Litchfield City Council
City Hall
September 7, 2010
7:00 p.m.

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Call Meeting to Order
Pledge to Flag
Roll Call
Recognition of Guests and Visitors:
Appointments:
Consent Agenda
Reading of Minutes
Report of Departments and City Clerk
Authorization to Transfer Funds and to Pay Bills

Other Items as Assigned:
1. A motion to authorize the Mayor to sign a cable franchise agreement renewal with Telecommunications Management, LLC, known as NewWave Communications locally, when the final agreement is returned to the City and reviewed by the City Administrator and legal counsel.
2. A motion to adopt an ordinance changing the zoning classification from the current zoning of (S-1) Single Family Residential to (C-2) General Commercial for the property with a legal description of Lot (9) Nine, Lot (10) Ten, Block 42, P.C. Huggins Addition, situated in the City of Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, and all that part of West St. John Street and West Sargent Street abutting or adjoining Lots (9) Nine and (10) Ten
vacated by the City of Litchfield, Ordinance #2571, adopted June 20, 1990. (1st Reading)
3. A motion to approve the expansion of the West Side Station by Arch Helicopter, at no expense to the City, pending building plan approval by the Building Department for proper building permit fees have been paid.
4. A motion to enter into a service agreement with Luby Equipment Services for the annual servicing of the generator at the water treatment facility for $2,048.
5. A motion to approve pay request #6 in the amount of $7,200 to S&S Excavating, Inc. for work completed on the water treatment plant demolition project.

Old Business
1. A motion to consolidate the City’s employee benefits program, which includes but is not limited to group health coverage, group life insurance and ancillary benefits, being provided by Prairie State Insurance Agency in Springfield, Illinois with the property, equipment, commercial crime, and liabilities coverage currently provided by Scheller Insurance Agency in Litchfield, Illinois.
2. A motion to consolidate the six City coverages listed below being provided by Prairie State Insurance Agency in Springfield, Illinois, with the property, inland marine, electronic data processing equipment, equipment breakdown, and commercial crime coverage currently provided by Scheller Insurance Agency in Litchfield, Illinois, and to authorize the City Administrator to execute an “agent/broker of record letter” for Tom Franzen, CIC, ARM and the Scheller Insurance Agency in Litchfield.
1) Commercial General Liability, 2) Commercial Auto Liability and Physical Damage, 3) Law Enforcement Liability, 4) Public Officials Liability, 5) Excess/Umbrella Liability and 6) Workers Compensation and Employer’s Liability.
3. A motion to direct the City Clerk to transfer funds from the City Sales Tax to the City’s General Fund and to issue checks and the authorization to pay the bills except for registration, travel and attendance at the IML Meeting in Chicago, IL.
4. A motion to adopt an ordinance changing the zoning classification from the current zoning of (S-1) Single Family Residential to (C-2) General Commercial for the property with a legal description of Lot (9) Nine, Lot (10) Ten, Block 42, P.C. Huggins Addition, situated in the City of Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, and all that part of West St. John Street and West Sargent Street abutting or adjoining Lots (9) Nine and (10) Ten vacated by the City of Litchfield, Ordinance #2571, adopted June 20, 1990. (2nd Reading)
5. A motion to direct the City Clerk to pay the bills accrued to date for registration, travel and attendance at the IML Meeting in Chicago, IL.