VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday June 26, 2008

SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES

Minutes of the Special Meeting of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Stanford, held at the Stanford Village Hall at 7:00 P.M.

1.	ROLL CALL: Present: 5 - Trustees Eric Geurts, Jacob Knobloch, Natasha Owen,

Nydra Owen and George Singley.

Absent: - Trustee Michelle Westerhouse.

Also present: President Campbell and Clerk Streenz.

2.	NEW BUSINESS:

A.	The Village Board went through and set appropriations for the Village for the

fiscal year beginning May 1, 2008 and ending April 30, 2009.

B.	The Board of Trustees discussed ways to use money that would come from a

Business Development District if passed. The money that would be used would

be from the businesses in the designated area charging an extra 1% sales tax

and would be sent to the Village by the State of Illinois to be used in manners

to better develop or maintain that area. Some examples would be repair of

sidewalks, lighting, drainage, etc.

Trustee Natasha Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts, to authorize

Clerk Streenz to send an informational letter to businesses effected by the proposed

Business District and request them to attend the July meeting.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Westerhouse.

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

C.	Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Nydra Owen, to approve Ken Pleines

to use Village property on Blackstone Ave to the west of 319 W. Boundary as

an easement for equipment while the septic system of 319 W. Boundary is under

construction with the condition that the culvert be 24" in diameter and 26' long.

There must be 6 " of gravel on top of the dirt that will hold the culvert in the ground	and all materials have to be removed and the ditch and property restored to

previous condition after the work is completed.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Geurts, Knobloch, Natasha Owen, Nydra Owen and Singley.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Westerhouse.

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

D.	Vicki Bieri of 407 W. Boundary was present and had questions in reference to

permit for a fence.

3.	ADJOURNMENT @ 8:40PM

There was no further business to come before the Board. Trustee Natasha Owen moved,

seconded by Trustee Geurts to adjourn. Motion carried.

Prepared By:

Kara M. Streenz

Village Clerk