City of Anna City Council met July 7.
Here is the minutes provided by the council:
The Anna City Council met in special session at Anna City Hall at 4:45 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Steve Hartline. The roll call went as follows: Present were Commissioner Kathy Bryan, Commissioner Bryan Miller, Commissioner Martha Ann Webb and Mayor Steve Hartline. Commissioner Michael Bigler entered the meeting at 4:50 None were absent.
City Administrator Dori Bigler presented the following information: With the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and its detrimental impact on small businesses, the State is invoking its option to adjust Community Development
Block Grant allocations to address specific needs to benefit llinois' non entitlement communities in case of unforeseen circumstances. $20 million will be available for this program. The Downstate Small Business Stabilization component has been established to provide working capital funds to community's businesses economically impacted by the COVID-19 virus.
The program component makes funds available for 60 days of verifiable working capital up to a grant ceiling of $25,000 and is available for businesses that employ 50 people or less. Number of employees includes the business owner(s). These funds may be used to assist private for-profit small retail and service businesses, or businesses considered non-essential by the Governor's Executive Order without the ability for employees to work remotely
A requirement of any Community Development Block Grant is a discussion on community development and housing needs in our community. At this time, we will take public comment or comments from the council on these needs, and we will then prioritize the list.
There were no comments made for community development and housing needs of our community. We will now discuss the scope of the projects included in the City of Anna application: The City of Anna is submitting the following applications:
1. Union County Country Club is an 18-hole facility that has been the sole provider for the golfing community of Union County since 1954. They normally employ 11 staff members to maintain the course. They are requesting $25,000 from the DSBS grant, which would help them to supplement the loss of revenue and keep business going.
A motion was made by Commissioner Bryan and seconded by Commissioner Miller that it be RESOLVED THAT THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE ANNA CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 7, 2020 BE ADJOURNED AT 4:57 P.M. A vote was taken upon the motion with the following results. Commissioner Bigler, Commissioner Bryan, Commissioner Miller, Commissioner Webb and Mayor Hartline voted yea. Nay - none. Mayor Hartline declared the motion carried.
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