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Freeport council approves consent agenda, moves ordinance reading and votes to enter executive session
Summary
Council approved a consent agenda (finance bills and payroll) on a 7-1 roll call, moved an ordinance amending council rules to the next meeting, and voted unanimously to enter executive session to review closed minutes under the statute cited.
The Freeport City Council approved a detailed consent agenda that included receipt and filing of various board and commission minutes, schedule approvals and several finance items. The clerk read finance bills payable totaling $3,114,159.66 and payroll totals for two pay periods; the roll-call vote on the consent agenda passed 7-1, with Alderman Sanders recorded as the lone no vote.
The clerk read Resolution 20 26 0 2 (ratifying an invoice for airport taxiway lighting repair) as part of the consent agenda. During the meeting, council also considered a first reading of an ordinance to amend Chapter 2-20 (rules of council) to clarify who may place items on committee agendas; staff recommended moving the ordinance to second reading and the motion to move it to the next meeting was made and seconded.
Later in the meeting, a motion was made by Alderman Sellers and seconded by Alderman Shadle to enter executive session "Pursuant to 5 ILCS 1 22 c 21" for discussion of minutes closed under that statute (the clerk read the statutory reference). The clerk called roll and recorded unanimous approval to enter executive session.
The body did not take final policy action in executive session on the public record at this meeting; the public-record votes noted above were the formal actions taken during open session.
