VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, April 19, 2007

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: 3- Trustees Bob Beaty, Jim Sharp and George Singley.

Absent: 2 - Trustees Dea Anderson, Eric Geurts.

Also Present: President Campbell - makes quorum and will have the

privilege to vote.

Carrie Jassman, Treasurer

**Trustee Eric Geurts arrived at 7:07pm**

2.	POLICE REPORT:

Chief Everett Copeland reported.

3.	PUBLIC CONCERNS:

No public concerns were voiced.

4.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

Trustee Beaty moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to approve the minutes from the

March 15, 2007 Regular scheduled meeting and the March 19, 2007 Special Meeting.

All in Favor. Motion carried.

5.	INTERNAL AUDITOR'S REPORT:

Trustee Singley reported that the Treasurer's Report appeared to be

true and correct.

6.	TREASURER'S REPORT:

Trustee Sharp, seconded by Trustee Beaty, moved to approve the Treasurer's report

as presented.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Sharp, Singley and President Campbell.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Anderson and Geurts.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

7.	FINANCIAL REPORT:

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to approve the Financial Report.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Sharp, Singley and President Campbell.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Anderson and Geurts.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

9.	MONTHLY DISBURSAL:

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Beaty, authorizing Treasurer Jassman

to pay the bills.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Sharp, Singley and President Campbell.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2 - Trustees Anderson and Geurts.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

** Trustee Geurts arrived at 7:07pm**

10.	COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A.	Streets:

Trustee Geurts presented the MFT contract for 2007.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts, to approve a resolution,

authorizing to spend the MFT money allocated to the Village and enter into

contract with Farnsworth Group, and authorize President Campbell to sign.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Anderson.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Drainage:

Trustee Beaty reported he received a lot of complaints after the rain we received

in the month of March.

C.	Water:

Trustee Sharp reported that the water main has been installed at the Olymia

Estates subdivision site.

D.	Health, Beautification & Welfare:

Trustee Anderson absent.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to approve the following

dates: May 26-27, 2007 for the town-wide garage sales and June 4, 2007

for town-wide clean up day and to advertise both dates in the Pantagraph and

Olympia Review.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Anderson.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

E.	Community Development:

Trustee Geurts thanked the board for their grant to the MAPPING committee.

The bill has been paid and their next meeting will be on May 24th.

F.	Legal:

Attorney McGrath was absent.

G.	Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp, to accept the resignation of

Treasurer Jassman, effective May 17, 2007.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Anderson.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

11.	HEARING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAIVER FOR OLYMPIA ESTATES

SUBDIVISION - 7:15PM:

No one appeared for the hearing.

Trustee Geurts stated that the Board has taken into consideration the advantage of an

Economic Development Waiver to the Village as opposed to the cost to the Village

for all the waivers.

Therefore, Trustee Guerts moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp, to approve the

proposed economic waiver; waiving any and all subdivision requirements that are not

met.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Anderson

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

12.	APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT FOR OLYMPIA ESTATES SUBDIVISION:

On Thursday, April 19, 2007 a letter was received from the McLean County Health

Department stating they would not approve the final plat for the Olympia Estates

Subdivision and listed their findings.

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts, to approve the final plat for the

Olympia Estates Subdivision, pending approval by the McLean County Health

Department.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Anderson

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

13.	PRESENTATION ON TIF DISTRICTS BY ATLANTA'S MAYOR BILL MARTIN:

Mayor Bill Martin of Atlanta spoke, at the request of President Campbell, of

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Housing. TIF was developed to make property

improvements while the participating community receives funds from the specified

TIF districts. The funds may then be used to by the community to pay for projects such

as sewer, sidewalks, reimbursement of developers, public works improvements

plus many more. TIFdistricts may also eliminate the need to bond and will not raise

taxes.

14.	NEW BUSINESS:

1.	Brad Glenn spoke of the Triangle of Opportunity Committee and how they were

formed to promote area communities. Members meet monthly to hear local

leaders speak and share ideas on the betterment of the community.

The Committee requested a grant from the Village for incurring cost.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Beaty, to approve a grant for

$200 to the Triangle of Opportunity.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Anderson.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

2.	Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts, to approve the purchase

of 3 sets of both Federal and State Labor Law posters from GovDocs.com.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Anderson.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

3.	Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to approve a grant of

$250 to the Stanford Good Old Days for the upkeep of Village flower boxes.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 4 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Anderson.

There being 4 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

4.	It was the consensus of the board to table the decision of the purchase of

the Village right a way located at 300 N. Kathleen until the May 17th meeting.

11.	MOTION TO ADJOURN @ 8:15pm:

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to adjourn.

All in Favor

Kara M. Streenz

Village Clerk/Collector