MINUTES OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL ROOM OF THE BENTON CITY HALL LOCATED AT 1403 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BENTON, ILLINOIS.<\/p>\n
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MAYOR KONDRITZ CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ WERE PRESENT FOR ROLL CALL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 22, 2022.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5. \u00a0COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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MAYOR KONDRITZ ASKED COMMISSIONER STOREY TO PRESENT FIRST AT THE MEETING.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER STOREY STATED THAT HE HAD NO PURCHASE ORDERS AND NO DEPARTMENT REPORTS FOR THIS MEETING.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIRING JUSTICE PURDIE AS A FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH.\u00a0<\/p>\n
VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER STOREY ASKED ATTORNEY MALKOVICH TO HANDLE ITEM (D) DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF SRO CONTRACTS WITH BENTON CONSOLIDATED COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 47, K-4 AND 5-8.\u00a0 ATTORNEY MALKOVICH STATED THAT HE AND CHIEF FUNKHOUSER HAD WRITTEN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE BENTON CONSOLIDATED COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 47 FOR TWO STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS, ONE FOR K-4 AND ONE FOR 5-8.\u00a0 ATTORNEY MALKOVICH STATED THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAD RECEIVED A COPY OF THESE AGREEMENTS IN THEIR PACKETS AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE BENTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 47 FOR K-4.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COCKRUM.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE BENTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 47 FOR 5-8\u00a0\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COCKRUM.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER STOREY ASKED OFFICER JEREMY WATKINS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING ITEM (E) DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF PURCHASING A K9.\u00a0 OFFICER WATKINS STATED THAT HE HAS FELT FOR A WHILE THAT THE BENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING A K9 ON STAFF AGAIN.\u00a0 HE STATED THAT WITH THE CHANGES TO THE POLICE REFORM THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 2023, A K9 WOULD BE USEFUL IN SEARCHING OF VEHICLES.\u00a0 OFFICER WATKINS STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS K9 WAS AN ATTACK DOG AND THE DOG THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO AT THIS TIME WOULD BE A SNIFFER DOG.\u00a0 OFFICER WATKINS STATED THAT HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE K9 AND THEREFORE WOULD SWITCH FROM HIS CURRENT SHIFT TO A POWER SHIFT.\u00a0 HE WOULD BE ON PROACTIVE PATROL AND THERE WOULD BE LITTLE TO NO OVERTIME IN HIS POSITION.\u00a0 APPROXIMATELY $17,000.00 WOULD BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THE NEW K9 AND OFFICER WATKINS STATED THAT HE FEELS THE DEPARTMENT COULD RAISE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS THROUGH GRANTS, DONATIONS, AND FUNDRAISERS.\u00a0 OFFICER WATKINS STATED THAT IT WOULD COST THE CITY APPROXIMATELY $2,500.00 A YEAR, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, IN ORDER TO FEED, HOUSE, AND GENERAL TAKING CARE OF THE K9.\u00a0 OFFICER WATKINS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF RAISING THE FUNDS FOR THE K9 WITH THE HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE K9 IN MAY OF 2023.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE STARTING THE PROCESS OF RAISING FUNDS FOR A K9 IN THE BENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COCKRUM.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT HE HAD NO UPDATES FOR THIS MEETING.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD NO PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS MEETING.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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MAYOR KONDRITZ ASKED ROB WEILT WITH AGE (AFFORDABLE GAS AND ELECTRIC) TO SPEAK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGGREGATION FOR CITY OWNED ELECTRIC ACCOUNTS.\u00a0 MR. WEILT STATED THAT THE CITY\u2019S CURRENT AGGREGATION PROGRAM FOR CITY OWNED ACCOUNTS WILL NOT EXPIRE UNTIL JANUARY OF 2024, HOWEVER, WITH THE RECENT SPIKE IN ELECTRIC RATES AND THE FACT THAT IT DOES NOT APPEAR COSTS WILL LOWER MUCH IN THE FUTURE AND PROBABLY ONLY GO HIGHER, MR. WEILT WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ALLOWING AGE TO SIGN THE CITY WITH A NEW RATE.\u00a0 NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THIS TIME.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT IT WAS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDED TO SET TRICK OR TREATING HOURS.\u00a0 WITH HALLOWEEN FALLING ON A MONDAY EVENING, MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SET OFFICIAL TRICK OR TREATING HOURS FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, 2022 FROM 5 P.M. TO 8 P.M.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER COCKRUM MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE TRICK OR TREATING HOURS FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2022 FROM 5 P.M. TO 8 P.M.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAY<\/p>\n
MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE ITEM (E) DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL FOR ACQUIRING APPRAISAL OF LAND APPROXIMATELY 28 ACRES LYING SOUTH OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SOUTH OF THE I-57 AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK FOR POTENTIAL SALE AND DEVELOPMENT.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH MADE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COCKRUM.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER COCKRUM STATED THAT HE HAS NO PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS MEETING.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER COCKRUM MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE A LAKE LOT LEASE TRANSFER FOR LOT #110 FROM WILLIAM G. TENNISON AND SHIRLEY A. TENNISON TO CHRISTY LANGFORD.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER COCKRUM MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE A LAKE LOT LEASE TRANSFER FOR LOT #152 FROM PHILLIP BARTLEY DURHAM TO ROBIN SMITH AND BEN SMITH.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER COCKRUM STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A VERBAL DEPARTMENT REPORT.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER COCKRUM STATED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN BUSY BORING ON IOWA STREET AND INSTALLING NEW LINES IN ADDITION TO FIXING LEAKS AND OTHER DAILY DUTIES.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER COCKRUM MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DESIGN\/ENGINEERING OF INDUSTRIAL PARK II WATERMAIN EXTENSION STATING THAT THIS WILL BE PAID FROM THE IJRL TIF FUNDS.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT HE HAD NO PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS MEETING.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH GAVE A VERBAL DEPARTMENT REPORT.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT THE MILLING AND OVERLAY PROJECT ON SOUTH MCLEANSBORO STREET AND A PORTION OF JOPLIN STREET WAS UNDERWAY.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THEN STRIPING WILL BE SET FOR THE NEXT WEEK.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT THE STREET SWEEPER IS CURRENTLY OUT OF COMMISSION, BUT PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND ONCE THEY ARRIVE STREET SWEEPING WILL COMMENCE.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT THE BCHS HOMECOMING PARADE WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 P.M.\u00a0 THE PARADE WILL BEGIN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND GO WEST ON EAST MAIN STREET, AND END AROUND THE PUBLIC SQUARE.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH MADE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM (C) DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF DESIGNATING THE NEW PLAYGROUND ON GRAND STREET AS A PARK.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIRING A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER STOREY STATED THAT THIS EMPLOYEE WILL ACTUALLY BE A WATER DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE, BUT WILL BE LOANED TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT AT TIME.\u00a0 THE EMPLOYEE TO BE HIRED IS KEVIN SAMPLE.\u00a0 SECOND Y COMMISSIONER COCKRUM.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA STATED THAT SHE HAD NO PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS MEETING.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO PAY MONTHLY BILLS DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF $360,501.79.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PAYROLL DATED SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 FOR THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $62,357.41 AND FOR THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,082.39 FOR A TOTAL PAYROLL IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,439.80.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COCKRUM.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA STATED THAT SHE FELT LIKE THE BREAK ROOM AT CITY HALL NEEDED SOME NEW CHAIRS AS WELL AS A COUPLE TALES WERE NEEDED AT THE AIRPORT TERMINAL.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA STATED THAT THE HOSPITAL WAS GETTING RID OF SOME FURNITURE AND SHE COULD ACQUIRE IT ALL FOR $200.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PURCHASING THE CHAIRS FOR CITY HALL AND CHAIRS AND TABLES FOR THE AIRPORT TERMINAL.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH.\u00a0 VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA STATED THAT THE BENTON AREA VOLUNTEERS GROUP HAS BEEN FORMED AND WILL BE HELPING WITH FESTIVALS AND DECORATING OF THE CITY FOR EVENTS.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA STATED THAT THE NEXT MEETING FOR THIS GROUP WILL BE AT THE BENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022, FROM 6-7 P.M.\u00a0 ATTORNEY MALKOVICH REMINDED THE COUNCIL THAT IF MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND THE MEETING, NO CITY BUSINESS IS TO BE DISCUSSED.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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ATTORNEY MALKOVICH STATED THAT HE HAD NO FURTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS MEETING.<\/p>\n
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IN MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS, MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT HE HAD JUST SIGNED THE PAPERWORK WITH THE ENGINEERS AND IDOT DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICS TO LAY ASPHALT AT THE AIRPORT.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT THERE WAS SOME PROPERTY ON NORTH MAIN IN FRONT OF BETTY AIKEN AND DAVID MCCOLLUM\u2019S PROPERTIES THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE STREET DEPARTMENT.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT MAYOR KONDRITZ SHOULD HAVE CALLED HIM AND LET HIM KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE SO THAT IT COULD BE RESOLVED.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CRAIG MILES ABOUT THIS AND THAT HE HAD NOT HANDLED THE SITUATION.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ ALSO STATED THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ ALSO STATED THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN MOWING THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT INDUSTRIAL PARK II THAT HOUSES THE SIGN.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT AT THIS TIME THERE ARE WEEDS THAT ARE WAIST HIGH AND IT IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT HIS FINAL COMMEND UNDER MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS WAS THAT THE ROADS ON WHISPER WAY, NEAR HIS HOME, ARE DISINTEGRATING WITH GRASS GROWING IN THE ROADS.\u00a0 MAYOR KONDRITZ STATED THAT HOMEOWNERS EITHER HAVE TO MOW THE ROAD (AS HE DOES), SPRAY WEED KILLER, OR PULL THE WEEDS WHICH ENDS UP PULLING THE ROADWAY UP AS WELL.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO THIS.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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IN NEW BUSINESS, COMMISSIONER STOREY STATED THAT TONIGHT, BEFORE THE MEETING, A CALL WAS RECEIVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A POTENTIAL DRUG DEAL HAPPENING.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER STOREY STATED THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE OFFICER ON SHIFT WAS ALREADY AT A CALL AND COULD NOT GO.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER STOREY STATED THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA STATED THAT SHE WANTED TO THANK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING WITH THE FLAGS, BANNERS, AND BUNTINGS AROUND TOWN FOR PATRIOT DAY.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA ALSO WANTED TO THANK GREG BAKER FROM THE BENTON AREA VOLUNTEERS FOR PUTTING THE BUNTINGS UP AT CAPITAL PARK.\u00a0 4<\/p>\n
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IN MATTERS FROM THE PUBLIC AUDIENCE, TOM CARTER STATED THAT IN 1983 THE CITY HIRED A MAN NAMED EDDIE FROST.\u00a0 HE WAS A WATER DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE, BUT WORKED IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT.\u00a0 MR. CARTER STATED THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT PAID THE WATER DEPARTMENT BACK FOR WAGES.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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WILLIAM MCPHERSON ASKED ABOUT THE DEMOLITION GRANT THAT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY IN 2021.\u00a0 ATTORNEY MALKOVICH STATED THAT BRIAN CALCATERRA IS KEEPING TRACK OF THIS.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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AIRPORT MANAGER MATTHEW HARRISON STATED THAT THE AIRPORT FLY INS HAVE ENDED FOR THE YEAR.\u00a0 HE STATED THAT ONLY ONE HAD TO BE CANCELED FOR WEATHER THIS YEAR AND HE FEELS THAT THEY WERE A GREAT SUCCESS.\u00a0 MR. HARRISON STATED THAT FUEL SALES ARE CURRENTLY DOWN, BUT THAT WITH THE PRICE OF FUEL IN ILLINOIS CURRENTLY IT IS HARD TO STAY COMPETITIVE.\u00a0 MR. HARRISON STATED THAT ALL THE HANGARS ARE FULL AND THERE IS A WAITING LIST WITH FIVE NAMES ON IT FOR HANGARS AT THIS POINT.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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COMMISSIONER COCKRUM MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.\u00a0 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0VOTE WAS TAKEN.\u00a0 YEAS:\u00a0 5.\u00a0 COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER COCKRUM, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ.\u00a0 NAYS:\u00a0 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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MINUTES OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL ROOM OF THE BENTON CITY HALL LOCATED AT 1403 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BENTON, ILLINOIS. MAYOR KONDRITZ CALLED THE MEETING … Continue reading