East Central Reporter

Village of Dieterich President & Board of Trustees met April 6.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

The Dieterich Village Board met in regular session begginning at 6:30 PM at Village Hall.

The meeting was called to order by President Brad Hardiek and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

The following Trustees were present via electronic attendance: Mike French; Bill Lane; Carrie Galbraith; Jeff White and Sean Pankau. Trustee Derick Stumeier was present. With one Trustees and President Hardiek in attendance and five Trustees electronically in attendance, a quorum was declared to be present. Also at the meeting were Clerk Brittny Gipson and Engineer Lee Beckman.

Mrs. Mary Richars, Dieterich Unit #30 Librarian, chose not to attend the meeting due to COVID-19 concerns. Prior to the meeting, she sent a written statement to Clerk Gipson to read to the Board on her behalf. The Unit #30 students have been collecting specific recyclable plastic caps to use for the materials to make the benches. It takes 200 pounds of caps and $250 for the fee to make each park bench. There are plans for a memorial garden to honor former teacher Mrs. Maria Miller. The school has collected enough caps and raised enough funds for two benches to place in Maria’s garden. The students have collected enough caps for four additional benches. Mrs. Richars and her Library Club would like to give the additional caps to the Village for four benches. The Village would be responsible for the $1,000 fee for four benches. The benches can be placed wherever the Village would like them.

A motion was made by Trustee B. Lane; seconded by Trustee M. French to pay $1,000 for four benches to be made with caps donated and collected by Unit #30 students. Roll call was 6 yes and 0 no.

A motion was made by Trustee J. White; seconded by Trustee B. Lane to approve the Omnibus agenda: approve minutes of the March 16, 2020 regular meeting; approve the Treasurer’s Report; approve Expenditures; approve Per Diem pay; approve Ordinance 1019-2020: Authorizing Execution of Release of Reservation of Possibility of Reverter (Mark Schabbing – Lot 10) and Ordinance 1020-2020: Authorizing Execution of Release of Reservation of Possibility of Reverter (Ohnesorge and Gebben Construction – Lot 11). Roll call was 6 yes and 0 no.

Engineer Beckman informed the Board that Kieffer Brothers was hoping to start the water and sewer main installs in the new Industrial Park on April 13th, however they didn’t want to start until they knew they weren’t going to get shut down due to COVID-19 concerns.

Milano and Grunloh is in the process of completing traffic counts and studies for IDOT. They are requiring this data for the new industrial park entrance designs. Lee also mentioned needing to decide where we want the topsoil pile located. They are planning to have the street construction ready to send out for bids in June or July.

Engineer Beckman discussed the timeline for the future OSLAD grant projects. It was agreed to send out bids for the pond work in July. It’s still the plan to advertise for the pavilion and other work in January.

Engineer Lee Beckman reported IDOT is still planning for a June 2020 letting for our 2016 ITEP project. Best case scenario, we could start construction in July. Lee is optimistic that we can have the new drop off lane completed on Pine Street before school starts.

During the Water/Sewer/Streets portion of the meeting, Trustees questioned what the timeline was for the installation of the new ditch pipe on West Section Street. Clerk Gipson will follow up with maintenance employees for an answer.

A motion was made by Trustee C. Galbraith; seconded by Trustee S. Pankau to approve Ordinance 1021-2020: Amending the Village of Dieterich Personnel Policies and Procedures. Roll call was 6 yes and 0 no.

During the comments portion of the meeting, Trustee M. French reported he reached out to Tim Allred with Montrose Mutual and Jason Griffey with Wabash to get an update on the fiber installs in Dieterich and to express the frustration with the lack of fiber to home hookups. Mike was told the installation crew should be back in Dieterich soon.

At 7:34 PM a motion was made by Trustee J. White; seconded by Trustee M. French to go into Closed Executive Session pursuant to 5ILCS 120/2(c) to discuss a land purchase matter pursuant to Section 2(c) (5) and to discuss a personnel matter pursuant to Section 2(c) (1). Roll call was 6 yes and 0 no.

At 8:38 PM the Board returned from Closed Executive Session. Upon roll call the following Trustees were present electronically: Carrie Galbraith, Mike French, Jeff White, Sean Pankau and Bill Lane. Trustee Derick Stumeier was present and President Brad Hardiek presided over the meeting. Also at the meeting was Clerk Brittny Gipson.

A motion was made by Trustee M. French; seconded by Trustee J. White to hire Maverick Ruholl for $10 an hour and Levi Slifer for $8 an hour as temporary seasonal part-time employees for summer 2020 maintenance work. Roll call was 6 yes and 0 no.

At 8:41 PM a motion was made by Trustee M. French; seconded by Trustee B. Lane to adjourn the meeting. Roll call was 6 yes and 0 no.

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