City Council Minutes 2023 03-28-231
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UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
PUBLIC HEARING
800 Game Farm Road
Yorkville, Illinois
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
7 :00 p .m .
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PRESENT: (In person and via Zoom)
Mr. John Purcell, Mayor;
Mr. Ken Koch, Alderman;
Mr. Dan Transier, Alderman;
Mr. Arden Joe Plocher, Mayor Pro-Tem;
Mr. Craig Soling, Alderman;
Mr. Chris Funkhouser, Alderman;.
Mr. Matt Marek, Alderman;
Mr. Seaver Tarulis, 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. Kathleen Field Orr, City Attorney;
Mr. Brad Sanderson, City Engineer;
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: We do have a public
hearing and we will start with public hearing
number one. I will open the public hearing for
the proposed budget for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Is there any member here in the audience that
would like to comment on that?
(No response.)
MAYOR PURCELL: Is there any member on
Zoom who would like to comment on our fiscal year
2023-2024 proposed budget?
(No response.)
MAYOR PURCELL: Hearing none, I close
the public hearing for the proposed fiscal budget
for 2023-2024.
Next, I 've got to remember the
proper way we do this. Are we reconvening or do
we need a motion? How do we get this going
again?
MS. ORR: You just declare a public
hearing has begun. There is no vote. It's on
the agenda.
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MAYOR PURCELL: So next I am opening or
declaring that the New Leaf Solar Farm annexation
is now reopened. Is there anyone here who would
like to comment, anyone here live who would like
to comment?
(No response.)
MAYOR PURCELL: Is there anyone Zooming
in who would like to comment on the New Leaf
annexation public hearing?
(No response.)
MAYOR PURCELL: Hearing none, I will
close the New Leaf Energy Solar Farm annexation
public hearing.
(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 5, 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 31st day of March, A.D., 2023.
Christine M. Vitosh, CSR
Illinois CSR No. 084-002883
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084-002883 [1] - 5:20
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2023-2024 [3] - 3:7,
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accuracy [1] - 5:14
Administrator [2] -
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agenda [1] - 3:24
Alderman [5] - 2:3,
2:4, 2:6, 2:8, 2:9
Alderman; [1] - 2:7
ALSO [1] - 2:11
annexation [3] - 4:2,
4:9, 4:12
annexed [1] - 5:10
applies [1] - 5:11
Arden [1] - 2:5
Assistant [1] - 2:14
assume [1] - 5:13
Attorney [1] - 2:16
audience [1] - 3:8
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Barksdale [1] - 2:22
Barksdale-Noble [1] -
2:22
Bart [1] - 2:12
begun [1] - 3:23
Behland [1] - 2:13
Brad [1] - 2:17
budget [3] - 3:7, 3:13,
3:16
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certificate [1] - 5:10
certification [1] - 5:16
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certified [1] - 5:12
certify [2] - 5:4, 5:10
Chief [1] - 2:18
Chris [1] - 2:7
Christine [2] - 5:3,
5:20
CITY [2] - 1:6, 1:9
City [5] - 2:12, 2:13,
2:14, 2:16, 2:17
Clerk [1] - 2:13
close [2] - 3:15, 4:12
comment [5] - 3:9,
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Community [1] - 2:22
complete [1] - 5:7
computer [1] - 5:7
computer-generated
[1] - 5:7
control [1] - 5:15
copies [2] - 5:12, 5:14
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COUNCIL [1] - 1:9
COUNTY [2] - 1:7, 5:2
Craig [1] - 2:6
CSR [2] - 5:20, 5:20
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Dan [1] - 2:4
declare [1] - 3:22
declaring [1] - 4:2
Department [1] - 2:19
Development [1] -
2:23
direction [1] - 5:15
Director [2] - 2:21,
2:23
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Energy [1] - 4:12
Engineer [1] - 2:17
Erin [1] - 2:14
Evans [1] - 2:20
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Farm [3] - 1:16, 4:2,
4:12
Field [1] - 2:16
fiscal [3] - 3:7, 3:12,
3:16
following [1] - 3:1
foregoing [1] - 5:6
Funkhouser [1] - 2:7
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Game [1] - 1:16
generated [1] - 5:7
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hand [2] - 5:13, 5:17
HEARING [1] - 1:10
hearing [12] - 3:3, 3:5,
3:6, 3:15, 3:16, 3:23,
4:9, 4:11, 4:13, 4:15,
5:5
hereby [1] - 5:4
hereto [1] - 5:11
hereunto [1] - 5:16
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ILLINOIS [2] - 1:7, 5:1
Illinois [2] - 1:17, 5:20
inclusive [1] - 5:6
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James [1] - 2:18
Jensen [1] - 2:18
Joe [1] - 2:5
John [1] - 2:2
Jori [1] - 2:13
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Kathleen [1] - 2:16
Ken [1] - 2:3
KENDALL [1] - 1:7
Koch [1] - 2:3
Krysti [1] - 2:22
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LASALLE [1] - 5:2
Leaf [3] - 4:2, 4:8, 4:12
live [1] - 4:4
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March [2] - 1:20, 5:17
Marek [1] - 2:8
Matt [1] - 2:8
MAYOR [6] - 3:4, 3:11,
3:15, 4:1, 4:7, 4:11
Mayor [2] - 2:2, 2:5
meeting [2] - 3:3, 4:16
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member [2] - 3:8, 3:11
motion [1] - 3:20
MS [1] - 3:22
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need [1] - 3:20
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next [1] - 4:1
Noble [1] - 2:22
none [2] - 3:15, 4:11
number [1] - 3:6
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ORR [1] - 3:22
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p.m [1] - 1:21
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Parks [1] - 2:20
person [2] - 2:1, 2:11
place [1] - 5:9
Plocher [1] - 2:5
Police [1] - 2:18
portion [2] - 3:3, 4:15
PRESENT [2] - 2:1,
2:11
Pro [1] - 2:5
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Pro-Tem [1] - 2:5
proceedings [4] - 3:2,
4:14, 5:5, 5:8
proper [1] - 3:19
proposed [3] - 3:7,
3:13, 3:16
pubic [1] - 5:5
PUBLIC [1] - 1:10
public [9] - 3:2, 3:4,
3:5, 3:6, 3:16, 3:22,
4:9, 4:13, 4:15
Purcell [1] - 2:2
PURCELL [6] - 3:4,
3:11, 3:15, 4:1, 4:7,
4:11
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reconvening [1] - 3:19
Recreation [1] - 2:20
remember [1] - 3:18
reopened [1] - 4:3
Reporter [1] - 5:4
reproduced [1] - 5:14
response [4] - 3:10,
3:14, 4:6, 4:10
responsibility [1] -
5:13
Road [1] - 1:16
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Sanderson [1] - 2:17
Seaver [1] - 2:9
set [1] - 5:16
Shorthand [1] - 5:3
signed [1] - 5:12
Solar [2] - 4:2, 4:12
Soling [1] - 2:6
SS [1] - 5:1
start [1] - 3:5
STATE [1] - 5:1
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Tarulis [1] - 2:9
Tem [1] - 2:5
thereof [2] - 5:12, 5:16
Tim [1] - 2:20
transcribed [1] - 5:4
transcript [2] - 5:8,
5:11
Transier [1] - 2:4
true [1] - 5:7
Tuesday [1] - 1:20
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UNITED [1] - 1:6
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via [2] - 2:1, 2:11
Vitosh [2] - 5:3, 5:20
vote [1] - 3:23
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Willrett [1] - 2:14
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year [2] - 3:7, 3:12
YORKVILLE [1] - 1:6
Yorkville [2] - 1:17,
2:18
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3:12
Zooming [1] - 4:7