Village of Annawan Village Board met March 11.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Annawan Village Board met at 6:30 PM in the Village Hall.
Present were:
Trustees: Brent Heitzler, John Rico, Audie Sturtewagen, John Davis , President Wise (via phone) Clerk: Sue Nelson
Also attending: Chief Doug Elliott, Kelsey Cathelyn, Scott Kammerman & Paul Baele (IMEG), Michael Waldron (Strand), Kevin Baily & Scott Duckett (MSA), Judd Giffin & Catherine Terando (Giffin)
Prior Month’s Minutes
Sturtewagen, seconded by Davis, made a motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Motion passed.
Monthly Bills
Rico, seconded by Davis, made a motion to pay the monthly bills. Motion passed. The balance in the General Fund on February 29, 2020 was $54,743.74
Police Report
Chief Elliott gave the police report showing 16 calls for service, 465 Self-Initiated Activities, 13 Traffic Enforcement Activities, and 1 Agency Assist for the reporting period. Training for the month included: Police Law Monthly Online Training; Online Training via Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. Chief Elliott continues his weekly school walk-through with Superintendent Nordstrom. The full report is on file in the village office.
Parks and Recreation Report
Kelsey reported 2 paid and 7 free rentals of the Community Center. The Fitness Center has 86 members between single and family. Upcoming events for Spring Break week ; Mar 24th Donuts & Movie; Mar 25th Chocolate Olympics; Mar 26th Cookie decorating & Spring bingo.
Fun Days will have a new Little Miss Village of Annawan pageant this year held on Friday June 5th at 6 PM at the AHS gym. It will be girls aged 5-8. They will have a few weeks of practice, an interview, learn a dance, introduce themselves & get asked two questions. The Queen & runners up will help throughout Fun Days weekend, enter the parade & attend local parades and fundraisers throughout the year. Sponsor letters will be sent out this week.
The 5K race will possibly be cut for Sunday, due to low participants last year.
Additions to Saturday night at the park are a Dinosaur Discovery show and a magic/balloon twisting show. I am in the process of finding one more event to add to Sunday afternoon for the kids.
Howes Park Scholarship; The Scholarship fund ($1,200) was created from the income generated by the Fun Days 5K fun in 2019. This will be awarded to a Senior on scholarship night at the school in May.
At this time, 1 person has applied. The applications are not due for 3 more weeks.
Spring Soccer; Forms were sent to the school at the end of last week and are due back March 20th. Forms are also available on the youth sports website. The first game will be Saturday, April 11th and run through Saturday May 16th.
Baseball; Forms were sent the school March 10th and are due back March 27th. The numbers have to be turned in April 1st. Forms are also available on the youth sports website.
Proclamation
Davis, seconded by Rico, along with Mayor Wise, made a motion to proclaim April 2, 2020 as Junior Achievement Day. Motion passed. This is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the many community partners who support JA’s mission in Annawan.
Engineer Presentations
The following engineers made presentations for the Patriot Way Water/Sewer extension project. Scott Kammerman & Paul Baele for IMEG
Michael Waldron for Strand Associates
Kevin Baily & Scott Duckett for MSA
Judd Giffin & Catherine Terando for Giffin Engineering
Resolution 88
Sturtewagen, seconded by Davis made the motion to adopt Resolution 88, allowing the transfer of $10,374.19 from Video Gaming funds to the Community Center account for the loan payment that is due. Motion passed.
Village Wide Yard Sales
Rico, seconded by Sturtewagen, made the motion to set Village Wide yard sales beginning Friday, May 8th through May 10th.
Park/Rec Personnel
Sturtewagen, seconded by Davis made the motion to hire Kelsey Cathelyn back as the Parks & Recreation Director at her previous rate of pay of $32,781 per year.
Village Clerk
As Sue Nelson has asked to return to the Deputy Clerk position, Sturtewagen, seconded by Davis, made the motion to hire Dyann Wancket for the part-time position of Village Clerk at $16 per hour.
Tabled for a future meeting
Insurance changes Howes Park baseball Annexation of School Property to Village Mowing
Recycling (Eco-Management)
Roof at Police Station Building Township Garbage
Adjournment
Sturtewagen, seconded by Rico, made a motion to adjourn.
Sue Nelson Clerk
Motion passed.
http://www.annawanil.org/minutes/20200311.pdf
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