East Central Reporter

City of Flora City Council met April 1.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

OPENING CEREMONIES 

CALL TO ORDER 

ROLL CALL 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

INVOCATION 

PUBLIC COMMENTS 

1) Mike Genthe – Clay County Cruisers Inc. Request to Use Charley Brown Park on  July 20, 2024 with Rain Date of July 27, 2024 (20th Annual Car & Truck Show) 

2) Roy Smith – Veterans Suicide Awareness – Be The One Walk (May 11, 2024) 

3) Any Others 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA 

APPROVE AGENDA FOR APRIL 1, 2024 FLORA CITY COUNCIL MEETING CONSENT AGENDA 

• APPROVE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 18, 2024 

• APPROVE SCHEDULE OF BILLS FOR PERIOD ENDING MARCH 27, 2024 

• APPROVE FLORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO USE CHARLEY BROWN MEMORIAL  PARK ON MAY 10, 2024 – RAIN DATE OF MAY 16, 2024 (ACCELERATED READING  CELEBRATION) 

REGULAR BUSINESS 

Mayor Rick Slaughter 

Commissioner Linda Spicer 

Commissioner Jeremy Henderson

April 1, 2024 Page 2 

Commissioner Phil Wiley 

1) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3338, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FLORA, CLAY COUNTY,  ILLINOIS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A NEW POWER SALES CONTRACT AND  A NEW CAPACITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC  AGENCY FOR THE DELIVERY PERIOD COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2035 

Commissioner Jim Fehrenbacher 

City Attorney Bob Coble 

Chief of Police Guye Durre 

City Administrator/Economic Development Director Mike Stanford 

1) Milano & Grunloh Engineers, LLC – Update on Grants 

2) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3339, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LED  SERVICE LINE INVENTORY GRANT PROGRAM 

3) Approve Increase in the Charley Brown Memorial Park Camping Fees for April 5, 2024  through April 8, 2024 ($75.00 per night) 

4) Approve Charging for Parking at Charley Brown Memorial Park on April 8, 2024 ($30.00 per spot) 

5) Update on Surplus Property Bids 

City Clerk Becky Burgess 

Building and Zoning Official Chad Bayles 

1) Approve Pool Employees and Hourly Rates of Pay – 2024 Season 

2) Approve Bidding for a Tractor (Park Department) 

3) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3335, AN ORDINANCE REZONING REAL ESTATE OWNED BY  THE ESTATE OF MARGARET M. ETCHISON AND BEING PURCHASED BY E.J. LEWIS  PROPERTIES, LLC TO C-2 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (Stanford Ave.) 

Superintendent of Public Services Toby Rinehart 

1) Transfer Dakota Woods from Meter Reader ($32.71/hour) to Gas Dept. 1st Year  Apprentice ($32.14/hour) – Effective March 25, 2024 

2) Transfer Jarrad Hildebrand from Street Dept. Laborer ($27.76/hour) to Meter Reader  ($32.71/hour) – Effective March 25, 2024 

3) Transfer Steve Rose from Gas Department Journeyman ($36.57/hour) to Street  Department Operator ($32.71/hour) – Effective March 25, 2024 

4) Transfer Jesse Campos from Park Dept. Laborer to Street Dept. Laborer (no change in  pay - $27.76/hour) – Effective March 25, 2024

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 

ADJOURN

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