City of Sandwich Regular Council met December 23.
Here is the agenda as provided by the council:
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call:
Audience Comments: In order to maintain a more concise and accurate permanent record, kindly complete a public comment form on the table by the entrance and leave in tray
Consent Agenda: Motion to adopt the Consent Agenda as a whole. (All matters listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately).
a. Approval of Regular Council Meeting Minutes of December 9, 2019
b. Approval of COW Minutes of December 16, 2019
c. Approval of December bills totaling $ 246,555.50
Items to be Removed from the Consent Agenda
Mayor:
(1) Ordinance 2019-19 entitled “Annual Tax Levy” presented for passage. Tax levy will be an increase of 4.95% at $1,548,591.00 and represents a tax increase of $19.00 per $100,000.00 equalized assessed valuation. Tax levy must be filed by Tuesday, December 31, 2019.
(2) Ordinance 2019-20 entitled “An Ordinance Amending Chapter 78 “Taxation” by Creating a New Article V, Entitled “Municipal Cannabis Retailers’ Occupation Tax” of the Municipal Code of the City of Sandwich to Impose a Municipal Cannabis Retailers’ Occupation Tax” presented for passage. A tax will be imposed on businesses selling retail cannabis at 3% gross receipts from sales. Said Ordinance amends Chapter 78 of the Municipal Code by adding a new Article
V.
(3) 5th Monday – No meeting on December 30th. Next meeting will be Monday, January 6, 2020
Foster, Buick, Conklin & Lundgren Law Group:
City Clerk:
City Treasurer:
Director of Public Works Engineer Horak:
Chief Bianchi:
EMA:
Alderwoman Chmielewski:
Alderman Dell:
Alderman Kelleher:
Alderwoman Killey:
Alderman Kreinbrink:
Alderman Redden:
Alderman Robinson:
Alderman Surratt:
New Business:
Adjournment:
http://www.sandwich.il.us/documents/rca122319.pdf