VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, January17, 2008

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

Minutes of the regular meeting of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Stanford, held at the Stanford Village Hall at 7:00 P.M.

President Margaret Campbell called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. It was a regularly scheduled meeting.

1.	ROLL CALL: Present: 6 - Trustees Jacob Knobloch, Natasha Owen,

Nydra Owen, and George Singley.

Absent: 2 - Trustees Eric Geurts and Michelle Westerhouse.

Attorney Mark McGrath

Also Present: President Margaret Campbell and

Treasurer Carrie Jassman.

2.	AWARD OF SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY:

Sealed bids for the sale of surplus property were opened at 6:30pm by

Trustee Nydra Owen. The following are the recorded bids that were received:

2002 Ford Crown Victoria:

1. Bay Ridge Motors	$753.00

2. Yousef Dabbagh	$1,089.00

3. John Williams	$900.00

89 Chevrolet Dump truck w/ snow plow & spredder box:

1. Boitnott Lawn & Landscaping	$800.00

2. Yousef Dabbagh	$300.00

3. John Williams	$900.00

Per the proclamation to sale the surplus property, the Board opened the floor to those

present to raise their bids. The following are the recorded raised bids:

2002 Ford Crown Victoria:

1. John Williams	$1,200.00

89 Chevrolet Dump truck w/ snow plow & spredder box:

1. Boitnott Lawn & Landscape	$1,000.00

2. John Williams	$1,500.00

3. Boitnott Lawn & Landscape	$1,501.00

After roll call at the 7:00pm Village Board Meeting, Trustee Knobloch moved, seconded

by Trustee Natasha Owen, to accept the highest bids from the following persons and

to sell the property as is.:

2002 Ford Crown Victoria: John Williams for $1,200.00

89 Chevrolet Dump truck w/ snow plow and spredder box:

Boitnott Lawn and Landscaping for $1,501.00

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen & Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

3.	PRESENTATION :

Jim Cummings, Community Development Specialists, spoke of his findings of where

he could make a Business Development District. Cummings believes he could make

one district to encompass the areas between the following streets: from Division/ School	north to White Rd., west from White Rd. to Blackstone, South on Blackstone to Main,

east on Main to Grant, South on Grant to School. The Board thanked Mr. Cummings
for his time and will get back with him after further discussion.

4.	POLICE REPORT:

Chief Copeland gave the monthly report and annual report for the Police Department.

They are on file at the Village hall.

5.	PUBLIC CONCERNS:

Jake Owen, owner of Jake's Bar & Grill, was present for the approval of his new

Liquor License. Owen also spoke of concerns he has since the new State smoking

ban has been in effect and also the new proposed Business Development District.

Chief Copeland reported he has no opposition with the Liquor License request.

President Campbell recommends a Class A Liquor License be provided to

Jake Owen, for his business called Jake's, pending verification of sales tax receipt to

the Village from Illinois Department of Revenue.

Trustee Natasha Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to approve a Liquor

License for Jake's from January 31, 2007 thru January 31, 2008 pending verification

of sales tax receipt for the Village from Illinois Department of Revenue.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried

6.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

Trustee Nydra Owen moved to approve the Minutes as amended.

All in favor. AYE.

7.	TREASURER'S REPORT:

Trustee Knoblock moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to approve the Treasurer's

report as presented.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

8.	FINANCIAL REPORT:

Trustee Nydra Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Natasha Owen, to approve the

Financial Report as presented.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

9.	MONTHLY DISBURSAL:

Trustee Singley moved, seconded by Trustee Natasha Owen, to approve the monthly

disbursal as amended. Amend: Void check #12287 wrote to Michael Boitnott from the Allin Township Park District. This will be reissued directly to the Allin Township Park District for the Village's portion of the Halloween Party.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

10.	COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A.	Streets:

No report at this time. Trustee Geurts absent.

B.	Drainage:

No report at this time.

Trustee Singley spoke of how he will gather information on a recycling program

for the Village.

C.	Water:

No report at this time.

D.	Health, Beautification & Welfare:

No report at this time. Trustee Westerhouse absent.

Trustee Nydra Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Knobloch to approve the

use of Village property located on E. Boundary St. to be used by the Olympia

Pacesetters 4-H club as a garden plot site with up to a 2' easement pending

formal intergovernmental agreement.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

E.	Community Development:

No report at this time.

F.	Police:

Trustee Knobloch would like the use of force policy on the agenda for February.

G.	Legal:

Attorney McGrath absent.

President Campbell advised the board that the dead tree at 511 W. North

has been cut down.

11.	NEW BUSINESS:

A.	Trustee Natasha Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to authorize

Attorney Mark McGrath to prepare an ordinance to amend the Municipal Code

to allow for fence variance.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen & Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Trustee Natasha Owen moves, seconded by Trustee Singley, to authorize

Attorney Mark McGrath to prepare and ordinance amending the Municipal Code

for board expenditures. The ordinance will be based on the Village of Mackinaw

with the addition that the employee must report to the appropriate chair for any

purchase over $250 for approval and both the employee and chair will sign the

invoice.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen & Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

C.	Trustee Natasha Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to authorize

President Campbell to sign the titles to both surplus vehicles when the checks

for the purchase are received, within seven days, and have been cleared.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen & Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Geurts and Westerhouse.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

12.	MOTION TO ADJOURN @ 8:52PM

There being no further business to discuss, Trustee Nydra Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Singley to adjourn.

ALL IN FAVOR

Kara M. Streenz

Village Clerk/Collector