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City of Kewanee City Council met March 26.

Here is the minutes provided by the Council:

The City Council met in Council Chambers at 6:45 PM with the Mayor calling the meeting to

order and the following answering to roll call:

Andy Koehler Council Member

Steve Faber Council Member

Michael Yaklich Council Member

Steve Looney Mayor

Council Member Colomer was absent with regrets.

Council Member Faber made a motion to adjourn to executive session pursuant to Section 2 (c) (2) of the Open Meetings Act to discuss collective bargaining. Council Member Yaklich seconded the motion. Roll call showed 4 ayes, no nays. The motion passed.

The executive session was adjourned at 6:54 PM on a motion made by Council Member Faber and seconded by Council Member Yaklich. Roll call showed 4 ayes, no nays. The motion passed.

Mayor Looney called the regular Council Meeting to order at 7 PM, stating that the Council was reconvening following a closed session pursuant to Section 2(c)(2) of the Open Meetings Act to discuss collective bargaining.

News media present was as follows:

The Pledge of Allegiance was said.

Mayor Looney asked for a moment of silence for our troops still fighting overseas.

Mayor Looney explained that the next items were placed on the consent agenda and were considered to be routine in nature to be passed as a whole with one vote of the Council. Mayor Looney requested that any member of the Council or the audience wishing to have an item removed from the consent agenda for individual consideration to make the request and the item would be removed and considered following the approval of the remaining consent items. The consent agenda included minutes from the March 12, 2018 Council Meeting and payroll for the pay period ending March 17, 2018 in the amount of $191,126.88. The consent agenda was approved on a motion made by Council Member Faber and seconded by Council Member Koehler. Roll call showed 4 ayes, no nays. The motion passed.

Bills submitted for approval totaling $348,172.32 were approved on a motion made by Council Member Yaklich and seconded by Council Member Faber. Council Member Yaklich questioned the jetter situation, as he had seen several payments to Frank Holton recently. Operations Manager Johnson noted that Mr. Holton preformed mostly vactor work for the City. Roll call showed 4 ayes, no nays. The motion passed.

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

Mayor Looney then asked if anyone wished to speak regarding a non-agenda item. There being no such requests Mayor Looney moved on to new business.

NEW BUSINESS

Ordinance #3923 amending Section 92.06 Rates and Charges of Chapter 92 Cemeteries was approved on a motion made by Council Member Faber and seconded by Council Member Yaklich. City Manager Bradley explained that the ordinance was lowering the price of the plots in one block to encourage the purchase of the remaining spaces. Roll call showed 4 ayes, no nays. The motion passed.

Resolution #5104 authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with ESO Software for fire and EMS reporting was approved on a motion made by Council Member Faber and seconded by Council Member Koehler. Council Member Yaklich asked about the additional costs. Fire Chief Shook reported that there were current costs for other software that would be eliminated, so the net annual increase would be $4,004. Mayor Looney noted that the new billing service used the same software. Roll call showed 4 ayes, no nays. The motion passed.

City Clerk Edwards read proclamations declaring April 2-8, 2018 as National Public Health Week and April 5, 2018 as JA Day.

OTHER BUSINESS

Council Member Faber congratulated Jerry Salisbury for the distinction of Citizen of the Year.

Council Member Koehler complimented the Public Works Department for getting the Belle Alexander water line replacement project done while school was not in session.

Mayor Looney thanked the city crews for their work during the recent snow storm and the fire department for their work on the recent fire. He also asked City Manager Bradley about the hanging baskets.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

City Clerk Edwards announced that City Hall offices would be closed on Friday, March 30 in observance of Good Friday. There were no planned changes to the garbage collection schedule. In conjunction with the American Red Cross Sound the Alarm program, we would be installing free smoke alarms by appointment in the Kewanee area on Saturday, April 28, 2018. To make an appointment, residents were encouraged to visit getasmokealarm.org or call (844) 319-6560 and press 9. Everyone was also invited to the National Day of Service event, Mayor Looney would be recognizing local volunteers, at 5 pm April 3, 2018 at the Black Hawk Community Education Center.

There being no further business, Council Member Faber moved to adjourn the meeting and Council Member Koehler seconded the motion. Roll call showed 4 ayes, no nays. The meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM.

http://www.cityofkewanee.com/COUNCIL%20MEETING%2018-06.pdf