Kankakee Times

Iroquois County Board met Jan. 25.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

On motion to call the roll

Aye: Alt, Behrends, Bills, Bohlmann, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Hasbargen, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Pursley, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow

Absent: Anderson, Krumwiede, LaMie, Rayman

Prayer & Pledge Of Allegiance

Mrs. Offill gave the opening prayer after which the Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.

CAll For Special Session

County Clerk Lisa Fancher read the call for Special Session.

To Lisa Fancher:

We, the undersigned members of the County Board of Iroquois County, Illinois, do hereby request you to call a special meeting of the County Board of Iroquois County, Illinois to meet at the Administrative Center in the City of Watseka, Illinois on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 5 P.M. for the purpose of discussion and action regarding telecommunicator union matters.

s/John Shure

s/Lyle Behrends

s/Larry Hasbargen

s/Charles Alt

s/Marvin Stichnoth

s/Vincent LaMie

s/Troy Krumwiede

s/Kevin Bohlmann

s/Daniel Pursley

Agenda

It was moved by Mr. Alt and seconded to approve the agenda. The motion carried by a voice vote.

Public Comments

There were no public comments.

Executive Session

It was moved by Mr. Whitlow and seconded to go into executive session at 5:04 P.M. to discuss possible action regarding the telecommunicator union matter, under 5/ILCS 120/1 (c) (2)

Collective Negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. The motion carried by a voice vote.

Executive Session

It was moved by Mr. Bills and seconded to come out of executive session at 6:05 P.M.

The motion carried by a voice vote.

Motion

It was moved by Mr. Bills and seconded to challenge the arbitration ruling on the telecommunicators union matter and direct the Board’s legal counsel to petition the Circuit Court. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

Chairman Shure

On motion to challenge the arbitration ruling on the telecommunicators union matter and direct the Board’s legal counsel to petition the Circuit Court

Aye: Alt, Behrends, Bills, Crow, Curtis, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Pursley, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow

Nay: Bohlmann, Coughenour, Hasbargen, Johnson, LaMie*

Absent: Anderson, Krumwiede, Rayman

*denotes County Board member that arrived after initial roll call

Old Business

There was no old business.

New Business

There was no new business.

Adjournment

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