REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TAMPICO<\/p>\n
September 18, 2018
\n7:00 PM
\nReagan Community Center<\/p>\n
Mayor Kristine L. Hill called the Regular Meeting of the Tampico Village Council to order at 7:00 PM. <\/p>\n
Commissioner Scott Meier was present. Commissioners Tim Church, Al Wildman and Todd Tornow were absent. Police Chief Terry Strike and Assistant Clerk Jamie McIntire were also present. Village Clerk, Kathy Leathers, recorded the written and audio minutes. The meeting was also video recorded. <\/p>\n
Mayor Hill led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n
Minutes of the September 4, 2018 Regular Meeting could not be approved at this time. It will be tabled and added to the agenda for the next meeting.<\/p>\n
Reports of Village Officials
\nMayor Hill thanked Dan Eyrich with Around Ptown for posting about the upcoming trivia night. There are also posters up front of Village Hall and around the Village. People are starting to get signed up. The location has been moved to the Kickback Saloon because it\u2019ll be much easier that way to work with the liquor license and all that. We will be serving chili and hot dogs along with concession type foods. Anyone who wants to donate baskets or even a gift certificate, it\u2019ll go to a good cause. We\u2019ll be having door prizes and\/or gift baskets. <\/p>\n
Mayor Hill also mentioned that Bruce Hill and Superintendent Tom Pierce are going around changing out water meters that haven\u2019t been changed out yet or are not reading properly. It\u2019s kind of sad and disturbing to me that they\u2019re coming across meters that have been vandalized. There\u2019s parts missing and wires have been pulled out. Not only is it disrespectful to us as a utility but it\u2019s wrong. It\u2019s theft because it\u2019s not reading correctly. We know there are accidents but if you\u2019re doing it on purpose it\u2019ll be at your cost when we come to replace them from now on. Not that we can always prove it, but some of them were completely missing pieces that should have been reported. This is discouraging to me. And they\u2019re doing this so they don\u2019t have to pay any overages. The new readers that are being put in allow them to be read from outside as they drive by. It\u2019s some of the older ones that have been vandalized. So I\u2019d like to put it out there that we are aware of it. <\/p>\n
Remarks from Guests
\nThere were no Remarks from Guests at this time. <\/p>\n
Unfinished Business
\nMayor Hill said the Water Main Replacement Project is going well. We have all the easements now but one. Clerk Kathy Leathers said the last easement is a construction easement. It doesn\u2019t have anything to do with where the water mains are going. It\u2019s just if we get dirt on that property, it\u2019s an agreement to fix it back the way it was before we went through. Lorelei from the USDA will be here Thursday. We\u2019re going to start going through the process of things that need to be done through my office before they can get going on the project itself. <\/p>\n
New Business
\nMayor Hill said speaking of Lorelei and skipping to the new business, she asked Leathers to speak with her about the bond council that needs to be put in place. A special meeting might be needed to vote on that to get it done. It shouldn\u2019t be a rush and we should be able to do it at the next meeting. Leathers asked to approve hiring the bond council? Mayor Hill said yes, to discuss and approve bond council for the water main replacement project. <\/p>\n
Mayor Hill then said we can\u2019t vote on the John Deere tractor. Eventually I would like to see us purchase it once there\u2019s a complete check of all the hydraulics and lines and everything else. We do have the money for it right now and we do need it. Later on money might be getting tighter as time goes by. Rather than leasing another new one at a higher rate, we could get this one. But we have to table that until the next meeting. <\/p>\n
Building Permits issued by Zoning Administrator, Ron Kuepker, were: 305 N. Lincoln – New Roof.<\/p>\n
Communications
\nClerk Leathers said beginning today, nomination petitions for the office of Mayor and for Commissioners can be taken from my office. Mayor Hill said herself, Commissioners Meier and Tornow are the only originals left. <\/p>\n
Bills could not be presented at this time and will be tabled for the next meeting. <\/p>\n
Mayor Hill asked if anyone had anything else. There was none. Mayor Hill apologized for not being able to get the Council together to have a full meeting. It\u2019s not a common thing. <\/p>\n
The meeting adjourned at 7:09 PM. The next Regular Meeting of the Tampico Village Council will be Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 7:00 PM in the Reagan Community Center located at 202 W. Second Street.<\/p>\n
Kathy A. Leathers
\nClerk <\/p>\n
Kristine L. Hill
\nMayor<\/p>\n
MINUTES APPROVED THIS 2nd DAY OF October, 2018<\/p>\n
**These minutes are not official until signed, dated and sealed by the Village Clerk**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TAMPICO September 18, 2018 7:00 PM Reagan Community Center Mayor Kristine L. Hill called the Regular Meeting of the Tampico Village Council to order at 7:00 PM. Commissioner Scott … Continue reading