Village of Cambridge Committee of the Whole met May 11.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
Call to Order: 9:00 am
Meeting Adjourned 10:57 am
PUBLIC COMMENTS - LIMITED TO 5 MINUTES PER PERSON –
PUBLIC SAFETY a) Review police report for April, 2019
Discussed a dog bite to a child that occurred and fines given to resident. The dog will need to be put down, as this is not the first time this dog has bitten someone.
b) ESDA report
Jay is absent no discussion
II. PARKS
a) Discussion of Park Band Shell
We have made our 2nd payment to Fithroom for the Band shell. Construction will take 8 to 10 weeks. Jason Beam has put a call into Precision Building for a bid but has not received it as of yet.
b) Discussion of Klingner design bid
We will need to make a decision to go forward in the engineering bid with Klinger. We do not have the money in the budget to do all of the parks but we would like to possibly get College Square Park engineered because of potential
grants. Discussed putting the engineering on hold until next year.
III BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
a) No Discussion items
IV. CEMETERY
a) No Discussion items
V. REFUSE
a) No discussion items
VI. WATER/SEWER
a) Discussion of Contract with Dalton Whittington, certified class B Water Operator
Discussed hiring Dalton at $1500.00 per month for 4 months and then dropping down to the lower option as needed and the workload allows
b). Discussion of updated software and tablet for water billing system We have added this in the budget as one of our handhelds will need to be replaced with a mobile tablet that will work with our software.
VII. STREETS AND ALLEYS
a) No Discussion items
Logan says that the pollinator plots are being done
VIII. FINANCE
a) Review April finance report
Steve has completed the budget for this year, which we will discuss more at Monday night's meeting.
b) Preliminary bills list
Normal month with bills. No discussion
c) Review Motor Fuel North Street bond obligation
The Motor Fuel North Street Bond payment will take care of June payment.
IX. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
a) Discussion of contract with Jim Hughes
Discussion of utilizing our current employees for Economic Development as opposed to hiring an outside company. For budget reasons we really need to cut back and utilize our staff. Discussed ideas of our façade program and Carla's role in Economic Development.
X PERSONNEL
a) Discussion of Trustee vacancy and committee assignments Karen Brandau has agreed to come on board as our new trustee. We believe she will be a wonderful asset to our board and community
Note- the Committee of the Whole is for discussion and no action on any items will be taken at this meeting.
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