The Dwight Village Board of Trustees met in regular session at 6:00 p.m. with the meeting being called to order by President Bill Wilkey.  Roll call was as follows:

 

                                                Present:

                                                            Bill Wilkey                        President

                                                            Mike Woods                     Trustee

                                                            Justin Eggenberger                  ˝

                                                            Jared Anderson                       ˝          

                                                            Jerry Curtis                              ˝

                                                            Nick Kester                             ˝

                                                           

                                                Absent:

                                                            Angie Airgood                  Trustee

                                                           

Other Village officials in attendance were Administrator Kevin McNamara, Public Works Director David Bozarth, EMS Director Al Metzke, Police Chief Tim Henson, and Village Attorney Gary Neville.

 

President Wilkey led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance. 

 

A motion was made by Curtis and seconded by Eggenberger to approve the minutes of the December 14 and December 17, 2009 regular Village Board meetings.  Roll call was as follows:  Woods-aye; Eggenberger-aye; Anderson-aye; Curtis-aye; Kester-aye.  Motion carried.

 

The bills were presented for payment from the various funds in the amount of $90,217.36.  A motion was made by Curtis and seconded by Kester to pay the bills as submitted and approved by the Village Trustees.  Roll call was as follows:  Woods-aye; Eggenberger-aye; Anderson-aye; Curtis-aye; Kester-aye.  Motion carried.

 

A motion was made by Anderson and seconded by Woods to approve a fund transfer of $70,794.55 from the Sewer Fund to the Sewer Replacement Reserve Fund for the purpose of paying principal and interest on the 1998 IEPA wastewater treatment plant loan as submitted by Comptroller Patricia Drechsel.  Roll call was as follows:  Woods-aye; Eggenberger-aye; Anderson-aye; Curtis-aye; Kester-aye.  Motion carried.

 

In President Wilkey’s report:

 

�  thanked the Public Works department for keeping the streets plowed and cleaned during the recent snowfalls;

�  informed everyone that there would be training sessions for anyone wanting to work for the upcoming census on Monday, January 25^th at 1:30 p.m. at the library;

�  reminded the public of a ribbon cutting at the new Teen Center on January 21^st at 3:30 p.m.  There will be a parent orientation January 24^th, with the grand opening scheduled for January 29^th.

 

Village Clerk Drechsel read a thank you note from Bernice Skinner, widow of former Trustee Ron Skinner, thanking the President, Trustees, and Village employees for all their love and support.  A tree will be planted in one of the Village parks in memory of Trustee Skinner.

 

In old business, Administrator McNamara stated that he, President Wilkey, and Attorney Neville met with Steve Wilkey from the First National Bank of Dwight to review and clarify the Village Commercial Rehab Loan program.  President Wilkey asked the Trustees to review the proposed changes, then a Committee meeting will be held to discuss the program before it goes on the agenda for the next Village Board meeting.

 

In new business, the new Freedom of Information Act amendments were discussed as far as naming FOIA Officers.  Attorney Neville felt that, in small communities such as Dwight, it would make sense to name the Village Clerk as the primary FOIA Officer.  President Wilkey thought that the Village Attorney should be the backup FOIA Officer in the absence of the Village Clerk.

January 11, 2010

 

A motion was made by Curtis and seconded by Anderson to name the Village Clerk as the primary FOIA Officer, along with the Village Attorney as the back up FOIA Officer in the absence of the Village Clerk.  Roll call was as follows:  Woods-aye; Eggenberger-aye; Anderson-aye; Curtis-aye; Kester-aye.  Motion carried.

 

In regards to Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores development, Village Engineer Hansen stated that the traffic control study had been delivered to the Illinois Department of Transportation.  Also Love’s engineer, Bob Russell, delivered papers to Christopher Burke Engineering and FEMA in regards to the flood plain in that area.

 

The next item to be discussed was a vertical boring permit application from the Dwight Public Schools.  The Dwight schools are looking into the possibility of installing a geothermal heating/cooling system, and are asking permission to have a test bore done to determine the feasibility of having this type of system installed.  Discussion included the possibility of contamination of the Village’s water supply since the borings would go through the aquifer that the Village’s wells pump water from. 

 

Engineer Hansen said he learned that the Livingston County Department of Health recently put a geothermal permitting process into place, and that department would take care of permitting and inspections. 

 

It was determined that further study and discussion is needed on this subject.

 

A motion was made by Woods and seconded by Kester to send the issue of the Dwight Public Schools’ boring permit to the Utility Committee.  Roll call was as follows:  Woods-aye; Eggenberger-aye; Anderson-aye; Curtis-aye; Kester-aye.  Motion carried.

 

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Woods and seconded by Curtis.  All voted aye.  The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.

 

 

APPROVED:

 

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                    Bill Wilkey, Village President

 

ATTEST:

 

                                                           

Patricia E. Drechsel, Village Clerk