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Mount Vernon City Council approves subdivision, rezoning and surplus of 25 properties; billboard permit requests sent back to Planning & Zoning
Summary
At its Jan. 17 meeting the Mount Vernon City Council approved a subdivision (Gill’s Outlot), rezoned 901 North Street, granted conditional use for Main Street multi-family units, approved surplus of 25 properties and approved consolidated vouchers; two digital billboard permit requests were referred back to Planning & Zoning.
The Mount Vernon City Council on Jan. 17 approved a series of land‑use and financial items, including a two‑lot subdivision, two ordinances affecting downtown properties, and the surplus of 25 city‑owned properties, and it referred two digital billboard permit requests back to the Planning & Zoning Commission for further review.
Votes at a glance - Consolidated Vouchers for Accounts Payable: $1,570,338.32 — approved (motion: Council Member Donte Moore; second: Council Member Mike Young). Yeas: Botch, Gliosci, Moore, Young, Lewis. - Gill’s Outlot subdivision (14040 N. Link Lane): preliminary and final plat approved (motion: Council Member Ray Botch; second: Council Member Joe Gliosci). Planning & Zoning recommended approval 3–0. Yeas: Botch, Gliosci, Moore, Young, Lewis. - Ordinance #2023‑02 — Rezoning of 901 North Street from B‑1 to R‑2 (Petitioner: Julie Quinn): approved (motion: Ray Botch; second: Mike Young). Yeas: Botch, Gliosci, Moore, Young, Lewis. - Ordinance #2023‑03 — Conditional use to allow multi‑family units at 1000–1004 Main Street (Petitioner: Julie Quinn): approved (motion: Donte Moore; second: Joe Gliosci). Yeas: Botch, Gliosci, Moore, Young, Lewis. - Ordinance #2023‑04 — Surplus of 25 city‑owned properties from the demolition program: council suspended the rules to act and approved the ordinance (suspension motion: Ray Botch; second: Mike Young; ordinance approval motion: Donte Moore; second: Joe Gliosci). Yeas: Botch, Gliosci, Moore, Young, Lewis.
Two conditional sign permit requests submitted by Robinson Outdoor LLC — for 3406 Broadway (near Rural King) and 4140 Broadway (Cross‑Davidson Real Estate at 42nd Street) — were presented by Wesley Bell and discussed with Assistant City Manager Nathan McKenna. The Planning & Zoning Commission had not recommended the sign uses (votes recorded 2–1 and 3–0 in the packet). After council discussion and additional information from the applicant and staff, the council voted to refer both sign permit requests back to Planning & Zoning for further review (motion: Ray Botch; second: Joe Gliosci).
Other business included a first reading of an annexation ordinance for property at 1009 N. 13th Street (KEB Ventures LLC) to allow an additional water service; that item had only a first reading and no final vote. Chief Trent Page presented the Mount Vernon Police Department’s Officer of the Year award for 2022 to Officer Zachary Jines; Chief Page noted two supervisors had nominated Jines.
At 7:53 p.m. the council voted to go into executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)(6) to discuss the purchase and lease of real property, reconvened at 8:03 p.m., and adjourned at 8:04 p.m.
