Village of Dupo Board of Trustees Met Dec. 7.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
Open Time: The Board of Trustees of the Village of Dupo, Illinois, met for a regular board meeting at the Dupo Village Hall. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. Pledge of allegiance was conducted.
Roll Call: Trustees answering roll call for the meeting were: Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustee(s) Absent: None. There being a quorum present, President Wilson declared the meeting open for business. Others in attendance: Clerk Nadler, Attorney Swartwout, Treasurer Holzhauer, Chief Smith, Angela and Carl Jeffrey, Ryan Corbin and Brad Penet.
Communications: Clerk Nadler read communications from Illinois Labor Relations noting that the unfair labor practice charge was dropped. Trustee Phillips motioned, and Trustee Ragsdale seconded for the Board to put the communications on file. Trustees voting “Aye”, Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustees voting “Nay”, none.After an affirmative vote, the motion carried.
Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting: Trustee Foster motioned, and Trustee Ragsdale seconded for the Board to approve the regular session minutes from the regular meeting of November 16, 2020, as presented.Trustees voting “Aye”, Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustees voting “Nay”, none. After an affirmative vote, the motion carried.
Bills: Trustee Smith motioned, and Trustee Foster seconded for the Board to approve the bills, as presented. Trustees voting “Aye”,Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustees voting“Nay”, none. After an affirmative vote, the motion carried.
Public Address Board: None
Old Business: Discussion was held regarding I255 project receiving reimbursement for invoice 3 and sending the next payment out to Burns and McDonnell, all closed properties have been boarded up, there are 2 properties on the east side still in progress.
Discussion was held regarding receiving interest in zoning and building inspector positions.
Trustee Phillips motioned, and Trustee Keys seconded for the Board to appoint Brett Small to the Zoning board. Trustees voting “Aye”,Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustees voting“Nay”, none. After an affirmative vote, the motion carried.
New Business: Discussion was held regarding required sexual harassment training and a link sent out online for everyone to take prior to the end of the year.
Discussion was held regarding opening sealed bids for Residential and Commercial properties. No sealed bids were received. An alternate sale option was discussed by the attorney. The sale of properties were tabled to early next year.
Committee Reports:
Sewer Committee Chairperson Foster discussed the need to renew the lift station alarm for another year.
Trustee Foster motioned, and Trustee Phillips seconded for the Board to approve the renewal of the lift station alarm contract for 3/1/21 to 3/1/22 for $1455. Trustees voting “Aye”, Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustees voting “Nay”, none. After an affirmativevote, the motion carried.
Finance/Ordinance Committee Chairperson Smith discussed the need to approve the Tax Levy for St. Clair and Monroe counties.
Trustee Smith motioned, and Trustee Ragsdale seconded for the Board to Ordinance 20-26 the Tax Levy for St. Clair County. Trustees voting“Aye”, Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trusteesvoting “Nay”, none. After an affirmative vote, the motion carried.
Trustee Smith motioned, and Trustee Ragsdale seconded for the Board to Ordinance 20-27 the Tax Levy for Monroe County. Trustees voting“Aye”, Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trusteesvoting “Nay”, none. After an affirmative vote, the motion carried.
Water Committee Chairperson Basinski discussed a PC go out at the Water plant that is being checked up but will likely need to be quickly replaced, status of the new service truck coming in, and the solar excavator hitting multiple village utilities that had to be repaired.
Gas/Parks Committee Chairperson Phillips discussed status of gas leak survey work, status of new lights installed at the park, status of camera work at the park, and status of doing some leaf pickup and shop cleanup.
Public Safety Committee Chairperson Keys, and Chief Smith discussed car with camera not working waiting on one bid to replace and consideration of taking Brad Penet off of Probation.
Trustee Foster motioned, and Trustee Phillips seconded for the Board to approve promoting Officer Brad Penet from probation to full-time status.
Trustees voting “Aye”, Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustees voting “Nay”, none. After an affirmative vote, the motioncarried.
Street Committee Chairperson Ragsdale discussed work on catch basins scheduled for the rest of the year, status of a meeting with property owners for Industrial Drive work and a call with DECO on grant status, ongoing issues with water and drainage due to Bluffview Manor subdivision water discharge issues, and status of sidewalk project.
Trustee Ragsdale motioned, and Trustee Phillips seconded for the Board to approve Ordinance 20-28 awarding the Main St. sidewalk project to KRB Construction. Trustees voting “Aye”, Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustees voting “Nay”, none. After anaffirmative vote, the motion carried.
Zoning/Planning Board: NoneOther Business: None
Adjournment Time: With nothing further to come before the board, Trustee Keys motioned, and Trustee Basinski seconded for the Board to adjourn the meeting. Trustees voting “Aye,” Basinski, Smith, Foster, Ragsdale, Phillips and Keys. Trustees voting “Nay,” none. After an affirmative vote, the motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:39 P.M.
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