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City of Aledo City Council met Dec. 16.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

I. Call to Order

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Roll Call

IV. Consent Agenda: (Note: Items listed under Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be acted upon by one motion and one vote. If separate action on any particular item is desired, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.)

A. Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 03, 2024.

B. Approval of Finance: Invoice Listing – AP23.

C. Approval of Ordinance No. 21, Series of 2024; Amending Title 13 of the City Code of Aledo, Illinois (Cemetery Fees). (Second Reading)

D. Approval of the Publication Regarding the Schedule and Regular Committee of the Whole and City Council meetings in Fiscal Year 2025.

E. Approval of the Resignation of Officer Breanna Wakeland as a Police Officer in the Aledo Police Department effective November 25, 2024.

F. Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding between REACH Strategies and the City of Aledo for $50,000.00 for Financial Assistance for Electric Vehicle or EV Infrastructure.

G. Approval of a Cemetery Transfer: Sandra K. Peterson, Petitoner, conveys & quit-claims Block Four (4), Lot One Hundred Ten (110) and Lot Ninety-five (95), in the Sixth (6th) Addition of the Aledo Cemetery to James L. and Lynn A. Childs, 821 – 140th Street, Aledo, IL., 61231.

H. Approval of an Agreement for Cleaning Services between King Cleaning Services and City of Aledo – January 1, 2025 thru December 31, 2026.

V. Public Comment: (Note: Each Speaker shall confine comments to five (5) minutes or less, restrict remarks to matters relevant to the governance of the City, avoid repetitious statements and refrain from vulgar or otherwise inappropriate language or references.

VI. Action Items: COP

A. Ordinance No. 19, Series of 2024; Adopting a Municipal Budget for the City of Aledo Fiscal Year 2025. (Second Reading)

B. Ordinance No. 20, Series of 2024; Levying Taxes in and for the City of Aledo, in the County of Mercer and State of Illinois, for the Corporate and Municipal Purposes of said City, for the Fiscal Year commencing January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025, and Authorizing the City Clerk of said City to Certify the same to the County Clerk of said County of Mercer. (Second Reading)

C. Ordinance No. 22, Series of 2024; Adding a New Chapter 17 to Title 3 of the City Code of the City of Aledo, for the Purpose of Imposing a Hotel and Motel Room Renting Tax. (First Reading)

D. Resolution No. 30R, Series of 2024; Approving the City of Aledo Five Year Capital Improvement Program.

E. Resolution No. 31R, Series of 2024; A Resolution Regarding the Release of Closed Session Minutes and Destruction of Closed Session Verbatim Recordings.

VII. Old Business:

VIII. New Business: (For Discussion only)

IX. Closed Session: Council to meet in closed session to discuss:

X. Reconvene in Open Session:

XI. Adjournment

https://www.aledoil.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12162024-437