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AGENDA * This Meeting Will Be Conducted Both in Person and Remotely Due to the Current Covid-19 Restrictions Matt Brolley, Village President Penny FitzPatrick, Village Clerk Matt Bauman, Trustee Village Board Meeting Thomas K. Betsinger, Trustee Monday, June 28, 2021 Dan Gier, Trustee 7:00 PM, Village Hall * Steve Jungermann, Trustee Doug Marecek, Trustee Theresa Sperling, Trustee THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THE VILLAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. AGENDA * This meeting will be conducted both in person and remotely due to the current Covid-19 restrictions. Please see pages 2-3 of this agenda for instructions for submitting public comments and for viewing the meeting online. 1. Call to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call Members of the public are welcome to provide comments per the 4. Public Participation instructions on page 2 of this Agenda. A. Public Comments (Two Minute Opportunity). The following items are considered routine business by the Village Board 5. Consent Agenda and will be approved in a single vote in the form listed below. A. Minutes of the Special Village Board Meeting of June 14, 2021. B. Minutes of the Village Board Meeting of June 14, 2021. C. Accounts Payable through June 24, 2021 in the Amount of $993,616.61. D. Appointment of Trustee Theresa Sperling as President Pro Tempore. E. Appointment by the Village President of Gretchen Countryman, 188 Maple Ridge Lane, to the Historic Preservation Commission for a Term through May 31, 2023. F. Appointment by the Village President of Brittany Johnson, 1940 Springhaven Court, to the Historic Preservation Commission for a Term through May 31, 2024. G. Appointment by the Village President of Hailey Brzoska, 3122 Fairfield Way, to the Historic Preservation Commission for a Term through May 31, 2024. H. Appointment by the Village President of John Aman, 2406 Mayfield Drive, to the Historic Preservation Commission for a Term through May 31, 2024. I. Approval of A & A Amusements Carnival Amusement Permit. J. Village President Emergency Succession Plan. K. Waiver of Temporary Liquor License Fee for Montgomery Fest. 6. Items for Separate Action A. Ordinance 1918 Amending a Special Use, Planned Unit Development for the Montgomery Business Center (Second Reading). B. Resolution 2021-009 Adopting the Revised Employee Manual. 200 N. River Street, Montgomery, IL 60538 630.896.8080 www.ci.montgomery.il.us Page 1 of 3 Village Board Meeting Agenda Monday, June 28, 2021 C. Resolution 2021-008 to Induce the Redevelopment of Certain Property Within the Proposed Redevelopment Project Area (Former Caterpillar Site). D. Award of a Contract to Conley Excavating for the Waubonsee Creek Shared Use Path in the Amount of $264,000.00. E. Rejection of Bids for Well 14 and 15 Water Treatment Plant Cation Exchange Media Replacement. F. Replacement of Three Police Vehicles. G. Ordinance 1920 Amending the Village Code Section 3-9 to Create a Class G Liquor License for Taco Madre at 2112 Baseline Road (Waiver of First and Passage on Second Reading). 7. Items for Discussion The following items are listed for discussion only. No decision or vote will be taken during this meeting. A. Fence Height Discussion. 8. New or Unfinished Business 9. Future Meeting Schedule A. Planning and Zoning Commission—Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. B. Village Board Meeting—Monday, July 12, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. C. Beautification Committee – Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (Canceled) D. Historic Preservation Commission – Monday, July 19, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. E. Committee of the Whole Meeting – Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. F. Intergovernmental Committee Meeting—Monday, June 28, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. G. Village Board Meeting—Monday, June 28, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. 10. Executive Session 11. Adjournment INSTRUCTIONS FOR REMOTE VIEWING AND COMMENTING The Village of Montgomery will hold its regularly scheduled Board Meeting on Monday, June 28th at 7:00 pm. Elected officials and staff have the option to participate in person or remotely due to the statewide Covid-19 situation. Gov. Pritzker has authorized a temporary change to the Open Meetings Act that waives the requirement that a physical quorum of elected officials be present to hold a public meeting. Village Hall will be open for people to attend in person, subject to social distancing rules. Attendees are requested to wear masks if they have not been vaccinated for Covid-19. The meeting will be streamed live through Zoom’s webinar service at the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83490889590?pwd=bksrTTNWZ2VaaGd6eEljRkJLQW1OZz09 Passcode: 282731 200 N. River Street, Montgomery, IL 60538 630.896.8080 www.ci.montgomery.il.us Page 2 of 3 Village Board Meeting Agenda Monday, June 28, 2021 Those wanting to participate in the Public Comments portion of the meeting have three options: • People attending the meeting in person or via Zoom may speak during Public Comments; • If not attending the meeting, please email your comments to [email protected]; or • Call (331) 212-9031 and leave a voicemail with your comments. Please email or phone in your comments prior to the start of the meeting at 7pm. Comments received will be read during the Public Comments portion of the meeting. Remote participation by elected officials, staff and the public will continue to be available for future meetings until further notice. Please email [email protected] or call (331) 212-9003 with any questions regarding this announcement. 200 N. River Street, Montgomery, IL 60538 630.896.8080 www.ci.montgomery.il.us Page 3 of 3 Village of Montgomery 200 N. River Street Special Village Board Meeting Montgomery, Illinois 60538 June 14, 2021 Trustee Sperling called the meeting to order at 5:28 p.m. as President Brolley was not in attendance. The offsite meeting took place at The Grid at Route 31 (former Caterpillar Facility). Roll Call Trustee Gier Yea Trustee Jungermann Yea Trustee Sperling Yea Trustee Marecek Yea Trustee Bauman Yea Trustee Betsinger Yea Also present: Director of Community Development Sonya Abt, Village Clerk Penny Fitzpatrick, MEDC Executive Director Charlene Coulombe-Fiore, Members of the Press and others. Items for Discussion A. Tour of Former Caterpillar Facility; Development Related Discussion. Senior Directors Brad Migdal and Al Caruana of Cushman & Wakefield provided a tour of the former Caterpillar Facility. Discussion with the Board included potential development opportunities for industrial and manufacturing uses and updates and improvements that would be needed to successfully subdivide the facility into multi-tenant uses. Members of the Board thanked Directors Migdal and Caruana for their information and site tour and noted the possible annexation and ongoing development of The Grid at Route 31 property would be further discussed at a future meeting. Adjournment: 6:24 p.m. With no further action, it was moved by Trustee Jungermann and seconded by Trustee Gier to adjourn the meeting. 6 Yea. 0 No. Motion carried. Trustee Jungermann, Trustee Marecek, Trustee Betsinger, Trustee Gier, Trustee Sperling and Trustee Bauman voting yea. Respectfully submitted, Penny Fitzpatrick Village Clerk Village of Montgomery 200 N. River Street Village Board Meeting Montgomery, Illinois 60538 June 14, 2021 Administrator Zoephel called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance. He requested a nomination for President Pro Tem as President Brolley was not in attendance. Trustee Marecek inquired and Attorney Julien discussed whether this nomination would come back for action to be handled as a standing order for future meetings. Trustee Marecek moved to nominate Trustee Sperling as President Pro Tem. Trustee Jungermann seconded this motion. 6 Yea. 0 No. Motion carried. Trustee Marecek, Trustee Betsinger, Trustee Gier, Trustee Sperling, Trustee Bauman and Trustee Jungermann voting yea. Roll Call Trustee Gier Yea Trustee Betsinger Yea Trustee Sperling Yea Trustee Jungermann Yea Trustee Bauman Yea Trustee Marecek Yea Also present: Administrator Jeff Zoephel, Attorney Laura Julien, Director of Public Works Mark Wolf, Director of Community Development Sonya Abt, Director of Finance Justin VanVooren, Chief of Police Phillip Smith, Human Resources Manager Meghan Ostreko, Clerk Penny Fitzpatrick, Members of the Press and others. Public Participation A. Public Comments. Resident Robert Van Het Hof showed support for the Mayfield Drive temporary road closure planned near his home but also had concerns regarding appropriate signage being provided to deter traffic from utilizing his driveway as a turnaround point. He further questioned whether an automatic or manually retractable bollard could be installed to deter traffic from violating the traffic calming measure. Trustee Sperling thanked Mr. Van Het Hof for his comments and noted staff would follow up with him regarding his concerns. B. Nicole Baron, 2400 Mayfield Drive, Regarding Fence Heights. Resident Nicole Baron noted the recently passed Unified Development Ordinance only permitted five-foot fences to be installed in her neighborhood which was not sufficient to contain her Doberman Pinscher therapy dogs. She asked that the ordinance policy be revisited and a special exception be grandfathered to allow her to install a six-foot fence in her backyard. Director Abt shared the Unified Development Ordinance provided a reasonable compromise for fence height requirements throughout the Village. Trustee Betsinger requested that significant community input be gathered before any amendment to this ordinance be considered. Director Abt noted the previous Village Code permitted six-foot fences where other restrictions were not present and Trustee Sperling questioned what information, steps and approvals would be necessary to amend this ordinance by text amendment. After discussion, the majority of the Board shared a willingness to revisit this topic again for discussion and possible amendment at a future meeting. C. Bid Opening for 310 N. River Street. Administrator Zoephel shared no bids were received for this location. Trustee Betsinger inquired and Administrator Zoephel discussed what the potential plan for this parcel might be and noted this topic would be discussed again at a future meeting.
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