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City Approves Employee Residency Change

Monday, November 20, 2017 - Posted 7:40:21 PM
The Minonk City Council approved an update to the employee residency ordinance at their normal council meeting Monday night.  The updated ordinance gives the department head the jurisdiction to decide whether an employee they hire has to live in Minonk.  The ordinance still requires department heads to live in Minonk.  In addition, if an employee becomes a department head and doesn't live in the city, that employee will have to move to the city.

In other news the council approved the payment of Payment Application #1 for the upgrade to the waste water treatment plant.  Farnsworth engineer Shawn Maurer said work should start at the treatment plant next week with moving dirt.

The council approved the purchase of a used squad car for the Minonk Police Department.  The 2013 Chevy Impala with 53,000 miles is being purchased from the Village of Creve Couer for $10,000.

Mayor Bill Koos said Minonk's estimated evaluation went up $1 million to a total of $25 million.  He said $497,196 will be levied next year and there will be no change in the tax rate.

Alderman John Marcoline asked about the status of the tornado tower to be purchased.  Mayor Koos said a spec sheet needs to be prepared in order to place bids for the tower.  

Alderman Marcoline said the issue of the shed on 10th street is a dead issue as the person who put the shed on the property is not going to live there.