City of Anna City Council met Aug. 2.
Here are the minutes provided by the council:
The Anna City Council met in regular session at Anna City Hall at 5:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Steve Hartline. The roll call went as follows: Present were Commissioner Michael Bigler, Commissioner Kathy Bryan, Commissioner Bryan Miller, Commissioner Martha Ann Webb and Mayor Steve Hartline.
A motion was made by Commissioner Webb and seconded by Commissioner Bryan that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE THE JULY 19 2022 ANNA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION MINUTES. 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
Mr. Mike Hunter addressed the council on behalf of the Anna Elks Lodge. Mr. Hunter gave a brief overview of what the Elks Organization does on a national level, and then on a local level. He emphasized that the majority of the Elks Lodge money goes directly back into the community in the ways of community events and scholarships for local high school students. The Lodge in Anna currently has 325 members. Mr. Hunter had questions for the Council about its gaming applications and where the revenue generated from that goes. Mr. Hunter claims that the Elks gaming application was denied. The Anna City Council Accepted all the gaming applications that were brought before them at the 7/5/2022 meeting. Some of these applications were pending an updated map that was in accordance with the ordinance regarding gaming within city limits. This includes the Anna Elks Lodge Application.
City Administrator Dori Bigler gave updates on the following: (1) The city’s application for the Tourism Attraction & Festival grant was approved. The application was for the Small Business Saturday festival and includes funding for the ice-skating rink, Christmas lights including some over the road decorations and large streamer trees, fireworks, professional photographer, snow machine, and other items to improve the event. The paperwork hasn’t been received yet but the plan is to get all of this in place for the 2022 festival. (2) The city is hosting a swim party for all staff and family on Wednesday, August 10th from 6-8 (3) The walk audit for the Vienna Street Project is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, August 3rd at 6PM. Meet in the City Hall parking lot. (4) The new fire truck is scheduled to be complete on August 8th. It will be inspected the 2nd week of August and then post-delivery work will begin. We are expecting delivery by the 3rd week of August. Administrator Bigler is currently working on obtaining financing quotes from the local banks. The total cost of the vehicle is $355,990 (5) The city has granted the IEPA another extension to review the city’s supplemental permit modification. During a phone call with the IEPA, they indicated that they were not convinced they could say without a doubt that the landfill doesn’t have an environmental impact with the absence of downgradient water. The city modified their request to include less frequent groundwater monitoring events per year to decrease the annual expense of the landfill. (6) The council voted to surplus two fire department vehicles. We are currently waiting on both to be ready and moved outside, then the ad will be in the newspaper about the bids (7) Bids for the vacant lots are due August 16th and will be opened at that council meeting (8) The city is waiting on one public nuisance property to be deeded over, then an ad will be in the newspaper to get bids on the demolition of all the city properties and court order demolition properties (9) The city is going to participate in a MISO demand response program to help alleviate stress to the power grid next year (10) Department heads will be giving monthly statistic reports at the first council meeting of each month starting with tonight’s meeting.
A motion was made by Commissioner Webb and seconded by Commissioner Bigler that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE ORDINACE 2022-18; REGULATING DEVELOPMENT IN FLOODPLAIN AREAS. A vote was taken upon the motion with the following results. Commissioner Bigler, Commissioner Bryan, Commissioner Bryan Miller, Commissioner Webb and Mayor Hartline voted yea. Nay – none. Mayor Hartline declared the motion carried.
A motion was made by Commissioner Bryan and seconded by Commissioner Webb that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2022-18; TO APPLY TO PARTICIAPTE IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM . A vote was taken upon the motion with the following results. Commissioner Bigler, Commissioner Bryan, Commissioner Bryan Miller, Commissioner Webb and Mayor Hartline voted yea. Nay – none. Mayor Hartline declared the motion carried.
A motion was made by Commissioner Miller and seconded by Commissioner Bryan that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2022-19; ADOPTING THE REGULATIONS FOR THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS. A vote was taken upon the motion with the following results. Commissioner Bigler, Commissioner Bryan, Commissioner Bryan Miller, Commissioner Webb and Mayor Hartline voted yea. Nay – none. Mayor Hartline declared the motion carried.
A motion was made by Commissioner Miller and seconded by Commissioner Bryan that it be RESOLVED TO AUTHORIZE HIRING A FULL-TIME PATROLMAN. 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.
A motion was made by Commissioner Bigler and seconded by Commissioner Bryan that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE THE ZONING PERMIT FOR WELNESS PHARMS LLC AT 690 LICK CREEK ROAD. 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.
A motion was made by Commissioner Webb and seconded by Commissioner Bryan that it be RESOLVED APPROVE THE ZONING PERMIT FOR RYAN AND DANYELLE DODD AT 2040 APPLEWOOD LANE. 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.
A motion was made by Commissioner Bryan and seconded by Commissioner Miller that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE THE FENCING APPLICATION FOR MICHAEL JOHNSTON AT 112 EVERGREEN DRIVE, PENDING METER RELOCATION. 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.
A motion was made by Commissioner Bryan and seconded by Commissioner Webb that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE FENCING APPLICATION FOR BETTY BENNETT AT 200 APPLE LANE, PENDING METER RELOCATION. 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.
A motion was made by Commissioner Bigler and seconded by Commissioner Webb that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE CITY USAGE REQUEST FOR ANNA DISTRICT #37 PBIS EVENT FRO OCTOBER 21ST – OCTOBER 26TH. 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.
A motion was made by Commissioner Webb and seconded by Commissioner Bryan that it be RESOLVED TO APPROVE CITY USAGE REQUEST FOR ANNA DISTRICT #37 BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SEASON; AUGUST 3RD – OCTOBER 6TH . 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.
Police Chief Brian Watkins gave a monthly stats report for the Police Department. There were 122 radio initiated calls, 452 total calls, and 104 warnings.
Fire Chief Mike Dammerman gave a monthly stats report for the Fire Department. There were 11 calls through the month of July, 5 of which were automatic alarms. They also offered 12.5 hours of training.
Public Works Manager gave a monthly report on the Public Works Department. The City Park Project is running on schedule and will be completed by August 15th.
A motion was made by Commissioner Bigler and seconded by Commissioner Miller that it be RESOLVED THAT THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE ANNA CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 2, 2022 BE ADJOURNED AT 5:52 PM. 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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