Kankakee Times

Village of Bradley Village Board met Nov. 28.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

CALL TO ORDER

The regular meeting of the Bradley Village Board was called to order on Monday, November 28, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bradley Municipal Hall by Mayor Watson.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Mayor Watson cited the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a moment of silence for those residents that are sick or passed away since the last meeting.

CALLING THE ROLL & DECLARATION OF QUORUM

Village Clerk Tambling did the calling of the roll. Mayor Watson presided.

Roll call: Trustee's LeBran, Westphal, Billingsley, Tieri, Vandenhout & Jordan

AGENDA

A motion was made to approve the agenda by Trustee Jordan and seconded by Trustee Billingsley (6 ayes 0 nays) Motion carried

PRESENTATION OF MINUTES

A motion was made to approve the meeting minutes for November 14th, 2022 by Trustee Billingsley and seconded by Trustee Vandenhout (6 ayes 0 nays) Motion carried

PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICATION

Mayor announced that Trustees and Mayor received an invitation to the Rock Inn 239 E Court Street 12/21/2022 from 5-7 for the Kankakee County Visitors Bureau

PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS

There was none

MAYORAL COMMUNICATIONS

Mayor announced Christmas Baskets Saturday December 17th, 2022 9:00AM-2:00PM

Mayor Watson personally thanked the citizens of Bradley and all staff for coming out to welcome home Officer Tyler Bailey. He also thanked CPD for supplying a food truck as well. Mayor is very thankful that Tyler is home.

Mayor announced the winners for the 37th annual Christmas parade Friday December 2nd. Miss Merry Christmas-Amelia Wilder 6yrs 1st Grade-Daughter of Stephanie & Dan Wilder Master Jack Frost-Kobe Reed 9yrs 4th Grade-Son of Dawn Parks

PRESENTATION OF BILLS AND ACCOUNTS

A motion was made by Trustee LeBran and seconded by Trustee Tieri to pay all bills and accounts (6 ayes 0 nays) Motion carried

REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES

There was none

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES:

PUBLIC WORKS: STREETS, UTILITIES, SEWER, INFRASTRUCTURE (Billingsley) There was none

PARKS/COMMUNITY EVENTS (Westphal)

There was none

PUBLIC SAFETY: FIRE & POLICE (Tieri)

There was none

ADMINISTRATION: INSURANCE, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES (LeBran) A meeting took place November 22nd and notes will be posted

A motion was made to adopt R-11-22-03 A Resolution Establishing A Program For The Refund Of 2022 Property Taxes within The Village Of Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois by Trustee Jordan and seconded by Trustee Billingsley (6 ayes 0 nays) Motion carried

A motion was made to adopt O-11-22-02 The 2022 Property Tax Levy Ordinance by Trustee Billingsley and seconded by Trustee Westphal (6 ayes 0 nays) Motion carried

A motion was made to adopt 0-11-22-03 An Ordinance Abating In Its Entirety The Tax Hereto Levied For The Year 2022 To Pay The Principal Of And Interest On Not To exceed $11,880,000 Taxable General Obligation Bonds (Alternative Revenue Source), Series 2021, Of The Village Of Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois by Trustee Vandenhout and seconded by Trustee LeBran (6 ayes 0 nays) Motion carried

A motion was made to adopt O-11-22-04 An Ordinance Abating In Its entirety The Tax Hereto Levied For The Year 2022 To Pay The Principal Of And Interest On Not To Exceed $4,750,000 General Obligation Sewage Refunding Bonds (Alternative Revenue Source), Series 2015A, Of The Village Of Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois by Trustee Jordan and seconded by Trustee Westphal (6 ayes 0 nays) Motion carried

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/INNOVATION/PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: IT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, MARKETING (Vandenhout)

There was none

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: CODE ENFORCEMENT, PLANNING & ZONING. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Jordan)

Trustee Jordan announced a meeting will take place 12/5/2022 @11 at Planning & Zoning Building

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

There was none

NEW BUSINESS

There was none

ADJOURNMENT

A motion was made by Trustee Jordan and seconded by Trustee Westphal to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 6:44 p.m. on a unanimous aye vote.

https://bradleyil.org/media/11-28-2022-Regular-Meeting-Minutes.pdf