City of West Frankfort City Council met Feb. 14.
Here are the minutes provided by the council:
West Frankfort Regular Council Meeting
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
1. Mayor Jordan Called The Meeting To Order At 6:00 P.M. Requesting A Roll Call. All Commissioners, The City Attorney And City Clerk Were In Attendance.
2. Mayor Jordan Asked For Approval Of The Minutes From The January 24th, 2023 Regular Council Meeting. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
3. The Next Item Was Approval To Pay The Bills In The Amount Of $242,160.42. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
4. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding Acceptance Of Bids For Surplus Property. This Property Is Located At 103 South Odle. We Received One Bid From Abigail Dinn And Luke Morris In The Amount Of $3,000.00. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
5. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Proposed New Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City And Local 2402 International Association Of Fire Fighters, Afl-Cio, Clc To Cover The Period Of March 1, 2023 Through February 28, 2026. The Mayor Stated We Have Approval On This Contract Pending Final Verification Of The Wording In The Contract. The Contents Of The Agreement Is All Set And Approved By All. We Will Have The Contract To Sign Next Council Meeting. We May Change The Date For The Contract To Be End Instead Of Having Them All End On The Same Date We May Change This One To End In Three (3) Years Instead Of Two (2). Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
6. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Proposed New Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City And Laborers Local 773/Water Maintenance Department To Cover The Period Of March 1, 2023 Through February 28, 2026. The Mayor Stated We Have Approval On This Contract Pending Final Verification Of The Wording In The Contract. The Contents Of The Agreement Is All Set As Well But We May Change This To Renew Every Two (2) Years Instead Of Three (3) So They All Are Not Renewing At The Same Time Right Now We Have Six That Are Up For Renewal This Year. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
7. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Proposed New Collective Bargaining Agreement Between The City And Laborers Local 773/Street Maintenance Department To Cover The Period Of March 1, 2023 Through February 28, 2026. The Mayor Stated We Have Approval On This Contract Pending Final Verification Of The Wording In The Contract. The Contents Of The Agreement Is All Set As Well But We May Change This To Renew Every Two (2) Years Instead Of Three (3) So They All Are Not Renewing At The Same Time Right Now We Have Six That Are Up For Renewal This Year. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
8. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding A Letter Of Intent To Purchase Real Property Located In The Burton Subdivision, Lot 4 And A Portion Of Lot 5. The Mayor Stated Im Excited To Say That We Have Received This Letter Of Intent From Grady Commercial Real Estate Development That We Would Agree To Sell Lot 4 And A Portion Of Lot 5 For $225,000.00. What The Mayor Can Tell Us Is That This Is A Nationally Known Major Corporation. This Business Is In The Food Service Industry. They Said That If They Told Us What It Was, We Would Have To Sign A Non- Disclosure. But They Did Disclose That It Is A Nationally Known Food Service Industry. The Letter States That The Letter Is Non Binding And Does Not Constitute A Contract To Purchase The Property. It Just Expresses The Mutal Intent To Enter Into A Binding Agreement. This Is The First Step. This Will Be Right Next Door To Taco Bell. And We Will Be Talking About This In The Months To Come Stated The Mayor. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
9. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding An Amendment To Water Supply Contract Between Rend Lake Conservancy District And The City Of West Frankfort. The Mayor Stated This Contract Goes Back To 1965. This Contract Will Amend The Existing Contract And Will Delete All Rate Adjustments Every Five Years In Paragraphs 2 And 3 Of The Amendment To Water Supply Contract And Substitute In Paragraph 2 With "The Purchaser Agrees To Pay The District For All Water Supplied In Accordance With The Rate Schedule As Adopted By The District From Time To Time, But, Not More Frequently Than One Year.” So What We Are Allowing Rend Lake To Do Is Have Water Adjustments Not Just Once Every Five Years. But If They Need To, They Can Do It Once A Year. The Mayor Stated At His Meeting He Was Informed The Cost Of Chemicals, Testing Etc Is Rising Drastically So Rend Lake Conservancy District Has To Do This. They Are Hoping That The Costs Will Go Back Down And They Will Not Have To Increase It Too Much Over The Next Few Years. This Way We Are Not All Hit With A Large Increase At One Time. Commissioner Warren Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
10. The Next Item Was Approval Of An Ordinance Vacating An Alley Between And Adjacent To Pin 12-20-177-010 And Pin 12-20- 177-006 Lying Just North Of Lindell Street. The Mayor Stated This Is The Property Up By Trinity Church. It's West Of The Hotel Abraham Lincoln Stayed In There Is An Alley There In Between Those Two Lots. This Amendment Will Remove That Alley And Give Half To One Lot And Half To The Other Lot. The Owner Of Each Lot Will Pay $250.00 Each For A Total Of $500.00 Fee For Vacating The Alley. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
11. The Next Item Was Approval Of A Resolution For Improvement For Downtown Streetscape Project. The Mayor Stated This Is A Request From Idot That Will Go From Jefferson To Monroe On Main Street. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
12. The Next Item Was Approval Of Change Order #2 Regarding The Water System Meter Replacement - Phase 1. The Mayor Stated This Was Approved Previously But Some Of The Small Meters Need To Be Replaced With Larger Meters That Weren't Factored In The Original Invoice Due To Not Knowing These Were Smaller Meters At These Businesses. This Increase Is $6,736.00. Commissioner Warren Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
13. The Next Item Was Approval To Pay An Invoice #29 From Brown & Roberts, Inc. In The Amount Of $27,530.35 For Phase 1 Engineering Services Regarding 157 & Il Rt 149 Interchange Modification Phase 1 Engineering. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
14. The Next Item Was Approval To Pay An Invoice From Franklin County Emergency Management Agency In The Amount Of $2,500.00 Regarding Emergency Management Special Operations Contribution. This Is For The Nixle Notification System. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
15. The Next Item Was Approval To Purchase A Hach Sl1000 Portable Parallel Analyzer In The Amount Of $5,666.00 For The Water Department. The Mayor Stated This Is For Samples That Jim White Of The Water Department Needs To Take. This Does Meet The Requirements Of The Epa. Commissioner Warren Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
16. The Next Item Was Approval To Pay An Invoice From Utility Pipe Sales Co. In The Amount Of $4,700.00 For The Water Department. Commissioner Warren Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
17. The Next Item Was Approval Of An Invoice From Weeks Chevrolet For Three Ram Crew Cab 1⁄2 Ton 4x4 In The Amount Of $28,055.00 Each For The Police Department. These Vehicles Were Previously Approved For Purchase By Council. But Now That They Are All In Stock And We Have All The Vin Numbers We Want To Make Sure Our Paper Work Is All On File. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
18. Officer's Report
Fire Report For The Month Of January 2023. Chief Sailliez Reported That They Had 183-Ambulance Calls, 2 Rubbish/Illegal Fires, 2- Brush/Field Fires, 4 Motor Vehicle Accidents, 1-Fire Alarm, 1-Vehicle Fire, 9 Fire Emergencies; (Gas Leaks, Power Lines Down, Etc.), 6 Structure Fires, 2- Smoke Scares, 3- Mutual Aid Fire Responses, 2- Mutual Aid Ambulance, 9-Ambulance Calls Turned Over To Mutual Aid. For A Total Of 223 Calls During The Month. The Department Used Approximately 38,000 Gallons Of Water. The Department Collected $39,650.42 For January Ambulance Calls.
Police Report For The Month Of January 2023. Chief Prudent Reported Officers Answered A Total Of 901 Calls For Service. Of Those Calls 20 Were Traffic Accidents, 1 With Injuries. Officers Responded To 27 Domestic Disputes, 4 Fights In Progress, 18 Alarms, 1 Intoxicated Persons, 9 Burglaries, 18 Reports Of Criminal Damage To Property, 24 Complaints Of Juvenile Problems, 27 Reported Thefts, And 35 Complaints Of Disorderly Conduct/Disturbances. And Officers Made 36 Street Contacts.
Officers Conducted 265 Traffic Stops, Where They Issued 67 Citiations, 205 Warnings, And 27 Lw-27's. There Were 78 Adult Arrests Made And 4 Juvenile Arrests, Resulting In 104 Criminal Charges Filed.
Dispatchers Answered 1,129 Calls.
Of Those, 684 Were 9-1-1 Calls, 80 Were Walk In Requests. 901 Were For Police, 220 Were For West Frankfort Fire, 7 Were For Thompsonville Fire/Ems, 10 Were For Abbott Ems, And 0 For United Ambulance. For The Month Of January, We Collected $4,475.00 In Fines And Fees.
Codes Report For The Month Of January 2023. Permit:
1-Building Permits, 1~Sign Permits. Rental Properties: 11~Rental Inspections Performed. Case Activity Report ~ 26 Which Includes Doors Tagged Verbal Warnings, Vehicles Tagged, Inspections Of Violations, Inspections, Citations Issued, Letters Sent, Etc. The Codes Department Brought In $465.00 For Inspection, Registration, And Permit Fees For The Month Of January.
Building And Sign Permits ~ We Have One Sign Permit, One Demo Permit, And One Billboard.
The First One Is A Demo Permit For Roger Rodely At 701 N Illinois Avenue. There Is An Old House Located There That
They Purchased And They Want To Tear Down. There Is No Permit Fee For Demolition. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
The Sign Permit Is For E.R. Brown Furniture And Roth Signs
For Their Bfj Location At 401 East Main. This Will Replace The Old Sign With A New Neon Sign At A Cost Of $48,500.00. The Fee Will Be $75.00. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Harkins. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Voted To
Approve. Motion Carried.
The Last One Is A Permit For A Digital Billboard Downtown To Be Located At Raubach Video. Codes Officers Snell Stated Last Time We Had Some Concern From The Planning Commission On Having These All Over Our Downtown Area. He Recommends Tabling This One Until The Planning Commission Meets Again To See If We Are Still Moving Forward With Placing A Limit As To How Many Of These Can Be In The Downtown Area. All Commissioners And Mayor Jordan Decided To Table.
19. Mayors & Commissioners Comments~ The Mayor Stated He Has Been Busy For The Last Few Months Getting The Six Contracts Done For The City Employees. He Has The Fire Fighters, Water And Street Departments All Finished Up. Friday I Have A Meeting With The Dispatchers, The Teamsters Will Be Meeting With Me. Hopefully We Have The Sewer Department Done Before The Next Council Meeting.
Im Excited About The Property Out At The Mall. Its Hard Not To Get Too Excited. We Have Had Keith Moran Of Moran Economic Development Involved In This Process To Help Us.
He Assures Us This Is The Normal First Step In Getting This Business To West Frankfort.
The Mayor Also Stated He Wants To Thank Larry Presley, Since We Do Not Have A Sewer Superintendent, He Has Stepped Up To Help Us Out There Until One Can Be Hired.
Commissioner Reports~
Commissioner Harkins Stated Police And Fire DepartmentsAre Staying Busy As Usual. The Only Issue Is The Aerial IsDown Right Now. Chief Sailliez Stated The Large CylindersOn The Ladder Are Being Rebuilt By K&E. Commissioner Harkins Stated That He Thinks Our New Squad Cars And Trucks Are All On The Road Now.
Commissioner Howard Stated He Doesn't Have A Whole Lot To Report. Im Still Learning, But We Are Working On Getting Some Things Resolved. I Will Be Meeting With The Gentleman From The Software Company This Friday The 17th,And I'm Going To Have Him Show Me Some Things.
Commissioner Stanley Stated Larry And The Street Guys Have Kept Busy All Weekend Pumping The Water Out. We Had To Get Another Pump Out There. We Also Got The New Street Sweeper In And They Have Been On The Road All Day Today Using It.
We Also Finally Got The Speed Bumps Put Out Behind This Building So That Way The People Who Run Up And Down This Alley Will Have To Slow Down Before They Run Over One Of The Employees. Also, A Stop Sign And A Sign Telling You Which Way To Turn When Leaving The Drive Thru Here At City Hall.
Commissioner Warren Stated The Water And Sewer Department Is Working, Jim White Is Out Right Now Finishing Up A Problem That Happened Earlier This Evening. But Everything Is Running Good.
Audience Comments:
There Were No Audience Comments Or Questions.
Codes Officer Thad Snell Stated The Angelli Building Will Be Coming Down In The Coming Week. They Have Installed The Fence Around It. They Are Starting Demolition Right Now With Removing Some Windows, Pipe, Etc Out Of The Building. They Feel Confident They Will Have It Down And All Cleaned Up By Next Week. We Have Hired Tabor Pest Control To Have It Sprayed For Bugs Before The Building Comes Down And The Businesses Around It.
The Mayor Stated Thad Was A Big Asset To This Situation HeHas A Good Rapport With Mr. Mize And We Were Able To Sit Down With Him And Work Out An Agreement. So I Appreciate Thad For All The Work He Has Put Into Getting This Building Down.
Chief Sailliez Stated He Has One More Thing To Add To TheMeeting We Have A New Addition To The Fire Department Family. A Healthy Baby Boy For The Murphy Family.
20. With No Further Business To Be Discussed, The Meeting WasAdjourned On A Motion By Commissioner Harkins At 6:40 P.M.
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