More Rehab Work Set for Tamaroa Community Center
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Doug Pollex of Southern Engineering said Tamaroa can use a $25,000 grant to pay their share of matching funds for the recently completed roof work on the Community Center.
A final payment of $7,107 to Vaughn Roofing was approved. Pollex said Vaughn has been unable to get the manufacturer to come inspect his work.
The board chose to spend the funds to have the outside of the building tuck-pointed and treated with a water-proof vinyl paint.
Trustee Kirk Pestka said the cost of the planned work will exceed $25,000. The outside of the building will be treated, the inside of the gymnasium painted and the shower walls treated, as well.
Pollex urged the board to quickly turn in all estimates for the $25,000 grant and for an additional $60,000 grant. It takes several months to complete the necessary paperwork on the grants before work can begin.
The $60,000 will be spent on a combination of tree removal and new sidewalks. The board plans to have village employees pour the new sidewalks on the north side of the road leading to the Community Center and Park.
The board approved a contract with Southern Engineering for motor fuel tax work. The base price of the contract is $1,250. Southern Engineering will also be paid a percentage of the work done for supervision and inspection. The rates are set by IDOT.
The board approved spending $68,000 on the 2012 motor fuel tax program and agreed to repair the Casey's entrance out of the General Fund to allow more road work to be done with motor fuel tax money.
In other business, the board:
heard from Byron Stricker that he had contacted the Perry County Health Department about the pond on Mike Frost's property. The PCHD Environmental Officer agreed to write a letter to Frost about the dangers of West Nile Disease. The board agreed to cite Frost and several other property owners with overgrown weeds under the village's nuisance ordinance. Eileen Koenigstein said she is still catching animals at a neighboring property and releasing them in the wild. The property is abandoned and the weeds are head-high.
asked employee Darrell Wright to replace the water meter at Stricker's home with a digital one. Trustee Bill Place told Stricker to contact the Illinois Rural Water Association to help him determine if there is a leak. The Strickers received a bill stating they used 9,600 gallons of water in one month. There are two adults and one child living there.
approved the contract with Tamaroa Grade School for use of the gymnasium from October 2012 through April 2013 under the same terms as the previous year.
noted that none of the residents who asked to be placed on the agenda to discuss problems with the village's water shut-off policy were present. Village Attorney Matt Foster said that none of the Village Board members can act unilaterally. In order for a decision to be made on such an issued, residents must present their case before the board so that they may vote.
asked Wright to meet with the Fire Department to determine if it is feasible to place a hydrant in front of their building.
heard from Cha Hill of Select Energy Partners, that the remaining municipalities in Perry County and all of Randolph County are being asked to place an referendum on the November ballot to asking residents to authorize their local governments to aggregate electrical supply for cost savings. The board will vote on the referendum at the July meeting.?It must be passed by Aug. 19 in order to be placed on the fall ballot. Hill said residents can opt out of the government's supply contract if they choose. Savings will be only on the supply portion of the bill. Ameren will continue to deliver the electricity. Delivery charges will not be affected.
voted to pay J.K. Trotter the remaining $3,919 which was held back when the final payment on his contract for the water expansion project was made.