Steeleville Village Board approves purchase of new police vehicle
<span>STEELEVILLE -- As part of its monthly meeting on Monday, the Steeleville Village Board approved the purchase of a 2016 Ford Interceptor police vehicle for a price not to exceed $38,500.</span>
<span>Steeleville Police Chief/Village Supervisor Lyn Thies said the price includes vehicle and equipment. The Steeleville Police Department currently has five vehicles in its motor pool, including three of the 2012 model year.</span>
<span>"We try to keep them in about a six-to-seven year rotation," Thies said in a Tuesday interview with the Herald Tribune. "This one we're getting rid of now is a 2010 (Ford) Expedition and it's a little early, but in early 2012, we bought a new one and in late 2012 we bought a new one and we had one totaled out and we bought another one.</span>
<span>"So I have three 2012s and we're trying to keep in a rotation so they don't all come due at the same time."</span>
<span>In other action, the board approved the purchase of a sewer camera for a price not to exceed $3,500. The device will be similar to a toilet auger, but with a camera at the end.</span>
<span>"It has a screen and a long pipe on it," Thies said. "You just push it in if you have a clog and it lets you see where the clog is."</span>
<span>The board also approved several agenda items pertaining to the upcoming Oktoberfest, to be held Oct. 9 and 10, including closing Sparta and Illinois streets. The board also approved its yearly $1,000 donation to the event.</span>
<span>"Illinois Street is closed all day Friday and Saturday," Thies said. "Sparta street is just closed Saturday morning for the craft fair."</span>
<span>A parade permit resolution for IDOT was also passed and will be sent in for the Oktoberfest parade, which will occur on Oct. 9 at 6 p.m.</span>
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<span>Lori Hill discussed getting new monuments of the town's founders with the board.</span>
<span>"She's working with the founders of Steeleville, the Steele family, about getting some monuments for them to replace the ones that are in the cemetery now," Thies said. "She just discussed that with the council, about maybe having the city participate in doing the foundations for the stones for the monuments."</span>
<span>The board voted to keep closed session minutes closed.</span>
<span>The board approved a three-year contract extension with NewWave Communications, to expire May 7, 2018.</span>
<span>The board approved a TIF inducement resolution for MiCasa Take Home Inc., which Thies said is considering opening a sub shop in town. MiCasa also has a shop in Sparta.</span>
<span>"An inducement resolution is the first stage in a TIF agreement," he said. "It's basically the starting point. Once they have the resolution done, then they can incurring costs the TIF will pay for."</span>
<span>The following streets will receive oil and chipping on Thursday, Aug. 6: West 1st Street, Industrial Drive, East Front Street, Roosevelt Drive and Locust Street. Three alleys will also receive the treatment.</span>
<span>The next meeting of the Steeleville Village Board is set for Thursday, September 3, at 7 p.m.</span>
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