The Board of Trustees met at the Medina Township Office
located at 10628 N. Galena Road, Mossville, Illinois on December 12th, 2018
Purpose: Regularly Scheduled Board Meeting
Present:
John H. Dawson, Supervisor
Shawn E. Garner, Clerk
Mike Molohon, Trustee
Richard Clinch, Trustee
Cam Parr, Trustee
Adam Gudat, Trustee
Other Officials and Township Staff Present: Frank Sturm II, Road Commissioner
Others In Attendance: 2 resident.
Call To Order: Supervisor Dawson followed by pledge of allegiance to the flag called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.
Minutes:
Clerk, Garner, presented the minutes of the Road District Tax Levy Hearing held November 14th, 2018. Supervisor Dawson moved to approve, as presented, seconded by Trustee Parr; followed by a unanimous “Aye” voice vote with Trustee Gudat abstaining.
Clerk, Garner, presented the minutes of the Township Tax Levy Hearing held November 14th, 2018. Trustee Clinch moved to approve, as presented, seconded by Trustee Molohon; followed by a unanimous “Aye” voice vote with Trustee Gudat abstaining.
Clerk, Garner, presented the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held November 14th, 2018. Trustee Molohon moved to approve, as presented, seconded by Trustee Clinch; followed by a unanimous “Aye” voice vote with Trustee Parr abstaining.
Community Policing Report: Deputy Lauber reported a motor vehicle burglary at Alta Access to Rock Island Trail with stolen debit card used to incur over $3,000 in charges at Target. Deputy filed Incident Report on ordinance violation at Medina Park with no visible damage.
Public Input:
Supervisor Dawson recognized Josh Benway with MMYBA who inquired as basis for declination on installing changing station. Trustee Parr explained rationale for declination.
Correspondence & Reports
Supervisor, John Dawson:
- Investment Report: The Investment Report ending on December 12th, 2018 was accepted as presented by the board.
Road Commissioner, Frank Sturm, II:
- We will probably wrap up leaf pick-up this week. This was a difficult operation this year. This was due to the late leaf drop, rain, snow and freezing temperatures. The crew switched the trucks from leaf pick-up to snow removal four times, which has never been done.
- The oldest leaf vac that we have is on its way out. It is the last red one we use and it is a 2006 model. We are looking at replacing it in 2019. One of our vacs is in the shop. The bearing on the impeller shaft blew up. Will have it fixed as soon as we get the parts.
Assessor, Mark Brabant:
Not present to present report.
Plan Commission, Brady Miller, Chairperson:
Not present to present report.
Trustees:
None
Old Business
None
New Business
Review, discuss, vote on police contract: Supervisor Dawson outlined Peoria County Sheriff’s proposal. Supervisor Dawson recognized Sheriff Asbell who presented basis for contract. There are currently 8 contracts pending. Sheriff’s Department prefers multi-year contract that allows for budgeting and control administration expense. Increases are 0% in year 1, 1% in year 2, 2.5% in year 3, and 2.5% in year 4. On a year-by-year basis, increase will be 3% annually. Discussion held on 8 hours shift versus 12 hours shift, Sheriff advised that the length of shift is based upon level of comfort of township residents.
Trustee Clinch made motion to extend Peoria County Sheriff’s contract to the end of January, 2019, seconded by Trustee Parr; followed by a unanimous “Aye” voice vote.
Closed Session: Under 5 ILCS 120/2©(11) – After recognizing township counsel, John Redlingshafer expressed the basis for executive session as potential litigation, when an action against , affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the findings shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. Trustee Clinch made motion to proceed into executive session to discuss Luthy property questions with no formal action to be taken until the Board returns to regular session, seconded by Trustee Parr. A roll call vote was taken by Clerk, Garner, with Supervisor Dawson, Trustees, Parr, Gudat, Molohon, and Clinch voting “Aye”. The motion passed unanimously. The Board proceeded to Executive Session at 7:55 PM.
At 8:30 PM, Supervisor Dawson motioned to reconvene to Regular Session, seconded by Trustee, Clinch followed by a unanimous “Aye” voice vote
Pay Township Bills
Township/Road District Bills Audited: All bills of the Town and the Road District were audited and approved for payment. All bank accounts were reconciled and found to be in order. Trustee Clinch moved to pay the bills along with expense reports of Shawn Garner for $130 for google e-mail and John Dawson for $75.21 for mileage, seconded by Trustee Molohon followed by a unanimous “Aye” voice vote.
Adjournment: There being no further business to come before the board, Trustee Parr moved to adjourn, seconded by Trustee Molohon, followed by a unanimous “Aye” voice vote. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 PM.
Respectfully submitted this 12th day of December, 2018
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Shawn E. Garner, Clerk
