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City of Highland City Council met May 21. 

Here is the agenda as provided by the council:

Call to Order / Roll Call / Pledge of Allegiance:

Minutes:

          MOTION – Approve Minutes of May 7, 2018 Regular Session (attached)

Public Hearing:

          A hearing will be held to receive comments from the public regarding the proposed annexation

agreement between the City of Highland and Carl Mersinger.

Public Forum:

     A. Citizens’ Requests and Comments:

          1. Lee Iten Post #439 VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary Poppy Days Announcement – Linda Iberg, President

     B. Requests of Council:

     C. Staff Reports:

New Business:

     A. MOTION – Approve Mayor’s Reappointment of Tim McGinley to the Liquor Control Commission

                                                     (attached)

     B. MOTION – Approve Mayor’s Reappointment of Rick Ringwald to the Police and Fire Commission

                                                     (attached)

     C. MOTION – Approve Mayor’s Appointment of George Marron to the Telecommunications Advisory

                                                     Board (attached)

     D. MOTION – Bill #18-63/RESOLUTION Approving Annexation Agreement with Carl Mersinger

                                                    and Mettler Development,LLC (attached)

     E. MOTION – Bill #18-64/ORDINANCE Annexing Territory Owned by Carl Mersinger and the

                                                    Developer, Mettler Development, LLC (attached)

     F. MOTION – Bill #18-65/ORDINANCE Amending the Net Metering and Interconnection Policies for

                                                    Electric (attached)

     G. MOTION – Bill #18-66/ORDINANCE Amending HCS Rates for Streamer’s Dream and Residential

                                                    Connection (attached)

     H. MOTION – Bill #18-67/ORDINANCE Repealing and replacing current Highland Communications

                                                   Services’ Residential Gigabit Rate (attached)

     I. MOTION – Bill #18-68/RESOLUTION Authorizing Engagement of Gilmore-Bell and Joy Howard for

                                                    services related to Financing of the Public Safety Facility (attached)

     J. MOTION – Bill#18-69/RESOLUTION Rejecting all bids for Demolition of Structures at 1316 Oak

                                                    Street and 914/916 Deal Street (attached)

     K. MOTION –Approve Notice of Municipal Letting for Bid #PW-06-18, the Troxler Way Sanitary Sewer

                                                   Extension project (attached)

     L. MOTION – Bill #18-70/ORDINANCE Repealing and Superseding Code of Ordinances entitled Health

                                                  Safety Inspections (attached)

     M. MOTION – Bill #18-71/ORDINANCE Approving a Redevelopment Agreement with Kloss Furniture

                                                   to purchase and redevelop the vacated Super Valu building (attached)

     N. MOTION – Bill 18-72/ORDINANCE Amending Zoning for Public Safety Building (attached)

Reports:

     A. MOTION – Approve Warrant #1094 (attached)

Executive Session:

          The City Council will conduct an Executive Session pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act, citing

the following exemptions allowing such meeting: Section 2(c)(21) for discussion of executive session

minutes, and Section 2(c)(2) for discussion of collective negotiating matters.

New Business (Continued):

     O. MOTION – Bill #18-72/RESOLUTION Approving Labor Agreement Between City and International

                                                  Union of Operating Engineers, Local 399, for a Four-Year Term

                                                  Beginning on May 1, 2018, and Ending on April 30, 2021 (attached)

Adjournment:

http://www.highlandil.gov/Public_Documents/HighlandIL_Agendas/I060A09DA.0/City%20Council%20Agenda%2005-21-2018.pdf