CITY OF OLNEY
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 29, 2009

AGENDA #1 “CALL TO ORDER” The June 29, 2009 special meeting of the Olney City Council was called to order at 6:37 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Olney City Hall located at 300 S. Whittle Avenue, Olney, Illinois, with Mayor Mark Lambird presiding.

AGENDA #2 “ROLL CALL” The following Council members were present: Gary Foster, Brad Brown, Bob Ferguson and Mark Lambird. Pete Weber entered the meeting later. Also present were City Manager Randy Bukas, City Attorney Larry Taylor and City Clerk Belinda Henton.

AGENDA #3 “EXECUTIVE SESSION: EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION OF SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES AND COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING MATTERS” Councilman Brown moved to adjourn to executive session to discuss the employment and compensation of specific employees and collective negotiating matters seconded by Councilman Foster. Councilmen Brown, Ferguson, Mayor Lambird and Councilman Foster voted yes. There were no opposing votes. The motion carried.

With the absence of anyone from the public, Councilmen Foster, Brown, Ferguson, Mayor Lambird, City Manager Bukas, City Attorney Taylor and City Clerk Henton entered into executive session in the Council Chambers at 6:37 p.m.

Councilman Foster moved to enter back into open session, seconded by Councilman Weber. A unanimous voice vote was received. Open session resumed at 7:00 p.m.

AGENDA #4 “WORK SESSION: PRIORITIZE PROJECTS FOR COMING YEAR” Upon the request of Mr. Bukas, Mr. Taylor reviewed the City Manager form of government. He also discussed city related emails. The City is subject to the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act which provides that everything is subject to disclosure with a few exemptions. Freedom of information would even pertain to City business through a personal email account. Emails can be deleted from a computer, but a hard copy should be kept.

Mayor Lambird believed all councilmen should have a City email account.

Mr. Bukas posted water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and city boundary maps on the walls of the Council Chambers for reference during the work session. Also posted were individual sheets for various areas for discussion such as economic development, recreation, personnel, sanitary sewer, water, storm water, streets, sidewalks, capital improvements and miscellaneous. Under each topic there were several items listed for discussion and consideration.

Mr. Bukas reviewed each item listed. After discussing all the items presented and a few which were added, the Council cast votes for their top five priorities. The following items received four votes each: demolition and reuse of property with consideration for tax abatements and other incentives to build in older sections of the city and storm water issues in the location of Boone, Morgan and Fair. The following items received two votes each: the extension of water lines in the East Fork/Borah Lake area, updating of the comprehensive plan, development of pedestrian transportation such as sidewalks and bike lanes, development of a downtown and Richland Mall TIF and the better use of East Fork Lake with consideration for a RV park and bike paths. The following items received one vote each: East Industrial Park, incentive programs for existing businesses, further development of Musgrove Park, the addition of a fourth firefighter, maintaining or improving the existing ISO rating, improvement of the U.S. Route 50/Main Street median and the extension of Linn Street to Parker.

Another planning session will take place in January 2010 to evaluate the progress on this list. The Council will also be supplied with costs of various projects to help prioritize them during the budget process.

AGENDA #5 “ADJOURN” Councilman Weber moved to adjourn, seconded by Councilman Foster. A unanimous voice vote was received. The meeting of the City Council adjourned at 9:24 p.m.



Belinda C. Henton
City Clerk