Carbondale Reporter

City of Carbondale City Council met Oct. 24.

Here are the minutes provided by the council:

Local Liquor Control Commission and Regular City Council Meeting October 24, 2023 (Tuesday, October 24, 2023) Generated by Jennifer R Sorrell on Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Council Members present

Councilmember Clare Killman, Councilmember Adam Loos (6:22 p.m.), Councilmember Nancy Maxwell, Councilmember Ginger Rye Sanders, Councilmember Jeff Doherty, Councilmember LaCaje Hill, and Mayor Carolin Harvey

Meeting called to order at 6:06 PM

5. Preliminaries to the City Council Meeting

Procedural: 5.1 Roll Call

Procedural: 5.2 Citizens' Comments and Questions

Citizens addressing the City Council during the Citizen comments section included Marcella Woodson, James Cooper, Jr., Georgia de la Garza, Elius Reed, and Antonio Ragland.

Procedural: 5.3 Council Comments, General Announcements, and Proclamations Councilmember Hill endorsed the use of the SeeClickFix application and thanked staff for their efforts in repairing the sidewalks.

Councilmember Killman urged the City to seek alternatives for animal control solutions/providers. Councilmember Loos explained the reason for his late arrival.

6. Public Hearings and Special Reports

7. Consent Agenda of the City Council

Action (Consent): 7.1 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from October 10, 2023 Resolution: Approve the minutes from the regular City Council meeting of October 10, 2023

Action (Consent): 7.2 Approval of Wells Fargo Warrant for the Period Ending 08/31/2023 FY 2024 Warrant # WF 08/2023 in the amount of $123,755.64

Resolution: Accept the following report of payments made for the period ended: 08/31/2023 totaling $123,755.64 (Exhibit A-11-08-2023)

Action (Consent): 7.3 Approval of Warrant for the Period Ending: 10/13/2023 for the FY 2024 Warrant 1470 in the Total Amount of $1,383,618.63

Resolution: Accept the following report of payments made for the period ended: 10/13/2023 totaling $1,383,618.63 (Exhibit B-11-08-2023)

Action (Consent): 7.4 Acceptance of Approved Meeting Minutes from Boards, Commissions, and Committees

Resolution: Accept the approved meeting minutes from Boards, Commissions, and Committees and place them on file.

Action (Consent): 7.5 Resolution Dedicating $223,178.50 in Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) Funds to Pay for the Rehabilitation of College Street Between Wall Street and Piles Fork Creek (CIP ST2002) Resolution: Approve a Resolution Dedicating $223,178.50 in Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) Funds to Pay for the Rehabilitation of College Street between Wall Street and Piles Fork Creek(CIPST2002) (Resolution 2023-R-74 ; Exhibit C-11-08-2023)

Action (Consent): 7.6 Award of Purchase of an Accessible Canoe and Kayak Launch from JLS Marine, Inc. of Springfield, IL in the Amount of $36,359 Through the Boat Access Area Development (BAAD) Grant at Cedar Lake Boat Launch

Resolution: Award the Purchase of an Accessible Canoe and Kayak Launch from JLS Marine, Inc. of Springfield, IL in the amount of $36,359 through the Boat Access Area Development (BAAD) Grant at Cedar Lake Boat Launch

Action: 7.7 Resolution Accepting a $21,000 Grant from the Illinois Certified Local Government Program to Perform a Survey of Historic and Architecturally Significant Properties within the Northeast Quadrant of Carbondale, Illinois and Approve an Ordinance Increasing the FY 2024 Building & Neighborhood Services Budget in the Amount of $30,000

1. Adopt a Resolution Accepting a $21,000 Grant from the Illinois Certified Local Government Program to Perform a Survey of Historic and Architecturally Significant Properties within the Northeast Quadrant of Carbondale, Illinois

2. Approve an Ordinance Increasing the FY 2024 Building & Neighborhood Services Budget in the amount of $30,000 with correction to Section One to reflect corrected amount

Pulled to amend dollar amount correction in Ordinance

Action (Consent): 7.8 Approval of Consent Agenda Items

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

Item 7.7 - inquiry about the percentage; typographical error noted with regard to dollar amount Item 7.5 - question about whether these actions can be taken without an Ordinance or Resolution

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

Motion by LaCaje Hill, second by Clare Killman.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Clare Killman, Adam Loos, Nancy Maxwell, Ginger Rye Sanders, Jeff Doherty, LaCaje Hill, Carolin Harvey

Action: 7.7 Resolution Accepting a $21,000 Grant from the Illinois Certified Local Government Program to Perform a Survey of Historic and Architecturally Significant Properties within the Northeast Quadrant of Carbondale, Illinois and Approve an Ordinance Increasing the FY 2024 Building & Neighborhood Services Budget in the Amount of $30,000

1. Adopt a Resolution Accepting a $21,000 Grant from the Illinois Certified Local Government Program to Perform a Survey of Historic and Architecturally Significant Properties within the Northeast Quadrant of Carbondale, Illinois

2. Approve an Ordinance Increasing the FY 2024 Building & Neighborhood Services Budget in the amount of $30,000 with correction to Section One to reflect corrected amount

Motion by Jeff Doherty, second by Nancy Maxwell.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Clare Killman, Adam Loos, Nancy Maxwell, Ginger Rye Sanders, Jeff Doherty, LaCaje Hill, Carolin Harvey (Resolution 2023-R-75; Ordinance 2023-44; Exhibits D- & E-11-08-2023)

8. General Business of the City Council

Action: 8.1 Ordinance Amending Title One of the Carbondale Revised Code as it Relates to City Council Meetings

Note from Clerk: The discussion relating to this item extended over one hour. A brief synopsis of the content of the discussion follows, however, the full verbatim audio and video is available on the City’s website.

The City Council raised a number of suggestions, questions about the intent of proposed language, and expressed their opinions on whether some of the language should be adopted, amended, or discarded in its entirety. Individual Council members were polled on various changes and proposed language to determine whether to amend, discard, or keep certain aspects of the proposed language. Discussion about why this language was being proposed now, as opposed to during prior Council terms occurred. Key changes included the following:

•  The term "citizen" was replaced. Since the Illinois Public Access Counselor's Binding Opinion 19-009 prohibits limiting comments to residents only, alternate terminology was utilized.

•  The prohibition of signs, banners, or other display materials was retained per majority consensus of Council

•  The public speaker time limit returned to 4 minutes per majority consensus of Council

•  1-2B-10: Removal of Appointees - amended to reflect a majority of seated Council members

•  1-2B-1.D. Public Participation (formerly Citizen Participation) Subsection D.8 removed - "The

Mayor reserves the right to override the above rules in the case of an emergency or other unforeseen circumstances."

•  The Rules of Order were removed until Legal can review or an alternative and simplified Rules of Order option can be identified

Don Monty shared a number of technical concerns in the proposed language that he had identified, as well as his disagreement with some proposed changed.

Anne Gaylord offered a suggestion for an alternate term "person" instead of resident or citizen. Elius Reed asked if the Open Meetings Act allows questions to be answered.

Chastity Mays noted that she believes that Council could benefit from communication training and cultural training

Justin Zurlinden encouraged retaining the meeting recording requirement and commented on Council’s engagement with advisory boards and their members.

Jacob NLN noted agreement with moving the public comment time limit down from 4 minutes to 3 minutes.

Council members gave their closing comments.

9. Adjournment of the City Council Meeting

Procedural: 9.1 Adjourn meeting

There being no further business to come before the Local Liquor Control Commission, the meeting was declared adjourned at 7:49 p.m.

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