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Village of Fall Creek Regular Board Meeting Minutes 9/11/17 Page 1 of 2 1. Call to Order: 6:30 p.m., Village Hall Meeting Room, 122 E. Lincoln Ave., Fall Creek 2. Pledge to Flag 3. Roll Call: Members Present: Trustees Tina Jacobson, Bob Jenkins, Matt Mattoon, Karen Strasburg, Dane Zook. Members Absent: Village President Chester Goodman and Trustee Wayne Steinke. Staff Present: Police Chief Chad Dachel, Public Works Director Bryan Kaatz, Clerk-Treasurer Renee Roemhild. Also Present: 3 citizens.  MOTION (Zook/Jacobson) to nominate Bob Jenkins as acting Chairman in absence of Village President Chester Goodman. PASSED, without negative vote. 4. Certify Open Meeting Law Requirements Have Been Met: A notice of the meeting and an agenda was posted in the three public places and newspapers were notified. 5. Adopt Agenda:  MOTION (Strasburg/Jacobson) to adopt the agenda as printed. PASSED, without negative vote. 6. Act on Minutes  MOTION (Mattoon/Jacobson) to approve the 8/14/17 Regular Board meeting minutes. PASSED, without negative vote. 7. Citizen Input: None. 8. Correspondence: None. 9. Budget Comparison Report/Financial Considerations:  MOTION (Zook/Mattoon) to approve the 8/31/17 Budget Comparison Report and the Clerk-Treasurer's Monthly Report. PASSED, roll call vote: Jacobson-yes, Jenkins-yes, Mattoon-yes, Strasburg-yes, Zook-yes. 10. Consider Bills:  MOTION (Mattoon/Jacobson) to approve bills #23767-23811, V17285-17316. PASSED, roll call vote: Jenkins-yes, Mattoon-yes, Strasburg-yes, Zook-yes, Jacobson-yes. 11. Police Department A. Monthly Report: Police Chief Dachel presented the monthly report of cases/calls for service. 12. Public Works Department A. Monthly Report: Public Works Director Kaatz gave his monthly report on various matters concerning the public works and utility departments. B. Consider Well #3 Project, Including But Not Limited To, Consider Substantial Completion Certificate for Test Wells:  MOTION (Mattoon/Zook) to approve and authorize the Village President to sign the certificate of substantial completion for Sam's Well Drilling for the test wells. PASSED, without negative vote. C. Consider Rental of Village Land (Water Tower, Seepage Cells, Industrial Park):  MOTION (Mattoon/Zook) to place rental of village land out for bids. PASSED, without negative vote. D. Consider Rental of Land Rented from Doug Raether:  MOTION (Zook/Mattoon) feeling it necessary to protect our wellhead until Well #3 & #4 is constructed, we should consider rental of the land near Well #2 from Doug Raether. PASSED, without negative vote. 13. Committee Related A. Community & Economic Development Village of Fall Creek Regular Village Board Minutes September 11, 2017 Village of Fall Creek Regular Board Meeting Minutes 9/11/17 Page 2 of 2 1. Update on Open Forum Meetings: Committee Chairperson Dane Zook reported the dates for the Open Forum Meetings are September 20 & 21 at 6:30 p.m. both nights. 2. Update on Signage for the Village:  MOTION (Strasburg/Mattoon) to continue on with research re: state regulations and cost for directional signage to Keller Park & the schools. PASSED, without negative vote. 3. Consider Village Projects, Including Request for Funding: Chairperson Zook reported the Fall Creek Foundation has a community endowment grant that may be able to contribute funds for various needed village projects. The application deadline is October 31, with award to take place in December. B. Finance & Personnel: None. C. Parks & Recreation: None. D. Public Property & Health: Board directed Clerk's office send a thank-you to St. Paul's Church for the board room table and for use of the folding machine for the Village newsletters. 14. General Business A. Consider Ordinances re: Group Homes and Senior Living: Discussion took place that the Village does not have 24-hour police coverage and full-time EMT's to be fully equipped to handle problems that may arise with congregated group home and senior living facilities. The Board would like the matter researched.  MOTION (Mattoon/Zook) referring to Public Safety Committee. 15. Adjourn:  MOTION (Jacobson/Mattoon) @ 7:30 p.m. PASSED, without negative vote. Renee Roemhild, Clerk-Treasurer