This week Tuesday are 3 meetings, City, Library, and School.
City Committee of the Whole, 7:00pm. From the City’s site:
“The meeting will be broadcast live on BATV’s YouTube channel which can be accessed from their website at myBATV.com or https://www.youtube.com/user/BATV1017. If you plan to attend in person, you must wear a mask and please note there is limited seating available for the public in the room so that social distancing can be maintained.
If you would like to make comment by phone during the meeting, please send a request by email to publiccomment@cityofbatavia.net by 5:00 pm the day of the meeting indicating your name, phone number, the date of the meeting and the topic on which you would like to make comment. You will be called at the number you provided during the meeting at the time for public comment.”
Agenda Item 6. Discussion: Update from the City Administrator and Mayor from their Discussions with Other Taxing Bodies. This is in regard to the creation of a new TIF District. A Joint Review Board will be convened Oct. 1, 10:30am, at City Hall (public welcome), made up of representatives from all the taxing bodies. They will review the grounds the City claims for creating a new TIF District and Redevelopment proposal for Shodeen. I had created a document that I sent to the various taxing bodies with my own arguments against the TIF (can be read here), which leads to the next meeting, the Library Board.
Library Board is having a special meeting at 6pm online, via Zoom, to discuss the TIF proposal and give direction to their representative. Information posted on the Library site: The Board of Library Trustees is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, September 22, at 6:00 p.m., via electronic means (the Zoom platform). Board meetings are open meetings and persons interested in attending this meeting should notify the Library via email at OpenMeetings@BataviaPublicLibrary.org to receive login information.
Another BRG member kindly did the write-up for this week’s School Board meeting (and if anyone likes to write and wouldn’t mind contributing write-ups once in a while, please send a note through the Contact Us page):
Tomorrow night (Tuesday September 22, 2020, 7:00pm), The School Board will be holding their regular monthly meeting. The meeting will be held at the Fine Arts Center next to the High School. Seating will be limited to 50 individuals (shouldn’t be a problem if you want to go). Otherwise the meeting will be streamed live for those who don’t want to attend.
Here is the link to the Agenda and all the documents for the meeting : https://go.boarddocs.com/il/bps101/Board.nsf/Public
Item 4 on the Agenda will be public comments – usually limited to three minutes and when you come into the building, sign up as a speaker with the Secretary.
Items of interest/concern are:
5.10 Approval of Administrator and Teacher Salary & Benefits Report Make sure to look at not only the salaries, but, also the benefits,
Very, very generous giving out our tax dollars when most of us won’t have benefits packages that large.
7.1 Adoption of the 2021 Budget – See 2021 Final Budget Summary
7.3 Approval of the Medical Insurance Rates for the 2021 Plan year. The insurance reserve has increased to 30%, above the 25% target, so the Board will not be required to make additional contributions over its share of premiums.
New Wellness Incentive
New this year, we are incentivizing participation in the annual wellness assessment with lower employee contributions for medical insurance. Single plan participants can save $25 per month on the medical insurance contributions and others $50 if both spouses participate in the screening before October 2. Despite the increases in premiums above, the net result for most employees will be a slight savings over the prior year if they participate in this new incentive.
Batavians for Responsible Government 