MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BENTON CITY COUNCIL HELD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 AT 5:45 P.M.\u00a0 PURSUANT TO THE GOVERNOR\u2019S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ISSUED MARCH 16, 2020, THIS MEETING WAS HELD BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE, COMPUTER ATTENDANCE, AND IN PERSON.<\/p>\n
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MAYOR KONDRITZ DECLARED THE HEARING OPEN AND ASKED FOR ROLL CALL. THOSE PRESENT WERE GARAVALIA, MESSERSMITH, COCKRUM, STOREY, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS TAKING PLACE TO HEAR TESTIMONY FOR OR AGAINST VACATING AN ALLEY IN THE CORPORTATE LIMITS OF THE CITY AS DESCRIBED BELOW.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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AN ALLEY EIGHTEEN (18) FEET IN WIDTH RUNNING SOUTH AND NORTH AND ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE AND FIVE TENTHS (141.5) FEET IN LENGTH RUNNING EAST AND WEST LYING NORTH OF LOT 4 IN BLOCK 6 JOPLINS 4TH<\/sup> ADDITION AND LYING SOUTH OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 6 JOPLINS 4TH<\/sup> ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BENTON, AND LYING WEST OF THE RAIL ROAD RIGHT OF WAY AND LYING EAST OF GRAND STREET TO THE CITY OF BENTON, SITUATED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TOM CARTER WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AND ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY UTILITIES IN THE ALLEY.\u00a0 KIMBERLY LARSEN, WHO REQUESTED THE ALLEY VACATION, STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN CHECKED AND THERE WERE NONE.\u00a0 NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE SPOKE FOR OR AGAINST THIS ALLEY CLOSING.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0. \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TIME 5:59 P.M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BENTON CITY COUNCIL HELD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 AT 5:45 P.M.\u00a0 PURSUANT TO THE GOVERNOR\u2019S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ISSUED MARCH 16, 2020, THIS MEETING WAS HELD BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE, COMPUTER … Continue reading