Minutes of the Regular Village Board Meeting Held February27, 2018

Minutes of the Regular Village Board Meeting Held February27, 2018

The Board of Trustees of the Village of Mt. Morris met in Regular Session in the Board Room

in Village Hall in said Village at 7:00 PM on Tuesday February 27, 2018.

The Village Presidentcalled the meeting to order and directed the Clerk to call the roll. Upon roll being called, the following answered present: Pope, Hopkins, Fay, Pennington, Labash and Stauffer. Presidentdeclared said motion carried. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.

Attorney Lesage and Corey Buck were present.

VISITORS: Chris Corcoran, Chad Stauffer, Dave & Mary Jane Warkins, David Leupkes, Linda Beck, Patrick Dalseth, Rob Urish and Andy Shaw.

MINUTES: TrusteePopemoved and TrusteePenningtonseconded the motion to accept the February 13, 2018minutes as presented. Trustee Labash abstained. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” Presidentdeclared said motion carried.

EXECUTIVE MINUTES:

TREASURER’S REPORT: No Report.

CURRENT BILLS: Trustee Stauffer moved and Trustee Penningtonseconded the motion to accept the current bills as presented with the addition of $277,770.37 to the IEPA loan payment for the wastewater treatment plant. Upon roll being called, all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.

ADMINISTRATION: Village President Elsasser made note to the Trustees regarding the updated letter from the Economic Development Committee.

PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS: Linda Beck from the Ogle County Treasurer’s Office came before the Board to introduce herself and to announce that she is running for the CountyTreasurer’s position on March 20th. Patrick Dalseth from Sunvest Solar came before the Board and gave a presentation on solar energy on a proposed site within the corporate Village limits. David Leupkes is the landowner seeking approval. Dalseth was told at this time what the next steps would need to be taken in order to move forward.

STREET DEPT: No Report.

WATER/SEWER: Trustee Pennington reported that Well #2 still has not gotten two clear samples to be approved by the EPA. Pennington said that they were considering hiring an outside lab to come in and help assist with the chlorination process. He explained that the presence of bacteria must be minimal in two consecutive samples to be approved.Trustee Pennington moved and Trustee Labash seconded the motion to purchase a sewer jetter not to exceed $50,000.00 from EJ Sewer Equipment. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried. Pennington also discussed with the Board future infrastructure work that needs to be done on the manholes throughout the Village.

FINANCE: Trustee Labash asked the Trustees to take a look at their calendars as he would like to set up meetings with each of them to begin discussing budgets for their respective departments. He would like to begin as soon as next week.

PARK & RECREATION: No Report. Next meeting is March 8th.

POLICE DEPT: No Report.

ORDINANCE: Trustee Stauffer moved and Trustee Pennington seconded the motion to adopt the amended Lee/Ogle Enterprise Zone Ordinance 02-01-18 as presented. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.

PUBLIC PROPERTY: No Report.

CIVIL DEFENSE: No Report.

OLD BUSINESS: No Report.

NEW BUSINESS:

There being no further business to come before this Board. Trustee Stauffermoved and Trustee Hopkins seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:25PM. Upon roll being called all Trustees present voted “Aye.” President declared said motion carried.

The next regular Village Board Meeting will be held on March 13, 2018 at 7:00 PM in the Village Board Room.

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Paula Diehl, Village Clerk Dan Elsasser, Village President