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Pinckneyville council approves routine bills, leases and equipment purchases; enters executive session
Summary
The council unanimously approved minutes, the treasurer’s report, multiple purchases and resolutions placing agricultural leases on file, added a large accounts-payable invoice, and adjourned to executive session for personnel and litigation.
The Pinckneyville City Council handled a slate of routine actions on March 9, 2026, approving the minutes from Feb. 23, accepting the Treasurer’s Report, and voting to approve accounts payable with four added invoices totaling $150,128.49 (including an IMGA invoice for $147,649.14). Commissioner William B. Stotlar reviewed payroll figures and moved to approve the treasurer’s report; the council approved it unanimously.
Other consent items approved by unanimous roll call included: closing West St. Louis Street for the First Baptist Church Easter Egg Hunt on March 28, 2026; payment of a $3,355.27 invoice to Diedrich Implements Inc. to repair a Grasshopper 725 mower at the park; purchase of two back reamers from Vermeer for $6,590.53 (Water Fund – Capital Outlay) to allow larger bore holes for water-line installation; and placing Resolutions R-2026-09 and R-2026-10 (authorizing leases of city-owned real estate for agricultural purposes) on file.
Later in the meeting, the council recessed briefly so that documents could be signed with Horizon Management & Developer Group, Inc., then adjourned to executive session at 6:26 p.m. for discussion of personnel matters (Section 2(c)(1)) and pending or probable litigation (Section 2(c)(11)). The council returned to open session at 6:54 p.m. and adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m. The minutes do not record substantive discussion or outcomes from the executive session.
