Cerro Gordo, Illinois

SPECIAL MEETING

DEC. 2, 2008

A special meeting of the President and the Board of Trustees was held on December 2, 2008 at 6:30 pm in the Municipal Building. Those present were President Jim Morgan, Trustees Brad Williams, Lyle Shoraga, Terry Lovekamp, and Mike Songer. Also present were Atty. Colette McCarty, and Clerk Linda Ash.

The purpose of this meeting was to gather information concerning the income survey.

The meeting was called to order by Trustee Williams. Della Perrone, from Foth & Van Dyke, handed out sample survey sheets and the target area for the survey. The Village will need 75% of the 230 households targeted. There is no need to know the income of the residents, we will need the threshold. We will need as much information on page 2 as possible. The most important questions are number in household and the range of income.

The Village is seeking a $100,00 design grant for water mains. The Village will need to match 25% of the grant. The grant will look at financial need, our water rates-if we've kept up with need, the audit will be checked, documentation of all breaks, boil orders, the age of mains, etc. It all needs to be done by early March. The Village will need 186 responses. The Board may want to consider an incentive to fill out the survey and this can be done at the Dec. 15 meeting.

Bond Abatement Ordinance # 532

Motion to approve the Bond Abatement Ordinance made by Trustee Shoraga, second Trustee Lovekamp. Roll call vote: Trustees Williams, Shoraga, Lovekamp, and Songer, all yeas.

Trustee Williams ordered a copy of the Life Safety Code but has not had a chance to review it. This applies to buildings with occupancies of more than two families, such as apartment buildings or other multi-family dwellings.

Christmas bonuses will be distributed this year. They will be in increments of $100 for full time and $50 for part time workers. Motion to do so made by Trustee Songer, second Shoraga. Roll call vote: Trustee Williams, Shoraga, Lovekamp, and Songer all yeas.

Library Drainage

The library engineers want to run a drain down Madison Street. The Village engineers don't think much of the plan and don't recommend it. It wouldn't be deep enough, problems with right away's, and they would recommend two blocks instead of 2. Trustee Williams will forward the Village engineers' information to Chastain and Assoc.

Motion to move to liquor commission made by Trustee Shoraga, second Lovekamp,all yeas. A motion was made to ratify the last approval of Cerro Gordo Foods for a liquor license by Trustee Songer, second Shoraga, all yeas. Motion to return to regular session made by Trustee Lovekamp, second Williams, all yeas.

Fairgrounds

A special use permit can be issued to the fair board instead of rezoning. A motion was entered by Trustee Williams, second Songer, to petition to amend the ordinance to add special use, all yeas. The fairground board will need to petition to change the ordinance also.

No further business and the meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm on a motion by Trustees Songer and Shoraga.
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Village Clerk 12/02/08