The Eureka City Council convened in regular session at the City Building on August 6, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Scott Punke called the meeting to order and led The Pledge of Allegiance and then directed the City Clerk to call the roll. Present were Aldermen, Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, V. Punke, Kupfer, Zeltwanger, and Hinnen. Alderman Waters was absent. Also in attendance were Lynn Hinnen, Treasurer; Marilyn Walter, City Clerk; Jim Lehman, Director of Public Works; Chief Al Misener; and Anne Sandvik, Acting City Administrator.
Moved by Hinnen, second by V. Punke, to approve the amended minutes of the July 16, 2007, regular meeting of the City Council. Passed on roll call vote with Hinnen, V. Punke, Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye. Changes to be made are (1) in Paragraph 5 to change Meares to Hinnen and (2) in Paragraph 10 to remove the last three words – Kupfer voted here.
The Mayor asked for public comments on any action to be taken on Agenda items. There were none.
Moved by Hinnen, second by Kupfer, to approve and pay the bills for expenses of the City’s obligation in the amount of $202,278.29. Passed on roll call vote with Hinnen, Kupfer, Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, V. Punke, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.
Moved by Meares, second by V. Punke, to approve the recommendation from the Administration Committee and the Planning Commission for Resolution R-07-06 authorizing the agreement between the City of Eureka and Gerald Yoder to plat three lots on Parkway Drive in the Knolls.
Attorney Brian Mooty, representing Dorothy Cross, spoke to this issue. He expressed appreciation to the Planning Commission for taking the time on August 2 to hear his issues with the easement over the Cross property. A compromise was reached concerning added traffic with the building of homes on the Yoder property. Scott explained the issues to the rest of the Council members.
The above motion passed on roll call vote with Meares, V. Punke, Hinthorne, Prather, Kupfer, Zeltwanger, and Hinnen all voting Aye.
Moved by Meares, second by Prather, to approve the recommendation from the Planning Commission and the Administration Committee of the “Yoder’s Place” plat as presented by Jerry Yoder which plats three lots along Parkway Drive. Passed on roll call vote with Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, Waters, V. Punke, Kupfer, Zeltwanger, and Hinnen all voting Aye.
Moved by Meares, second by V. Punke, to approve the recommendation from the Planning Commission and the Administration Committee for the street dedication from Jerry Yoder with the addition of the dedication for a turn-around at the end of Parkway Drive. The fire department requested the addition of a turn-around to allow for the future development of the remaining Yoder/Rood property. Passed on roll call vote with Meares,
V. Punke, Hinthorne, Prather, Kupfer, Zeltwanger, and Hinnen all voting Aye.
Moved by Meares, second by Hinnen, to approve the recommendation from the Planning Commission and the Administration Committee of Ordinance 07-08 to amend the Eureka Municipal Zoning Code Title 17 Zoning, Special Use – Procedure for Consideration of a Special Use and Required Public Notice. Passed on roll call vote with Meares, Hinnen, Hinthorne, Prather, V. Punke, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye. This makes it mandatory that neighbors be notified of special use of a property.
A review of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency engineering evaluation of the community water supply was discussed. Moved by Hinnen, second by Meares, to approve the letter of response written by Anne and Al Jacobsgaard to the EPA addressing the deficiencies and recommendations. Passed on roll call vote with Hinnen, Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, V. Punke, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.
Moved by Hinnen, second by Meares, to approve the recommendation from the Enterpise Committee for the purchase of a hose from Coe Equipment for $5,403.00 plus shipping for the Vactor Truck. The cost is to be divided three ways for $1,801 each: Water, Sewer, and Maintenance. The current hose has a bulge which is due to the amount of pressure the hose is under. It could blow and cause severe injury to an employee. Discussion about perhaps dividing the cost by use rather than equally among the three departments. The motion was left as is. The above motion passed on roll call vote with Hinnen, Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, V. Punke, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.
Moved by V. Punke, second by Meares, to approve the recommendation from the Maintenance Committee to accept the low bid from Rahn Equipment Company for a new Giant Vac Self-Contained Leaf Loader in the amount of $23,307.50. Passed on roll call vote with V. Punke, Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, Kupfer, Zeltwanger, and Hinnen all voting Aye. Rahn offered $1,000 for our old machine. Anne is checking with area communities to see if they would be interested in our old machine which still works. Scott is also asking other Mayors. Many communities do not offer leaf pickup at this time.
Moved by Hinnen, second by V. Punke, to approve the recommendation from the Enterprise Committee to accept the low bid of $109,020.90 from Walker Excavating for construction of the miscellaneous water projects. The engineer’s estimate was $125,000. Passed on roll call vote with Hinnen, V. Punke, Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.
Moved by Hinnen, second by Zeltwanger, to approve the recommendation from the Enterprise Committee to participate in the construction of the sewer extension south of the sewer plant to allow for the development of the Eureka College property along Reagan Drive and east of Dickinson Drive at a cost not to exceed $40,000. Passed on roll call vote with Hinnen, Zeltwanger, Meares, Hinthorne, Prather, V. Punke, and Kupfer all voting Aye.
Moved by Hinnen, second by Hinthorne, to approve A.J. Dowiatt, Inc. to design the City portion of the sewer extension south to the Parkview Estates sanitary sewer. Passed on roll call vote with Hinnen, Hinthorne, Meares, Prather, V. Punke, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.
Committee Reports:
Chairman Meares of the Administration and Personnel Committee: Held meeting at 6:20 this evening to discuss many of the items on tonight’s agenda.
Chairman Hinnen of the Enterprise Committee: No report
Chairman V. Punke of the Public Safety Committee: No report
Chairman Hinnen of the Park and Recreation Committee: No report
Chairman Kupfer of the Economic Development Committee: Steve called Dawn Maloney concerning the plans for the Sesquicentennial celebration in 2009. A meeting will be held soon.
Chairman Mayor Punke of the Liquor Committee: There is an August 15 meeting to review compliance checks and relation of alcohol sales to food sales.
Chairperson Hinthorne of the Communications Committee: We have offered a pamphlet holder to the Cornerstone Restaurant for area brochures.
New Business: None
Public Comments or Questions: None
There being no further business to come before the Council the meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Marilyn Walter
City Clerk
