{"id":5670,"date":"2013-11-25T07:58:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T13:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/odell-il.com\/?p=5670"},"modified":"2016-11-25T07:36:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T13:36:25","slug":"village-board-meeting-november-11-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/village-board-meeting-november-11-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Village Board Meeting – November 11, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Village Of Odell<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Official Minutes of the November 11, 2013 Regular Board Meeting<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Village of Odell, Illinois<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Council Room, Odell, Illinois, Monday, November 11, 2013, a Regular Board Meeting was held this date at 7:05pm., at Village Hall, Council Room, 213 S. Front Street, with Mayor Joyner presiding and with proper notice having been posted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Roll Call<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Roll call showed the following Trustee Members were physically present:\u00a0 Mayor Terry Joyner, Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, and Herman Fearman<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Staff Present: Iris Thorne & Rich Ribordy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Village Attorney Present: Ed Legner<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Guests Present: Scott Caldwell, Paul Brown, and Sgt. John Mitchell<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mayor Joyner called the meeting to order at 7:05pm., at which time a majority of a quorum was present<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pledge of Allegiance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Mayor Joyner led the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Minutes of the October 14, 2013 Regular Board Meeting <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Trustee Brian Verdun moved to approve the minutes of the October 14, 2013 Regular Board Meeting as printed; second by Trustee Herman Fearman;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Approved by roll call vote:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, Herman Fearman \u2013 4;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Iris Thorne reported that the Treasurer, Jim Rebholz, has supplied copies of an YTD Fund Summary and a MTD Treasurer\u2019s Report.\u00a0 Bank balances for the month ending September 30, 2013 are as follows: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Odell Checking<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a055,007.37\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Odell Savings<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a077,601.17<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Illinois Funds Gen Fund Checking<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $\u00a0 \u00a0240,149.98<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Illinois Funds MFT Checking\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a098,365.35<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

General Fund CD\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $ \u00a0223,531.14 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Odell Tourism<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a028,351.54<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Iris Thorne noted that Tourism receipts for October 2013 were $ 5,117.00 of which <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

$ 2,201.00 attributed to credit card sales.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Trustee Brian Verdun moved to approve the Treasurers report; second by Trustee Gary Wykes;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Approved by roll call vote:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, Herman Fearman \u2013 4;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bills<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Board Listing Report #750 ran on 11\/08\/13 at 2:28pm representing all due bills for the Village for October 2013, and Board Listing Report #751 ran on 11\/11\/13 at 9:34am representing all due bills for Tourism for October 2013 were presented for payment approval. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Trustee Brian Verdun moved to approve and pay all bills on the Board Listing Report dated November 08, 2013 ran at 2:28pm, list #750, and Board Listing Report dated November 11, 2013 ran at 9:34am, list #751; second by Trustee Herman Fearman;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Approved by roll call vote:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, Herman Fearman \u2013 4;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Police Report<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mayor Joyner reported that according to the October 2013 Police Activity Report there were 18 calls; 2 warnings; and 7 citations issued during the month.\u00a0 Sgt. John Mitchell of the Livingston County Sheriff\u2019s Department appeared at a later time during the meeting to answer questions.\u00a0 He was unaware that the new Contract was due to be approved and signed at the November meeting, but will notify the Sheriff of such.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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OLD BUSINESS:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Website<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Scott Caldwell gave an update on the progress of the new website and requested a brief summary from each Trustee to be written up with their picture for the website. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Route 66 Trails Grant<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Paul Brown confirmed that the IDNR has awarded Odell a $ 200,000.00 Grant for a walking\/biking path that Odell applied for, and that the money has been set aside in the Comptroller\u2019s office. The approval to begin the next stage of the Grant process was tabled until a full Board is present to discuss.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Clearwell \u2013 Moved to Executive Session<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Elk Street Update<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Rich Ribordy reported that he estimates that the Village could run tile to the East to the creek on the Village right of way to relieve the water problem on Elk Street.\u00a0 No action was taken.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ambulance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ed Legner reported that the Fire District will meet again this Thursday night to discuss whether they want to certify a question to go on the ballet in the March election.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Garbage Contract<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ed Legner reviewed the garbage contract and has marked several provisions that need to be removed in the contract.\u00a0 He will contact Allied Waste to revise the contract.\u00a0 The signing of the contract is tabled until next month.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Miscellaneous Old Business<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b>(<\/i>for discussion only)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

NEW BUSINESS:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Police Contract for 12\/01\/13 thru 11\/30\/16<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Mayor Joyner reported that he has not received the contract for 12\/01\/13 thru 11\/30\/16.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Miscellaneous New Business<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b>(<\/i>for discussion only)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A board member requested that the Village Ordinance on burning leaves be enforced.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Executive Session<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Trustee Brian Verdun moved to go into closed session at 8:18pm for the purpose of discussing threatened litigation involving the clearwell project; second by Trustee Gary Wykes;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Approved by roll call vote:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, Herman Fearman \u2013 4;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trustee Brian Verdun moved to exit closed session at 8:34pm; second by Trustee Herman Fearman:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Approved by roll call vote:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, Herman Fearman \u2013 4;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resume Regular Session<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Clearwell<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Trustee Herman Fearman moved to purchase a pump and to go with the clearwell testing recommendation of John Tyner, of Thomson Reuters Expert Witness; second by Brian Verdun;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Approved by roll call vote:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, Herman Fearman \u2013 4;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trustee Gary Wykes moved to adjourn at 8:40pm; second by Trustee Phaela Hodges;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Approved by roll call vote:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, Herman Fearman \u2013 4;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Village Of Odell   Official Minutes of the November 11, 2013 Regular Board Meeting Village of Odell, Illinois \u00a0 Council Room, Odell, Illinois, Monday, November 11, 2013, a Regular Board Meeting was held this date at 7:05pm., at Village Hall, Council Room, 213 S. Front Street, with Mayor Joyner presiding and with proper notice having been posted. \u00a0 Roll Call Roll call showed the following Trustee Members were physically present:\u00a0 Mayor Terry Joyner, Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, and Herman Fearman Staff Present: Iris Thorne & Rich Ribordy Village Attorney Present: Ed Legner Guests Present: Scott Caldwell, Paul Brown, and Sgt. John Mitchell Mayor Joyner called the meeting to order at 7:05pm., at which time a majority of a quorum was present \u00a0 Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Joyner led the Pledge of Allegiance. \u00a0 Minutes of the October 14, 2013 Regular Board Meeting Trustee Brian Verdun moved to approve the minutes of the October 14, 2013 Regular Board Meeting as printed; second by Trustee Herman Fearman; \u00a0 Approved by roll call vote: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Gary Wykes, Phaela Hodges, Herman Fearman \u2013 4; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None \u00a0 Treasurer\u2019s Report Iris Thorne reported that the Treasurer, Jim Rebholz, has supplied copies of an YTD Fund Summary and a MTD Treasurer\u2019s Report.\u00a0 Bank balances for the month ending September 30, 2013 are as follows: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Odell Checking \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a055,007.37\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Odell Savings \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a077,601.17 Illinois Funds Gen Fund Checking \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $\u00a0 \u00a0240,149.98 Illinois Funds MFT Checking\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a098,365.35 General Fund CD\u2019s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $ \u00a0223,531.14 Odell Tourism \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a028,351.54 \u00a0 \u00a0 Iris Thorne noted that Tourism receipts for October 2013 were $ 5,117.00 of which $ 2,201.00 attributed to credit card […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"calendar":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5670"},{"taxonomy":"calendar","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odell-il.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/calendar?post=5670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}