Lincoln, Illinois
April 4, 2011
Minutes of a regular City Council Meeting held in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Lincoln,
IL, on Monday, April 4, 2011.
Mayor Snyder called the regular City Council Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. City Clerk Mrs.
Martinek called the roll. There were nine Aldermen present (Alderman Anderson, Alderman
Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel, Alderman
O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert) and one absent (Alderman Busby).
Also present were Fire Chief Miller, Safety Building and Zoning Officer Mr. Lebegue, Street
Superintendent Mr. Jackson, and Police Chief Greenslate. Also present were City Treasurer
Mr. Conzo, City Clerk Mrs. Martinek, Mayor Snyder, City Attorney Mr. Bates, and Recording
Secretary Mrs. Riggs.
Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
Public Participation:
Mayor Snyder said that Mr. Chuck Fricke and Mrs. Mary Shattuck were present for the
Resolution naming April 9, 2011 at Bob Shattuck Day. He asked City Clerk Mrs. Martinek to
read the Resolution.
City Clerk Mrs. Martinek read the Resolution. Mayor Snyder said they would move into the
Consent Agenda to pass the Consent Agenda and then he would have Mr. Fricke and Mrs.
Shattuck come up.
Mayor Snyder called for the Consent Agenda:
Approve minutes of the March 7, 2011City Council meeting
Payment of bills
Petition by Frontier Mutual Insurance Company requesting to block Decatur Street from
S. Kickapoo Street East to their driveway at 305 Decatur Street for their 125th Anniversary
celebration April 18, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (subject to proof of insurance).
Petition by Main Street Lincoln to block streets at the corners of McLean/Pulaski and Pulaski/
Kickapoo for the LCHS Grand March on April 30, 2011 (subject to proof of insurance)
Petition by Main Street Lincoln to place 12 hanging flower baskets on the light poles around the
Courthouse Square Historic District
Resolution #2011-234 naming April 9, 2011 Bob Shattuck Day
Alderman Anderson moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented and Alderman Horn
seconded it. Mayor Snyder asked if there was any discussion. City Clerk Mrs. Martinek called
the roll call. There were nine yeas (Alderman Anderson, Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon,
Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel, Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman
Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays, and one absent (Alderman Busby); motion carried.
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Consent Agenda
Mr. Fricke said he appreciated their time in this. His golfing buddies of which I consist of one
so he speaks for them and they call themselves the Walkers. They get up at 7:00 and play golf
on Saturday morning and we walk and we do the brisk 9 holes and have breakfast. They have
developed a great strong friendship for many years by doing that. He said that Mrs. Shattuck
was here tonight if they had any questions for her regarding Mr. Shattuck himself but he was
here to talk about the fundraiser they are doing its called Comedy for a Cause. It will be at the
Lincoln Banquet Center which is the Thunderfoot behind the Super 8 Hotel on Saturday. They
have a live auction and silent auctions. Some of the live auctions that they have are a trip for 2 to
Canada with a guide leaving Lincoln going to Minneapolis and then on to Lake Savant which is
200 miles of Canadian Wilderness fishing and the only way to get there is to fly in. Only God
and your partner are going to see you there. The second one is a flight to St. Louis from Lincoln
Airport and you will be picked up and taken to dinner and then flown around St. Louis before
you leave so that you can see the city. Another one is J. H. Petty & Associates, where Mr.
Shattuck works his wife Sarah has a photography place and one of the ladies is going to
contribute a 24 X 30 custom digital hand painted canvas photograph for a family valued at
$3,300.00. These are the things that people around here have donated and just a few of the items
and they have over 50 merchants here in town that have donated anywhere from $100.00 to
$500.00 in other prizes and things we have solicited and they have been able to help. Mr. &
Mrs. Dave Bender have just gotten back from Las Vegas and he acquired a Dick Butkus #51
jersey signed and you get the photograph of him signing it in front of Dave Bender and there will
be a football signed by Dick Butkus. If you are a Chicago Bears fan and you’re interested in that
please be present. Lincoln College the home of the Lincoln Lynx champions are donating 2
season tickets to their ball games. They have had a lot of interest as you can see in Lincoln and
the surrounding areas because Mr. Shattuck has as you mentioned in the report tonight how he
affected the citizens and the work he has done here in the city. If you need information about
some of the other items you can contact him, Bob Combs, Doug Rader, and Doug Muck are a
few of the other members of the committee that they are meeting right now and he took off to
bring Mrs. Shattuck up here and going back for the meeting.
Mrs. Shattuck said Bob has been fighting this battle for almost 2 years now. Right now he is at
this alternative treatment center and insurance is not paying for any of this. We are hoping this is
our last ditch effort to have him go there and heal naturally and it is between him and God. She
is not even allowed to see him for two weeks and he has to stay there 4-6 weeks so it has been
very hard this first week. At least when you go on vacation you allowed to talk to your spouse
so it has been hard. She appreciated everyone’s help.
Mayor Snyder gave Mrs. Shattuck a copy of the Resolution. She knew the city has appreciated
all his work and he knew that Alderman Tibbs had particularly worked with him. We thank him
for that work and hope that Saturday goes great and thanked Mr. Fricke and his helpers.
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Approval of any items removed from the Consent Agenda
There were no items removed from the Consent Agenda.
Petitions
Petition to block Kickapoo from Broadway to Pulaski Street for the Civil War Statue dedication
on April 9, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (subject to proof of insurance)
City Treasurer Mr. Conzo said the petition needed to be amended to just ban parking on the East
side of Kickapoo Street which is the courthouse side rather than closing the street from 12:30
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. They have their insurance certificate.
Alderman Hoinacki made a motion to approve the petition for the street closure of just the
parking spaces on the East side of Kickapoo Street between Pulaski and Broadway and
Alderman Tibbs seconded it. Mayor Snyder said any discussion about this.
Mr. Conzo said if you haven’t seen the statue since it has arrived and installed earlier today and
it was really something to see. It will be about an hour and hoped everyone could come. It starts
at 2:00 p.m.
City Clerk Mrs. Martinek called the roll call. There were nine yeas (Alderman Anderson,
Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel,
Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays, and one absent
(Alderman Busby); motion carried.
Ordinances and Resolutions
There were no Ordinances or Resolutions to come before the City Council.
Unfinished Business:
There was no Unfinished Business to come before the City Council.
New Business/Communications:
Electrical Provider Contract
Mr. Tackett said as of today Mr. Bates has the renewal language in contract our extension for
Mid America Company. Today’s prices were just a fraction higher than what they were last
Tuesday. The market has stabilized a little and in comparing prices with other companies Mid
America is still slightly a fraction lower than the rest of them. His recommendation is that they
move forward and renew with Mid America for the next two years. He is hoping, they have
gone back and done some things to the legal part of it that Mr. Bates and maybe he would like to
speak to that.
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Electrical Provider Contract
Mr. Bates said after last week when Mr. Tackett gave him the documents on the renewal with
Mid America he got to looking more closely at them over the weekend and today and actually all
that is being supplied is a new Schedule A and a new Schedule B to our original contract from
2009. He hasn’t reviewed the contract just the Exhibits but the Exhibits have some additional
language in them that were not in the Exhibits from 2009. There were two things that can add to
the cost to the city, add-ons if you will, like transmission charges and things like that and there
was some additional language that he didn’t understand dealing with unregulated meters or some
such thing.
Mr. Tackett said he has an explanation on two of those things. Actually what they did when they
questioned those they went back and he thought there were only two things in there now that are
under question. They moved back the original contract. He thought there were two points left.
Mr. Bates said there is still one potential add on over and above the fixed price under a category
of renewable compliance charges. These are things they can add on: transmission ancillary
capacity, line losses, and delivery. They have been on since 2009 but the new one is including
but not limited to costs associated with renewable portfolio standards or all other environmental
renewable program compliance costs required by the delivery company, state or federal
regulatory agencies based on Mid America’s incurred costs and billed as a separate line item.
That is an add on and he didn’t know what it was.
Mr. Tackett said it is actually what I have been explained it’s the green law. Its taxes since the
2009 contract taxes that the State of Illinois have levied on transmissions. Our power comes
across Ameren lines. Its taxes added on by green law and it amounts to .00018 and that is what
they are talking about there.
Mr. Bates said other than that it seems to be the same program we’ve been on for two years.
There are varying start dates and said to Mr. Tackett that in looking at these properties it’s a
different list than the 2009 contract and you need to make sure those are correct.
Mr. Tackett said one of things if you remember back in the early times the City of Lincoln has
a franchise with Ameren Cilco and those have been removed. Mr. Bates said ok and that is why
they are different. Mr. Tackett said he made sure today they did not have that. Mr. Bates said
this includes all that we want and none of them we don’t. Mr. Tackett said yes sir. Mr. Bates
said he had no quarrel and nothing different than what he said in 2009.
Alderman Tibbs said this is just a two year contract again. Mayor Snyder said yes. Mr. Bates
said to May 2013. Actually all of the properties have different read dates and this is renewing as
of the May read date which some are the 4th, 19th, 18th and all in May but all different dates and
renews from the read date on each account. Mayor Snyder said the estimated savings compared
to where we are now. Mr. Tackett said a little over 22%. Alderman Neitzel asked how much.
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Mr. Tackett said over on the sewer side it is a little over $60,000.00.
Mr. Bates said if you want to roll the dice you can with a variable rate and apparently over the
last two years it would have saved you money. He was not advocating that.
Mayor Snyder said they do have a certain savings there. We would need a motion to renew the
agreement with Mid America for the next two years based on the schedules they have provided.
Mr. Bates said if that motion wants to state the fixed price per kilowatt hour is .0382 dollars.
Alderman Neitzel said so moved and Alderman Anderson seconded it. Mr. Tackett said the
price in the contract was good until today at 5:00 p.m. but they’ve agreed to hold it over until
morning to make all the necessary signatures.
City Clerk Mrs. Martinek called the roll call. There were nine yeas (Alderman Anderson,
Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman Horn, Alderman Neitzel,
Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero nays, and one absent
(Alderman Busby); motion carried.
Mayoral Appointments to Boards and Commissions
Mayor Snyder said he had passed out to their places this evening appointments to two
commissions and a board. His emphasis here was trying to get the planning commission fully
staffed and terms up to date because Mr. Lebegue has some upcoming business for the Planning
Commission. He read the following lists:
Planning Commission term expiring
May 1, 2012
Bob Wood, a returning member
May 1, 2013
David Klug, Ron Keller, John Guzzardo returning members
Robert Combs (bldg inspector for Bloomington) replacing Clara Janet who submitted her
resignation
Fire and Police Commission
May 1, 2013
Joe Haning
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Zoning Board of Appeals
May 1, 2012
Laverne (Lou) Tesh replacing Julie Larson who now is a part time employee of the Zoning
Office
May 1, 2015
Jim Drew and Rick Zimmer
Alderman Anderson moved to approve all of the Mayor’s recommendations for terms of
the Planning Commission, Fire and Police Commission, and Zoning Board of Appeals and
Alderman Horn seconded it. City Clerk Mrs. Martinek called the roll call. There were nine yeas
(Alderman Anderson, Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman
Horn, Alderman Neitzel, Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero
nays, and one absent (Alderman Busby); motion carried.
Mr. Bates said vote tomorrow.
Alderman Neitzel moved to adjourn and Alderman Anderson seconded it. There were nine yeas
(Alderman Anderson, Alderman Armbrust, Alderman Bacon, Alderman Hoinacki, Alderman
Horn, Alderman Neitzel, Alderman O’Donohue, Alderman Tibbs, and Alderman Wilmert), zero
nays, and one absent (Alderman Busby); motion carried.
The City Council Meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted By:
Risa Riggs
Recording Secretary