City of Flora City Council met Sept. 5.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
OPENING CEREMONIES
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION
RECOGNITION OF RETIREMENT - Donna Corry, Librarian – 48 years August 18, 1975 to August 31, 2023
PUBLIC COMMENTS
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVE AGENDA FOR THE SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 FLORA CITY COUNCIL MEETING CONSENT AGENDA
• APPROVE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 21, 2023
• APPROVE SCHEDULE OF BILLS FOR PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 31, 2023
• SET TRICK-OR-TREAT FOR OCTOBER 31, 2023 (6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.)
REGULAR BUSINESS
Mayor Rick Slaughter
Commissioner Linda Spicer
Commissioner Jeremy Henderson
Commissioner Phil Wiley
Commissioner Jim Fehrenbacher
City Attorney Bob Coble
September 5, 2023 Page 2
City Administrator Mike Stanford
1) Lee Beckman, Milano & Grunloh Engineers – Provide Update on Grants
2) ORDINANCE NO. 23-3286, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE REPLACEMENT OF ROOF AND SIDING ON THE GAS PLANT BUILDING (Winterrowd Construction - $58,000.00)
3) ORDINANCE NO. 23-3287, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING LOT LOCATED AT 201 E. NORTH AVENUE (Luttrell Backhoe, Inc.)
4) ORDINANCE NO. 23-3288, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MILANO AND GRUNLOH ENGINEERS, LLC ($120,000.00 Design Engineering - $105,000.00 Construction Engineering)
5) ORDINANCE NO. 23-3289, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SALE OF REAL ESTATE 750 W. 3RD STREET, FLORA, ILLINOIS
6) Action by the Council to ratify and confirm the one-time stipend paid to each full-time employee ($1,150.00 from the American Rescue Grant) and the one-time utility credit given to each Fire Department and ESDA member ($100.00 from the American Rescue Grant), previously voted on at the March 20, 2023 City Council Meeting
Chief of Police Guye Durre
City Clerk Becky Burgess
City Treasurer Abbie Orel
Superintendent of Public Services Toby Rinehart
Building and Zoning Official Chad Bayles
CLOSED SESSION
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3) The selection of a person to fill a public office, as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public office, when the public body is given power to appoint under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public body is given power to remove the occupant under law or ordinance.
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body.
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21) Meetings for the discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Act either for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or a semi-annual review of the minutes as required by the Act.
OPEN SESSION
Any Action Required from Closed Session
ADJOURN
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