July 16, 2018 Meeting Notes

Peotone Township Regular Meeting

Supervisor Younker called the June meeting of Peotone Township to order at 7:00 P.M. on July 16, 2018.

Kent Heisner led the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Roll Call indicated all were present except Trustee Swartz and Assessor Latham.

The minutes of the June 11, 2018 meeting were presented. A motion to accept the minutes as presented was made by Trustee Morgan and was seconded by Trustee Schubbe. On a roll call vote, the following members voted “yes”: Morgan, Schubbe, Heatherwick and Younker. Motion carried unanimously.

Visitors in attendance were Jeremy Timm and Paulino Medina from Verizon. They did a presentation on the phone system Verizon could provide the township if we accepted their proposal.

The Town Fund Budget Report was submitted. A motion to accept was made by Trustee Schubbe and seconded by Trustee Heatherwick. On a roll call vote, the following voted “yes”: Morgan, Schubbe, Heatherwick and Younker. Motion carried unanimously.

The Road District Funds Budget Report was submitted. A motion to accept was made by Trustee Morgan and seconded by Trustee Schubbe. On a roll call vote, the following voted “yes”: Morgan, Schubbe, Heatherwick and Younker. Motion carried unanimously.

The Financial Summary Report was submitted. A motion to accept was made by Trustee Schubbe and seconded by Trustee Heatherwick. On a roll call vote, the following voted “yes”: Morgan, Schubbe, Heatherwick and Younker. Motion carried unanimously.

The Town Fund bills were then submitted. A motion to pay these bills was made by Trustee Schubbe and seconded by Trustee Heatherwick. On a roll call vote, the following voted “yes”: Morgan, Schubbe, Heatherwick and Younker. Motion carried unanimously.

The Road & Bridge, Hard Road and Equipment Funds bills were then submitted. A motion to pay these bills was made by Trustee Morgan and seconded by Trustee Schubbe. On a roll call vote, the following voted “yes”: Morgan, Schubbe, Heatherwick and Younker. Motion carried unanimously.

Under Additions to the Agenda, nothing was added.

Under Planning & Zoning, a new request was submitted to be discussed. ZC-18-048 (Peotone/Section 25),Owners: Village of Peotone, Attorney: Michael Marrs (primary contact)
Address: 31831 S. Rathje Road, Peotone, IL 60468

Permanent Index Number: 17-20-25-300-022-0000

Special Use Permit for major public utility, a public works facility.

Purpose: To occupy building and land as a Public Works Department for the Village of Peotone. Due to the fact we were not notified about this case in time that we could do the required notice for public hearing, the board would not provide the county with an opinion on this case. Clerk Heisner was instructed to send an email to Will County Land Use with this response and let them know we would like to get any future zoning cases in a timely manner so we could hold a public hearing in the future.

The following correspondence was received:

TOI 2018 Education seminar August 9 in Naperville
Will County Center for Community Concerns sent their 2017 Annual Report.
Allied Insurance renewal acknowledgement for MACI Policy.
Joliet Area Hospice request for donation
TOIRMA Summary of 2018 changes document

Under Old Business, Supervisor Younker informed us that a formal township audit was performed by the independent auditor’s firm of Smith, Koelling, Dykstra, & Ohm, P.C. at our office on June 13. A copy will should be available for us at the August meeting.

Under New Business Supervisor Younker updated us on the proposal from AT&T and Verizon for updating our phone system. The board then discussed the two proposals. A motion to approve the proposal from Verizon was made by Trustee Morgan and seconded by Trustee Schubbe. On a roll call vote, the following voted “yes”: Morgan, Schubbe, Heatherwick and Younker. Motion carried unanimously.

No Assessor’s report.

Road Commissioner Hack reported they are currently getting prepared for the summer tar and chipping of roads.

Being no other reports or comments from the Board, a motion to adjourn was made by Trustee Heatherwick and seconded by Trustee Morgan at 7:59 P.M. The motion was unanimously accepted.

Kent B Heisner
Peotone Township Clerk