City of West Frankfort City Council met June 27.
Here are the minutes provided by the council:
1. Mayor Arview Called The Meeting To Order At 6:00 P.M. Requesting A Roll Call. All Commissioners, And Deputy City Clerk Were In Attendance. The City Clerk And City Attorney Have Not Been Appointed.
2. The Next Item Was Approval Of The Minutes From The June 12th, 2023 Special Council Meeting. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
2b. The Next Item Was Approval Of The Minutes From The June 13th, 2023 Regular Council Meeting. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
3. The Next Item Was Approval To Adopt An Ordinance Establishing A Budget For Corporate Purposes For The City Of West Frankfort For The Fiscal Year Commencing On The First Day Of May 2023 And Ending On The Last Day Of April 2024. The Mayor Stated We Had A Budget Meeting Here At 5:30 P.M. There Were Not Any Questions By Anyone In The Audience And The Commissioners Have Had A Chance To Review That So I Would Make A Motion To Approve The Budget. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
4. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding Approval Of Amended City Attorney Ordinance. Mayor Arview Stated What This Is; Is To Remove The Residency Requirement From The Ordinance. So, They Will Not Have To Be A Resident Within The Corporate Limits Of The City. Ultimately, We Would Prefer To Have An Attorney
From West Frankfort But We A Can’t Always Find That. So, It Will Be Amended. Commissioner Warren Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
5. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, On Approval Of An Ordinance Amending The Adding Of A Zoning Board Of Appeals. The Mayor Stated At Our Last Meeting We Had Our City Attorney Draft Up An Ordinance For The Zoning Board Of Appeals. We Wanted To Make Sure That The Language Was Clear Even Though Our Codes Officer Will Also Be Our Zoning Administrator We Want To Make Sure That Any Appeals To The Zoning Board Are Not Codes Appeals. If You Violate Codes That Is A Different Thing Than The Zoning Board. We Now Have That Wording Corrected. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
At This Time The Deputy City Clerk Noticed The Voice Recorder Had Not Been Started By The Mayor At The Beginning Of The Meeting. The Voice Recorder Was Then Turned On So The Minutes Will Start With The Next Item If Anyone Should Request To Listen To Voice Recording. We Do Have The Facebook Live Video To Watch On The City Of West Frankfort – Mayor’s Office.
6. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, On Approval Of An Ordinance Regulating Fishing Tournaments Or Competitions Held At Old & New City Lake. Mayor Arview And Commissioner Warren Met With The Lake Committee And They Expressed Interest In Establishing Something Like This For Unauthorized Fishing Tournaments At The Lake. So, This Will Enforce Those Rules If We Have Something Like This Going On At The Lake. Troy Williams Of The Idnr Stated The Tournaments Are Regulated Through Idnr. If There Are Tournaments Out There That Aren’t Issued Through Idnr, I Would Like To Know About That. Mr. Williams Stated They Are All Listed On Ifishillinois.Org They Are Listed Publicly As Far As The Tournament Page. There Are Actually Three Left, For The New Lake July 11, August 8, And September 5th, 2023. And Two Left For The Old Lake On August 1st, And August 29th, 2023. Those Are What We Call The Tuesday Night Group. Commissioner Warren Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
7. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding Bids Received For The Installation Of Ada Doors For City Hall. The Mayor Stated We Are Actually At Some Point Going To Be Establishing A Position For A Cordinator Basically Someone That Is Already Here That Can Watch For These Kinds Of Things For Us In Our City Properties. But Right Now, We Have An Issue With Our Doors Here At City Hall Not Being Handicap Friendly. Its Hard To Get In And Out Of The Building. We Have A Bid From Marion Glass For $4,000.00 Which Would Furnish And Install One Automated Door With Two Push Button Switches. Running The Electrical Would Be An Extra Cost We Would Have To Get Bids On. The Other Bid Was From Shoemaker For $6,500.00 To Run A Wireless System. The Mayor Stated It Looks To Him That The Bid From Marion Glass & Mirror Is The Best Option. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
8. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding Approval Of A Resolution To Utilize Rebuild Illinois Funds As Part Of A Local Match For Phase Ii Engineering, Row Acquisition, Phase Ii Engineering And Construction Of I57 & Il149 Interchange Modifications Including Associated Local Streets. Commissioner Stanley Stated He Would Like To Be Able To Get Together With Mike Roberts Of Brown & Roberts Inc To Discuss This Project And Get Everyone Up To Date About It. The Mayor Stated We Will Get A Meeting Set Up For This Next Week And Table This Until Then. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Table, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Table. Motion Tabled.
9. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding Windstream And Installing A Fiber Optic Cable In City Right Of Way License. The Mayor Stated Windstream Has Asked To Dig Up Some Sidewalks To Put In Fiber Optic Cable. The Actual Location Is At 205 W 9th Street. City Attorney Kathryn Renik Stated She Had Talked To Former City Attorney Mr. Riva Who Was Dealing With This Prior To Her Taking This Job. He Had Stated There Were A Couple Of Things Needing To Be Checked From What He Was Given. Ms. Renik Stated She Has Not Seen That And Would Like To Table This Until She Has Looked Over The Document. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Table, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Table. Motion Tabled.
10. The Next Item Was Approvalto Appoint An Authorized Agent For Imrf. The Mayor Stated Nancy Hobson Has Been Doing This, But The They Need An Official Appointment Of This Job To Handle It. This Is The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Harkins. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
11. The Next Item Was Approval To Add Jordan’s Towing, Llc To The Police Department Tow Rotation List. The Mayor Stated We Have A List Of Towing Services That We Rotate Through And They Have Asked To Be Added To That. Chief Of Police John Prudent Stated They Meet All The Requirements To Be Added. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
12. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding Replacement Of Current Mobile Cad System For All Fire & Police Apparatus In The Amount Of $121,905.29. Captain Jeffords Stated Anytime Anyone Calls 911 It Goes Through This Mobile Cad System. They Input Whats Going On Whether They Need Police Or Fire. Currently If They Log All Of This In The System, They Have To Get Ahold Of Us On The Radio To Dispatch Us To That Location. This Would Update All The Hardware In The Police And All Fire Apparatus. This Is A Live System So As The Dispatchers Are Putting In This Information It Would Send Us An Alert; We Are Going To Greatly Reduce The Response Times. The New Systems Will Also Have Gps So At Any Time The Dispatchers Can Look At The Map On Their Computer And See Where Each Of Their Units Are At. If They Can’t Get Ahold Of Us On The Radio, They Will Know Our Exact Location. Chief Prudent Stated This Will Be Beneficial For The Police Department As Well. This Is Basically A Real Time Computer System That Allows Us To See What Is Going On In Real Time. It Will Give Us The Quickest Route To Get To A Location Along With The 911 Mapping. Captain Jeffords Stated Most Of This Is A One Time Fee For The Hardware But The Annual Maintenance Fee Would Be Increase By $6,000.00 A Year. Commissioner Stanley Requested To Table This Item Until They Can See What Funds Are Available Or Grants. We Are Not Turning It Down We Just Need To Look At The Money Situation And See What We Can Do. Commissioner Howard Agreed With Commissioner Stanley And Stated The City Just Purchased A New Ambulance In May At A Cost Of $194,500.00. We Need To See Where We Are. Captain Jeffors Stated The Bid We Received Will Increase By Another $15,000-20,000.00 If We Don’t Give Them An Answer By Tomorrow. Just So You All Know. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Table, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Table. Motion Tabled.
13. The Next Item Was Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding The Gemt Program For Ambulance Billing & Collection. Captain Jeffords Stated That A Cost Analysis Is Required To Participate In The Federal Ground Emergency Medical Transportation Program. It Allows Municipalities An Opportunity To Collect An Additional Medicaid Reimbursement For Ambulance Services. It Is Above And Beyond What The State Reimburses The City For Medicaid Claims. The Average Ambulance Bill Is $1,200-$1,300.00 And Medicaid Currently Pays $180.00 For Those Calls. The City Is Out The Rest. The Federal Program Would Reimburse The Rest, With Half Ultimately Going To The State And Half Going To The City. Captain Jeffords, Commissioner Howard And Mayor Arview All Said There Does Not Seem To Be A Downside To The Program. An Outside Firm Will Handle The Record Keeping And The Cost Analysis Would Begin In October, With The Program Starting January 1st, 2024. We Have To Do A Cost Report First. The Only Catch Is We Have To Save Half The Money To Give Back To The State At The End Of The Year. They Also Handle All The Record Keeping, The Money, Billing And So We Do Not Have To Dedicate Someone To Do That Job. That Way If There Is An Audit, They Have All Of That Information And We Do Not Have To Provide It. This Is Only For Medicaid Calls. The Mayor Asked For A Motion To Approve This If The Report Comes Back Being Favorably For The City. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Harkins. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
14. The Next Item Is Discussion, With Possible Action, To Continue Class 1 Operator In Charge For 1 Year At Sewer Plant To Provide Leadership, Limited Training & Supervision. Commissioner Warren Stated This Is A Renewal Of A Contract That Was Coming Due At The End Of June 2023 For Our Class 1 Sewer Operator. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
15. The Next Item Is Consideration And Approval Of Façade Improvement Program Grant Application For Redbird Café, In The Amount Of $2,500.00 For Eligible Costs Incurred. The Mayor Stated Our Economic Developer Has Sent Us Back That This Application Has Been Approved. They Have Spent A Lot Of Their Own Money On This Café And We Are Looking Forward To This Opening. They Used To Own The Café In Thompsonville And This Will Be Located In The Old Dairy Queen Building. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
16. The Next Item Is Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding Highway Authority Agreement At 1104 West Main. The Mayor Stated This Is A Former Gas Station At The Corner Of Main And Stewart Streets. The Agreement Means The City Would Agree To Limit Access To The Contamination. If Road And Utility Workers And Others Need Access The Soil And Groundwater In The Right-Of-Way Near The Property, The City Would Be Committed To Using Appropriate Safety Measures And Arranging Proper Disposal Of Any Contaminated Material. The City Attorney Advised The Council Not To Approve The Agreement Because It Would Put The City On The Hook For Future Costs If Contamination Was Found. Gail Wade Owner Of Cc Food Marts Spoke And Explained They Have Been Trying To Sell The Location For Two Years To Scooters Coffee. But It Has Not Went Through Because The Company Needs A Letter From The Illinois Epa Stating That No Further Remediation Will Be Required At The Site Or A Highway Authority Agreement From The City. She Stated She Is Stuck With Land That Could Have A Business On It. They Have Twelve Other Stores And Have Never Had An Issue With Any Of Those With Contamination. She Is Willing To Put Up $10,000.00 If In Case Further Cleanup Is Needed. City Attorney Kathryn Renik Stated Based On What I Have Saw Here, There Are More Risks Than She Would Be Willing To Put The City Through. The Mayor Stated Its Not Like We Are Against Doing This At All, But We Need To Look Further Into It And See If There Is A Way To Get Something From The Epa. He Stated He Would Recommend We Table This. Mrs. Wade Stated She Would Ask The City To Meet With Her Environmental Consultant Before Saying No. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion To Table, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Table. Motion Tabled.
17. The Next Item Is Discussion, With Possible Action, To Hire Two Workers In The Street Department For The Summer Through Motor Fuel Tax. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
18. The Next Item Is Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding The Hiring Of A School Resource Officer For The 2023/2024 School Year Effective August 10, 2023. Chief Prudent Stated Paul Moak Is Their Recommendation To Be Hired. His Position Will Be Paid For Mostly By The School, And What Is Not Covered Will Come From The Video Gaming Fund. He Is Retired From Illinois State Police, He Spent Last Year Over In Christopher So He Is Certified. Hiring Him Will Allow Us To Have Someone There Full Time At Almost No Cost To The City. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
19. The Next Item Is Discussion, With Possible Action, Regarding The Appointment To Fill A Vacancy On The Fire & Merit Board. Chief Prudent Stated This Is From A Previous Resignation Left By Bill Trout. Paul Moak Currently Sits On Our Police And Fire Merit Board So We Will Have To Replace Him When He Officially Starts As The School Resourse Officer. To Fill The Vacancy Left By Trout We Have Selected Alan Willmore, Has Twenty-Five Years Of Law Enforecemnt And Is Currently The Jalc Chief Of Police. He Lives Here In Town. Witht This Appointment There Will Be Three On The Board Again And We Can Move Forward With Promotions And Hiring. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
20. The Next Item Approval Of A Lake Lot Lease Transfer From George & Tina Hopkins For Lake Lot Lease #32 & #33a To Lee & Leslie Sell. Commissioner Warren Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
21. The Next Item Is Approval To Advertise For Bids For Demolition. These Properties Are At 511 South Russell, 809 E. St. Louis, And 409 N. Madison. Codes Officer Snell Stated We Will Not Own These Properties; We Have Gotten A Court Order To Demolish Them. They Will Not Be On The Surplus List. He Stated That After They Have Been Demolished And We Go Back Through The Courts, We May Have Them Available At A Later Date. Commissioner Stanley Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Howard. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
22.The Next Item Is The Consent Agenda. The Mayor Explained These Are The Normal Things We Do The Paying Of Bills, Paying Invoices, That Sort Of Thing. They Are All Listed
Here, Commissioners You Have Them In Your Book So You Can See The Details Of All Of Them.
A. Approval To Pay The Bills In The Amount Of $60,955.51.
B. Approval To Pay An Invoice From Britton’s Tree Care In The Amount Of $2,000.00 For The West Frankfort Street Department.
C. Approval To Pay An Invoice From Plantscape In The Amount Of $12,905.06 For The Flowers Downtown From The Main Street Beautification Group Fund.
D. Approval To Pay An Invoice From Witmer Public Safety Group In The Amount Of $7,975.00 For “The All Purpose Door” Forcible Entry Simulator. Captian Jeffords Explained That This Is Reusable, It Will Open Commercial Doors As Well As Residential. It Can Be Used In A Fire Or We Have A Lot Of Medical Calls Where People Have Fallen And The Door Is Locked So We Can Not Get To Them Without Messing Up Their Doors To Gain Entry. If You Train On Abandoned Houses It’s A One Time Deal, This Will Make Us More Efficient On Gaining Access. This Will Also Help Train Us On How To Remove Door Knobs As Well. Commissioner Howard Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Warren. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
23. Building And Sign Permits: Codes Officer Snell Stated We Have One Building Permit.
This Is From The Shayly Dorris Who Is Building Onto Her House At The West Frankfort Lake. Codes Officer Snell Stated That She Has Met All The Requirements, The Setbacks Are Hard To Define Out There. But Recommends We Approve It. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
Codes Officer Snell Stated At Some Point We Are Going To Have To Get A Survey Done Out There So People Know What They Have And What They Don’t. It Is Becoming An Increasing Problem Out There As Of Lately. The Mayor Stated We Will Try To Get That On The Next Agenda.
24. Mayor Arview Asked For Approval To Go Into Executive Session To Discuss Contract Negotiations, Union Grievances, Personnel, Sale Of Surplus Property And/Or Pending Litigation, With Possible Action. The Mayor Stated We Have A Couple Of Things To Go Talk About We Are Not Going To Take Any Action But We Do Need To Talk. We Will Listen To The Commissioner’s Report And Have Audience Comments And Questions After This So If You Want To Stick Around You Are Welcome To. This Meeting Is To Basically Get Somethings Prepared For The Future. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion To Approve, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners Along With Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
The Council Went Into Executive Session At 6:57 P.M.
25. They Returned From Executive Session At 7:22 P.M. Where They Took No Action. A Motion Was Made To Go Back Into Regular Session. Commissioner Harkins Made A Motion For Approval, Seconded By Commissioner Stanley. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners And Mayor Arview Voted To Approve. Motion Carried.
26. Mayors Report: Mayor Arview Stated He Really Did Not Have That Much To Talk About. He Stated Saturday, July 1st Is Going To Be Fireworks At The Park At Dusk So Make Sure You Come Out To That.
27. Commissioner’s Reports:
Commissioner Harkins Stated The New Ambulance Is Getting Closer To Being Road Worthy And Will Hopefully In Use By The End Of July.
Commissioner Howard Stated Someone Had Come Up To Me After Our Last Meeting And Asked If Our Funds Were Invested And The Answer Is Yes. The Money We Used To Get Years Ago Came As Checks From The State They Now Invest It For Us And Hold It Up In Springfield Then We Request It As Needed And Draw It Down. For Example, In Our General Fund That They Have Which Includes Things Like Sales Tax, Income Tax They Hold It Up There And Invest It And Pool It With All The Other Municipalities In The State. Last Month We Earned About 5.4% Which Is Pretty Good, On The Motor Fuel Fund We Earned About 5.1%. The Rest Of Our Money That Is Not In These Investments Are In Interest Bearing Accounts. So, Everything Is Earning Something. Since She Had Asked Me That Question, I Figured I Would Just Explain It. If Any One Has Any Questions I Will Be Glad To Answer Them.
Commissioner Stanley Stated His Guys Are Getting The Roads Ready, Pouring Sidewalks, Mowing And Cleaning Out Ditches. They Are Busy, Thats Is Why Those Two Young Men Are Needed Right Now.
Commissioner Warren Stated The Mayor And I Met The Other Day With The Engineer About The Sewer Plant And We Discussed What The Epa Is Requiring Us To Do To Make Sure Everything Is Up To Requirements. Some Things Are Going To Have To Be Done Out There To Get Our Numbers Down. Our Numbers Are Good Out There But They Have Recently Changed Them. They Have Lowered Them A Half Of A Percent
So We Have To Comply. The Lake Committee Had A Meeting And We Are Working On Improving Things Out There, Mowing, And The Lights Will Be Fixed. Ive Also Met With Danny Loeh At The Military Museum And We Are Looking At Making Some Improvements To That Building. We Are Going To Try To Preserve It And Get It On The Registry As A Historic Building. Sewer And Water Departments Are Working Things Are Going Smooth As Far As I Know. We Are Making Progress. The Mayor Stated Ill Add To When She Said Half Percent Its Currently 1% Percent So Even Though Its Only A Half Percent That’s A Lot. It Takes A Lot Of Chemicals To Reduce All The Environmental Stuff.
28. Audience Comments:
Danny Loeh Stated He We Are Talking About History. The Depot Is A 119 Year’s Old. We Are Looking At Putting New Siding On It, And Not Change Anything On The Building. We Want To Preserve The Way It Looks. In 1948 President Truman Was Here As He Showed The Audience A Picture, How Many Towns Can Actually Say That? I Have One More Thing I Would Like To Ask We Need To Look Into What We Have To Do To Get Us On The Historical Registry. Come Down And See Us On Sundays 2-4 P.M.
Next To Speak Was Isabelle Heyder Who Wanted To Talk To The Council About The Jr. Wrestlers. The Jr. Wrestlers Are Interested In Part Of The Coleman Rhoads Building. She Stated The Wrestlers Are One Of The Best Teams This City Has And That Is Due To Them Starting At Such A Young Age. They Have Been Homeless For A While And It Would Be Nice If The City Could Help Them. Part Of The Coleman Rhoads Building Would Be An Ideal Place For Them, There Is Plenty Of Parking And Its Close To The High School. The Mayor Stated He And Commissioner Stanley Went Up There The Other Day And Took A Look At It With Them. The Mayor Asked To Be Reminded Me To Get It On The Next Agenda. Commissioner Stanley Asked Why Doesn’t The High School Support These Guys By Building A Building By The Vocational Building? Mrs. Heyder Stated That The Jr. Wrestling Is Not Associated With The High School Its Like The Jr. Football League. So That’s The Biggest Problem Right There She Stated.
The Mayor Stated This Space Could Also Be Used For Community Events Which Is The Most Requested Thing Ive Heard People Want Is Community Events For Kids To Attend/Do. Mrs. Heyder Asked Don’t You Guys’ Use Part Of Your Gaming Funds For Youth? The Mayor Stated Yes, There Are Certain Areas Of The Coleman Building They Don’t Need So We Could Probably Figure Something Out. Someone In The Audience Suggested Using The Wf Mall The Mayor Stated There Is Concern About That Because The Lower Income Kids Would Not Be Able To Walk All The Way Out There. Mrs. Heyder Stated If You Can Get These Kids Interested In Sports, Maybe It Would Help To Keep Them Out Of Trouble.
Next Was Nick Taylor Who Stated He Has An Issue With Plot Lines On His Lake Lot Lease. He Showed Where The Original Line Was And It Runs Right Through The Middle Of The House He Is Trying To Buy. He Stated It Was Built In 1984. When We Had A Survey Done To See Where The Line Would Be Or What The Legal Description Would Be If We Changed The Line. The Surveyor Drew This Up To Cover Both Of The Structures. Mr. Taylor Is Having Trouble Getting A Signature From A Neighbor On His Left. He Got The Signature From One Of My Neighbors On The Right But The Other One Is Not Willing To Sign. He Asked Is That Something That The Lake Committee Or Council Can Override Since This Structure Has Been There For So Long? The Mayor Stated The Lake Committee Could Make A Recommendation To Us But The Council Can Decide. The Second Thing Is, Is That I Think This Feeds Into What Codes Officer Snell Was Saying Earlier We Need To Get A Survey Done On Everything Out There. Once We Get That Done This Just Might Decide All Of That For Everyone Out There. Its Not Just You Fighting Them. This Is What The Survey Says That Is Yours And This Is What The Property Is. One Of The Commissioners Stated That Isnt Going To Solve His Problem Right Now. Mr. Taylor Stated No Its Not. Im Trying To Close On A Loan And The Title Company Wont Issue Insurance Because Of The Line Running Through The Structure. I Wanted To Get The Line Changed To Cover The Structure On My Lot. And Im Not Having Any Luck Getting An Ok From My Neighbor To The North. The City Attorney Kathryn Renik Stated She Can Look Into This Matter More And See What The City Can Legally Do. Mr. Taylor Stated He Will Keep Trying To Get His Neighbor To Sign It We Are Not On Bad Terms; She Just Keeps Saying Let Me Think About It. He Stated That’s Been Two Months Ago And Im Waiting On This So I Can Close On The Property. Ms. Renik Stated She Will Get To Working On This And See What We Can Do About The Issue.
29. With No Further Business To Be Discussed, The Meeting Was Adjourned On A Motion By Commissioner Harkins At 7:42 P.M.
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