McHenry Times

City of McHenry City Council met April 6.

Here is the minutes provided by the council:

Call to Order: The City Council of the City of McHenry, Illinois, met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was held remotely.

Roll Call: Mayor Jett called the roll call. Members present: Alderman Santi, Alderman Glab, Alderman Schaefer, Alderman Harding, Alderman Mihevc, Alderman Devine, Alderwoman Miller, and Mayor Jett. 

Others present:

Attorney McArdle. Administrator Morefield, Interim Director of Public Works Strange, Director of Community Development Polerecky-absent, Finance Director Lynch-absent, Director of Parks and Recreation Hobson, Director of Economic Development Martin, and Chief of Police Birk, and City Clerk Ramel.(*Alderman Glab was phone conferencing since he was not feeling well).

Public Comments: none

Consent Agenda: 

Motion to Approve the Following Consent Agenda Items:

A. Proclamation of April 24, 2020 as Arbor Day; B. Set the Public Hearing date for the Annual Budget for April 20, 2020, and post the tentative budget on the City's website; C. Authorization for the Chief of Police to purchase 50 Portable Police Radios and a cost not to exceed $153,133.40 and enter into a 3-year Lease-to-Own Agreement with Motorola; D. March 16. 2020, City Council Special Meeting Minutes; E. March 16, 2020, City Council Regular Meeting Minutes; F. March 25, 2020, City Council Special Meeting Minutes; Checks in the amount of $172.024.16.

A motion was made by Alderman Santi and seconded by Alderwoman Miller to approve Consent Agenda Items as presented: Roll Call: Vote: 7-ayes: Alderman Santi, Alderman Schaefer, Alderman Harding, Alderman Glab, Alderman Mihevc, Alderman Devine, Alderwoman Miller. O-nays, O-abstained. Motion carried. -No public comments.

Individual Action Item Agenda:

A. Motion to approve the proposed Second Continuation of the Effective Dates of the March 11, 2020 Proclamation by the Mayor of Local Disaster Emergency to May 4, 2020. A motion was made by Alderman Schaefer and seconded by Alderman Harding to approve Individual Agenda item as presented. Roll Call: Vote: 7-ayes: Alderman Santi, Alderman Schaefer, Alderman Harding, Alderman Mihevc, Alderman Devine, Alderwoman Miller. O-nays: Alderman Glab, O-abstained. Motion carried.

B. Motion to approve a proposal by Prairieland Disposal to modify the current scope of services in the City Refuse Hauling Contract to include three (3) incidental yard waste bags each week for every residential account in the City.

Steve from Prarieland Disposal explained that residents of McHenry will be modifying the services. There will be a collection of 3 yard waste bags per resident collected during garbage day, these bags are not required to have stickers on them. Alderman Glab wanted clarification regarding the size for collection. It was concluded that it can be a 33 gallon bag, container, or a bundle that is 5 feet 18-24 inches. The weight being less than 50 pounds max.

A motion was made by Alderman Santi and seconded by Alderwoman Miller to approve Individual Agenda item as presented. Roll Call: Vote: 7-ayes: Alderman Santi, Alderman Schaefer, Alderman Harding, Alderman Mihevc, Alderman Devine, Alderwoman Miller. O-nays: Alderman Glab, 0-abstained. Motion carried.

C. Motion to approve a proposal by Prairieland Disposal in an amount not to exceed $36,075.00 for a City-wide spring cleanup program.

*Correction* $36,750.00* the above number was a typo. Alderman Glab questions the parameters regarding dates that the pick-up would start. Director Strange explained that the dates will be outlined when it gets closer. There will be no collection of tires, paint and electronics per Praireland Disposal. These will be collected again, during the regular garbage routs. Alderman Santi asked about the time frame regarding the pickup schedule and it was explained that it is a one week time frame on the day of the residents usual pick up. May 11th was a date that would be a great starting point per some of the members.

A motion was made by Alderman Glab and seconded by Alderwoman Mihevc to approve Individual Agenda item as presented. Roll Call: Vote: 7-ayes: Alderman Santi, Alderman Schaefer, Alderman Harding, Alderman Mihevc, Alderman Devine, Alderwoman Miller. O-nays: Alderman Glab, 0-abstained. Motion carried.

D. Motion to pass an Ordinance authorizing the Mayor's execution of a Development and Economic Incentive Agreement between the City of McHenry and RR McHenry LLC.

Director of Economics Martin stated that there was a request to increase time for this project to be completed due to the Covid-19 crisis. The total build time was confirmed by a representative to be about 5 months.

A motion was made by Alderman Santi and seconded by Alderman Schaefer to approve Individual Agenda item as presented. Roll Call: Vote: 7-ayes: Alderman Santi, Alderman Schaefer, Alderman Harding, Alderman Mihevc, Alderman Devine, Alderwoman Miller. O-nays: Alderman Glab, 0-abstained. Motion carried.

Discussion Items.

A. Discussion regarding request by LaFarge Aggregates/Meyer Material to defer 50% of mining impact feet to October 1, 2020.

Administrator Morefield explained this discussion item. The Covid-19 situation has caused LaFarge to ask to divide their payment in half, first payment opened up this discussion to The Council, per Mayor Jett wanted to ask The Council if they would grant the request which could also be brought back for Consent Item review after the decision to move forward, per Attorney McArdle. The Council decided to support it and will be moving forward with it.

B. FY20/21 Proposed Budget - General Operating Departments, Recreation Center Fund, Water Fund, Sewer Fund, Utility Fund, Capital Improvement Projects.

Administrator Morefield went over the proposed budget, however noted that this was based on how the year was already moving forward not taking in account the Covid-19 crisis. It will have an impact on the budget as well. The Council did get a packet delivered to their individual doorstep in order to review it before the evening's presentation.

Mayor's Report: Mayor Jett expressed that any funding that is done to support Covid-19 is documented. He is trying to get a block grant working it state and local funding efforts and to see how the city and county and state leave can be reimbursed.

City Council Comments: Alderman Santi complimented the Shamrock on the Fox decorations stating it looked awesome. Mayor Jett also agreed that the work put into the decorating was great.

Staff Reports: The police officers are now using masks when interacting with the public, Chief Birk explained this is an effort to keep the police enforcement safe. Classes for the recreation health center have been updated

Executive Session if needed: None

Adjourn: A motion was made Alderman Glab and seconded by Alderwoman Santi to adjourn the meeting at 9:13 PM. Roll Call: Vote:7-ayes: Alderman Santi, Alderman Glab, Alderman Schaefer, Alderman Harding, Alderman Mihevc, Alderman Devine, Alderwoman Miller. O-nay-, O-abstained. Motion carried.

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