VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, May 17, 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: 4 - Trustees Anderson, Geurts, Sharp and Singley.

Absent: 1 - Trustee Beaty.

Also Present: President Margaret Campbell, Attorney Mark McGrath	Carrie Jassman, Treasurer

2.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to Approve the Minutes from the

April 19, 2007 meeting.

All in Favor. Motion carried.

2.	OATH OF OFFICE:

Clerk Streenz had the opportunity to swear in the following newly elected Trustees to

the Stanford Village Board: Eric Geurts, Jacob Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen,

George Singley and Michelle Westerhouse.

3.	APPOINTMENTS:

A.	Carrie Jassman requested to be re appointed to the position of Treasurer.

President Campbell nominated Jassman to serve as the Village Treasurer.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to accept President Campbells recommendation to re-appoint Carrie Jassman as Treasurer for the Village of Stanford for a term from May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	President Campbell nominated Brad Bode to serve as Water Operator.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Nydra Owen, to approve

President Campbell's appointment of Brad Bode as Water Operator for a term

from May 1, 2007 - Arpil 30, 2008.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

C.	President Campbell nominated Michael Boitnott to serve as Building Inspector.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Knobloch, to approve President Campbell's appointment of Michael Boitnott as Building Inspector for a term

from May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

D.	President Campbell nominated Heath Jeppson to serve as ESDA Director.

Trustee Knobloch moved, seconded by Trustee Natasha Owen, to approve President Campbell's appointment of Heath Jeppson as ESDA Director for a

term from May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

E.	Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Nydra Owen, to approve President

Campbell's appointment of Jim Sharp to the Zoning Board, expiring in 2014.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

F.	President Campbell named the following Trustees to the chair of the following

committees:

Committee:	Chair	Co-chair

Streets	Geurts	Knobloch

Drainage	Singley	Nydra Owen

Water	Nydra Owen	Westerhouse

Health/

Beautification & Welfare	Westerhouse	Natasha Owen

Community Development	Natasha Owen	Geurts

Police	Knobloch	Singley

Internal Auditor	Knobloch	Singley

G.	Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Nydra Owen, to re-appoint the following Police officers to a term from May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008, to the Stanford Police Department with a 3% raise effective on their May 30, 2007 payroll: Chief Everett Copeland, Ramiro Bosquez, Jeff Kretlow and Jeff Daugherty.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

4.	PUBLIC CONCERNS:

Steve Lamberti spoke of all the dogs barking on his block. The board advised Lamberti

to file a complaint with the Police Department.

5.	INTERNAL AUDITOR'S REPORT:

Trustee Singley reports to his knowledge, the Treasurer's report is true and correct.

6.	TREASURER'S REPORT:

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

as presented.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

7.	FINANCIAL REPORT:

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

Financial Report.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

8.	MONTHLY DISBURSAL:

Treasurer Jassman added the following bills to be approved for payment:

METCOM: $300 for police department equipment, $354.39 first installment property

tax and $388.03 first installment property tax. Treasurer Jassman also advised the

board to disregard the $889.75 CILCO franchise payment for this is to be paid to the

Village.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to approve the bills as amended

and authorize the Treasurer to pay the bills.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

9.	COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A.	Streets:

Trustee Geurts advised, no report at this time.

B.	Drainage:

Trustee Singley advised, no report at this time.

C.	Water:

Trustee Nyda Owen advised, no report at this time.

D.	Health, Beautification & Welfare:

It was the consensus of the board that a valve key be ordered for the use of the

outside water supply by the Olympia Pacesetters 4-H club. The request for the

purchase of a water sprayer was denied, but the 4-H club could use the Village's

cart if a sprayer was purchased by the 4-H club.

E.	Community Development:

Trustee Natasha Owen advised, no report at this time.

Trustee Eric Geurts reported for the MAPPING Committee. Trustee Geurts

advised of a Town-wide MAPPING Steering Committee meeting to be held

June 10, 2007 at Distincitve Affairs.

F.	Legal:

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Natasha Owen, to table the

discussion of 431 W. Main until the June 21st meeting. John Williams has

purchased the property. The property is still subject to demolition proceedings

if clean up does not continue.

10.	NEW BUSINESS:

1.	John Hammond and Steve Vineyard with S&N Fireworks presented a

preliminary map of the site to where the fireworks will be shot off. The

Good Old Days Committee has requested the company to move the site back to

allow for more seating and the concession stand to be left open. Hammond

stated his concerns for moving the site would be that the public would not be

able to see the ground effects like they have in the past. Hammond also stated

he did not want his company to be at fault for not having a good show if they

complied with the request. Hammond also spoke of signing a new 3 year

contract with S&N, this would lock in 2007 rate for the remainder of the contract.

It was the consensus of the board that the moving of the shoot site would cause visual problems for the public, and it should not occur.

The board also advised to table the contract discussion until the June 21st

meeting.

2.	Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Singley, to pay the annual

maintenance fee for the G5R hand held meter read radio.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

3.	Trustee Knobloch moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts, to approve President

Campbell's recommendation of Liquor License Renewal for Distinctive Affairs

for the term of June 1 ,2007 - May 31, 2008.

Dea Anderson, Manager of Distinctive Affairs was also advised, she would need

to re-apply and pay the fee for a new liquor license if the business was

transferred into her name.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

4.	Chief Everett Copeland advised the board of more vehicle prices and options.

Copeland also advised the board that new tires needed to be bought for the

squad car. He can purchase new tires at Don Owen for $337.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Knobloch, to allow the purchase

of new tires for the squad car from Don Owen for $337, stating this is an

emergency for safety reasons and is not on the agenda.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen, Singley and

Westerhouse.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

5.	It was the consensus of the board to have Michael Boitnott speak with the

Stanford Grain Company about writing a letter requesting the Village to help

them with the dumpster rental and clean up of burn site.

11.	MOTION TO ADJOURN @ 8:55pm:

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Natasha Owen to adjourn.

All in Favor

Kara M. Streenz

Village Clerk/Collector