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Council Room, Odell, Illinois, Monday Jan. 14, 2019, a Regular Board Meeting was held this date at 7:00pm, at Village Hall, Council Room, 213 S. Front Street, with Acting Mayor Brian Mills presiding and with proper notice having been posted.<\/p>\n
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Roll Call<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Roll call showed the following Trustee members were physically present: Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, and Brian Mills<\/p>\n Staff Present:<\/p>\n Village Attorney Present: Ed Legner, Nick Ehrgott<\/p>\n Guests Present: Sgt. Mitchell, Tom Russell<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pledge of Allegiance<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Acting Mayor Mills led the Pledge of Allegiance<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Minutes of the Dec. 10, 2018 Regular Board Meetings <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Trustee Brian Verdun moved to approve the minutes from the December 10, 2018 Regular Board Meeting; second by Trustee Joan Bullard;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approved by roll call vote:<\/p>\n Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u20135;<\/p>\n Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Acting Mayor Mills reported that the Treasurer\u2019s Report for the month ending December 31,2019 is not available at this time and will be submitted at the February 11, 2019 Regular Board Meeting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bills<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Board Listing Report #28 ran on January 11, 2019 at 4:37pm representing all due bills for the Village due in January 2019, and the between Meeting Paid Bill List plus the bill from Trost Tree Trimming for $ 6,650.00.\u00a0 **Tourism invoices were paid out of Tourism, but in the system were ran thru the General Cash in all Funds account.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trustee Brian Mills moved to approve the Board Listing Report #28 ran on January 11, 2019 at 4:37pm representing all due bills for the Village due in January 2019, and the between Meeting Paid Bill List plus the invoice from Trost Tree Trimming for $ 6,650.00; second by Trustee Joan Bullard;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approved by roll call vote:<\/p>\n Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u2013 5;<\/p>\n Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n Police Report<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Sgt. Mitchell reported that during the month of December the Village had a total of 44 calls for various incidents.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Committee Reports<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Water & Sewer <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Police & Streets, Alleys <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finance Committee<\/strong> \u2013 Finance reported that they are still in the process of updating the employment policy<\/p>\n <\/p>\n OLD BUSINESS:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Public Improvements<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Discussion took place on setting goals for repairing and maintaining issues in town.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Miscellaneous Old Business <\/u><\/strong>(discussion only)<\/em><\/p>\n Acting Mayor Mills reported that the lift station generators have been ordered.\u00a0 In other old business our attorneys have prepared the ordinance adopting the updates to our Sexual Harassment Policy pursuant to Public Act #100-0554 as discussed at our October 2018 meeting.<\/p>\n Trustee Brian Verdun moved to adopt the Ordinance updating our Sexual Harassment Policy pursuant to Public Act #100-0554; second by Trustee Joan Bullard;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approved by roll call vote:<\/p>\n Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u2013 5;<\/p>\n Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In other Old Business discussion took place on the proposed amendment to Village insurance policy on employees.\u00a0 Amendment is tabled until the February Meeting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NEW BUSINESS:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Truck Dump Bed Repairs<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Acting Mayor Mills reported that the dump truck bed is rusted from hauling salt.\u00a0 He has received a bid from Giovanni for $ 3,150.00 to repair the dump truck bed. Issue is tabled until next month.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IEPA Findings \/ Recommendations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Water Operator Rich Ribordy presented results of our recent IEPA inspection.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Water Tower Inspection<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Upon IEPA inspection Rich Ribordy will obtain bids from contractors that do water tower inspections.<\/p>\n Show Bus Donation<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Trustee Jamie Johnson moved to donate $ 300.00 to the Show Bus; second by Trustee Brian Verdun;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approved by roll call vote:<\/p>\n Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u2013 5;<\/p>\n Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Miscellaneous New Business <\/u><\/strong>(discussion only)<\/em><\/p>\n No miscellaneous new business was brought up for discussion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trustee Brian Mills moved to enter into executive session at 8:03pm for the purpose of discussing Personal Issues; second by Trustee Jamie McPeek;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approved by roll call vote:<\/p>\n Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u2013 5;<\/p>\n Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Executive Session<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trustee Jamie McPeek moved to exit Executive Session and enter into Regular Session at 8:27pm; second by Trustee Joan Bullard;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approved by roll call vote:<\/p>\n Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u2013 5;<\/p>\n Nays:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Regular Session<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Trustee Brian Mills moved to hire Joe Bolen as a full-time employee; second by Trustee Joan Bullard;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approved by roll call vote:<\/p>\n Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u2013 4;<\/p>\n Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 Jamie McPeek \u2013 1;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trustee Lisa Lambert moved to adjourn at 8:35pm; second by Trustee Jamie McPeek;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approved by roll call vote:<\/p>\n Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u2013 5;<\/p>\n Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0Village Of Odell Official Minutes of the Jan. 14, 2019 Regular Board Meeting Village of Odell, Illinois Council Room, Odell, Illinois, Monday Jan. 14, 2019, a Regular Board Meeting was held this date at 7:00pm, at Village Hall, Council Room, 213 S. Front Street, with Acting Mayor Brian Mills presiding and with proper notice having been posted. Roll Call Roll call showed the following Trustee members were physically present: Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, and Brian Mills Staff Present: Village Attorney Present: Ed Legner, Nick Ehrgott Guests Present: Sgt. Mitchell, Tom Russell Pledge of Allegiance Acting Mayor Mills led the Pledge of Allegiance Minutes of the Dec. 10, 2018 Regular Board Meetings Trustee Brian Verdun moved to approve the minutes from the December 10, 2018 Regular Board Meeting; second by Trustee Joan Bullard; Approved by roll call vote: Yeas:\u00a0 Brian Verdun, Lisa Lambert, Jamie McPeek, Joan Bullard, Brian Mills \u20135; Nays:\u00a0\u00a0 None Treasurer\u2019s Report Acting Mayor Mills reported that the Treasurer\u2019s Report for the month ending December 31,2019 is not available at this time and will be submitted at the February 11, 2019 Regular Board Meeting. Odell Checking Illinois Funds Gen Fund MM Illinois Funds MFT Fund MM Odell MFT Checking Odell Tourism Checking Odell Water Reserve Odell General CD\u2019s Bills Board Listing Report #28 ran on January 11, 2019 at 4:37pm representing all due bills for the Village due in January 2019, and the between Meeting Paid Bill List plus the bill from Trost Tree Trimming for $ 6,650.00.\u00a0 **Tourism invoices were paid out of Tourism, but in the system were ran thru the General Cash in all Funds account. 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