Kankakee Times

Village of Clifton Board of Trustees Met Feb. 8.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Call to Order / Pledge- 7:00pm

Roll Call

X Andrew Winkel, Village President 

X Sandy Tammen, Treasurer 

X Tayor Panozzo, Village Clerk 

X Tracy Mitchell, Trustee 

X Randy Gigl, Trustee 

X Paul Hess, Trustee 

X Mike Benscoter, Trustee 

Joe Kolosky, Trustee

Other Members in Attendance

● Jim Lehmkuhl

● Clint Hoaks

● Crystal Sifrit

● Chris Sifrit- Maintenance Director

● Ben Potts- Assistant maintenance

Approval of Minutes

● January 11, 2021

● Paul Hess made a motion to approve the minutes as presented from January 11, 2021. Tracy Mitchell seconded the motion. On a call of votes motion passed.

Public Questions and Comments

● NA

Planning Commission/Zoning Board of Appeals

● Discussion of pending building permit application, and the correct way in presenting them back to applicants in explaining why the planning commission/ zoning board had denied the application.

● Discussion of two businesses on Main st. having a property dispute, the board was advised one business had received a survey stating that they owned the property in question. Until the board is presented with said survey they will not proceed with any actions.

Department Reports

● Discussion of Comp time reports being turned in monthly to keep track of hours accumulated from village employees.

Streets and Alleys Committee

● NA

Budget and Finance Committee

● Tracy Mitchell made a motion to approve the 2021 annual review salaries and compensation as presented. Mike Benscoter seconded the motion. ○ On a roll call of votes, trustees voted

○ Joe Kolosky- A      Mike Benscoter- Y

○ Randy Gigl-Y         Tracy Mitchell- Y

○ Paul Hess- Y

○ Role Call to Vote: 4-0 Motion Passed

○ The recommendations included making sure all village employees are being treated equally when it comes to benefits and compensation. The recommendation included 2 village personnel raises required by the State Minimum Wage Law January 1,2021 and also included two police raises.

Water and Sewer Committee

● Chris informed the board that Pump 3 went down, the estimate to fix is $21,600, removing the galvanized and putting the stainless steel. The fixing of pump 3 needs to be replaced immediately due to the workload of pump 3 and the uncertainty of the remaining pump.

● Paul Hess made a motion to amend the agenda to add an expenditure of $21,600 to the agenda for the fixture of pump 3. Tracy Mitchell seconded the motion. Call of votes passed. Motion approved

● Randy Gigl made a motion not to exceed $21,600 for the maintenance of pump 3. Tracy mitchell seconded the motion

○ On a roll call of votes, trustees voted

○ Joe Kolosky- A      Mike Benscoter- Y

○ Randy Gigl-Y         Tracy Mitchell- Y

○ Paul Hess- Y

○ Role Call to Vote: 4-0 Motion Passed

● Chris informed the board Water Meter testing was done on the verizon end point test, the village was denied the verizon meters for (124 units) due to them having a signal due to the test. The new cost for the remaining water meters to be replaced is $28,728.

Police and Public Safety Committee

● NA

Ordinance and Zoning Committee

● Resident approached Chris wanting to build a house, the issue is the mobile home on W. Sixth ave that has been vacated. The ordinance states that any mobile home vacated or fire damaged 50% of the property is to be removed after

12 months. Andy suggested that due to the matter of the subject the village will need to seek advice from the attorney.

Local Improvement Committee

● NA

Treasurer’s Report / Payment of Bills

● Sandy brought to the board attention the checking account vs cd principal interest rates. Sandy suggested taking $50,000 from the general fund and water fund and invest them in a .5 interest rate cd.

● Tracy Mitchell made a motion to withdraw $50,000 from the general fund and $50,000 from the water account and invest those amounts into (2) 6 month cd’s at a .5 interest rate at iroquois federal. Randy Gigl seconded the motion. 

○ On a roll call of votes, trustees voted

○ Joe Kolosky- A      Mike Benscoter- Y

○ Randy Gigl-Y         Tracy Mitchell- Y

○ Paul Hess- Y

○ Role Call to Vote: 4-0 Motion Passed

● Tracy Mitchell made a motion to approve the Treasurer's Report as presented. Mike Benscoter seconded the motion.

○ On a Call to Votes 4-0, Motion Passed

● Tracy Mitchell made a motion to approve the payment of Bills as presented. Mike Benscoter seconded the motion.

○ On a roll call of votes, trustees voted

■ Joe Kolosky- A      Mike Benscoter- Y

■ Randy Gigl-Y         Tracy Mitchell- Y

■ Paul Hess- Y

■ Role Call to Votes 4-0, Motion Passed

Village President

● Tracy Mitchell made a motion to Amend Ordinance 2-60 to correct wording as presented. Randy Gigl seconded the motion

○ On a roll call of votes, trustees voted

■ Joe Kolosky- A      Mike Benscoter- Y

■ Randy Gigl-Y         Tracy Mitchell- Y

■ Paul Hess- Y

■ Role Call to Votes 4-0, Motion Passed

● Andy Proposed hiring Marissa Clark for the admin assistant position. The position will be 9-15 hours per week.

○ Tracy Mitchell made a motion to appoint Marissa Clark for the admin assistant position Paul Hess seconded the motion.

■ On a roll call of votes, trustees voted

■ Joe Kolosky- A      Mike Benscoter- Y

■ Randy Gigl-Y         Tracy Mitchell- Y

■ Paul Hess- Y

■ Role Call to Votes 4-0, Motion Passed

● Andy contacted Amita health property management, the expiration of the special extension is this month (February). The board will extend the special extension in the March meeting. Andy informed the board managements proposed a goal of June 2021 opening.

● Andy also addressed that Dana Meyer brought to Andy's attention she has been approached by the township of ashkum to hire her. The board does not see any foreseeable issues with that arrangement.

Village Clerk

● Executive Session, to approve/release minutes from 2020 executive sessions. ○ Randy Gigl made a motion to recess for executive session, to approve/release minutes from 2020 executive sessions. Tracy Mitchell seconded the motion. Motion Passed.

● The board voted to go into executive session to approve minutes from the 2020 executive session. The executive session began at 8:40pm and ended at 9:20pm

Concluding Public Questions and Comments

Announcements / Adjournment

● Paul Hess made a motion to adjourn at 9:23 pm. Paul Hess seconded the motion. On a call for votes, the motion passed 4-0. Meeting adjourned.

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