TISKILWA — The Tiskilwa Village Board held its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 11, in the Tiskilwa Fire Station with Village President Randy Philhower and trustees Dan Acker, Todd Gibson, Eric Paull and Amy Kline present.

• The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.

• Bills in the amount of $69,138.55 were approved for payment.

• Philhower thanked the departing board members for their service and congratulated the newly-elected and re-elected board members. He was presented a plaque in appreciation of his many years of service to the village of Tiskilwa.

• Village Clerk Linda Kling swore in the newly-elected officers: Michael Murray as village president for a four-year term; trustee Kelley Eiken for a four-year term; trustee Brett Klinefelter for a two-year term. Re-elected to serve four-year terms were Acker, Kline, as trustees, and Kling as village clerk.

• Murray made new committee appointments as follows: Dan Acker — buildings and grounds; Amy Kline — public health/safety; Brett Klinefelter — water and sewer; Kelly Eiken — flood control; Murray will serve as finance officer.

• The village will retain Ginger Murphy as treasurer, John Isaacson as the village attorney, Jack Kusek of IMEG Engineering as village engineer, Midland States Bank as the village depository and Monica Robbins, CPA, as the auditor.

• Philhower will now serve as the zoning officer, with Eileen Behrends, Betty Jo Gustafson, Jared Piacenti, John Funderberg and Jeremy Piacenti as zoning board members.

• The treasurer’s report was approved as presented.

• Randy Senneff, representing the Tiskilwa Alumni Association board, requested permission to use the East Park during Pow Wow Days weekend for the alumni gathering. There will be no alcoholic beverages allowed in the park.

• Members of the Tiskilwa Historical Society were in attendance to present the 2020 Governor’s Hometown Award to the village, which represents the society’s restoration of the American Legion Hall. The plaque will be hung at the village clerk’s office.

• Ed Waca brought to the board’s attention the creek work needed on the east end of town by the end of summer to help protect the levy.

• All board members were reminded to complete the certifications online as soon as possible.

• Kusek updated the board on the micro-surfacing road pavement project, stating the work should begin soon.

• Kling gave the water report as 633,400 gallons of water used and billed at $3,619.70, with sewer billed at $3,883.

• The police report showed one traffic warning, 303 security checks and 69 hours worked.

• Murray stated that he would like research done on setting up a website for the village board to have a better forum to communicate with the village residents. A ballpark figure would be $799 to set it up and $79.99 a month to keep it updated. More information will be researched before making a decision to do this.

• Acker updated the board on seven locations in need of street lights, with one at the end of East Main Street needing additional funds to complete. Acker made a motion to proceed with the seven locations with the cost of the addition at approximately $890.50. The motion was approved.

• Murray received a donation from the Tiskilwa Community Church to be used in the village.

• A letter from Tevis Mott requesting permission to remove a pine tree on village property and grind out the stump at his expense was approved by the board.

• The annual townwide cleanup will be held June 11. No electronics will be picked up at this time.

• Murray reviewed some of the changes needed for the tentative budget.

The Tiskilwa Village Board meets each month on the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Tiskilwa Fire Station. All meetings are open to the public.