City Council Minutes 2023 02-14-231
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City Council - Public Hearing - February 14, 2023
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UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
PUBLIC HEARING
800 Game Farm Road
Yorkville, Illinois
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
7:00 p.m.
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PRESENT: (In person and via Zoom)
Mr. John Purcell, Mayor;
Mr. Ken Koch, Alderman;
Mr. Arden Joe Plocher, Mayor Pro-Tem;
Mr. Craig Soling, Alderman;
Mr. Chris Funkhouser, Alderman;
Mr. Seaver Tarulis, Alderman;
Mr. Matt Marek, Alderman.
ALSO PRESENT: (In person and via Zoom)
Mr. Bart Olson, City Administrator;
Ms. Jori Behland, City Clerk;
Ms. Erin Willrett, Assistant City
Administrator;
Ms. Megan Lamb, City Attorney;
Mr. Brad Sanderson, City Engineer;
Mr. Rob Fredrickson, Finance Director;
Mr. Eric Dhuse, Public Works Director;
Chief James Jensen, Yorkville Police
Department;
Mr. Tim Evans, Parks and Recreation
Director;
Ms. Krysti Barksdale-Noble, Community
Development Director.
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(WHEREUPON, the following
proceedings were had in the public
hearing portion of the meeting:)
MAYOR PURCELL: New Leaf Energy Solar
Farm annexation public hearing, so what we're
going to do is we are going to open this. If
anyone is here who wants to comment tonight, we
will allow that, but then we will continue the
public hearing until March 28th per petitioner's
request, so I will open the public hearing for
New Leaf Energy Solar Farm annexation. Does
anyone here in person wish to speak to the New
Leaf Energy Solar Farm annexation agreement?
(No response.)
MAYOR PURCELL: Does anyone in Zoom wish
to discuss or comment on this?
(No response.)
MAYOR PURCELL: Hearing none, the public
hearing is -- we are not adjourning it, we are
recessing it until March 28th. Thank you very
much.
(Which were all the proceedings had
at in the public hearing portion of
the meeting.)
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF LASALLE )
I, Christine M. Vitosh, a Certified Shorthand
Reporter, do hereby certify that I transcribed
the proceedings had at the pubic hearing and that
the foregoing, Pages 1 through 4, inclusive, is a
true, correct and complete computer-generated
transcript of the proceedings had at the time and
place aforesaid.
I further certify that my certificate annexed
hereto applies to the original transcript and
copies thereof, signed and certified under my
hand only. I assume no responsibility for the
accuracy of any reproduced copies not made under
my control or direction.
As certification thereof, I have hereunto set
my hand this 28th day of February, A.D., 2023.
Christine M. Vitosh, CSR
Illinois CSR No. 084-002883
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Alderman [5] - 2:3,
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Attorney [1] - 2:14
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Barksdale [1] - 2:22
Barksdale-Noble [1] -
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Behland [1] - 2:11
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Chris [1] - 2:6
Christine [2] - 4:3,
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City [5] - 2:10, 2:11,
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Clerk [1] - 2:11
comment [2] - 3:7,
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computer [1] - 4:7
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CSR [2] - 4:20, 4:20
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Development [1] -
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Dhuse [1] - 2:17
direction [1] - 4:15
Director [4] - 2:16,
2:17, 2:21, 2:23
discuss [1] - 3:16
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Energy [3] - 3:4, 3:11,
3:13
Engineer [1] - 2:15
Eric [1] - 2:17
Erin [1] - 2:12
Evans [1] - 2:20
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Farm [4] - 1:16, 3:5,
3:11, 3:13
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Finance [1] - 2:16
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Fredrickson [1] - 2:16
Funkhouser [1] - 2:6
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John [1] - 2:2
Jori [1] - 2:11
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KENDALL [1] - 1:7
Koch [1] - 2:3
Krysti [1] - 2:22
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Lamb [1] - 2:14
LASALLE [1] - 4:2
Leaf [3] - 3:4, 3:11,
3:13
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Marek [1] - 2:8
Matt [1] - 2:8
MAYOR [3] - 3:4, 3:15,
3:18
Mayor [2] - 2:2, 2:4
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place [1] - 4:9
Plocher [1] - 2:4
Police [1] - 2:18
portion [2] - 3:3, 3:23
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Pro-Tem [1] - 2:4
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Purcell [1] - 2:2
PURCELL [3] - 3:4,
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Willrett [1] - 2:12
wish [2] - 3:12, 3:15
Works [1] - 2:17
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YORKVILLE [1] - 1:6
Yorkville [2] - 1:17,
2:18
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