Carbondale Reporter

Village of Carbondale City Council met May 28.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

Council Members present

Councilman Jeff Doherty, Councilman Lee Fronabarger, Councilman Tom Grant, Councilman Adam Loos, Councilwoman Jessica Bradshaw, and Mayor Pro Tem Carolin Harvey

Council Members absent

Mayor John M. Henry

Meeting called to order at 6:20 PM

A meeting of the Local Liquor Control Commission immediately preceded this meeting.

5. Preliminaries to the City Council Meeting Procedural: 5.1 Roll Call

Procedural: 5.2 Council Comments, General Announcements, and Proclamations Councilman Fronabarger congratulated CCHS student Sydney Apgar who won Class 2A in discus.

Councilwoman Bradshaw enumerated the events in Carbondale during Pride Weekend, as well as noting a pop-up artisan shop at the Old Train Depot.

Councilman Loos noted his reason for being late and renewed his request to move Council Comments after Citizen Comments.

Mayor Pro Tem Harvey announced the date of Chef Clash, the proceeds from which will benefit Honor Flight of Southern Illinois; she missed the last meeting due to serving as a guardian on the last honor flight.

Procedural: 5.3 Citizens' Comments and Questions

Rodney Morris indicated that Women for Change does not speak for the whole North East neighborhood. He does not want cameras on his street and wants the neighborhood notified prior to any being placed.

Barry Spehn suggested that Council could choose not to take any form of action until Mayor Henry resigns; further, he asked the Council to comment on whether they support him.

Nick Smaligo commented on Rodney Morris’ remarks regarding cameras, shared his findings regarding surveillance cameras, indicated that community gardens would better benefit the City than would surveillance cameras, and asked the Council to consider how surveillance be used now and in the future.

Robin Reed, reading from a prepared statement, renewed her earlier remarks regarding her desire to see Mayor Henry resign, asked the Council to each address this issue, and advocated instituting a recall mechanism.

6. Public Hearings and Special Reports

Action: 6.1 Historic Preservation Award Presentation for 513 West Walnut Street and 407 South Forest Avenue

Mayor Pro Tem Harvey presented the awards to individuals who were present. Representatives from the Bucky Dome Preservation organization expressed thanks to the Council and the citizens. A preservation fundraising yard sale was announced.

7. Consent Agenda of the City Council

Action (Consent): 7.1 Approval of Minutes from the Regular City Council Meeting of May 14, 2019

Resolution: Approve the minutes from the City Council meeting of May 14, 2019

MOTION: Approve all Consent Agenda items not pulled for separate consideration

Motion by Adam Loos, second by Lee Fronabarger.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Jeff Doherty, Lee Fronabarger, Tom Grant, Carolin Harvey, Adam Loos, Jessica Bradshaw

Action (Consent): 7.2 Approval of Warrant for the Period Ending: 05/17/2019 for the combined FY 2019 and FY 2020 Warrant 1355 in the Total Amount of $1,885,035.57 Resolution: Accept the following report of payments made for the period ended: 05/17/2019 totaling $1,885,035.57 (Exhibit A-05-28-2019)

Action: 7.3 Resolution Granting Fair Days and the Suspension of the Enforcement of Public Possession and Public Consumption of Alcohol Within the Downtown Area On June 15, 2019 for Celebrate 618 Summer Festival

Pulled by J. Doherty

Action (Consent): 7.4 An Ordinance Authorizing a Budget Adjustment to Increase the Support Services Division for Costs Related to the 2019 Carbondale Halloween Celebration Resolution: Approve An Ordinance Authorizing a Budget Adjustment to Increase the Support Services Division for Costs Related to the 2019 Carbondale Halloween Celebration (Ordinance 2019-09; Exhibit C-05-28-2019)

Action (Consent): 7.5 Purchase of an Emergency Warning Siren for the City's Office of Emergency Management in the amount of $26,123.00 from Roy Walker Communications Inc. of Makanda, IL

Resolution: Approve the purchase of an Emergency Warning Siren for the City's Office of Emergency Management in the amount of $26,123.00 from Roy Walker Communications Inc. of Makanda, IL

Action (Consent): 7.6 Ordinance Adopting a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Carbondale and Teamsters, Automotive, Petroleum and Allied Trades Local Union #50 for Fiscal Years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024

Resolution: Approve an ordinance adopting a labor agreement between the City of Carbondale and the Teamsters Local #50 for fiscal years 2020 through 2024 (Ordinance 2019-10; Exhibit D- 05-28-2019)

Action (Consent): 7.7 Approval of Electric Supply Renewal Bids and Contracts with Affordable Gas & Electric for City Facilities and Street Lighting

Resolution: Approval of Electric Supply Renewal Bids and Contract Approval for City facilities and Street Lighting

Action (Consent): 7.8 Ordinance Authorizing a Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $200,000 to Increase the Support Services Division for Costs Related to Issuing a Facade Improvement Loan to Dan Terry

Resolution: Approve an ordinance authorizing a budget adjustment to increase the support services division for costs related to issuing a facade improvement loan to Dan Terry (Ordinance 2019-11; Exhibit E-05-28-2019)

Action: 7.9 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Purchase Materials, Merchandise, Property, Services, or Labor from Henry Printing

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase materials, merchandise, property, services, or labor from Henry Printing

Pulled by Barry Spehn

Action (Consent): 7.10 Approval of Consent Agenda Items

Resolution: Approve all Consent Agenda items not pulled for separate consideration

MOTION: Approve all Consent Agenda items not pulled for separate consideration

Motion by Adam Loos, second by Lee Fronabarger.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Jeff Doherty, Lee Fronabarger, Tom Grant, Carolin Harvey, Adam Loos, Jessica Bradshaw

Action: 7.3 Resolution Granting Fair Days and the Suspension of the Enforcement of Public Possession and Public Consumption of Alcohol Within the Downtown Area On June 15, 2019 for Celebrate 618 Summer Festival

A discrepancy between the end time of the public possession request and the time listed in the Resolution was noted. Jordan Wren noted that there was confusion which arose last year due to the end time of 11:00 p.m. and also noted that the Halloween request this year will be until 2:00 a.m.

MOTION: Approve a Resolution Granting Fair Days and Suspending the Enforcement of Public Possession and Public Consumption of Alcohol Within the Downtown Area beginning at 11:00 a.m. on June 15, 2019, until 2:00 a.m. on June 16, 2019

Motion by Adam Loos, second by Jessica Bradshaw.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Jeff Doherty, Lee Fronabarger, Tom Grant, Carolin Harvey, Adam Loos, Jessica Bradshaw (Resolution 2019-R-33; Exhibit B-05-28-2019)

Action: 7.9 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Purchase Materials, Merchandise, Property, Services, or Labor from Henry Printing

Council noted that prior to becoming Mayor, Henry Printing provided services to the City which far exceeded $4,000 in materials.

Barry Spehn indicated he does not think that this should be allowed.

Robin Reed concurred with Mr. Spehn's remarks and indicated that this would diminish respect for Carbondale government.

MOTION: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase materials, merchandise, property, services, or labor from Henry Printing

Motion by Jeff Doherty, second by Tom Grant.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Jeff Doherty, Lee Fronabarger, Tom Grant, Carolin Harvey, Adam Loos, Jessica Bradshaw (Resolution 2019-R-34; Exhibit F-05-28-2019)

8. General Business of the City Council

Discussion: 8.1 Discussion of Proposed Changes to Title 1, Chapter 2 of the Carbondale Revised Code

The City Council reviewed the proposed changes section by section and shared their viewpoints, if any, for additional changes they would like to see. There was a more extended discussion regarding the number of Council members needed to call a Special Meeting, Robert’s Rules, and on the Conflict of Interest section.

Jerrold Hennrich suggested that a petition might serve as a mechanism for citizens to place an item on the agenda. He suggested that the number of votes cast at the Mayoral election would be the needed number of signatures.

Dawn Roberts suggested utilizing the number of signatures needed for candidate petitions.

Jessica Lynn agreed with Ms. Roberts and suggested including online petitions.

Nathan Colombo echoed Mr. Hennrich's statements and commended the work being done.

Action: 8.2 Resolution Suspending the Enforcement of Metered Parking in the Downtown Area from July 1, 2019 through January 1, 2020

Council discussion included solutions to allow overnight parking for individuals who may be intoxicated were discussed, the importance of monitoring the effectiveness and impact of the change, concerns about recouping costs for the building and maintenance of parking lots and spaces, revisiting this matter in November or December, and what will be utilized to analyze the impacts.

Jessica Lynn noted that the employees who work on the strip tend to frequent other businesses on the strip. Further, she encouraged maintaining free parking for the employees who live and work here.

Nick Smaligo wanted to ensure that the matter of providing parking passes for employees was addressed. He inquired about the reasoning for the three-hour parking limit.

MOTION: Approve a Resolution suspending the enforcement of metered parking in the downtown area from July 1, 2019, through January 1, 2020

Motion by Adam Loos, second by Jessica Bradshaw.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Jeff Doherty, Carolin Harvey, Adam Loos, Jessica Bradshaw

Nay: Lee Fronabarger, Tom Grant (Resolution 2019-R-35; Exhibit G-05-28-2019)

Councilmen Grant and Fronabarger noted the rationale for their votes; Councilman Loos remarked on the original purpose of paid parking.

9. Executive Session

None

10. Adjournment of the City Council Meeting Procedural: 10.1 Adjourn meeting

There being no further business to come before the public body, the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:13 p.m.

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