City of Metropolis City Council met Aug. 14.
Here is the minutes provided by the Council:
Roll Call:
Barfield Present McGuire Present
Canada Present Neill Present
Hall Present Short Present
Lewis Present Taylor Present
Moved by Alderman Mike Hall and second by Alderman Darryl Neill a motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 7-24-2017 as presented;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Citizens Request:
Ken Kovac informed the Council the written and physical testing for new a hire for Fire Fighters was this past Saturday. We have 5 that qualified when the Council gives approval to hire.
Mayor’s Report:
Moved by Alderman Mike Hall and second by Alderman Chuck Short to make a motion to Adopt a Resolution requesting closure of Route 45 for the Annual Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 4th beginning at 10 am;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Mike Hall and second by Alderman Chuck Short to make a motion to Adopt a Resolution requesting closure of Route 45 for the Annual Homecoming Labor Parade on Friday, September 22th beginning at 3:30 pm;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Chad Lewis to make a motion to Adopt a Proclamation the third weekend in August, 2017, as the Goodman Family Reunion Weekend;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Mike Hall and second by Alderman Darryl Neill to make a motion to accept flu shots for all full time City employees from Southern Seven Health Department for a fee of $35.00 each to be paid by the City in an effort to keep all employees flu free;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Mike Hall to make a motion to accept Pay Estimate #1 to Mott Excavating for the work on Structure 064-3050 in the amount of $30,940.21; (Old Marion Road)
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
The Mayor stated we have two bids to do the window tint. The lowest bid is from a Metropolis resident, Jessie Duncan, who will turn in his final bid in for approval next week.
Moved by Alderman Buford McGuire and second by Alderman Mike Hall to make a motion to proceed with the tinting of the windows at City Hall;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
We have approached two painters and are waiting on the second bid to come in before we approve the bids.
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Buford McGuire to make a motion to proceed with the painting of City Hall (outside areas);
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Updates*
The Mayor shared the uptown bathrooms are now open; thanking everyone for all the voluntary work to make this possible. He also acknowledged and gave praise for all the inhouse work done by City employees.
Notice the newly renovated Council room; the work was done as a team and we are all proud of the updated interior changes he commented. Harrah’s donated a 48” TV to our Council room and we want to say Thank You for that.
Lafarge has donated several 100 tons of rock to the City of Metropolis for the new football field, Soccer Field and will compete the extended parking area at the American Legion ballpark.
The 2017 Eclipse, August 21st is generating excitement and bringing tourists to our area. The Eclipse’s duration is at its longest point in Carbondale, Illinois. There are Eclipse activities all weekend and the day of in the City of Metropolis for everyone to enjoy.
Hotel owners from Kansas City, Missouri came to look at the two dilapidated hotels here and stated this was more then they wanted to tackle. We still need to take action on these places and will keep the Council updated.
Corporate Counsel;
The City has been approached about selling the property at 409 West 8th Street. We will treat this like the other properties we sell and run the ad for three consecutive weeks and open the sealed bids at Council.
Moved by Alderman Buford McGuire and second by Alderman Mike Hall to make a motion to sell real estate located at 409 West 8th Street;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
The following property we advertised for the past three weeks had a closing of today at 4 pm. The winning bids are indicated by * and will be awarded the property by Ordinance at the August 28th Council meeting.
107 East 7th Street:
Theodore J Gilbert and Theodore J Gilbert 11 Bid $2,500 *
Sun Industries Bid $507
811 Broadway Street:
Church of Christ Bid $1,700 *
Thomas Cullen Bid $565
Sun Industries Bid $507
309 East 6th Street:
Dallas Stafford Bid $3,200 *
Sun Industries Bid $507
813 Broadway Street:
Thomas Cullen Bid $535 *
Sun Industries Bid $507
100 Block of West 7th Street:
Mike & Debbie Hillebrand Bid $20,001 *
Water, Light & Street:
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Mike Hall to make a motion to accept extending the Uptown Improvement Grants to include side streets from 5th to 8th Streets;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Darryl Neill to make a motion to accept a blanket purchase order for $80,000 to Brenntag for sodium hypochlorite and sodium bisulfite for fiscal year 2017-2018;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Buford McGuire to make a motion to accept a blanket purchase order for $10,000 to S&S Services for polymer for fiscal year 2017-2018;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Chad Lewis to make a motion to accept replacing damaged fire hydrant at 5th Street and May Avenue in the amount of $ 1,839.00 from IMCO Utility Supply;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Financial Report:
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Mike Hall to approve the Finance Report be received and approved and that the orders be drawn on the Treasurer for the different amounts mentioned therein and that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to make necessary arrangements for payment of current Salaries, Payroll and Contract bills;
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Charles Barfield and second by Alderman Mike Hall to approve the Finance Report be received and approved and that the orders be drawn on the Treasurer for the different amounts mentioned therein and that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to make necessary arrangements for payment of miscellaneous bills:
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
Moved by Alderman Mike Hall and second by Alderman Charles Barfield made a motion to adjourn; 7:46
Motion Carried:
Barfield Yea McGuire Yea
Canada Yea Neill Yea
Hall Yea Short Yea
Lewis Yea Taylor Yea
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