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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