Peoria Standard

The village of Norwood Board of Trustees met Jan. 5 to prepare the budget.

Here are the meeting's minutes, as provided by the board:

"Village of Norwood Board of Trustees is located at 1515 N Norwood Blvd, Peoria, IL 61604."

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING THE VILLAGE OF NORWOOD 1515 N. Norwood Blvd. Peoria, Illinois 61604

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Beginning at 7:00pm.

Meeting called – William Roberson - President, 7:00pm.

Pledge recited.

Attorney Josh Herman was present for this meeting.

ROLL CALL: William Roberson, Russ Trantina, Brent Modglin, Kelly Rendleman and Mary Melaga.

Note: Kenny Pierce was absent. Quorum was met.

GUESTS: Darrin Rendleman and Larry Reeder.

AUDIENCE CONCERNS/SPECIAL REPORTS:

Mr. Reeder thanked the Board for granting the application for the Supplemental-Outside Alcohol permit with an approved fence-in area for outside alcohol. Mr. Roberson handled this matter.

TAKE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER:

APPROVING 2016 RESOLUTION FOR IDOT. Motion was made to accept the 2016 Resolution as

presented - Russ Trantina, second - Kelly Rendleman. With a roll call vote, all verbally approved with 5 yeas. Note: All required forms will be sent to: Illinois Department of Transportation.

MINUTES - December 1, 2015. A motion was made to approve - Mary Melaga, second - Brent Modglin.

All verbally approved with 5 yeas.

BILLS APPROVED - Motion to approve - Russ Trantina, second - Mary Melaga. With a roll call vote, all TO BE PAID verbally approved with 5 yeas.

RENEWALS OF C.D.'S #25360 (Gen.), #25377 (Gen.), and #25376(MFT). Motion was made to rollover these three C.D.'s for six months - Russ Trantina, second - Mary Melaga. With a roll call vote, all verbally approved with 5 yeas.

COMMITTEES

FINANCE & APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

RE: BUDGET PREPARATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017. Mr. Trantina reminded the Board that their input must be relayed to him soon. Matter tabled.

ZONING & ORDINANCES/UTILITIES/HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE

RE: UPDATE FOR NOTICE TO ABATES. Matter tabled for Executive Session.

VILLAGE PROPERTIES/EQUIPMENT/ROADS COMMITTEE.

RE: CLEANING PERSON UPDATE. Mrs. Rendleman will talk to Ms. Bassett again about the concern of her job duties.

MISCELLANEOUS:

RE: WEBSITE UPDATE. Mr. Trantina reported that the Village of Norwood has established a website on the computer known as "VillageofNorwood.com". In reference to the samples he emailed to each board member, he expressed that anyone can still notify him of comments or suggestions to help make this project a success to the community.

RE: ATTENDANCE AT BOARD MEETINGS, etc. Board members were concerned about the absents of Mr. Pierce at the recent board meetings. They asked for an update on this matter. The Attorney explained the options that were available. Mr. Roberson will attempt to speak with him on this matter.

A motion was made by Russ Trantina, seconded by Brent Modglin, to go into Executive Session for the purpose of pending litigation on a matter and return to open meeting when completed. All verbally approved with 5 yeas.

Meeting adjourned at 7:51pm. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The meeting reopened at 8:15pm.

With nothing further to discuss, a motion was made to adjourn this meeting - Russ Trantina, second - Mary Melaga. All verbally approved with 5 yeas.

Meeting adjourned at 8:16 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Carolyn L. Fascian Village Clerk