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City of Belvidere City Council met August 19. 

Here is the agenda as provided by the council:

1) Roll Call:

2) Pledge of Allegiance:

      Invocation:

3) Public Comment: ( Please register with the City Clerk):

4) Approval of Minutes:

      A) Approval of minutes of the regular meeting of the Belvidere City Council of August 5, 2019; as presented.

5) Public Hearing:

6) Special Messages and Proclamations:

7) Approval of Expenditures: General & Special Fund Expenditures: $ 1, 818, 210. 47 

                                                Water & Sewer Fund Expenditures: $ 381, 224. 39

8) Committee Reports and Minutes of City Officers:

      A) Belvidere Police Department Overtime Report of July 30, 2019 through August 12, 2019.

      B) Belvidere Fire Department Overtime Report of July 31, 2019 through August 13, 2019.

      C) Monthly Report of Community Development Department/Planning Department for July 2019.

      D) Monthly Reports of Building Department for July 2019.

      E) Monthly Treasurer' s Report of July 2019.

      F) Monthly General Fund Report of July 2019.

      G) Monthly Water/ Sewer Report of July 2019.

      H) Minutes of City-County Coordinating Committee of July 10, 2019.

      I) Minutes of Planning and Zoning Commission of August 13, 2019.

      J) Minutes of Committee of the Whole— Building, Planning and Zoning and Public Works of August 12, 2019.

9) Unfinished Business:

      A) Ord. #463H— 2nd Reading: An Ordinance Amending Section 151. 45, Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements ofthe Belvidere Municipal Code.

      B) Ord. # 464H—2nd Reading: An Ordinance Amending Section 14- 453; Regulations of the Belvidere Municipal Code. ( Video Gaming)

      C) Ord. # 465H—2nd Reading: An Ordinance Amending Division 1 of Article VI, Finance of Chapter 2, Administration, Section 114- 42, and Appendix A, of the City of Belvidere. ( NSF)

10) New Business:

      A) Ord. 4466H— Ist Reading: An Ordinance Approving a Replat Titled Anderson Subdivision.

      B) Ord. 4467H15 - `lst Reading: An Ordinance Granting a Special Use to Permit a Mural within the CB, Central Business District (427 South State Street).

      C) Ord. # 468H—lst  Reading: An Ordinance Amending Section 118- 34, Dangerous, Dead or Diseased Trees of the City of Belvidere Municipal Code.

Motions forwarded from City- County Coordinating Committee of July 10, 2019.

Motions of Co- Chairman Snow:

      A) Motion to approve TRC invoice # 362936 in the amount of$ 1, 146. 58 with a 50150 split between the county and city.

      B) Motion to approve Engel Electric Company invoice # 26726 in the amount of 696. 82 with a 50150 split between the county and city.

Motions forwarded from BPZ and Public Works of August 12, 2019.

Motions of Public Works - Chairman Freeman:

      A) Motion to approve the Construction Engineering Services Agreement from CES Inc. in an amount not-to- exceed $76,954 for the Wycliffe Lift Station Improvement Project. This work will be paid for from Sewer Connection Fees # 0510.

      B) Motion to approve the Construction Engineering Services Agreement from CES Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $30, 809 for the Appleton Forcemain Extension Project. This work will be paid for from Sewer Connection Fees 0510.

      C) Motion to approve the proposal from Northern Illinois Tractor& Equipment to purchase a B& B partial tilt trailer at a cost of$ 8, 894. This trailer will be paid for from the Capital Fund.

      D) Motion to approve the proposal from Collins Sanitary in the amount of$5, 770 per day to remove the sediment from the reservoir at Well # 3. This work will be paid for from Water Department line item# 61- 5- 810- 6040.

Motions of Public Safety— Chairman Crawford:

      E) Motion to authorize the Belvidere Police Department to hire an entry level police officer in September 2019.

      F) Motion to approve purchasing one ( 1) mobile dual head radio and four ( 4) portable radios with chargers. The cost of this purchase which includes installation is $ 16, 868. 56. This is a FY20 budgeted item to be paid from Capital Funds.

Motions ofFinance and Personnel— Chairman Ratcliffe:

      G) Motion to approve the appointments of Loretta Swanson and Sue Holmes to the Ida Public Library Board of Trustees.

11) Adjournment:

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