COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING

Lincoln City Hall, Council Chambers

700 Broadway Street | Lincoln, Illinois

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

The Committee of the Whole Meeting of the City Council of Lincoln was called to order by Mayor Tracy Welch at 7:11 p.m., with proper notice given. City Clerk Peggy Bateman called roll.

Present:

Alderman Rob Jones, Ward 1

Alderman Steve Parrott, Ward 1

Alderman Tony Zurkammer, 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 Treasurer

John Hoblit, City Attorney

Bob Dunovsky, Fire Chief

Walt Landers, Streets Superintendent

Wes Woodhall, Building and Safety Officer

Remotely:

Andrew Bowns, Veolia Water, Project Manager

Absent:

Matt Vlahovich, Police Chief

Presiding:

Mayor Tracy Welch

Public Comment:

There is no one present for public comment. 

Request to Permit: Open Arms/Saturday August 27, 2022.  Road Closure McLean Street between Pekin Street and Latham Place next to Latham Park. 

This item will be placed on the regular agenda.

Hiring a replacement Fire Fighter due to a resignation in May.

Chief Dunovsky is requesting to hire the first person on the most recent hiring list to replace Chance Torchia who left for the Springfield Fire Department in May, 2022.

This item will be placed on the regular agenda. 

Economic Development Commission Approval – Kathie Williams /Small Town Creations, 115 S. Kickapoo Street – Floor Repair /Support $7,500.00

This item will be placed on the regular agenda. 

Approval of additional Oil/Chip targets

The initial bid from Beniach Construction came in considerably under the budgeted funds.  The council asked Mr. Landers to bring forward more targets.  He did that tonight.  He informed the council that there has been issues with the supply chain so he hopes the additional targets will all be finished.   

This item will be placed on the regular agenda. 

Lincoln City Hall window replacement bid. 

Building and Safety Official Wes Woodhall shared that the bid information was in the packet for the Council’s review.  He recommends going with Fitzpatrick Construction’s base bid. This is a local business.  These windows will also meet the guidelines for the historical preservation. 

This item will be placed on the regular agenda. 

Redistricting of City Ward map due to population changes. 

By law, the City is required to redistrict the city after a census.  The reason for this is due to change in population in the wards.  All wards need to be similar in population. 

Current Ward populations -> New Ward populations

Ward 1 - 3002 -> 3361

Ward 2 - 3914 -> 3445

Ward 3 - 3191 -> 3301

Ward 4 - 3200 -> 3200

The Logan County Tax Assessors office assisted with the redistricting. Treasurer Conzo went over the line changes. 

There will need to be an ordinance for these changes.  The ordinance will be brought back to the next COW.

Tourism Budget

The amended item that was presented in the last COW by Alderman Hoefle and Alderman Zurkammer will be placed on the regular agenda.  These budget changes, if approved, will affect FY 23/24. 

Staging area for Logan County Courthouse Restoration

This item will be removed from the agenda and brought back to a future COW.  There was a meeting set up with the County to line out the details for this item, that meeting needed to be rescheduled. 

Announcements:

• City Attorney would like to add a proclamation added to the next voting meeting regarding the recent abolishment of the Civil Service Commission
• Full Gospel is sponsoring a school supply drive. Monetary donations and supplies can be made to the church.
• Landers would like to place the oil/chip bid approval for Beniach Construction on the next voting meeting.
• Illinois 10 day sales tax reduction on school supplies during Aug 5^th – Aug 14^th
• Mayor Welch apologized for his actions at a previous meeting regarding to the Mayor Pro-Tem agenda item. I apologized to the Council and the Public for not putting his best foot forward.

Adjournment:

There being no further discussion to come before the City Council of Lincoln, Alderman Hoelfe motioned to adjourn, seconded by Alderman Zurkammer. All were in favor. Mayor Welch adjourned the meeting at 8:01 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted By:

Charity Hutchison, Recording Secretary