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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