TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
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I. FRANCHISES
II. STREET NAME CHANGES AND DEDICATIONS
III. VACATIONS
IV. AGREEMENTS; CONTRACTS
V. APPROPRIATIONS; TAXES
TABLE I: FRANCHISES
Ord. No. |
Date Passed |
Description |
240 | 8-7-50 | Granting to Union Gas and Electric Company the right and franchise for supplying gas and light, heat and power to the city. |
243 | 3-19-51 | Granting to Illinois Central Telephone Company for supplying telephone service and communication by telephone or other electric device. |
478 | 12-3-79 | Grating a franchise to Central Cable System for a cable television system in the city. |
642 | 11-21-94 | Granting a franchise to Cable TV Fund 14-A, Ltd., its successors and assigns, to operate and maintain a community antenna cable television system in the city. |
736 | 8-21-00 | Authorizing Northern Illinois Gas Company (d/b/a Nicor Gas Company) to construct, operate and maintain a gas distributing system in and through the city. |
882 | 2-7-11 | Extending the expiration date of the cable television franchise agreement with Mediacom Illinois LLC. |
898 | 10-17-11 | Extending the expiration date of the cable television franchise agreement with Mediacom Illinois LLC. |
TABLE II: STREET NAME CHANGES AND DEDICATIONS
Ord. No. | Date Passed |
Description |
577 | 7-15-91 | State Route 54, from the east city limits to the west city limits line is designated as Clinton Avenue. |
— | — | All of U.S. 150 from one north to the south or east city limit lines is designated as Grove Street. |
— | — | The street referred to as Olive which is located one block east and one block west of Main Street is designated as Olive Avenue. |
— | — | Township Road 1400 N, which runs west from John Street to the city limits is designated as Depot Road. |
— | — | The cul-de-sac north of Richardson Street, immediately east of Woodlawn Country Club in Glenoak Subdivisions is designated Oak Lane. |
722 | 8-16-99 | Dedicating and accepting Stensel Drive as a street of the city. |
730 | 5-1-00 | The first alley west of Main Street which runs north and south from the 100 Block of West Clinton Avenue to the 100 Block of West Water Street is designated as Service Way. |
781 | 8-4-03 | Ponderosa Lane, a north-south street running northerly from Clinton Avenue between the 900 Block and the 1000 Block. |
797 | 5-3-04 | Accepting the dedication for public sewer purposes of a private sewer in the 600 and 700 Blocks of West Green Street. |
TABLE III: VACATIONS
Ord. No | Date Passed |
Description |
606 | 8-17-92 | Vacating two and one-half feet on the east side of the dedicated public alley lying immediately west of Lot 1 and two feet off the full south side of Lot 2 in Block 30 in Weedman and McCord’s Addition to the town, now the City of Farmer City. |
749 | — | Vacating Lots 1, 2, 7 and 8 in Block 8 of Weedman and McCord’s Addition. |
820 | 5-15-06 | Vacating a portion of William Street, north of U.S. Highway 150, between Lots 3 and 4 in Block 7 of Weedman and McCord’s Addition. |
873 | 7-7-10 | Vacating the alley between Lots 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 in block 25 of Weedman and McCord’s Addition. |
890 | 6-19-11 | Vacating the alley between Lots 1 and 2 in the block between 288 and 429 of the Woodlawn Addition. |
895 | 9-19-11 | Vacating that part of an alley between blocks 288 and 429 of Woodlawn Addition to the City of Farmer City; approximately 80 feet east. |
TABLE IV: AGREEMENTS; CONTRACTS
Ord. No. |
Date Passed | Description |
612 | 3-15-93 | Authorizing the execution of an agreement between the city and Donald and Pat Bowman. |
700 | 9-21-98 | Approving the admission of the village of Allendale, the city of Fairfield and the city of McLeansboro as new members of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency and to authorize execution of a supplement to the agency agreement establishing the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. |
716 | 4-8-99 | Authorizing and approving a redevelopment agreement by and between the city and Farmer City Farm Corporation in connection with TIF 2, and related matters. |
729B | 4-17-00 | Approving a redevelopment agreement between the city and Plaza Ford, Mercury, Inc |
777 | 2-3-03 | Authorizing the execution and delivery of an addendum to the amended power sales contract with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. |
799 | 7-6-04 | Approving a redevelopment agreement by and between the city and Maxwell Counters, Inc. in connection with Redevelopment Project Area Number One. |
804 | 9-20-04 | Approving a redevelopment agreement by and between the city and MKT Custom Homes, Inc., in connection with Redevelopment Project Area Number One. |
815 | 10-17-05 | Approving a redevelopment agreement by and between the city and Next Generation, Inc., in connection with Redevelopment Project Area Number One. |
850 | 11-17-08 | Authorizing the execution of the IMLRMA minimum/maximum contribution agreement for the period beginning 12/3/2008 and ending 12/31/2009. |
853 | 3-2-09 | Approving the admission of the village of Riverton as a new member of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency and to authorize execution of a supplement to the agency agreement establishing the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. |
– – | 3-2-09 | Supplementing the agency agreement between and among the municipalities of the State of Illinois creating the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. |
863 | 10-19-09 | Authorizing the execution of the IMLRMA minimum/maximum contribution agreement for the period beginning 12/3/2009 and ending 12/31/2010. |
880 | 12-6-10 | Authorizing the execution of the IMLRMA minimum/maximum contribution agreement for the period beginning 12/31/2010 and ending 12/31/2011 |
899 | 11-7-11 | Authorizing the execution of the IMLRMA minimum/maximum contribution agreement for the period beginning 12/31/2011 and ending 12/31/2012. |
907 | 11-5-12 | Authorizing the execution of the IMLRMA minimum/maximum contribution agreement for the period beginning 12/31/2012 and ending 12/31/2013. |
915 | 3-4-13 | Authorizing a lease-purchase agreement with Heartland Bank for certain equipment for corporate purposes. |
916 | 4-1-13 | Amending ordinance 915 authorizing a promissory note to Heartland Bank for equipment for corporate purposes. |
920 | 5-20-13 | Authorizing a promissory note to Heartland Bank to finance the acquisition of certain equipment. |
TABLE V: APPROPRIATIONS; TAXES
Ord. No. | Date Passed | Description |
698 | 7-31-98 | Appropriating for all corporate purposes for the city for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 1998 and ending April 30, 1999. |
702 | 12-7-98 | Levying taxes for all corporate purposes for the city for the fiscal year beginning may 1, 1999 and ending April 30, 2000. |
703 | 12-7-98 | Abating property taxes resulting from a levy general obligation waterworks bonds (alternate revenue source), series 1997. |
704 | 12-7-98 | Abating property taxes resulting from a levy for general obligation electric bonds (alternate revenue source), series 1991. |
715 | 4-8-99 | Adopting tax increment financing for the city Southwest Redevelopment Project Area (TIF 2). |
718 | 7-19-99 | Appropriating for all corporate purposes for the city for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 1999 and ending April 30, 2000. |
723 | – | Levying taxes for all corporate purposes for the city for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2000 and ending April 30, 2001. |
724 | 11-1-99 | Abating property taxes resulting from a levy for General Obligation Electric Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source, series 1991). |
725 | 11-1-99 | Abating property taxes resulting from a levy for General Obligation Waterworks bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), series 1997. |
790 | 12-1-03 | Levying real estate taxes for all corporate purposes for the city for the FY commencing on May 1, 2004 and ending on April 30, 2005. |
791 | 12-1-03 | Abating a portion of the levy and collection of real estate taxes for all corporate purposes for the city for the FY commencing on May 1, 2004 and ending on April 30, 2005. |
851 | 12-8-08 | Levying real estate taxes for all corporate purposes for the fiscal year commencing on May 1, 2008 and ending on April 30, 2009. |
856 | 4-20-09 | Making annual appropriations for the fiscal year 2009-2010. |
865 | 11-23-09 | Levying real estate taxes for all corporate purposes based on appropriations for the fiscal year commencing on May 1, 2009 and ending on April 30, 2010. |
872 | 4-19-10 | Making annual appropriations for the fiscal year 2010-2011. |
881 | 1-3-11 | Levying real estate taxes for all corporate purposes based on appropriations for the fiscal year commencing on May 1, 2010 and ending on April 30, 2011. |
884A | 4-18-11 | Making annual appropriations for the fiscal year 2011-2012. |
900 | 11-21-11 | Levying real estate taxes for all corporate purposes based on appropriations for the fiscal year commencing on May 1, 2011 and ending on April 30, 2012. |
904 | 7-16-12 | Making annual appropriations for the fiscal year 2012-2013. |
909 | 12-3-12 | Levying real estate taxes for all corporate purposes based on appropriations for the fiscal year commencing on May 1, 2012 and ending on April 30, 2013. |
TABLE VI: ANNEXATIONS
Ord. No. |
Date Passed | Description |
710 | 4-8-99 | Approving an annexation agreement (Farmer City Farm Corporation Subdivision). |
711 | 4-8-99 | Annexing certain territory to the city. |
712 | 4-8-99 | Approving a “minor” plat (Farm City West Development). |
714 | 4-8-99 | Designating the Southwest Redevelopment Project Area (TIF 2). |