City of Lockport City Council met May 6.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
NOTICE. MEETING MODIFICATION DUE TO COVID-19
Pursuant to Governor Pritzker Executive Order 2020-007 (extended by Executive Order 2020-033) which suspends the requirement of the Illinois Open Meetings Act requiring in-person attendance by members of a public body during the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation (Third Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation issued on April 30, 2020), the members of the City Council will be participating in the meeting through a video and audio access using the virtual meeting platform, Zoom. The Mayor, essential members of the City staff, and City of Lockport Media/TV/Livestream Contractor for live televising of the meeting will be physically present in the Board Room, but pursuant to Governor's Executive Order No. 2020-007 as extended by Executive Order 2020-033 and CDC guidelines, no more than 10 people will be allowed in the Board Room at any one time. Anyone in excess of 10 people will be asked to wait in another room with live feed to the meeting until the agenda item for which the person or persons would like to speak on is being discussed or until the open floor for public comments. Pursuant to Executive Order 2020-032, any individual appearing in-person shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a face-covering. Public comments can be emailed in advance of the meeting to bbenson@lockport.org.
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
CL-1. Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes from April 15, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes as presented.
CL-2. Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from April 15, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the Regular City Council Meeting Minutes as presented.
FN-1. Payroll Period Ending April 19, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the payroll period as presented.
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
FN-1. Bills through April 28, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the various bills as presented.
CA-1. Agreements with Pro Champs Software for Foreclosed/Vacant Property and Rental Registration Program
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 20-050 agreements with Champions, LLC, d/b/a ProChamps to provide services for registration of vacant and foreclosed properties and rental properties
AT-1. Ordinance Requiring the Registration of Foreclosed Properties, Vacant Properties, and Rental Properties.
Suggested Action: Approve Ordinance No. 20-010 amending Chapter 151 of the Lockport Code of Ordinances for the Registration of Vacant and Foreclosed Properties and Rental
Properties
I. PUBLIC HEARING
J. PERMANENT COMMITTEES
K. 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) minute 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.
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, 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.)
L. EXECUTIVE SESSION: OPEN MEETINGS EXEMPTIONS
2(c)(1) Appointments, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of specific Employees.
2(c)(2): Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.
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
M. ADJOURNMENT
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