VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, July 15, 2004

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

1.	ROLL CALL: Present: 6 - Trustees John Beanblossom, Patrick Daughty, Eric Geurts, Jim Gilroy, John Owen, Jim Sharp. Absent: 0

Also present: Mark McGrath, Scott Eidenmiller, Everett Copeland, John Williams, Joe Kapraun.

2.	PUBLIC CONCERNS

A.	President Brawner recommended to the board at the request of John Williams that the Last Stop be allowed to have a beer tent Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17 and stay open until 11:00 PM both nights. Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp to accept the recoomendation.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Joe Kapraun of Stanford Grain questioned the zoning board recommendation. After some discussion Trustee Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Gilroy to send the matter back to the zoning board. Mr. Kapraun will be given a zoning application to complete and submit to the zoning board of appeals. Motion carried.

3.	POLICE REPORT

Chief Copeland reported on police activities for May. He informed the board that the police have received a grant from McLean county to reimburse the village for 100% of expenditures for radios. The amount of the grant is $43,789.

4.	APPROVAL OF TREASURER'S REPORT

Trustee Beanblossom moved, seconded by Trustee Daughty to approve the Treasurer's Report for June 2004.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

5.	MONTHLY DISBURSEMENTS APPROVAL

Trustee Gilroy moved, seconded by Trustee Daughty to approve the listed disbursements with the corrections to the CILCO bill and authorize the Village Clerk to make those disbursements. The clerk was asked to contact CILCO and inquire about the high bill for generator gas.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

6.	FINANCIAL REPORT

Trustee Gilroy moved, seconded by Trustee Beanblossom to approve the June Financial Report as presented.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

7.	WATER OPERATOR

A.	The board interviewed Brad Bode for the position of water operator. Trustee Gilroy moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to accept President Brawner's nomination to hire Mr. Bode at $15/hour for a 90 day probationary period to work 3 days a week for 2 hours per day with 2 hours minimum for emergency call-out effective as soon as possible.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Trustee Beanblossom moved, seconded by Trustee Daughty to authorize President Brawner to give notice to Steve Westerfield, the current water operator, on Monday July 19 of his termination and give him 2 weeks' severance pay.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

8.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by trustee Beanblossom to approve the minutes of the June 24 regular meeting and July 6, 2004 special meeting. Motion carried.

9.	COMMITTEE REPORTS

A.	Trustee Geurts reported for the Streets Committee.

1.	Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp to authorize President Brawner to accept a revised sidewalk quote up to $20,000 from Tornquist Contracting.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

2.	Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Daughty to hire B&W to do tree trimming in an amount not to exceed $2,500.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

3.	Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Gilroy to accept the 2003 IDOT Motor Fuel Audit.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Trustee Beanblossom reported for the Drainage Committee.

C.	Trustee Sharp reported for the Water Committee. Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Daughty to purchase new water meters and software from Illinois Meter, paying $10,000 down and finance the balance of $7,700 for two (2) years at a rate not to exceed 7.5% with no penalty for early payoff. The President and Clerk are authorized to sign the loan.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

D.	Trustee Daughty reported for the Health, Beautification & Welfare Committee. Mr. Boitnott is to re-paint and put up the Village Hall sign. After some discussion and no agreement, it was decided to table the kennel ordinance until the next meeting.

E.	Trustee Gilroy reported for Community Development.

F.	Trustee Owen reported for the Police Committee.

10.	LEGAL

A.	Trustee Beanblossom moved, seconded by Trustee Daughty to send a nuisance letter to Dave Lartz, 201 W. Boundary.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Trustee Gilroy moved, seconded by Trustee Daughty to send a nuisance letter to Tom Brown, 410 W Main.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Gilroy, (Owen) and Sharp.

NAYS: 1 - Trustee Geurts

ABSTAIN: 1 - Trustee Owen (counted as aye)

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

C.	Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Gilroy to adopt Ordinance 05-04, an ordinance making appropriations for the corporate purposes of the village of stanford, illinois for the fiscal year beginning may 1, 2004 and ending April 30, 2005.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 6 - Trustees Beanblossom, Daughty, Geurts, Gilroy, Owen and Sharp.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 6 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

D.	Attorney Mark McGrath checked the McLean County Tax Extension and said it was in compliance with our ordinance.

11.	ADJOURNMENT @ 10:50 PM

There was no further business to come before the Board. Trustee Beanblossom moved, seconded by Trustee Daughty to adjourn. Motion carried.

Phyllis Fitch

Village Clerk