The McLeansboro City Council met Tuesday night for just over an hour for their monthly meeting. Scott Mareing was there and has this report…
The Consent Agenda was approved. It included the setting of Trick or Treat hours for 5 to 8 PM on Friday, October 31st; City Wide Clean-Up will be for Wednesday October 8th through Friday, October 10th from 7:45 AM to 3:30PM and Saturday, October 11th from 7:45 AM to Noon; and the reimbursement of TIF monies: $6,041.36 to JASVI, INC., $1,340.64 to Jerrod and Lois Vaupel, and $431.67 to LexiLane, LLC.
D.K. York was sworn as a McLeansboro Police Officer by Mayor Chad May.
The board accepted a $1,000 donation to the city waste site from their tree service.
The City Pool had just under $38,000 in total expenses this year, losing about $21,700.
The board approved accepting the expense voucher that was used for a Police conference in Indianapolis.
Also approved was allowing changes to permitted areas for the SR2 zone, allowing new vinyl sided, shingled roofs with a concrete or block foundation mobile homes and modulars to be placed within 50 feet of zone MR1.
Billee Olberding was approved to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
They approved the row crop farm lease from Daniel Webb and will open it up for bids.
The Lakeshore Lease associated with the property located at 1409 West Randolph Street was transferred to Vickie Hughes.
No action was taken on updating Section 4 of the Net Metering Policy.
Updating the application for a raffle license was approved.
An ordinance establishing an electric savings fund for the light plant was approved.
Also approved by the board was a new Class E2 liquor license revising and amending Article 21 of the McLeansboro City Code.
The Kiwanis thanked the board members for their help with the Fall Festival, saying it mostly went well. They will put up the shelter at the ball field when the weather cools off. Mayor May thanked them for the great work they do.
The final item of the meeting turned out to be the most discussed. For about 15 minutes, members debated about whether to place speed bumps on Sunset Drive and Alan Drive as there have been complaints of speeders. Some board members had no trouble with it, but some thought it was ineffective as people would just drive over them without slowing down. Chief Nathan Taylor said he believes that radar speed signs are the most effective, believing they encourage drivers to reduce speed.
By a vote of 4 to 2, it was decided that three speed bumps would be installed on Sunset Drive and two on Alan Drive, and they could be removed if they’re ineffective.
The board adjourned at 6:38 PM.