East Central Reporter

Village of Noble Village Board met May 12.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

The Village Council met on the above date at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order and present were Brad Kessler, Cindy Manuel, Tresa Hundley, Paul Summers, Gary Ulm, Janet Pflaum, Carol O’Dell and Ashley Pipher. Absent Carl Klingler. Guest Mike Bridges.

Opened with silent prayer and followed by reciting Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion made by Carol O’Dell to approve April 28, 2025, minutes. Seconded by Ashley Pipher. All voting Aye.

The Treasurer and Cash in Bank Reports as of the end of April were presented. Motion made by Ashley Pipher to approve the Treasurer Reports as presented. Seconded by Janet Pflaum. All voting Aye.

There is a Finance Committee meeting scheduled for May 13 at 6p.m. at the Noble Village Hall. Noble Village wide garage sales are scheduled for May 17.

The Noble Village Hall will be closed on Monday, May 26 for Memorial Day and the next board meeting will be held on Tuesday due to Memorial Day.

Garbage pickup in village limits will NOT be delayed the week of Memorial Day. MFT bid opening will be held at the Village Hall on May 27 at 11AM.

City of Olney water rate for Noble increased on May 1, 2025 (rate per 100 gallons will be $0.3696 plus basic fee of $4.81).

The committees will remain the same for the new fiscal year.

Motion made by Carol O’Dell to retain Charleston Engineering, Attorney Bart Zuber and Kapper Company as Auditors for the new fiscal year. Seconded by Paul Summers. All voting Aye.

Motion made by Ashley Pipher approved by Resolution appointing Lucinda “Cindy” Manuel as Authorized Agent for Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund effective May 12, 2025 (which action will replace Tresa Hundley). Seconded by Carol O’Dell. All voting Aye.

Treasurer Cindy discussed a possibility of a fee being charged to water customers to offset the rising expenses such as postage, modules, etc. She commented that everything is increasing and Noble should try to recoup some of their expenses. Trustee Pipher mentioned a possible flat fee of $3.00. Trustee Summers wanted to know what other communities were doing, if by flat fee amount and/or percentage. Cindy will check into this. No action taken.

Mike Bridges was present and informed the Board that he was still working on pricing for the riprap for the sewer lagoon and that it will take approximately 1600 ton instead of the 1200 ton he was thinking.

Treasurer Cindy gave an overview of an email module in Locis 8 that would be very beneficial to have and would make the process go smooth and less room for error. Motion made by Ashley Pipher to purchase the email module from Locis at a onetime cost of $650.00 and yearly $388.00. Seconded by Gary Ulm. Roll Call Vote Taken, All voting Aye.

Mayor Kessler informed the Board that truck 1 that Bill drives had a door no operating properly (hinge that fastens to door was split). Bill took the truck to Woods and a quote was given of $780.00. Bill welded the area for now. The current trucks are 2012, with truck 1 having 130,000 miles and truck 2 having 70,000 miles on them and fender wells are rusting out. Trustee Ulm mentioned only replacing 1 truck with highest mileage. Mayor Kessler and Bill will get quotes on trucks.

Mayor Kessler informed the Board that Mr. Schoonover decided to keep his existing culvert. Motion made by Ashley Pipher to pay bills presented. Seconded by Janet Pflaum. All voting Aye.

Motion made by Carol O’Dell to adjourn the meeting at 7:46 p.m. Seconded by Ashley Pipher. All voting Aye.

The meeting adjourned until May 27, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Noble Village Hall.

https://www.nobleillinois.com/files/board/2025/minutes/Minutes-May-12-2025.pdf