The Kewanee City Council will meet on Monday, September 8th, at 7 PM. The meeting will be carried out live on our WKEI RegionalMediaNews Facebook page. The agenda and notes from the packet are below. You can find the background information on the agenda items in the Kewanee City Council packet.
1. Meet in Chambers for Sound Check
2. Roll Call
3. Closed Session to discuss Personnel Section 2(c)(1) and Litigation Section 2(c)(11)
4. Roll Call
5. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of Minutes
b. Payroll
c. Staff Reports
d. Good Fellows Tag Days
e. Kewanee Hispanic Heritage Celebration Street Closure
6. Payment of the bills
7. Public Comments
8. New Business
a) Proclamation: Hispanic Heritage Month and Kewanee Hispanic Heritage Celebration
b) Bill 25-83 Ordinance granting a Special Use Permit to Larry Neels for property located at 324 East Second St.
c) Bill 25-84 Resolution Authorizing the expenditure of Tax Increment Financing Revenues for the improvement of public infrastructure in the 100 block of North Lexington Ave.
d) Bill 25-85 Resolution approving the Municipal Insurance Cooperative Agency’s Second Comprehensive Amendment to the contract of the same.
e) Bill 25-86 Resolution to authorize an intergovernmental agreement with the State of Illinois Department of Transportation for the municipal maintenance of state highways within the City of Kewanee
f) Bill 25-87 Ordinance implementing a Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers’ Occupation Tax and a Non-Home Rule Municipal Service Occupation Tax for the City of Kewanee.
g) Discussion Only: Comprehensive Plan Update
9. Council Communications
10. Announcement
11. Adjournment
Also in the Packet:
1. Henry County Tourism Bureau— Staff attended the Henry County Tourism Bureau meeting in Bishop Hill on August 26th. The County has once again been selected to receive grant funding from the Illinois Office of Tourism (IOT), and is participating in the IOT’s Marketing Co-op Program, with target markets in Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Des Moines, and Bureau, Knox, and Rock Island Counties.
2. Industrial Development— Construction has begun on the craft grow facility at 1600 Kuster Way. Staff performed partial footing inspections this past week with additional footing inspections scheduled.
3. Fire Department Openings— With the retirement of Tony Finn, along with the recent resignations of Madison Allen and Ryleigh Clark, the department now finds itself understaffed by one fire fighter per shift with no eligible candidates remaining on the hiring list. Chief Welgat and the Police & Fire Commission are in the midst of recruiting candidates for an upcoming round of testing.
4. Life-saving Efforts — City crews recently responded to a “man down” emergency call at the Kewanee Life Skills Re-entry Center. Two of the patient’s coworkers initiated CPR, attached a defibrillator and called 911. They were joined by another civilian, an off-duty nurse, who began respirations. The trio shocked the patient three times before the ambulance arrived to continue CPR, administer medications, and ultimately four more shocks from the defibrillator. The patient returned to spontaneous circulation and is expected to make a full recovery.
5. Life-saving Efforts (pt.2) — Our crews also responded to a UTV accident with an unresponsive patient. With the patient having no pulse, police officers provided CPR until the arrival of the ambulance. Ambulance personnel then provided medications and continued CPR during transport to OSF-SLMC where the patient was transported by helicopter for additional treatment. Both instances serve as examples of the impact that quick actions by trained personnel can be the difference between life and death. Our plan is to recognize the life-saving efforts of those involved at an upcoming City Council meeting.
6. Hospital Drill— Emergency responders will be participating in a drill at OSF-SLMC on September 19th. The drill will be multi-jurisdictional and allow staff to train with employees of the hospital and the Henry County Office of Emergency Management, among other entities.
