City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening, sir. Hi, how are you? Good evening, sir. Good. Fantastic.

Your dad's office looks amazing. Those guys do great. Great. Great. They're just amazing. Him and Josh just get it out of there. Even the wall they put in between that plastered it. That's so cool. Yeah. Looks so nice, isn't it? He was quite a catch. Frankly, I've asked the police department if they would like to have our offices and then and then we would work maybe over here. Well, that's my as soon as I finish this. That's my next I'm going to get these get to know these contractors pretty well and I'm going to start getting bids on I want to fill in the furnace room.

So, so the problem with that is I'm sorry Joey is that's where the water comes in the building. We can fix that. We can fix that. But but I offer them that ours and then they could have the records room for the uh evidence locker. Gotcha. But I can fix the where the water comes in. I'm actually doing modifications that way too. So, right, I can fix that. I accessibility. I just think that it's I don't know if we can if we can move where that water comes in. They wouldn't want the evidence room to be part of that in case there's a water break or somebody needs again because then somebody's got to monitor all the time. What I'm saying, I can open you up those three. Yeah.

Kind of put that all together over there. Well, so if it was actually Shel's idea and let them move into there and and they could divide my office into two for the sergeant and the the uh chief, right? And give them all kinds of room. Plus, there's access right out the door to parking. Mhm. And so I I said, "Think about it." I mean, nothing set in stone, right? But then Tony could do something amazing in here because the three of us don't need that much room. We don't need that much room, right?

Frankly, close to the hallway, too. Well, entrance. some sort of walk up window so that wouldn't have to track all the way down. How goes it? Pretty good. Yeah, I saw your tax. Just a thought. How was I got that figured out? Figure out how to shut off this side of the building with something better than just one of those cage gates because then PD would still have access. I don't know. I also got Josh has got one prize on it's always something

yes for you got a grant well Christie thinks that we can find a grant pretty easily for what's that for the door access to the access yeah probably I think we could probably find something do we have a grant right here Christie she's pretty good at it she does for the Okay. Even better. Even better. I think she's proficient. She's a pro. She goes GPT something just as good as the next guy. But she goes to a grant class at least once a year. Hey, that's even better. Look, I you know,

not volunteering her for anything in her free time, but No. No, but I'm being serious. Sometimes it's money well spent to have somebody Well, write it. make sure it's western the Western Regional Council. We're a member of the Western Regional Council. They will help us write grants. That's even better. And and that's part of the membership that we pay for them. So, and they have written some big grants for us. Oh, yeah. No, they that's great. I just know it's very tedious and the amount of research you have to do to do some of that stuff sometimes is a little there's a lot to it. It's not just something you can Doesn't feel like it.

Slap together quick. So, yeah. No, it's I'm glad we have her. It's uh I just know it's good resource. Yes. Money well spent. Oh, dude. There she is. We were talking about We're talking good about you. Good about you. Only good about you. Oh, good. Yeah. Actually, actually, you need to have a talk with me. No, I was like, do we have a grant writer? And I said, well, Christie writes at the school.

But that's what I said. I was like, you know, it might be worth it. Okay. I have been re doing some research.

What do you didn't ask too much. Your office looks amazing, doesn't it? I know, but we're put in there once a week. No, it's just amazing. It really is also gives me ideas, you know, modifying that modifying this. I'm thinking yes department of education 200

I know there's a lot of Zach said he heard that we're supposed to get the same amount that we got this year. So hopefully next year. Oh yeah. Yeah.

What else can we do? Hey, who's the guy that no I know you also the same Carl has lost a lot. He used to be first started for us. He was four pounds and then he lost weight and then he had the lap time for everything. So this time this is just

they finished I had never met him before until this was Jimmy's kind of understood that Jimmy's in one of the recommendations semi-retired. is only going to do more stuff more. Well, nice young man inquire.

Yes, they do. Thank you very much.

I can look I can look them up online, I think. Okay, that's what I'm let. I think that's all I need. I just have to get that done this week. I think he has to have it by March. I think

how are you? Oh, man. I'm good. I'm old. There's people. Well, you know what? I'm working on 83. So, I'm gonna just continue working on Good evening, Bill. Good evening. Hello, sir. I have you on the

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I don't have any more notches.

I've never had that before.

Heard all about it. Not at all.

Yes. And she puked right in front of her bedroom. So I had to clean up before I could get out of the room while she's standing there.

He felt better. Yeah.

Number one, Ann would not have allowed me to slept. I was I was ordering a carpet cleaner at 4 a.m. so that I could be delivered by six. It's a way to do it. It's absolutely the way to do it. I'm going to test this prime out. Okay. All right. I've got six. Let's call the meeting to order, please. Start with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Welcome everyone. Welcome everyone. And YouTube land. May we have a roll call, please? Yes. Gillis here. Bugs here. Smith here. Fleming here. Rose here. Cruz here. Thank you. Um, everybody's had a chance to look at the minutes. At this time, I'll take any questions, comments, concerns, or a motion. Make a motion we approve last uh last meetings minutes. Second. I have a motion from Alex, a second from Dave Rose to approve the minutes from 22 226. All in favor say I.

Opposed. That will carry. Um I do not have any correspondence this evening. Leads me to you, Herb.

Thank you. I just have a few things that I'd like to run past you just to keep you up to date. Um, we uh have hired Bill Atwood to dig our graves. Our equipment is real big and we're into the section three and four and we just can't get in. Just cannot get in there. He's got a little cat back hoe and all the right equipment. He digs I think he digs grace for 40 cemeteries. very confident, very affordable, and you know, that just works out well for us. Um, what brought this to head was that we uh were to bury a lady from Bartonville, a Carol McCoy, and there was just no way we could dig that grave if we didn't dig it by hand. I don't know about you, but I'm not much of a digger. So, we we asked him and so he has done three graves for us now. and we'll dig one more on Friday. Um, very very confident. Um, we are we will continue to do our own cremation digging. We will dig the cremations because we can do that. We've got the equipment. We've got the manpower. It just works out well. Excuse me. Um, but our burials for the past month has been McCoy from Bartonville, Pico from Bartonville, Stanley from Peoria, and then, uh, Jim Perry is Friday. You may not remember Jim Perry lived over on East Line Street, um, lived here forever, married to Dorothy. Um, anyhow, was Becky your age, kid?

Yes. Yeah. Okay. Uh anyhow, um our new my new office I love and it is it's wonderful. Uh Tony and Josh has done an extremely great job. You know, the ceiling tile, the flooring, everything is just great. Um and they got a couple more things to do to complete that. They're going to put in a new countertop, which I don't need that sink. It didn't work. Uh, other than that, we are um we are ready for the world. So, get the opportunity, you want to come by and look at it, you're sure welcome to do so. Um, other than that, I don't have anything else. Any questions?

How much was it to do the upgrades to your uh your room? I know the rough numbers. I can't give you the exact number, but it around 1,600. Okay. You know, for everything, lighting, ceiling, tile, cleanup, everything. Awesome. Stick your stick your head in there because that's that's the future of this building. Room by room by room. They did an amazing job. That's exactly it. That's kind of what I was I was getting at is just kind of an idea of how much it was just to complete that room. And then, you know, plus plus the windows on top of that. Oh, those new windows are windows were about 500. Yeah. But still, I mean,

but I got to tell you, the girls had the had the window open in the office today and there was a screen. It's really cool. All right. Any questions? Hey, sir. The the digging of the graves, too. We're actually probably going to net better than that because that's for what it costs for a bill to come and do it. By the time we did the math, we probably had more in it. Oh, we had over $1,000 with the people, our people, our equipment to dig this. He charges us $700 to dig that grave. and he comes back and cleans up and fills in. It's he does an phenomenal job. Okay, thank you guys.

Thank you. Thank you. Uh we don't have any old business tonight, but we've got some new business. So, here we go. Rest on.

First item I have for new business is a discussion possible action of ordinance number 2026-02. This is the ordinance that returns the tiff dollars for the surplus area back to the county to be redistributed. Distributed distributed. It's easy for me. Um back to the taxing bodies. Like to make a motion to hear ordinance number 2026-02 by t second. I have a motion from Joey, a second from Dave Rose to read 2026-02 by title only. That's a roll call. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes.

Cruz, yes. All right. So, this is ordinance number 2026-02, City of Farmington, Illinois. an ordinance declaring surplus revenue in the Farmington TIFF district special tax allocation fund and authorizing payment of that surplus revenue to the Fulton County Treasurer for distri distribution to affected taxing districts on a PR-rated basis for tax year 2024 payable 25. That is your first reading of ordinance 2026-2. like to make a motion that you wave the second reading on ordinance number 2026-02.

I have a motion from Joey, a second from Dave Rose to wave second reading of 2026-2. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz, yes. I can make a motion that we adopt ordinance number 2026, Ashley. Second. A motion from Joey and a second from Dave Rose to adopt ordinance 2026-02. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz, yes.

All right. So, the next four ordinances, even though we've got to do them one at a time, are at the request of I do, and it has to do with the resurfacing of Route 78. and they're resurfacing Route 78 from the four-way stop all the way to the road just at Davis Ford. But ID do has asked us to pass these four ordinances from 217 South Main to 701 South Main. And for those of you who haven't gone and looked, that is Spenc City to the nursing home. I'd like to make a motion that we read this by title only.

All right. So this is ordinance 2026-03. I have a motion to read by title only from Joey. Do I have a second? Second from Dave Rose. That's a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz, yes. All right. So, this is Farmington, Ordinance number 2026-03, an ordinance concerning parallel parking on South Main Street between 217 South Main Street and 701 South Main Street, Farmington, Illinois. That is your first reading of 2026-03. So question about this. This is to prohibit parallel parking.

This is this is nothing new. This is to make sure that we are doing nothing but parallel parking. This already exists. Okay. But because of the project ID do is up wanting to make sure that everything is updated so that there is only parallel parking on the side of the road where they're doing the work. Makes no sense to me, but I don't work for a governing body. Like to make a motion to wave the second reading of ordinance number 2026-03. Second. A motion from Joey. A second from Dave Rose to wave second reading of 2026 status as 03. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes.

Cruzen, yes. like to make a motion that we adopt ordinance number 2026-03. I have a motion and a second to adopt 2026-03. First from Joey, second from Dave Rose. That is a roll call. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz, yes.

All right. Next one is 2026-04. I can make a motion that you read ordinance number 2026-4. Second motion from Joey, a second from Dave Rose to read 2026-04 by title only. That's a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Hogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz, yes.

For those of you who remember, I'm getting some PTSD from the TIFF district. Um, this is City of Farmington Ordinance 2026-04, an ordinance amending the City of Farmington Municipal Code Chapter 8, stopping, standing, and parking. That is your first reading of 2026-04. Like to make a motion that we wave the second reading number 2026-4. Second. That is a motion from Joey, a second from Dave Rose to wave the second reading of 2026-04. Roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes.

Cruzen, yes. Like to make a motion that we adopt or number 2026-04. A motion from Joey, a second from Dave Rose to adopt 2026-04. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruzen, yes. All right, the next one is 2026-05. This is about wastewater and water on said area. I'd like to make a motion that we read ordinance number 2036-05 by Tom Wley. Second.

I have a motion from Alex and a second from Jenny. I'm going to give Joey Dave a break to I don't know what are we doing. Oh, by title only. Yes. 2026-05. That's a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz, yes. All right. So, this is City of Farmington Ordinance number 2026-05, an ordinance prescribing regulations for the use and operation of the combined water and sewage system of the city of Farmington. That is your first reading of ordinance number 2026-05. Like to wave the second reading of ordinance number 2026-05.

Second. A motion from Alex, second from Jenny to wave the second reading of 2026-05. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruzen, yes. Make a motion that we adopt ordinance 2026-05. Second. A motion from Alex. A second from Jenny to read ordinance 2026- No, we're adopting or adopting it. We're adopting ordinance 2026-05. That is a roll call, please. Yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz, yes.

All right, last one of these is ordinance 2026-06. Like to make a motion that we read 2026-06 by title. Second. Thank you, Alex and Jenny, for this motion and the second for ordinance 2026 by title only. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose. Yes. Cruzen. Yes. All right. This is City of Farmington ordinance number 2026-06, an ordinance regulating encroachment on public rightway in the city of Farmington, Fulton County, Illinois. That is your first reading of ordinance 2026-06.

Like to wave the second reading of ordinance number 2026-06. Second. A motion by Alex, a second by Jenny to wave the second reading of ordinance 2026-06. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruzen, yes. Make a motion we adopt ordinance number 2026-06. So, I have a motion from Alex, a second from Jenny to adopt ordinance number 2026-06. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruising, yes.

All right. Thank you. Um, I do have one more ordinance tonight to discuss with possible action. This is ordinant 2026-07. Um, this is a redevelopment agreement between the city of Farmington TIF District and Jonet Capeki. What this is is we approved um replacing the doors at the lane transfer building several months ago. They have finally gotten this taken care of and in order for us to reimburse them, we had to do this as an ordinance. And here I have it. I would like nothing more than to read this one by title.

First read ordinance 26-07 second. So Nate's getting in on the action and a second by Alex to read ordinance 2026-07 by title only. I think that's a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes.

Cruz, yes. All right. This is city of Farmington, Illinois. Ordinance number 2026-07, an ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a tiff redevelopment agreement by and between the city of Farmington, Fulton County, Illinois, and Jonet Capeki. That is your first reading of 2026-07. Not a motion that we leave the second reading of 20 26-07. Second. A motion from Nate and a second from Dave Rose to wave the second reading of 2026-07. That is a roll call, please. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz,

yes. Motion to approve 2026-07. Second. All right. Motion by Nate, a second by Dave Rose to adopt ordinance number 2026-07. That's a roll call. Gillis, yes. Bogs, yes. Smith, yes. Fleming, yes. Rose, yes. Cruz, yes. And that is the end of new business. Thank you very much. Tonight we pass the tip district. I think we did 38 of those.

Next time we have to do something like that, we're going to look into a consent agenda. Um, that's the end of new business. leads us to committee reports. Jenny, do you have anything this evening? I do not. Thank you. Nate, anything public or nothing? Joey, public safety? Nothing to report, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Alex. Street sidewalks and garbage. Nothing to report. Thank you. Leslie, on parks and w Nothing tonight. Thank you, Dave Rose. Public grounds and buildings. Nothing to report, sir.

Thank you. Um, I will let you know that one of our abandoned buildings that we were unable to get any information filled in was broken into at 181 East Court Street, um, we have since boarded it up and I'm working with the county on what to do, just so you know. And Nate said that they somebody was living in a camper somewhere and that's being taken care of as well. Just keep everybody up to date from the office. Yes, Jeff. Did I not give you a date when they're going to do this? Fine. Um, it's going to the bidding next week. So, they're Okay. Yeah. Matter of fact, I think they might be waiting on us.

Herb, Dave, Jim, JT, no. Joey. Motion to second. Have a motion and a second to adjurnn. All in favor say I. I. Opposed. Thank you. Good job.