Will County Gazette

City of Wilmington City Council met July 15.

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, Marty Orr, Dennis Vice, Ryan Knight, Rachel Conforti, Jonathan Mietzner, Thomas Smith, Todd Holmes

B. PUBLIC HEARING

1. Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the Fiscal Year 2026

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

D. MAYOR’S REPORT

E. 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 July 1, 2025

2. Approve the Accounts Payable Report

3. Approve to Hire an Additional Water Reclamation Plant Operator

4. Approve the request to purchase a new high-service pump with installation from Applied Industrial Technologies for a total cost of $24,036.07

5. Approve KDI Diving Invoice #10070 for $9,856

6. Approve the Hach Quotes for the oxygen probes at the Water Reclamation Plant

7. Approve the Gasvoda & Associates, Inc. Proposal for an Effluent Flow Meter at the Water Reclamation Plant

8. Approve the 2025 CFD Invoices and Agreements

9. Consideration to Approve the Daily Permit Liquor License Applications

The Rustic Inn

Local 150

F. ORDER OF BUSINESS

1. Consideration to Approve Ordinance No. 25-07-15-01, An Ordinance Appropriating for All Corporate Purposes for the City of Wilmington, for the Fiscal Year Beginning May 1, 2025 and Ending April 30, 2026

2. Consideration to Approve Ordinance No. 25-07-15-02, An Ordinance Adopting a Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the City of Wilmington and the Metropolitan Alliance of Police Wilmington Police Chapter #129

3. Consideration to Approve Ordinance No. 25-07-15-03, An Ordinance Adopting Rules for City Council Meetings to Provide for Participation and Voting by Electronic Means

4. Consideration to Approve Ordinance No. 25-07-15-04, An Ordinance Annexing Certain Territory to The Corporate Limits of The City of Wilmington, Will County, Illinois, Approving an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Wilmington, James R. Fleishman and Laurie S. Fleishman, And Fleishman Solar, LLC, And Approving a Conditional Use, Site Plan, and Subdivision for Certain Property

5. Consideration to Approve Ordinance No. 25-07-15-05, An Ordinance Annexing Certain Territory to the Corporate Limits of the City of Wilmington, Will County, Illinois, Approving an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Wilmington, James R. Fleishman and Laurie S. Fleishman, and IL Wilmington Solar, and Approving a Conditional Use for Certain Property

G. 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 – Adam Zink

H. ALDERMEN COMMENTS

Alderperson Kirwin       Alderperson Vice

Alderperson Conforti    Alderperson Holmes

Alderperson Orr            Alderperson Knight

Alderperson Mietzner    Alderperson Smith

I. 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)]

J. POSSIBLE ACTION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS

K. ADJOURNMENT

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