City of Lockport City Council met June 3.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
NOTICE: MEETING MODIFICATION DUE TO COVID-19
Pursuant to Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation issued on May 29, 2020, specifically Section 12, the Senate Bill 2135 (101st General Assembly), Article 15, section 15-5, amending the Illinois Open Meetings Act, new section 5 ILCS 120/7(e)(4), remote meetings of a public body are allowed during a disaster declaration issued by the Governor. Therefore, the Mayor and members of the City Council may be participating in the meeting remotely. Pursuant to Phase 3 of the Restore Illinois Plan, the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity's Guidelines recommend best practices that limits an in-person meeting to 10 people or less with social distancing. Anyone in excess of 10 people in the Board Room during the meeting 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 the DCEO Guidelines, it is recommended that any individual appearing in-person wear a face-covering to cover their nose and mouth. 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 May 20, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes as presented.
CL-2. Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from May 20, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the Regular City Council Meeting Minutes as presented.
CL-3. Special City Council Meeting Minutes from May 27, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the Special City Council Meeting Minutes as presented.
FN-1. Payroll Period Ending May 17, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the payroll period as presented.
PW-1. Authorize Task Order from Strand Associates for the Execution of a Water Quality Corrosivity Study for Well 15 Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 20-059 a Task Order from Strand Associates for Well 15 Corrosivity Study Engineering Services in the amount of $39,000.00
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 May 26, 2020
Suggested Action: Approve the various bills as presented.
PZ-1. Concept Plan for a Proposed 159-Unit Single-Story Residential Rental Neighborhood (Redwood)/(PZC Case #2019-023)
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 20-061 a Concept Plan for a proposed 159 unit single story apartment neighborhood (Redwood).
CED-1. Fire Sprinkler and Fire Alarm System Installation Assistance Grant Request in the Amount of $20,000 for the Property Located at 1025 S. State Street
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 20-056 the Fire Sprinkler & Fire Alarm System Installation Assistance Program Grant for the property located at 1025 S. State Street in the amount of $20,000.
PW-1. Change Order for Well 15 Well House Generator in the Amount of $246,200.00
Suggested Action: Approve Resolution No. 20-068 a Change Order to the Well 15 Well House Construction Contract between Thieneman Construction Inc. and the City of Lockport in the amount of $246,200.00
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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