Macon Reporter

 Village of Lovington Board of Trustees met May 8.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Call to order: President Roger Walker called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance: Walker led the pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call found the following trustees to be present: Brittany Bates, Mike Young, April Daily, Todd Hale and

Dennis Garmon. President Roger Walker, Clerk Alma Fair were also present.

Appoint new Trustee: President Walker appointed Keith Stanberry to replace the open trustee slot left by the resignation of Mitchel Leinard.

Newly elected Trustees and Officers Oath of Office: Clerk Alma Fair read the vote canvas for the April election. She then led all newly elected and newly appointed Trustees in the Oath of Office. They are as follows:

Trustees April Daily, Brittany Bates, Todd Hale, Michael Young, and appointed Trustee Keith Stanberry.

Guests: Bob Barlow didn’t request to speak, requesting to speak Mike Powell regarding the walking trail. He provided the clerk with what he had read to the board. President Walker responded to Mr. Powell’s request, and we will look into it further.

Dave Bowers requesting to speak – the Bicentennial Flag was to be moved to our new (current) building. The flag has been seen in the front porch of one of the Villages former employees and he requests the police go to the home to get it back.

Eric Shangraw of GFL requesting to speak purchased IV Container in January, the price of the service will be going up. He provided the clerk with the proposal they are proposing to the community of Atwood. For us to get a proposal we send them the number of homes and request a proposal from them.

Adjournment & Call to order: Young moved and Garmon 2nd to adjourn the old board meeting and call the board to order at 7:03 p.m. Motion Passed

Duties of the trustees were assigned as follows:

Streets & Alleys – Michael Young, Building & Grounds – April Daily, Police – Dennis Garmon, Parks & Projects – Brittany Bates, Sewer & Water – Todd Hale, Insurance – Keith Stanberry

Appointment of committees (Park Recreation and Zoning Board)

Park Recreation members:

Ashley Morgan

Stephanie Harris

Tamera Carter

Sierra Walton

Crissy Giorgi

Zoning Board members:

Jim Minor - chairman

Chris Morgan

Linda Alumbaugh

Greg Hill

Rodney Houser

Meta Creek

Administrator - Brian Buxton

Daily thinks we need to have a special meeting to discuss the garbage service for the town. There will be a called board on May 22, 2023, at 6:00 pm Daily will request proposal from several garbage service companies.

Discussion and action on April 2023 invoices

A Motion was made by Daily and seconded by Garmon to accept the April 2023 invoices as presented.

YEA: Daily, Garmon, Young, Hale, Bates, Stanberry

No: None

MOTION CARRIED

1. Discussion and action on April 10, 2023, Regular Meeting minutes

A Motion was made by Garmon seconded by Young to approve the April 10, 2023, Regular Meeting minutes as presented.

YEA: Garmon, Young, Hale, Bates, Stanberry, Daily

No: None

MOTION CARRIED

Treasurer’s Report

1. Discussion and action on April 2023 treasurer’s report

A Motion was made by Garmon and seconded by Hale to accept April 2023 treasurer’s report.

YEA: Hale, Bates, Stanberry, Daily, Garmon, Young

No: None

MOTION CARRIED

Old Business: None

New Business: None

Closed Session

Meeting of “The Mayor & Commissioners of a municipality organized under article 4 of the Municipal Code held to discuss matters, which relate solely to exercise their executive or administrative responsibilities.”

5 ILCS 120/2 Sec.2 (c) (1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of Specific employees

A Motion was made by Young and seconded by Garmon to go into closed session at 7:20 PM

YEA: Bates, Stanberry, Daily, Garmon, Young, Hale

No: None

MOTION CARRIED

Return to Open Session

A Motion was made by Daily and seconded by Hale to return to open session at 7:35 pm.

All voted yea.

MOTION CARRIED

No action was taken from closed session.

Department Reports

Water & Sewer Report – Todd Hale

Need a new aerator at sewer plant. GIS Maps were discussed. Daily suggested that a board member contact

IRWA to do the mapping. Garmon will contact Roger Nuxoll. Do we want to have a demonstration for the back trailer – yes as late in the day as possible. A couple of residents are arguing over property lines and our alley.

Park and Special Projects – Brittany Bates

Had our Sesquicentennial meeting and all is moving along as expected. We will have another meeting soon.

Police – Dennis Garmon

A Motion was made by Garmon and seconded by Daily to hire Jay Cark as a part-time police officer at the current rate for part-time officers and to pay for his training.

YEA: Stanberry, Daily, Garmon, Young, Hale, Bates

No: None

MOTION CARRIED

Garmon also proposed to send Chief Swisher to the lead homicide refresher course.

Garmon will have Swisher retrieve the Bicentennial Flag from the resident mentioned earlier.

A Motion was made by Garmon and seconded by Daily to purchase 2 radar detectors at a cost of $1820.00.

YEA: Daily, Garmon, Young, Hale, Bates, Stanberry

No: None

MOTION CARRIED

Streets and Alleys – Mike Young

The backhoe has been repaired again.

Buildings and Grounds – April Daily

Started cutting down trees in town and plan to plant trees around town.

Insurance – Clerk Fair

The back window of the water department truck was shattered last week while driving down the road.

Presidents Report – Roger Walker

Nothing to report

Adjournment

YEA: all agreed

No: None

MOTION CARRIED

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