COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING

Lincoln City Hall, Council Chambers 700 Broadway Street / Lincoln, Illinois

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

The Committee of the Whole Meeting of the City Council of Lincoln was called to order by Mayor Tracy Welch at 7:00 p.m., with proper notice given. City Clerk Peggy Bateman called roll.

Present:

Alderman Steve Parrott, Ward 1

Alderman Greg Miller, Ward 1

Alderman Ron Fleshman, Ward 2

Alderman Sam Downs, Ward 2

Alderman Kevin Bateman, Ward 3

Alderwoman Wanda Lee Rohlfs, Ward 3

Alderwoman Kathy Horn, Ward 4

Alderman Rick Hoefle, Ward 4

Staff Present:

Peggy Bateman, City Clerk

Chuck Conzo, City Treasure

r John Hoblit, City Attorney

Remotely:

Bob Dunovsky, Fire Chief

Matt Vlahovich, Deputy Police

Chief Walt Landers, Streets Superintendent

Wes Woodhall, Building and Safety Office

r Andrew Bowns, Veolia Water, Project Manager

Christy Crites, CMT

Absent:

Paul Adams, Police Chief

Presiding:

Mayor Tracy Welch

Public Comment:

Alex Bergen with Lincoln College was present to observe the Council for his State and Local government class.

Crawford, Murphy & Tilley Invoice for the CSO Improvement Construction in the amount of $18,755.20

This invoice is for work that included caulking joints, interior fixtures for the lab, pulling wire in the blower building and started the duct work reroute change order, plumbing in the lab, pressure testing water lines, began on air piping and one of the clarifier coding mechanisms complete.

This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

Crawford, Murphy & Tilley Invoice for the Union Street Pump Station in the amount of $11,545.00

Paving along Union and manhole installation.  Getting ready to pour the pad at the pump station. This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

City of Lincoln 2022 Holiday Schedule

This item will be placed on the consent agenda.

City of Lincoln 2022 Meeting Date Schedule

This item will be placed on the consent agenda.

Quote from B&B Electric for Fiber Repair

There was a fiber connection from City Hall to the Courthouse.  After months of trouble shooting, it appears that a delivery truck hit the fiber lines while making a delivery to Lincoln Printers. This quote will be for the repairs.

This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

M&R Reconciliation for Fiscal Year 2020-2021

The totals for the M&R went over the contract amount $27, 127.14.  The contract amount was for $77 ,600.64.  $50,000 was budgeted for maintenance and repairs. Alderman Fleshman proposed increasing the contract amount with Veolia. This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

Structural Improvement Grant - Rt. 66 Corner Garage Antiques and Collectables / Kevin Richhart in the amount of $7,500.00.

The economic grant commission approved this item. This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

Structural Improvement Grant-104 Chicago Street/Cheri Leverton in the amount of $7,500.00.

This item will be placed on the regular agenda

Structural Improvement Grant -106 Chicago Street/Cheri Leverton in the amount of $7,500.00.

This item will be placed on the regular agenda

Structural Improvement Grant - 108 Chicago Street/ Cheri Leverton in the amount of $7,500.00.

This item will be placed on the regular agenda

Structural Improvement Grant - 110 Chicago Street/Cheri Leverton in the amount of $7,500.00. This item was added to the agenda tonight. The grant will be used to replace the roof on 104, 106, 108, 11O Chicago St.

This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

Structural Improvement Grant-1010 N. Kickapoo St. / George Leverton in the amount of $7,500.00.

This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

Item added to tonight's agenda:

Request from the Knights of Columbus to permit the use of the intersection of Broadway and McLean Streets and the intersection of Kickapoo and Pulaski Streets for the Tootsie Roll Drive on Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

This item will be placed on the consent agenda.

Announcements:

• The Humane Society will be hosting an open house on Sunday to celebrate their 15 years
• This weekend is Lincoln's Homecoming
• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Chief Dunovsky brought to the council a bid from Ryan Electrical Solutions to install 100-amp circuit for generator to be powered up during an outage, cost not to exceed $6,645.00. This will include the Clerk's office to be connected to the This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

Adjournment:

There being no further discussion to come before the City Council of Lincoln, Alderman Parrott motioned to adjourn, seconded by Alderwoman Horn. All were in favor. Mayor Welch adjourned the meeting at 7:31 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted By:

Charity Hutchison, Recording Secretary