Kankakee Times

Village of Herscher Village Board met April 18.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Village President Shannon Sweeney called the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The following Trustees were present: John Branz, Mike Bruner, Skip Grigas, Andy Cotter, Bob Voss, and Jacob Wagner. Also, Village Clerk Heather Meredith, Deputy Clerk Vannessa Weaver, Public Works Employee Keith Witheft, Andy King from The Herscher Pilot, and Attorney Chris Bohlen.

Bob Voss moved to approve the Regular minutes of April 4, 2022; John Branz seconded. All in favor; Motion carried.

John Branz moved to approve the Executive minutes of April 4, 2022; Jacob Wagner seconded. All in favor; Motion carried.

STREETS:

Bob Voss moved to approve MFT work for FY 22-23. Andy Cotter-seconded. Roll call taken: Bob Voss-aye, Jacob Wagner-aye, Skip Grigas-aye, John Branz-aye, Mike Bruner-aye, and Andy Cotter aye. All in favor; motion carried.

Bob Voss moved to approve MFT Resolution #22-04 for FY 22-23 in the amount of $40,000. Andy Cotter-seconded. Roll call taken: Bob Voss-aye, Jacob Wagner-aye, Skip Grigas-aye, John Branz aye, Mike Bruner-aye, and Andy Cotter-aye. All in favor; motion carried.

Bob Voss moved to approve Rebuild Illinois Resolution #22-05 for FY 22-23 in the amount of $34,951.06. Andy Cotter-seconded. Roll call taken: Bob Voss-aye, Jacob Wagner-aye, Skip Grigas aye, John Branz-aye, Mike Bruner-aye, and Andy Cotter-aye. All in favor; motion carried.

FINANCE:

John Branz presented the Accounts Payable Report totaling $20,451.53 to the Board for payment. John Branz moved to accept the accounts payable as presented. Skip Grigas seconded. Roll call taken Jacob Wagner-aye, Mike Bruner-aye, Andy Cotter-aye, John Branz-aye, Skip Grigas-aye, and Bob Voss-aye. All in favor; Motion Carried.

Payroll presented totaled $23,434.61. John Branz moved to accept payroll as presented, Skip Grigas seconded. Roll call taken Jacob Wagner-aye, Mike Bruner-aye, Andy Cotter-aye, Bob Voss-aye, Skip Grigas-aye, and John Branz-aye. All in favor; motion carried.

John Branz moved to approve the GASB levels for FY 22-23; Skip Grigas-seconded. Roll call taken: Bob Voss-aye, Jacob Wagner-aye, Skip Grigas-aye, John Branz-aye, Mike Bruner-aye, and Andy Cotter-aye. All in favor; motion carried.

John Branz added:

-The Treasurer’s Report for the month of march shows a total in all accounts of $2,161,985.02

-Telecomm tax came in from January 2022 in the amount of $1,177.51

-Local Share of Income Tax collected in March is in at $23,928.34

-Local Share of the State Use Tax is in from January in the amount of $4,588.03

-Local Share of the Cannabis Use Tax collected in March is in at $234.23

-Local Share of Video Gaming Tax collected in March is in at $2,212.50

-The Personal Property Replacement Tax collected in March is in at $24,706.01

-The regular sales tax is in from January in the amount of $26,726.71

-The 1% Non-Home Rule sales tax is in from January in the amount of $10,362.74

-IMRF Employer Rate for 2023 is projected to be 3.27%. That is down 1.51 basis points. This usually ends up being the final rate.

-Signing the Engagement Letter to SKDO today to start the Audit for FY 21-22 

-Passed out a updated salary schedule for FY 22-23

-Passed out Budget Performance from 5/1/21-3/31/22

PARKS:

Andy Cotter moved to hire Travis Jones as a seasonal park’s employee. Jacob Wagner seconded. Roll call taken Jacob Wagner-aye, Mike Bruner-aye, Andy Cotter-aye, John Branz-aye, Skip Grigas-aye, and Bob Voss-aye. All in favor; Motion Carried.

Andy said that all the bathrooms in the parks are open. The water to the big stand will be turned on sometime soon. He said we still need to order the port a potty for Lions Park.

WATER AND SEWER:

Mike Bruner said that they are working on getting some bids for new generators at the water plant and the wells. He hopes to have the bids before the next meeting so we can vote on one and order one as it will take a few months to get the generator.

ORDINANCE:

Jacob Wagner suggested we remove Ordinance 4-1-11 Possession of Cannabis and or Drug Paraphernalia Prohibited. He spoke with Chief Scanlon, and it was decided that if the police were going to enforce anything it would be based on state law. Attorney Bohlen said he would have an ordinance to rescind it prepared for the next meeting.

Jacob said that Steve Spencer’s computer is not working anymore so we will need to get a new one. We will have Vannessa use the new one and Steve will get the refurbished one that Vannessa has.

POLICE:

Nothing to report.

NEW BUSINESS:

John Branz moved to approve the meeting schedule for FY 22-23. Mike Bruner-seconded. All in favor; motion carried.

OPEN TO THE FLOOR:

Nothing to report

OLD BUSINESS:

President Sweeney said we still haven’t heard anything on the Grant. John went over some line items in the Budget. Jacob explained where some adjustments were being made to his Budget compared to the current years budget. Skip said that his budget basically stayed the same. Bob explained that his big items is coming out of 01-41-514 for patches, sidewalks, striping. He is going to check out the concrete bases on the light poles on Main Street. Mike said 51-00-850 will be his big spending line item. This includes the 1st phase of the water main on Oak Street and the 2 new generators. He added that there is no upcoming projects for sewer. Bob said MFT funds will be used for S Elm. President Sweeney says that he has been working on the ARPA Funds and submitted the expense reports and they are very in depth and extensive. He suggests we use these funds as soon as we can.

Motion to adjourn by Bob Voss. Seconded by Jacob Wagner. All in favor. Motion carried.

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