Village of Milan Council met Jan. 6.
Here is the minutes provided by the council:
ROLL CALL
Roll call vote showed present, Trustees Harry Stuart, Karen Wilson, Jerry Wilson, Bruce Stickell and Jim Flannery. Trustee Jay Zimmerman was absent.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Attorney Scott led the Pledge of Allegiance.
CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 16, 2019
All Board Members received a copy of the December 16, 2019 Village Board Minutes.
There being no additions or corrections, Trustee Flannery moved to approve them as presented. Trustee Jerry Wilson seconded the motion. All Trustees voted “Aye”.
Motion carried.
CONSIDERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
The State of Illinois has adopted several new laws, one which affects Milan is the legalization of recreational marijuana. Nature’s Treatment Inc. opened for business January 1, 2020 and is the only business to sell recreational marijuana in the area at this time. Their sales will bring in an additional 3% tax to help our revenue. Mr. Seiver stated there are three miscellaneous bills being considered tonight: QComm buildout (prepaid by RI County ETSB), Changes to the Clerk’s Office and Police Dept. and Milan’s December payment for the new P-25 Radio Project. These bills were late coming in and will need to be miscellaneous checks if approved.
There being no questions of Mr. Seiver, Trustee Stickell moved to approve the Administrator’s Report as presented and Trustee Karen Wilson seconded the motion.
All Trustees voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
CONSIDERATION OF THE INSPECTORS’ REPORTS
Trustee Stickell stated the Building Permits are about normal for January.
Inspector Moller submitted two reports, the December monthly report and a year-end report.
Inspector Moller stated 2019 was a pretty good building year. We still have a lot going on with Auto Zone and Dollar Tree.
Mayor Dawson stated that is what we like to see. It is nice to see new businesses and existing business growing.
There being no questions of Mr. Moller, Trustee Stickell moved to approve the reports as presented and Trustee Karen Wilson seconded the motion. All Trustees voted “Aye”.
Motion carried.
CONSIDERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS
Water/Sewer Superintendent Farrell stated he is still waiting on the permit to operate the Solar System for the Sewer Treatment Plant. He reported one water main break this month and it happened on Christmas Eve. Luckily it was an easy fix. He is still chemically treating and chlorinating Well 4 to minimize any bacterial presence on sampling.
Superintendent Pannell stated they collected recycle on the South side of town for the first time since taking over the service. People were not used to putting recycle out on the new schedule of Monday instead of the normal Wednesday, so many containers were not out. They collected 320 instead of the normal 800. They will run the route again Tuesday to get anyone who was late getting their containers out. There has been a problem with people dumping recycle who are not allowed to at the County Distribution Center on West 4th Street. There has even been non recycle items left out beside the dumpsters. It took five hours to clean up the mess last week. He would like to put signage up related to items allowed and a fine if people are caught dumping unrelated items.
Council will discuss with Mr. Pannell a probable solution.
Camden Centre Director Jeanne Beuseling was on vacation, but Trustee Stuart stated there were two weddings at the Centre in December and a few Holiday Parties as well as a vendor event and three Wednesday Bingo events and a Bingo New Year’s Eve Party.
Police Chief Shawn Johnson stated they were kept busy with parking patrol at the opening day of legalized sales of recreational marijuana at the Milan Nature’s Treatment facility on December 31st and January 1st. There were really no other problems at the facility.
There being no questions of the department heads, Trustee Stickell moved to approve their reports as submitted. Trustee Jerry Wilson seconded the motion. All Trustees voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
CONSIDERATION OF THE Semi-Monthly and Miscellaneous Bills
In the absence of Trustee Zimmerman, Trustee Karen Wilson gave a summary of the bills being presented for approval this evening.
She stated there are five larger bills in the semi-monthly bills. Illinois Quad Cities Communication Center (QComm) quarterly membership fee, City of Rock Island for water blending, AT&T services, Illinois Public Risk Fund for insurance premiums, and The Economic Development Group our TIF Consultant. The total Semi-monthly bills are $188,069.08. The Miscellaneous Bills are three payables. One for Estes for the QComm Project in the amount of $94,155.20 which is prepaid by RI County ETSB. The second one is for changes to the Clerk’s Office and Police Department Offices in the amount of $3,868.00 final payment. The third is for Milan’s share of December 2019 into the IL P-25 Radio Project in the amount of $56,640.98. These bills total $154,664.18.
There being no questions on the bills, Trustee Karen Wilson moved to approve payment in the total amount of the bills $342,733.26. Trustee Flannery seconded the motion. Roll call vote showed Trustees Stuart, Karen Wilson, Jerry Wilson, Stickell and Flannery voted “Aye”. Motion carried. The bills will be paid from the following
General $ 290,105.11
Garbage 5,038.26
Camden Centre 4,484.20
Spec. Tax I 1,900.00
Spec. Tax II 1,900.00
Spec. Tax III 1,900.00
Camden Centre Deposit 500.00
Insurance Reserve 30.79
Water/Sewer 36,874.90
TOTAL $342,733.26
ADJUSTMENT TO THE AGENDA
Mayor Dawson would like to change the agenda items and make item 8 to 9 and 9 to 8.
CONSIDERATION OF AN “ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 TAXABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2020 OF THE VILLAGE OF MILAN, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND FOR THE LEVY OF A DIRECT ANNUAL TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON SAID BONDS”
Mayor Dawson explained Ordinance No. 1715 is one the Board passes each year to pay the principal and interest on the 2018A Police Pension Bonds. The bonds sold will be no more than $300,000 and will be paid by property tax.
Mr. Kevin Wills, representative of Bernardi Securities explained this is a rollover bond. Rollover bonds are short term bonds which are used to pay off long term bonds. The reason for this is that sometimes a borrower can get a lower interest rate on a short bond. Once the ordinance is approved it is filed with the County Collector to collect the taxes needed to pay the bonds. Rollover bonds are a special bond, only allowed to be used by communities with a strong credit rating. The Village qualifies and Milan should be proud that they can receive this type of bonding.
Trustee Flannery moved to pass Ordinance No. 1715 and Trustee Stickell seconded the motion.
Roll call vote showed Trustees Karen Wilson, Jerry Wilson, Stickell, Flannery and Stuart voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE ABATING THE TAXES LEVIED FOR YEAR 2020 TO PAY DEBT
SERVICE ON FOUR BONDS
Administrator Seiver stated each year an Ordinance is passed to abate Taxable Bonds.
The reason we are able to abate the tax on these bonds is because we have an alternate source of revenue than property taxes. We have an alternate revenue source to pay the following bonds; Taxable General Obligation Bonds Series 2010 Build America, General Obligation Bonds Series 2008 TIF I Bonds (Municipal Building), Taxable General Obligation Bonds Series 2014 Water/Sewer Revenue Bonds Refunded to G. O. Bonds and
Taxable General Obligation Bonds Alternate Revenue Source Series 2018A (Police Pension).
Mayor Dawson asked for a motion on Ordinance No. 1716 regarding abatement on the bond series Administrator Seiver mentioned.
Trustee Jerry Wilson moved to pass Ordinance No. 1716 and Trustee Flannery seconded the motion. Roll call vote showed Trustees Jerry Wilson, Stickell, Flannery, Stuart and Karen Wilson voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
CONSIDERATION OF A NEW F-1 LIQUOR LICENSE FOR LEGENDS CORNER
Mayor Dawson read an F-1 Liquor License request from Mr. Denis Hiner, owner of
Legends Corner Bar & Grill, 432 1st Avenue West, Milan. He stated Mr. Hiner is present and asked him to tell the Board a little about the type of establishment he would be running.
Mr. Hiner stated he ran the Legends Corner in Rock Island for seven years. It was much bigger than the building he is planning on opening in Milan. He and his wife felt it was time to downsize. The menu will be a traditional grill type restaurant and if his license is approved will serve beer and wine. He hopes to open by February 5th.
Mayor Dawson stated he is happy to see a new business come to Milan. He asked for a motion on the liquor license.
Trustee Karen Wilson moved to approve the F-1 license and Jerry Wilson seconded her motion. All Trustees voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
CONSIDERATION OF A D-1 LIQUOR LICENSE FOR BIG RIVER GAMING LLC VEGA’S II and CONSIDERATION OF A D-1 LIQUOR LICENSE FOR BIG RIVER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Mayor Dawson stated two existing businesses are being sold and will have new owners.
They are Big River Gaming LLC Vega’s II and Big River Entertainment Inc. The new owners are applying for their liquor licenses at this time. Big River Gaming Vegas
II’s new owner is Mr. Mark Anast, owner of MJFA Properties LLC and the new owner of Big River Entertainment Inc. is Mr. Neil Ferrari. They are both applying for D-1 Liquor Licenses, which allow them to sell beer and wine.
Trustee Stuart moved to approve both licenses and Trustee Flannery seconded the motion. All Trustees voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
CONSIDERATION TO OPEN CLOSED SESSION MINUTES
Mayor Dawson stated every six months it is required that the Board review the closed session minutes and decide if they should continue to be held in confidence or opened to the public. All Board Members have received copies of the closed session minutes of March 4, 2019, April 1, 2019 and September 3, 2019. After reviewing the minutes, he asked for a motion.
Trustee Jerry Wilson moved to adopt Resolution 20-1 which will keep all three sets of minutes in confidence. Trustee Karen Wilson seconded the motion. All Trustees voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Trustee Karen Wilson stated the Milan Police Officers did a fantastic job at the Nature’s Treatment facility on their opening day of selling recreational marijuana. Trustee Stuart stated they had a very successful second Trivia Night at the Camden Centre which is a fundraiser for the Milan Fireworks. They had 106 participants which turned out to be a $953 donation to the Fireworks after expenses. He stated last year the Camden Centre benefited by booking two weddings for the Centre from the event.
Trustee Stuart stated he is working on a bowling tournament fundraiser for the fireworks also.
Finance Director Hunt stated there will be a Committee of the Whole meeting, Wednesday January 8th at 5:00 p.m. in the 2nd Floor Conference Room to discuss new Businesses.
CITIZENS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE VILLAGE BOARD
Mayor Dawson asked if anyone from the audience would like to address the Village Board. There was no one.
ADJOURN
There being no further business to come before the Board, Mayor Dawson asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Trustee Wilson so moved and Trustee Flannery seconded the motion. All Trustees voted “Aye”. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 6:20 p.m.
http://www.milanil.org/docs/agenda_minutes/20200106.pdf
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