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City of Belvidere City Council met Dec. 2.

Here is the agenda 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 November 18, 2019; as presented.

5) Public Hearing:

A) Amendment to an Annexation Agreement between the City of Belvidere and the Hardeman Company.

6) Special Messages and Proclamations:

7) Approval of Expenditures: None.

8) Committee Reports and Minutes of City Officers:

A) Belvidere Police Department Overtime Reports of November 5, 2019 through November 18, 2019 and November 19, 2019 through November 22, 2019.

B) Belvidere Fire Department Overtime Reports of November 6, 2019 through November 19, 2019 and November 20, 2019 through November 22, 2019.

C) Minutes of City- County Coordinating Committee of October 9, 2019.

D) Minutes of Committee of the Whole— Public Safety and Finance and

Personnel of November 25, 2019.

9) Unfinished Business:

A) Ord. 4473H— 2nd Reading: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Amendment to an Annexation Agreement between the City of Belvidere and the Hardeman Company, Frank M. Shappert ( Trustee), Margaret W. Shappert Trustee) and Patrick B. Mattison ( Trustee).

B) Ord. # 474H— 2" d Reading: An Ordinance Amending Section 43- 29, Drug Free Workplace, of the City of Belvidere Municipal Code.

C) Motion to approve city attorney drafting an ordinance for gas use tax and an agreement with NICOR to collect tax. Tabled October 7, 2019.

10) New Business:

A) Ord. 4475H— I" Reading: An Ordinance Levying Taxes for all Corporate Purposes for the City of Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2019 and ending April 30, 2020.

B) Ord. # 476H— 151 Reading: An Ordinance Making a Levy and Providing for a Special Service Area# 2 Tax in the City of Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2019 and ending April 30, 2020.

C) Ord. #477H— I" Reading: An Ordinance Making a Levy and Providing for a Special Area# 3 Tax in the City of Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2019 and ending April 30, 2020.

Motions forwarded from City- County Coordinating Committee of October 9, 2019.

Motions of Co- Chairman Snow:

A) Motion to approve the landfill invoices as presented ( split 50150 between the County and City). TRC Invoice # 377488 for $ 3213. 55; Nijman Franzetti LLP

Invoice # 16957 for$ 210.00; Wilson Electric Invoice #73481 for 1, 040; and Van Ert Invoice 934819 for $ 1, 174. 60.

B) Motion to approve the TRC change order in the amount of$ 5, 000 ( split 50150 between the County and City).

C) Motion to award the Groundwater Monitoring Bid to PDC Laboratories in the amount of$ 60, 698. 32 ( split 50150 between the County and City).

Motions forwarded from Public Safety and Finance and Personnel of November 25, 2019.

Motions of Public Safety Vice Chairman Brereton:

A) Motion to approve accepting the $ 2, 700 donation from Perryville Pet Hospital and use the funds for the purchase of: Kimono Police & Military K-9 Bite Suit at a cost of$1, 555; 2 Ballistic K-9 Vests at a cost of$940; 2 K- 9 Training Trackers at a cost of$ 144.

Motions of Finance and Personnel Chairman Ratcliffe:

B) Motion to accept the 2019 Tax Levy request from the Belvidere Fire Pension Fund (this request will be levied as part of the 2019 Tax Levy Ordinance)

C) Motion to accept the 2019 Tax Levy request from the Belvidere Police Pension Fund ( this request will be levied as part of the 2019 Tax Levy Ordinance).

D) Motion to direct City Attorney to draft an ordinance imposing a 3% tax on the sale of cannabis products and direct the City Attorney and City Planner to process a text amendment restricting cannabis dispensaries/ sales to the general business and planned business districts as a special use and license growers of cannabis to an appropriate industrial zoning district. These ordinances will come to the full City Council in early 2020.

11) Adjournment:

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