Kankakee Times

Village of St.Anne Village Board met Sept. 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

President O'Connell called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Clerk Blum called the roll, and the following trustees answered present: Grubbs, Duncan, O'Connell, Abrassart, Wendt and Jennings. Clerk Blum reported the roll, and President O'Connell declared that a quorum existed for the transaction of the public business. Treasurer Leveque, Attorney Meyer, Police Chief Jason Franc, Public Works Director Don Leveque, Building Inspector Jim Hudson and Rev. Mike Seed of the St. Anne Presbyterian Church were also in attendance.

President O'Connell asked if there were any questions on or corrections to the minutes of the last regular meeting. Hearing none, he asked for a motion to approve them. It was moved by Trustee Grubbs and seconded by Trustee Wendt that the minutes of the last regular meeting be approved. Upon voice vote, all trustees present voted favorably, and President O'Connell declared the motion carried.

Treasurer Leveque reported the fund balances. President O'Connell then asked if there were any questions or comments on the Treasurer's report. Hearing none, he asked for a motion to approve the report. It was moved by Trustee Jennings and seconded by Trustee Abrassart that the treasurer's report be approved. Upon roll call vote, all trustees present voted favorably, and President O'Connell declared the motion Carried.

President O'Connell then distributed copies of his monthly written report. A Copy of the report follows these minutes. He then went Over the report. On the matter of purchasing the old business building at 147 W. Station St. , he commented that he already had an individual expressing interest in buying it. The President then said that the building could be purchased by the village for S647.00. It was moved by Trustee Duncan and seconded by Trustee O'Connell that the village purchase the building. Upon roll call vote, all trustees present voted favorably, and President O'Connell declared the motion carried.

Attorney Meyer reported that she had received a letter from the attorney of the owners of the business building at 109 W. Station Street. The Owners are still concerned about water seeping into the basement of that building. Some time ago, testing of the water had shown that it contained chlorine. President O'Connell said that he would like to have a locator attempt to find it. It was moved by Trustee O'Connell and seconded by Trustee Duncan that up to S700.00 be spent to have the leak located. Upon roll call vote, Trustee Abrassart voted present, and the other trustees voted yes. President O'Connell declared the motion carried.

Trustee Jennings then read the monthly Police Department report as follows: 40 traffic citation(s), 18 written warning (s), 9 misdemeanor traffic arrest(s), 0 DUI(s), 1 accident report(s), 9 vehicle(s) towed,

17 general case report(s), 19 miscellaneous report(s), 0 felony arrest(s), 1 misdemeanor arrest(s), 5 arrest(s) on warrant, 0 juvenile detention report(s) and 7 agency assist(s). Officers worked 618.25

regular hours and 2 overtime hours. In so doing, officers drove 3,356 miles. S600. 80 in fines, S10. 02 for the vehicle fund and S20.02 in eCitation funds were collected from the county. S1,500.00 in administrative tow funds, S35.00 in golf cart registration fees and S60.00 in fishing permit fees were submitted to the treasurer. Trustee Jennings reported that S7, 200.00 had to be spent to install a new engine in the 2013 Tahoe squad car. The engine is under warrantee for three yearS. بین ۱ - مه

Trustee O'Connell suggested that the village officials might consider lowering the village speed limit to twenty miles per hour. It was

decided that there could be a first reading of such an ordinance at the October meeting. After some discussion, Trustee O'Connell was asked to have bids for tree trimming on the avenues for presentation at the October meeting.

Trustee Duncan reported that three building permits were issued in August for S118,586.00 in improvements with S584.00 in permit fees collected.

Trustee Grubbs then reported that the bills had been examined by committee and were recommended for payment, including an additional S500.00 to the fireworks company for the July display. It was moved by Trustee Grubbs and seconded by Trustee O'Connell that the above recommendation be approved and the bills authorized for payment. Upon roll call vote, all trustees present voted favorably, and President O'Connell declared the motion carried.

Trustee O'Connell reported that local resident Don Dean was raising money to send drinking water for relief of those in need from the effects of Hurricane Harvey. Others suggested that the same should be done for the hurricane victims in Florida. It was moved by Trustee O'Connell and seconded by Trustee Abrassart that S360.00 be approved for the above purposes. Upon roll call vote, all trustees present voted favorably, and President O'Connell declared the motion carried.

President O'Connell then asked if there was any further public business to come before the board. Hearing none, he asked for a motion to adjourn. It was moved by Trustee Jennings and seconded by Trustee O'Connell that the meeting be adjourned. Upon voice vote, all trustees present voted favorably, and President O'Connell declared the motion carried. The President then adjourned the meeting at 8:04 p.m.

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