VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. BOUNDARY

STANFORD, IL.

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Special Meeting/Public Forum

Minutes of a Special Meeting/Public Forum, President and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Stanford, held at the Allin Township Community Building, 7:00pm.

The purpose of this Public Forum is to advise the residents of the Village of Stanford of a proposed town-wide disposal contract and to hear any concerns on the matter before a decision is made by the Board of Trustees.

1.	ROLL CALL: Present: 5 - Trustees Dea Anderson, Bob Beaty, Eric Geurts,

George Singley and President Margaret Campbell.

ALSO PRESENT: Attorney Mark McGrath

Kelly and Andy Casali with Casali & Sons Disposal

Dan Winters with Allied Disposal

Jamie Neville with Neville Trucking/Disposal

2.	NEW BUSINESS:

-Kelly Casali, of Casali & Sons, advised the community that he was there by request of citizens to propose a	town-wide disposal contract.

-Dan Winters, spoke of advantages to having a contract with his company Allied Waste.

-Jamie Neville spoke of how Neville Disposal has provided service to this community for

over 22 years and would like the other companies to name specifics of a contract before

he would have anymore input.

-Casali spoke of his proposal and what they offered including $10/mos service, recycling program, clean-up days, curb service, payment with water bill.

- Winters stated they also provide recycling service and would customize a contract

for what the Village wanted.

-Neville read a prepared statement of what his purpose is. He made several points on the

following subjects: the elimination of free enterprise, liability for residence and Village, additional work for the Clerk, and landfill cost. Neville also stated how he did not believe that Casali could keep their $10/mos charge for very long without raising the price.

Some questions brought before the Board from citizens and business owners were:

limitations in items picked-up, Village putting a facility charge for preparing the garbage

bills, what could residence do if they wanted to opt out of the contract, garbage burning

issues, would the 5% utility tax apply to the garbage too, the effects on local economy,

liability to the Village and insurance issues.

Several citizens and business owners spoke in support of Neville Disposal, their current

provider, free enterprise and having the freedom of choice in disposal service.

No citizen or business owner spoke in favor of the proposed disposal contract with

Casali & Sons or any other disposal service.

Casali and Neville both thanked the residence and Board for allowing them to come.

The residents were advised of the next regular board meeting on March 15, 2007.

3.	MOTION TO ADJOURN @ 8:00 PM

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Anderson to adjourn.

All in Favor.

Kara M. Streenz

Village Clerk/Collector