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Village of Andalusia Village Board met September 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

Call to Order:

The Board of Trustees met in a public meeting on Monday September 11, 2017 at the Village Hall. The meeting was called to order by President Curt Morrow at 7:00 pm. He led the pledge to the flag.

Roll Call:

Present: President Morrow, Trustee Neece, Trustee Einfeldt, Trustee Anderson, Trustee Pittard, Trustee Brackney

Absent: Trustee Woeber

Trustee Anderson Made A Motion To Accept The Minutes From The August 21, 2017 Board Meeting. Seconded By Trustee Neece. Voice Vote.

Aye: Trustee Neece, Trustee Anderson, Trustee Pittard, Trustee Brackney, Trustee Einfeldt

Nay: None

Motion Carried: 5-0 (1 Absent)

Trustee Neece Made A Motion To Approve The Bills For September 11, 2017 In The Amount Of *$132,520.42 Seconded By Trustee Anderson. Voice Vote.

Aye: Trustee Einfeldt, Trustee Anderson, Trustee Woeber, Trustee Pittard, Trustee Brackney

Nay: None

Motion Carried: 5-0 (1 Absent)

General Fund $ 6,694.06

Garbage Fund $ 9,198.00

Police Dept Fund $ 6,253.21

Water Fund $ 3,736.03

Sewer Fund $ 162.37

Sewer Project Fund $ 103,976.75

TIF Dist 01/ 1st St & 6th Ave $ 2,500.00

9-6-17- PSN gateway fee $39.95

*A correction was made to the bills listing. The part-time wages weren’t added to the bills. They have since been added and the amounts have been adjusted to reflect the change.

Committee Reports:

Water and Sewer: Trustee Pittard announced that the Village of Andalusia and Max “Crud” Stark has been nominated for an award for “Best Wastewater Treatment Works”. This nomination is an honor since the Village is only 1 of 5 nominated out of 650 statewide.

Trustee Anderson stated that the Village has always gotten a really good work from Crud.

The Hills creek Generator is in and there was a simulated power outage to test the system. It worked as planned.

The work at the Lagoon Cell 1 is complete.

Streets and Alleys: Trustee Pittard explained that the concrete work that was put in on 2nd Street & 2nd Ave looks great. Justin said that the job will be completed once they put in the planned water main loop.

Finance and Audit: Trustee Brackney told the Board that the Tentative Equalized Assessed Valuation for The Village is $24,351,952. The Net Valuation is $19,338,903.

Building and Grounds: Trustee Einfeldt reported that Justin has been doing some repair work to the roof on the Municipal Building.

Parks, Recreation and Harbor: Trustee Anderson has been working with Chad Kelly of Kelly’s landing to work out a new contract. Trustee Anderson suggested that the rental fee to the Kelly’s be a percentage of sales as opposed to a straight dollar amount.

The Kelly’s will be working to address some of the issues down at the Harbor, for example, the erosion issue. The harbor needs riprap, Chad stated that it will be installed as money allows.

Kelly’s Landing is looking to extend their lease. The thought is that if they can get a longer-term lease, then they will have the time and incentive to make the major repairs needed. Louis Betts will be present at the September 18, 2017 Board meeting to address the board on this issue.

The Kelly’s are also looking to add the parking lot by the Harbor to their contract with a percentage of the storage fees going to the Village.

Trustee Neece stated that the parking lot was put in with grant money and must be available for hunters, fishermen etc. There is also a question of liability. If a boat were to fall on person or property the Village would be held liable along with the boat owner and Kelly’s Landing. This discussion was tabled until the September 18, 2017 Board Meeting where it will come up for a continued discussion and possible vote.

Police: Officer Rasso stated that there were no major issues during the Fish Fry. He also informed the Board that he has applied to remain the Villages Officer on Duty for another rotation. The Board has no problem with it, since he has been doing a great job so far.

Reports of Officers:

Village Clerk: Clerk Hoffman informed the Board that Rusty’s Auto Repair Shop has obtained their Business License.

Clerk Hoffman will be out of the office on September 13, 2017 for an Annual Authorized Agent Workshop for IMRF. Evelyn Parchert will be working that day.

Clerk Hoffman presented the Board with a draft copy of the Village Code of Ordinances Title 1- Administration. The Code book is being updated and revised by Bi-State Regional Commission to make it easier to read and understand. The Board has approved of the Title 1 changes.

Department of Public Works: Justin Parchert will begin digging the manhole behind Begyn’s apartments. He said that because there is no map of the area, it has been a difficult job. He will continue to work at it this week.

Justin will also be putting a ditch and culvert in at Mike Chillemi’s property. The Board agreed to the project previously. The plan is for Mike to put his office in the building once it has been renovated.

There was a water leak in Fancy Creek it has since been fixed and all the work was done in house. Unfortunately, the problem was discovered to be under a homeowner’s driveway. The concrete had to be torn up. Justin is trying to get the original contractor to repair the driveway.

Justin informed the Board that one of the weed eaters has broken. It will need to be replaced.

Joe Dungan is working on painting the Harbor Pavilion and the benches.

Mayor: Mayor Morrow announced that the Lagoon Cell 1 project is complete. The final pay application is on the bills list for this meeting.

He asked Justin Parchert what was being done on Timber Ridge Drive with the catch basin. Justin informed the Mayor that Lester Construction will be jetting it out. The ditch work unfortunately belongs to the state; however, Justin has been given permission by the State to do some minor work there.

Treasurer Powell asked the Mayor how he wanted to handle the negative balance in the Park/Harbor Fund due to the dredging. The Mayor instructed her to transfer money from the General Fund to make the balance of the Park/harbor Fund zero.

Old Business: The Village Board voted to grant Jeannette Swords’ request for a Zoning Variance for the Accessory Building located on the South side of her property.

Citizen Comments: Trustee Neece spoke as a citizen. He spoke of the problem properties around town that needs to be cleaned up. As a result, Justin will be taking the time to site the ordinance violations around town.

Trustee Einfeldt Made A Motion To Adjourn Into Executive Session To Discuss Personnel Matters At 8:07pm. Seconded By Trustee Neece.

Trustee Neece Made A Motion To Return To Regular Session At 8:44pm. Seconded By Trustee Pittard.

Trustee Neece Moved To Adjourn The Meeting At 8:45 Pm. Seconded By Trustee Pittard.

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