HOLLIS TOWNSHIP REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
THURSDAY, June 17, 2021 @ 7:00 P.M.
The Clerk will announce the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag @ 7:03 P.M.
The Supervisor will call the meeting to order.
Board Members Present for Roll Call: Supervisor: Russell L Zeine
Trustees: William J. Gerdes, Rich D Murray, Stacie L Breedlove, Maurice L Super
Clerk: Rhonda L Hodges
Supervisor: Announce quorum present.
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Note Attendance: Road Commissioner - Dennis Beckman: Tax Assessor - Alice Dailey
Visitors: None
Corrections or Additions to Agenda: Additions to agenda may be discussed; however, if action is
needed by the Board such action must be taken at another meeting when the topic is posted on agenda
48 hours prior to the meeting.
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APPROVE MINUTES of Previous Meetings:
1. Prior to tonight’s meeting, copies of Minutes from the Regular Monthly Meeting held on
May 20, 2021 was distributed to Board Members for their review.
MOTION to accept the Minutes as presented made by R. Murray: second by S. Breedlove.
Motion passed unanimously with all ayes.
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AUDIT CURRENT EXPENDITURES, Investments, Transfer of Funds, Budget Line-Item Transfers:
1. MOTION to accept for payment all Town Fund Invoices as presented to the Board on the
Disbursement Summary June 17, 2021 in the amount of $ 8,025.59
MOTION made by R. Murray: second by W. Gerdes
Roll call: Gerdes - yes Murray - yes Breedlove - yes Super - yes Zeine - yes MOTION PASSED
2. MOTION to accept for payment all General Road Fund Invoices as presented to the Board
on the Disbursement Summary June 17, 2021 in the amount of $ 27,667.92
MOTION made by M. Super: second by W. Gerdes
Roll call: Gerdes - yes Murray - yes Breedlove - yes Super - yes Zeine - yes MOTION PASSED
3. MOTION to accept for payment all Joint Bridge Fund Invoices as presented to the Board on
the Disbursement Summary June 17, 2021 in the amount of $ 973.80
MOTION made by R. Murray ; second by M. Super.
Roll call: Gerdes – yes Murray – yes Breedlove - yes Super – yes Zeine – yes MOTION PASSED
VISITORS ADDRESSING THE BOARD: None
TOWN BUILDING, GROUNDS & EQUIPMENT: R. Zeine said the weeds are to be cleaned up and the
flowers Alice planted look pretty.
COMMUNICATIONS & Correspondence: R. Zeine emailed the State in support to keep the solar
energy money “in-house”.
TOWN BUSINESS ~ Supervisor: TOI will have bills for trustee, road district and supervisor fees along
with clerk and assessor also.
CLERK BUSINESS:
1. The PAC web page is presently being repaired, therefore the OMA electronic training, as well as the
Freedom of Information Act electronic training, are inaccessible. There is no set completion date for the
website repairs at this time. Please note public body members and designees are not penalized for failure
to complete the electronic training within the statutory time periods.
Please call 1-877-299-3642 if you have any questions
2. Quickbooks Enhanced Payroll renews on 7/22/2021 for $ 500. Need approval to continue.
MOTION to pay made by R. Murray: second by S. Breedlove Motion passed with all AYES
ROAD BUSINESS ~ Highway Commissioner:
D. Beckman has received calls about trees and grass clippings by residence. He stated unless it involved
roadways, he will not be involved with these matters.
He will be fog-coating roads this year while sealing coating. This helps seal more on the roads.
D. Beckman also stated that tractors on roadways will tear up sealcoating especially on hot days.
He has hired 2 more employees so there was an adjustment to his budget as we discussed during the
special hearings meeting.
Peoria County Highway Department Motor Fuel Tax Report : No report
TRUSTEES/ Information / Business:
B. Gerdes asked if any funds have been received from the solar farm yet. R. Zeine stated nothing has
been received yet.
M. Super stated he could not open an attachment emailed to him. R. Hodges stated she will convert all
documents to pdf to help with this issue.
TAX ASSESSOR’S OFFICE / Information / Business:
Alice Daily stated that the books will be closed July 1, 2021. There will be one final pass made in
November. She did receive a sales report with only one house on it, but she thought there were more for
sale at this time, so she will check on this.
OLD UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None
NEW BUSINESS: R. Zeine will check on audit for last fiscal year
MOTION to adjourn made by R. Murray; second by M. Super. The motion passed unanimously with all
ayes.
The Meeting adjourned at 7:42 PM.
Rhonda Hodges, Township Clerk