Village of Freeburg Public Works Committee met March 14.
Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:
The Public Works Committee Meeting was called to order at 5:48 p.m. on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, by Chairman Mike Blaies. Members present were Chairman Mike Blaies, Trustee Lisa Meehling, Trustee Dean Pruett, Trustee Matt Trout (absent), Mayor Seth Speiser, Village Clerk Jerry Menard (absent), Trustee Denise Albers, Trustee Ray Matchett, Public Works Director John Tolan, Village Administrator Tony Funderburg and Office Manager Julie Polson. Guests present: Janet Baechle and Pool Manager Scott Schulz.
A. OLD BUSINESS:
1. Approval of January 10, 2018 minutes: Trustee Dean Pruett motioned to approve the January 10, 201 minutes and Trustee Lisa Meehling seconded the motion. All voting yea, the motion carried.
2. New Sewer Plant: Public Works Director John Tolan advised the plan has been sent to the EPA for review. Village Administrator Tony Funderburg has put together a chart with the proposed sewer rates. He will also explain the options on how we can structure our rate increase. He's going to use the minimum rate and average.
3. Sewer issues/Sewer Fuel Odors: John is working with a company that is going to demo and line a manhole with a concrete epoxy. They are going to start with the one at Lucky Joes, and work from there and seal or re-line all the manholes. This only applies to the manholes.
4. FSH Minutes: John stated last year Freeburg used 146,000,000 gallons, and SLM pumped 273,000,000 gallons. We are 54% of their usage.
5. Sewer Main – Jacks Car Wash: John stated we will go there as well.
6. W. Apple St./Schiermeier Road/Old Freeburg Road Water Lines: John is still working on W Apple, and is looking at the first part of March to get it rechlorinated and tested. The TWM proposal to put the Schiermeier Road water line out for bid will cost $4,000. Tony said we need to do this in this year's budget if you still want to do the project.
Trustee Dean Pruett motioned to recommend to the full Board we approve TWM's Proposal to Prepare the Bid Documents for the Schiermeier Road Water Line not to exceed $4,000 and Trustee Lisa Meehling seconded the motion. All voting yea, the motion carried.
Regarding Old Freeburg Road, the engineer can't put together the bid packet. Tony stated he is not comfortable putting together a bid packet for this. John will work on some estimates for these project costs.
7. Private Sewer at Potter/West Street: John advised we will work on this weather permitting. 8. East and West Tower Work: Nothing new.
B. NEW BUSINESS:
1. Spring Clean Up: The committee agreed to hold Spring Clean Up on Thursday, April 26th – Saturday, April 28th. John asked if we are okay with J&C E-Recycling, and the committee agreed they have done a great job and would like them back.
2. Executive Session to Discuss Personnel, 5 ILCS 120/2 - (c)(1): Trustee Lisa Meehling motioned to enter Executive Session at 6:07 p.m., citing Personnel, 5 ILCS 120/2 - and Trustee Dean Pruett seconded he motion. All voting yea, he motion carried.
Trustee Dean Pruett motioned to end Executive Session at 6:12 p.m. and Trustee Lisa
Meehling seconded the motion. All voting yea, the motion carried.
Trustee Lisa Meehling motioned to hire Michael Nussbaumer for the full-time crew worker position and Trustee Dean Pruett seconded the motion. All voting yea, the motion carried.
John collected the first quarter THM samples today. He is meeting with the school next week regarding their samples.
C. GENERAL CONCERNS: None.
D. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: None.
E. ADJOURN: Trustee Dean Pruett motioned to adjourn the meeting at 6:13 p.m. and Trustee Lisa Meehling seconded the motion. All voting yea, the motion carried.
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