City of Geneseo City Council met Jan. 11

By Rock Island Today Reports

May 2, 2022

City of Geneseo City Council met Jan. 11.

Here are the minutes provided by the council:

The Regular Council of the City of Geneseo was called to order at 6:00 PM, in the Council Chambers, with the following members present:

COUNCIL PRESENT:

Council Bob James, Council Brett Barnhart, Council Douglas Crow, Mayor Sean Johnson, Council Martin Rothschild, Council Robert Wachtel, Council Paula Simosky, and Council Keith Kennett

COUNCIL ABSENT: Council Craig Arnold

STAFF PRESENT:

Director of Finance Jamie Matthews, City Admin JoAnn Hollenkamp, HR/Deputy Clerk Brandon Maeglin, Attorney Derke Price, Deputy Chief of Police Kondon Karzin, Chief of Police Casey Disterhoft, Attorney Margaret Kostopulos, Director of Public Works Chad VandeWoestyne, and Building Inspector Rick Mills

PUBLIC PRESENT:

1 INVOCATION

2 Pledge of Allegiance

3 Roll Call

Meeting start 6:00pm

4 Chamber of Commerce Report

None.

5 City Engineering Report

5.1. City Engineering Report - 01.11.22

6 Public Comment - Agenda Items

City Ordinance allows members of the Public to speak and give input up to 3 minutes during Public Comment, there can be no debate or action by the City.

None.

7 Mayor's Comments

The Mayor thanked Public Works and Police Department for their efforts with the winter storm on 01/01/22.

8 City Council Comments

None.

9 City Administrator's Comments

None.

10 Finance Director Comments

10.1. Treasurer's Report, Capital Asset Reports, and Budget Book.

Brett Barnhart moved, seconded by Martin Rothschild, Motion to approve the Treasurer's Report, Capital Asset Reports, and Budget Book as submitted.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Brett Barnhart

SECONDER: Martin Rothschild

AYES: Bob James, Brett Barnhart, Douglas Crow, Martin Rothschild, Robert Wachtel, Paula Simosky, and Keith Kennett

ABSENT: Craig Arnold

11 Unfinished Business

Items requested to be removed from consent agenda.

12 Consent Agenda

12.1. Approval of previous City Council Minutes

12.2. Omnibus method

Brett Barnhart moved, seconded by Robert Wachtel, Motion to approve using the omnibus method and to approve items 12.1 - 12.2

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Brett Barnhart

SECONDER: Robert Wachtel

AYES: Bob James, Brett Barnhart, Douglas Crow, Martin Rothschild, Robert Wachtel, Paula Simosky, and Keith Kennett

ABSENT: Craig Arnold

13 Administration

13.1. Year End Zoning Report

Building Inspections Director Mills presented Permits and Construction values from the past 10 years.

14 Payment of City and Utility Bills

14.1. Approval of City bills

Brett Barnhart moved, seconded by Keith Kennett, Motion to approve the City Bills as presented.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Brett Barnhart

SECONDER: Keith Kennett

AYES: Bob James, Brett Barnhart, Douglas Crow, Martin Rothschild, Robert Wachtel, Paula Simosky, and Keith Kennett

ABSENT: Craig Arnold

15 Public Comment - All Other Items

City Ordinance allows members of the Public to speak and give input up to 3 minutes during Public Comment, there can be no debate or action by the City Council at this time.

Alderman Barnhart and Simosky thanked the Electric Department for their work in restoring power during recent outages.

16 move into Executive Session

16.1. Move into Executive Session

Martin Rothschild moved, seconded by Brett Barnhart, Motion to move into executive session per: 5ILCS 120/2(c)(1), 5ILCS 120/2(c)(5), and 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Martin Rothschild

SECONDER: Brett Barnhart

AYES: Bob James, Brett Barnhart, Douglas Crow, Martin Rothschild, Robert Wachtel, Paula Simosky, and Keith Kennett

ABSENT: Craig Arnold

17 Executive Session Items

17.4. Move back to Open session

Martin Rothschild moved, seconded by Robert Wachtel, Motion to move into open session.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Martin Rothschild

SECONDER: Robert Wachtel

AYES: Bob James, Brett Barnhart, Douglas Crow, Martin Rothschild, Robert Wachtel, Paula Simosky, and Keith Kennett