City Council Minutes 2020 05-19-20 special meeting 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,MAY 19,2020
Mayor Purcell called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m. and led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
City Clerk Pickering called the roll.
Ward I Koch Present (electronic attendance)
Transier Present (electronic attendance)
Ward II Milschewski Present (electronic attendance)
Plocher Present (electronic attendance)
Ward III Funkhouser Present (electronic attendance)
Frieders Present (electronic attendance)
Ward IV Tarulis Present (electronic attendance)
Peterson Present (electronic attendance)
Staff in attendance at city hall: City Administrator Olson and Deputy Chief Pfizenmaier.
Staff in attendance electronically: City Clerk Pickering,Public Works Director Dhuse,Community
Development Director Barksdale-Noble, Finance Director Fredrickson,Parks and Recreation Director
Evans,Assistant City Administrator Willrett,and Attorney Orr.
Clerk's Note: Due to COVID-19,requirements of the Open Meetings Act have been temporarily
suspended by Governor Pritzker via Executive Order 2020-07(which was extended by Executive Order
2020-33),which suspends the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120, "Specifically, (1)the
requirement in 5 ILCS 120/2.01 that"members of a public body must be physically present"is
suspended; and(2)the condition in 5 ILCS 120/7 limiting when remote participation is permitted are
suspended".
Members of the public were able to attend this meeting in person while practicing social distancing as
well as being able to access the meeting remotely via Zoom which allowed for video, audio and
telephonic participation.
A meeting notice was posted on the city's website on the agenda,minutes and packets webpage with
instructions regarding remote meeting access and a link was included for the public to participate in the
meeting remotely: https:Hus02web.zoom.us/j/89786759996?pwd=c3VUaUxXdWppellHQWV4UUt5dE5MZzO9.
The Zoom meeting ID was 897 8675 9996.
QUORUM
A quorum was established.
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA
None.
CITIZEN COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS
None.
BUSINESS
Resolution 2020-38 Approving the Issuance of a Non-Recourse Promissory Note to Borrow
$400,000 from the Kendall County Revolving Loan Fund to Secure
Emergency Working Capital Grant Funding,under the Downstate
Small Business Stabilization Program,for Local Businesses facing
.-� Hardship due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Business-A)
Mayor Purcell entertained a motion to approve a Resolution Approving the Issuance of a Non-Recourse
Promissory Note to Borrow$400,000 from the Kendall County Revolving Loan Fund to Secure
Emergency Working Capital Grant Funding, under the Downstate Small Business Stabilization Program,
for Local Businesses facing Hardship due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. So moved by Alderman Plocher;
seconded by Alderman Frieders.
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Administrator Olson said that if the City Council decides to approve this promissory note,the city would
move forward with finalizing the eighteen grant applications from the May 12"'meeting, for submittal to
the state. He noted that there would be an additional eight grant applications that would be presented to
the City Council at the May 26'meeting.
It was asked if there was a benefit to submitting the first eighteen grant applications now or if the city
should wait and submit all the grant applications together after the May 26"meeting. Administrator
Olson responded that the benefit to submitting the eighteen from the May 12'meeting would be to get
those applications to the state as soon as possible. Staff has heard that the state has received many
applications already and there is a possibility that there will not be enough funding to cover all of the
applications that the state will receive.
Mayor Purcell said that he wanted everyone to understand that there is a potential risk to the city. While
unlikely, if every one of the businesses received the grant money and every business defaulted on
payment,the county funding will only cover the first$400,000 and the city would be responsible for
covering any of the remaining defaults.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-8 Nays-0
Koch-aye,Milschewski-aye,Funkhouser-aye, Tarulis-aye
Transier-aye,Plocher-aye, Frieders-aye,Peterson-aye
Letter to Governor on Restore Illinois Plan
(Business-B)
Mayor Purcell entertained a motion to approve sending a letter to Governor Pritzker on the Restore
Illinois Plan. So moved by Alderman Koch; seconded by Alderman Transier.
Discussion took place on the proposed letter as some felt that the letter could use more detail.
Suggestions were made that the city could add more details about local small businesses and add also add
language that all businesses and all workers are essential.
Mayor Purcell said that if the city council members wanted to see a revised draft letter,this item could
return to the next meeting. Attorney Orr mentioned that similar letters are being sent to the governor right
now by many other municipalities in the region. She said that the content of the letter might not be as
important as simply getting a letter to the governor as soon as possible.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-8 Nays-0
Milschewski-aye,Funkhouser-aye, Tarulis-aye, Transier-aye,
Plocher-aye,Frieders-aye, Peterson-aye,Koch-aye
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Purcell entertained a motion to adjourn the City Council meeting. So moved by Alderman
Frieders; seconded by Alderman Peterson.
Motion unanimously approved by a viva voce vote.
Meeting adjourned at 5:53 p.m.
Minutes submitted by:
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Lisa Pickering,
City Clerk, City of Yorkville,Illinois