COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday March 18, 2014
City Hall Council Chambers
The Council of the City of Oregon met Tuesday March 18, 2014, 5:30 P.M. City Hall Council Chambers.
Present: Mayor Thomas R. Stone, Sr.
Commissioner Thomas Izer
Commissioner Tom Miller
Commissioner Patrick Wiesner
Commissioner Ken Williams
Corporal Joe Brooks
City Clerk Charlene Ruthe
City Attorney Paul Chadwick
Attorney Paul Chadwick started the pledge of allegiance.
Commissioner Patrick Wiesner moved to approve the February 25, 2014 minutes, Seconded by Commissioner Thomas Izer.
Roll Call: Izer, Miller, Wiesner, Williams, Stone.
Commissioner Ken Williams moved to ratify warrants paid March 4, 2014 as follows:
Assurant Employee Benefits, $138.75
AT&T, $378.83
Bill Camp, $2,000.00
Casper’s Home Inspection LLC, $80.00
Casper’s Home Inspection LLC, $112.50
CMS, $31,725.00
Chateau Lodge, $500.00
Chateau Lodge, $500.00
City of Oregon, $48,900.00
ComEd, $398.04
Constellation New Energy, Inc., $6,612.67
Debit Card, $14.03
Ehmen, $1,315.00
Emmalyn Spickler, $120.00
Eric Camp, $3,236.00
Eric Camp, $100.00
First National Bank & Trust, $738.70
Frontier, $1,472.57
James Taylor, $840.00
Jeff Pennington, $68.66
Kelsey Excavating, $211,995.00
Laura Medlar, $160.00
Midland State Bank, $916.65
Mike Bowers, $29.12
NAPA, $41.96
Northern Illinois University, $350.00
Ogle County Clerk & Recorder, $61.00
Petty Cash, $170.89
Postmaster, $557.60
Raynor, $852.15
Steve Benesh & Sons, $5,695.00
Village of Progress, $500.00
Waste Water Management of Northern Illinois, $200.00
Willett Hofmann & Assoc., $3,888.95
Seconded by Commissioner Tom Miller.
Roll Call: Izer, Miller Wiesner, Williams, Stone. Nays
Commissioner Ken Williams moved to approve the payroll in the amount of $41,852.07 and warrants as listed:
Advanced Automation & Control, $11,739.00
Basler’s Ace, $721.77
Biller Press, $215.58
Cintas, $89.04
City of Dixon, $103.50
Comcast, $183.50
Constellation New Energy, Inc., $3,937.86
Constellation New Energy, Inc., $121.68
Ehmen, $110.00
Emmalyn Spickler, $120.00
Fear, Nye & Chadwick, $333.33
Ferguson Waterworks, $22,655.67
Fischer’s, $589.08
Guist Agency, $750.00
Hometown Auto Repair, LLC, $298.46
International Code Council, Inc., $125.00
Lakeside Equipment Corporation, $330.33
Linda Pieczynski, $88.00
McGyver Engine Repair, $9.50
Metropolitan Industries, Inc., $1,035.00
Moring Disposal, $52.30
NW Illinois Law Enforcement Exe Assoc., $25.00
Oregon Snyder, $9.80
Oregon Rotary Club, $301.00
Oregon Super Valu, $113.15
Pines Meadow, $102.40
Polo Cooperative Assoc., $7,153.52
Positive ID, Inc., $202.35
Sewer Equipment Co of America, $106.19
Stan’s Performance, $817.76
Steve Benesh & Sons, $6,481.25
Stewart Spreading, Inc., $18,009.99
Suburban Laboratories, $732.11
Traffic Control & Protection, Inc., $233.10
Viking Chemical, $1,963.63
Visa, $460.39
Willett Hofmann & Assoc., $12,715.00
Seconded by Commissioner Tom Miller.
Roll Call: Izer, Miller, Wiesner, Williams, Stone. No Nays.
Mike Mudge, of Rock River Energy, informed the Council that the current supplier, Direct Energy, no longer submits bids for Electric Aggregation. Four bids were turned in: they were from First Energy, Constellation, Verde, and Homefield. Constellation offers the best rate 6.78 cents per kilowatt hour, with current rate being 4.789 cents. Mike Mudge informed the Council that if ComEd rates would dip lower than Constellation’s the city can opt out of the contract at any time without paying a penalty.
Commissioner Ken Williams moved to approve the Electric Aggregation Bid from Constellation for three (3) years, Seconded by Commissioner Tom Miller.
Roll Call: Izer, Miller Wiesner, Williams, Stone. No Nays.
Commissioner Patrick Wiesner moved to approve sewer cleaning & televising Capital Improvement Project not to exceed $300,000.00, Seconded by Commissioner Ken Williams.
Roll Call: Izer, Miller, Wiesner, Williams, Stone. No Nays.
Commissioner Tom Izer announced that citizens can rake the gravel left behind in the terrace by the snowplows into the street and the street sweeper will clean them up.
Commissioner Patrick Wiesner moved to go into executive session to review past executive session minutes, Seconded by Commissioner Ken Williams.
Roll Call: Izer, Miller, Wiesner, Williams, Stone. No Nays.
Commissioner Ken Williams moved to reconvene to regular session, Seconded by Commissioner Patrick Wiesner.
Roll Call: Izer, Miller, Wiesner, Williams, Stone. No Nays.
Commissioner Patrick Wiesner moved to adjourn the meeting, Seconded by Commissioner Thomas Izer.
Roll Call: Izer, Miller, Wiesner, Williams, Stone. No Nays.
Adjourn: 6:09 P.M.
ATTEST: ______
Tom Stone, Sr., Mayor
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Charlene Ruthe, City Clerk