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City of Mt. Vernon City Council met May 20.

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 May 6, 2024, 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 financing of the downtown park

9. CITY MANAGER

9-A Request permission to seek bids for the citywide pavement striping project 9-B Request permission to seek bids for citywide asphalt overlay project 9-C Request permission to seek bids for a hotbox for road patching 9-D Request permission to seek bids for a large concrete saw

9-E Request permission to seek quotes for refurbishing a fire truck

10. ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS/MOTIONS

10-A First reading of an ordinance authorizing the sale of municipal property

10-B Ordinance rezoning property at 17471 E. Fairfield Road from A-G to R-1, Petitioning Party: Raymond McKinney

10-C Ordinance granting conditional use to allow a shipping container as accessory use at 201 Potomac, Petitioning Party: Quality Inn

10-D Approval of a subdivision preliminary and final plat: 1300 Park Avenue Petitioning Party: Carey Lipps

10-E Resolution to add the finance director as a designated officer to the city corporate credit card program

11. MAYOR

11-A Reappointment of Michael Koehnke to the Minority Affairs and Human Relations Commission

11-B Reappointment of James Malone to the Minority Affairs and Human Relations Commission

11-C Reappointment of Sean Featherstun to the Minority Affairs and Human Relations Commission

11-D Reappointment of Rolland Mays to the Minority Affairs and Human Relations Commission

11-E Reappointment of Gregory Graves to the Minority Affairs and Human Relations Commission

11-F Appointment of Mary McGreer to the Minority Affairs and Human Relations Commission

12. CITY COUNCIL

13. VISITORS/CITIZEN REQUESTS/ADDRESS FROM THE AUDIENCE

14. EXECUTIVE SESSION

14-A 5ILCS 120/2(c)(6) Sale and lease of real property

14-B 5ILCS 120/2(c)(1) Appointment, employment of personnel 14-C 5ILCS 120/2(c)(5) Purchase of real property

15. ADJOURNMENT

https://www.mtvernon.com/media/gsgl5i4c/may-20-2024-meeting-agenda.pdf