City of Martinsville City Council met Sept. 26.
Here is the minutes provided by the Council:
Roll call was answered by the following council members and elected officials: Chris Davidson, Melinda Lovell, Troy Propst, John Skinner and David Doran with Mike Cribelar absent. Also in attendance were Mayor HermanDavidson, Clerk Marlene Wilhoit and Treasurer Melinda Owen. Employees and citizens in attendance are attached to the back of the minutes.
**Motion by D Doran 2nd by M Lovell to approve minutes from 09-12-18 council meeting. Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (5)
**Motion by M Lovell 2nd by T Propst to approve the Treasurer report for June and July 2018. Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (5)
**Motion by T Propst 2nd by J Skinner to approve Ordinance No. 2018-9-2 titled “An ordinance concerning use of city equipment”.
Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (5)
**Motion by J Skinner 2nd by D Doran to approve Ordinance No. 2018-9-3 titled “An ordinance levying taxes for all corporate purposes for the City of Martinsville, Illinois.”
Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (5)
**Motion by C Davidson 2nd by T Propst to approve Resolution R2018-9-2 titled “A resolution of support and commitment of funds for the Safe Route To School grant and infrastructure improvements.”
Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (5)
**Motion by J Skinner 2nd by T Propst to approve Ordinance No. 2018-9-4 titled “An ordinance setting and establishing the rates of payment for various employees of the City of Martinsville, Illinois.”
Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (5)
**The Tally Automotive venture was again discussed. The gas permit isn‘t back from the state yet and we don’t know the cost for it. It was questioned what we did by way of installing services to Dollar General. The Mayor stated that we didn’t charge Dollar General for anything. Skinner stated that next time anything like this comes up all figures will be in line no matter what before any agreements are made. The City will incur the amount of approx. $20,000 to run water, sewer and gas and the entrance to his place of business.
Motion by C Davidson 2nd by T Propst that Tally Automotive will pay a water tap of $1000 and sewer tap of $100 and a gas fee tap of $50 for a total of $1150
Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (5)
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Treasurer Melinda Owen advised council due to health reasons she will be resigning from her elected position in the near future. She will help train somebody if needed and will have her letter at the next meeting.
Chris Davidson stated there needs to be an Economic Development Committee meeting soon and that he had someone contact him about possibly starting up a business on the property to the south of the Travel Mart.
TroyPropststatedthatitistoolatethisyearbuthewouldliketovisittheideaofmosquitocontrolfornextyear. He will do some research and report back to council.
John Skinner informed council that no one could attend the budget hearing from the county board about funding for resource officers in the schools and he hasn’t heard back from anyone about it.
Chris Davidson stated he had a complaint from someone about Halloween. They want to go door to door. The City has never restricted going door to door they just haven’t promoted it for the past couple years thinking Trunk-or treat was much safer for children than walking the streets. This will be addressed at the council meeting on October10th.
Mayor Davidson stated council needs to start working on the Enterprise Zone. He also stated he has been working on splash pad ideas and needs the Park committee to meet.
With no other Public Comments:
**Motion by J Skinner 2nd by C Davidson to adjourn meeting @ 7:45PM. Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (5)
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