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Kankakee County Highways and Buildings Committee met August 10.

Here is the minutes as provided by the committee:

Members Present

Mr. McConnell, Ms. Polk, Mr. Tripp, Mr. Ritter, Ms. Webber, Ms. Parker, Mr. Mulcahy, Ms. Peters, Mr.

Stauffenberg, and Mr. LaGesse

Members Absent

Mr. Hildebrand, Ms. Evans, Mr. Vickery, Mr. Einfeldt, and Mr. Olthoff

In Attendance

 Board Members

Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Liehr

 Department Heads

Mark Rogers and Brian Gadbois

Media

None

1. Call to Order

 Roll Call

The meeting was called to order by the Committee Chairman, Mr. McConnell, at 9:00 a.m. Quorum

present.

2. Public Comment

None

3. Approval of Minutes: June 21, 2017

Ms. Peters made a motion to approve the minutes, and Mr. Ritter seconded it. Motion carried

with a voice vote.

4. Highways - Mark Rogers

 Bidding and Letting

a) County 17-00000-00-GM Non MFT

Ms. Parker made a motion to open the bids, and Mr. Ritter seconded it. Motion carried with a

voice vote.

Mr. Rogers provided the committee with a map showing where the work is going to be done. He

opened the bids and read them to the committee.

Mr. Tripp made a motion to accept the bids as read, conditioned upon review of the bid

tabulations and responsibility of bidder, and Ms. Peters seconded it. Motion carried with a roll

call vote of 10 ayes and 0 nays. Voting aye were Mr. McConnell, Ms. Polk, Mr. Tripp, Mr. Ritter,

Ms. Webber, Ms. Parker, Mr. Mulcahy, Ms. Peters, Mr. Stauffenberg, and Mr. Wheeler.

 County Engineer’s Pay Estimates

Mr. Rogers reviewed and discussed the pay estimates with the committee.

Mr. Mulcahy made a motion to approve the pay estimates, and Ms. Peters seconded it. Motion

carried with a roll call vote of 10 ayes and 0 nays. Voting aye were Mr. McConnell, Ms. Polk,

Mr. Tripp, Mr. Ritter, Ms. Webber, Ms. Parker, Mr. Mulcahy, Ms. Peters, Mr. Stauffenberg, and

Mr. Wheeler.

 Resolution

 Declaration of Highway Department Equipment as Surplus Property

Mr. Rogers stated that they did clean out another area of the garage, and have some items to declare

surplus. They are mostly desks, tables, and some other items. He read the complete list to the

committee.

Mr. Stauffenberg made a motion to declare the equipment surplus, and Mr. LaGesse seconded

it.

Discussion:

Mr. Stauffenberg stated that someone at the Criminal Justice meeting yesterday had a car they

wanted to sell. Can that be put on with this?

Mr. Rogers stated that they’re planning on having their sale next month.

Mr. Wheeler suggested speaking with the Sheriff about that. He believes they would be sending that

car down to Clinton where they do an auction for the vehicles; however, Probation also had a car they

wanted to get rid of.

Mr. Rogers stated that as long as the vehicles have been declared surplus, they’re fine if anyone

wanted to do that. This is the third resolution they’ve done since the garage sale, so there are more

items than this that will be in their sale.

Original motion carried with a voice vote.

5. Buildings - Brian Gadbois

 Facility Dude Reports – June & July 2017

 Financial Reports – June & July 2017

 Building Report

Mr. Gadbois reviewed and discussed the above reports with the committee.

 Declaration of Items as Surplus Property

Mr. Gadbois stated that he forgot that this had to have a resolution. He asked the State’s Attorney’s

office if they could work on it, but their schedule is full right now. It will be brought to a different meeting

and taken care of then.

6. Old Business

 Attorney General Response – Courthouse (Chairman Wheeler)

Mr. Wheeler stated that our plan was approved and includes the parking lot at the old jail. The

Attorney General’s office has given us dates on when the parking lot has to be done, and that’s by the

end of November of this year. He is meeting with Mr. Gadbois, the State’s Attorney, and the Sheriff

or his representative, regarding this acceptance of most of our plan. This committee may remember

that, at the beginning of July, he sent in our action plan as was required of us to do at that point. He’s

happy to say that everything’s been accepted, but there are a couple of questions asked of us, which

he proceeded to explain, and further discussed each item of the plan with the committee. The one

item that requires immediate action is that any municipal government or unit of government that has

over 50 employees has to have an ADA Coordinator. We have not had one, and the Attorney

General’s office wants us to have one by the end of August. He is working on that, and it may be

able to be done part-time, but it will have to be a dedicated person. He provided a copy of the job

description to the committee. While we might not find the person we need who has the skill set, we

have to get someone named in this position, and trained. The Attorney General’s office is not

mandating a certain skill set, but they are saying that we need to have someone in place. He needs

approval from this committee to post the position.

Mr. Tripp made a motion to approve the posting for an ADA Coordinator, and was seconded

by Mr. Mulcahy. Motion carried with a voice vote.

7. New Business

8. Other Business

9. Adjournment

A motion was made by Mr. LaGesse to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 a.m., and was seconded by

Ms. Peters. Motion carried with a voice vote.

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