City of Highland City Council met May 1.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
SPECIAL SESSION
CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
MINUTES:
MOTION – Approve Minutes of April 17, 2023 Regular Session (attached)
MAYORAL RECOGNITION: Mayor Hemann will present Councilman John Hipskind with a plaque, as a token of gratitude for four years of service to the citizens of Highland.
SWEARING IN: Pursuant to Section 2-53 of the Code of Ordinances, City Clerk Barbara Bellm will administer the official oath of office to Councilman-Elect William A. Napper and Councilwoman Sarah Sloan
ADJOURNMENT:
REGULAR SESSION
CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL:
PROCLAMATION:
• Mayor Hemann will read a document proclaiming the 9th day of May to be Highland Woman’s Club Day, commemorating the club’s 100th anniversary.
SWEARING IN:
• Mayor Hemann will administer the official oath to Robert Horner, who is being promoted from Patrol Officer to Sergeant.
• Mayor Hemann will administer the official oath to probationary Patrol Officer Christopher Boeser.
PUBLIC FORUM:
A. Citizens’ Requests and Comments:
1. St. Paul School – Student Appreciation Day Road Closure Request (attached)
2. National Day of Prayer – Square Use Request – Highland Area Ministerial Alliance, Chuck Kurfman, Representative (attached)
3. Memorial Day Parade Request – VFW Post 5694 and American Legion Post 439 –Special Event Application – Kate Broadhurst and Dave Kampwerth, Representatives
4. 2023 Events at Olde Wicks Factory – Special Event Application – Jennifer Oestrander, Owner
B. Requests of Council:
C. Staff Reports:
NEW BUSINESS:
A. MOTION – Approve Mayor’s Appointment of Amy Kloss to the Library Board of Trustees
B. MOTION – Approve Mayor’s Reappointments of Members of the Industrial Development Commission, Including: Jim Meridith, Diane Korte-Lindsay, Jon Greve,
Marshall Rinderer, and Josh Kloss
C. MOTION – Bill #23-39/RESOLUTION Authorizing Allocation of Hotel/Motel Tax Funding for the 2023 VFW Memorial Day Ceremony
D. MOTION – Bill #23-40/RESOLUTION Authorizing Allocation of Hotel/Motel Tax Funding for the 2023 Leaps of Love Night at the Races
E. MOTION – Bill #23-41/RESOLUTION Authorizing Allocation of Hotel/Motel Tax
2023 Madison County Fair
F. MOTION – Bill #23-42/ORDINANCE Declaring Personal Property of the City Light & Power Department Surplus and Authorizing its Sale and/or Disposal, Specifically One 2001 Jeep Liberty
G. MOTION – Bill #23-43/ORDINANCE Declaring Personal Property of the City Surplus and Authorizing Its Sale and/or Disposal, Specifically A SCAG Zero Turn Mower
H. MOTION – Bill #23-44/RESOLUTION Accepting Donation of the “Old Bell Tower” from the Highland Historical Society (attached)
REPORTS:
A. MOTION – Accepting Expenditures Report #1241 for April 15, 2023 through April 28, 2023
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The City Council will conduct an Executive Session pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act, citing exemptions allowing such meeting as follows: Section 2(c)(2) to discuss collective negotiating matters.
Anyone wishing to address the Council on any subject may do so at this time.
Please come forward to the microphone.
NEW BUSINESS (continued):
I. MOTION – Bill #23-45/RESOLUTION Approving a Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the City of Highland and the International Union of Operating Engineers (attached)
ADJOURNMENT:
https://www.highlandil.gov/City%20Council/Agendas/2023/05-01-2023%20Agenda.pdf
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