VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, February 17, 2005

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 George Brawner called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. It was a regularly scheduled meeting.

1.	ROLL CALL: Present: 4 - Trustees John Beanblossom, Eric Geurts, Jim Sharp.

Absent: 1 - Trustee John Owen

Also present: Everett Copeland, Mark McGrath, Ray Green, Kevin & Jo Beth Wonders

2.	POLICE REPORT

Chief Copeland reported on the activities of the police department.

3.	TREASURER'S REPORT

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to approve the Treasurer's Report.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - President Brawner, Trustees Beanblossom, Geurts and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Owen

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

4.	FINANCIAL REPORT

Trustee Beanblossom moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp to accept the financial report for January as presented.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - President Brawner, Trustees Beanblossom, Geurts and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Owen

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

5.	MONTHLY DISBURSEMENTS APPROVAL

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Beanblossom to approve the listed disbursements and authorize the Village Clerk to pay them with the exception of the Farnsworth bill for $67.00.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - President Brawner, Trustees Beanblossom, Geurts and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Owen

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

6.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to approve the minutes of the January 20, 2005 regular meeting as presented. Motion carried.

7.	COMMITTEE REPORTS

A.	Trustee Geurts reported for the Streets Committee.

B.	Trustee Beanblossom reported for the Drainage Committee.

C.	Trustee Sharp reported for the Water Committee. Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp to authorize Mark McGrath to prepare an ordinance amending the village code to change water billing to monthly.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - President Brawner, Trustees Beanblossom, Geurts and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Owen

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

8.	LEGAL

A.	Mark McGrath will proceed with the law suit against Dick Green. His property at 109 E Boundary has not been improved as promised.

B.	Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp to temporarily reduce board stipend for trustees to $5 per meeting and $10 per meeting for the president. The liquor commissioner's stipend is also reduced to $15 per month. These will remain in effect until further board action.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - President Brawner, Trustees Beanblossom, Geurts and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Owen

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

9.	ADJOURNMENT @ 8:20 PM

There was no further business to come before the Board. Trustee Beanblossom moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp to adjourn. Motion carried.

Phyllis Fitch

Village Clerk