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City of Mt. Vernon City Council met Aug. 16.

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 August 2, 2021 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

8-A Bid results for the demolition of the Johnston Funeral Home building 

9. CITY MANAGER

9-A Approval of subdivision preliminary and final plat at Broadway and 34tH Street — 4.3 acres; AJM, LLC - Aldi & Harbor Freight parcels

9-B Approval of subdivision preliminary and final consolidated plat at Broadway and 34th Street — 2.37 acres; AJM, LLC - Aldi & Harbor Freight parcels

9-C Street closure request — 9th Street from Harrison Street to Broadway on August 25, 2021 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for the Clydesdales Parade Requesting Party: City of Mt. Vernon Tourism

10. CIT Y ATTORNEY

10-A Ordinance to approve rezoning of property at 1706 & 1708 S. 14th Street from R-M2, medium density residential & mobile home and R-2, medium density, to B-2, secondary business, for the purpose of new business construction

Petitioning Parry: Kenneth Aydt

10-B Consideration of ordinance to approve rezoning of property at 501 S. 34th Street from A-G, general agriculture, to R-1, low density residential, for the purpose of constructing a storage building

Petitioning Parry: C. Kent & Marinda J. Renshaw

10-C Resolution to approve Amendment Three to the agreement for operation, maintenance, and management services for the City of Mt. Vernon wastewater treatment facilities between the City and Veolia Water Contract Services

10-D Resolution to request permission from IDOT to close IL 15 and IL 37 on December 11, 2021 from 4:30pm-6pm for Christmas Parade

10-E Resolution to approve the updated agreement with Farnsworth Group, Inc to include construction management services with Holland Construction relating to the Police Station project

10-F Resolution to approve an additional service agreement for architect services with Farnsworth Group, Inc related to the improvement of the street intersection at Logan Street and S. 27th Street

11. MAYOR

12. CITY COUNCIL

13. VISITORS/CITIZEN REQUEST/ADDRESS FROM THE AUDIENCE

14. EXECUTIVE SESSION

15. ADJOURNMENT

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