The city council meeting will vote to authorize the purchase of electrical services from Ameren Energy Marketing Company, saving the city over $19,000.

The city currently has an electric contract from 2010 to 2011 in place.

City Manager Scott Smith said, “when the power was deregulated in the state of Illinois, it forced (the city) to either stay with the local host energy supplier, Ameren CIPS, or shop around for rates.”

The current rate is 5.48 cents per kilowatt-hour for all accounts; next year it will be as low as 4.88 cents.

A resolution to authorize the Tiered 1 approach to Corrective-Action Objectives Agreement (TACO) will be voted on to allow the owners, Paradigm Properties, Inc. to prevent groundwater beneath the street 1102 Madison Ave. from contaminations.

Currently, remediation is now complete and meets IEPA requirements.

If at any point the areas are disturbed then Paradigm Properties, Inc. have a responsibility to come back and assist with cleanup.

Certain streets will have changes in the traffic regulations.

City council will vote to no longer have parking along West Vine St., Tyler Ave. and Meadowlake Drive between Grant Ave. and Ashby Dr.

Dorothy M. Best is donating a piece of land to the city.

Voting to accept the acre and a half of real estate located adjacent to Laffite Nature Center near Carl Samberg School will also be voted on.

The city already owns property nearest to the property line, and if accepted, the city has no plans but to expand the line and to assume ownership of it.

Fire alarm registrations and prohibition of false alarm activation is in need of an amendment to the existing ordinance.

The city had a similar ordinance when under the BOCA code but when the city changed codes several years ago, it was removed.

There are two parts to the ordinance; one is registration to the fire alarm system.

When a new alarm system is installed in town and activated, the city is notified with information, so that if the alarm is activated, the city knows who to contact.

This applies to any businesses that change names and ownerships.

The second part is the prohibiting of false alarms.

“There has to be some policy or procedures to eliminate the nuisance alarms that are not necessary which take away the equipment and the manpower and personnel away from an alarm that is actually an alarm,” said Smith.

Allison Twaits can be reached at 581-7943 or altwaits@eiu.edu.