VILLAGE OF STANFORD

100 W. Boundary

Stanford, IL 61774

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thursday, September 15, 2005

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: 5 - Trustees Bob Beaty, Eric Geurts, Jim Sharp, Nikki Wallarab, Matt Wendland. Absent: 0

Also present: Mark McGrath

2.	POLICE REPORT

Chief Copeland reported on the police department activities for August.

3.	TREASURER'S REPORT

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Sharp to approve the Treasurer's Report for August 2005.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp, Wallarab and Wendland.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

4.	FINANCIAL REPORT

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to accept the financial report for August as presented.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp, Wallarab and Wendland.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

5.	MONTHLY DISBURSEMENTS APPROVAL

Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to approve the listed disbursements with the addition of $70.00 to McClain Marketing and $95.40 to Illinois Meter and authorize the Village Clerk to pay them.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp, Wallarab and Wendland.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

6.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Wendland to approve the minutes of the August 18, 2005 regular meeting as presented. Motion carried.

7.	COMMITTEE REPORTS

A.	Trustee Geurts reported for Streets. Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to get a loan from Tremont Bank for a new backhoe purchased from Altorfer in the amount of $30,000 for 60 months.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp, Wallarab and Wendland.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Trustee Beaty reported for Drainage. Tile cleaning will be done on Blackstone (at Deterts' and Cotrell's), at Main & Boundary and in the alley between Division & Lewis.

C.	Trustee Sharp reported for Water.

D.	Trustee Wallarab reported for Health, Beautification and Welfare. She said she has gotten calls about who is responsible for cleaning up the Olympia Grade School playground. Attorney McGrath advised that since the school owns the property, the parents should call Olympia School District.

E.	Trustee Wendland reported for Community Development.

8.	LEGAL

Trustee Wallarab moved, seconded by Trustee Beaty to release Dick Green from further compliance with paragraph 4 of the Village's Compliance Agreement and drop further proceedings.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp, Wallarab and Wendland.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

9.	FARNSWORTH GROUP PRESENTATION

Jon Johnston of Farnsworth Group made a presentation about their grant writing services.

10.	NEW BUSINESS

A.	Trustee Sharp moved, seconded by Trustee Wallarab to authorize Mark McGrath to prepare an ordinance to change the residency requirements as stated in paragraph 31.01 of the Municipal Code to allow the clerk/collector and treasurer to reside outside of Stanford.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp, Wallarab and Wendland.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

B.	Trustee Geurts moved, seconded by Trustee Beaty to accept the 2004 Motor Fuel Audit.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp, Wallarab and Wendland.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

C.	Trustee Wallarab moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to pay $2,490.39 to PrimeCo as a result of a class action law suit regarding wireless infrastructure maintenance fees.

On roll call the vote was:

AYES: 5 - Trustees Beaty, Geurts, Sharp, Wallarab and Wendland.

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 0

There being 5 affirmative votes, the motion carried.

11.	PUBLIC CONCERNS

Rob Witt expressed a concern about semi trucks using decompression brakes in town. Trustee Geurts will look into creating an ordinance to prohibit the loud noise.

12.	ADJOURNMENT @ 9:05 PM

There was no further business to come before the board. Trustee Wallarab moved, seconded by Trustee Geurts to adjourn. Motion carried.

Phyllis Fitch

Village Clerk