## Minutes of the Warrensburg Village Board Meeting June 6, 2022

CALL TO ORDER: TO ORDER: Mayor Riley called the meeting to order at the Warrensburg Village Hall on Monday, June 6, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.

### THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was recited.

ROLL CALL: CALL: Present: Mayor Riley, Trustee Fisher, Trustee Freeman, Trustee Hackl, Trustee Hood, & Trustee Oakley. Also present were Chief Wheeler, Atty Jankowicz, DPW Allen & VAC Hundley. Trustee Netherton was absent.

MAYOR’S COMMENTS: COMMENTS: Mayor Riley welcomed everyone to the meeting. He updated those in 2nd attendance regarding the Fire Assistance Fund. A check was issued to each of the apartment lessees in the amount of $675.00 plus a $25.00 Walmart gift card was given to each. A total of $2,700.00 has been distributed. The account will remain open for now. All of the clothing and household items had been picked up by the Northeast Community Fund. Bids are being taken by the owners for the demolition of the building. Hopefully it will be taken care of sooner rather than later. Rise Broadband was here a couple meetings ago and are interested in providing internet services to the Village. They are still in the study phase. ACTS is ready to move across Route 121 and wanted to make sure everyone understood that since there are no alleys in that area, they will have to go through the residents’ yards for installation but they usually do a good job of filling back in after the ground has settled.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: COMMENTS: Betty Underwood was in attendance and mentioned the donated items at the United Methodist Church. The church is contemplating advertising they have items available and any proceeds can be deposited in the Fire Assistance account.

### NEW BUSINESS: Nothing.

REVIEW/APPROVAL OF MINUTES: OF MINUTES: A motion was made by Trustee Fisher and seconded by Trustee Hood to approve the minutes of the May 16, 2022 regular meeting. Motion carried. Trustee Freeman moved and Trustee Hood seconded to approve the minutes of the May 16, 2022 closed session. Roll call vote: Yes – Trustees Oakley, Hood, Freeman, Fisher & Hackl. No – none. Motion carried.

ENGINEER: Matt Foster from Chastain & Associates was in attendance. All the members had been given an updated document for the SRTS project. The State is willing to up the grant funds to the bid price $235,142.00. In the updated document, it showed what had already been expended, what the bid covers, contingency amounts and the construction observation contract, which would need to be approved if we decide to proceed. Trustee Hackl asked why we have to pay construction observation fees and IDOT requires it. Trustee Oakley mentioned the original grant was to be $200,000.00 which consisted of $175,000.00 for the project and $25,000.00 for the oversight. Trustee Oakley mentioned to Matt that the original project went up 30% and the engineering went up 60%. What caused that large of an increase? Trustee Oakley asked what are the requirements for the observation. He followed up by asking what is the state requirement. Trustee Hackl asked what cash the Village has already expended. With what has already been spent for engineering, the construction contingencies and construction observation projected costs, the total expenditures for the Village