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Pinckneyville council approves routine financial items, equipment purchases and raises cold-weather shutoff threshold
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the Pinckneyville City Council approved minutes, payroll reports and accounts payable, authorized small equipment and plumbing purchases, approved a farm-lease resolution and adopted an ordinance raising the gas-service disconnect threshold from 24 to 32 degrees to match state practice.
The Pinckneyville City Council on March 10 approved routine city business including the minutes from its Feb. 24 meeting, the treasurer’s report, accounts payable, and several equipment and contract purchases. The council also adopted a resolution to lease city-owned property for agricultural use and an ordinance aligning the city’s cold-weather gas-service disconnect threshold with the state.
Commissioner William B. Stotlar presented the treasurer’s report, saying Total Gross Payroll for the payroll period ending February 2025 was $157,370.19, with regular hours of 12,466.75 down from last year and overtime hours of 489.50 up from last year. The council approved the treasurer’s report by roll call vote with five YEA and no NAYS.
Other approved items included a procurement from Municipal Equipment for a replacement pump for the East Sewer Plant for $5,736.80 (to be paid from the sewer fund) and an estimate from Perry County Plumbing & Heating LLC for $5,908.41 to relocate an old sewer line to the main sewer (to be paid from sewer capital outlay). The council also approved American Legion Post 2504’s request to collect poppies at Main and Walnut on May 23, 2025.
The council unanimously approved Resolution No. R-2025-03, which authorizes the lease of city-owned real estate for agricultural purposes to Steve and Brent Epplin. The council then adopted Ordinance No. O-2025-02 to amend Section 51.23 of the city code, raising the temperature threshold that prevents gas-service discontinuance from 24 degrees to 32 degrees "to be in line with the State," Mayor Robert L. Spencer said. Commissioner Sammy D. Peradotta made the motion to adopt the ordinance and the vote was 5–0.
All roll-call votes recorded Commissioners Kevin B. Hicks, Joshua L. Kuhnert, Sammy D. Peradotta, William B. Stotlar and Mayor Spencer as voting YEA and no NAYS. No amendments or dissenting comments were recorded on these agenda items.
Following the approvals, the council recessed to an executive session at 7:08 p.m. for collective bargaining and litigation matters and returned to the regular meeting at 7:12 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 7:13 p.m.
