NEWTON CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, November 5, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Newton City Hall
108 N. Van Buren
Newton, IL 62448
1. CALL TO ORDER: Mark Bolander, Mayor
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Alderman David Brown
3. ROLL CALL: Rosetta York, City Clerk
4. ADOPT OR AMEND AGENDA
5. APPROVAL OF REGULAR MINUTES of October 15, 2019
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS: None
7. OLD BUSINESS:
A. Consider and act on renewal of CEO class pledge of $1,000/year for 3 years.
B. Consider and act on a new MedTrak service agreement for pass-through/transparent drug
pricing.
C. Consider and act on quote for computers and software upgrade for Collector and Billing
office from Kemper Technology for $4,158.36.
D. Consider and act on the City of Newton’s share of the Motorola Solutions quote for the
Starcom radios of $50,856.60,
E. Consider and act on hiring Curt Long as a part time Newton Police Officer.
8. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Consider and act on approving Christmas bonuses for all present full-time and part-time
employees.
9. COMMITTEE REPORTS OR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS: Police 10-22-19, EMA
10-22-19, Electric Committee 10-29-19, Insurance Committee 11-4-19, Finance Committee 11-4-
19 and JEDI 11-5-19
10. STATEMENTS BY: Council Members, City Attorney, City Treasurer (Tax Levy Statement), City
Clerk and, Mayor
11. NEXT REGULAR MEETING: November 19, 2019 at 6:00 PM
SCHEDULED COMMITTEE MEETINGS:
12. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Litigation, potential litigation, personnel and sale of real estate
13. ADJOURNMENT
