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City of Belvidere City Council met Tuesday, Jan. 21.

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 ofthe regular meeting of the Belvidere City Council of January 6, 2020; as presented.

(B) Approval of minutes of the special meeting of the Belvidere City Council of January 13, 2020; as presented.

(5) Public Hearing:

(6) Special Messages and Proclamations:

(7) Approval of Expenditures: General & Special Fund Expenditures: $ 1, 445, 034.04 Water& Sewer Fund Expenditures: $ 467, 629. 72

(8) Committee Reports and Minutes of City Officers:

(A) Monthly Report of Community Development Department/ Planning Department for December 2019.

(B) Monthly Report of Building Department Revenues, Residential Building Permits and Case Reports for December 2019.

(C) Yearly Report of Building Department Revenues, Residential Building

Permits and Case Reports for CY 2019.

(D) Monthly General Fund Report for December 2019.

(E) Monthly Water/Sewer Fund Report December 2019.

(F) Monthly Treasurer Report for December 2019.

(G) Minutes of Planning and Zoning Commission of January 14, 2020.

(H) Minutes of Committee of the Whole— Building, Planning and Zoning and Public Works of January 13, 2020.

(9) Unfinished Business:

(A) 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. # 481H— 1St Reading: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 150, Zoning Ordinance, of the Municipal Code( Section 150.013 Definitions, Sections 150. 105( C)( 4)- 150. 105( C)( 9) Planned Business, General Business, Central Business, Planned Industrial, General Industrial and Heavy Industrial Districts land uses, Section 150.204 ( D) Commercial Land Uses and Appendix C: Land Use Summary Chart. Specifically, the amendments are in regards to Adult-use Cannabis dispensaries and cultivation centers.

(B) Ord. #482H— 1St Reading: An Ordinance Granting a Special Use to Allow InVehicle Sales or Service (Automatic Car Wash) Within the GB, GeneralBusiness District ( 1125 North State Street).

(C) Ord. # 483H— 1St Reading: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 106, Taxation, of the Belvidere Municipal Code to Add a New Article XI, Municipal Cannabis Retailers Occupation Tax. 

Motions forwarded from Committee of the Whole— Building, Planning and Zoning and Public Works of January 13, 2020. Motions of Finance and Personnel— Chairman Ratcliffe:

(A) Motion to approve the migration of the City hall email system to the PSB email system with the city paying 25% of the cost of a message archiver, spam filter and other necessary hardware as well as 100% of user licenses.

(B) Motion to forward the Municipal Cannabis Retailer' s Occupation Tax, as introduced, to the full City Council in ordinance form.

(11) Adjournment:

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