Lockport City Council will meet at Jan. 3.
Here is the agenda provided by the Council:
a.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
b.ROLL CALL:
c.INTRODUCTION:
d.AGENDA PARTICIPATION:
(Any person who wishes to speak on a topic that is on the Agenda of the Meeting shall fill out a Speaker Card before the start of the Meeting, either at the City Clerk’s Office, or may give to the City Clerk before the start of the Meeting itself, stating name, and topic on the Agenda to be discussed. Speaker Cards are required for each of the items the Speaker wishes to address. The purpose of the Cards is to obtain the spelling of name of the Speaker, contact information, and provide for efficient meeting administration. All Speakers shall comply with these rules, which shall be posted at the Speaker Sign-In desk and rulings of the City Clerk. Speakers shall be called by name to approach the podium by the City Clerk. A time limit of five (5) minutes shall be imposed on each Speaker.)
Illinois Municipalities may adopt a group of assorted Ordinances, Resolutions, Motions, and Orders by a single Roll Call Vote called an Omnibus Vote or approval by Consent Agenda. The Omnibus Vote/Consent Agenda Vote shall be taken following the unanimous consent by the City Council as to the items to be included in the vote. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Council Member or Citizen so requests. In that event, the item will be removed from the Omnibus Vote/Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda.
e. CONSENT AGENDA:
e.1. December 20, 2017 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve the December 20, 2017 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes as presented.
e.2 December 20, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve the December 20, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes as presented.
e.3. Payroll Period ending December 17, 2017: Motion to approve the December 17, 2017 Payroll Period ending December 17, 2017 as presented.
e.4. Various Bills: Motion to approve the Various Bills as presented.
e.5. Amendment #3 to Cell Tower Site Lease Agreement with AT&T: Motion to approve the proposed Amendment #3 to the 1989 Site Lease Agreement for the Cell Tower Site at the Sewer Treatment Plan on Division Street.
e.6. Sexual Harassment Policy: Motion to approve Ordinance No. 18-003/An Ordinance amending Section 36.112 of Chapter 36 as it pertains to "Workplace Harassment Policy prohibiting Sexual Harassment".
e.7. ML Realty Partners/Heritage Crossing Corporate Center - Building 7 Release of one (1) year Maintenance Bond in the amount of $80,346.42/Resolution No. 18-001: Motion to approve Resolution No. 18-001/A Resolution releasing the one (1) year Maintenance Bond in the amount of $80,346.42 for Heritage Crossing Corporate Center Building 7.
e.8. 6th Street Sanitary Sewer Service Area between 5th and 8th Street: Motion to approve Task Order No. 17-10.
e.9. Watermain Loop Engineering Design and Construction Services: Motion to approve Task Order No. 17-08.
e.10. 2018 Resurfacing Design and Construction Engineering Services: Motion to approve IDOT MFT Maintenance Engineering Contract to be used in conjunction with the City Master Services Agreement with Christopher Burke Engineering.
e. 11. MFT Resolution for Maintenance of Streets and Highways by Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code: Motion to adopt the MFT Resolution to appropriate the sum of $1,000,000.00 from the City’s allotment of Motor Fuel Tax funds. The additional allotment beyond the above estimated costs will allow for use of additional MFT Funds should they be needed by one of the projects.
e. 12. Development Engineering Consultant Services: Motion to approve Chamlin & Associates Professional Engineering Services.
f. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: (If not approved as a Consent Agenda Item)
g. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL: (If not approved as a Consent Agenda Item)
h. OPEN FLOOR FOR COMMENTS
(Comments will be heard on items that do not appear on the Agenda. The Public Comment portion of the Agenda shall be subject to a twenty (20) minutes limitation. A time limit of five (5) minutes shall be imposed on each Speaker.
The purpose of having Public Comments as an Agenda Item is to allow any person to make his/her views known to the City Council upon any subject of general or public interest.
The Council recognizes that Public Comments are for the purpose of legitimate inquiries and discussion by the Public, and not for the purpose of advancing arguments or repetitious questions concerning matters which the Council believes to be closed or not of general public concern.
The Council shall have the right during this period to decline to hear any person or subject matter upon proper motion and majority vote by the Council.
Each person wishing to speak during the Public Comment portion of the Agenda must fill out a Public Comment Speaker Card stating name, and the topic about which he/she wishes to speak as well as a sign-in sheet, and give to the City Clerk at the Meeting itself.
The purpose of the Cards is to obtain the spelling of the name of the Speaker, contact information, and provide for efficient meeting administration.
The order of speaking shall be based upon the order of sign-in with first person signing-in speaking first and so forth. If the twenty (20) minutes has elapsed before all Speakers who have signed up are allowed to speak, the City Council may elect to continue the time period.
However, if the City Council elects not to extend the time period those Speakers who signed up but did not speak may if they so choose to be placed on the next Agenda under the Public Comments Section and shall be placed at the top of the Sign-In Sheet in the same order they were in from the previous Sign-In Sheet.
All Speakers shall comply with these rules which shall be posted at the Speaker Sign-In desk and rulings of the City Clerk. )
i. EXECUTIVE SESSION: OPEN MEETINGS EXEMPTIONS
j. ADJOURNMENT
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