Lockport City Council met March 7.
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.)
E. Consent Agenda:
e.1. February 21, 2018 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve the February 21, 2018 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes as presented.
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e.2 February 21, 2018 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve the February 21, 2018 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes as presented
e.3. Payroll Period ending February 25, 2018: Motion to approve the payroll period ending February 25, 2018 as presented
e.4. Various Bills: Motion to approve the Various Bills as presented.
e.5. Ordinance No. 18-012: Motion to approve Ordinance No. 18-012/An Ordinance amending Chapter 51 of the Lockport Code of Ordinances as it pertains to Water Service Charge.
e.6. Ordinance No. 18-013: Motion to approve Ordinance No. 18-013/An Ordinance adding Chapter 120 of the Lockport Code of Ordinance as it pertains to Municipal Motor Fuel Tax.
e.7. Ordinance No. 18-015: Motion to approve Ordinance No. 18-015/An Ordinance amending Chapter 10 of the Lockport Code of Ordinances, adding Section 10.18 adopting the City’s Code of Ordinances under its Home Rule Authority
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. Regular Business Action Items:
1. City Administrator:
1.CA-1 Executive Session Request 2(C)1 - Personnel
2.CA-2 Executive Session Request - 2(C) (5) - Purchase of Property
I. Permanent Committees:
2. Police Chief:
1.PCH-1 R. Huff Memo 2/12/18 - Squad Car Camera System Purchase/Resolution No. 18-011
Action: Motion to approve Resolution No. 18-011/A Resolution authorizing the purchase of Nine (9) Watch Guard 4RE In-Car Camera Systems
3. Director Of Public Works:
1.PW-1 B. Cann Memo 3/1/18 - Well 15 Project Award/Resolution No. 18-013
Action: Motion to approve Resolution No. 18-013/A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Contract with Layne Christensen Company for the Construction of Deep Well No. 15 Project in the amount not to exceed $963,252.
J. 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. )
K. Executive Session: Open Meetings Exemptions
2(c)(1)Appointments, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of specific Employees.
2(c)(2)Collective Bargaining Matters.
2(c)(3)Selection of a person to fill a Public Office, including a vacancy in a Public Office.
2(c)(5)Purchase or Lease of real property, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.
2(c)(6)The setting of a price for Sale or Lease of property owned by the public body.
2(c)(11)Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting
2(c)(21)Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.
L. Adjournment
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