First meeting of 2015-- Business to attend to!

This Wednesday, January 14th at 4:30pm at the City Hall we will be getting together for our first council meeting of 2015!

Since this is the first meeting of the year, there are many things that need to be attended to by the council to set the stage for the year, but there will also be a few additional items on the agenda that need timely attention.

Of the required actions we have:
1. Swearing in our new councilors (and me!)
2. Dealing with the consent agenda (paying bills, approving expenses, etc)
3. Discussing the vacancy of Jan Sivertson (all of the best to her as a Cook County Commissioner!)
4. Assigning committee/board/commission assignments to the City Councilors (come and see who is serving where!)
5. Reviewing and filling city representative vacancies on those same committees/boards/commissions
6. Designating signatories, acting mayor, depositories (banks), etc... Most of these things stay the same...

Of the additional items we have:
1. Action needed on approving the grants arranged to continue the district biomass heating project's development.
2. A letter for the Transportation Alternative Project (a project that could potentially provide some of the money necessary to fund part of the Hwy 61 Redesign Project) that states that the City will maintain any infrastructure funded by monies received from program.  The County has already agreed to sponsor this application, so keep your fingers crossed!

So, that's it for this meeting!  At future meetings there will be more in depth conversations about city priorities and projects as well as protocols for requests from the city; the first few months of meetings will basically be getting the City's business up to speed and the new Councilors informed and ready to push forward.

We would very much like your presence at ANY City Council meeting to hear the business of the City.  You are always welcome and are invited to speak during the public comment period at the beginning of each meeting if there is something you feel the Council should hear.

Thank you again for this opportunity!  I am excited to get started on January 14th!