City Council Meeting/Strategic Session - Regular Meeting

I'd like to call the city of council city council meeting of 03/24/2026 to order with roll call please.

Furman. Here. Green. Here. Seton.

Here.

Houseman.

Here.

Statement is absent.

Okay. Would you please stand for the invocation given by pastor Rick Hutchinson of Heights Church and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance.

Father, we're so grateful today for the love that you give to us. We're so grateful today to live in a country where we are free to express our ideas and where we are free to be involved in the government of our communities and of our country and I do pray for our nation. I pray for our community. I pray for our leaders and I ask your wisdom in their lives that you would give direction and that you would give guidance to them. We pray for our nation and just ask especially in this time that we are involved in in conflict and war that you would watch over and that you would guide. Now, we ask your blessing and anointing over this meeting, over each one of our counselors, and those that are involved here and we pray it in Jesus precious name. Amen.

Okay. First item, please.

First item tonight is the pioneers in patient care presentation.

Presentation by Chief John Balo.

Good evening, Mayor Pro Tem and City Council members. You know, I always love being in front of you all, telling you how great our team is. You know, men and women of the Collinsville Fire Department are second to none, so it pleases me when I'm up here. But tonight, in just a minute, I'm gonna be turning this over to deputy chief Kevin Reese. You'll hear from him about a life saved by our amazing paramedics using the cardiac monitors that you approved for us to purchase on the very same day that we put those in service. So the survivor and her husband and others are here tonight, the story is going to be told by Deputy Chief Reese who oversees EMS. Chief Reese.

Good evening mayor, pro term, city council, and guest. On the evening of 12/23/2025, the chain of survival began with a critical link. Rapid recognition and decisive action. At 1925, telecommunicator, Mikayla Becker, at the Collinsville Dispatch Center, received a frantic call reporting a 66 year old individual who had collapsed in their home. Demonstrating outstanding professionalism, the telecommunicators quickly identified the signs of cardiac arrest, provided clear pre arrival instructions, and ensured that life saving measures were initiated without delay.

Their calm focus, guidance set the tone for everything that followed. Within moments, Collinsville Fire Department's units were dispatched emergently. Engine twelve twelve staffed by lieutenant Chris Frawley and firefighter paramedic Brad Burkowski along with Collinsville police officer Emily Briley arrived first on scene. The officer and fire crews immediately took action. Recognizing the gravity of the situation, they initiated high quality CPR and attached the ZOLL Xenix monitor that had been placed in service earlier that day.

Delivering early defibrillation for a shockable rhythm, their rapid intervention provided the patient with the best possible chance for survival prior to EMS. Medic twelve forty one staffed by Danny Gulich and Mitch Kimball arrived to find resuscitation efforts already in progress, a direct result of seamless coordination between telecommunicators, police, and fire personnel. The crew quickly integrated into the operations continuing with high performance CPR and advanced care. With a focus on constant compressions, advanced airway was established, IO was obtained for medication, the team delivered multiple rounds of cardiac medication throughout the call. Throughout the incident, there were no delays in dispatch response or patient care, only a continuous coordinated effort across all disciplines.

The patient was rapidly packaged and transported to the hospital with ongoing resuscitative measures, including vascular access and advanced life cardiac life support interventions. This incident highlights the strength of a truly integrated emergency response system from the telecommunicators who recognized cardiac arrest and initiated life saving instructions to the police officer and the engine company who began immediate CPR and defibrillation, to the paramedics who delivered the advanced life support protocol driven, each link in the chain performed with precision and dedication. Because of the swift coordinated actions of everyone involved, the patient is now on the road to a full recovery. What began as a life threatening emergency has become a powerful reminder of why every second and every role matters. Today, the patient has the opportunity to be at home with family who are there by their side that night and remain incredibly grateful for the care, compassion, and professionalism shown to their loved one.

This outcome is not by chance, but by the unwavering commitment to those who answered the call and worked together to make the difference. I would like to call forward the crew that was there, Danny Gulich, Brad Rakowski, Lieutenant Frawley, Mitch Kimball, Andrea Lindauer is standing in for the absence Mikayla. And Keith, do you want to step up for Emily?

I would like to introduce Jason Fenton from Zohl to say a few words.

I just want to say congratulations. That's the first thing. For you guys that don't know me, I've been the ZOLL local ZOLL medical rep and for almost twenty two years now, and I've been partnered with the city of Collinsville Fire Department for that long. So I'll just tell you all. When I got a call Christmas Eve at 07:15 from the chief after we put brand new equipment into service, I was really, really pleased to hear you had had so much success. I can tell you that right now. It's just amazing. I said, oh, Chiefs call me at 07:15 on Christmas Eve morning. Just an outstanding effort. Would tell you that one thing.

At ZOLL, we're a resuscitation company first and foremost. But it's not just the equipment that makes the things happen that happened on December 23. It takes great people. It takes early recognition. It takes dispatch, guiding folks through CPR. It takes good response times and great work by our police officers. Just outstanding all the way through patient care through that hospital and bringing this young lady back to life. Right? So I just want to say congratulations. We have got a couple of awards for you.

I think if I can meet him up here. I forgot that little detail. This is the first successful resuscitation utilizing our core product, the Xenex, in world. Jill and Kelly are from Zohl. They flew in from Boston to spend time in Collinsville.

They have not seen the ketchup bottle yet. They're on their way tomorrow to do that. But they have been here for the past two days hearing the stories of this success and meeting the firefighters and the men and women of this community. And so I really want to thank them as well for making the trip down, taking away time from their families to celebrate this. So it's really awesome. This is on the map in our organization and humbled to be a part of it. When they told me that, I just couldn't believe it. So I really, really appreciate you all. I appreciate the council. Thank you all for your support.

I just want to say thank you. One more thing. I am going to read this plaque to you all. We are providing each of these fine folks with these celebrating excellence, pioneer in patient care, and we have each of the individual's names. You continually set an example of excellence through courage, loyalty, and a passion for what you do. We appreciate you all.

Thank you. It's such a heartwarming story and a story that means a lot today with the news we have and it goes without saying how proud the council is and feel free to speak up but of our men and women of the fire department here and the service they provide to our citizens and to the police department, our dispatchers, all of you, happy road to recovery.

Thank you.

Thank you. Alright.

If any of y'all, we're gonna move on. If you wanna leave the room now, you're feel free to do so. We'll pause just a bit. Enjoy the ketchup bottle. Alright.

Kim, we can go on to next item.

Next is business prior to public input. Item one, ordinance rezoning real estate located at 315 And 317 Bissell Avenue from R 3 multifamily residential district to R one single family.

Overview provided tonight by planning planning technician Cole Filgas.

Cole? Mayor Pro Tem, City Council. Here's our site over on Visal Avenue. It's just under a third of an acre. Previous use of the subject property was a multi family home built in 1940.

Water was switched off in 2017 and it sat vacant until it was condemned by our building division in 2021. Then the city bought it in 2025 and it has since been demolished. Here are some site photos of the subject property. On the left hand side, we just see the the now vacant lot and the house next door. And on the right hand side, we can see the road looking looking west towards Keibler and the subject parcel on the right hand side.

And here's the zoning districts on the left hand side of the map. We see the R3, the block of three R3 multifamily parcels there surrounded by the R1A parcels then R1 to the west and so forth. And then up in the top right corner we see that the subject property is surrounded by residential mostly R1A and R3. And then we see the just below that we see the neighboring parcels that are referenced in the above table. And then in the bottom right corner we have the future land use map showing that subject property is in the middle of a single family residential area.

And staff finds that this rezoning fits the character of the neighborhood and promotes the health, safety, quality of life. It's consistent with the city's comprehensive plan and our regulations as well as we do not find any kind of disproportionate loss to the neighbors and we find that it does grant a public gain. Are there any questions?

Any comments, any questions from anyone? All right, without that entertain I'll a motion to approve.

So moved. Second.

Moved by Greene, second by Furman. Roll call.

Furman.

Yes.

Greene. Yes. Seton. Yes. Houseman.

Yes.

Next item.

Next item. Item number two is ordinance amending the column municipal code section seventeen point zero five zero point one four zero multifamily design guidelines as it relates to exterior building materials.

Overview given by senior planner Caitlin Rice.

Thank you mayor pro tem and members of the council. The ordinance before you is revision to our exterior building materials for our multifamily developments. Currently our ordinance requires a 100% masonry materials and this proposed ordinance reduces that to 50%. This amendment is being brought forward due to several deviation requests that were approved in the past, such as Towns of Westview in '21, Haven Hills in '26, which have a mix of material about fifty fifty. The intent of the 100% masonry in the zoning ordinance is listed as durable and low maintenance materials.

However, there are no other structures or uses in the city of Collinsville that require such strict material standards. For example, Uptown Collinsville requires only 75% of public facing facades to have masonry and single family homes and other type of residential development has no guidelines whatsoever. The chart to the right is just a summary of some of the highlights for municipalities research. Overall staff found that Collinsville has a strict material requirement where other communities allow more flexible materials and focus on overall design, massing elements, design features and character and scale with the surrounding area instead. Here are some examples of these proposed developments and what they look like.

We have towns at Westview and the top left and then Haven Hills at the bottom. And then to the right is a Parkside Condos, which was one multifamily development that was approved without any deviations for comparison. Here are some developments of multifamily similar to scale that we've approved with some other projects that do not require a 100% masonry requirement or focus on elevation changes, material flexibility and different type of regulations instead of just material. Our multifamily design guidelines host a plethora of requirements including paying attention to scale, facade elements, limiting monotonous facades with different treatments. And for this evening we're looking at number two which is a material requirement is the only proposed amendment to this section.

This proposed amendment will reduce that 100% to 50% and also list permitted other materials to feature in that other 50%. This is reflective of similar developments to the average bill requirement similar building materials we approve as well with our commercial design guidelines. Staff lines of the pros and amendments detects do meet our criteria and we are recommending approval of this amendment and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Okay. Thank you. Any comments, questions?

Yeah. So like if there's multifamily above like a storefront on Main Street then would that is that zoning different and that wouldn't apply? It's like where they could have vinyl siding on Main Street?

So anything in Uptown Collinsville on Main Street follows under the UCD Uptown Collinsville guidelines that has its own design regulations for all types of structures.

Even the apartments it doesn't matter?

Correct. Anything in Uptown has its own standards.

Anybody else? All right. Well, I think it's a good idea that I like the idea of the architecture look of using mixed materials. I think it works well. We've seen that in Evertzmann other places. So I'm glad we're moving in this direction. So without further questions or comments, I'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved.

Second. Motion

by Furman, second by Seton. Roll call.

Furman. Yes. Green. Yes. Seton.

Yes.

Hausman? Yes. Thank you.

Next item.

Next is speakers from the floor.

Speakers may address the council under the terms of ordinance number 4,765. Time is limited to four minutes per speaker. Please refer to the last page of the agenda for specific rules governing input. Is there anyone on this side of the room that would like to speak? Left side, so whoever goes first, please go to the podium and state your name. Go ahead, sir.

Can you hear me now? Amen. Good evening to the mayor and the council and to the community here in Collinsville. I guess I'm a day and hour short and late but I found out about the golf cart pass but I did want to bring my appeal to the board and just read a little something that I wanted you all to hear on this evening. I know I have four minutes. I'm a preacher so it take me four minutes just to get warmed up.

Sir, can

we get your name real quick too, please?

Can we get your name too?

Thomas Anderson is my name.

Excellent. Thank you.

Well, good evening, council and mayor of Collinsville. My concern, I like, you know, to just get some insight on why operating a golf cart is not legal in this city and whereas, where does it I guess show that it would be like, I guess, an endangerment or not safe And I did a little research and just a little reading here. Illinois golf court laws rules registration and penalties. Golf courts in Illinois are subject to a mix of state guidelines and local ordinances because there is no single statewide framework for all golf court users, operation, and such rules that would comply with the city, county, or village. Illinois does not have a uniform statewide golf court law governing all municipalities.

Instead, local government typically typically regulates street legal operations and registration. Some areas permit golf courts on roads with speed limits commonly up to 25 miles an hour. Many municipalities require golf carts to be equipped with reliable brakes and lights. My golf cart per se, I know. My golf cart has headlights, taillights, brake lights, turn signals, a horn, and even safety belts.

My golf cart really complies with a vehicle. I put on a search for cities around Collinsville who allow the operation of golf carts with proper regulation and compliance with the city. Fairview Heights, Caseyville, Belleville, and East Saint Louis and there are just a few other cities in close proximity. I pray and hope that this board council taking consider consideration that we would like for you to revisit and reconsider on operation of golf course in this city. With this present economy, gas prices are skyrocketing and having the use of our golf course, to me, I believe, would be a big help.

It would also present, I would say, relief on some of us that are on fixed incomes. Many of us are on fixed income now. We have retired and I just believe that from the years that I've worked in, I inquired a property over here. I've only been over here four point three years now, but thought this was, and I still feel that this is a beautiful city to move into. And I'm just trying to, you know, get understanding this evening.

I got the message late and I called in last week and they I did say I wanted to come by and just make my appeal. I know you all made a decision but I pray that you might revisit this due to I don't see any endangerment in the in Ryan and golf cart. You can't go over 20 mile an hour with him and I mean and then we have used our before I found out that we couldn't really ride him on the street. My wife and I, we visit some of the new neighbors because we're trying to get ourselves acquainted with new neighbors and they're four or five blocks over and I'm a disabled vet. So all they walk in, I would like to do, I can't do because of my disability.

So I'm just hoping that you all would look at seniors who might want to invest in a golf cart. Many events that happened in this town, we noticed last year there was a lot of events up here. It would be convenient for me to ride my golf cart up there and park it and then start the car up using gas, then trying to find a park and you know how congested it gets when you're having all these concerns. I haven't even got to my last page. Can I read my last page? I know I'm out. Told you I was a preacher.

Can I just say this last part, mayor? Unfortunately, we have to abide by the rules. I'm

Okay, okay. Well.

Mr. Anderson, if you'd

like to leave that

with me, I can pass it on later.

I will leave it with you.

Okay.

And thank you for your

Thank you for you all's consideration. Thank

you for your input. Is there anyone else on the left side? Yes, sir. Please go to the podium and state your name please.

Good evening. My name is Jack Sittner. I am a current resident of North Keber Avenue here in Collinsville, Illinois. I much appreciate this opportunity to speak to you today about some ongoing safety concerns related to traffic on our street. I first want to quickly say thank you to the Collinsville Police Department, specifically detective Fields for responding to concerns on our street and deploying a speed trailer in the area.

These efforts are greatly appreciated and proves that the city is willing to listen to its residents. I'm here tonight to discuss ongoing traffic concerns on North Keeler Avenue between Beltline Road and East Park Avenue. While this stretch is designated as a 30 mile per hour residential street, the daily reality simply does not reflect this. More specifically, just actually an hour before leaving to come here, Collinsville Police Department officer came to my door requesting footage for an accident that had just happened twenty minutes prior. Significant amount of drivers appear to be using this residential roadway as a cut through to avoid nearby intersections, especially during higher during busier times in the day.

And as a result, traffic volume and speed are consistently higher than what you would expect in a residential neighborhood. For example, I recently witnessed a driver pass a stop school bus while its lights and stop signals were out despite the bus driver attempting to alert them. Luckily, the bus driver did not let the child out until after the car had passed. However, due to this creates a situation where basic safety aware driving behaviors become nearly impossible to carry out. For example, I often back into my driveway rather than backing out onto the street.

This allows for a much safer approach when I go to leave my house and reenter traffic. However, due to the high volume and speed of the through traffic, this simple and brief maneuver results in driving in drivers having to slow down or stop just for a brief moment behind me. The drivers' responses to this are often more than not aggressive, honking, visible frustration, middle fingers, or using the oncoming traffic lane to speed around me. This creates completely unnecessary tension and increases the risk that there will be yet another accident all because I'm doing something that everyone does at the end of their day, park their car at their house. On a typical residential road, seeing a car back into their driveway is something that should not only be uneventful but expected.

The fact that this is not this way suggests that the roadway is functioning differently than intended. There are now drivers that are so angry that that they have had to wait for me to park that they honk their horn every time they pass my house. From a safety standpoint, I wanna be clear that there is a hill that causes visibility. So backing out onto the street is incredibly risky. I have tried this, but the second someone come the second I do, someone comes from the other side of the hill 15 miles per hour over and has to slam their brakes to avoid hitting me.

I'm not here tonight to prescribe any specific solutions, make demands, or complain. I'm fully I fully understand that decisions like these take time, engineering, data and other things that I would have no idea about. What I am asking is that the council take a closer look at North Keebler Avenue and evaluate whether traffic calming or other measures would be appropriate to better align the street's current use with its intended purpose as a residential road. When you drive down a residential road, it should not be surprising that cars with their turn signals on well in advance may just be one of those people that live in the house that lines the entire Road. I believe that with further observation and data, the pattern that I have described and brought before you this evening will be clear.

I have seen numerous discussions about this already in the community Facebook group. I'd be happy to provide additional information or speak about this issue further if that would be helpful. Other than that thank you for your time and more importantly thank you for your continued service and commitment to our great city of Collinsville.

And thank you for your input. Anybody else on the left side that like to address the council? Anybody on the right seeing none next item please.

Comments and announcements from mayor pro tem.

I do not have any tonight.

Comments and announcements from council members. No, Nexus City staff.

Mayor Pro Tem, members of the council. First I'd to say, Thomas, thank you for your comments this evening. As you mentioned, we did vote on the or did not take action on the golf cart ordinance but we appreciate that feedback. That's something we'll certainly keep in mind for future consideration. Jack, thank you for the comments as well this evening and also the compliment that detective feels we'll get that back to them. We are aware of the speeding issue obviously. Lieutenant Jackson and Public Works Director Troy Turner is here. We can certainly huddle up and see what we can do as far as traffic calming or consideration of speed. So I do take appreciate you taking time to come to speak with speak with us this evening. So with that, council got two quick updates on events happening here in town.

I wanna promote the citywide garage sale. It's gonna take place on April, rain or shine. It's a Friday and Saturday. We are asking that folks to register for that, call the Parks and Rec department by April 17. By doing so, we put together a program and a map prior to the event for people to go out and look for some good yard sale deals here in the city. Again, please call the Parks and Rec department at (618)

346-7529

to register for that event. In addition to that, we have some good stuff going on down at the Warren Bill Hartz Animal Shelter with our animal control facility. We have a low cost shot and microchip clinic that will take place this coming Saturday, 03/28/2026 from 11AM to 01:30. That is where you can get all your vaccines, microchipping all in one spot. That is not for just residents only. That is open to the public. It is kind of a first come, first serve basis while supplies last. Council that's our mayor proclaim. That's all we have for staff comments this evening.

Okay. Thank you. Next item.

Next is the consent agenda. Item one, motion to approve payment of bills for the period ending 03/13/2026 in the amount of $1,006,910.32. Item two, motion to approve payroll for the period ending 02/27/2026 in the amount of $876.257, $876,257.79. Item three, motion to approve minutes of the 03/10/2026 council meeting. Item four, ordinance appointing city treasurer, Timothy Landboat.

Item four, ordinance authorized the mayor or city manager to enter into an Illinois workers' compensation settlement agreement for Michael Jeffries. Item six, ordinance authorized the mayor or city manager to enter into an Illinois workers' compensation settlement agreement for Troy Lacroix. Item number seven, ordinance adopting the official zoning map. Number eight, is a resolution requesting permission from IDOT to close Main Street for the great race and ketchup bottle festival. Item number nine, resolution appointing a member to the fire pension board, Timothy Landvo.

Item 10, resolution appointing a member to the police pension board, Timothy Landvo. Item number 11, resolution reappointing a member to the Community Appearance Board, Judy Nelson. And item 12, resolution reappointing a member to the Planning Commission, Eric Jackstaff.

Just a few items on there. Are there any items the council would like to remove and vote separately? Okay if not can I have a motion to approve? So moved.

I'll second it.

Motion by Seaton, second by Green. Roll call please.

Furman. Yes. Green. Yes. Seaton.

Yes.

Hausman.

Yes.

Next new business item one ordinance increasing the 2026 expenditure budget in the general fund capital improvement fund and water sewer capital fund.

Overview tonight by Finance Director, Tim Lambo.

Good evening Mayor Pro Tem, City Council members. Before you this evening is an ordinance appropriating twenty twenty six expenditures related to capital carryover and operational adjustments that have arisen this year. Specifically, the ordinance includes three appropriations. First, within the general fund, an appropriate an appropriation of $10,000 to cover a workers compensation expense within the community development department. Second, within the capital improvement fund an appropriation of 240,000 for infrastructure work related to the Hortue Lake Road and McDonough Lake Road projects.

Third, within the Water and Sewer Capital Fund an appropriation of $57,815.55 to support the design of a stormwater lift station as part of our wastewater infrastructure planning. In total, the ordinance appropriates $307,815.55 across these three funds. Again, these expenditures are supported by available funding sources and are consistent with maintaining service levels while continuing to invest in our infrastructure systems. The staff is recommending approval of this ordinance and I'm happy to answer any questions you might have on these appropriations.

Thank you Tim. Any comments or questions? Okay. Seeing none, can have a motion?

Motion. Second.

Motion by Furman, second by Green. Roll call please.

Furman? Yes. Green? Yes. Seton?

Yes.

Houseman?

Yes. Next item.

Item number two is the ordinance adopting a collective bargaining agreement between the city of Collinsville and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local five twenty C.

Overview tonight by public works director Troy Turner.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Members of the council, nice to see you tonight. We have worked with the five twenty local union to come up with an agreement. Kind of give very brief outline. It's a three year agreement starting proactively January 1 and going through 12/31/2028 with a 4% annual wage adjustment effective January 1.

As part of this we had a licensing incentive. We kind of changed it to be a percentage instead of a straight dollar amount. It wasn't a big change but the biggest thing was to encourage our operators to get that class one operator's license which makes them more, in my opinion, more valuable for the city, gives them a lot more knowledge and everything on how to run the plant better. We also did some changes for staffing flexibility. Right now our contract has a single bid process.

We think this does it does provide better ability to keep staff here when they have more flexibility for a double bid. So if someone bids out of a desirable position instead of us just hiring it off the street, someone that already works here is able to bid for that one. We did adjust our uniform allowance from $450 to $750 a year. So this is uniform, boots, cold weather gear. Right now if you go buy a pair of boots, the ones we have to buy are around $250 a piece.

So it eats into that $450 and if you have to buy a lot of our guys have bib overalls and stuff that they have to wear during cold weather and that's another $200 and they don't even have money to buy the cold weather coat. So we raised that up. Holiday compensation, we went into double time plus the holiday, similar to a lot of areas around us. One of the biggest things we got was overtime management. We put language in there that helps us control some of the overtime that we currently experience which is a big cost savings for the city. And then we extended our residency requirement from 15 miles to 20 miles to allow us a better range of candidates here in the future. There's any questions I'd be happy to answer.

Thanks Troy. Any comments or questions? Seeing none can I have a motion? So moved.

I'll second it.

Motion by Seaton, second by Green. Roll call.

Fuhrman?

Yes.

Green? Yes. Seaton?

Yes.

Houseman?

Yes.

Item number three, ordinance designating motor vehicle speed limit on a portion of Horseshoe Lake Road.

Overview by Director Turner again.

Thank you again. As you guys are aware Horseshoe Lake Road looks a lot different. I think it looks better. With the changes we're starting to do, the next phase is we're going to be, we're going through IDOT finalizing the plans for the new signalized intersection. Hopefully that'll be starting up soon.

Going to bid later this year. As part of that recommendation through the traffic study for the intersection design it was recommended that we reduce the speed on Horseshoe Lake Road to 45 miles an hour. That was the recommendation of our design engineer along with IDOT. And it does follow along with the planning study that CBB had done prior. So kind of going along with that, we're going to go we want to go ahead and reduce the speed on that from 50 to 45 as we're going to be experiencing more truck traffic and to help out with traffic safety with people turning out of McDonald Lake Road onto Horseshoe Lake Road with slower speeds it'll be safer. So if there's any questions I'd be happy to answer them. Any comments?

Comments, questions? All right, thanks Troy. I have a motion please. Motion to approve.

Second.

Motion by Furman, second by Seaton. Roll call

please. Furman.

Yes.

Green. Yes. Seaton. Yes. Houseman. Yes. Item number four, ordinance to award bid an authorized contract with Midwest Municipal Supply for water main materials and fire hydrant accessories.

Overview given tonight by Billy Jones. Superintendent.

Good evening, Mayor Pro Tem, members of the council. Thank you for your time tonight. First agenda item have for you is an ordinance to award bid and authorize a contract with Midwest Municipal Supply in the amount of $54,999.12 This is for the purchase of water main materials and fire hydrant accessories. Inventory for the waterline division is depleted due to ongoing water main breaks and the need to replace inoperable hybrids. Three beds were opened on 03/06/2026, Midwest Municipal Supply, Schulte Supply, and Corn Main.

Midwest Municipal Supply provided the lowest proposal at $54,009.99 and 12¢, which is approximately 1,900 less than the next closest bidder. Funding sources through enterprise fund, waterline budget. Staff recommends approval of this ordinance to award the bid and authorize a contract with mid Midwest Municipal Supply in the amount of $54,009.99 12¢ to purchase the water main material and fighter hydrant accessories. That's all I have. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer.

Thanks. Any comments, questions? No. I know I brought this up before that there are some hydrants in the Collinwood subdivision that are different type that have had some failure. Our challenges are any of these slated for that in the near future? We're looking at

now is adjusting to a different type of hydrant moving forward. I'm working with actually Chief Balo. We just recently spoke at the beginning of the week to look at alternatives for the different type of hydrants for quick connects.

Okay. All right. I saw some markings on the ground so I was just curious so. Okay. Thank you. Without any further questions can have a motion please.

So moved.

Second. Second. A motion by Greene second by Seaton. Roll call.

Fuhrman.

Yes.

Green. Yes. Seaton.

Yes.

Hausman. Yes. Thank you.

Item number four, ordinance annexing property located adjacent and contiguous to the city of Collinsville, 1031 California Avenue.

Overview given by Community Development Director Travis Taylor.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem and members of council. This evening I bring to you the annexation of 1031 California Avenue. In one of the more unique ways we're leveraging some of our home buyer programs, the city was approached by a lender who had some first time home buyers who were looking at the subject property. The property actually is currently out of city limits, but since it is adjacent and contiguous we inquired if the owners would be interested in the annexing before sale. They agreed and so now we have not only a new property coming into the city limits but an owner occupied property that is utilizing our first time home buyer funds given that we get favorable action this evening.

So happy to bring this forward as it is annexed it will be zoned R1 single family as is the current use and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you Travis any comments or questions? Seeing none, can I have a motion, please? So moved. Second. Motion by Seaton, second by Furman. Roll call.

Furman? Yes. Green? Yes. Seaton?

Yes.

Houseman?

Yes. Item

number six, ordinance authorized an agreement between the city of Collinsville and Fairmont Park in relation to providing security and law enforcement services.

Overview tonight by Lieutenant Keith Jackson.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem and members of the City Council. Before you this evening is an ordinance authorizing an agreement between the City of Collinsville and Fairmont Park Incorporated in relation to providing security and law enforcement services. Tonight, I bring before you another agreement authorizing members of the Collinsville Police Department to work subcontracted work, otherwise known as extra duty, for select dates and events at the Fairmont Park Racetrack. Fairmont Park has requested to hire two Collinsville officers for four different dates in 2026. Those dates are April 14, May, and October 10.

The assigned officers will perform duties associated with law enforcement and security functions and operate under the supervision and control of the Collinsville Police Department. The agreement stipulates that the Fairmont Park will pay the city at a rate of $200 per hour per officer and also stipulates they will reimburse the city for any workers' compensation claims, costs and attorney fees incurred as a result of injuries sustained by officers performing services under the agreement. With that said the staff recommends approval and I'd be happy to take any questions that you

would have.

Thank you. Any comments or questions? Seeing none I'll entertain a motion. Motion to approve.

I'll second it.

Motion by Furman, second by Green. Roll call.

Furman.

Yes.

Green. Yes. Seton.

Yes.

Halston.

Yes.

Item number seven, ordinance authorized the mayor to sign a contract with Aztec Systems for the renewal of CityWorks software in the amount of $51,875

Overview tonight by IT director Sean Seckler.

Good evening, Mayor Pro Tem and members of the council. Before you tonight is an ordinance that would authorize the renewal of the city's CityWorks licensing and support agreement for another year. Excuse me. The cost of $51,875 CityWorks is primarily used by the community development department as a centralized system for permitting, code enforcement, land use, and licensing issues. It is also in use by the Street Division of Public Works currently as an asset management system.

We have seen a bit of a trend away from use of CityWorks for asset management as you can see further in the agenda item report if you care to read that. The licensing count has been reduced going into our renewal this year from 35 AMS and PLL licenses in 2025. We'll be renewing at 25 each this year. That reduced our cost from 54,375 in 2025. The cost reduction was a bit limited by the pricing structure of our current enterprise agreement.

However, after talking to Azteca about what our other options were, would be advantageous for the city to remain in the current agreement because the only other option would require a cost increase to move to a new software platform, which would also entail some additional work by city staff to make that migration happen. Staff opted to prioritize the completion of current projects and staff is recommending approval. If you have any questions or concerns I can fill those now.

Okay, thank you. Any questions or comments? So this has always been an annual renewal from the licenses standpoint?

We've had multi year agreements but we've renewed annually for licensing and support.

Okay. I guess if our license count goes down that's to our favor then I guess.

It secure some bit of but a we're kind of capped at about 50,000 it appears in the enterprise licensing structure.

All right. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. I'll entertain a motion.

Second. Motion by Seaton, second by Green, roll call.

Furman. Yes. Green. Yes. Seaton. Yes. Houseman. Yes. Item number eight, ordinance authorized an execution of agreement with Utilitra in relation to the purchase and installation of security cameras.

Overview by IT director Sean Seckler again.

Thank you again mayor pro tem and members of the council. Before you now is an ordinance that would authorize the execution of proposals with Utilitra for security cameras and systems to be installed at the police department, city hall, and along Main Street to replace a current system that is failing due to age. The system at the police department and the city hall, it's a combined system which helps us reduce cost. That will be a $106,118.66 and will be funded via the CIP project ITS CAM. The cameras along Main Street at Center in Maine will cost $15,008.46 $0.06 and will be funded by a PD grant that you can see listed there.

The ordinance also waives the sealed bid for these proposals. Staff is requesting this waiver, because there's a need to have a single point of contact for these systems for warranty claims and field service calls. We have to have the warranty go back through the vendor that originated the purchase, and this has proven problematic at some of our other facilities. We also are looking for long term reliable support from a single vendor. So as an example of how this has been an issue in the past, we have had two previous projects like this that went out to bid at Collinsville Activity Center in Aqua Park and the Gateway Convention Center.

And both of those while those systems were successfully installed, the vendor lost their staff to another competing vendor and weren't able to support the solution anymore. Or in the other case, the company was acquired and no longer wanted to be in that particular video management system market. So staff has put additional supporting evidence in the agenda item report. Utilitra has been the winning bidder in these or quota in these projects before and they support the largest number of these systems already within the system. And this will allow us to continue to consolidate the city's video system into a single pane of glass which would be helpful for our telecommunicators.

Thank you. Any comments or questions? Seeing none I'll entertain a motion.

So moved. Second.

Motion by Green, second by Furman. Roll call.

Furman.

Yes.

Green. Yes. Seton. Yes. Houseman. Yes. Item number nine, ordinance authorized the sale of a track of real estate to Bohovny Investment, a portion of 611 West Main.

Overview tonight by assistant city manager Jessica Short.

Thank you, mayor Pro Tem, members of the council. The ordinance before you is a sales contract for a portion of city owned property at 611 West Main. As you recall, the city acquired this property at the 2025 primarily for campus control and to help reduce an existing nonconforming use that has been historically a nuisance property for the city. The adjacent property owner to the east, mister Patel, the owner of the console mini mart, had expressed interest in purchasing a portion of this lot from us. This gives a little bit of breathing room to his existing site.

So we have reached agreement with him to sell a 15 foot wide strip of 611 West Main to mister Patel for $20,000. If this is approved, the city will also deliver a quick claim deed. We will remove the fence that is along the western side of his drive through and also install some landscaping along the new lot line. So this is the 15 foot strip shown here. And then just for reference, this is the full parcel here along West Main Street. And staff does recommend approval. Happy to answer any questions that you have.

Okay. Any comments or questions? No. Seeing none, a motion. So moved.

I'll second it.

A motion by Seaton, second by Green. Roll call.

Furman.

Yes.

Green. Yes. Seaton.

Yes.

Houseman.

Yes.

Item number 10, ordinance authorized an agreement between the city of Collinsville, Great Rivers And Routes Tourism Bureau and your type three d event letters.

Overview by Jessica Short.

Thank you, mayor pro tem, members of the council. This ordinance is an agreement between, the city of Collinsville, Great Rivers and Routes, and your type three d for the development, creation, and installation of two large interactive art pieces here for the city. One will be a 10 foot tall ketchup bottle, and the other will be a 14 foot wide horseradish root. These are intended to be, as I mentioned, interactive. We want people to lean on them, climb on them, take lots of photos with them, really showcase some of the things that console is most known for.

Each of these sculptures will have a background panel, and on the front, it will be decorative for the photo opportunity. And on the backside, we'll have some interpretive content so people can learn more about, these elements of Collinsville. This is grant funded. The city received a grant from Great Rivers and Routes for a $100,000. So we've budgeted for this, but it is reimbursable. So we have a, four installment payment plan for this. And once all the payments have been made, the art's installed, we can submit those receipts for reimbursement from, Great Rivers and Routes for the full $100,000. Sorry. I've got a lag here at the keyboard. So, here are images just of the two conceptual art pieces.

And staff does recommend approval of the agreement. I'm happy to answer any questions that you have.

Okay. Thank you. Any comments, questions? Okay, I'll entertain a motion.

So moved. Second.

A motion by Green, second by Furman, roll

call. Furman. Yes. Green. Yes. Seton. Yes. Houseman. Yes. Last is adjournment.

I have a motion for adjournment. So moved. Motion by Seaton, second by Green. Roll call.

Furman.

Yes.

Green. Yes. Seaton.

Yes.

Houseman.

Yes. Twenty four twenty twenty March twenty fourth twenty twenty six council meeting is adjourned.