Galesburg Reporter

City of Galesburg City Council met Aug. 21

Here is the agenda provided by the council:  

5:15 p.m. Public Hearing 

Proposed 10 year extension of the Special Service Area Number One  

6:00 p.m. Roll Call 

Pledge of Allegiance 

Proclamation National Black Business Month 

Invocation 

Approve Minutes from the August 7, 2023 

Public Comment 

Consent Agenda #2023-16 

23-2045 Resolution Acceptance of donation of vacant lot formerly known as 848 S. Broad 

23-4082 Approve Purchase of phosphate inhibitor 

23-4083 Approve 2023 – 2024 WIAAA Transit Service Contract 

23-4084 Approve 2023 - 2024 Carl Sandburg College Transit Service Contract 

23-5008 Receive Investment schedule as of March 31, 2023 

23-8015 Bills and Advance Checks Approval and warrants drawn in payment of same 

Passage of Ordinances and Resolutions 

23-1015 Ordinance Irwin Street bond ordinance (Final Reading) 

23-2046 Resolution Commitment of funds equal to funds spent on Irwin Street project for a community center project 

23-2047 Resolution Safe Routes to School Grant Application 

23-2048 Resolution OSLAD Grant application for property adjacent to former Cooke School 

23-2049 Resolution Local funding for the Carl Sandburg Drive resurfacing project 

Bids, Petitions and Communications 

23-3027 Bid Demolition of 140 – 144 E. Main Street City Manager’s Report 

Miscellaneous Business (Agreements, Approvals, Etc.)  

23-4081 Approve Reconsider Appraisal of 905 Maple Avenue  

23-4085 Approve Contract with James Kelly Law Firm, PC for City Attorney legal services 

23-4086 Approve Salary Schedule – reclassification of Public Works Director 

23-4087 Approve Change order for the Risk Assessment Study and Contour Mapping of the City's Water Transmission Line to Oquawka 

23-4088 Approve Transit Advertising Policy 

23-4089 Approve Knox County Veterans Assistance Transit Service Contract 

23-6006 Approve Appointment Memo – Community Center Task Force 

Town Business

23-9017 Bills 

Closing Comments 

Executive Session  

Executive Session 

Convene into closed door Executive Session for the purpose of discussing: 

A. Approval of the July 12, 2023 executive session minutes, 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(21) 

B. Litigation, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) 

C. Personnel, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) 

Adjournment

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