Macon Reporter

Village of Bethany Board of Trustees met Nov. 10.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

The regular board meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Jon Book. The following Trustees were present; Dave Doty, Mike Jennings, Greg McLain, Raven Allen and Brian Gill. Jeannie Ruppert will arrive late.

A motion was made by Trustee Doty to approve the minutes from the October 13, 2022, regular meeting, seconded by Trustee Gill. Roll call taken, all ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Trustee McLain to approve the “Statement of Income and Expenses”, seconded by Trustee Allen . Roll call taken, all ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Trustee Gill to approve the “Banks and Checks Journal”, seconded by Trustee Doty. Roll call taken, all ayes, motion carried.

Public – None

Greg Gustafson Water Improvement Project Update - Water Tower pay request #2 has been sent out. A letter had been sent, however there was no amount listed in it. There was a FOIA request from the Painters Local Union out of Champaign. Clerk McLain read all of the aspects of the request. Water treatment detention tank and the electrical project are ready to go out for bids. They have been sent to RD waiting for approval. RD would like these two along with

the water main project to be bid all at the same time. Mr. Gustafson would like to bid these projects and then not award them until after the holidays. This would be worked into the bid paperwork.

Callahan Property De-annexation - Robert Callahan was here to discuss this. His property was brought into the Village years ago with the plan to have a housing addition out in this area. There are no Village utilities at this location. If he were going to sell this it would be hard to have a comparable property within the Village to compare it to since there are also 20 acres with the house. Mr. Callahan receives no benefit from the Village. Mr. Callahan has provided all the paperwork needed. Mr. Kiley will look further into the exact process as to remove the property from the Village. An ordinance would be needed to approve the de-annexation. This will be on the agenda next month.

1% Certification Raise for Jessica Henderson - this will be discussed in Executive Session Zoning Ordinances/Code - President Book asked Mr. Kiley to look into updating these.

Zoning Administrator Compensation - this will be discussed in Executive Session

In-Car Docking Station for Squad Cars - The Board was given bids for this work. Chief Nichols listed Central Services as the better quality of work. A motion was made by Trustee McLain to award the bid to Central Services to install computer and camera dock station systems in both

vehicles not to exceed $800, seconded by Trustee Allen. Roll call taken, all ayes, motion carried.

Reports – Manager Shannon Risley and Chief Nichols.

Correspondence – None

Committee Meeting Dates - Finance Police 12/8/22 @ 6pm 12/6/22 @ 6:30 pm

*Audit Review

* Safe-T Act Changes

*Part-time Officer

Trustee Ruppert arrives at 8:10 pm

Trustee Allen made a motion to go into Executive Session to discuss personnel, compensation, litigation and property acquisition, seconded by Trustee Ruppert. Roll call taken, all ayes, motion carried.

Trustee Allen made a motion to enter back into Open Session, seconded by Trustee Ruppert. Voice vote taken, all ayes, motion carried

A motion was made by Trustee Gill to give the 1% Certification Raise to Jessica Henderson; $20.60 to $20.80; Rob Carlson; $23.69 to $23.92 and & Daniel Kidwell; $25.75 to $26.00 seconded by Trustee Ruppert. Roll call taken: Ruppert-yes; Jennings-yes; McLain-abstain (conflict of interest); Allen-yes; Gill-yes; Doty-yes; motion carried. With discussion following, it was decided this could not happen due to not all employee names being listed on the agenda. A motion was made by Trustee Jennings to give the 1% Certification Raise to Jessica Henderson $20.60 to $20.80 and to resend the previous motion, seconded by Trustee Ruppert. Roll call taken: Ruppert-yes; Jennings-yes; McLain-abstain (conflict of interest); Allen-yes; Gill-yes; Doty yes; motion carried.

With no other business to discuss a motion to adjourn was made by Trustee McLain and seconded by Trustee Jennings. Voice vote taken, all ayes, motion carried. Meeting was adjourned.

 https://www.villageofbethany.com/documents/116/MINUTES_11-10-22.pdf