DeKalb Times

Village of Hinckley Board of Trustees met Feb. 27.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

CALL BOARD MEETING TO ORDER: Meeting was called to order by Village President Pro Tem Rainford at 7:00 PM. Roll call was taken showing the following:

Present: Steve Gayhart, Russell Kula, Sarah Quirk, Walter Rainford and Mike Constant. Quorum Established.

Trustee Quirk moved to appoint Trustee Kula as President Pro Tem and Trustee Constant seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Quirk-Aye, Gayhart-Aye, Kula-Aye, Rainford-Aye, Constant-Aye. Motion carried.

Absent: Michele Greene-Larsen.

Also Present: Deputy Clerk Kathy Michaels, Police Chief Ken Gettemy, Brandon Kramer, Treasurer Dave Maroo, Dale Youngers, and Members of the Public.

PUBLIC COMMENT on Agenda Items Scheduled for Action Only

None.

GENERAL BUSINESS

• Agenda item for discussion/approval: February 13, 2023, Regular Board Meeting Minutes Trustee Quirk moved to approve the minutes from February 13, 2023, and Trustee Gayhart seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Quirk-Aye, Gayhart-Aye, Kula-Aye, Rainford-Aye, and Constant-Aye. Motion carried.

• Agenda item for discussion/approval: February 13, 2023, Public Hearing Meeting Minutes Trustee Constant moved to approve the minutes from February 13, 2023, and Trustee Rainford seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Gayhart-Aye, Kula-Aye, Rainford-Aye, Constant-Aye, and Quirk Aye. Motion carried.

• Agenda item for discussion/approval: Payment of Invoices Due

Trustee Constant moved to approve the invoices as presented and Trustee Kula seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Kula-Aye, Rainford-Aye, Constant-Aye, Quirk-Aye, and Gayhart-Aye. Motion carried.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

No Report.

ATTORNEY’S REPORT

No Report.

CLERK’S REPORT

No Report.

ENGINEER’S REPORT

No Report.

TREASURER REPORT

Treasurer Maroo stated that the Project Fund needs to be corrected and then will be used as the generator account. There was a deficit in the Water/Sewer Fund since there was little income in January. Maroo stated we are still expecting the money from DeKalb County Grant as well.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Personnel

No Report.

Finance and Economic Development

No Report.

Public Safety

No Report.

Streets & Alleys

No Report.

Buildings, Grounds & Parks

• Agenda item for discussion/approval: Mowing RFP

Trustee Kula stated that it was time for the Mowing RFP and wanted to know if there were any changes to be made. Trustee Quirk stated that Ceneca needs to add or subtract from Exhibit A before it goes out. Trustee Constant stated a deadline date also needs to be decided. Trustee Quirk suggested by March 27th Regular Board Meeting. She stated that we need to know if there are restrictions on where and how the ad needs to be posted. Trustee Quirk moved to approve the Mowing RFP with the date to be announced, where and how to post ad and Ceneca approving Exhibit A with or without changes and Trustee Rainford seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Rainford-Aye, Constant-Aye, Quirk-Aye, Gayhart-Aye, and Kula-Aye. Motion carried.

Water & Sewer

• Agenda item for discussion/approval: Fees for additional testing and test results for Radium Trustee Gayhart and Dale Youngers are waiting on the EPA report before we go further but Trustee Gayhart did give Dale authorization to talk to Steve at EEI. He did give us 4 or 5 things to look at. He suggested to start barium testing which is approximately $25.00 per test and radium testing is $250.00 per test. It would be billed separately. Dale stated the worst outcome would b replacing the media again. It has been 7 years since we did it last. Dale suggested we start thinking/budgeting for this project. The last time this was done it cost between $100,000 and $115,000.

PUBLIC COMMENT

None.

OPEN DISCUSSION

None.

ADJOURMENT

Trustee Constant moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:27 pm and Trustee Quirk seconded the motion. Voice vote: All in favor. Motion carried. The next Regular Board Meeting will be held on March 13, 2023.

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