Lincoln, Illinois

November 1, 2010

Minutes of a regular City Council Meeting held in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Lincoln,

IL, on Monday, November 1, 2010.

Mayor Snyder called the regular City Council Meeting to order at 7:20 p.m. City Clerk Mrs.

Martinek called the roll. There were ten Aldermen present (Alderman Anderson, Alderman

Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman

Neitzel, Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert) and none absent.

Department Heads present were Police Chief Greenslate, Safety and Building Officer Mr.

Lebegue, Street Superintendent Mr. Jackson, Assistant Fire Chief Dunovsky, EMC Manager Mr.

Tackett, and City Engineer Mr. Mathon. Also present were City Clerk Mrs. Martinek, Mayor

Snyder, City Attorney Mr. Bates, City Treasurer Mr. Conzo, and Recording Secretary Mrs.

Riggs.

Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag led by Alderman Hoinacki.

Public Participation:

There was no Public Participation.

Mayor Snyder called for the Consent Agenda by Omnibus Vote:

Approve Minutes of the October 18, 2010 Regular City Council Meeting

Approve payment of bills

Approve the closing of a number of streets for the annual Christmas parade on Friday,

November 26, 2010

Alderman Anderson moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented on the agenda and

Alderman Horn seconded it. Mayor Snyder asked if there was any discussion. City Clerk Mrs.

Martinek called the roll call. There were ten yeas (Alderman Anderson, Alderman Armbrust,

Alderman Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel,

Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays, and none absent;

motion carried.

Approval of any items removed from the Consent Agenda

There were no items removed from the Consent Agenda.

Ordinances and Resolutions

There were no Ordinances and Resolutions to come before the City Council.

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Petitions

Petition by Walter L. Goodman to construct a concrete sidewalk at 1101 – 1127 6th Street

Alderman Armbrust made a motion to approve the petition by Walter L. Goodman to construct a

concrete sidewalk at 1101 – 1127 6th Street the dimensions on that (which were missing) are 4’4”

X 240 feet with the amount of work to be done at the discretion of the Street Superintendent and

the work to be done at the expense of the city and Alderman Wilmert seconded it. Mayor Snyder

asked if there was discussion on this and asked if they knew of how much of the 240 feet they

would have to do.

Alderman Armbrust said the majority is bad and if there was 8 foot in place it would be a

miracle. There is a lot of severe separation and it is probably the most severe.

Mayor Snyder asked what it would do with the sidewalk budget. Alderman Armbrust said this

is motor fuel tax which is something they can use and he was told they could handle that. Mr.

Jackson said it comes out of motor fuel tax which they are good on. City Clerk Mrs. Martinek

called the roll call. There were ten yeas (Alderman Anderson, Alderman Armbrust, Alderman

Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel, Alderman

O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays, and none absent; motion

carried.

Unfinished Business:

Petition by Gene Baker for curb and gutter replacement from corner of Clinton and Chicago

Street down East Clinton Street to alley (tabled 5/17/10)

Alderman Neitzel made a motion to remove from the table and Alderman Bacon seconded

it. City Clerk Mrs. Martinek called the roll call. There were ten yeas (Alderman Anderson,

Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn,

Alderman Neitzel, Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero

nays, and none absent; motion carried. Alderman Neitzel said she wanted to remove it from

the agenda and Alderman Bacon seconded it. Mayor Snyder asked if there was discussion.

Alderman Busby said why. Alderman Neitzel said it is being completed by the Street

Department. Mr. Jackson said they removed the curb and gutter and what they did was used the

asphalt separator and came out from the curb 4 feet and took the asphalt out and re-laid it so the

water would flow.

Mr. Bates said he wanted to make something clear this was not a project that done at or for

Woods and Bates. We didn’t ask for it and it looks like we got a brand new road out in front of

my office.

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Petition by Gene Baker for curb and gutter replacement from corner of Clinton and Chicago

Street down East Clinton Street to alley (tabled 5/17/10)

Mr. Bates said I had nothing to do with it and did not know there was a problem but guessed

there had been puddling down at a stairway by Gene Baker’s office and had wanted the water

flow improved to get to the catch basin at the corner by my alley so it looks like Woods and

Bates got a new road but that wasn’t the idea or purpose and until they showed up today he had

no idea what was happening.

Mr. Jackson said it was a whole half block. Alderman O’Donohue said he would like a

clarification as to why we needed to vote on the gutter replacement but we didn’t need to vote on

the street repair. Alderman Neitzel said the water flow situation but if they wanted curb and

gutter they would have to give the ok. Mr. Bates said he thought it had to do with outside

contractors having to do the work to remove curb and gutter but if we do it in house it’s within

the Street and Alley budget. Mr. Jackson said they had a lesser expense in doing it this way than

replacing the curb and gutter. Alderman O’Donohue asked why they were voting on every

sidewalk because it is done at the Streets and Alleys expense too and why can’t we allow the

Streets and Alley Dept. to do that too. Mayor Snyder said they are petitions that are filed with

the Council and he thought traditionally it has been the Council’s vote on them but it didn’t mean

that that has to continue and didn’t know if it was set in Ordinance or anything. Alderman

Armbrust said we have repaired sidewalks that were hazardous without ever having a petition on

file it just needed to be done and obviously we can’t repair every sidewalk and was only going on

his eight years of experience. Alderman O’Donohue said if there is a petition we vote on it

whether if it is to cut a curb or sidewalk, stop sign. Mayor Snyder said if the Chairman of that

committee requests it be placed on the agenda we vote on it, is that it but it doesn’t always have

to continue doing it that way. Alderman O’Donohue said there are repairs that are made without

any kind of petition and it is generated internally. Alderman Neitzel said for liability type of

situation. Alderman O’Donohue said you can fix it internally whatever the situation. Mr.

Jackson said once he is notified of something that is when they will go out and fix without

council. Alderman Armbrust said many times we would not be aware of some of the sidewalk

conditions without someone bringing it to our attention. Mr. Bates said it has always been the

Council’s policy since he has been here and if they get a petition they have to act on it and that

action has been by vote historically and if there is a petition with much more extensive work and

Mr. Jackson’s guys came up with this idea that it may work to move the water and it was way

short of the extent of the work that was being requested. Mayor Snyder asked if there was any

other discussion. City Clerk Mrs. Martinek called the roll call. There were ten yeas (Alderman

Anderson, Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki,

Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel, Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman

Wilmert), zero nays, and none absent; motion carried.

Petition by Betsy Ulrich to construct a sidewalk at 400 N. Chicago Street

Alderman Armbrust asked to keep this on the table.

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Ordinance #2010-718 Amending Appropriation Ordinance (tabled 10/4/2010)

Alderman O’Donohue asked to leave this on the table.

New Business/Communications:

Approve Logan County Economic Development Master Plan

Mr. Smiley said they had gone through the plan at the work session. Mayor Snyder said

they would need a motion and a second to approve the Economic Development Master Plan.

Alderman Horn said I would like to make the motion to approve the Logan County Economic

Development Master Plan and Alderman Busby seconded it. Mayor Snyder asked if there was

discussion on this or if there were any questions for Mr. Smiley. Mayor Snyder said as we

discussed Tuesday at the workshop this plan is a framework that we can fill in the picture as see

best here as a community and the partnership has asked the various partners to go on record as

endorsing or approving the plan. Alderman Busby said he had talked to a couple of people with

regard to this and both of them seem to think that it is set in stone, it is not but a guide and to just

keep that in mind when you are voting.

Mr. Smiley said the plan should be updated every 3-5 years and again we want to use these as

guidelines. These will be helpful additions several years down the road. You want to make

sure you account for that but at the same time there is a bigger broader picture and that is what

this plan really does. It gives you a series of initiatives that community leaders, community

organizations can go after.

Mayor Snyder said as Mr. Smiley mentioned those strategic initiatives are big broad parameters

if you will building and compelling place they don’t tell us how to do that in Lincoln but they

suggest that is an important strategic initiative to do investing in 21st century infrastructure but

they don’t tell us how what type of fiber they should run but they tell them they should very

much consider that.

Alderman O’Donohue said he wanted to clarify that we would still make the final decision on

things that relate to the city and this does not give the partnership the authority to tell us to do

anything or not to do anything. We are still our sovereign entity and there was some question

about that as well that we would be forced to do certain things.

Alderman Horn said it is a starting point and it is not going to make everyone happy just by

reading the plan but by working the plan people will start to see how it pulls things together.

Alderman Neitzel asked if there were things they could add as they go along. Mr. Smiley said

absolutely and they want this plan to be flexible to account for other areas they want to improve

over the next 5-6 years.

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Approve Logan County Economic Development Master Plan

Mayor Snyder said part of one of his initiatives is capitalizing on our hub locations and maybe

one of those spokes of the hubs Bloomington or Springfield they could get something that could

tap into it and they don’t know what that is at this point but if we are right in the middle of it we

are positioned well. They have the flexibility to move and adapt as they go forward.

City Clerk Mrs. Martinek called the roll call. There were ten yeas (Alderman Anderson,

Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn,

Alderman Neitzel, Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays,

and none absent; motion carried.

Approve Agreement with Clark, Baird and Smith for Union negotiations

Alderman Anderson said I would move to approve the agreement with Clark, Baird and

Smith for Union negotiations assuming that the change had been made that we spoke of at the

committee meeting. Mr. Bates said he was actually just comparing them with Mayor Snyder’s

and travel is in there another place that we missed and they missed the place that we saw so

one has been corrected and one hasn’t so he will just delete it and have the Mayor initial it if it

is approved and send it back that way. Alderman Horn seconded it. City Clerk Mrs. Martinek

called the roll call. There were ten yeas (Alderman Anderson, Alderman Armbrust, Alderman

Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel, Alderman

O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays, and none absent; motion

carried.

Revision of fees for the landfill

Alderman Armbrust made a motion to remove from the agenda and Alderman Busby seconded

it. Mayor Snyder asked if there was any discussion on that. Alderman Armbrust said their

ordinance got in the way for one item and he felt like he was moving a dead horse.

Mayor Snyder said he made copies and passed out to all the Aldermen a copy of our burning

permit that we have from the EPA and that Mr. Jackson had provided that. This permit deals

with the burning of landscape waste out at the landfill and it says only the landscape waste from

the City of Lincoln maybe burned pursuant to our permit. If there would be a way to somehow

segregate landfill waste from county residents and make sure it wasn’t burned we would not be

in violation of our current EPA permit.

Mr. Bates said correct. Alderman Armbrust said that was mentioned this afternoon and he

questioned how that would work if you can’t get people to separate small refrigerators and

microwaves. Mr. Bates said how much of it do we still burn and thought we mulched it now and

hauled it off. Mr. Jackson said they burn the whole year and they burn a little over half to three

quarters.

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Revision of fees for the landfill

Mayor Snyder said we are only allowed to burn so much and he knew that prior to the last

mulching and asked Mr. Jackson how much they are allowed to burn.

Mr. Jackson thought it was 115,000 cubic yards for the whole year and so much per day. They

keep a log.

Mayor Snyder thought that prior to last month they had multiple numbers of burning days

stacked up there and that is why they got so far behind. Even if they burn every day they would

not catch up.

Alderman Armbrust said he believed they were also regulated by the EPA on Wednesdays. Mr.

Jackson said direction of wind.

City Clerk Mrs. Martinek called the roll call. There were ten yeas (Alderman Anderson,

Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn,

Alderman Neitzel, Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays,

and none absent; motion carried.

Approve revised Addendum to the Safety Complex Lease

Mayor Snyder said to explain that at the last meeting there was a concern raised about the

three month extension that the Council has already approved with Logan County for the safety

complex lease. The County had requested a 2.7% increase in that lease. After the meeting Mrs.

Martinek and Alderman Anderson had gotten together and Mrs. Martinek pointed out that in

building the budget this year the 2.7% increase had already been taken into account because

we knew that going into the budget year that was going to be the amount they should pay. The

city’s opinion that the amount that is reflected in the agreement is accurate for now and we don’t

have to add anything on top of it now he asked the county board chairman to verify that and he

also asked for clarification on that 2.7% increase when we had a property tax cap increase of

0.7%. He asked for justification and hasn’t heard anything back on either request. They will

operate under the assumption that what the Council approved previously was correct so he would

ask for a motion to table this and then if we don’t hear anything by our next voting meeting he

will ask at that point for a motion to remove from the table and remove from the agenda.

Alderman Tibbs said I move to table this and Alderman Anderson second it. City Clerk Mrs.

Martinek called the roll call. There were ten yeas (Alderman Anderson, Alderman Armbrust,

Alderman Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel,

Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays, and none absent;

motion carried.

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Public Announcements

Mayor Snyder wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow is Election Day.

Alderman Wilmert said the shredding and hard drive destruction event took place on Saturday

they had a long line and it was very well utilized.

Alderman Busby made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Alderman Neitzel seconded

the motion. There were ten yeas (Alderman Anderson, Alderman Armbrust, Alderman

Bacon, Alderman Busby, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel, Alderman

O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays, and none absent; motion

carried.

The City Council Meeting was adjourned at 7:44 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted By:

Risa Riggs

Recording Secretary