City of Alton Committee of the Whole met September 25.
Here is the minutes as provided by the committee:
A Regular Meeting of the Committee of the Whole was held in the City Council
Chambers, City Hall Building, Alton, Illinois at approximately 6:00 p.m. on the above date.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Campbell.
Roll Call of members present or absent was as follows:
Present: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Absent: None – 0
Also in attendance were Mayor Walker; Comptroller Ontis; Wastewater Treatment
Operations Supervisor Gibson; Deputy Director Community Development & Housing Barnes;
City Council Coordinator Clark; Personnel Director Scoggins; Fire Chief Sebold; Police Chief
Simmons; Director of Park & Recreation Haynes; City Attorney Caffey; Corporation Counselor
Schrempf.
Chairman Campbell presented the Discount and Special Bills paid as listed in the
Comptroller’s Report dated September 25, 2017 be approved and a Resolution authorizing same
be presented at Wednesday’s Council Meeting. Mrs. MacAfee made a motion, seconded by Ms.
Smith, that said bills be approved. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: Marquette Catholic High
School has requested that 4th Street beginning at 4th Street and Easton and ending at 4th Street and
Langdon be closed on October 21, 2017 to facilitate the Marquette Catholic High School
homecoming. Mr. Campbell made a motion, seconded by Mr. Boulds, that said resolution be
approved. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: Mac Lenhardt has requested
that a portion of certain streets be closed on September 30, 2017 to facilitate a party for graduates
of the 60’s in downtown Alton in the vicinity of Mac’s Time Out Lounge. Mr. Campbell made a
motion, seconded by Mr. Boulds, that said resolution be approved. The motion passed by the
following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: That the Mayor and
appropriate city officials are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City of
Alton the attached The Landings at Belle Meadows Agreement for the
Provision of Supplemental Police Services. Mr. Boulds made a motion,
seconded by Mrs. MacAfee, that said resolution be approved. The motion passed by the
following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: Providing for a feasibility
study on the designation of a portion of the City of Alton as a Redevelopment Project Area and
to induce development interest within such area. Mr. Boulds made a motion, seconded by Mrs.
MacAfee, that said resolution be approved. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 6
Nays: Velloff – 1
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: The Civil Service
Commission of the City of Alton has discussed certain changes to their Rules and approval of
rule changes by the City Council of the City of Alton, Illinois, as a home rule unit, may be
required to fully effectuate the intent of said rule changes and that the Corporation Counselor of
the City of Alton is hereby authorized and directed to draft an ordinance incorporating the rule
changes as recommended by the Civil Service Commission for consideration of the City Council
and to present same at the next regular meeting of the Committee of the City Council to be held
September 25, 2017. Mr. Boulds made a motion, seconded by Mrs. MacAfee, that said
resolution be approved. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: That the attached document
labeled “SNIP CONTRACT” is hereby approved and that the Mayor and appropriate city
officials are authorized and directed to sign the document on behalf of the City of Alton. Mr.
Boulds made a motion, seconded by Mrs. MacAfee, that said resolution be approved. The
motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: That the Mayor is hereby
authorized and directed to execute the attached AGREEMENT pertaining to establishing a
committee and fund for the James Killion Park. Ms. Smith made a motion, seconded by Mr.
Boulds, that said resolution be approved. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: The Alton Community Unit
School District #11 entered into a contract with WANRACK to construct their fiber optic
network and part of the network is designed to be constructed within the City’s Right-of-Way
and that the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute the attached LICENSE
AGREEMENT with WANRACK. Mr. Boulds made a motion, seconded by Mr. Campbell, that
said resolution be approved. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: The City Council of the City
of Alton, Illinois desires to update its City Code to pertaining to raffle limitations and that the
attached ordinance be considered. Mr. Boulds made a motion, seconded by Mr. Campbell, that
said resolution be approved. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: The City Council of the City
of Alton, Illinois has received the Plan of the Illinois Municipal League Risk Management
Association including By-Laws, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Contract, and the anticipated
cost of the participation in the Plan and the City Council finds it to be in the public interest of the
City to participate in the Plan and that the attached ordinance be considered. Mr. Boulds made a
motion, seconded by Mrs. Elliott, that said resolution be approved. The motion passed by the
following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: The Administration has
recommended modifications to the procedures required by the City Code with regard to the
approval and renewal of sidewalk café leases and that the Corporation Counselor is hereby
requested to work with the office of the Mayor, City Comptroller, and Treasurer to draft an
ordinance incorporating the changes recommended to be made by the administration. Mr.
Boulds made a motion, seconded by Mr. Campbell, that said resolution be approved. The
motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: The City Treasurer is hereby
authorized and directed to return to Pride Inc. the sum of $60,000 as a voluntary reimbursement
or refund with the donation previously received by the City of Alton from Pride Inc. specifically
for the enhancement of Gordon Moore Community Park during the current fiscal year. Mr.
Boulds made a motion, seconded by Mrs. MacAfee, that said resolution be approved. The
motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: That the Comptroller shall
determine on an annual basis commencing with Fiscal Year 2018-2019 the total funds deposited
into the Emergency Vehicle Replacement Fund of the City of Alton from the hotel and motel tax
revenues of the City of Alton and shall transfer from the General Fund of the City of Alton a sum
equal to the difference between $200,000 and those funds deposited from the hotel/motel tax to
the Emergency Vehicle Replacement Fund each year. Mr. Boulds made a motion, seconded by
Ms. Smith, that said resolution be approved. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following resolution, re: The Sewer Fund of the City
of Alton is an enterprise fund, which is supported exclusively by the funds derived from monthly
user charges paid by users of the wastewater facilities and that an ordinance adjusting the sewer
service charges to cover the actual cost incurred by the City of Alton to provide sewer services
be drafted by the Corporation Counselor to be considered by the City Council. Mr. Boulds made
a motion, seconded by Mrs. MacAfee, that said resolution be approved. The motion passed by
the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 6
Nays: Velloff - 1
Chairman Campbell presented the following Bid Report and Resolution, re: Bid #2017 –
18; Demolition of 301 – 303 Dry Street for the Building and Zoning Department. Mr. Campbell
made a motion, seconded by Mr. Boulds, that the best bid of Supreme Trucking & Excavating
for demolition of 301 – 303 Dry Street in the amount of $7,899.00 be awarded for Bid #2017 –
18 for the Building & Zoning Department. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
Chairman Campbell presented the following Bid Report and Resolution, re: Bid #2017 –
19, Asbestos Abatement at 615 E 5th Street for the Building and Zoning Department. Mr.
Campbell made a motion, seconded Mr. Boulds, that the best bid of Abatepro, Inc for Asbestos
Abatement at 615 East 5th Street in the amount of $1,800.00 be awarded for Bid #2017 – 19 for
the Building & Zoning Department. The motion passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
There being no further business to come before the Committee of the Whole at this time,
Mr. Boulds made a motion, seconded by Mrs. MacAfee, that said meeting adjourn. The motion
passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Campbell, MacAfee, Velloff, Smith, Brake, Elliott, Boulds – 7
Nays: None – 0
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