Red Bud names new members to Economic Development Committee
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Annual appointments were made at the Red Bud City Council meeting Monday. The only changes were on the Economic Development Committee.
Resignations were accepted from Stece Harsy, Tom Hottebjans, and Patti LaBrott. Ron Seabaugh, Shane Watson, and Tom Hottenjans were appointed to fill the vacancies.
LaBrott was recognized for her three years of service. She is resigning due to time constraints caused by her employment at the St. Louis Science Center.
Also recognized at the meeting was new Eagle Scout Joshua Dietz. The son of Thomas and Tenny Dietz, he was awarded the prestigious title at a ceremony at St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Red Bud on April 18.
The council approved the purchase of fencing for the sports complex from Belleville Fence. The price is $6,020. The city will install the fencing.
A potential insurance claim was discussed in executive session. Afterward the council announced it had reached a decision to settle the claim and pay the $1,000 deductible to cover medical bills for the claimant.
The council voted to have City Attorney Mark Rohr request a hearing over the golf course being determined to be taxable property. According to Rohr, state law requires that land designated for public use should be tax exempt.
The accounting firm of Schorb and Schmersahl was retained to do the city's 2010 audit.
A bid of $131,084.05 from Huebner Concrete was accepted for work on installing a new water line in the west end of town.
The council designated First State Bank of Red Bud as the primary designated depository. Secondary designated depositories were named as: North County Savings Bank, First Bank, State Bank of Prairie du Rocher, Chester National Bank, and the Illinois Fund. The council voted to keep motor fuel tax in a money market.
A training request for Code Enforcement Officer Jeff Mueller was approved for ArcGIS training. ArcGIS is a software suite consisting of a group of geographic information system (GIS) software products produced by Environmental Systems Research Institute. Training requests for three police officers, John Brittingham, Chris Hewitt, and Carl Williams, were approved.
Mayor Ken Mueller was authorized to sign a contract extension with CINTAS, a janitorial service.
The city contributed $3,693 to Western Egyptian to cover a shortfall in funding for the senior center.
Mueller said that he has heard complaints about a shortage of parking by people wanting to go to Gian Franco's new Italian restaurant at the Opera House. He noted that the parking lot at First and Main next to Sportos is a public parking lot.