The Taylorville City Council will meet tonight at 7 for its first of 2 regular monthly meetings.
The meeting will open with the approval of minutes from the last council meeting, along with the approval of minutes of the Finance Committee and Ordinance Committee meetings held on June 18th, and approval of minutes of the Street and Sewer Committee meeting held on June 25th.
Discussions under ordinance include making appropriations to defray expenditures of the City Of Taylorville for the fiscal year commencing on May 1st, of 2026 and ending on April 30th of 2027. There will be a discussion on amending section 9-2-1 of chapter 2 title 9 of the Taylorville City Code as well.
Also under ordinance, there will be a discussion on approving and authorizing the execution of business development district number 1 redevelopment agreements by and between the City of Taylorville and Will and Courtney Bland from LOV Properties, David Brummer from 137 East Main Cross Street, Robert Goeckner and Goeckner, Inc, and Bekim Letniku from 1025 West Spresser Street.
The city council will also hear from Ted Bailey of Bailey Energy Group about renewal pricing.
Next on the agenda will be a motion to recommend that the city council approves an ordinance prohibiting synthetic kratom within the city and to direct the city attorney to prepare the said ordinance.
The city council will make a motion to approve to bid or advertise a full time dispatcher position within the Taylorville Police Department, a motion to approve the special events permit for the annual “Old Timers Boogie” set to be held in August on the property owned by Mid-America Sport Parachute Club, a motion to approve a special events permit for the upcoming homecoming parade to be held in October, and a motion to approve a special events permit for the 2027 graduation parade set to be held in May of next year. The city council will also make a motion to approve the purchase of bike route signs in the amount of $6,886.87, to be funded by the Hotel Motel Tax line item.
Under finance the city council will make a motion to accept the pollution and cyber renewal policy from Dimond Brothers Insurance.
Under street and sewer, there will be a motion to approve the purchase of steel wheels for the sewer camera from EJ Equipment, not to exceed a cost of $3,500, and a motion to approve Benton Engineering to proceed with the engineering design phase for the pavement, sidewalks, and curbs on the downtown project. The city council will also discuss a motion to accept the proposal from Illinois Valley Paving, for $85,078.37 for work associated with the resurfacing of West Main Cross street from Houston Street to west of Silver Street, pending the receipt of signed contracts, insurance, and bonds.
The city council also will make a motion to accept the proposal from Earthworx Solutions of $276,979.50 for work associated with the reconstruction of Adams Street from Washington Street to Main Street.
Following all of the motions, the city council will hear updates from Taylorville’s City Attorney, Rocci Romano, and Taylorville Mayor Bruce Barry, followed by a motion to accept the treasurer’s report and the payment of bills, and concluding with the hearing of public comments to be made to the city council.
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