[0:07] I call this meeting of the Monticello
[0:09] City Council to order. Would you please
[0:10] rise and join me in reciting the Pledge
[0:13] of Allegiance and remain standing. As
[0:15] Steve Kagel from Lodge Church leads us
[0:17] in prayer. I pledge allegiance
[0:20] of the United States of America, and to
[0:23] the republic for which it stands, one
[0:25] nation under God, indivisible, with
[0:28] liberty and justice for all.
[0:31] » Our heavenly Father, we want to thank
[0:33] you for this beautiful day that you've
[0:34] given us. And thank you for the many
[0:36] blessings you pour down on our
[0:37] community.
[0:38] We're grateful, Father, for all that you
[0:40] do for us. We pray that
[0:42] you be with all the decisions made in
[0:44] this room tonight, that everything that
[0:45] is done and said here honors you. We
[0:48] pray in Jesus' name.
[0:50] » Amen.
[0:51] Roll call, please.
[0:54] » Mr. Reed?
[0:54] » Here.
[0:55] » Mr. Woodham?
[0:56] » Here.
[0:57] » Mr. Carey?
[0:58] » Here.
[0:59] » Ms. Lively?
[1:00] » Here.
[1:00] » Ms. Young?
[1:01] » Here.
[1:02] » Mr. Burris?
[1:03] » Here.
[1:03] » Mr. Broderick?
[1:04] » Here.
[1:05] » Mr. Keen?
[1:05] » Here.
[1:06] » We have a quorum.
[1:07] » Thank you.
[1:09] Uh public participation
[1:11] in-person participation. This is an
[1:13] opportunity for the public to provide
[1:16] public comment to the presiding officer.
[1:17] Those wishing to speak are required to
[1:19] sign in prior to commencement of the
[1:21] meeting and must address council from
[1:23] the seat and table provided. The public
[1:25] comments must comply with ordinance
[1:27] 2014-02
[1:28] and be limited to 5 minutes or less, but
[1:30] I don't see anyone here this evening.
[1:33] Remote participation. This is an
[1:34] opportunity for the public to provide
[1:36] public comment to the presiding officer.
[1:39] The public comments must comply with
[1:41] ordinance 2014-02 and be limited to 5
[1:43] minutes or less.
[1:45] At this time, members of the public are
[1:46] able to attend public meetings by web
[1:48] conference and to submit public comment
[1:51] by email, voicemail, or through web
[1:52] conference. Anyone tonight more?
[1:57] Okay. Consent agenda. Approval of
[2:00] documents and action items as listed.
[2:03] Claims report claims with dated August
[2:06] 11th, 2026 through August 24th, 2026.
[2:10] Meeting minutes city council meeting
[2:12] minutes
[2:13] 10th, 2026 planning and zoning board
[2:15] meeting minutes April 20, 2026. Is there
[2:18] a motion to approve the consent agenda
[2:20] as presented?
[2:21] Is there a second?
[2:22] » Second.
[2:23] » Any comments or questions of city staff?
[2:26] Hearing or seeing none, may have a roll
[2:28] call?
[2:29] » Mr. Reed?
[2:29] » Yes.
[2:30] » Mr. Woodham?
[2:31] » Yes.
[2:31] » Mr. Carey?
[2:32] » Yes.
[2:33] » Ms. Lively?
[2:33] » Yes.
[2:34] » Ms. June?
[2:34] » Yes.
[2:35] » Mr. Burris?
[2:36] » Yes.
[2:36] » Mr. Broderick?
[2:37] » Yes.
[2:38] » Mr. Kuhn?
[2:38] » Yes.
[2:39] » Motion passes.
[2:39] » Thank you. I know you'll be disappointed
[2:42] there are no there's no mayor's report
[2:44] this evening. So, we'll move on to new
[2:46] business. Mayor of appointments.
[2:48] I was submitted the name of Andrew
[2:51] Heaton, who happens to be my neighbor,
[2:54] to serve as a member of the Minnesola
[2:56] Fire and Rescue Department.
[2:59] I It's my pleasure to put his name in
[3:01] nomination as a
[3:02] motion to approve. So, is there a
[3:05] second?
[3:06] » Second.
[3:06] » Any comments or questions?
[3:08] You have experience. You were on the
[3:10] department in Rossville.
[3:12] » Yeah, my dad was 30 plus years. Yeah.
[3:15] » Yeah, okay.
[3:15] » And I've done a little bit of a little
[3:17] bit of burn training at the port
[3:19] district.
[3:20] » Got you. Very good.
[3:22] Can I have a roll call, please?
[3:24] » Mr. Reed?
[3:24] » Yes.
[3:25] » Mr. Woodham?
[3:25] » Yes.
[3:26] » Mr. Carey?
[3:26] » Yes.
[3:27] » Ms. Lively?
[3:28] » Yes.
[3:28] » Ms. June?
[3:28] » Yes.
[3:29] » Mr. Burris?
[3:29] » Yes.
[3:30] » Mr. Broderick?
[3:31] » Yes.
[3:31] » Mr. Kuhn?
[3:32] » Yes.
[3:32] » Motion passes.
[3:33] » Thank you very much. Thank you and
[3:34] welcome.
[3:35] » Thank you.
[3:35] » Okay, uh-huh.
[3:37] Now, if you
[3:41] I'd go home if I could, but I can't.
[3:44] Um
[3:45] Resolution 2026-52
[3:49] a resolution granting a conditional use
[3:51] permit allowing an additional accessory
[3:54] structures at two Turtle Point,
[3:56] Monticello, Illinois. Jim.
[3:58] » Thank you, Mayor and Council. Yes, the
[3:59] owner of the property is seeking
[4:01] conditional use permit for additional
[4:02] accessory structures, a pool and a
[4:03] garage, per the Monticello zoning
[4:05] regulation section 153.020C
[4:09] on a parcel zoned RS suburban
[4:11] residential.
[4:12] Granting the conditional use
[4:14] will not be detrimental or endanger
[4:16] public health, safety, morals, comfort,
[4:18] and general welfare of the normal
[4:20] development improvement of surrounding
[4:22] properties.
[4:23] Public hearing was held. No public
[4:25] testimony was received. Certified
[4:27] mailings went out, and the legal ad was
[4:29] published in the Piatt County Journal
[4:30] Republican. And again, no comments were
[4:32] received either by myself or the clerk.
[4:35] It's recommended the city council
[4:37] discuss and approve resolution 2026-52
[4:39] of conditional use allowing additional
[4:41] accessory accessory structures at two
[4:44] Turtle Point, Monticello, Illinois,
[4:45] submitted today.
[4:48] » Thank you. Is there a motion to approve
[4:49] resolution 2026-52?
[4:52] » So moved.
[4:53] » Is there a second?
[4:53] » Second.
[4:54] » Any comments or questions of city staff
[4:56] or the or the uh
[4:58] the persons asking for the a uh
[5:01] I can't talk. The
[5:03] the conditional use
[5:07] Hearing or seeing none, I'm going to
[5:08] have a roll call.
[5:08] » Mr. Reed?
[5:09] » Yes.
[5:10] » Mr. Woodrum?
[5:10] » Yes.
[5:11] » Mr. Carrey?
[5:12] » Yes.
[5:12] » Ms. Lively?
[5:13] » Yes.
[5:13] » Ms. Yun?
[5:14] » Yes.
[5:15] » Mr. Burgess?
[5:15] » Yes.
[5:16] » Mr. Broderick?
[5:17] » Yes.
[5:17] » Mr. Kunz?
[5:18] » Yes.
[5:18] » Motion passes.
[5:19] » Thank you. Moving on to ordinance
[5:21] 2020-53,
[5:24] an ordinance implementing a municipal
[5:26] grocery retailers' occupation tax and a
[5:29] municipal grocery service occupation
[5:31] tax. Mr. Summers?
[5:33] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um as you all will
[5:35] probably recall, the state of Illinois
[5:37] eliminated their pass-through
[5:39] grocery sales tax um
[5:42] effective January 1 of this year. State
[5:45] statute
[5:46] uh did allow for each municipality to
[5:49] levy their own 1%
[5:51] uh, grocery tax, um, and to file that
[5:54] with the Illinois Department of Revenue
[5:56] on or before October 1 of the preceding
[5:59] year in which the collections will
[6:02] proceed the next year.
[6:04] City Council discussed this last year
[6:06] and at that time decided to not continue
[6:10] the 1% grocery tax. A large part of that
[6:13] discussion revolved around the unknown
[6:16] financial impact that it could, uh, that
[6:18] could be witnessed by the city of
[6:20] Monticello.
[6:21] Um, the Illinois Department of Revenue
[6:24] has recently posted local grocery tax
[6:28] figures for those municipalities that
[6:30] levied
[6:31] their own 1% grocery tax beginning
[6:33] January 1 of 2026 based upon
[6:37] these recently reported figures, we
[6:39] believe the city would could witness a
[6:41] loss of 75,000
[6:44] to 100,000 dollars annually if the city
[6:46] so chooses to not levy this pre-existing
[6:50] tax. Well, this was discussed
[6:53] pretty good detail, uh, at the last City
[6:56] Council meeting. So, um, it is
[6:59] recommended the City Council discuss and
[7:01] vote on Ordinance
[7:03] 2026-53
[7:05] this evening.
[7:07] » Thank you. Is there a motion to approve
[7:09] 2026-53?
[7:11] » So moved.
[7:12] » Is there a second?
[7:12] » Second.
[7:14] » Any comments, questions?
[7:15] » I have a question. When did we vote on
[7:17] this? Wasn't this earlier in the year?
[7:19] » Last year.
[7:21] » It was last year?
[7:22] » Yeah, we voted on it twice, actually.
[7:23] » That's what I
[7:24] » It's actually Yeah, it's been twice.
[7:26] » Yeah. Wasn't it earlier this year?
[7:28] » Yeah, for last year. It was It was last
[7:30] year for this year.
[7:31] But since we didn't have
[7:34] five votes, we had to vote on it again
[7:37] this year.
[7:38] » No.
[7:39] » No.
[7:39] » No.
[7:41] » Right. It was voted It was It was
[7:43] discussed and voted on twice in 2025.
[7:51] » It was just we didn't have the data that
[7:55] I have now.
[7:56] So, we were operating under the
[7:58] assumption that the total
[8:02] revenue
[8:03] lost or
[8:04] by that would be about $50,000.
[8:08] And now we have
[8:10] » 75 to 100.
[8:11] » To 100,000 dollars.
[8:15] » That's correct data.
[8:18] That's simply based on those other
[8:19] communities. So,
[8:21] and then again,
[8:23] the way the state
[8:25] collects the money and then distributes
[8:27] it, there's that 3-month lag.
[8:30] So, that's why
[8:33] we believe annually when when we're
[8:36] getting those distributions beginning in
[8:39] January,
[8:40] that it should be around 100,000 or
[8:43] maybe a little bit more.
[8:45] But since we won't collect
[8:48] January, February, March
[8:51] in 2027,
[8:54] that's why we're thinking it's probably
[8:56] going to be closer to 75,000. Does that
[8:58] make sense?
[9:00] » Yeah.
[9:01] » Yeah.
[9:02] » Yes, yeah.
[9:03] » We've all got
[9:03] » Mathematically, yes.
[9:04] » October, November, December and so the
[9:06] following year.
[9:07] » Yeah.
[9:10] » Yeah, which tail end or front end,
[9:11] whichever way you want to look at it.
[9:13] » Okay.
[9:15] » Any comments, other comments, questions?
[9:17] » No.
[9:19] » I
[9:19] Sorry, I do.
[9:21] Um I took a look at some other towns
[9:24] and um what they're doing and pretty
[9:27] much all the other neighboring towns are
[9:30] keeping the tax
[9:31] because it's either
[9:35] you're going to either um find except
[9:38] champagne. Champagne is not doing it
[9:40] because instead they're going to
[9:43] generate a tax on like non-grocery
[9:45] items.
[9:46] So pretty much all the all all the other
[9:48] towns
[9:50] like you have to find some way to you
[9:54] know, keep this
[9:56] money for the city for services, you
[9:59] know, for things as Terry said like fire
[10:02] department and and other projects that
[10:05] um we're going to need the money for.
[10:08] And so
[10:10] pretty much virtually all the other
[10:12] towns that that I saw
[10:14] you know, had the grocery tax except for
[10:16] champagne. So if we do not
[10:20] uh if we give up the grocery tax
[10:22] then you know, we'll have to find some
[10:25] other ways such as
[10:27] raising the property tax, you know, or
[10:29] you know, that no one wants to do cuz we
[10:31] already do it like 4.
[10:33] something percent every year or like
[10:35] champagne does, putting a tax on
[10:37] non-grocery items or cutting some you
[10:41] know, public services.
[10:43] So
[10:43] » Or just going slow.
[10:46] I mean
[10:47] we didn't enact this tax
[10:50] because in this state we are over taxed.
[10:54] Right?
[10:55] So now we're going to go back and say,
[10:58] oh no, we want that 1% back.
[11:00] I think it's bad faith.
[11:02] » I do, too.
[11:04] » I mean voters already
[11:05] » That's just why I'm not going to
[11:06] » It was never a new tax. It was just
[11:07] somebody else administering.
[11:09] » No, but now it is.
[11:10] » But now it would be.
[11:10] » Yeah.
[11:11] » But
[11:12] Okay.
[11:12] » It's an additional
[11:12] » But it's but it's pennies compared to
[11:14] the other taxes.
[11:15] » But but that's what it is. It's pennies
[11:16] here and pennies there and then next
[11:18] thing you know, it's
[11:20] » Going to keep
[11:20] » Gets it doesn't stop. We stopped this
[11:23] one.
[11:24] » And that's also because people are
[11:26] struggling and that's why we stopped.
[11:28] » I'd rather give my pennies to
[11:29] » People who don't struggle, it's not a
[11:31] big deal. People who do it is a big
[11:32] deal. So, this
[11:34] » Something else.
[11:39] Anyone else?
[11:41] No.
[11:46] Let's have a roll call.
[11:47] » Let's get the
[11:48] » Yeah.
[11:48] » Voting yes means we're in favor of
[11:51] » Favor of
[11:52] » Of the tax.
[11:53] » The tax, okay.
[11:55] » Mr. Reed.
[11:55] » Yes.
[11:56] » Mr. Woodham.
[11:57] » Yes.
[11:58] » Mr. Carey.
[11:59] » No.
[12:00] » Ms. Lively.
[12:01] » No.
[12:02] » Ms. June.
[12:03] » Yes.
[12:03] » Mr. Burris.
[12:04] » No.
[12:05] » Mr. Broderick.
[12:06] » No.
[12:07] » Mr. Kuhn.
[12:08] » Yes.
[12:10] » We have a tie.
[12:11] » Mayor votes yes.
[12:12] » Motion passes.
[12:17] » Alderman persons reports. Andrea.
[12:21] At this week
[12:25] » Alderman nothing.
[12:27] » Brian.
[12:27] » Nothing tonight.
[12:28] » Thomas.
[12:28] » Nothing.
[12:30] » Great concert by the summer singers.
[12:32] » Thank you so much. I'm glad you
[12:35] » That's Mayor Mike Kuhn.
[12:37] » Yeah, but there's two town ones here.
[12:39] » This could have been another service
[12:41] that would have been cut.
[12:43] » Yep.
[12:44] Rodney.
[12:46] Eric.
[12:47] » Sure.
[12:49] » No.
[12:49] » No.
[12:52] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor, for leading the
[12:53] the group again.
[12:54] » Yeah, it starts next next June, the
[12:56] first first Thursday in June at the
[13:00] Methodist Church at 6:30.
[13:02] Be there or be square.
[13:06] Uh
[13:06] city administrator's report.
[13:10] Oh, I'm sorry. Keith Ross, that's right.
[13:12] You're here this evening. I'm sorry.
[13:14] I could have done them out of order. It
[13:15] would have been okay.
[13:18] » Uh
[13:19] Just as a reminder, all alderman persons
[13:21] had an email from me.
[13:23] If they have any questions about flood
[13:24] cameras, please feel free to give me a
[13:26] call. Thank you. uh, another person who
[13:28] reached out to me. I think
[13:30] was
[13:31] one of my better emails I wrote. I sent
[13:33] it to everybody. So, uh, if anybody,
[13:35] again, if you want to see the process
[13:36] from start to finish, by all by all
[13:38] means, come by the office, give me a
[13:39] call. Uh, I can come in on the weekends,
[13:41] too, if that's easier, or the evenings,
[13:43] to kind of give you an overall process
[13:46] of how we
[13:47] use those. So, uh,
[13:49] please give me a call. But, really, uh,
[13:51] all we have is this Thursday is our
[13:54] first reunification, uh, meeting, uh,
[13:57] through the Regional Office of
[13:58] Education. And, uh,
[14:00] just keep in mind, if you get a call, we
[14:02] are starting our school, uh,
[14:04] drills, whether that be school bus,
[14:06] fire, reunification, relocation. Uh,
[14:09] we're going to be doing those over the
[14:11] next probably few weeks, uh, in
[14:12] conjunction with the school resource
[14:14] officer of the school, and then city
[14:16] staff. Kind of one of the better ones
[14:18] that we have on September 2nd is the
[14:19] relocation of Washington to the
[14:21] community building.
[14:23] All our city staff helps out. It's a big
[14:26] help for me.
[14:28] » That's it?
[14:29] That's pretty good.
[14:31] City administrator's report. Terry, have
[14:33] nothing to say.
[14:35] Well, don't mind so.
[14:37] Is there a motion to adjourn?
[14:39] » I move.
[14:39] » Is there a second?
[14:40] » Second.
[14:41] » All those in favor, I.
[14:42] » I.
[14:42] » Any opposed? No.
[14:44] Thank you.
[14:45] See you in 3 weeks.