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Iroquois County Board met March 12.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to call the roll

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

PRAYER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Mrs. Offill introduced Reverend Debora Wight, Pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Sheldon, who gave the opening prayer after which the Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.

AGENDA

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

MINUTES

It was moved by Mr. Whitlow and seconded to approve the minutes from the February 13, 2019 Recessed Session County Board meeting. The motion was seconded and carried by a voice vote.

PAYROLL

It was moved by Mr. Young and seconded to approve the February payroll. The motion was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the February payroll

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

COUNTY BOARD SERVICES

Paul Bowers.$139.80 Lyle Behrends (2 months).$616.96 Ernest Curtis.$157.20 John Zumwalt.$136.32 Joe Young.$155.04 Jed Whitlow.$157.20 Marvin Stichnoth.$153.72 John Shure.$875.04 Barbara Offill.$159.03 Chad McGinnis.$135.84 Sherry Johnson.$140.00 Ernest Curtis.$192.20 Donna Crow (2 months).$242.30 Kevin Coughenour.$35.00 Paul Bowers.$174.80 Roger Bard.$105.00

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Robert Kramer of Gilman introduced himself to the Board and commented that he is always looking for ways to improve academics, specifically in the Iroquois West school district. He voiced his concerns with the cost and the hours spent bussing students from Iroquois County to the Career Center in Kankakee. He asked the Board to consider building a community college at the I-57 and Route 24 exchange. He feels this would be beneficial to surrounding counties and multiple area school districts, by offering the children and citizens in the community a chance to better themselves.

CHAIRMAN COMMENTS

There were no Chairman comments.

OUTSIDE COMMITTEE REPORTS

IEDA Director Ken Barragree reported on the following:

• Work on the new McDonald’s in Watseka was stymied by the weather; yet, progress is being made with a possibility of opening in late spring

• The DMV in Watseka has opened in their new building. At the present time, they are unable to perform motorcycle testing but that may change in the future.

• The prospective location that was being looked at by Nichols Paint and Fab for their new shop is now out of consideration. It turned out the current building would more than likely have to be torn down due to it being built for a specific type of business.

• One of the owners of Big R confirmed there are procedures shifting to their Minnesota office. A few of the local jobs have been changed and those employees affected have been offered jobs which would require them to relocate to Minnesota. The owner also confirmed the corporate office and local store, both in Watseka, will not be closing anytime in the near future.

• A party has contacted Ken regarding the Opportunity Zone that was awarded to Iroquois County. At this time, Ken is waiting on word from the State regarding the next steps in establishing the Opportunity Zone. He does know a fund will have to be created for the monies invested and a small board will have to be appointed to oversee the funds.

• Congratulations were offered to the Cissna Park Timberwolves for their achievement in the IHSA State Basketball Tournament.

• An application for a loan through the Revolving Loan Fund has been received; however, both the City of Watseka and County Revolving Loan Committees have requested further documentation from the applicant.

In closing, Ken gave a history of the Revolving Loan Fund. He explained the stipulations and strategies to obtain a loan through the program have been changed drastically over the years, but there is still a lengthy application process to withstand. There is currently $465,000 in the fund. The loans made from the fund are more of a gap loan and aren’t offered without a participating investor or they can be utilized as a supplement to a bank loan.

POLICY & PROCEDURE

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RESOLUTION NO. R2019-3 RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT HB2583

Chairman Shure gave the report of the Policy & Procedure Committee and presented Resolution No. R2019-3 for approval. He moved for adoption of both, which was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the Policy & Procedure Committee report and Resolution No. R2019-3

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

STATE OF ILLINOIS IROQUOIS COUNTY

County Board, Recessed Session March 12, A.D., 2019

Mr. Chairman and members of the County Board:

Your Committee to whom was referred Policy & Procedure would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters before them:

Your Committee met at the Administrative Center on February 28, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. Members present were County Board Chairman John Shure, Lyle Behrends Charlie Alt, and Barbara Offill. Michael McTaggart and Marvin Stichnoth were absent. Also present County Engineer Joel Moore, County Clerk Lisa Fancher, EMA Director Eric Ceci, and Wendy Davis with the Times Republic.

The meeting was called to order.

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

County Engineer Joel Moore reported that the Highway Committee will review a Petition for Aid for a bridge in Milks Grove Township and also an agreement between counties for the replacement of the structure.

EMA Director Eric Ceci gave his monthly report as follows:

• Ceci reported to the committee he hosted two NIMS training classes in January, four County Board members attended the training.

• Ceci shared he worked with shelters for warming centers.

EMA Director Eric Ceci brought before the committee the Social Media Policy he had completed. Social Media is used to help spread important information to the public. County Board Chairman John Shure stated a Social Media Policy could be helpful for all departments. Vice Chairman Lyle Behrends entertained the idea of moving forward with the policy to include all County departments if interested. Then all departments would have a policy in place should they wish to utilize social media in the future. The committee reviewed the social media policy. It was decided by the committee to make the policy for all county departments; including full-time, part-time, and volunteers, instead of just EMA. The Committee agreed to revisit the policy next month after changes are made by Ceci.

County Board Chairman John Shure shared with the committee he has attended flood meetings and discussed progress and action options to be taken to do the best to prevent flooding from happening. Shure also shared there are 95 drainage districts in Iroquois County and 23 drainage districts in Kankakee County.

It was moved by Lyle Behrends and seconded by Barbara Offill to provide a resolution to support the passage of House Bill 2583. The motion carried by a voice vote.

Behrends shared concerns with taxes being combined. Board Member Charlie Alt stated it would work similar as to drainage tax does. Shure stated, to his knowledge, the Iroquois County River hasn’t been cleaned since 2005.

County Engineer Joel Moore shared with the committee no update as of now on Certification of Compliance for Motor Fuel Tax and Township Bridge Program Funds.

The Committee reviewed the claims, it was moved by Behrends and seconded by Alt to approve the claims. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

As there was no further business to come before the committee, it was moved by Alt and seconded by Offill to adjourn at 9:52 A.M. Motion carried by a voice vote.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

RESOLUTION NO. R2019-3 RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT HB2583

WHEREAS, House Representative Thomas M. Bennett has introduced legislation in the 101st General Assembly known as HB 2583 to amend 70 ILCS 2105/3 of the River Conservancy District Act;

WHEREAS, the proposed amendment known as HB 2583 provides that a petition may be commenced by concerned citizens to expand a conservancy district to include a new name of the expanded district;

WHEREAS, through a referendum, territory to be added to a conservation district may include an entire county or counties and said proposed language in the amendment reads as follows:

(70 ILCS 2105/3) Section 3, (2) If the territory to be added to a conservancy District under item (1) encompasses an entire county or counties, the question submitted to the voters of the District and the territories to be added shall be in substantially the following form:

“Shall the. Conservancy District be expanded to include. County/ Counties; (if applicable: shall the District name change to the.

Conservancy District); shall the new District have the authority to levy an annual tax at a maximum rate of.% of the value of all taxable property within the limits of the District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue; and shall the new territory assume a proportionate share of bonded indebtedness?

If a majority of the votes cast at the election upon the question are in favor of the district, the district is then reorganized under this Act and its board shall be reconstituted under Section 4a.

NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Iroquois County Board that its majority members approve of the legislative passage of HB 2583 as expressed in this Resolution.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of March, 2019, by the Iroquois County Board.

FINANCE

Mr. McTaggart, Chairman of the Finance Committee, gave the report of his committee. At this time, Mrs. Crow stressed the importance of the mitigation plan and the need to have the plan current. It was moved by Mr. McTaggart and seconded to approve the report of the Finance Committee. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the Finance Committee report

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

STATE OF ILLINOIS IROQUOIS COUNTY

County Board, Recessed Session March 12, A.D., 2019

Mr. Chairman and members of the County Board:

Your Committee to whom was referred Finance would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters before them:

Your committee met at the Administrative Center on March 7, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. Members present were Michael McTaggart, Paul Bowers, Ernie Curtis, Marvin Stichnoth, Joe Young, and Sherry Johnson. Charlie Alt was absent. Also present Treasurer Kurt Albers, Sheriff Derek Hagen, County Clerk Lisa Fancher, County Board Chairman John Shure, Probation Director Tom Latham, County Engineer Joel Moore, Public Defender Samantha Dodds, EMA Director Eric Ceci, Suzie Werner with HomeStar Insurance, Greg Steffen and Myron Munyon with Compass Insurance, and Wendy Davis with the Times Republic.

The meeting was called to order.

It was moved by Joe Young and seconded by Paul Bowers to approve the agenda. The motion carried by a voice vote.

There were no public comments.

Greg Steffen and Myron Munyon with Compass Insurance reported to the meeting. Sexual harassment training for all County employees was introduced. The committee agreed to put it on next month’s agenda.

Suzie Werner with HomeStar Insurance reported no updates on their end. The Department Heads gave their monthly reports. They are as follows:

• Treasurer Kurt Albers reported tax bills for mobile homes were sent out last week.

• EMA Director Eric Ceci reported his office had received a $200.00 donation. Ceci also shared LEPC met last month and things are progressing smoothly. During Ceci’s report County Board member Sherry Johnson mentioned the mitigation program. Ceci stated he is in the process of creating the mitigation program plan.

Ceci shared that plan is to be done and approved before summer.

• IDA Director Ken Barragree reported the revolving loan fund is in the process of being finalized.

• Sheriff Derek Hagen reported the inmate count is up 50% so far this year.

The Committee began working on the 5-year Capital Expenditure Plan. Finance Chairman Michael McTaggart handed out the last expenditure plan that was made. McTaggart addressed the importance of starting the plan before budget season.

The committee reviewed the claims, it was moved by Paul Bowers and seconded by Marvin Stichnoth to approve the claims upon County Board approval. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

During old business Public Defender Samantha Dodds distributed her report. It was decided to discuss that subject at next month’s committee meeting.

During new business McTaggart reported the auditors would submit their report in April. Also, during new business, the Sheriff shared with the committee that he will be proposing different options for mowing, salt and snow removal next month.

As there was no further business to come before the committee, it was moved by Stichnoth and seconded by Bowers to adjourn at 9:25 A.M. Motion carried by a voice vote.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Mr. Behrends, Chairman of the Management Services Committee, gave the report of his committee. The Board briefly discussed a claim for the soundproofing of the Chairman’s Office. Chairman Shure confirmed this was part of the process of relocating the Veterans’ Service Office. He said it was a necessary step as noise and conversations from surrounding offices were very audible within the office.

The Board also discussed the letter that was received from USDA regarding upgrades to the bathrooms and other requirements to meet their standards. Mr. McTaggart questioned the timing of the letter, as the County entered into a 10-year lease with USDA approximately 2 years ago. Before that lease was signed and approved there were several building and maintenance requirements that had to be met, those contained in the letter were not mentioned at that time. State’s Attorney Jim Devine agreed with Mr. McTaggart and said if there were going to be additional requirements to their standards, they should have been addressed before the long-term lease was entered.

It was moved by Mr. Behrends and seconded to approve the Management Services Committee report. The motion was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the Management Services Committee report

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

STATE OF ILLINOIS IROQUOIS COUNTY

County Board, Recessed Session March 12, A.D., 2019

Mr. Chairman and members of the County Board:

Your Committee to whom was referred Management Services would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters before them:

Your Committee met at the Administrative Center on March 4, 2019 at 9:00 A.M.

Members present Lyle Behrends, Paul Bowers, John Zumwalt, and Sherry Johnson. Paul Ducat, Charlie Alt, and Kevin Bohlmann were absent. Also present County Board Chairman John Shure, Maintenance Supervisor Chris Drake, Orry Cummings with SmartWatt, and Wendy Davis with the Times Republic.

The meeting was called to order.

It was moved by John Zumwalt and seconded by Paul Bowers to approve the agenda. Motion carried by a voice vote.

There were no public comments.

There were no updates on the County Farm.

During Building Efficiencies, County Board Vice-Chairman Lyle Behrends shared with

the committee that State’s Attorney Jim Devine wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of what was going on with the contract with SmartWatt. County Board member Paul Bowers mentioned the contract is $647,000.00 at 4.29 percent for 15 years. Orry Cummings with SmartWatt explained it’s a contract set up as a lease purchase agreement. Bowers also stated his concerns on the efficiencies with the contract and how it would be paid for at 4.29 percent over the course of 15 years. Orry explained the contract and lease agreement is set up to where it can be paid off when money is available. Orry also shared there would be a small fee to pay off early. Orry mentioned State’s Attorney Jim Devine reported via email last week he is okay with both the contract and lease agreement from a legal stand point. Behrends asked where the County stood with the process and Orry stated it was pending County Board approval.

Sherry Johnson shared her concerns of keeping maintenance of the equipment local. Johnson asked if SmartWatt could make a list as to who would be maintaining the equipment. Orry stated that would be done upon County Board approval of the contract and lease agreement.

It was moved by John Zumwalt and seconded by Sherry Johnson to send the SmartWatt final contract and lease agreement as approved by States Attorney Devine back to County Board. Motion carried by a roll call vote.

The Management committee reviewed the USDA letter. Behrends shared with the committee there will be reconfiguring with the bathrooms to meet the USDA standards. Behrends mentioned it would be expensive and time consuming. Maintenance Supervisor Chris Drake asked how all updates would be paid for if it would come out of maintenance and repairs account. Behrends made the committee aware of the rental leases being due and possibly raising rent to pay for the reconfiguring to meet USDA standards. Behrends also shared with the committee the state plumbing standards don’t overlap with Federal plumbing standards. Placement of things will have to meet both codes. County Board Chairman John Shure brought to the attention of the committee that he received an email from USDA asking for a follow up. County Board member John Zumwalt mentioned doing bids for the bigger projects with the reconfiguring to meet USDA standards. Shure suggested reaching out to a representative with USDA to attend a meeting possibly to answer all questions and concerns on the reconfiguring with the Administrative Center.

Maintenance Supervisor Chris Drake reported on the following:

• Steamed cleaned Court House chairs and entry mats.

• Windy day no hot water in the Jail.

• Hot water was fixed in Jail.

• Jail plumbing having some issues.

• Copper line was fixed in the Jail.

• New Janitor is doing great.

• Ignitor was fixed in the Jail.

• In Administrative building small heat pump in USDA office having issues.

• Cooling parts for control panel are starting to come in.

• The fire alarm panel in administrative building needs fixed.

• Probation Department will be having individuals doing community service hours cleaning up outside both the Court House and Jail also around the Administrative building.

It was moved by John Zumwalt and seconded by Paul Bowers to approve claims subject to County Board approval. A roll call vote was taken. Behrends, aye; Bowers, aye; Zumwalt, aye; Johnson, nay. Motion carried.

As there was no further business to come before the committee, it was moved by Bowers and seconded by Zumwalt to adjourn at 9:50 A.M. Motion carried.

All of which is respectfully submitted

RESOLUTION NO. R2019-4

A RESOLUTION REGARDING A LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROCURING AN “ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT”

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CORRESPONDING LEASE

(Resolution R2019-4 and corresponding lease will be recorded and placed on file in the County Clerk’s Office.)

Mr. Behrends presented Resolution No. R2019-4 and corresponding lease for approval. It was noted that the first year of a lease of this kind is normally a minor issue due to the fact that monies aren’t appropriated correctly; however, the Board should be able to move monies from the operational or utilities budget to rectify the appropriation issue. It was moved by Mr. Behrends and seconded to approve Resolution No. R2019-4 and corresponding lease. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve Resolution No. R2019-4 and corresponding lease

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Crow, Curtis, Huse, McGinnis, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Young, Zumwalt

Nay: Coughenour, Johnson, McTaggart, Whitlow Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

TAX/PLANNING & ZONING

Mr. Stichnoth, Chairman of the Tax/Planning & Zoning Committee, gave the report of his committee and moved for adoption. The motion was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the Tax/Planning & Zoning Committee report

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

County Board, Recessed Session March 12, A.D., 2019

Mr. Chairman and Members of the County Board:

Your Committee to whom was referred Tax/Zoning would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters before them:

Your Committee met at the Administrative Center on March 5, 2019 at 9:00 A.M.

Members present were Marvin Stichnoth, Ernie Curtis, Barbara Offill, Roger Bard, Leanne Duby and Jed Whitlow. Kevin Coughenour was absent. Also present County Board Chairman John Shure, County Clerk Lisa Fancher, Treasurer Kurt Albers, Director of Environmental Health Terry Eimen, ICPHD Administrative Assistant Taylor Eades, Supervisor of Assessments Bob Yergler, and Wendy Davis with the Times Republic.

The meeting was called to order.

It was moved by Roger Bard and seconded by Jed Whitlow to approve the agenda. Motion carried by a voice vote.

The committee reviewed the claims. It was moved by Barbara Offill and seconded by Leanne Duby to pay the claims subject to County Board approval. Motion carried by a roll call vote.

There were no public comments.

County Clerk Lisa Fancher informed the committee her office is working on the election process. Fancher said all devices must be tested before every election. Fancher also stated work is progress finding election judges. She will be conducting training classes for election judges starting next week. Fancher mentioned difficulty finding judges to cover all 37 precincts. Democratic Judges are a high demand for elections. Fancher also reported she reached out to Bellwether which is a government consulting service. Fancher informed the committee the fees in her office haven’t been increased in 10 years. Fancher stated fees can only be raised by a fee study. Bellwether would conduct that study for the County Clerk’s office at a cost of $6,000. She would pay for the study with Automation Funds.

Treasurer Kurt Albers reported to the committee all tax bills for Mobile Homes were mailed out last week.

Supervisor of Assessments Bob Yergler let the committee know his office is working on getting closed out for the year. Yergler said exemption renewals for the disabled and disabled veterans were mailed out at the end of last week. Yergler stated the assessment office is running right on schedule for the year.

Bob Yergler commented that the Zoning Department received a large building permit fee for two new structures; however, the permit for those structures won’t be issued until approval is received from the Department of Agriculture.

During new business Marvin Stichnoth brought before the committee a solar ordinance for the decommissioning process of a solar farm. Stichnoth shared his concerns of proper decommissioning of a solar farm. The committee reviewed the draft of a proposed ordinance that was passed back in July of 2017.

As there was no further business to come before the committee, it was moved by Roger Bard and seconded by Barbara Offill to adjourn the meeting at 9:35 A.M. Motion carried by a voice vote.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

HEALTH

Mrs. Offill, Chairman of the Health Committee, gave the report of her committee and moved for adoption. The motion was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the Health Committee report

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

STATE OF ILLINOIS IROQUOIS COUNTY

County Board, Recessed Session March 12, A.D., 2019

Mr. Chairman and members of the County Board:

Your Committee to whom was referred Health would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters before them:

Your committee met at the Administrative Center on March 5, 2019 at 9:43 P.M. Members present were Barbara Offill, Jed Whitlow, Ernie Curtis, Roger Bard, and Leanne Duby. Kevin Coughenour was absent. Also present County Board Chairman John Shure, Animal Control Director Dr. Youssef, ICPHD Director of Environmental Health Terry Eimen, ICPHD Administrative Assistant Taylor Eades, County Board member Marvin Stichnoth, and Wendy Davis with the Times Republic.

The meeting was called to order.

It was moved by Jed Whitlow and seconded by Roger Bard to approve the agenda. The motion carried by a voice vote.

It was moved by Whitlow seconded by Bard to amend the agenda and remove discussion of Dr. Youssef’s payroll. The motion carried by a voice vote.

It was moved by Bard seconded by Whitlow to amend the agenda to remove the duplicate payment of claims. Motion carried by a voice vote.

Animal Control Director Dr. Youssef gave his monthly report stating they did not receive any bat cases during the month of February. Youssef also reported they received 10 dogs in the month of February. Lastly, Youssef shared with the committee they sent 1 dog to the lab to be tested for rabies. The test came back negative.

The committee reviewed the claims, it was moved by Leanne Duby and seconded by Jed Whitlow to approve the claims. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

There were no public comments.

ICPHD Director of Environmental Health Terry Eimen distributed the monthly program summary report to the committee. Eimen shared radon test results were starting to be returned. He informed the committee there were 59 routine food inspections done and 51 re-inspections during the month of February.

Eimen shared a presentation on Food Safety. He explained there are food establishment risk categories such as high, medium, and low. High risk establishments must be inspected 3 times per year. Medium and low establishments must be inspected 2 times per year. Food safety basics include hand washing, cooking time, temperatures of foods, and clean sanitized surfaces. Eimen shared with the committee requirements for proper hand washing and those are unblocked hand sinks, having warm water, and having access to soap and paper towels. Eimen also shared unwashed hands is the number one way for spreading bacteria. Eimen shared the different temperatures for certain food groups. He also stated the proper way to check temperatures is with a metal stem thermometer poking the thickest part of the meat to get accurate temperatures. The requirements for cooling and reheating foods is 135 degrees Fahrenheit must cool to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours and 70 degrees Fahrenheit must cool to 41 degrees Fahrenheit in 4 hours totaling a 6 hour process. Lastly, he shared the proper way to keep clean and sanitized work surfaces.

As there was no further business to come before the committee, it was moved by Leanne Duby and seconded by Roger Bard to adjourn at 10:23 A.M.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

JUDICIAL & PUBLIC SAFETY

(The 911, Probation, and Sheriff reports have been recorded and placed on file in the County Clerk’s Office.)

Mr. Behrends, Chairman of the Judicial & Public Safety Committee, gave the report of his committee and moved for adoption. The motion was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINIOS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the Judicial & Public Safety Committee report

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt

Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

STATE OF ILLINOIS IROQUOIS COUNTY

County Board, Recessed Session March 12, A.D., 2019

Mr. Chairman and members of the County Board:

Your Committee to whom was referred Judicial & Public Safety would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters before them:

Your Committee met at the Courthouse on March 6, 2019 at 3:00 P.M. Members present were Lyle Behrends, Roger Bard, Steve Huse, Donna Crow, and Jed Whitlow. Paul Ducat and Chad McGinnis were absent. Also present were Sheriff Derek Hagen, Probation Supervisor Barb King, and Wendy Davis with the Times Republic.

The meeting was called to order.

It was moved by Steve Huse and seconded by Jed Whitlow to approve the agenda. Motion carried by a voice vote.

There were no public comments.

Sheriff Derek Hagen’s monthly report for February included:

• Patrol had 611 calls for service for the month of February

• Year-to-Date calls for service 1,356 (2018 YTD 988/37% increase) • Booked-in 45 prisoners for the month of February

• Year-to-date booked in: 83 (2018 YTD 72)

• Average Daily Population February: 28

• Year-to-date average population: 26

• Year-to-date average length of stay: 20 days

• Overtime in the Jail for February was 115 hours on the schedule

New equipment received since December 1, 2018

• New ballistic vest (12)

• New portable radios (21)

• Two new squads

• New fingerprint machine

• New MDC’s (10)

• New Correctional Officer enrolled in Corrections Academy in April

Probation Supervisor Barb King reviewed the probation & Court Services activity report for the month of February.

Circuit Clerk Lisa Hines’ monthly report was distributed to the committee for their review. The committee reviewed the ETSB report for February.

The committee reviewed the claims. It was moved by Whitlow and seconded by Donna

Crow to pay the Judicial & Public Safety claims subject to County Board approval. A roll call vote was taken. Motion carried.

It was moved by Crow and seconded by Huse to adjourn at 3:18 P.M. Motion carried by a voice vote.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

I.T.

Mr. McTaggart, Chairman of the I.T. Committee, gave the report of his committee and moved for adoption. The motion was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the I.T. Committee report

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis,

McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

STATE OF ILLINOIS IROQUOIS COUNTY

County Board, Recessed Session March 12, A.D., 2019

Mr. Chairman and members of the County Board:

Your Committee to whom was referred I.T. would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters before them:

Your committee met at the Administrative Center on March 7, 2019 at 9:56 A.M. Members present were Michael McTaggart, Joe Young, Paul Bowers, John Shure, and Marvin Stichnoth. Also present County Clerk Lisa Fancher, Michael Taber with AreaWide, Greg Steffen and Myron Munyon with Compass Insurance, and Wendy Davis with the Times Republic.

The meeting was called to order.

It was moved by John Shure and seconded by Joe Young to approve the agenda. Motion carried by a voice vote.

There were no public comments.

Myron Munyon with Compass Insurance reported the cyber security insurance application has been submitted. He expects to receive a quote next week.

Michael Taber with Area-Wide reported the issues with health department have been resolved. Taber also presented a list of I.T. projects for security recommendations for the county.

The committee discussed the use of a log-in banner, which would then require an additional step when logging in to the network.

It was moved by Michael McTaggart and seconded by Paul Bowers to add a log-in banner reminding users of their computer use policy. Motion carried by a voice vote.

Taber also reported different ways to go about general maintenance for all county work stations. It was decided by the committee as a whole for Taber to propose a policy for each option concerning all county work stations.

It was moved by McTaggart and seconded by Bowers to enter into executive session at 10:05 A.M. under 5 ILCS (c) (8) Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property. Motion carried by a voice vote.

It was moved by Shure and seconded by Bowers to come out of executive session at 10:29 A.M. Motion carried by a voice vote.

McTaggart requested a written invitation be sent to invite all department heads, elected officials, and a representative from each renter to attend the I.T. committee meeting next month to be updated on email security and best practices in order to keep the county safe from cyber-crimes.

As there was no further business to come before the committee, it was moved by Shure and seconded by Bowers to adjourn at 10:37A.M. Motion carried by a voice vote.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

TRANSPORTATION & HIGHWAY,

PETITION FOR COUNTY AID-MILKS GROVE TOWNHIP BRIDGE, AGREEMENT WITH FORD COUNTY FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT IN MILKS GROVE TOWNSHIP,

&

LOCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT FOR JURISDICTIONAL TRANSFER- Addendum #1-Jurisdictional Concurrence, Addendum #2-Location Map, and Addendum #3-Resolution No. R2019-5

(The Petition for County Aid has been recorded and placed on file in the County Clerk’s Office. The Agreement with Ford County for the Bridge in Milks Grove Township and Local Agency Agreement for Jurisdiction Transfer with Addendums will be recorded and placed on file in the County Clerk’s Office.)

Mr. McGinnis, member of the Transportation & Highway Committee, gave the report of his committee and presented a Petition for County Aid, Agreement with Ford County for Bridge Replacement in Milks Grove Township, Local Agency Agreement for Jurisdictional Transfer- Addendum #1-Jurisdictional Concurrence, Addendum #2-Location Map, and Addendum #3- Resolution No. R2019-5. He moved for adoption of all, which was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the Transportation & Highway Committee report and a Petition for County Aid, Agreement with Ford County for Bridge Replacement in Milks Grove Township, Local Agency Agreement for Jurisdictional Transfer-Addendum #1-Jurisdictional Concurrence, Addendum #2-Location Map, and Addendum #3-Resolution No. R2019-5

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Crow, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt

Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Duby, Ducat

STATE OF ILLINOIS IROQUOIS COUNTY

County Board, Recessed Session March 12, A.D., 2019

Mr. Chairman and members of the County board:

Your Committee to whom was referred Transportation & Highway would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters before them:

Your committee met at the Iroquois County Highway Building on March 8, 2019 at 9:00

A.M. Members present were Joe Young, Steve Huse, John Zumwalt, Donna Crow, Chad McGinnis, and Sherry Johnson. Charlie Alt was absent. Also present County Engineer Joel Moore and Wendy Davis with the Times Republic.

The meeting was called to order.

It was moved by Steve Huse and seconded by Chad McGinnis to approve the agenda. The motion carried by a voice vote.

There were no public comments.

The claims and financial reports for the month were reviewed. It was moved by John Zumwalt and seconded by Sherry Johnson to pay the bills subject to County Board approval. A roll call vote was taken. Motion carried.

County Highway $63,286.44

County Bridge $6,153.16

County Matching $0.00

TBP $0.00

County MFT $30,168.52

Township MFT $105,517.38

It was moved by McGinnis and seconded by John Zumwalt to accept the petition for

County Aid on County-Line Bridge Milks Grove, Structure 038-4848. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

The committee discussed sharing costs of the bridge in Milks Grove with Ford County. County Engineer Joel Moore discussed the cost would be split between Iroquois and Ford County. Moore informed the committee Iroquois County would pay 2/3rd of the cost and Ford County would pay the remaining 1/3rd. Moore also shared there would be a letting held for the structure.

It was moved by Donna Crow and seconded by McGinnis to approve the cost share with Ford County for the Milks Grove Bridge. Motion carried by a voice vote.

During discussion on the Ashkum slab Moore informed the committee there would be reconstruction with removing the curves. Moore also shared there are a total of 4 tangents one of which is not yet finalized.

It was moved by McGinnis and seconded by Huse to approve JT (Jurisdiction Transfer) agreements for tangents from Ashkum Road District to County Highway. Motion carried by a voice vote.

During new business Moore discussed letting for the new plow trucks to be held in May of 2019.

As there was no further business to come before the committee, it was moved by McGinnis and seconded by Zumwalt to adjourn at 9:25 A.M. Motion carried.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

CLAIMS

The following claims were presented for approval. It was moved by Mr. Whitlow and seconded to approve the claims as presented. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS COUNTY

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Recessed Session, March 12, 2019

Chairman Shure

On motion to approve the claims

Aye: Bard, Behrends, Bowers, Coughenour, Curtis, Huse, Johnson, McGinnis, McTaggart, Offill, Shure, Stichnoth, Whitlow, Young, Zumwalt Absent: Alt, Bohlmann, Crow, Duby, Ducat

APPOINTMENTS

Chairman Shure presented the following appointment for approval. It was moved by Mr. Stichnoth and seconded to approve the appointment as presented. The motion carried by a voice vote.

Fire Trustee Appointment:

Scott Johnston of 115 Dorian, PO Box 110, Beaverville, IL as Trustee of the Beaverville Fire Protection District for a term to expire on the first Monday of May, 2022.

There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS

Angel Crawford, Legislative Aid to State Representative Tom Bennett, updated the Board on the status of Representative Bennett who was recently involved in a car accident.

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved by Mr. Coughenour and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 10:12 A.M. The motion carried by a voice vote. The next County Board meeting will be held in Watseka, IL at the Administrative Center on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 9 A.M.

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