The Charleston City Council will look at resolutions for FutureGen, restaurants and City Hall in its meeting on Tuesday night.

The City Council is expected to solidify an agreement between Mattoon and Charleston relating to FutureGen. The agreement is to allow Mattoon to use water from Charleston to help attract the FutureGen project to the area.

The water Charleston is providing is affluent water, which is water that has already been used so as to not cut into the drinking water supply of Charleston, said Muller.

Charleston agreed to work with the Mattoon since the beginning of the project. At one point Mattoon looked for prospects for affluent water sources, considering several communities including Charleston.

Charleston will take waste water, treat it and allow it to be put to use at the FutureGen plant.

Charleston would be providing 4.3 million gallons of affluent water for the project. This agreement will be intergovernmental between the two cities.

“This makes it easier for FutureGen, as they are then making a contract with one entity for a City of Mattoon agreement for the project,” said City Manager Scott Smith.

In the future, follow up resolutions will be made to plan the specifics of the cost-sharing aspects of the plan.

City Council is taking a look at a restaurant ordinance. The Class D liquor license refers to the ability of a restaurant to serve alcohol. Currently, twelve restaurants in Charleston possess a Class D liquor license.

Charleston Mayor John Inyart received inquiries as to the amount of licenses available. Inyart went back and took a look at the code. The number of licenses available is based upon the census, which has not been updated since the 1980s.

“Some properties are changing hands and getting liquor licenses for a new endeavor,” Inyart said.

The number of licenses is looking to be increased up to 14, which still may not be up to the full amount allowed for the population of Charleston, said City Clerk Deborah Muller.

The Council will be approving $13,882.44 to Ameren CIPS to re-locate three utility poles in town. The poles are located on Jackson Avenue. The city purchased a building that burnt and are in the process of redesigning that aspect of Jackson Avenue.

“The power poles must accommodate the need for traffic flow,” Smith said.

The City will also be looking at renovating City Hall.

A number of things are being looked at, including replacing the elevator on the North side of the building.

The elevator will extend out from the building. The elevator will increase in size to accommodate those entering City Hall.

A foyer will also be added to the North side.

Other major renovations are in planning for City Hall.

Windows are being added to the back of the building.

The exterior will also be fashioned by an energy efficient material.

“These are mainly things making the building more attractive and in step with the rest of the square,” Muller said.