Kankakee Times

Iroquois County Board met Sept. 8.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

The Iroquois County Board met in Annual Session at 9 A.M. The meeting was conducted electronically, via conference call, under Phase 4 of the Governor’s Plan to reopen the State of Illinois and Executive Order 2020-52. The phased opening and executive order were issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they require social distancing measures to be taken to stop the spread of the highly contagious virus and also suspend certain provisions of the Illinois Open Meetings Act to allow for public bodies to continue their course of business during the public health emergency. Chairman Shure called the meeting to order and asked County Clerk Lisa Fancher to call the roll.

Roll call and votes in Iroquois County

Annual Session, September 8, 2020

Chairman Shure

On motion to call the roll

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

PRAYER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Mrs. Offill introduced Reverend Mike Pueschell, Pastor at the Trinity Church in Watseka, IL 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 carried by a roll call vote.

On motion to approve the agenda

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

*denotes Board member that arrived via phone after initial roll call

MINUTES

It was moved by Mr. Alt and seconded to approve the minutes from the August 11, 2020 Recessed Session and August 20, 2020 Emergency Session County Board meetings. The motion carried by a roll call vote.

On motion to approve the minutes from the August 11, 2020 Recessed Session and August 20, 2020 Emergency Session County Board meetings

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

PAYROLL

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

On motion to approve the August payroll

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

COUNTY BOARD SERVICES

Charlie Alt.$215.00 Roger Bard.$105.00 Lyle Behrneds.$405.10 Kevin Bohlmann.$35.00 Paul Bowers.$186.00 Donna Crow.$145.02 Ernest Curtis.$209.00 Leanne Duby.$99.90 Steve Huse.$126.75 Sherry Johnson.$140.00 Barbara Offill.$140.72 John Shure.$853.98 Marvin Stichnoth.$255.50 Joe Young.$102.90 Jed Whitlow.$209.00

PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were no public comments.

CHAIRMAN COMMENTS

There were no Chairman comments.

OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION REPORTS

There were no outside organization reports.

POLICY & PROCEDURE

Chairman Shure gave the report of the Policy & Procedure Committee and moved for adoption. The motion was seconded and carried by a roll call vote.

On motion to approve the Policy & Procedure report

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

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 August 27, 2020 at 9:00 A.M.

Members present were County Board Chairman John Shure, Lyle Behrends, Charlie Alt and Marvin Stichnoth. Michael McTaggart and Barbara Offill were absent. Also present Finance Manager Jill Johnson, County Clerk Lisa Fancher, County Clerk Chief Deputy Breein Suver, ICPHD Administrator Dee Schippert, EMA Director Eric Ceci, Myron Munyon with Compass Insurance and County Board member Roger Bard.

The meeting was called to order.

It was moved by Lyle Behrends and seconded by Charlie Alt to approve the agenda. Motion carried by a voice vote.

There were no public comments.

The Committee Chairs gave their monthly reports:

● Management and Judicial chairman Lyle Behrends reported that both Management and Judicial committees will hear their standard reports. The Management committee will open bids for waste disposal.

● Tax and Zoning chairman Marvin Stichnoth reported the Tax and Zoning committee will hear the standard department head reports.

● Highway chairman Charlie Alt reported the Highway committee will be cancelling their meeting for September and their monthly claims will be reported to the Finance meeting for approval.

EMA Director Eric Ceci reported another step in the mass notification system was completed. He is hoping to have the app set up within a few weeks. There were strong storms on August 10th that caused widespread damage and power outages. Ceci had antennae’s installed on the roof of the Courthouse.

Shure discussed changes to the personnel policy that were distributed via email to the committee. A new policy was written to establish the necessary steps to be taken when an employee moves from a full-time position to a part-time position or becomes an Elected Official. It has also been discussed to review the entire personnel manual and submit to our insurance carrier for necessary changes. It was moved by Behrends and seconded by Stichnoth to send Policy #1069: Change of Job Position to the department heads for their review. Motion carried by a voice vote.

It was moved by Behrends and seconded by Stichnoth to enter into executive session at 9:21 A.M. under statute 5 ILCS 120/2/c1: The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body. A roll call vote was taken. Motion carried.

It was moved by Alt and seconded to come out of executive session at 9:56 A.M. A roll call vote was taken. Motion carried.

Correspondence was distributed to the committee.

The committee reviewed the claims. It was moved by Behrends and seconded by Alt to approve the claims subject to County Board approval. A roll call vote was taken. Motion carried.

There was no old business.

There was no new business.

As there was no further business to come before the committee, it was moved by Alt and seconded by Behrends to adjourn at 10:10 A.M. Motion carried by a voice vote. All of which is respectfully submitted.

s/John Shure 

s/Lyle Behrends 

s/Charlie Alt 

s/Marvin Stichnoth

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