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Williamsville village board ends relationship with
Glacial Energy
By Byron Painter
Editor
After promised savings did not materialize, the Williamsville Village Board on Monday night voted unanimously to end its
relationship with Glacial Energy.
The vote was 5-0 (Esker absent).
Not only did the savings not materialize, but also billing was inconsistent from Glacial (though in the last couple of months,
it was better, noted Treasurer Heidi Dowell).
“We need to get out from under this,” said Trustee Janice Beyers.
Just before that, Trustee Lisa White discussed grant applications that could help pay for improvements on several village
buildings, including the village hall.
This process is a month or two away, but White is laying the groundwork to have the application ready in plenty of time.
Mayor Tom Yokley noted that furnace and air conditioning work will need to be done relatively soon in the village hall.
There will be water main work done (relocation and reinstallation) on Harpole Street starting next Monday; the road will be
barricaded off, and the work will take at least a week.
The six-inch main will be replaced with an eight-inch main.
Trustee Mike Barnett also went over a letter sent by Greene and Bradford to Herman Johnston, Project Manager for
Preferred Tank and Tower, noting four work items that were incomplete.
The letter, considered the third and final request, asked Johnston to provide several items for documentation, including a
“final lien waiver dated, signed and notarized with the full contract amount paid indicated, for each subcontractor and all
material suppliers utilized on this project” and prevailing wage concerns through the Department of Labor.
Those final lien waivers must be original documents, as the waivers provided Oct. 24 by e-mail “are deficient on several if
not all of the points noted above.”
No money will be approved for payment by the village board until these issues are rectified.
The Jan. 12 meeting will further discuss this issue.
Trustee Valerie Patterson went over plans to purchase banners for the Buy Local campaign; she had a budget of $1000,
and the design costs were just under $100.
Patterson got several bids for the banners themselves and can get 10 banners from ID Signs for about $741.
She will get an invoice before the end of the year so the money will come out of this year’s budget.
Patterson also has started the application process for getting the old train depot on the National Register of Historic Places.
Yokley, presenting Esker’s Streets, Alleys, Sidewalks and Storm Sewers report, mentioned IDOT’s plans for construction
on Interstate 55 from .1 mile north of Fancy Creek north of Sherman, to the Logan County line (5.2 miles), and to repair the
median surfaces, widen turn lanes and improve shoulders on Illinois 123 from .6 mile west of Interstate 55 to east of the
interstate in Williamsville. The projects are tentatively set for the spring, and the roads will remain open.
There was also discussion about a possible excessive engine braking noise ordinance (“jake brake”), because of noise
issues in the village. No decision was made at the meeting, but Yokley brought it up for discussion.
The board also set its meetings for 2010, keeping them on the second and fourth Mondays but changing the start time to 6:
30 p.m., while approving the 2010 holidays (11 total).
The meeting adjourned just short of one hour.
Glacial Energy
By Byron Painter
Editor
After promised savings did not materialize, the Williamsville Village Board on Monday night voted unanimously to end its
relationship with Glacial Energy.
The vote was 5-0 (Esker absent).
Not only did the savings not materialize, but also billing was inconsistent from Glacial (though in the last couple of months,
it was better, noted Treasurer Heidi Dowell).
“We need to get out from under this,” said Trustee Janice Beyers.
Just before that, Trustee Lisa White discussed grant applications that could help pay for improvements on several village
buildings, including the village hall.
This process is a month or two away, but White is laying the groundwork to have the application ready in plenty of time.
Mayor Tom Yokley noted that furnace and air conditioning work will need to be done relatively soon in the village hall.
There will be water main work done (relocation and reinstallation) on Harpole Street starting next Monday; the road will be
barricaded off, and the work will take at least a week.
The six-inch main will be replaced with an eight-inch main.
Trustee Mike Barnett also went over a letter sent by Greene and Bradford to Herman Johnston, Project Manager for
Preferred Tank and Tower, noting four work items that were incomplete.
The letter, considered the third and final request, asked Johnston to provide several items for documentation, including a
“final lien waiver dated, signed and notarized with the full contract amount paid indicated, for each subcontractor and all
material suppliers utilized on this project” and prevailing wage concerns through the Department of Labor.
Those final lien waivers must be original documents, as the waivers provided Oct. 24 by e-mail “are deficient on several if
not all of the points noted above.”
No money will be approved for payment by the village board until these issues are rectified.
The Jan. 12 meeting will further discuss this issue.
Trustee Valerie Patterson went over plans to purchase banners for the Buy Local campaign; she had a budget of $1000,
and the design costs were just under $100.
Patterson got several bids for the banners themselves and can get 10 banners from ID Signs for about $741.
She will get an invoice before the end of the year so the money will come out of this year’s budget.
Patterson also has started the application process for getting the old train depot on the National Register of Historic Places.
Yokley, presenting Esker’s Streets, Alleys, Sidewalks and Storm Sewers report, mentioned IDOT’s plans for construction
on Interstate 55 from .1 mile north of Fancy Creek north of Sherman, to the Logan County line (5.2 miles), and to repair the
median surfaces, widen turn lanes and improve shoulders on Illinois 123 from .6 mile west of Interstate 55 to east of the
interstate in Williamsville. The projects are tentatively set for the spring, and the roads will remain open.
There was also discussion about a possible excessive engine braking noise ordinance (“jake brake”), because of noise
issues in the village. No decision was made at the meeting, but Yokley brought it up for discussion.
The board also set its meetings for 2010, keeping them on the second and fourth Mondays but changing the start time to 6:
30 p.m., while approving the 2010 holidays (11 total).
The meeting adjourned just short of one hour.
Issue Date: Dec. 31, 2009