East Central Reporter

City of Flora City Council will meet Feb. 20.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

OPENING CEREMONIES

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION

PUBLIC COMMENTS

1) Megan Pierson, Clay County Extension Program Coordinator

a) Request to use Charley Brown Park on May 2, 2024 (Conservation Day)

b) Request to use Charley Brown Park on June 6, 2024 (4-H Cloverbud Camp)

2) Anna Rounds, Flora Chamber of Commerce

a) Request to use Charley Brown Park on April 13, 2024 (Home & Garden Show)

3) Steve Lewis – 2023 ESDA Activities and the April Eclipse

4) Any Others

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

APPROVE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2024 FLORA CITY COUNCIL MEETING 

CONSENT AGENDA

• SET CITY WIDE RUMMAGE SALES FOR MAY 17 & MAY 18, 2024

• SET CITY’S SPRING CLEAN-UP WEEK – MAY 20 – 24, 2024

• ACCEPT REQUEST FROM KARI THACKREY, FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FOR THE 8TH ANNUAL FLORA’S 6K FOR WATER – MAY 18, 2024 (6k participants are required to comply with the laws regarding the use of public streets)

• ACCEPT POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JANUARY 2024

• ACCEPT BUILDING AND ZONING REPORT FOR JANUARY 2024

• APPROVE TREASURER’S REPORT FOR JANUARY 2024

• APPROVE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 5, 2024

• APPROVE SCHEDULE OF BILLS FOR PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 14, 2024

REGULAR BUSINESS

Mayor Rick Slaughter

1) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3325, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 5(A)

Commissioner Linda Spicer

1) A RESOLUTION APPROVING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SIGNATORIES

Commissioner Jeremy Henderson

Commissioner Phil Wiley

1) A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SALES AGREEMENT CONFIRMATION WITH CONSTELLATION

Commissioner Jim Fehrenbacher

City Attorney Bob Coble

City Administrator/Economic Development Director Mike Stanford

1) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3321, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND RATIFYING A GRANT UNDER THE FAÇADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR STORM BREWING, LLC (not to exceed $7,966.75)

2) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3322, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CHARLESTON ENGINEERING, INC.

3) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3323, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL ESTATE AND RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 23-3308 (549 W. 5th Street to Luttrell Real Estate, LLC - $50.00)

4) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3324, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CHANGE ORDER WITH WINTERROWD EXCAVATING & CONSTRUCTION ($2,860.00 Increase)

5) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3326, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH CATALIS (4 year contract – $11,373.00)

6) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3328, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE BID FOR THE SALE OF 611 W. 4TH STREET (AND Enterprises, LLC - $251.00)

Chief of Police Guye Durre

City Clerk Becky Burgess

Superintendent of Public Services Toby Rinehart

1) Accept Proposal from Mathis Excavating, Inc. for Crushing and Recycling Concrete (not to exceed $20,000.00)

Building and Zoning Official Chad Bayles

1) Approval to Hire Kyle Nicholson – Effective February 21, 2024

Park Department Laborer - $26.82/hour (per union contract)

CLOSED SESSION (cont’d)

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

ADJOURN

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