4-8-25 Annual Town Meeting Minutes
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TOWN OF ALTON ALTON, ILLINOIS
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
TUESDAY APRIL 8, 2025
6:01 P.M.
The Meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk.
There were 8 Citizens of Alton present:
Mr. Kelly made a motion, seconded Supervisor Bohart, to have the Town Clerk read the following material and place on file. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
NOTICE of "ANNUAL TOWN MEETING"
Notice is hereby given that the "Annual Town Meeting" of the Town of Alton, Madison County, Illinois, will be held on the 8th day of April, 2025, at the hour of 6:01 p. m. in the Alton City Council Chambers, 101 East Third Street, Alton, Illinois, for the purpose of transacting any business that may properly come before the said meeting.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Town of Alton, Madison County, Illinois, this 12th day of March, 2025.
The Town Clerk read the following:
CERTIFICATE
State of Illinois )
Township of Alton )
County of Madison )
I Cheryl L. Ingle, City Clerk and Ex-Officio Town Clerk of Alton, County of Madison, State of Illinois, do hereby certify that I did on the 26th day of March, 2025, post three (3) Notices of the Town of Alton Anoual Meeting, of which this Notice is a true, exact and complete duplicate, in the three (3) public places in the township of Alton, Madison County, to wit:
1) Alton City Clerk's Office 101 East Third Street Alton, Illinois
2) Supervisor's Office 100A East Broadway Alton, Illinois
3) Hayner Public Library 326 Belle Street Alton, Illinois
SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me this 26th day of March, 2025 A.D.
Cheryl L. Ingle
City Clerk and Ex-Officio
Town Clerk
The Town Clerk read the following:
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Madison COUNTY} ss
This is to Certify that a notice, a true copy of which is hereto attached, was published in The Telegraph, a secular newspaper of general circulation in the County of Madison and the State of Illinois, by The Telegraph, a corporation existing under the laws of said state and that said notice was published on the 21 tl, day of March, 2025.
And this is to Further Certify that said newspaper has been regularly published for 50 weeks prior to the publication of said notice therein, and that the person who signs the name of said company to this certificate is as appears by the records of said company, its duly authorized agent for such purpose. Dated this, 21th day of March, 2025.
Mr. Batchelor made a motion, seconded by Mr. Kelly to nominate and elect Ms. Raechel Drake as Moderator. The motion passed by unanimous vote. The Town Clerk then swore in Raechel Drake as Moderator.
Ms. Drake took over as Presiding Officer for the Annual Town Meeting.
Mrs. Boyd made a motion, seconded by Mr. Kelly, that the minutes of the last Annual Town Meeting: April 9th, 2024 be approved and place on file.
Supervisor Bohart made a motion, seconded by Mr. Kelly to waive the reading of the following material and to place on file. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
a) Statement of Financial Affairs ofTownship
b) Certificate of Audit
In other business, Supervisor Bohart asked Mr. Kelly as Township Attorney to look over the employee manual. Also, Adrienne Kaesberg with Region 41 Birth to Five Illinois spoke re; child care services
Mr. Batchelor made a motion, seconded by Mr. Kelly that the Annual Town Meeting Adjourn at 6: 17 p.m. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
CHERYL L. INGLE,
CITY CLERK and EX-OFFICIO
TOWN CLERK
Town of Alton
Alton, Illinois
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