VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, February 20, 2003

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

Minutes of the regular meeting of the president and board of trustees of the Village of Stanford, held at the Stanford Grade School at 7:00 P.M.

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

1.	ROLL CALL: Present: 5 - Trustees John Beanblossom, Scott Eidenmiller, Jim Gilroy, Jake Owen, Jim Sharp. Absent: 1 - John Owen

2.	MONTHLY DISBURSEMENTS APPROVAL

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Beanblossom to approve the listed disbursements, and authorize the Village Clerk to make those disbursements.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beanblossom, Eidenmiller, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0 - None

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee John Owen

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

3.	PUBLIC FORUM

The remainder of the meeting was a public discussion about the possible closing of the Stanford Grade School. The following people volunteered to form a committee to act as liaisons between the Village and the Olympia School District and the State of Illinois to pursue options other than closing the school. Co-Chairs will be George Brawner and Kiana Nafziger.

Valerie Baller, Tammy Shurtz, Nichole Wallarab, Eric & Tami Geurts, Jackie Schultz, Audrey Bertram, Joe Gaither, Aaron Owen, Jake Owen, Tracy Gaither, Linnette Desch, April Becker, Sharon Owen.

4.	ADJOURNMENT @ 7:50 PM

There was no further business to come before the Board. Trustee Jake Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Eidenmiller to adjourn. Motion carried.

Phyllis Fitch, Village Clerk