Illinois Valley Times

City of LaSalle Finance Committee met Jan. 22.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

Chairman Ptak Called the Meeting to order at 6:00 pm

ROLL CALL

Present: Chairman Ptak, Aldermen Bacidore, Reynolds, Lavieri, Jeppson

Absent: Alderman Thompson, Alderman Herndon, Alderman Crane

Moved by Alderman Lavieri and seconded by Alderman Reynolds to allow Alderman Herndon to attend meeting remotely via phone call.

Voice vote, all ayes. Motion carried.

Present: Chairman Ptak, Aldermen Bacidore, Reynolds, Lavieri, Jeppson, Herndon, Crane (arrived at 6:02pm).

Absent: Alderman Thompson

Others Present: Deputy Clerk Brent Bader, Finance Director John Duncan, Director of Public Works Kevin Fay, City Building Inspector Andy Bacidore, Fire Chief Jerry Janick

A quorum was present.

Moved by Alderman Reynolds and seconded by Alderman Bacidore to approve the minutes from January 8, 2024.

Voice vote, all ayes. Motion carried.

Police Chief Mike Smudzinski discussed the Dodge Ram that he is looking to purchase.

He currently has two squads that are trucks and this one that he is looking to trade out has 110,000 miles on it. He would like to continue to keep two trucks within the fleet.

Chief will purchase the new truck out of the drug fund. Chief plans on stripping the current truck down and giving that one to the City once he has purchased the new truck.

Smudzinski also mentioned that he did put two in the budget but will be purchasing this one out of the drug fund. This was a state bid so there is no need to find multiple bidders. The sticker price is $53,515, but the city will be purchasing it for $39,017. This truck also comes with a 5-year, 60,000-mile powertrain. The department plans on transferring as much equipment as they can. There were some lights and wiring that rusted out, but there will be minimal work. Chief Smudzinksi also found a new guy who travels to work on updating new squads. He will only need two days in the city garage to do the work to get the squad ready, when before it took about a month to flip a vehicle. Smudzinski discussed with the dealer that the truck will be ready for purchase and pickup as soon as this were to get approved. 

Moved by Alderman Reynolds and seconded by Alderman Bacidore to accept the recommendation regarding the purchase of a 2023 RAM 1500 Classic for $39,017.00 for the police department.

ROLL CALL

AYE: Chairman Ptak, Aldermen Bacidore, Reynolds, Lavieri, Jeppson, Herndon, Crane

NAY: None Absent: Alderman Thompson Abstain: None

MOTION CARRIED: 7-0

There were no more questions or comments from the public.

Moved by Alderman Jeppson and seconded by Alderman Lavieri to adjourn the meeting.

Voice vote, all ayes. Motion carried.

Chairman Ptak adjourned the meeting at 6:07pm 

https://www.lasalle-il.gov/sites/default/files/agendas-minutes/2024-02/1-22-24.pdf