McHenry Times

City of Woodstock City Council met Sept. 17.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL

III. FLOOR DISCUSSION:

A. Oath of Office:

1. Officer Nicholas Bernardi

2. Officer Michael Butler

3. Officer Christopher Gallman

4. Officer Samuel Gustafson

Anyone wishing to address the Council on an item not already on the agenda may do so at this time.

B. Public Comments

C. Council Comments

IV. CONSENT AGENDA:

(NOTE: Items under the consent calendar are acted upon in a single motion. There is no separate discussion of these items prior to the Council vote unless: 1) a Council Member requests that an item be removed from the calendar for separate action, or 2) a citizen requests an item be removed and this request is, in turn, proposed by a member of the City Council for separate action.)

A. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

1. September 3, 2019 City Council Meeting

B. WARRANTS:

1. #3872

2. #3873

C. MINUTES AND REPORTS:

1. Environmental Commission Minutes May 2, 2019

2. Economic Development Commission Minutes June 6, 2019

3. Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes June 11, 2019

4. Environmental Commission Minutes June 27, 2019

5. Economic Development Commission Minutes July 12, 2019

6. Environmental Commission Minutes July 18, 2019

7. Economic Development Commission Minutes August 1, 2019

8. Environmental Commission Minutes August 19, 2019

D. MANAGER'S REPORT NO. 141:

1. Ordinance – Noise Control (141a)

Approval of an Ordinance to amend Title 4 (Public Health and Safety) of the Woodstock City Code Related to Noise Control. 

2. Ordinance – Retail Single Use Bag Program (141b)

Approval of an Ordinance to amend the Woodstock City Code by Adding a New Chapter 22 to Title 3 Implementing a Retail Single-Use Bag Program.

3. Ordinance – Budget Amendments FY18/19 (141c)

Approval of an Ordinance to amend the City’s FY18/19 Budget Ordinance for year end adjustments. 

4. Employee Compensation Study (141d)

a) Approval of the New Non-Represented Salary Structure, as well as the corresponding “bring to minimum” salary adjustments effective October 28, 2019 for those active employees that are currently paid below the minimum of the pay grade with approximately $78,000 of that cost occurring in the current fiscal year (FY19/20), and

b) Approval of internal equity adjustments, effective October 28, 2019, with an estimated cost of approximately $15,500 occurring in the current fiscal year (FY19/20.)

c) Approval to provide each Department Director with an additional three (3) days of vacation time each calendar year commencing January 1, 2020 and that this additional vacation time is included with each new hire at the Department Director level.

5. Award of Bid – Tara Road Park – Playground Equipment (141e)

a) Authorization to approve the bid (Option #1) received from Parkreation in the amount of $50,000.

b) Approval to accept the bid for play feature installation and provision of Fibar Mulch at an additional expense of $32,684.

6. Request for Special Use Permit - Farm Animals – Witches & Wizards (141f) Approval of a Special Use Permit as defined in City Code Section 4.3.7: Keeping of Exotic Animals or Wild Animals, to display alpacas, sheep and goats on the Woodstock Square for the Witches & Wizards of Woodstock event on October 27, 2019 from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, conditional upon the City’s terms for the event.

7. Ordinance – Redevelopment Agreement – Billitteri Enterprises, LLC. (141g) Approval of an Ordinance of the City of Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, Approving a Redevelopment Agreement by and Between the City of Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois and Billitteri Enterprises, LLC, subject to final review and approval by the City’s TIF Legal Counsel. DOC. 4

V. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

VI.ADJOURN

https://www.woodstockil.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/city_council/meeting/26481/9-17-19_city_council_agenda.pdf