Village of Oblong Board of Trustees met April 15.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Village of Oblong Board of Trustees met in regular session in the Activity Center Room of the Municipal Building.
Members Present: Mayor Teresa Fielder, Clerk Ladora Boyd, Trustee Angie Fear, Trustee Jay Haines, Trustee Dave Hasty, Trustee Bill Burke*, Trustee Keith Waldrop, Trustee Jeron Harris* and Treasurer Jan Miller,
Others Present: Public Works Superintendent Gary Lanter.
The meeting was called to order at 6:10 pm by Mayor Fielder with everyone standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Regular Board Meeting Minutes of March 4th, 2020, were approved with a motion by Dave and a second by Jay. All ayes, motion carried.
There were no additions or deletions to the agenda this month.
There were no Delinquent Water Bill customers at the meeting this month.
Jeron stated that the FY2021 Working Budget total was a little over $1.3 million, which is a 4% increase from last fiscal year. Motion by Jeron, with a second by Bill, to adopt the Working Budget of $1,314,812.48. All ayes, motion carried.
Motion by Angie, with a second by Jay, to adopt Resolution #2020-R-2 “A Resolution for Maintenance of Streets and Highways by Municipality Under the Illinois Highway Code”. All ayes, motion carried.
There was some discussion on whether to change the day of the week or time for the Village Board meetings. The change that everyone felt was best is to leave the meeting date as the 1st Wednesday of each month but instead of 7 pm for the time it will be 5 pm.
Mayor’s Comments:
Teresa stated that the Village had received a letter from MediaCom which outlines what they planned to do to help families with work, education and health care challenges created by COVID-19.
Teresa stated that she wanted to commend the Village Employees on how they are practicing social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teresa stated that the Emergency Preparedness Committee Meeting are every Monday evening at 4:30.
Teresa mentioned that the Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting for April has been cancelled.
Teresa mentioned that the Spring Clean-up by Republic has been postponed for now. Republic will still be doing their regular trash pick-up.
Teresa mentioned that the Oblong Food Pantry will be having a food give-away on Monday, April 20th, starting at 8:30 to 10 am.
Teresa stated that she had received some fliers for the Effingham Catholic Charities stating that they will be in Oblong on June 18th from 11 am to 1 pm with their Mobile Food Pantry. It will be parked in the parking lot located at 114 West Main Street (Corner of Main & Adams Street).
Reports of Committees:
Police: Jay stated that he had nothing to report for this month. Teresa stated that Chad mentioned that the domestic and wellness care calls are up already for this month due to COVID-19.
Building & Park: Keith stated that he had nothing to report this month.
Sidewalks & Lights: Bill stated that he had nothing to report this month.
Street & Alley: Angie stated that she had nothing to report this month.
Water & Sewer: Dave stated that the Department is working on a letter to be sent to the water/sewer customers regarding bill payments.
Finance: Jeron stated that he had nothing else to report this month. Jeron thanked all those who working on getting the budgets ready for the committee to look at. Jan mentioned that the Farm Rent has been paid and that Jeff Hyatt has paid the remainder of what he owned on the purchase of 313 North Wilson Street property.
Development: Bill asked if Randy Rich had looked over and approved the changes to the Park Meadow Covenants. Teresa stated that Randy had contacted her and approved of the changes. She will e-mail the covenant change form to Bill from Frank Weber. Bill will send to Mr. Colmark for his signature.
Ad Hoc (Dilapidated/Unsafe Buildings & Ordinances): Teresa stated that there have been some letters sent out for high grass.
Motion by Jay, with a second by Keith, to pay the bills that were on the warranty list and any utility bills, bills that will incur a late charge or reimbursements to employees All ayes, motion carried.
There were no other items of business this month.
Motion by Jeron, with a second by Angie, to adjourn the meeting at 6:37 pm. All ayes, motion carried.
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