City Council - Regular Meeting

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Stand for the pledge of allegiance. I al 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. Moved by Commissioner Eichelro that the minutes of a regular meeting of the council of the city of Ottawa, Illinois held on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 and the minutes of a special meeting held on Monday, February 9th, 2026 both be approved and warrant Oh, excuse me. Most be approved and recorded in the permanent file of the city clerk. Can I get a second? Second. Commissioner Gainer, please. Roll call. Michael Crow. Hi. Gay. I Pearson. Hi. Mayor, hi.

Is there anything either of you would like to say? Commissioner Eichler's report moved by Commissioner Ekler that the bi-weekly salary payroll of February 13th, 2026 in the amount of $620,77867 be approved and warrants issued. Okay, you have a second. Second. Commissioner Pearson. Roll call. Echo. I Pearson I. Mayor I. Moved by Commissioner Eichler that the bimonthly expense report dated February 17th, 2026 showing expenses in the amount of 5,244,58287 be approved and warrants issued. Okay, you second. Second, Commissioner Gayer. Roll call. Eichelra. Gay. I Pearson.

I mayor. I move by Commissioner Echra that the monthly financial report of city clerk Shelley Rollson for the month of January 2026 be received and placed on file. Okay, I have a second. Second. Commissioner Pearson. Roll call. Eichel. I. Gainer. I. Pearson. I. Mayor. I. Moved by Commissioner Echo that a resolution authorizing the execution of an amendment to the grant agreement between the city of Ottawa and the Illinois Department of Transportation for ENCAT be received and placed on file for public inspection. Okay. I got a second. Second. Commissioner Ger. Roll call. Icraut. Hi. Gainer. Hi. Pearson. I. Mayor. I. Commissioner Icraut. Anything you'd like to share? I'll save it for next meeting. All right, on to Commissioner Gainer's report.

Moved by Commissioner Gainer that a resolution authorizing the execution of two maintenance agreements between the city of Ottawa and Alour for power systems for generators for the fire station and Northwater Tower be received and placed on file for public inspection. Can I get a second? Second. Commissioner Eichelkraut. These are just our annual renewals of our maintenance agreements. Roll call. Echel Pearson. Hi. Mayor I moved by Commissioner Gainer that the quote received from Cole Radio Communications in the amount of $9,595.39 to replace the police department's Taho Squad equipment be accepted and paid for from the general corporate fund. Can I get a second? Second. Sorry. Commissioner Pearson. Roll call. I Pearson. Hi. Mayor I.

Moved by Commissioner Gainer that an ordinance authorizing the sale of personal property through govdees.com be passed and approved. I get a second. Second, Commissioner Akraut, we're selling a bunch of stuff. If anybody's interested, go to govdees.com and they can bid on all the stuff. Wonderful. Michael Kraut. Hi. Ger. Hi. Pearson. Hi. Mayor. I. Anything you'd like to share? Not this evening. On to Commissioner Pearson's report. Moved by Commissioner Pearson that a resolution authorizing the execution of an intergovernmental agreement between the city of Ottawa and Lasel County for Cape Ceiling of various city streets be received and placed on file for public inspection. Can I get a second? Second. Commissioner Gayer. Roll call. Echel. Gainer. I. Pearson. I.

Mayor. I. Moved by Commissioner Pearson that a resolution requesting permission from the Illinois Department of Transportation to perform a commercial entrance construction on Illinois Route 71 for the city's new wastewater treatment plant be adopted. Can I get a second? Second. Commissioner Aler. The next two are for the same thing. Uh roll call. Echo. Hi. Gay. Hi. Pearson. I. Mayor. I. Moved by Commissioner Pearson that a resolution requesting permission from the Illinois Department of Transportation to perform a paved entrance construction on US Route 6 for the new list station for the wastewater treatment plant be adopted. Okay, got a second. Second, Commissioner Gainer. Roll call. Echel, Gainer, I. Pearson, I. Mayor,

I. Commissioner Pearson, is there anything you would like to add? Nothing tonight. Um, I'm going to have you take Commissioner Baron's motion, too, since he's not here. Moved by Mayor Hasty that the quote received from home electrical contracting in the amount of $15,100 for the water department's well number 10 VFD be accepted, approved, and paid for from the water fund. Can I get a second? Second. Commissioner Eiccraut. Roll call. Eichelra. Hi. Geor. I. Pearson. I. Mayor. I. Moved by Mayor Hasty that the report of the sidewalk program showing two participants in the amount of $1,140.39 for the month of January 2026 be approved and paid for from the general corporate fund. Okay. Get a second. Second, Commissioner Pearson. Roll call. Michael Crow. Hi. Gainer. Hi. Pearson. I. Mayor.

I. Moved by Mayor Hasty that a resolution authorizing the execution of a renewal agreement between the city of Ottawa and Civic Plus LLC for the city's website be received and placed on file for public inspection. I get a second. Sorry. Commissioner Ger. Um the what I I do want to point out that this was uh uh removed from a previous agenda, but Tammy was able to renegotiate the price and get a better price than what we were originally going to pay. So now we're putting it back on to final that contract. Great. Thank you. Roll call. Michael Crow. Hi. Ger. Hi. Pearson. Hi. Mayor. Hi.

We're going to pass on the next one and we'll move on to the next one. Moved by Mayor Hasty that a resolution authorizing the execution of a fireworks display agreement between the city of Ottawa and J&M Displays Incorporated for the 2026 Fourth of July fireworks be received and placed on file for public inspection. Okay, I get a second. Second. Commissioner Echra. Roll call. Echo. I Pearson I. Mayor I. Move by Mayor Hasty that a resolution authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between the city of Ottawa and the police benevolent labor committee be received and placed on file for public inspection. Okay, I get a second. Second, Commissioner Gier came in right at the 11th hour, but but we have it in.

Cut it close. Yes. Um and uh and that's it for that's all three of them now. We didn't we don't pass it yet. So no. Okay, roll call. Hi, Gayir. Hi, Pearson. Hi, Mayor. Hi. Do you have anything else? Now we have Wayne. Okay. Move by Mayor Hasty that this regular meeting be adjourned. Can I get a second? Second. Commissioner Erkraut. Roll call. Michael Kraut. Hi. Gainer. Hi. Pearson. I. Mayor. I. Thank you everybody. Okay. 8707. Is that a record? Yeah. Pretty close. Yep. Um, I think 707 was the record. Yeah.