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City of Genoa City Council met Oct. 5.

Here is the minutes provided by the council:

Mayor Brust called the meeting of the City Council to order at 7:02 p.m. Roll call was taken by City Clerk pro tem Jan Tures. Aldermen Pulley, Freund, Stage, Cravatta, Hughes and Holcomb were present. Alderman Wesner and Winter were absent. Quorum present.

Mayor Brust led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Guest Speakers – None

Motion made by Alderman Pulley to accept the minutes of the September 21, 2022 City Council meeting, seconded by Alderman Freund. No further discussion. Voice vote was taken. All voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Alderman Pulley to approve payment of the account’s payables for September 30, 2022, seconded by Alderman Hughes. No further discussion. Roll call vote was taken. Aldermen Pulley, Freund, Stage, Cravatta, Hughes and Holcomb voted yes. Motion carried.

ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE – None

OLD BUSINESS - None

NEW BUSINESS: 

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING A REDUCTION IN CERTAIN FEES AS AN INCENTIVE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION: Motion made by Alderman Hughes to approve an ordinance providing a reduction in certain fees as an incentive for new constriction, seconded by Alderman Holcomb. In the past, the city, with support of the School District, has waived school impact fees for a certain number of residential homes per year (i.e., the first 5, 10, 20 etc.). In 2022, the Council waived the first 5. Since then, all of the waivers have been utilized and Silverthorne Homebuilders, who is building homes in Oak Creek Estates, requested additional waivers. At their recent meeting, the School District indicated they’d like to waive the school impact fee for the remaining lots of Oak Creek Estates Unit 4 Phase 1, which would be for 19 additional new homes, which is reflected in the draft ordinance within the packet. The Ordinance also includes a refund of a school impact fee that was paid by Silverthorne Homebuilders on the 6th new home that did not receive a waiver because the first 5 waivers had been utilized. Alderman Cravatta asked how much this will impact the city for revenue, Mayor Brust stated none that this is strictly for the school district. Roll call vote was taken. Aldermen Pulley, Freund, Stage, Cravatta, Hughes and Holcomb voted yes.

WAIVE THE BID PROCESS AND APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR SIDEWALK AND CURB WORK BY UNITRIM CEMENT AND LANDSCAPE, NOT TO EXCEED $29,848.66: Motion made by Alderman Holcomb to waive the bid process and approve a contract for sidewalk and curb work by Unitrim Cement and Landscape, not to exceed $29,848.66, seconded by Alderman Hughes. Unitrim has submitted a contract to complete sidewalk and curb repairs and installation throughout various areas of the community, including locations along: North State Street, North Hadsall Street, South Hadsall Street, South Genoa Street, South Sycamore Street, East Main Street, Forest View Drive, Walnut Street, and North Brown Street. Over 1/3 of the cost of this year’s sidewalk work is to install a new sidewalk connecting Oak Creek Estates to South Oak Creek Drive. Public Works Director stated that she is having a hard time getting contractors to give the city bids and if she gets some they are way more expensive. Roll call vote was taken. Aldermen Pulley, Freund, Stage, Cravatta, Hughes and Holcomb voted yes.

Alderman Winter now present for meeting

CLOSED SESSION: Motion made by Alderman Pulley to go to Closed Session for the purpose of approving the minutes of the previous closed session and for the purpose of discussing land acquisition, seconded by Alderman Holcomb. Roll call vote was taken. Aldermen Pulley, Freund, Stage, Winter, Cravatta, Hughes and Holcomb voted yes. Motion carried

RECONVENE REGULAR SESSION: Motion made by Alderman Stage to reconvene regular session, seconded by Alderman Pulley. Roll call vote was taken. Aldermen Pulley, Freund, Stage, Winter, Cravatta, Hughes and Holcomb voted yes. Motion carried.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS 

Finance Report – Treasurer & Finance Director, Jan Tures stated that she has nothing new to report at this time

Public Works – Public Works Director, Janice Melton stated that they are working on the Gabian Baskets over at Oak Creek off of Madison, Prairie Street has 4 more hook-ups, hot patching roads, tree planting and working on grants. Alderman Cravatta thanked public works for the work they did by resident Sue Hamm’s home on South State St.

Police Department – Chief Smith reported that the new squad is almost ready just missing a few minor things, Friday is the Homecoming Parade and Game, Chief handed out September Call List (this report is generated from the new software) to council and pointed out that domestics is the biggest occurrence in town at 39 calls with the majority of the calls being in Ward 3.

Administrative Report – City Administrator, Alyssa Seguss was absent from meeting

Mayor’s Report – Mayor Brust stated that he wanted to commend Alderman Pulley for another successful Harvest Fest which was bigger and better and well organized. If anyone is interested there will be a meeting for next years Harvest Fest planning and feedback this coming Monday at 1pm.

ANNOUNCEMENTS – Homecoming this weekend, Halloween coming up in a few weeks, Trunk or Treat, Caramel Apples are being sold at Sweet Delights.

Motion to adjourn the meeting of the City Council was made by Alderman Pulley, seconded by Alderman Freund. Voice vote was taken. All voted yes. Motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 8:01 p.m.

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