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Mount Vernon council approves municipal property sale, pipeline agreement and covenant waiver; OKs $1.46M in vouchers
Summary
On Feb. 3 the Mount Vernon City Council approved Ordinance #2025-02 to sell municipal property (including 21 vacant lots), a pipeline crossing agreement with Union Pacific for a water-line project, and a waiver of restrictive covenants allowing Rend Lake College to buy a parcel; the council also approved $1,457,523.01 in vouchers.
The Mount Vernon City Council on Monday approved a package of measures including an ordinance authorizing the sale of municipal property, a pipeline crossing agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Company and a waiver of restrictive covenants that frees a parcel for purchase by Rend Lake College Marketplace. The council also approved consolidated vouchers totaling $1,457,523.01.
City Manager Mary Ellen Bechtel presented the ordinance authorizing sale of municipal property, which the transcript records includes 21 vacant lots plus older parking meters and a printer. Council Member Ray Botch moved to suspend the rules and take action on the ordinance and then moved to approve Ordinance #2025-02; the motion to approve passed (Yeas: Botch, Gliosci, Young, Lewis; Absent: Moore).
Bechtel told the council the pipeline crossing agreement with Union Pacific is a preparatory step for an upcoming water-line replacement project that must cross beneath the railroad at Castleton Avenue. The council approved Resolution #2025-03 authorizing the crossing agreement (Yeas: Botch, Gliosci, Young, Lewis; Absent: Moore).
Bechtel also presented a resolution to waive certain rights under restrictive covenants in the Rolland W. Lewis Industrial Centre that give the City first right of refusal on parcel sales. The waiver would release a parcel on Progress Drive, adjacent to the west of the Rend Lake College Marketplace, permitting the college to purchase the property. The waiver passed as Resolution #2025-04 (Yeas: Botch, Gliosci, Young, Lewis; Absent: Moore).
Separately, Council Member Ray Botch moved to approve the Consolidated Vouchers for Accounts Payable in the amount of $1,457,523.01. The motion, seconded by Council Member Joe Gliosci, carried with four votes in favor and one member absent.
All recorded motions and votes in the meeting show the same voting pattern: Yeas — Council Members Ray Botch, Joe Gliosci, Mike Young and Mayor John Lewis; Absent — Council Member Donte Moore. No dissenting votes were recorded on the items above.
What happens next: The ordinance and resolutions approved take effect according to local code (not specified in the record). The waiver clears the parcel for the Rend Lake College purchase; further steps or contracts between the college and the City were not detailed in the transcript.
