City Council - Regular Meeting

everybody ready all right it's seven o'clock all right all right do i need a do i need a cavil nope time down you guys ready all right let's start the regular meeting of the council of city of ottawa june 2nd 2026 roll call Eichelkraut?

Aye.

Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Here. Barron?

Here.

Mayer?

Here.

We have five present.

Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Move by Commissioner Eichelkraut that the minutes of a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Ottawa, Illinois, held on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, be approved as recorded in the permanent files of the City Clerk.

I give a second. Second. Gagner? Roll call.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gagner? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron? Aye. Mayer?

Aye. Is there anyone wishing to appear before the Council? Okay, then we will go to Commissioner Eichelkraut's report.

Moved by Commissioner Eichelkraut that the bi-weekly salary payroll of May 22nd, 2026 in the amount of $700,281.86 be approved and warrants issued.

Can I get a second? Second. Pearson, roll call.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson?

Aye.

Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Eichelkraut that the bi-monthly expense report dated June 2nd, 2026 showing expenses in the amount of $739,423.16 be approved and warrants issued.

Second. Second. Barron? Roll call.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson?

Aye.

Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Eichelkraut that a resolution authorizing the execution of a transit service agreement between the City of Ottawa and Fox Valley Community Services regarding NCAT, which has been on file for public inspection since May 19th, 2026, be adopted.

I give a second. Second. Gaynor? Roll call.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson?

Aye.

Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Eichelkraut that a resolution approving a template vehicle advertising space agreement for advertisements on MCAT transit vehicles be adopted.

I hear a second.

Second.

This is a good way for us to actually put something on the vehicles to help actually get some money to help for matching funds that we gotta always get. So every other place has been doing it, different places, but we thought we'd give it a try. It took a long time for our legal team to come up with something that we wouldn't be sued on.

We're in good shape. Yes.

But we did get it, okay, and I understand why it took so long. OK. Thank you. And it was Commissioner Pearson. Roll call.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Lahren?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye. Mr. Eichelkraut, is there anything else you'd like to add?

Yep, starting June 20th, I want to remind everybody, music in the park, starting up. Also the 19th is cruise night, third Friday, summer's starting off good. We're going to have a lot of things going on, a lot of things to do. Come down, enjoy yourself, it's going to be a great time. Thank you. On to Commissioner Gaynor's report.

We'll start with the report of the police chief for the month of May. Squad car calls, 2,139. Arrest, including citations, 452. Sentenced to DOC, 4. Transported to the county jail, 30. Juvenile referrals, 3. Peer jury, 3. Issued a notice to appear 446. Ottawa Central Dispatch handled 953 911 calls. They also handled 4,371 administrative calls. Moved by Commissioner Gaynor that the report of Police Chief Michael J. Cheatham for the month of May 2026 be received and placed on file.

I give a second. Second. Michael Kraut? Roll call.

Michael Kraut?

Aye.

Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron?

Aye.

Mayor, we have the report of the fire chief for the month of May. Number of bell alarms, two. Number of still alarms, 20. Activated alarms, 38. Number of medic calls, 341. Mutual aid, seven. Number of patients, 276. Number of transfers, four. Total calls for May, 401. Total emergency overtime, 13. Structure, contents, vehicle, and total loss for May was all at zero. Total non-residents billed for medical services 59. Moved by Commissioner Gaynor that the report of Fire Chief Brian R. Bresner for the month of May 2026 be received and placed on file.

Second. Second.

Second.

Commissioner Pearson, roll call.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Gaynor that a resolution authorizing the execution of a proposal for equipment and software with Axon Enterprises Incorporated for the police department, which has been on file for public inspection since May 19th, 2026, be adopted.

I give a second. Second. Mr. Barron?

This is all the management and storage of all the video data for every place in the department along with the tasers. It gets very expensive.

Thank you.

Michael Kraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Gaynor that the quote received from Everbridge in the amount of $6,190.30 for the city's public alerting system be accepted, approved, and paid for from the General Corporate Fund.

Second. Second. Mr. Eichelkraut.

This is the renewal of the Nixle agreement. And actually, I think it's next year they'll be providing geocoding. Is that right, Kyle?

Yes.

Yeah, so then it'll be better. We'll be better able to target our Nixle messages going out. Roll call.

Eichelkraut. Aye. Gaynor. Aye. Pearson. Aye. Barron. Aye. Mayer.

Aye. Anything that you'd like to add, Commissioner Gaynor? Aye. On to Commissioner Pearson's report.

Moved by Commissioner Pearson that a resolution appropriating $715 worth of motor fuel tax funds be adopted.

I get a second. Second. Gaynor. Roll call.

Eichelkraut. Aye. Gaynor. Aye. Pearson. Aye. Barron.

Aye.

Mayer.

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Pearson that a resolution requesting permission from the Illinois Department of Transportation to temporarily close LaSalle Street from Lafayette Street to Lincoln Place on Sunday, August 23rd, 2026 from 12 o'clock p.m. until 2 o'clock p.m. for the debate day's parade be adopted.

I get a second. Second. Commissioner Barron.

A lot of parades this year.

Roll call.

Eichelkraut. Aye. Gaynor. Aye. Pearson. Aye. Barron.

Aye.

Mayer.

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Pearson that a resolution requesting permission from the Illinois Department of Transportation to temporarily close LaSalle Street from Lafayette Street to Lincoln Place on Friday, November 27th, 2026 from 5.30 PM until 7.30 PM for the Festival of Lights Parade be adopted.

I give it a second. Second. Commissioner Eichelkraut.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Pearson that a resolution authorizing the acceptance of a proposal and state of work from Crawley Cleared Cleaning for the parcel formerly known as Dayton Ridge and now the Ottawa Recreation Office be received and placed on file for public inspection.

I give a second. Second. Gainer? Ruppel?

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gainer? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Commissioner Pearson that the award for the 2026 Cape Seal program with the LaSalle County Highway Department to AC Pavement Striping Company in the amount of $44,595.23 be accepted.

Second. Second. Mr. Barron. Roll call. Michael Kraut. Aye.

Gaynor. Aye. Pearson. Aye. Barron. Aye. Mayer.

Aye.

Anything you'd like to add, Commissioner?

Nothing tonight. Commissioner Barron, is there anything that you'd like to add tonight?

Mine's under yours, so we're just moving along.

Okay, on to my report then.

We have the report of the registrar for the month of May. There were zero birth certificates issued and 22 death certificates. Certified copies were issued with fees totaling $2,108. Moved by Mayor Hastie that the report of registrar Shelly L. Rolson for the month of May 2026 be received and placed on file.

I got a second. Second. Pearson, roll call.

Eichelkraut?

Aye.

Gaynor? Aye. Pearson?

Aye.

Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Mayor Hastie that the report of the parking and adjudication fines department showing fines collected of $9,328 for the month of May 2026 be received and placed on file.

I give it a second. Second. Commissioner Gaynor? No.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson?

Aye.

Barron?

Aye.

Mayor.

Aye.

We have the report of the building official for the month of May. There were nine building permits issued with these totaling $2,025. Total number of on-site building inspections, 88. There was one floodplain development permit, one pool permit for $100, 17 fence permits for $850, two new business registrations for $200. 23 general contractor licenses issued for $2,300. Five electrical licenses for $900. Six electrical permits for $750. Total number of onsite electrical inspections were at 30. We had five people take our electrical exam for $1,275. There was one plumbing permit issued with the fee was included with the building permit total number of on-site plumbing inspections 22 our code enforcement officer did a total of 195 inspections and our construction coordinator did 164 inspections for a total of permits and licenses of 65 with these collected of $8,500 move by mayor hasty that the report of building official Matthew W Stafford for the month of May 2026 be received and placed on file a second second Pearson roll call Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.

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Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Moved by Mayor Hastie that a resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement for application services for a community development block housing rehabilitation grant between the City of Ottawa and NCICG be received and placed on file for public inspection.

I'll take a second. Both of these, this one and the next one, we've had a lot of luck and success with in the past, and so some of that is obviously due to the work that NCICG does, so this is the application for them to continue doing that work for us. Roll call.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Mayor Hasty that a resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement for application services for the Strong Communities Program grant for abandoned residential properties between the City of Ottawa and NCICG be received and placed on file for public inspection.

I give a second. Second. Commissioner Gaynor, roll call.

Eichelkraut?

Aye.

Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron?

Aye.

Mayor.

Aye.

Moved by Mayor Hastie that a resolution authorizing the execution of 33 annexation agreements between the City of Ottawa and various property owners in Bonotero Subdivision be received and placed on file for public inspection. Be it further moved, a public hearing be set for Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 7 o'clock p.m. in Council Chamber on the said annexation agreements.

Can I get a second? Second. Dr. Barron.

At what meeting will you have to read all these? I'm going to be on vacation. Next meeting. Next meeting.

33 of them in order.

Yeah.

Roll call.

Eichelkraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson?

Aye.

Barron?

Aye.

Mayer?

Aye.

Move by Mayor Hasty that a resolution authorizing execution of a client service agreement between the City of Ottawa and the Horton Group be received and placed on file for public inspection.

I get a second. Second. This is kind of a fun one because Horton is merging with another insurance agency, and even though our contract with them expires in the next year, they still ask that we would form a new contract that expires in the next year, as opposed to the multi-year contract that we currently had with Horton. In my opinion, it was no skin off our teeth if they want to go to annual contracts, so okay. Roll call.

Eichelkraut?

Aye.

Gainier? Aye. Pearson?

Aye.

Barron? Aye. Mayer?

Aye.

Moved by Mayor Hastie that the report of the Plan Commission meeting held on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, considering the rezoning request from David Richmond and Timothy Richmond for property located at 1780 North 2750 3rd Road be received and placed on file. Be it further moved, the council concur with the recommendations of the Plan Commission and the parcel be rezoned from Class D, Office Research, and Light Industrial to Class R, Rural District, and the follow-up ordinance be passed and approved.

I get a second. Second. Commissioner Eichelkraut. As always, I think Doug Carroll did a great job in putting out the report together and I have no issues with it myself. Roll call.

Eichelkraut.

Aye.

Gaynor. Aye. Pearson. Aye. Barron.

Aye.

Mayor.

Aye. The only thing I'll add with all the talks of parades is that Wayne did not mention that on June 13th is the Family Pride Festival parade. I mean. Which that's going to be a pretty big parade here in this month, and it just adds to all of the different festivals that we've got going on this month and for the rest of the summer. So with that, motion to adjourn.

Moved by Mayor Hasty that this regular meeting be adjourned.

Can I get a second? Second. Roll call.

Michael Kraut? Aye. Gaynor? Aye. Pearson? Aye. Barron?

Aye. Mayer? Aye. Thank you, everyone.