh however a new uh package liquor license class e

[14:43] needs to be created by city council you have before you the ordinance for an

[14:47] ordinance amending the code of organs is for the city of cresthill regarding

[14:51] alcoholic beverages this would raise the number of class e

[14:55] which is packaged liquor licenses from nine to ten so move mayor second we have

[15:01] motioned by alderman albert second by other person overland questions or

[15:04] comments of the motion for the um the raising of the class e-liquor

[15:09] license call please scott dyke yes john

[15:13] perchette yes darrell jefferson yes yes tina oberlin yes mark zucchini yeah

[15:18] nate albert yes and joe kubal yes motion carries ordinance 1901.

[15:29] okay thank you for that uh next on the agenda are uh

[15:33] three um reappointments to uh two boards within the city of cresthill the first

[15:40] one will be for the civil service commission

[15:47] frank blaskey who has served for the past three years on that board has

[15:50] agreed to another three-year term on the civil service commission which will

[15:54] expire on may 1st 2025.

[15:58] uh frank plasky was appointed in 2018 and this will be a second term i would

[16:03] ask for your concurrence in his reappointment so move mayor

[16:07] second we have motioned by alderman albert seconded by alderman dyke for the

[16:11] approval of frank blaskey to the civil service commission for a three-year term

[16:15] questions or comments roll call please jon reshade yes

[16:19] jefferson yes

[16:27] yes thank you

[16:29] second is for the reappointment of mr john stanton to the plan commission

[16:34] john has served since 2000 and um this is his fourth term i believe was 2009

[16:40] when he was appointed to the plan commission so this will be his fourth

[16:44] term which will expire on um

[16:49] may 1st 2025 thank you i would ask for his reappointment and emotions so move

[16:54] this percentage second we're motioned by all the person in oberlin seconded by

[16:58] alderman berche for the reappointment of john stanton for another three year term

[17:02] to the crest hill plan commission questions or comments

[17:05] roll call please nate albert yes

[17:09] joe cuball yes scott dyke yes john richard yes darrell jefferson yes

[17:14] yes yes and mark zucchini

[17:19] and the last appointment is for uh mr jeff peterson to be appointed uh

[17:23] reappointed to the presta plan commission

[17:26] he has served one year for an unexpired term of the previous

[17:30] commissioner on that board um so he is up for a three-year reappointment he has

[17:35] agreed to serve for three years which will expire on may may 1st 2025 i would

[17:40] ask for your concurrence some move we have motion by all our goes all

[17:45] second by alderman groche for the reappointment of jeff peterson to the

[17:48] plant commission the term will expire may 1st 2025

[17:52] questions or comments we're all talk please darrell jefferson

[17:56] yes claude gazelle yes yes mark zappedy yes nate albert yes joe

[18:01] coogle yes scott dyke yes yes

[18:05] thank you and the uh the last uh board um is the

[18:10] police pension board roger cramps served for the last two years on the police

[18:13] pension board he has to step down for personal reasons

[18:17] there is an opening for the police pension board it is a non-paying

[18:21] position on the police pension board i would ask that if anyone is interested

[18:27] in serving on the police pension board to please fill out an application send

[18:32] in your resume to myself and we will certainly go through the

[18:36] applicants for possible candidates to come before the

[18:40] city council for approval this board meets four times a year uh quarterly

[18:47] and again it's for a non-paying position

[18:51] on the police pension board and the meetings are during the daytime hours so

[18:55] if anybody's interested or if anybody from council has any recommendations

[18:59] please let me know that's

[19:02] uh everything for the agenda items for the mayor's office the only other thing

[19:06] that i'd like to make make mention of is for our 2022 memorial day program

[19:13] it will be held at this property at 1610 plainfield road for one more year

[19:18] uh due to the fact that the city center will is not uh available to be open yet

[19:23] so we will do our last program here this year

[19:27] um very proud to say that we will have the

[19:30] the frankfurt brass band again our guest speakers

[19:34] actually are going to be two world war ii veterans who live in the city of

[19:37] cresthill uh mr don lawler and mr chester bozek uh they are both in their

[19:44] mid-90s there are very few world war ii veterans

[19:48] that are still with us today so we're proud to have those two

[19:52] gentlemen uh in our city of crest hill that have served um

[19:57] in world war ii and in the korean war also for one gentleman he served in both

[20:01] so they will be our guest speakers it will be on monday may 30th at 2 p.m here

[20:06] right outside in the memorial garden we will honor our

[20:10] veterans who have passed away and we will also honor our two slain police

[20:14] officers officer james naked and sergeant tim simonson

[20:18] who were killed in the line of duty in the line of duty over the past 60 years

[20:21] in the city of crest hill so please join us there will be refreshments after

[20:26] light refreshments after the the memorial ceremony it usually lasts

[20:30] between 45 minutes and one hour that is it for the mayor's report

[20:35] um if there is any questions i'll certainly

[20:38] try to entertain them hearing none we'll move on to our city

[20:42] clerk's report our city clerk christine berche hall good evening chris good

[20:45] evening um i just have one thing to report that

[20:48] our citywide garage sale will be held thursday may 19 through sunday may 22nd

[20:54] the fee to register for the garage sale is five

[20:58] dollars the deadline to submit your application for your address to be

[21:02] included on a list it's may 17th permits can be picked up in the clerk's

[21:07] office monday through friday from 8 a.m to 4 30 p.m and if you have any

[21:11] questions please give us a call at 815 741

[21:17] 5100 and i like to say that if anybody's

[21:20] available to come out april 30th to lewis airport and help

[21:25] support not only the crest hill um and all the other teams that will be

[21:31] pulling an airplane whoa

[21:34] um it starts at noon on it

[21:39] so we appreciate you coming out and supporting all the uh teams and this is

[21:44] for special olympics of illinois can you send us a design and

[21:50] well certainly certainly and that's all i have to

[21:52] report any questions at the clerk

[21:56] all right thanks chris moving on city treasurer's report our treasurer glenn

[22:00] conklin good evening glenn good evening mayor and council i'd like to report

[22:03] regular time payroll from march 28 2022 through april 10th of

[22:10] 2022 in the amount of 231 26.65

[22:16] i seek a motion to approve our list of bills which total in the same time

[22:19] period 940 164.75

[22:26] second we have motion by all the person in

[22:28] overland second by alderman's pity for the approval of the list of bills

[22:31] questions or comments roll call police

[22:34] claude exhale yes kanina oberlin yeah mark the petey yes nate albert yes joe

[22:39] cruel yes scott dyke yes john richard yes

[22:42] jefferson yes caution carries thank you entertain any questions if you have any

[22:49] questions of our treasurer thank you good night thanks glenn

[22:54] unfinished business we have nothing anyone

[22:56] new business anybody committee liaison reports anyone

[23:02] city council comments positive city council comments anything you'd like to

[23:05] share with uh your constituents we'll begin with ward one this evening

[23:09] alderman day oh thank you mayor uh nothing at this time alderman for shay

[23:13] uh nothing at this time ward two alderman jefferson nothing at this time

[23:18] other woman gazelle i just want to wish the richland

[23:22] symphonic band they will be competing this saturday

[23:26] it will be the ig sma state competition so wish them luck

[23:30] i promised them i was going to announce it tonight so

[23:34] let's hope they win that's it man or three older person overland yes the uh

[23:40] czech republic is going to be holding a park cleanup at ladies park

[23:45] on sunday may 22nd at 11 o'clock a.m so all of you ambitious gardeners and

[23:53] handy people and any children may be looking for some

[23:57] community service hours this will be a great opportunity bring

[24:00] your your weeders your shovels your whatever

[24:03] and meet us at the park at 11 a.m on sunday may 22nd

[24:09] all their months of pity nothing at this time there ward 4 alderman albert

[24:13] nothing at this time man and alderman cooper nothing to add

[24:17] okay um public comment

[24:21] anyone like to address any council please step to the podium say your name

[24:23] for the record your address is optional let the record show that no one has

[24:27] approached the podium uh to our city attorney mike stiff mike

[24:31] is there a need for an executive session motions or jury second we have a motion

[24:36] for an adjournment by all means seconded by alderman

[24:39] questions or comments the role called police

[24:59] i can't believe it

[25:19] you

04-18-22 City of Crest Hill Council Meeting

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