City Administrator Trent Smith announced the retirement of
Police Chief William Butler at Monday night's city council
meeting. Chief Butler is retiring on June 5, 2006 but his last day of
work will be May 5, 2006.
Butler has served as Police Chief of Minonk for 22 years. The
Police Chief position has been advertised in the Peoria Journal Star,
Bloomington Pantagraph, La Salle News-Tribune, Pontiac Daily Leader,
and Pangagraph and Journal Star web sites. The closing date for the position is April 29, 2006.
Council approves Motor Fuel Tax appropriation
Bob Kohlhase of the Farnsworth Group presented to the City Council
the annual MFT program and everything that will be sent to the DOT.
Kohlbase said that there are two contracts that will go out. One is for
seal coat which is the traditional oil and chip and the other is for
the spray patch to fill low areas.
Alderman Petersen moved that the City Council appropriate the sum of
$52,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the purpose of maintaining streets
and highways, seconded by Alderman Fortner.
Mayor's Comments
• Reported that there is a lot of concrete work that the City does
throughout the year and the City will be accepting bids for the actual concrete.
Bid sheets will be advertised in the newspaper in order to get an
estimate of how much we are going to pour in a given year.
• Announced that the City of Minonk held a public hearing at 6
p.m. before the regular City Council meeting and that there were no
public comments written or verbal concerning the proposed 2006/07
budget. He said that he would like to thank Chairman Alderman
Cunningham, City Administrator Trent Smith, and the Finance Committee
for putting together this budget. Mayor Koos said that we are moving
ahead with a lot of infrastructure improvements, sidewalk programs, and
things of that nature. We are going to try and do as much as we
possibly can.
• Reported that the City is accepting applications for the position
of Chief of Police and that all applications will be run through the
Public Safety Committee. The committee will screen the process and the
final applicants will come before the entire council.
• Announced that anyone living in Ward II who is interested in the
open Alderman Position (resignation of Steve Mattox) may send an
application addressed to Mayor Koos at 670 Chestnut Street with the
envelope marked “alderman application” on the outside.
Other business
Alderman Sean Cunningham said that Fieldcrest
Board President Joe Kilpatrick would like to come and talk to the City
Council about the City's TIF pass-through for the upcoming referendum.
The Council approved the Mayor’s appointment of Jason Buchanan to the Public Safety Committee.