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Beardstown City Council approves minutes and consent agenda; discusses revoking banquet-hall special-use permit after noise complaints
Summary
At its Nov. 5 meeting the Beardstown City Council unanimously approved the Oct. 22 minutes and the consent agenda and entered department reports into the record. The council also discussed the process to revoke a special-use permit for a banquet hall on East Third Street after multiple noise complaints; no motion or vote on revocation was recorded.
BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — The Beardstown City Council met Nov. 5 at Beardstown City Hall and unanimously approved the Oct. 22 meeting minutes and the consent agenda before hearing departmental reports and discussing a possible revocation of a special-use permit for a local banquet hall.
Alderperson Lisa Buhlig moved to dispense with the reading and approve the Oct. 22 minutes; Alderperson Mary Davis seconded the motion, which passed unanimously by voice vote. Alderperson Dawn Seward then moved to approve the consent agenda; Alderperson Shawn Taylor seconded, and the omnibus motion was adopted unanimously by roll call under the council’s Omnibus Vote Designation.
The meeting entered routine reports into the record. The Water Superintendent’s October report listed 14,059,172 gallons pumped for the month and a May 1–April 30 total of 96,292,850 gallons. The Police Chief’s report showed May 1–April 30 totals of 3,527 calls answered, 42 criminal arrests, 204 traffic arrests, 242 traffic stops and 26 warrants served; several single-month October fields in the printed report were marked N/A. The Fire Chief’s report recorded 13 city fires in September and a May–April city-fire total of 92, with rural-fire and combined totals also entered. Code enforcement and zoning reports for October were attached to the minutes, the transcript notes.
Mayor Tim Harris and the council discussed the municipal process for revoking a special-use permit after the city received multiple noise complaints concerning a banquet hall in the 700 block of East Third Street. The minutes record that the council discussed the revocation process but do not show a motion to begin revocation, a vote, or a staff assignment to follow up; the transcript records discussion only.
There were no public comments recorded at the meeting. Disbursements for the period ending Nov. 5, 2024 were presented and entered into the record in the minutes, though a dollar total is not specified in the meeting text.
On a motion by Alderperson Dawn Seward, seconded by Alderperson Chris Baer, the council adjourned at 7:23 p.m.
The minutes were submitted by City Clerk Brian Ruch and will be included in the official record.
