Village of Dieterich Board of Trustees met Aug. 1.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
The Dieterich Village Board met in regular session at 6:30 p.m. at Dieterich Village Hall located at 103 W. Section Street.
The meeting was called to order by President Brad Hardiek and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
The following Trustees were present: Chad White; Pam Hartke; Bill Lane; Sean Pankau and Carrie Galbraith. Trustee Derick Stumeier was absent. With five Trustees and President Brad Hardiek present, a quorum was declared to be present. Also at the meeting were: Village Clerk Brittny Gipson, Maintenance Supervisor Mike Campbell, and Village Engineer Lee Beckman.
A motion was made by Trustee P. Hartke; seconded by Trustee B. Lane to approve the omnibus agenda: approve minutes of the July 18, 2022 regular meeting, approve the Treasurer’s Report and approve Expenditures. Roll call was 5 yes and 0 no.
Village Engineer Lee Beckman reported the final walkthrough with Feutz and IDOT for the Dieterich Industrial Park East streets and storm sewer was completed on June 30, 2022. There were a few locations of erosion and one location where extra rip rap was required to be installed before IDOT would give final approval for the project. The cost for the erosion repairs and extra rip rap was estimated at $10,500. Feutz will be repairing those items with time and material charges, so the final amount could vary some.
Engineer Beckman had no new updates to report on the Wright Family Center. AKRA and the Village need to agree on the revised contract language before next steps are taken.
Lee reported we are still waiting for the State to send us the NOSAF and NOSA for the DCEO E. Section Street storm sewer project. No work can begin until both documents are received from the State.
Engineer Beckman reported he is trying to schedule a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) meeting with IDOT to go over details of the grant project. Lee anticipates the project should begin sometime in 2023.
The Board reviewed Lee’s information on the extra ditch checks for North Pointe ditch. Each set of ditch checks would cost $6,000-$8,000. Lee reported that the cost would be less if more than one check was installed. New ditch checks would be the most cost effective way to slow down the flow of water and decrease the erosion in the ditch.
Maintenance Supervisor Mike Campbell reported there was a sink hole in the unimproved right-of-way just west of the 200 E. Virginia Street property. After investigation, it appears to be a broken clay storm water drain line coming from the 200 E. Section Street property. According to the previous homeowner, the clay tile was damaged during the sanitary sewer main replacement in 2009. It appears the repaired joint has separated. Mike thinks from the location of the break to the creek may all have to be replaced.
Mike requested that he be allowed to keep Part-time Summer employee, Dalton Budde, on through the remainder of the mowing season. The Board agreed Dalton could stay through mowing season.
Mike reported they had to read over 200 water meters manually this past month, since the Badger meter encoders were not registering the electronic reads. The Board requested that Treasurer French not pay the $0.89 per meter fee this month to Badger, since they were not working.
Mike reported he was researching a POW-MIA honorary memorial chair for the Veterans Memorial at Liberty Park. A gentleman with the Rolling Thunder organization reached out to him regarding the chair. Trustees agreed this would be a great addition to our Memorial and discussed locations for the POW-MIA chair. Mike was going to get more details and cost information.
The Village Hall roof patch repairs were starting to leak again. Mike discussed the poor condition of the roof and explained that patching more wasn’t an option for long term repairs. The Board agreed to seek quotes for the roof replacement.
During the comments portion of the meeting, Trustee Galbraith mentioned some of the engraved bricks at the Veterans Memorial look to be shifting and they needed to be reset soon. Clerk Gipson reported that five new engraved bricks had recently been ordered, so when those were installed, we could make repairs to others.
At 9:14 p.m. a motion was made by Trustee C. White; seconded by Trustee B. Lane to adjourn the meeting. Roll call was 5 yes and 0 no.
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