East Central Reporter

City of Flora City Council met May 6.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

OPENING CEREMONIES

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION

PUBLIC COMMENTS

1) Stephen Smith – Ford Town Fun Fest

2) Steve Eastin – New Structure at the Fair Grounds

3) Lisa Erbacher – All American Boy & Girl Contest

4) Any Others

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

APPROVE AGENDA FOR MAY 6, 2024 FLORA CITY COUNCIL MEETING CONSENT AGENDA

• APPROVE PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES OF APRIL 15, 2024

• APPROVE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 15, 2024

• APPROVE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 24, 2024

REGULAR BUSINESS

Mayor Rick Slaughter

Commissioner Linda Spicer

Commissioner Jeremy Henderson

1) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3345, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF A KUBOTA COMPACT TRACTOR (Carter Turf & Tractor - $25,200.00)

Commissioner Phil Wiley

Commissioner Jim Fehrenbacher

City Attorney Bob Coble

Chief of Police Guye Durre

City Administrator/Economic Development Director Mike Stanford

1) Approve a Resolution Appropriating RBI and MFT Funds for the Main Street Project (approximately $950,000.00)

2) ORDINANCE NO. 24-3344, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CHAD A LEWIS, TERESA A. LEWIS AND LEWIS FARMS LTD PARTNERSHIP (Sludge Agreement – May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2026)

City Clerk Becky Burgess

Building and Zoning Official Chad Bayles

Superintendent of Public Services Toby Rinehart

1) Approve Invoice from VIPOWER Services for Neshap Monitoring and Reporting Equipment for Generation Site A & B ($62,779.00)

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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