Annawan Alba Township Library Board met June 9.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Annawan Village Board met at 6:30 PM in the Community Center. Present via conference call were:
Trustees: President Tim Wise, Brent Heitzler, Audie Sturtewagen, John Davis and Kim Goodley Clerk: Sue Nelson
Also attending: Chief Doug Elliott, Kelsey Cathelyn, Kim Walker, Josh & Alicia Frank, Mitch Ouart, Marilyn Reiff, Allyssa Hewitt, Judd Giffin and Tara Cullison.
Prior Month’s Minutes
Sturtewagen, seconded by Goodley, made a motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Motion passed.
Monthly Bills
Davis, seconded by Sturtewagen, made a motion to pay the monthly bills. Motion passed. The balance in the General Fund on May 31, 2020 was $45,775.30
Police Report
Chief Elliott gave the police report showing 30 calls for service, 308 Self-Initiated Activities, 4 Traffic Enforcement Activities and 8 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. Conference calls with ISP Director twice weekly. Yearly policy review and yearly firearms qualification. The full report is on file in the village office.
Parks and Recreation Report
Kelsey Cathelyn reported the Community Center is open for rentals of 10 people or less. The park is open. Playground equipment, shelter house and bathrooms have been sanitized.
The Fitness Center is open, allowing 3 people in at a time and it being monitored throughout the day. Typically a total of 5 persons a day have been using the facility.
Kelsey reported that there has been no contact from the DNR office regarding the Canal Ambush Mini- Triathlon. There’s a good chance the event will be cancelled for this year.
Summer Rec will possibly be held in July twice a week for four weeks.
The baseball fields are being used by travel teams for practices and I am working on scheduling them for their field time.
Resolution 90 Committing Local Funds
Heitzler, seconded by Sturtewagen, made the motion to adopt Resolution 90, allowing the Village to submit a Rebuild Illinois competitive public infrastructure application. Motion passed.
Resolution 91 Fair Housing
Goodley, seconded by Heitzler, made the motion to adopt Resolution 91, supporting the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. Motion passed.
Water Heater for Shelter House
A new water heater is needed for the park Shelter House. Bids were received from DeDecker (30 gal $768) and Wirth (40 gal $775). Wirth was selected for the installation.
Catholic Church School/Hall Building
There was discussion about the Village reaching an agreement with the Church regarding the old School building and the Parish Hall. The Parish hall is in sound condition. The school building would need to be demolished. Bids have been received at $30 to $40 thousand for demolition. This is in the TIF district, but would not be done until 2021.
Sturtewagen, seconded by Goodley, made the motion to move forward with the plans for taking the hall. Motion passed.
Audit Engagement Letter
Sturtewagen, seconded by Goodley, made the motion to accept Blucker, Kneer & Associates to perform the Village audit for fiscal year 2019-2020. Motion passed.
Rental Fees for Community Center
There was discussion on setting different rental rates for Village residents and non-residents renting the Community Center and using the Fitness Center. If there’s an increase, the current non-residents with memberships would be grand fathered in. The new rate would be for new members. There are also non-residents that made donations to the building of the Center. That would also be taken into consideration. Kelsey will check to see how much other Centers are charging and this will be brought up at the July meeting.
TIF Requests Fire Dept. & School
The Village Fire Dept. would like to side the outside of the building and add rock/stone around edges. This would be approximately $75,000
The School will be having more home games and needs lighting and would like to upgrade the tennis court area. The Press box has already been upgraded. These upgrades would be approximately $75,000 to $80,000.
Village Board Member Candidates
There are 2 candidates for the Village Board vacancy. Bob Shrum and Devan Bertrand. There will be a special meeting in July for introductions to the board.
Rezoning Property at 312 South Depot
The zoning committee met and passed changing zoning of that property only from OT-R1 to multi-family residential. Kim Walker from Abilities Plus distributed pictures of what the home would look like and state it’s a regular home with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen & garage. She stated that any time a resident was in the home, there would be staff present. Most residents would be working Monday through Friday 9-3. There were questions from some Annawan residents attending the meeting. Why was Annawan chosen for this home over other towns in the area that had more stores, parks and activities for Abilities Plus residents to choose from? Kim stated that some residents are from small towns, it was a central location to travel to work and there is a grocery store, an ice cream shop and there are sports activities at the school to attend. It was also a concern that the hospital was so far away and emergency help would not be available. Kim stated that 911 would be called as in any situation with an emergency. The residence would have a generator so there would always be electric. There would need to be new staff hired and the training is provided by Abilities Plus.
There was a concern about who would be living there. Kim stated that some may be in wheel chairs and some may not. There have been no criminal issues or records for any of the Abilities Plus residents. A resident cannot be a danger to themselves or others to be considered for the program.
President Wise asked if there were any further questions and if the Board wanted to make a motion. It was stated that since all Board members were not present and there hasn’t been sufficient time to review Village residents concerns that possibly this decision should be tabled until July.
Topic dies for lack of motions.
Tabled for July meeting
Water Rate Study
Recycling (Eco-Management) Village Board Member Candidates Rental Fees for Community Center TIF request for Fire Dept. & School Rezoning property at 312 S Depot
Adjournment to Executive Session
Goodley, seconded by Sturtewagen, made a motion to adjourn to Executive session.
Motion passed.
Heitzler, seconded by Goodley, made a motion to adjourn the Executive session and return to the regular meeting. Motion passed.
After Executive Session
Goodley, seconded by Heitzler, made a motion to list the property at 206 Railroad Ave in Annawan for sale as a sealed bid with a minimum bid of $15,000. Motion passed.
There being no further business, Sturtewagen, seconded by Heitzler, made a motion to adjourn. Motion passed.
http://www.annawanil.org/minutes/20200609.pdf
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