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City Council Meeting 08/19/2024 Monday, August 19, 2024 07:00 PM City Hall Annex - 128 East Railroad Street, Sandwich, IL 60548

1.Call to Order

2.Roll Call

3.Audience Comments

4.Consent Agenda:

Motion to adopt the Consent Agenda as a whole. (All matters listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately). 

  1. A.Approval of Minutes from the Regular City Council meeting of August 5, 2024

  2. B.Approval of Minutes from the Committee of the Whole Council Meeting for August 5, 2024

  3. C.Approval of Treasurers Report and Financials for July, 2024

5.Mayor’s Report:  Todd Latham

  1. A.Swear in new Patrol Officer Jacob Lundsteen (S18)

  2. B.Street Closure Request

6.Attorney’s Report: 

Attorney Cassandra Gottschalk / Foster, Buick, Conklin, Lundgren & Gottschalk Law Group

7.City Clerk’s Report: Denise Ii

8.Treasurer’s Report: Vacancy

9.City Administrator’s Report: Geoff Penman 

10.City Department’s Reports

  1. A.EMA Report – Tony Eberle

  2. B.Police Chief Senne

  3. C.Engineering – Curt Dettmann 

11.Council Reports

Alderman Adam Arnett

Alderwoman Karsta Erickson

Alderman Bill Fritsch

Alderwoman Rebecca Johnson

Alderman Fred Kreinbrink

Alderman Bill Littlebrant

Alderman Rich Robinson 

Alderman Rick Whitecotton

12.Old Business

  1. A.Approval of Ordinance 2024-09: AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 1.42 ACRES LOCATED AT U.S. ROUTE 34, SANDWICH, ILLINOIS, PERMANENT INDEX NO. 19-36-227-006 TO THE CITY OF SANDWICH pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/7-1-9 (from Chapter 24, par. 7-1-9).

  2. B.Possible Action to Approve Ordinance 2024-08: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 54 of the Sandwich Municipal Code to ban soliciting on Sundays

13.New Business

  1. A.Authorize Mayor to Terminate Solar Power Purchase Agreement & Site Lease with Nelnet Renewable Energy of Lincoln Nebraska

  2. B.Authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement with CamVac LLC of Sandwich, Illinois for potholing services to assist with the identification of Lead Service Lines in an amount not to exceed $40,000

  3. C.Approve the carryover of 80 hours of vacation time for Sergeant Brian Fasnacht and authorize the payout of the remaining vacation time as of his anniversary date of August 15, 2024. 

  4. D.Approval of Bills in the amount of $170,451.13

14.Executive Session

  1. A.under 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2) Collective Bargaining with possible action to follow.

15.Announcements

  1. A.City Offices will be closed Monday, September 2 in observance of Labor Day

  2. B.The next Committee of the Whole Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 7:00 pm

  3. C.The next Regular City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 immediately following the Committee of the Whole meeting.

16.Adjournment