City Council Minutes 2007 08-21-07 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE. ]KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
800 GAME FARM ROAD ON
TUESDAY. AUGUST 21.2007.
Mayor Surd called the meeting to order at 6:27 P.M and led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Clerk Milschewski called the roll.
Ward I Leslie Present (arrived 6:40)
Werderich Present
Ward H Golinski Present
Plocher Present
Ward III Munns Present
Sutcliff Present
Ward IV Besco Present
Spears Present (arrived 6:40)
OUORUM
A quorum was established.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to go into executive session for the appointment, employment,
compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal
counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of
the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.
No motion was made.
Mayor Burd asked if the Council had any questions and Alderman Munns asked if there were any major
changes made to the City Administrator's contract since the Council reviewed it. Interim City
Administrator Olson noted that the changes made were minor and included grammatical errors, a change
to deferred compensation, references to moving to Yorkville (not required to live in city), clarification of
yearly evaluation (a reference to the evaluation policy and clarification that the review would coincide
with the city's fiscal year), verbiage to allow for a City Council meeting to be missed if preapproved, etc.
Mayor Burd explained the process used to hire the new City Administrator and indicated that the hiring
committee recommends Brendan McLaughlin for the position.
MAYOR'S REPORT
Appointment of City Administrator
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to approve the appointment of Brendan McLaughlin as City
Administrator. So moved by Alderman Munns; seconded by Alderman Werderich.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -8 Nays -0
Besco -aye, Leslie -aye, Sutcliff -aye, Munns -aye,
Spears -aye, Plocher -aye, Werderich -aye, Gohnski -aye
Mayor Burd commented that she was happy that this was a unanimous vote and that she felt that Mr.
McLaughlin will be a great asset to the city. His start date will be September 10, 2007. She thanked and
complimented Interim City Administrator Olson for all his work.
City Administrator Contract
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to approve the City A dministrat or's contract. So moved by
Alderman Besco; seconded by Alderman Plocher.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -8 Nays -0
Besco -aye, Leslie -aye, Sutcliff -aye, Munns -aye,
Spears -aye, Plocher -aye, Werderich -aye, Golinski -aye
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to adjourn. So moved by Alderman Werderich; seconded by Alderman
Spears.
Motion approved by a viva voce vote.
The Minutes of the Special Meetine of the City Council — Aueust 21, 2007 — page 2
Meeting adjourned at 6:45 P.M.
Minutes submitted by:
Jacquelyn Milschewski,
City Clerk City of Yorkville, Illinois