Macoupin County General Administrative Committee met Jan. 5.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
I. CALL TO ORDER
PRESENT: Thomas, Pomatto (Remote), Acord, Dunnagan (Remote), Ibberson, Kiel, Duncan, Schmidt, Garrison (Remote), Tarro, Tiburzi, Crabill
ABSENT: Vojas
II. AGENDA ITEMS
1. OSHA Standard on COVID Vaccines and Testing for Employees
State's Attorney Garrison said he had discussed the OSHA standard on vaccinations and testing for employees. While the federal rules do not apply to us, he had talked with the State Department of Labor and they plan to follow whatever rules the federal government puts out. They go into effect on January 24th, 2022, but he has not received actual written standards yet at this point so he cannot advise any more past that. He believed the Board needed to give a committee the power to act on this issue if necessary, depending on the US Supreme Court and if they rule on it. His understanding is that any employer with more than 100 employees would have to follow the rules. Schmidt asked if by referring this to a committee would buy the county time to apply. Garrison said as long as the county was acting in good faith, no action would need to be taken before the February Board meeting. Kahl asked about who would be handling the testing if required and Tarro said Public Health would be able to do it for the county. Garrison said the first violation would be $13,000 and change. After continued non-compliance would be $13,000 a day. Continued non-compliance would be up to $100,000 and change per day.
2. Private Sewage Disposal System Ordinance
Tiburzi and Crabill spoke about the changes they are requesting for the private sewage ordinance and revisions they had made since the last meeting. They had been working with the State to ensure all of their changes met the state standards. They removed any changes they had made regarding NCDES permit they had previously suggested, leaving that to the federal and state EPA. There was a discussion about the total cost of a surface discharge system for the person applying for a permit. Crabill had prepared a cost analysis comparing the lowest cost of presby system and the highest end cost for an open discharge system. The base price for the presby system was $13,000. The high end for an open discharge system was about $9,000. For the soil sample costs at a high end of $100, it would take 40 samples being taken to get to the same base cost of presby system. This led to a discussion about the need for samples happening every six months or every year. The state only requires a yearly test so the committee was unsure why this ordinance would be more stringent. The committee still felt there was suggestions they wanted considers in terms of changes.
There was a motion by Ibberson to recommend the ordinance to the full Board, but it died for lack of a second.
It was decided to have a few members meet with Public Health representatives and try to get a final version for an up or down vote. There was one business that needed to get a system as soon as possible and had contacted Heuer about getting a variance from the requirements of the ordinance. Duncan suggested that if the Board wasn’t ready to approve the ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting, why not give the committee the power to act on approving it to avoid needing to grant a variance. A meeting was tentative scheduled for Friday afternoon to discuss the ordinance more.
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