JERSEY: No action taken on June Street rezoning
PROTECTED CONTENT
If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above.
Username and Password Help
Please enter your email and we will send you a password reset link.
By Steven Spencer
Jerseyville City Council didn’t take any action on a petition to rezone property on June Street at their regular meeting on Tuesday, April 29.
The petition was to rezone the property from R-2 to B-3 with intended use as a dance studio and youth recreation facility as DanceWorks Studios was looking to construct a new building to accommodate for their growth.
The item was on Tuesday’s agenda to defer the petition back to the Planning and Zoning Board but City Council took no action on the item after Mayor Kevin Stork explained that the owners had asked to rescind their request at this time.
The council also approved a land lease agreement between the city and AT&T for property at 200 South Washington.
City Attorney William Strang said the property will be used for a new cell tower.
“Overall there were some things that we didn’t like and eventually they accepted all our suggested changes,” Strang said.
He added that they have two years to execute the lease and there would be an increase the city would receive each renewal period should there be an extension.
Two proclamations were presented during the meeting. One was a proclamation designating the month of May as Motorcycle Awareness Month, and the other designated May 4 to May 10 as Professional Municipal Clerk’s Week.
In other business, council approved the bills in the amount of $1,183,177.45 which included approximately $554,000 for the new splash pad at Wittman Park, and approved documents for the annual Motor Fuel Tax Program.
Public Works Director Bob Manns said the resolution for the Motor Fuel Tax this year was for $535,055.72. Manns said this creates a budget for everything to maintain streets, sidewalks, parking lots and drainage ditches. He said they always budget a little high because they never know what mother nature has in store each year, and the funds can be used on ice removal, snow removal, oil and chipping, street sweeping, mowing and other maintenance and labor.
Before closing Tuesday’s meeting, council tabled a motion to approve a professional engineering services agreement with Bartlett and West Inc. for phase three services of the Hollow Avenue roadway project.
City Council is scheduled to meet again on Tuesday, May 13, at 6 p.m.
