Will County Gazette

City of Wilmington City Council met Sept. 17.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

A. CALL TO ORDER

1. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Roll Call

Mayor Ben Dietz

Alderpersons: Kevin Kirwin, Ryan Jeffries, Dennis Vice, Ryan Knight, Leslie Allred, Jonathan Mietzner, Thomas Smith, Todd Holmes

B. CITIZENS COMMENT (State your full name clearly; limit 3 minutes each)

C. MAYOR’S REPORT

D. CONSENT AGENDA

All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be acted upon with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council member requests, in which event, the items will be removed from the consent agenda and discussed separately.

1. Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes from September 3, 2024

2. Approve the Accounts Payable Report

3. Approve Resolution No. 2024-10, A Resolution to Dispose of Surplus Property (EZGO Golf Cart)

4. Approve the Contract with Axon for Taser Purchase and Authorization to Execute the Agreement

5. Approve the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Board of Education of Wilmington Community Unit School District No. 209U

6. Approve the Proposal from All American Cleaning & Janitorial Inc. for Cleaning Services

7. Approve the Quote from R.L. Lyon Inc. Heating and Air Conditioning to replace the return grilles and supply diffusers as well as other needed work for a cost not to exceed $6,993.00

8. Approve the Estimate from Lifted Spray Foam to Insulate the pump house with closed cell foam insulation for a cost not to exceed $12,700

9. Approve the Purchase of One US Saw Valve Exerciser for $5,986.94

10. Approve the Proposal from Concentric Integration to replace the VFD on the #3 pump at Stewart Street Lift Station for a price not to exceed $7,100

11. Approve the Additional Water Main Request of West River Road

12. Approve the Request for One Handicap Parking Space Downtown

13. Approve the Salary Increase of the ESDA Director and Assistant ESDA Director, retroactive May 1, 2024

14. Approve the Crossing Guard Job Description with the Authorization to Hire One

15. Approve Resolution No. 2024-11, A Resolution to Dispose of Surplus Property (2008 Ford 250)

16. Approve the Quote from Ron Tirapelli Ford for the purchase of a 2025 Ford E-450 Van with a Knapheide Service Body at a total cost of $72,253.03

17. Approve the Quote from D’Orazio Ford for the purchase of a 2023 Ford F-250 Truck with a Knapheide Service Body at a total cost of $59,431.03

18. Approve the Estimate from A.R. Brown Construction for the South Island Storage Building at a total cost of $5505.00

E. ORDER OF BUSINESS

F. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATION FROM CITY OFFICIALS

City Attorney – Bryan Wellner

City Administrator – Jeannine Smith

Finance Director – Nancy Gross

Public Works Director – James Gretencord

Chief of Police – Chief Zink

G. ALDERMEN COMMENTS

Alderperson Kirwin      Alderperson Vice 

Alderperson Allred       Alderperson Holmes

Alderperson Jeffries     Alderperson Knight 

Alderperson Mietzner   Alderperson Smith

H. EXECUTIVE SESSION

1. Appointment, Employment, Dismissal, Compensation, Discipline, and Performance of an Employee of the City of Wilmington [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)]

2. Collective negotiating matters between the City of Wilmington (public body) and its employees [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)]

3. Matters of Land Acquisition [5 ILCS 2(c)(5) and 2(c)(6)]

4. Probable or Imminent Litigation and Pending Litigation [5 ILCS 2(c)(11)]

I. POSSIBLE ACTION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS

1. Consideration to provide additional compensation to specific AFSCME employees for time worked during the flood incident in January 2024

J. ADJOURNMENT

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