City of Martinsville City Council met March 17.
Here are the minutes provided by the council:
*The meeting was called to order by Mayor Davidson. Alderman Lovell led us in prayer. All in attendance recited the “Pledge of Allegiance.” Roll call was answered by the following council members and elected officials: Chris Davidson, Chris Perry, John Skinner, Melinda Lovell. Troy Propst was absent. Also, in attendance were Mayor Herman Davidson, Treasurer Terri Connelly, and Attorney Richard Bernardoni. Clerk Jana Akers was absent. Employees and citizens in attendance are attached to the back of the minutes.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
-Motion by C Davidson 2nd by C Perry for approval of March 23, 2022 meeting minutes as presented Upon roll call vote all alderman present voted for the motion (4)
-Motion by M Lovell 2nd by C Perry on approval of March 2022 Treasurer’s report as presented. Upon roll call vote all alderman present voted for the motion (4)
-Motion by C Davidson 2nd by M Lovell on March 2022 bills payable April 2022
Upon roll call vote all alderman present voted for the motion (4)
*Mayor Davidson would like to appoint Ashley Wilhoit to fill the vacancy of alderperson in Ward 2
-Motion by C Davidson 2nd by J Skinner to approve the Mayor Davidson’s appointment of Ashley Wilhoit as alderperson for Ward 2
Upon roll call vote all alderman present voted for the motion (4)
*Clerk Akers swears in Ashley Wilhoit
-Motion by C Davidson 2nd by M Lovell for pay estimate of $84,811 to Maguire Iron for the water tower Upon roll call vote all alderman present voted for the motion (5)
-Motion by C Perry 2nd by C Davidson to purchase the Bushmaster AR15 from the Westfield Police Department for $350 Upon roll call vote all alderman present voted for the motion (5)
- Motion by C Davidson 2nd by C Perry on approval of Ordinance 2022-4-1 entitled “An Ordinance Concerning the Sale of an Item of Personal Property Owned by the City of Martinsville”
Upon roll call vote all alderman present voted for the motion (5)
Council Comments:
Mayor Davidson:
-Mentioned hiring a 3rd officer again, said that SWIC has emailed and said they had a few openings, council agreed to put applications out there
-Stated there had been 4 part-time applications turned in, application deadline April 27, to do interviews first council meeting in May
-Mentioned about getting fuel tanks for on top of the hill and maybe getting bids for them
-Asked the council to think about Pest Control, there hasn’t been any in a while
-City employees did ditch work at The Woodlands, they burned horns and railroad spurs, cleaned out debris from the around the manholes and fixed them with rift raft
-mentioned the 5% increase on the 911 dispatch fees
-County Board spoke with Cory about a getting an Auto Reader for water, Shannon was going to get something made up
-looking up an ordinance for zoning maybe from 1989
Attorney Bernardoni:
-objections on the clean contract—litigation takes place in St. Louis, would be Missouri Law instead of I Illinois Law, We would have to pay their attorney fees even if we win
-have to notify current company between June 12 and September 11 if we are ending contract
C Davidson:
-talks about maybe purchasing our own First-Aid kits and restocking them ourselves instead of having then with the uniform contract
-talked about shorts for uniforms and it needs discussed next meeting
-parking lines by post office needing redone and corrected
-sidewalks by Linn Park needing work
M Lovell:
-asked about the light at the cemetery
*Motion to adjourn meeting at 7:54 pm made by C Perry 2nd by C Davidson
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