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God bless everyone. I'm going to pray for start this meeting. So I need a reverence to God. Proverbs 16.3 says, commit to the Lord, whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

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Let's pray, Father God, in the name of the mighty name of Jesus, we come before you to

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intercede to this meeting and for every decision that will be made.

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We ask that your wisdom govern the projects of your city and that every plan will align

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with your will, in justice order and benefit for the people.

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We proclaim that this city walks under your counsel and your peace.

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In the mighty name of Jesus, Amen.

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Amen.

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Thank you, Lord Jesus.

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Thank you, Pastor Anna.

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I will officially call this meeting to order.

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Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

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Mayor Miller?

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Here.

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Alderpersons, Klemm?

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Here.

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Johnson, Simmons is absent, Parker, Stacy, Simmons is here upon roll call, I'm sorry

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Alderperson, Stacy if you just say that again, and Shadle, Sanders, Sellers.

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You could please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Alderman Johnson.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Item number one is approval of the agenda. We have just a couple of changes in the order of the promotions.

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Thomas, we will go item number 654 and then we'll have two recognitions of life saving

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awards before the service awards.

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So with that, is there a motion to approve?

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So moved.

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Second.

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We have a motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Sellers.

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All those in favor signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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That motion passes.

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Item number two is approval of the minutes from the council meeting on January 20th,

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2026.

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Is there a motion to approve?

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So moved.

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Second.

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Motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Sellers.

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All those in favor signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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That motion passes.

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Item number three is the presentation of the Sharps Award.

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Mr. LaFever, if you'd like to go to the podium.

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Good evening. You're the first public works agency, there's four fire departments and now you're the first public works agency to receive this, the Safety, Health, and Recognition Award. There's a lot of work that went into it, so I commend you and your people. I'd like to present the plaque and take any questions you might have.

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Pat, we work very closely with Pat, the Street Department, with Randy. Congratulations.

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And then maybe we can get a photo with Randy.

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Oh, good.

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Do you want to join us?

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And then I brought a flag. I understand you have a flag already up.

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And, um...

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Yeah, it's already flying.

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it's fine so you have a backup pattern pretty quickly oh good well thank you

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very much

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get in the middle there you go awesome

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Before we move on to our next, just would like to make an announcement that we have learned

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that our former Fire Chief, Jim Gale, has passed away and so we would like to observe

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We're going to have a moment of silence if we could please.

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Thank you.

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Is this ready to go?

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and I'm told that you need to be looking at the camera so that the microphone is set so that people can hear you to marry in.

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So if you could raise your hand and repeat after me, I, Tom Cordy, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States

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and the Constitution of the State of Illinois and I will faithfully discharge the duties of the Office of Fire Chief according to the best of my ability.

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So the next one up would be Hilary Broces, which is the new Deputy Fire Chief.

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Good evening, I'm Robert Bush, I'm with the Fire and Police Commission.

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having to see everyone out for this wonderful occasion and we're here to celebrate the promotions

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of these fine men and women.

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We, the commission, we look for people that we know deserve and have shown great wisdom

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in the position that they apply for and we have found Hillary and all the rest that you

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We will be presenting here tonight capable of doing the position that they have applied

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for and we are excited to have them on board on our department representing the City of

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Freeport and we feel much safer having them on the department here in the City of Freeport.

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So the official commission, the City of Freeport Board of Fire and Police Commission, to all

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to whom these present shall come, Hilary L. Broschus, having been duly appointed to the

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position of Deputy Chief and for the City of Freeport in the County of Stevenson, the

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State of Illinois, for the term from the second day of February 2026 until her successor shall

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have been duly appointed and qualified, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to assume

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and perform all the duties of her said office according to law and the ordinances of said

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city and all persons are required to respect her in the discharge of her said duties by

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order of the Board of Fire and Police Commission.

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Knapp.

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So while they're doing that, I'm going to go through a little bit of a bio of Hillary.

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She has 16 years on the department as of yesterday, she will be appointed to Lieutenant October 5th of 2020 and Fire Marshal January 19th of 2021.

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She's a licensed paramedic, member of the technical rescue team, certified in rope, trench, confined space, and structural collapse rescue, a member of the fire department honor guard,

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Hazardous Materials Technician, Hazardous Materials Instinct Command, Fire Apparatus Engineer, Fire Service Vehicle Operator, Advanced Fire Officer, Constructor 2, Incident Safety Officer, Public Fire and Life Safety Educator, Juvenile Fire Service,

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Fire Inspector, Juvenile Fire Center Interventionalist, Fire Inspector 102, Arson Investigator and Fire Investigator, has an Associates Degree from Highland College and a degree from the Illinois Police Institute in Champaign for the Basic Law Enforcement, she was the firefighter department member of the year in 2023 and she received the Life Safety Award in 2017.

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the husband Daryl, and children Kim, Zach, Hannah, Maddie, Avery, Delaney, and Darren.

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All right.

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Yes.

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Anybody else?

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I have a little hard clock.

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Oh, there they come.

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Huh?

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Oh, shit.

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Oh.

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They're laughing.

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Sorry.

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Wow.

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Sorry.

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Next up will be Matt Kyle, New District Chief.

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Officer Commission, the City of Freeport Board of Fire and Police Commission, to all to whom

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these present shall come, Matthew F. Kyle, having been duly appointed to the position

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and District Chief and for the City of Freeport and the County of Steveson and the State of

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Illinois for the term for the second day of February 2026 until his successor shall have

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been duly appointed and qualified is hereby fully authorized and empowered to assume and

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perform all the duties of his said office according to law and the ordinances of said

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City, and all persons are required to respect him in the discharge of his said duties by

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order of the Board of Fire and Police Commission.

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Be safe.

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Say.

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So Matt was appointed to the department December 8th of 2006, so he's been 19 years in the

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2006, so he's been 19 years on. Commoded to Lieutenant, June 8, 2019. He's a licensed paramedic with the state of Illinois, a member of the technical rescue team, a tactical emergency medical services member, or TEM,

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Advanced Fire Officer, Fire Department Safety, Incident Safety Officer, Fire and Arson Investigator,

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Hazardous Materials Technician, Instructor 2, Fire Apparatus Engineer, Fire Service Vehicle Operator,

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has an Associates Degree in Fire Science, he received a Fire Life Safety Award in 2022,

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and an EMS Life Saving Certificate in 2017, and this is his wife Chelsea.

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That's me.

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Merck McCullough, sorry.

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Fischer Commission, the City of Freeport Board of Fire and Police Commission, to all to whom

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these present shall come, Mark D. McCullough, having been duly appointed to the position

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of Lieutenant in and for the City of Freeport in the County of Stevenson and State of Illinois

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for the term from the second day of February 2026 until his successor shall have been duly

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appointed and qualified, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to assume and perform all the

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duties of his said office according to law and the ordinances of said city, and all persons

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are required to respect him in the discharge of his said duties by order of the Board of

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Fire and Police Commission.

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Be safe.

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So Mark was appointed to the department February 3rd of 2007.

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Tomorrow is his 19 years old. He's also a member of the Divisional Technical Rescue Team, member of the Foreign Fire Insurance Board, and also a member of the Tactical EMS team.

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He's a licensed paramedic with the state of Illinois, a Fire Officer 1, Instructor 1, Hazardous Materials Technician, Hazardous Materials and Command,

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Fire Apparatus Engineer, Fire Service Vehicle Operator, Fire Department and actually City Employee of the Year in 2024

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and earned an EMS Life Saving Award in 2025. This is his wife, Amy, and he's got sons, Luke, Matthew, and Josh.

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and Chris.

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Applause

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All right.

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Applause

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Official Commission, City of Freeport Board of Fire and Police Commission, to all to whom

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these presents shall come. Christopher J. Brennan having been duly appointed to the position of

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Lieutenant in and for the City of Freeport in the County of Stevenson and State of Illinois

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for the term from the second day of February 2026 until his successor shall have been duly appointed

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and qualified is hereby fully authorized and empowered to assume and perform all the duties

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of his said office. According to law and the ordinances of said city, and all persons are

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required to respect him in the discharge of his said duties by order of the Board of Fire

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and Police Commissions.

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Chris has been on the department for 11 years. He was hired December 15th of 2014. He was a mechanic for the department from 2020 to 2023. He's a licensed paramedic for the state of Illinois. Again, a member of the Effective for Rescue team.

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Member of the Fire Department Safety Committee, Certified in Fire Apparatus Engineer, Fire Service Vehicle Operator, Officer 1, Instructor 2, Address Materials Operations,

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He has a Bachelor's Degree in Management Systems. This is his wife Michelle. He also has quite a few children.

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Brenna, Ella, Dylan, Mariah, Xander, and granddaughter, Alayla.

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Good morning, afternoon.

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Oh, wow!

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and so on.

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Grappler's over there.

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Thank you.

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That one comes later.

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Oh, his wife.

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I shorted myself, I'm so sorry.

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Aww.

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This is my wife, Jean, my mother, Colleen, my sister, Mary, my daughter, Lakhan, and son, all the way.

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Okay next we're going to move on to Police Department Promotions with Chief

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Frostow.

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Daniel Moore.

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Efficial Commission, City of Freeport Board of Fire and Police Commission, to all to whom

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and others.

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Daniel Moore has been duly appointed to the office of Corporal in and for the City of Freeport

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in the County of Steveson and State of Illinois for the term from the second day of February

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2026 until his successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, is hereby fully authorized

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and empowered to assume and perform all the duties of his said office according to the

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for the law and ordinances of said city, and all persons are required to respect him in the discharge of his said duties by order of the Board of Fire and Police Commission.

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It's going to be Ben White.

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Benjamin White

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The Fisher Commission, City of Freeport Board of Fire and Police Commission, to all to whom

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these present shall come, Benjamin White, having been duly appointed to the Office of

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of Sergeant in and for the City of Freeport in the County of Stevenson and State of Illinois

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for the term from the second day of February 2026 until his successor shall have been duly

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appointed and qualified, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to assume and perform all the

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duties of his said office according to the law and ordinances of said city and all persons

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are required to respect him in the discharge of his said duties by order of the Board of

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of Fire and Police Commission.

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Thank you very much.

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Huffines, James, Jim, Jodi, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor,

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Polish, Official Commission, City of Freeport Board of Fire and Police Commission, to all

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All to whom these presents shall come, Bryan Polish, having been duly appointed to the

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office of Lieutenant in and for the City of Freeport in the County of Steveson and State

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of Illinois, for the term from the second day of February 2026 until his successor shall

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have been duly appointed and qualified, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to assume

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and perform all the duties of his said office according to the law and ordinances of said city

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and all persons are required to respect him in the discharge of his said duties

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by order of the Board of Fire and Police Commission.

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and

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That's it for the promotions. However, next we have two life-saving awards for Corporal

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Krueger, and Telecommunicator, Matthews.

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Timothy Krueger, you are hereby commended

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for your swift actions on January 30th, 2026

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at the scene of a structure fire.

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When given your own immediate danger,

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you assisted a female occupant who had jumped

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from the second floor window and was trapped

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between the two burning buildings, unable to walk.

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Your decisive actions, personal courage, and calm demeanor

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under extreme conditions contributed to saving her life.

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The City of Freeport and the members

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of the Freeport Police Department and myself

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are very proud of your actions.

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I hereby give you the Life Saving Award.

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Cierra Matthews?

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Cierra Matthews, you are hereby commended for your actions on January 30, 2026, during

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which you received a 911 call from a panicked caller who was trapped within a structure

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fire.

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You were able to communicate across a language barrier while maintaining control of the call

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which directly contributed to the successful rescue and medical treatment of the victim.

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The City of Freeport and the members of the Freeport Police Department and myself are

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very proud of your actions.

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You are hereby presented with the Freeport Police Department Lifesaving Award.

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with the Freeport Police Department Life Saving Award.

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Okay, I think we're done with that. Next would be Service Awards, Director Richter.

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Oh man.

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Oh, Kathy Westby.

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Excuse me everyone, if we could just remain seated while we finish up these awards. That would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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Good evening. On February 12th, Kathy Westby will be celebrating 25 years with the City of Freeport.

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She began her employment with the City in 2001 as a telecommunicator in the 911 Center for the Freeport Police Department.

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During her time at the police department, Kathy has also held the positions of leads coordinator and records clerk, but the majority of her 25 years has been as a telecommunicator.

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Fortunately, in last year she decided to make a switch and joined us in the water sewer billing department as a customer service representative.

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She is a valued employee and she often contributes ideas to streamline processes or to gain efficiencies.

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It is rare in today's world to find someone who dedicates a quarter of a century to one

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organization.

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Please join me in congratulating Kathy Westby on this incredible 25-year career milestone.

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Lucinda Lenore.

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I also have the honor of recognizing Lucinda Lenore for her 25 years of service to the

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City of Freeport. Lucinda is also a customer service representative in the

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water and sewer billing department for all of her 25 years. She has seen many

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changes in the department such as software changes, technology changes,

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office changes, and I'm sure she has much she could share with us. Thank you

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Lucinda for your incredible dedication and for the wisdom you've shared. We're

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We're so grateful for your contributions to the department. Happy 25th work anniversary, Lucinda.

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Brandon Reese.

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Brandon Reese has been with the Fire Department for five years. He came to us from Lanark with a little experience from down there.

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He's currently on a shift. He's a licensed paramedic with the state of Illinois, advanced firefighter, fire apparatus engineer, instructor one, hazardous material technician, hazardous material incident command, rope operations, vehicle machinery operations, water technical rescue,

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and Associates Degree and his wife, Cassidy, and children, Kinsley and Wyatt.

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Thank you.

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That concludes this portion of the meeting.

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We will move on to item number eight, which is public comment.

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However, there were none signed in for this evening.

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Moving on to item number nine, which is the consent agenda.

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The consent agenda is considered to be routine in nature and acted as one motion unless there's a member of council that would like to have something removed for further discussion.

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Seeing none, the consent agenda consists of approval to receive and place on file the Historic Preservation Commission minutes from May 20th, 2025, Planning Commission, November 13th, 2025, the Board of Fire and Police Commission, December 23rd, 2025,

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the fire department report December 25 the greater for partnership report January 26 the approval of the finance bills payable in the total of two million five hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars and nine cents and approval of payroll for pay period ending july or i'm sorry january 24th 2026 in the total of six hundred and ten thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars and 81 cents is there a motion to approve so move second

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The motion made by Alderman Sellers, seconded by Alderman Shadle. Madam Clerk, could you please take the roll?

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Johnson, aye. Simmons, aye. Parker, aye. Stacy, aye.

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Shadle, aye. Sanders, aye.

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Sellers, aye. And Klemm, aye. The motion passes 8-0.

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Item number 10 is an appointment. Could you please read for the record?

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Appointment of Gertrude Heimerdinger to fill a vacancy for the Housing Authority Commission

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effective through October 31, 2027.

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Is there a motion to approve?

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So moved.

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Second.

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Second.

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We have a motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Parker.

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Discussion on the appointment?

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Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

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Johnson?

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Aye.

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Simmons?

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Aye.

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Parker?

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Stacy? Aye. Shadle? Aye. Sanders? Aye. Sellers? Aye. And Klemm? Aye. The motion passes 8-0. Item number 11 is the second reading of Ordinance 2026-02. Could you please read this?

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Ordinance amending codified ordinances, Chapter 1044, Water Rates and Revenues, Section 1044.01. Establish rates to add incentive pay for lead copper samples to be taken for lead service line replacement grant application.

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Thank you. Manager Boyer. Thank you, Your Honor. This was brought before council at the last full council meeting.

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Staff is requesting the flexibility to move forward with a $40 credit for residents that participate in our lead copper

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sampling program and staff recommends moving forward with the incentive.

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Any discussion?

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Madam Clerk, would you please take the roll? Johnson? Aye.

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Simmons? Aye.

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Parker? Aye.

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Stacy? Aye.

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Shadle? Aye. Sanders? Aye. Sellers? Aye. And Klemm? Aye. The ordinance passes 8-0. Item number 12 is the second reading of Ordinance 20-2603. Could you please read this?

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Ordinance amending Chapter 8-10 concerning the licensing of vacation rentals to add penalties for multiple violations of federal, state, or local regulations, also known as the Good Neighbor Policy.

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Thank you. Director Heimerdinger.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor. As previously discussed on January 20th, the proposed Good Neighbor Policy,

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Section 810.09, would suspend a vacation rental license for 30 days if the property receives two

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or more calls for service in one licensing year. And they would revoke the license for three or

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more calls with the owner ineligible the following year. Only calls tied to violations

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A federal, state, or local laws rules or ordinances count. Unfounded neighborhood complaints are excluded.

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This policy holds property owners accountable for maintaining neighborhood peace, preserves community

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harmony, and limits disruption. It aligns with the strategic plan for neighborhood and housing and

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safe and inclusive community with no additional funding required. Staff recommends moving forward

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Johnson, Aye. Simmons, Aye. Parker, Aye. Stacy, No. Shadle, Aye. Sanders, No. Sellers, Aye.

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And Klemm, Aye. The ordinance passes 6-2. Item number 13 is the second reading of Ordinance

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Ordinance Amending Chapter 1252 of the Zoning Code to Allow Offices of Contractors as a

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Permitted Use in B1, 2, and 3 Business Districts.

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Director Heimerdinger?

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Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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As we discussed on the last council meeting on January 20th, contractor offices and shops

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are permitted by right only in B3, which excludes B1 and B2 areas where most downtown properties

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are zoned.

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This proposed amendment is sectioned.

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This proposed amendment to Section 1252.01a.39.1 would allow contractors' offices used primarily for business purposes and sample displays without fabrication or on-site storage of materials in both B1, B2, and B3 districts.

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This reflects modern business practices where most work is being done digitally or through design programs with only a small amount of samples needed.

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and reduces unnecessary regulatory barriers for new businesses.

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By updating this ordinance, the City can provide more move-in ready spaces downtown, streamline the processes for tenants and align zoning with current business practicing trends.

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This amendment also supports the City's strategic planning goal of being responsible, efficient government. Staff recommends approval.

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Questions on this ordinance?

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Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

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Johnson? Aye. Simmons? Aye. Parker? Aye. Stacy? No. Shadle? Aye. Sanders? No. Sellers? Aye. And Klemm? Aye.

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The ordinance passes 6-2. And item number 14 is the second reading of ordinance 2026-05. Could

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you please read this? Ordinance amending chapter 1252 of the zoning code to allow residential

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units as a permitted use above the ground floor of buildings in the central business district.

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Thank you. Director Heimerdinger.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor. As we discussed January 20th council meeting, residential units are not permitted by right in any business district.

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Residential uses above ground will require a special use permit and are only allowed if certain block composition thresholds are met.

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On January 15th, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and recommended the approval of the proposed ordinance.

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This proposed ordinance removes outdated regulatory hurdles and allows residential uses on upper floors, that's two and above, within the central business district when the ground floor is suitable for a public business user.

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Outside the central business district, residential uses would still require a special use permit, but with the simplified standards as the block composition thresholds have also been removed with this ordinance change.

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Change. Staff recommends approval. Thank you. Discussion? Madam Clerk, please take the

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roll. Johnson? Aye. Simmons? Aye. Parker? Aye. Stacy? No. Shadle? Aye. Sanders? No. Sellers? Aye.

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And Klemm? Aye. The ordinance passes 6 to 2. Item number 15 is the first reading of

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for Ordinance 20-26-06, could you please read this?

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Ordinance amending Part 10, Streets, Utilities,

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and Public Services Code, Title 6, Other Public Services,

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Chapter 1060, Waste and Recycling Collection and Disposal,

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Section 1060-07, Temporary Dumpsters, Trash Containers,

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Trailers, Construction Trailers,

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or Equipment Used for Construction Projects,

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including Trailers or Wagons, Use on Public Ways,

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and Section 106012, Construction Debris, Containers, Collection, I'm sorry, it's just those three

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of the codified ordinances of the City of Freeport.

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Thank you.

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Mr. Stiegel?

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Yes, to summarize this change to the ordinance, with many of the new streets that we're putting

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in around town, we have dumpsters that we're finding on streets, matter of fact last season

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We had one where the dumpster got placed two days after we got done paving.

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They get dropped on the pavement.

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We're asking them to put, you know, heavy duty plywood or something like that

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under the dumpsters in this ordinance change to protect the streets

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and the investment that we're making throughout the communities.

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This was cited by our public works team as something that they want to see happen.

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I did talk to Gill's disposal, which is probably the largest supplier

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Mayor of Dumpsters in the area and Roloff Containers, the manager, local managers, Josh

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Kraft.

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He had no problem with the changes to this ordinance.

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Again, it's to protect our streets.

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And I would point out after the hopeful approval of this, we are going to educate the public

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by pushing this out on social media.

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We do do permits for dumpsters for free for the first 14 days in the city of Freeport.

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Unfortunately last year we only had four permits that were filed for dumpsters.

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We would prefer that people, if they want to rent a dumpster, put it on their driveway

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or on their property instead of in the right-of-way or the city property.

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It's much safer, it's less dangerous, and yet you don't need the permit to put it on

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your own property.

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You need the permit to put it in the right-of-way.

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So I think this ordinance would address all of that.

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Again, we only had four permits filed for all of 2025.

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Is there a motion to move this ordinance forward?

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So moved. Second.

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Second.

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We have a motion made by Alderman Klemm,

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seconded by Alderman Sellers.

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Discussion on the ordinance?

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Bless you.

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Move on to item number 16,

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which is the first reading of ordinance 2026-07.

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Ordinance amending various provisions of Part 10, Streets, Utilities, and Public Service Codes, Title 4, Utilities, Chapter 1042 and 1046, regarding water and sewer connections of the codified ordinances of the City of Freeport.

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Thank you. Mr. Segal? Sure. This ordinance change to summarize will change the connection fees of what we put out annually to residents that connect to water and sewer. Currently, we have a mixed bag of bolts, if you will, on what we charge. This will be more consistent. I've had some of the Public Works team comb through the ordinances. We're planning on bringing many of them that need to be updated.

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To summarize, the water connection fee will go from $1,600 for a near connection to $3,200.

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The city is currently losing money on the $1,600 connection with everything that we have involved

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in it.

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When we build a new water main to a new area, those connections would be $1,000 unless they're

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waived for that particular project.

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We usually do waive them for a short period if they connect during the project, at least

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that's what we've done in recent years.

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For any inspections that the city is required to perform, but not do any work, we would charge just a hundred dollar fee to cover our cost for that person to go out with a vehicle in time to cover those inspections on the sewer side.

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We like to clean up some of the language and we do only give estimates on sewer connections because every sewer main is a different depth.

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and so we actually ask for $3,200 deposit and then we get we actually charge whatever time and material it takes so if it's less than $3,200 that's what they get charged if it's more they get charged that including the restoration fees and everything to put the road and connections back just to educate you most of the sewers within the city of Freeport are running down the center of the road so it's quite a significant event to connect a new connection for

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Sewer. Is there a motion to move this forward? So moved. Second. Motion made by Alderman Shadle,

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seconded by Alderman Johnson. Discussion on the ordinance. Item number 17 is the first reading

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of ordinance 202608. Could you please read this? Ordinance authorizing sale, recycling, donation,

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and or disposal of certain personal property owned by the city. Tonight we have Public Works

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and Albertus Airport Equipment. Thank you. Manager Boyer? Thank you, Your Honor. As we

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do from time to time, we have a surplus inventory request. Right now, if you'll look at your

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packet, there are a number of different items that are surplus from the airport and also

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from the Public Works Department. And staff is asking to move this forward to second reading

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so that we can go ahead and auction this surplus inventory. Is there a motion to move this

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Motion made by Alderman Parker, seconded by Alderman Sellers.

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Discussion on the ordinance.

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Item number 18 is the adaption of resolution 2026-09.

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Could you please read this?

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Resolution approving purchase and upfit of four new police vehicles from a source well

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provider, Stevers Ford.

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Thank you.

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Good evening.

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We have now currently about four to five squad cars that really are not working and functioning

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as we speak after I've done my complete analysis.

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And after we looked at what is the best pricing, going through Steve's is really the best pricing

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for us, especially with our canine unit that we have to outfit it, we have to put a lot

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of Equipment in it as well because we do use our canine and our officers in regards to having

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better equipment in order to patrol out there.

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Thank you.

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Is there a motion to adopt?

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So moved.

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Second.

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Motion made by Alderman, Parker?

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Klemm.

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Alderman Klemm.

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Mm-hmm.

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Seconded by Alderman Shadle.

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Discussion on the resolution?

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Alderman Stacy?

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Yes.

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Alderman, Stacy? Yes, has there been money budgeted for this? As of now, we do have some budgeted money for it.

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some budget budgeted money for it. However, this pricing for this company is going to be

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a lot of better price for us because we used to go to another company and they would not

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give us the quality type and it would be a lot higher in pricing.

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But is the money budgeted for for new? Yes. Okay. Yes. Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

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Anderson, Simmons, Parker, Stacy, Shadle, Sanders, Sellers, and Klemm.

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The resolution is adopted 8-0.

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Item number 19 is the adoption of resolution 2026-10.

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Could you please read this?

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Resolution approving the purchase of two new dump bodies for the Public Works Department's

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Hook Lift Trucks from another source well provider, Bonnell Industries. Thank you, Manager Boyer.

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Thank you, Your Honor. Several years ago, we purchased two hook lift trucks complete with

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salt spreader v-box spreaders and leaf machines. Those trucks are useful during the winter and the

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fall, but during construction season, they're basically useless to us at the Public Works

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Department with the intention that we always had to purchase hook lift dump bodies for these trucks.

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So staff has brought to you tonight the request to purchase two dump bodies for the hook lift trucks.

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Total amount will be $98,717.84 and that was budgeted in the 2026 budget.

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Thank you. Is there a motion to adopt?

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So moved.

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Second.

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A motion made by Alderman Seller, seconded by Alderman Shadle.

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Discussion on the resolution?

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Alderman Stacy?

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Is this the second time these dump trucks have come to us?

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It's not the second time for the bodies, but we also have other dump trucks besides for

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this.

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The last time we talked about it was in the capital plan when we budgeted for them.

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Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

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Johnson

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Hi

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Simmons

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Hi

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Parker

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Hi

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Aye. Shadle? Aye. Sanders? Aye. Sellers? Aye. And Klemm? Aye. The resolution is adopted 8 to 0. Item number 20 is the adoption of resolution 202611. Could you please read this? Resolution approving purchase orders with PACE analytical services to provide annual drinking water and wastewater sample testing

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Thank you. Manager Boyer? Thank you, Your Honor. PACE Analytical is the preeminent water

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supply chemical testing lab within the state of Illinois. The city of Freeport has been

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using PACE as long as it's been in existence and before that when it was under a different

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company name. As time has gone on, the testing has gotten more expensive and normally these

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were lab tests that would not necessarily come to council. It would just be part of standard

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Thank you. Is there a motion to adopt? Second. Motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by

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Johnson, Aye. Simmons, Parker, Aye. Stacy, Aye. Shadle, Aye. Sanders, Aye. Sellers, Aye.

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And Klemm, Aye. The resolution is adopted 8-0. Item number 21 is the adoption of resolution

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Resolution Approving the Purchase of a Utility Paving Compactor Roller from a Sourcewell Provider,

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Altofer Cat

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Thank you.

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Manager Boyer?

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Thank you, Your Honor.

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As we continue to work the road program and we are doing more and more of the paving internally,

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we have the need for one additional construction roller.

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The price is $81,000.

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comes through Alto for Caterpillar which is a source well dealer and staff requests ahead

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of the construction season which we will need it to move forward with purchase of this construction

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roller.

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Is there a motion to adopt?

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So moved.

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Second.

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A motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Sellers.

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Discussion on the resolution?

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Yes.

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Alderman Stacey?

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Yes.

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Yes, I thought we purchased a roller and if this was to happen, what exactly would it

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be used for?

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We do own a couple of different rollers and it will be used for paving operations.

00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:22.960
The reason we need it is because we're getting proficient at paving and moving very rapidly

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:26.640
so we found that we also, we have the need for one additional roller.

00:55:26.640 --> 00:55:27.640
Alderman Sellers?

00:55:27.640 --> 00:55:35.720
Alderman Sellers? Yes, I was just going to say I see it's a new model. How long do these these last?

00:55:37.960 --> 00:55:44.360
Maybe Darren has one. So as I put in the memo, the current one that we're using is over 20 years old

00:55:44.360 --> 00:55:49.640
and it's needing to be retired. It's not efficient for as large a paving as what we were doing. It

00:55:49.640 --> 00:55:55.400
was designed to do small road patches where we're doing full streets now. So we did buy a roller

00:55:55.400 --> 00:56:01.040
for last year and retired one that had been having lots of fire issues and our plan was

00:56:01.040 --> 00:56:05.380
if we started paving more roads that we would need another, this is what's called a surface

00:56:05.380 --> 00:56:10.320
roller, so the final surface to get smooth coats on there you need to have good rolling

00:56:10.320 --> 00:56:14.440
equipment and last year we just couldn't keep up with the paver getting work done which

00:56:14.440 --> 00:56:15.960
extends our hours.

00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:17.440
Thank you.

00:56:17.440 --> 00:56:19.080
Alderman Stacey?

00:56:19.080 --> 00:56:20.080
Yes.

00:56:20.080 --> 00:56:33.560
Well I know a lot of this pavement work is is contracted out so again what are we

00:56:33.560 --> 00:56:40.240
talking about potholes filling potholes what are we talking about this roller

00:56:40.240 --> 00:56:45.800
being used for so this specific roller that we're talking about will be used in

00:56:45.800 --> 00:56:49.960
the paving operations that were actually paving the streets like we've been doing

00:56:49.960 --> 00:56:55.960
for I think this is be our fourth year doing it. So this will follow the paver

00:56:55.960 --> 00:57:00.920
and we lay the binder we lay the surface and this is what rolls and compacts the

00:57:00.920 --> 00:57:08.120
stone the actual black stone into what's the street. So these are essential in in

00:57:08.120 --> 00:57:13.600
the process of paving and all large-scale operations have at least two

00:57:13.600 --> 00:57:19.280
rollers following the pavers or you can't keep up. But a lot of our pavement is is

00:57:19.280 --> 00:57:22.520
is routed out of the city.

00:57:22.820 --> 00:57:25.160
No, the last

00:57:26.060 --> 00:57:28.620
I'm going to say the last three years, for sure.

00:57:29.320 --> 00:57:32.420
We have been primarily paving all of the packages

00:57:32.420 --> 00:57:36.460
other than one street per year with our city crews and our paver.

00:57:36.760 --> 00:57:39.300
That's how we're reducing the cost of the streets.

00:57:39.300 --> 00:57:42.940
We as we've discussed before, we do materials bids.

00:57:43.160 --> 00:57:47.040
So we've been bidding out about 15000 tons of asphalt per year

00:57:47.040 --> 00:57:51.840
that our street crews are laying in-house on city streets so this is

00:57:51.840 --> 00:57:57.360
Stevenson Street would be an example Greenfield those are streets that the

00:57:57.360 --> 00:58:06.920
city all paved this year with our equipment any other discussion Johnson

00:58:06.920 --> 00:58:12.460
aye and Alderperson Simmons I'm not sure you're coming across the speaker yeah

00:58:12.460 --> 00:58:29.260
Parker, Stacey, Shadle, Sanders, Sellers, and Klemm.

00:58:29.260 --> 00:58:34.020
The resolution is adopted 8-0.

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Item number 22 is the Adoption of Resolution 2026-13.

00:58:37.340 --> 00:58:39.140
Could you please read this?

00:58:39.140 --> 00:58:42.600
Construction Approving an Agreement with Fehr Graham to Provide Construction Engineering

00:58:42.600 --> 00:58:47.820
Services for City Municipal Lot and Police Station Alley Pavement Reconstruction.

00:58:47.820 --> 00:58:48.820
Thank you.

00:58:48.820 --> 00:58:49.820
Manager Boyer?

00:58:49.820 --> 00:58:50.940
Thank you, Your Honor.

00:58:50.940 --> 00:58:57.900
So as we've discussed and we were working on last year, we are now, we've received bids.

00:58:57.900 --> 00:59:02.460
You'll see those later tonight for the reconstruction of the municipal parking lot in the alley behind

00:59:02.460 --> 00:59:04.300
the PD.

00:59:04.300 --> 00:59:09.660
As part of that, we do need construction, observation, and supervision, and we are bringing

00:59:09.660 --> 00:59:16.580
this for you tonight, an agreement with Fehr Graham to accomplish those items, and staff

00:59:16.580 --> 00:59:17.780
recommends moving forward.

00:59:17.780 --> 00:59:25.180
The total cost of the project is approximately, let's see, is $95,000.

00:59:25.180 --> 00:59:30.180
So a staff request moving forward with the contract with Fehr Graham for construction,

00:59:30.180 --> 00:59:31.180
oversight, and supervision.

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Is there a motion to adopt?

00:59:33.180 --> 00:59:34.180
So moved.

00:59:34.180 --> 00:59:40.180
We have a motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Sellers. Discussion on the resolution?

00:59:40.180 --> 00:59:46.180
Alderman Sellers. This is the big parking lot downtown. Correct. Okay. Thank you. That's all.

00:59:46.180 --> 00:59:51.180
Alderman Stacy. Yes, I'm just a little disturbed that

00:59:51.180 --> 01:00:03.420
that we could put so much money, the city can put so much money in a parking lot, but

01:00:03.420 --> 01:00:16.460
when it comes to our local streets, we don't even have an account.

01:00:16.460 --> 01:00:28.640
This is very disturbing. How did we have so much for a parking lot? But we had to set

01:00:28.640 --> 01:00:40.180
up a five-year to seven-year plan for our streets because we had no budget. But we have

01:00:40.180 --> 01:00:49.620
budget for this help me understand that's all I'm asking we have a plan and we're

01:00:49.620 --> 01:00:57.820
working it we have a plan okay yep it was in the budget and it was approved

01:00:57.820 --> 01:01:03.860
last year so the municipal lots in really terrible condition it's downtown

01:01:03.860 --> 01:01:09.740
central location and it is in need of pretty serious renovation so that we can

01:01:09.740 --> 01:01:10.740
and others.

01:01:10.740 --> 01:01:15.420
We continue to support our downtown businesses and also have something that does not look

01:01:15.420 --> 01:01:18.820
terrible in the middle of downtown.

01:01:18.820 --> 01:01:22.980
To say that we don't have money for our streets is not very accurate when we've been putting

01:01:22.980 --> 01:01:27.780
in millions of dollars and what are we up to, 20 plus miles?

01:01:27.780 --> 01:01:31.100
Yes, over 20 miles.

01:01:31.100 --> 01:01:36.940
This administration has done than any administration prior, any.

01:01:36.940 --> 01:01:40.140
So that accusation of not doing is not accurate.

01:01:40.140 --> 01:01:44.300
Yes, it is.

01:01:44.300 --> 01:01:48.640
Thank you, Darren, for all the money you go out there and get, for all the money you go

01:01:48.640 --> 01:01:54.120
after and you bring back to our city so that we can do the projects that we need to do

01:01:54.120 --> 01:01:57.240
on our streets.

01:01:57.240 --> 01:01:58.240
Any other discussion?

01:01:58.240 --> 01:02:04.200
Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

01:02:04.200 --> 01:02:13.240
So this $95,000 is just for the engineering services. Did I hear that correctly?

01:02:13.240 --> 01:02:18.620
I'll be happy to go over it with you. It is the scope of service is professional full-time

01:02:18.620 --> 01:02:25.440
on-site construction engineering and observation, as well as contract management services. Also

01:02:25.440 --> 01:02:32.000
GIS survey, collection, staking, layout, storm, sewer piping, curb, gutter, lighting and pavement

01:02:32.000 --> 01:03:02.000
Huffman, Mayor, Mayor, Mayor,

01:03:02.000 --> 01:03:05.260
provided through a third-party testing agency.

01:03:05.260 --> 01:03:10.140
I just wanted to get specific.

01:03:10.140 --> 01:03:11.940
I tried that earlier.

01:03:11.940 --> 01:03:17.500
So this resolution is for the engineering service portion of it, Madam Clerk.

01:03:17.500 --> 01:03:21.140
The bid is later on the agenda.

01:03:21.140 --> 01:03:27.940
It is nearly $950,000 and isn't 10% engineering very, very typical.

01:03:27.940 --> 01:03:30.940
I mean, that's right in line, right?

01:03:30.940 --> 01:03:38.040
Alderman, Sanders, are we talking about a parking lot still? We're talking about the

01:03:38.040 --> 01:03:44.300
engineering service of it. How much, how many dollars if I had if I had the

01:03:44.300 --> 01:03:50.640
evidence before me of this request of ninety five thousand dollars if I had

01:03:50.640 --> 01:03:57.820
understood that and I would have studied it a little bit more in detail my thing

01:03:57.820 --> 01:04:06.380
is what was the methodology of coming up with the total price and the bidding on it? Who's

01:04:06.380 --> 01:04:14.080
orchestrating this whole process? I'm just curious. I just want to understand how did

01:04:14.080 --> 01:04:25.980
we accumulate so much for a parking lot in engineering? I think that's a fair question.

01:04:25.980 --> 01:04:34.340
This has not been analyzed. What you're presenting does not go well with me as well as it should

01:04:34.340 --> 01:04:39.900
go with the council as well. And looking in the depth of so much money into a parking lot

01:04:39.900 --> 01:04:47.540
and the engineering services that is coupled with it. I'm just at a loss right now for how

01:04:47.540 --> 01:04:57.980
How we get to a parking lot with that amount of money, and I don't hear my colleagues wanting

01:04:57.980 --> 01:05:04.000
to discuss that matter, whether we discuss it in public or private.

01:05:04.000 --> 01:05:10.900
We're talking about a lot of taxpayers' dollars going somewhere that council has not had an

01:05:10.900 --> 01:05:17.160
opportunity to analyze, diagnose, have an opportunity to study, had not had an opportunity

01:05:17.160 --> 01:05:25.220
We are not going to be doing any of these things, but yet we are to take our city manager's

01:05:25.220 --> 01:05:29.660
observation of this and move it forward.

01:05:29.660 --> 01:05:36.320
But council has not stood to discuss this matter.

01:05:36.320 --> 01:05:41.780
We have not debated it, whether or not it's worthy for the City of Freeport, whether or

01:05:41.780 --> 01:05:51.780
We're putting too much money in places where we have not taken time out to do our due diligence in any of these things.

01:05:51.780 --> 01:06:07.780
I'm just curious. I'm just trying to have an understanding of how do we come up with this method and how do we derive at a point where council is being asked to move this forward

01:06:07.780 --> 01:06:09.780
and others.

01:06:09.780 --> 01:06:15.140
Without us being able to analyze this or have any studies with this or debate with it or

01:06:15.140 --> 01:06:16.780
whatever discussion with it.

01:06:16.780 --> 01:06:21.720
I don't care if it was public or whether it was in private.

01:06:21.720 --> 01:06:29.820
We should have at least, every one of us in council should have said something long before

01:06:29.820 --> 01:06:35.980
we got here on this particular resolution.

01:06:35.980 --> 01:06:44.120
but you know it's just my observation and my wanting to understand some things so do

01:06:44.120 --> 01:06:47.760
as you please and we just move on.

01:06:47.760 --> 01:06:52.800
Well this project came up first in the spring of 2024.

01:06:52.800 --> 01:06:54.880
We discussed it at length.

01:06:54.880 --> 01:06:58.120
We had it planned for the 2025 construction season.

01:06:58.120 --> 01:06:59.700
We ran out of time.

01:06:59.700 --> 01:07:03.860
We discussed pushing it to the 26 construction season.

01:07:03.860 --> 01:07:09.540
At that time, we have budgeted for this and we are completely ready to go.

01:07:09.540 --> 01:07:12.740
Everything's moving forward rapidly.

01:07:12.740 --> 01:07:17.500
And I will mention that you and I haven't had a chance to meet in better part of a year.

01:07:17.500 --> 01:07:21.980
So if you would come to those meetings with me that I schedule every month, we would have

01:07:21.980 --> 01:07:25.820
a chance to talk about these things and it wouldn't be such a surprise.

01:07:25.820 --> 01:07:26.820
You know what?

01:07:26.820 --> 01:07:30.580
You don't have the floor, Alderman Sanders, just give me one second.

01:07:30.580 --> 01:07:37.820
So this resolution, it's just for the engineering, the bid itself is coming up shortly, and the

01:07:37.820 --> 01:07:42.980
bid actually came in significantly less than what we had anticipated and budgeted for, so

01:07:42.980 --> 01:07:43.980
it's good.

01:07:43.980 --> 01:07:46.100
Okay, I understand what you're saying, Mayor.

01:07:46.100 --> 01:07:48.940
Would you like your second time, Alderman Sanders?

01:07:48.940 --> 01:07:52.180
When do you get your time to make that comment to me?

01:07:52.180 --> 01:07:54.100
I'm asking you, would you like the floor?

01:07:54.100 --> 01:07:57.300
Did you put a time on what you've made to me?

01:07:57.300 --> 01:07:59.580
Alderman Sanders, would you like the floor?

01:07:59.580 --> 01:08:28.579
I'm asking you a question. I'm the chair. I don't have a time limit. Oh, you don't? I do not. Okay. I'm just asking the questions, whether or not the comment that he's made is what I totally want to target and resent, but the point of the matter is I don't want to get into a debate with the city manager on what he talked about two years ago or a year or two ago.

01:08:28.579 --> 01:08:36.700
I'm saying right now we're asked to do something but council has not been

01:08:36.700 --> 01:08:43.420
refreshed on this issue nor have we had a debate on this issue nor we have not

01:08:43.420 --> 01:08:48.140
even made a decision whether we should go forward with this council has not done

01:08:48.140 --> 01:08:53.900
that and so that's all I'm asked that's all I'm saying you know but but you can

01:08:53.900 --> 01:09:06.860
you can make these snide remark comments of City Manager Boyer that does not fly

01:09:06.860 --> 01:09:14.240
with me okay because I'm I'm definitely for hard understanding when I ask a

01:09:14.240 --> 01:09:19.560
question I'm going to be understood that this is what I'm asking for us to

01:09:19.560 --> 01:09:20.560
and Stacey.

01:09:20.560 --> 01:09:25.360
I just wanted to understand and if council is not doing what council is supposed to be

01:09:25.360 --> 01:09:29.960
doing, then I don't have no argument with council.

01:09:29.960 --> 01:09:36.159
I just wanted to ask the question and I see how we got here.

01:09:36.159 --> 01:09:41.200
So as it may be, let it may be.

01:09:41.200 --> 01:09:43.800
So you know, let it be.

01:09:43.800 --> 01:09:44.800
Alderman Stacey.

01:09:44.800 --> 01:09:49.800
Yes, I just want to say in reference to

01:09:49.800 --> 01:09:51.800
and many others.

01:09:51.800 --> 01:09:56.800
This is a comment that was made to Alderman Sanders.

01:09:56.800 --> 01:10:17.800
Often we are faced with an ideal project, if you will, and then two years later, even though we voted and agreed and all the rigmarole,

01:10:17.800 --> 01:10:26.520
and others later, now here we are again, for example, the Vidoc. But then things happen

01:10:26.520 --> 01:10:32.480
that we're not informed about, like the permit being pulled. And we're wondering why things

01:10:32.480 --> 01:10:40.720
get held up and pushed back and pushed back and pushed back. And then you expect us to

01:10:40.720 --> 01:10:43.900
go back two years and remember.

01:10:43.900 --> 01:10:49.699
But we talked about this last fall in the budget season, so it's not like it was been

01:10:49.699 --> 01:10:51.940
two years since the words have been brought up.

01:10:51.940 --> 01:10:55.060
Well, we talked about a lot in the budget season.

01:10:55.060 --> 01:10:56.060
We did.

01:10:56.060 --> 01:11:01.980
So what's before you right now is the resolution about the engineering services.

01:11:01.980 --> 01:11:07.300
If you want to come back to that, otherwise you have expired your two times of talking.

01:11:07.300 --> 01:11:08.300
Alderman Johnson?

01:11:08.300 --> 01:11:10.579
Yeah, this is for Darren.

01:11:10.579 --> 01:11:11.579
That's okay.

01:11:11.579 --> 01:11:18.659
Darin, about how many hours do you think are put into engineering these type of projects and how many people

01:11:19.420 --> 01:11:24.340
would be required for the engineering of this type of a job? This would be

01:11:24.940 --> 01:11:27.340
at least two full-time people

01:11:28.020 --> 01:11:35.659
while this is projects going on. It's a very detailed project because the existing lot itself is in very poor condition.

01:11:35.779 --> 01:11:40.940
It's beyond its useful life. It's been overlaid numerous times. We did geocores.

01:11:41.579 --> 01:11:51.180
on the existing structure itself. And the base of the HMA that's there is actually pretty much on mud.

01:11:51.180 --> 01:11:55.180
And so one of the reasons this project's so expensive is there's going to be need to be a

01:11:55.180 --> 01:12:00.220
significant undercut underneath the parking lot. And so we're not building a parking lot trying to

01:12:00.220 --> 01:12:05.260
get by for, you know, five or 10 years here. We're building a parking lot that is not going

01:12:05.260 --> 01:12:11.020
to need any work for probably the next 30. Our public works team spends a lot of time down at

01:12:11.020 --> 01:12:35.020
We have had numerous ADA complaints because the pavement's uneven, they can't traverse it, and there's also a lot of things held down here, for instance, the farmers market is held down at this location every week during the summer, so it's a quite heavily used downtown parking lot.

01:12:35.020 --> 01:12:42.460
and John. Linda, off my cuff, I don't know that I can give you an exact hours. As always,

01:12:42.460 --> 01:12:48.619
my estimate is usually on or high. And if we get it done cheaper, we don't charge out the

01:12:48.619 --> 01:12:58.860
full amount to the city on this. The bid itself came in approximately $140,000 under estimate.

01:12:58.860 --> 01:13:03.860
So we got a really good price to do it. And funding's there right now. We're using the

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Johnson, Aye. Simmons, Aye. Parker, Aye. Stacy, No. Shadle, Aye. Sanders, No. Sellers, Aye.

01:13:30.619 --> 01:13:36.380
Klemm. The resolution is adopted 6 to 2. Item number 23 is the adoption of

01:13:36.380 --> 01:13:41.100
resolution 202614. Could you please read this? Resolution authorizing the

01:13:41.100 --> 01:13:44.900
execution of an easement agreement with the Freeport Park District at the south

01:13:44.900 --> 01:13:49.300
entrance to Crepe Park for construction of well number 12. Thank you. Manager

01:13:49.300 --> 01:13:54.860
Boyer. Thank you, Your Honor. As we have developed our plans, there was about a

01:13:54.860 --> 01:13:59.619
year ago the park director came to me and said they had a drainage easement

01:13:59.619 --> 01:14:07.619
St., that they would actually like to discuss. It's off of Forest Road. It is the South Park

01:14:07.619 --> 01:14:13.579
entrance area. So staff is essentially working with the Park District to make sure that accommodations

01:14:13.579 --> 01:14:19.140
are made for their new South Park entrance. And this is simply just an agreement saying

01:14:19.140 --> 01:14:24.780
that we're going to work together as we build out our driveway and approach and also construct

01:14:24.780 --> 01:14:25.780
the new well number 12.

01:14:25.780 --> 01:14:28.619
Thank you. Is there a motion to adopt?

01:14:28.619 --> 01:14:30.619
Second

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Motion made by Alderman Shadle

01:14:32.619 --> 01:14:34.619
Seconded by Alderman Sellers

01:14:34.619 --> 01:14:36.619
Discussion on the resolution

01:14:38.619 --> 01:14:40.619
Madam Clerk, please take the roll

01:14:40.619 --> 01:14:42.619
Johnson? Aye

01:14:42.619 --> 01:14:44.619
Simmons? Aye

01:14:44.619 --> 01:14:46.619
Parker? Aye

01:14:46.619 --> 01:14:48.619
Stacy? Aye

01:14:48.619 --> 01:14:50.619
Shadle? Aye

01:14:50.619 --> 01:14:52.619
Sanders? No

01:14:52.619 --> 01:14:54.619
Sellers? Aye

01:14:54.619 --> 01:14:56.619
And Klemm? Aye

01:14:56.619 --> 01:15:05.460
Item number 24 is approval of the bid. A bid opening was held on January 27th for paving

01:15:05.460 --> 01:15:10.659
of municipal lot and alley behind police station.

01:15:10.659 --> 01:15:15.760
Thank you, Your Honor. As we discussed a little bit earlier, this bid is for the reconstruction

01:15:15.760 --> 01:15:20.940
of the municipal parking lot and also the alley behind the police department. The city

01:15:20.940 --> 01:15:32.539
We performed this bid opening on January 27th and we received three bids and the lowest responsive bidder is Helm at $948,714.

01:15:32.539 --> 01:15:42.940
City, we're using the majority of the TIF funds to pay for the reconstruction of the parking lot and staff recommends moving forward with the bid from Helm.

01:15:42.940 --> 01:15:46.940
Thank you. Is there a motion to approve the lowest bid?

01:15:46.940 --> 01:15:48.940
So moved.

01:15:48.940 --> 01:15:57.340
The motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Klemm. Discussion on the bid. Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

01:15:57.340 --> 01:16:08.860
Johnson? Aye. Simmons? Aye. Parker? Aye. Stacy? No. Shadle? Aye. Sanders?

01:16:08.860 --> 01:16:16.619
Is it still open for discussion? No, we've moved on. Uh, no. Sellers? Aye. And Klemm? Aye.

01:16:16.619 --> 01:16:27.340
the motion is approved six to two item number 25 is another bid could you please read this bid opening

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was held on January 27th for janitorial services for the police station thank you manager boyer

01:16:35.180 --> 01:16:41.579
periodically the city has to bid for janitorial cleaning services the last time we bid this we

01:16:41.579 --> 01:16:46.780
We bid the City Hall and the Police Department together with an optional extension that would

01:16:46.780 --> 01:16:49.220
go for two years.

01:16:49.220 --> 01:16:55.180
NAP Cleaning Services won the bid the last time, but over the last year have realized

01:16:55.180 --> 01:17:01.180
that they underbid in terms of the total amount of materials they go through because of the

01:17:01.180 --> 01:17:04.739
24-hour nature of the Police Department's operations.

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So we held a new bid.

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We received one bid and we opened that on January 27th.

01:17:10.739 --> 01:17:16.340
It was from Knopp Cleaning Services in the amount of $9,000 and staff recommends moving

01:17:16.340 --> 01:17:19.060
forward with Knopp Cleaning Service.

01:17:19.060 --> 01:17:20.060
Thank you.

01:17:20.060 --> 01:17:21.060
Second.

01:17:21.060 --> 01:17:27.739
We have a motion made by Alderman Klemm, seconded by Alderman Sellers to approve the lowest bid

01:17:27.739 --> 01:17:30.020
for these services.

01:17:30.020 --> 01:17:32.420
Is there discussion on the bid?

01:17:32.420 --> 01:17:33.420
Alderman Stacey?

01:17:33.420 --> 01:17:36.340
What was the price of the other bids?

01:17:36.340 --> 01:17:40.659
We only received one responsive bid.

01:17:40.659 --> 01:17:42.340
So you only received one bid?

01:17:42.340 --> 01:17:43.340
That's correct.

01:17:43.340 --> 01:17:46.940
And that's the one we're looking at?

01:17:46.940 --> 01:17:47.940
Yes.

01:17:47.940 --> 01:17:48.940
Correct.

01:17:48.940 --> 01:17:53.300
Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

01:17:53.300 --> 01:17:54.300
Johnson?

01:17:54.300 --> 01:17:55.300
Aye.

01:17:55.300 --> 01:17:56.300
Simmons?

01:17:56.300 --> 01:17:57.300
Aye.

01:17:57.300 --> 01:17:58.300
Parker?

01:17:58.300 --> 01:17:59.300
Aye.

01:17:59.300 --> 01:18:00.300
Stacy?

01:18:00.300 --> 01:18:01.300
Yeah.

01:18:01.300 --> 01:18:02.300
Why not?

01:18:02.300 --> 01:18:03.300
Shadle?

01:18:03.300 --> 01:18:04.300
Aye.

01:18:04.300 --> 01:18:05.300
Sanders?

01:18:05.300 --> 01:18:06.300
Aye.

01:18:06.300 --> 01:18:07.300
Sellers?

01:18:07.300 --> 01:18:08.300
Aye.

01:18:08.300 --> 01:18:09.300
And Klemm?

01:18:09.300 --> 01:18:10.300
Aye.

01:18:10.300 --> 01:18:14.300
And item number 26 is the last bid. Please read.

01:18:14.300 --> 01:18:21.300
Another bid opening was held on January 28th for the City Hall elevator maintenance contract.

01:18:29.300 --> 01:18:37.300
Thank you, Your Honor. The City of Freeport, from time to time, has to bid the elevator inspection and maintenance services for City Hall.

01:18:37.300 --> 01:18:45.539
It is a state law that we certify the elevator each year and this time we had two bids.

01:18:45.539 --> 01:18:54.539
We opened them on January 28th and the winning bid was Shoemaker Elevator at a cost of $2,200

01:18:54.539 --> 01:19:00.420
annually and the bid was actually less than we had for the previous contractor, which

01:19:00.420 --> 01:19:03.659
was also a bidder, but was a higher bidder.

01:19:03.659 --> 01:19:08.619
So, staff recommends moving forward with the Shoemaker Elevator bid.

01:19:08.619 --> 01:19:10.239
Thank you. Is there a motion to approve?

01:19:10.239 --> 01:19:11.239
So moved.

01:19:11.239 --> 01:19:12.239
Second.

01:19:12.239 --> 01:19:16.560
A motion made by Alderman Shadle, seconded by Alderman Sellers.

01:19:16.560 --> 01:19:17.560
Discussion on the bid.

01:19:17.560 --> 01:19:21.280
Madam Clerk, please take the roll.

01:19:21.280 --> 01:19:22.280
Johnson?

01:19:22.280 --> 01:19:23.280
Aye.

01:19:23.280 --> 01:19:24.280
Simmons?

01:19:24.280 --> 01:19:25.280
Aye.

01:19:25.280 --> 01:19:26.280
Parker?

01:19:26.280 --> 01:19:27.280
Aye.

01:19:27.280 --> 01:19:28.280
Stacy?

01:19:28.280 --> 01:19:29.280
Aye.

01:19:29.280 --> 01:19:30.280
Shadle?

01:19:30.280 --> 01:19:31.280
Aye.

01:19:31.280 --> 01:19:32.280
Sanders?

01:19:32.280 --> 01:19:33.280
Aye.

01:19:33.280 --> 01:19:36.800
The motion is approved, 8 to 0.

01:19:36.800 --> 01:19:38.840
Reports from Department Heads, Finance?

01:19:38.840 --> 01:19:39.840
Nothing this evening.

01:19:39.840 --> 01:19:40.840
Thank you.

01:19:40.840 --> 01:19:41.840
Community Development?

01:19:41.840 --> 01:19:42.840
Nothing this evening.

01:19:42.840 --> 01:19:43.840
Thank you.

01:19:43.840 --> 01:19:44.840
Public Works?

01:19:44.840 --> 01:19:45.840
Nothing.

01:19:45.840 --> 01:19:46.840
Mayor?

01:19:46.840 --> 01:19:49.840
I just wanted to

01:19:49.840 --> 01:20:01.840
I just wanted to thank everyone that helped out with our fire on December 30th between the City Administration, Public Works, and our mutual aid partners that helped out.

01:20:01.840 --> 01:20:05.840
Definitely appreciated.

01:20:05.840 --> 01:20:06.840
Police?

01:20:06.840 --> 01:20:07.840
Nothing.

01:20:07.840 --> 01:20:08.840
Library?

01:20:08.840 --> 01:20:10.840
Nothing. Thank you.

01:20:10.840 --> 01:20:13.840
IT?

01:20:13.840 --> 01:20:15.840
That leaves us with the City Manager's report.

01:20:15.840 --> 01:20:17.840
Thank you, Your Honor. I do have a few things.

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things. Congratulations to all the to Chief Cordy and to all the promotions on the fire side and the police side as well as the the awards that were given for going above and beyond the duty. Thank you Chief Frostow for bringing those. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that came tonight. It was a wonderful ceremony.

01:20:40.880 --> 01:20:57.880
And just to echo that, congratulations Chief Cordy. Also as a reminder, Council Monday, February 16th is President's Day, so we will not have Council meeting on that day. It will be on Tuesday the 17th, just so making sure you don't show up as the doors will be locked.

01:20:57.880 --> 01:21:01.880
Council Business would be Alderman Johnson.

01:21:01.880 --> 01:21:07.560
Yeah, I just want to say thank you to the fire department and the police department for the

01:21:07.560 --> 01:21:09.480
entertaining basketball game.

01:21:09.480 --> 01:21:12.440
It was very exciting.

01:21:12.440 --> 01:21:13.880
They have some really good moves.

01:21:13.880 --> 01:21:16.060
It was kind of fun to watch.

01:21:16.060 --> 01:21:19.600
So thank you for all their efforts and my heart goes out to the people on Clark Street

01:21:19.600 --> 01:21:20.760
that have lost their homes.

01:21:20.760 --> 01:21:24.319
I went through a fire as a child and lost our house.

01:21:24.319 --> 01:21:30.300
So however anybody can help them, I'm sure the Salvation Army in different places are

01:21:30.300 --> 01:21:37.659
taking funds for them so thank you. Alderman Simmons. I don't have anything, thank you. Alderman Parker.

01:21:37.659 --> 01:21:42.380
I'll just repeat what she said it was an excellent ball game and the police department won so

01:21:42.380 --> 01:21:48.940
it made it a little better and congratulations to everybody that got awards tonight and recognized

01:21:48.940 --> 01:21:54.380
I thought that was excellent thank you. Alderman Stacy. Nothing tonight thank you. Alderman Shadle.

01:21:54.380 --> 01:22:01.779
Nothing tonight. Alderman Sanders? Did I misunderstand the next council meeting

01:22:01.779 --> 01:22:06.699
would be on the 17th of this month? Correct, that's a Tuesday because we're

01:22:06.699 --> 01:22:11.860
closed on the Monday. Okay, so what's going on on the 9th? That's the committee of the

01:22:11.860 --> 01:22:19.460
whole. Oh, okay. Oh, you just, okay. Okay, I get it now. I didn't understand at

01:22:19.460 --> 01:22:24.220
first. Alderman Sellers? Yes, I just want to say we had fun at the basketball game

01:22:24.220 --> 01:22:38.220
and maybe next year they can get Linda to be a cheerleader because she was a cheerleader but it was fun and the police department did win but congratulations to you Chief for being a part.

01:22:38.220 --> 01:22:52.220
Alderman Klemm. Just congratulations to everybody on the promotions and the awards for time and we've got great staff here and it's awful nice to see them recognized.

01:22:52.220 --> 01:22:56.220
And that leaves us with public comments. Are there any public comments this evening?

01:22:56.220 --> 01:22:57.220
Yes, ma'am.

01:23:04.220 --> 01:23:07.220
How are you doing? My name is Akia Sanders. I haven't been up here in a while.

01:23:07.220 --> 01:23:11.220
I want to say it's cool to hear the public thanks for the fire.

01:23:11.220 --> 01:23:14.220
But I'm disturbed at why the fire lasted so long.

01:23:14.220 --> 01:23:20.220
We ignored the negligence for the fire hydrants on the east side way back a couple meetings ago. We heard that.

01:23:20.220 --> 01:23:50.220
Fire hydrants was frozen. We could have saved one house for sure. The fire shouldn't have been that bad. I had a friend in that fire. Maybe the lady wouldn't have had to jump out the window. If we would have paid attention to the fire hydrants and it wouldn't have been frozen, that won't be made public because that's somebody else's fault. But I think it's a load of crap that we don't have enough water and we had to wait for our neighboring communities to come and put a fire out.

01:23:50.220 --> 01:23:54.619
that fire that house is down to the ground the owner may or may not have insurance

01:23:55.659 --> 01:24:01.100
due to the fact that maybe that that house could have been saved is my point and and somebody needs

01:24:01.100 --> 01:24:06.060
i hope that that taught the fire department a lesson to go around and look at and and maintenance

01:24:06.060 --> 01:24:11.659
every fire hydrant just in case then we're talking about building apartments downtown above everything

01:24:11.659 --> 01:24:15.739
anybody been in some of those apartments up there them is the most raggedy-est buildings i've ever

01:24:15.739 --> 01:24:24.739
So I hope that the electrical gets fixed in there before anybody commonly tries to live up there. Pay close attention to that electrical.

01:24:24.739 --> 01:24:28.739
Then I want to say, like, about this parking lot that we want to stick so much money in.

01:24:28.739 --> 01:24:36.739
This is a city manager that knows that we are facing homelessness, a lady died, we can't find no other use for no money.

01:24:36.739 --> 01:24:39.739
Sit there, ignore, shake your head, what you usually do, we're used to that.

01:24:39.739 --> 01:24:40.739
and others.

01:24:40.739 --> 01:24:45.460
But what I'm saying is this, we can't find no use and get to the root of all the problems

01:24:45.460 --> 01:24:50.260
in here, but we can go spend money on a very unimportant parking lot.

01:24:50.260 --> 01:24:54.659
We have a lot of real problems here, not just our streets.

01:24:54.659 --> 01:24:56.220
We don't have anywhere for people to go.

01:24:56.220 --> 01:25:00.220
What happened to the famous speech that you gave during all this election stuff, this

01:25:00.220 --> 01:25:01.860
in-field housing stuff?

01:25:01.860 --> 01:25:04.460
You don't have no, build an apartment building.

01:25:04.460 --> 01:25:08.079
House some people, get some people in here, get our population back up.

01:25:08.079 --> 01:25:38.079
Somebody will come here to work, live. You're inviting poverty in here, you're just not building anything. We don't have nothing. This is a thing about giving your friends money. This ain't about building Freeport. Y'all can put a pretty blanket over whatever you want, but this is a real ugly way and I hope y'all know that God is not going to help y'all get all the way to the promised land by deceiving your constituents and that you were supposed to serve all the

01:25:38.079 --> 01:25:42.079
S. Men on the panel just saying yeah, get ready.

01:25:42.079 --> 01:25:46.079
Are there any other public comments?

01:25:46.079 --> 01:25:50.079
Yes, Mr. Teagle.

01:25:50.079 --> 01:25:54.079
Do you want to go to the podium? If you want me to, sure.

01:25:58.079 --> 01:26:02.079
I want to address the comments on frozen

01:26:02.079 --> 01:26:06.079
fire hydrants. Those comments are untrue.

01:26:06.079 --> 01:26:11.760
We did not have frozen fire hydrants during this fire that has been a misconception that

01:26:11.760 --> 01:26:14.480
has spread around the city of Freeport.

01:26:14.480 --> 01:26:17.520
Those are old hydrants and they operate very hard.

01:26:17.520 --> 01:26:23.860
Our Public Works team was on the scene immediately and opened those hydrants and the fire department

01:26:23.860 --> 01:26:25.760
started to use them.

01:26:25.760 --> 01:26:31.360
Everything else that has been distributed around Freeport is unfactual, not correct

01:26:31.360 --> 01:26:33.119
and should stop.

01:26:33.119 --> 01:26:35.279
Leave it to the experts.

01:26:35.279 --> 01:26:40.760
Those houses were fully engulfed before the fire department got there and we did the best

01:26:40.760 --> 01:26:43.279
we could to help in this situation.

01:26:43.279 --> 01:26:48.220
Everyone in the City of Freeport dropped what they were doing to respond and help.

01:26:48.220 --> 01:26:52.279
And so as long as we're going to deal with facts, the facts show that the fire hydrants

01:26:52.279 --> 01:26:57.880
worked in extremely rough conditions along with the fire department.

01:26:57.880 --> 01:27:00.960
So thank you.

01:27:00.960 --> 01:27:04.760
If there's no further public comments, I will entertain a motion to adjourn.

01:27:04.760 --> 01:27:05.760
I'll move.

01:27:05.760 --> 01:27:06.760
Second.

01:27:06.760 --> 01:27:09.239
We have a motion made by Sellers, seconded by Shadle.

01:27:09.239 --> 01:27:11.039
All those in favor, signify by saying aye.

01:27:11.039 --> 01:27:12.039
Aye.

01:27:12.039 --> 01:27:13.039
Aye.

01:27:13.039 --> 01:27:14.039
Have a good evening.

01:27:14.039 --> 01:27:15.039
That was good.

01:27:15.039 --> 01:27:16.039
All right.

01:27:16.039 --> 01:27:17.039
That's good.

01:27:17.039 --> 01:27:18.039
Karen, how are you doing?

01:27:18.039 --> 01:27:19.039
I know, it's really fun.

01:27:19.039 --> 01:27:20.039
What is this?

01:27:20.039 --> 01:27:21.039
Living the dream.

01:27:21.039 --> 01:27:22.039
The engine was you.

01:27:22.039 --> 01:27:23.039
Was you.

01:27:23.039 --> 01:27:24.039
That did happen.

01:27:24.039 --> 01:27:25.039
Oh, yes.

01:27:25.039 --> 01:27:26.039
Oh, you will get it.

01:27:26.039 --> 01:27:27.039
Could you please unplug me?

01:27:27.039 --> 01:27:39.239
could you please unplug me thank you

01:27:57.039 --> 01:28:02.039
Well, not in the school. Not yet. We're still playing a little game.

01:28:02.039 --> 01:28:07.039
Because I was there for a little time. I'm the one that called, but you know, because I heard the police firing.

01:28:07.039 --> 01:28:10.039
It was a big problem. Absolutely.

01:28:10.039 --> 01:28:12.039
Jane, I said hello.

01:28:12.039 --> 01:28:14.039
All good. Thank you.

01:28:14.039 --> 01:28:16.039
Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you.

01:28:16.039 --> 01:28:18.039
We went to Chicago's...

01:28:18.039 --> 01:28:21.039
Yeah, I set up the fuel site. I ran the hydrant for the tankers.

01:28:21.039 --> 01:28:23.039
No way to come here.

01:28:23.039 --> 01:28:25.039
There they are.

01:28:27.039 --> 01:28:29.039
Yeah, you talk to him.

01:29:27.039 --> 01:29:28.039
and others.

01:29:28.039 --> 01:29:29.039
Thank you.

01:29:29.039 --> 01:29:30.039
Thank you.

01:29:30.039 --> 01:29:30.060
Thank you.