Mattoon City Council will meet Jan. 16.
Here is the agenda provided by the Council:
6:30 PM Business Meeting
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Electronic Attendance
Consent Agenda:
Items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted by one motion. No separate discussion of these items will occur unless a Council Member requests the item to be removed from the Consent Agenda. If an item is removed from the Consent Agenda, it will be considered elsewhere on the agenda for this meeting. Prior to asking for a motion to approve the Consent Agenda, the Mayor will ask if anyone desires to remove an item from the Consent Agenda for public discussion.
1. Minutes of the Regular Meeting December 19, 2017.
2. Fire Department report for the month of December, 2017 and the Annual Summary Report for 2017.
3. Bills and Payroll for the first half of January, 2018.
Presentations, Petitions And Communications
This portion of the City Council meeting is reserved for persons who desire to address the Council. The Illinois Open Meetings Act mandates that the City Council may NOT take action on comments received on matters that have not been identified on this agenda, but the Council may direct staff to address the topic or refer the matter for action on the agenda for another meeting. Persons addressing the Council are requested to limit their presentations to three minutes and to avoid repetitious comments. We would ask you to state your name for the record as well as stand when speaking.
• Public comments/presentations and non-agenda items
➢ Presentation: Acknowledging the retirement of Public Works Assistant
Superintendent Mike Johnson after more than 29 years of service with the City.
New Business
1. Motion – Approve Council Decision Request 2018-1819: Approving the final 2017 MFT Street Maintenance Expenditure Statement in the amount of $524,313.65; and authorizing the mayor to sign the Municipal Maintenance Expenditure Statement. (Graven) [17-00000-00-GM]
2. Motion – Adopt Resolution No. 2018-3009: Appropriating $671,100 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the 2018 Street Maintenance uses; approving the 2018 MFT Street Municipal Estimate of Maintenance Costs Statement in the amount of $671,100 ; and authorizing the mayor and city clerk to sign the documents. (Graven) [18-00000-00-GM]
3. Motion – Approve Council Decision Request 2018-1820: Approving a $3,000 grant by the Tourism Advisory Committee from hotel/motel tax funds to the Mattoon YMCA for hosting a Weightlifting Competition to be held on January 13, 2018; and authorizing the mayor to sign the agreement. (Hall)
Department Reports:
City Administrator/Community Development City Attorney City Clerk Finance Public Works Fire Police Arts And Tourism
Comments By The Council
Recess to closed session pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act for the purpose of the discussion of the minutes of meetings lawfully closed for purposes of the semi-annual review as mandated by Section 2.06 (5 ILCS 120(2)(c)(21)); collective negotiating matters between the City of Mattoon and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees (5ILCS/20 (2)(C)(2)); and litigation is affecting the City and an action is probable or imminent (5ILCS/20 (2)(C)(11)). (Gover)
Reconvene
4. Motion – Approve Council Decision Request 2018-1821: Authorizing release of minutes appropriate for disclosure from meetings in closed sessions of the City Council and destruction of disclosed executive session minute audio recordings through June 2016. (Gover)
Adjourn
http://mattoon.illinois.gov/sites/default/files/citycouncil/011618.pdf
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