Will County Gazette

Braidwood City Council met Dec. 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the council:

Call to Order

Mayor Vehrs called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.

Pledge of Allegiance

Mayor Vehrs asked everyone to please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call

Elected Officials present: Commissioner Hibler, Commissioner Hutton, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Tessler and Mayor Vehrs were present.

Appointed officials present: City Attorney Kopman, City Clerk Sue Grygiel, City Administrator Don Labriola and Chief Ficarello were present. City Engineer Todd Gereaux was absent.

Public Comment

Opened at 7:01pm.

Bob Jones, 553 W. Kennedy Rd. Bobby asked the council what are we going to do with Krueger’s? He said there’s visqueen addition on the front of their house for over six months. Bobby said he wants to put an addition onto his restaurant, but wants to know what color plastic to use. At this point the Mayor asked the Police Chief what we are doing with the courts. The Krueger’s continue to clean up enough to pass and Bobby said it has gotten worse. From what was told to the Chief, it’s legal because it’s part of the structure. There’s an adjudication hearing coming up and their yard cleanliness will be brought up at that hearing. We issue them tickets and they continue to pay them so it’s up to the hearing what’s going to happen.

Closed at 7:04pm.

Approval of Minutes

Comm. Smith made a motion to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of November 27, 2018, seconded by Comm. Hibler. Motion approved 4 ayes, 0 nays (Smith, Hibler Tessler & Mayor Vehrs) 1abstain` (Hutton).

REPORTS BY CITY OFFICIALS

Mayor

Mayor Vehrs had nothing to report.

Administrator

Don advised wanted to remind everyone that at the last meeting, city council approved the last Regular Council Meeting of the month be rescheduled to December 19th.

City Clerk

City Clerk Grygiel addressed her Agenda item, Resolution 18-24. This Resolution establishes the Schedule of Regular Meetings for City Council, the Zoning Board and the Police Pension Board of Trustees for 2019. The clerk then asked for a motion to be entertained.

Comm. Smith made a motion to approved Resolution 18-24, seconded by Comm. Hutton. Motion approved 5 ayes, 0 nays (Smith, Hutton, Hibler, Tessler & Mayor Vehrs).

Engineer

Absent

City Attorney

Nothing to Report

REPORTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS

Accounts & Finances

Comm. Hibler made a motion to pay the total bills due on our Check Register in the amount of

$120,748.20, seconded by Comm. Smith. Motion approved with 5 ayes, 0 nays (Hibler, Smith, Hutton, Tessler & Mayor Vehrs).

Comm. Hibler made a motion to approve the Payroll Expenses in the amount of $141,277.80, seconded by Comm. Smith. Motion approved 5 ayes, 0 nays (Hibler, Smith, Hutton, Tessler & Mayor Vehrs).

Streets & Public Improvements

Comm. Smith said everything seems to be going good. He said there’s a tree on an alley behind Pam Tessler’s home and that alley goes all the way through and is leaning towards a house. He was hoping to do something with it earlier today but he’s afraid for his guys to do and feels it’s a little more than they can do and concerned for his guys safety. He said he has a guy coming tomorrow at 1:30. If he can drop the tree down then we can clean it up, as well as getting some smaller trees down in that alley way.

Public Property

Comm. Hutton gave the plants report; 34 locates, 1 sewer repair, 1 water/sewer inspection, 1 water tap, 1 new meter install, 7 meter repairs, 58 meter reads, 14 shutoff’s, 5 buffalo box repairs and 3 mxu repairs. He said Great Lakes was here and finished Well#2, samples were good and back on line Dec. 3rd.

Public Health & Safety

Comm. Tessler gave the numbers report provided by the Chief for the period from 11/27/18- 12/11/18. Their total calls for service for this period were 257. Comm. Tessler said as of yesterday through December 20th the Police Department is having a program called Shop with a Cop. During this time they’re taking names of families that may be in need this time of year. On December 20th there will be a drawing and two families will be picked. There are two WalMart gift cards to be given out and these families will be escorted by our PACE van and will then Shop with a Cop. Comm. Tessler asked if anyone knows of a family in need to please contact the Police Department with that information. This will all be confidential and we don’t plan on announcing the names of the families.

Planning & Zoning

Nothing to Report.

Closed Session

No request for Closed Session.

Old Business

Comm. Smith addressed the issue that Comm. Tessler brought up at the end of the last meeting regarding someone from city supposedly plowing a business. Comm. Smith said he’s talked with all of his guys about moving this snow and they all said they haven’t plowed any businesses or private property. Comm. Smith said he wanted to get to the bottom of it and did say if one of them did do it he would take care of the problem. Comm. Tessler commented that he just wanted to make sure it was brought to his attention and thanked Comm. Smith for looking into.

New Business

Nothing to Report.

Adjournment

Comm. Tessler made motion to adjourn the Regular Meeting at 7:12pm, seconded by Comm. Hutton. Motion approved with 5 ayes, 0 nays (Tessler, Hutton, Smith, Hibler & Mayor Vehrs).

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