VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, September 4, 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 following the scheduled Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting at 7:00pm.

The Meeting was called to order at 7:24 pm by President Margaret Campbell.

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

Nydra Owen and Singley.

Absent: - 1 - Trustee Michelle Westerhouse.

Also present: President Campbell

2.	NEW BUSINESS:

A.	Trustee Nydra Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Natasha Owen to approve

the Zoning Board address recommendations as follows:

Earlybird Building (Division/Stringtown)	316 S. Division

Olympia Estates Subdivision lots:

Lot 8	408 S. Division

Lot 9	410 S. Division

Lot 1	112 W. Stringtown Dr.

Lot 2	110 W. Stringtown Dr.

Lot 3	108 W. Stringtown Dr.

Lot 4	106 W. Stringtown Dr.

Lot 5	104 W. Stringtown Dr.

Lot 6	102 W. Stringtown Dr.

Lot 7	100 W. Stringtown Dr.

On roll call the vote was:

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

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Westerhouse.

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Trustee Natasha Owen moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts, to approve Ordinance

09-08: an ordinance amending the village of stanford municipal code to provide

amendments relating to biting animals.

On roll call the vote was:

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

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Westerhouse.

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

C.	The Board spoke to John Williams about the name that was listed on his application

for a liquor license and what his meaning of "Tweakers" was. Williams explained

that he has always used this word in conjunction with auto body/mechanical

references.

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Knobloch, to approve a Class A

Liquor License application for Last Stop, Inc. doing business as, Tweakers Bar &

Grill.

On roll call the vote was:

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

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Westerhouse.

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

D.	John Williams advised the Board of his time line for work to be completed at

429 & 431 W. Main in that he is planning to remove and rebuild the entire middle

section of the structure and hopes to have it completed within 2 months, depending

on the health issues of his carpenter. Williams plans on having siding on the

building within 2 months.

E.	Trustee Knobloch moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts, to approve the membership

application to join the McLean County Chamber of Commerce for a fee of

$235.

On roll call the vote was:

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

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 1 - Trustee Westerhouse.

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

F.	The members of the Board went through and divided up non returned low to moderate income surveys that they will bring door to door and request those

residents to fill it out and return the information to the Farnsworth Group.

3.	MOTION TO ADJOURN @ 9:00PM

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

seconded by Trustee Singley to adjourn. Motion carried.

Prepared By:

Kara M. Streenz

Village Clerk