North Egypt News

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella

May 15, 2020

City of Mt. Vernon City Council met May 4.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Roll Call 5. Presentation of Journals for the April 20, 2020 Public Budget Hearing and the April 20, 2020 Regular City Council Meeting. 6. Visitors/Citizen Request/Addresses from the Audience.

Public Forum Rules of Participation Participants wishing to address the City Council on matters listed on the agenda or on any other matter directly relevant to the business of the City of Mt. Vernon shall do so during the Public Participation portion of the agenda. Each person wishing to speak during the Public Participation portion shall sign a Speaker's List at the meeting prior to the start of the meeting providing his/her name and the topic to be discussed. Speakers will be recognized by the Mayor in the order the speaker's name appears on the Speaker's List. Public participation portion of the meeting shall be limited to five (5) minutes per person. All participants are expected to exercise common courtesy and follow any rules of order established or announced by the Mayor and/or City Council.

7. Approval of Consolidated Vouchers for Accounts Payable.

8. BIDS & QUOTES

9. CITY MANAGER

9-A Request permission to close 9th Street from Jordan to Casey and Jordan from 10th Street to gth Street on Saturday, May 9th for a Mobile Food Market provided by the United Way and University of Illinois Extension

9-B Request permission to go out for bid on the Storm Sewer Project for the 2800 block of Cherry

10. CITY ATTORNEY

10-A Second reading of an ordinance approving sewer rate increase

10-B First reading of an ordinance declaring surplus municipal property

10-C Resolution to approve a service agreement for website design, development, maintenance, and hosting between the City of Mt. Vernon and Louder Designs, Inc

10-D Resolution to approve application for Geo's Lounge Inc

10-E Resolution to approve application for Green Hills Golf Club, Inc

10-F Resolution to approve application for Off-Broadway Dry Cleaners

10-G Resolution to approve application for Parkway Shoe Repair Service

10-H Resolution to approve application for RARE Chop House

10-1 Resolution to approve application for The Waffle Company

11. MAYOR

11-A Reappointment of Joe Wilks to the Mt. Vernon Housing Authority board

12. CITY COUNCIL

13. VISITORS/CITIZEN REQUEST/ADDRESS FROM THE AUDIENCE

14. EXECUTIVE SESSION

15. ADJOURNMENT