Macon Reporter

Village of Warrensburg Village Board met Feb. 5.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

CALL TO ORDER: Acting Village President Hackl called the meeting to order at the Warrensburg Village Hall on Monday, February 5, 2024 at 5:30 p.m., reminding everyone the meeting was being recorded.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was recited.

ROLL CALL: Present: Acting Village President Hackl, Trustees K. Hood, P. Hood, & D Fisher. Also present were Chief Wheeler, Atty Jankowicz & VAC Hundley. Absent: Trustee B. Netherton. DPW Allen and Trustee S. Freeman arrived after roll call.

MAYOR’S COMMENTS: AVP Hackl provided an update on the Ordinance #795, the newspaper did not publish it when they were supposed to but everything is being updated now.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Tim Hoffman updated the board on the upcoming Corn Festival. The committee would like to have a permanent stage built. They have collected some bids for the concrete, and are not wanting to use taxpayer dollars for it. They have an anonymous sponsor who would like to pay for the concrete portion of the stage. The festival committee suggests holding fundraising events for the remaining phases of the stage, such as purchasing bricks. The board discussed the design of the structure and future uses as well as the funding, which will come from private donations as well as funds already reserved for the Corn Festival. There will also be a fundraising Breakfast on February 17 at Da Burg. Tim asked for board approval to move forward with the stage. Trustee K. Hood moved that the committee continue exploring options to develop the permanent stage and Trustee P. Hood seconded the Motion. Roll call vote: Yes – Trustees K. Hood, S. Freeman, D. Fisher, L. Hackl and P. Hood. No – None. Motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS: none

ENGINEER: Stephanie Brown from Chastain and Associates presented an updated zoning map for the board to review.

REVIEW/APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A Motion was made by Trustee S. Freeman, seconded by Trustee K. Hood to approve the minutes of the January 16, 2024 regular meeting. Motion carried.

VILLAGE ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK: Trustee Freeman moved and Trustee P. Hood seconded to approve the Balance Sheet, pay the bills and make the appropriate transfers for February 5, 2024. C. Hundley explained that the bills were all the regular monthly except for the body cams for the Police and part time training for a new Police Officer. We will need to make a transfer from IL Funds to General and MFT funds as well to cover the payments and payroll. Roll call vote: Yes – Trustees P. Hood, K. Hood, Freeman, Fisher and Hackl. No – none. Motion carried. Budget comparison sheets have also been distributed to all Trustees. There will be a Zoning board meeting before our next meeting on February 20 for the 2 petitions and there will also be a Rep from Senator Sally Turner at the Hall on that same date from noon to 2 PM.

FINANCE: Trustee P. Hood discussed that everyone will be getting a packet to work on the 2025 budget.

POLICE: Trustee Fisher had nothing. Chief Wheeler distributed the report for January.

SEWER: Trustee Hackl questioned the water billing system. A resident called him after payment of his bill was late and his water disconnected; claiming that his card payment wouldn’t process online. Clerk Hundley clarified that it is not the billing system, rather, this particular resident has trouble using the online payment process through the website. He appears to be the only resident having this difficulty.

Also, Trustee Hackl said that the utility locator that we use is very old and needs to be replaced soon. He asked that purchasing a new one be put on the agenda for the next meeting.

STREETS: Trustee K. Hood discussed that Bill at BLH Computers would like to hold the annual village Clean-up Day on May 11. There will be 4 dumpsters and possibly a trailer. A Motion was made by K. Hood to set the date for the village clean up to be held on May 11, seconded by S. Freeman. Roll Call Vote: Yes - Trustees Hackl, P. Hood, Fisher, Freeman and K. Hood. No – None, Motion carried. Discussion followed regarding who would be responsible for notifying Macon County Environmental & completing the grant application. K. Hood will follow up with the details.

K. Hood also discussed that rock supplies are usually purchased thru Vulcan but they have closed, so he would like to use Timmons Trucking.

Trustee Hackl discussed the alleyway at 235 W. Warren and suggested that before the Village can take action on properties that have garbage and vehicle storage blocking alleyways, a survey of the land needs to be completed. A Motion was made by K. Hood to obtain 3 quotes for the survey, seconded by Trustee Freeman. Roll Call Vote: Yes – Trustees Fisher, Hackl, P. Hood, K. Hood and Freeman. No - None, Motion carried.

WATER: Trustee Freeman had nothing.

PUBLIC WORKS: DPW Allen presented 3 updated quotes for valve repair and bearings. Trustee Freeman made a Motion to accept Bodine’s bid for the motor valve repair and bearings, seconded by K. Hood. Discussion followed regarding the details for the necessary repairs. Roll Call Vote: No – Trustees P. Hood, Freeman, K. Hood, Fisher and Hackl. No’s carried; it will be placed on the agenda for the next meeting with the requested further details.

VILLAGE ATTORNEY: J. Jankowicz had nothing.

OTHER AND/OR OLD BUSINESS: none

Trustee K. Hood moved and Trustee Freeman seconded to adjourn. Motion carried.

The meeting adjourned at 6:37 p.m.

The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 @ 5:30 PM.

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