Macoupin County Board met Nov. 15.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins
ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Macoupin County Board - Regular Meeting - Oct 11, 2022 6:00 PM
Motion by Payne, seconded by Dunnagan to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jon Payne, Board Member SECONDER: Kristi Dunnagan, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Public Safety Committee - Regular Meeting - Nov 1, 2022 5:00 PM
Motion by Starr, seconded by Wiggins to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Harry Starr, Board Member SECONDER: Tony Wiggins, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
2. General Administrative Committee - Regular Meeting - Nov 2, 2022 5:15 PM Motion by Thomas, seconded by Ibberson to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: David Thomas, Board Member SECONDER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
3. Road and Bridge Committee - Regular Meeting - Nov 9, 2022 9:00 AM
Motion by Armour, seconded by Ibberson to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Todd Armour, Board Member SECONDER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
4. Finance Committee - Regular Meeting - Nov 10, 2022 5:00 PM
Motion by Dunnagan, seconded by Ibberson to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Kristi Dunnagan, Board Member SECONDER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
V. REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
VI. GUESTS
1. Kent Tarro - Public Health
Tarro from Public Health was present to was asked to be put on the General Administrative committee meeting for December to discuss the need for policy regarding wheelchair assistance of passengers of the Public Transportation program. The employment lawyers have suggested that the county should not be doing that. So it needs to be discussed.
Tarro said he would be retiring at the end of January, Christy Blank would be taking over for him and will do an excellent job. She's been training for this position over the past 4 years.
2. Norman Yeager - Bunker Hill Fire Department Potential Appointment
Norman Yeager wanted to introduce himself as he would like to be the appointment for the upcoming vacancy on the Fire Department Board in Bunker Hill. He discussed his resume and asked for their support.
VII. APPOINTMENTS
1. Appoint Anthony Tate to the South Palmyra Rural Water District for an unexpired term ending April 30, 2026
Motion by Ibberson, seconded by Quarton to approve the appointment of
Anthony Tate to the South Palmyra Rural Water District for an unexpired term ending April 30, 2026.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member SECONDER: Robert Quarton, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
VIII. PETITIONS
1. Hilyard #62
Motion by Armour, seconded by Wiggins to approve the Hilyard #62 petition.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Todd Armour, Board Member SECONDER: Tony Wiggins, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION
X. RESOLUTIONS
1. Local agency appropriation resolution for phase 1 of Brighton-Bunker Hill Road project, section 01-00080-00-BR.
Reinhart said this would approve the joint agreement between the state and us due to the need of federal funds. This is a requirement to ensure that the county is going to pay up it's share of the project.
Motion by Wiggins, seconded by Armour to adopt the resolution.
| RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Tony Wiggins, Board Member SECONDER: Todd Armour, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
2. County Engineer Appointment Resolution
Reinhart said this resolution would reappoint him to another six year term and get approval from IDOT for it.
Motion by Ibberson, seconded by Wiggins to adopt the resolution.
| RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member SECONDER: Tony Wiggins, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
3. Resolution for Improvement Under the Illinois Highway Code (BLR 09110) to use REBUILD Illinois funds to pay local share of Brighton-Bunker Hill Road Phase 1 construction
Reinhart said this would ask IDOT to use some of the county's REBUILD Illinois funds to pay our local share on this project.
Motion by Wiggins, seconded by Payne to adopt the resolution.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Tony Wiggins, Board Member SECONDER: Jon Payne, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
XI. ORDINANCES
XII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. American Rescue Plan Requests - November 2022
Duncan said these were this month's recommendations from the Finance
Committee and all from townships. There had been a question regarding
Staunton township's waste water treatment request and whether is was just for the township building or all township residents. Duncan had checked with the Supervisor and it was for the township building.
Motion by Armour, seconded by Wiggins to approve the requests as presented.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Todd Armour, Board Member SECONDER: Tony Wiggins, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
XIII. NEW BUSINESS
1. Agreement for County Engineer’s Salary Program
Reinhart said this agreement is to allow the county to participate in the county engineers salary program which allows for the state to pay at least 95% of the recommended salary that is in the program. Thomas asked about the recommendation of the committee to move up from the 95% level to the 100% level as well as receiving a 2% increase in January. Armour said that as the unions all have longevity bumps, this was like Reinhart's longevity bump after 20 some years of service. There was also a discussion about if a new engineer was hired, the Board would be able to renegotiate the salary and would not be locked into this rate.
Motion by Dunnagan, seconded by Armour to approve the agreement.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Kristi Dunnagan, Board Member SECONDER: Todd Armour, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
2. Written agreement with the County Engineer
Reinhart said the only change from previous agreements is in paragraph 3 which has the change from 95% to 100% of the recommended salary for a county engineer.
Motion by Ibberson, seconded by Armour to approve the agreement.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member SECONDER: Todd Armour, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
3. Discussion on SAFE-T Act Lawsuit
Garrison said this had been requested to put on the agenda by some Board members to get an update. There have been 60 state's attorney's who have filed a lawsuit against the SAFE-T act. Garrison had not joined yet, though expected he might be the end of the year as he expects no changes to be made in the veto session this month. There were some items in the brief that he did not agree with so he would be filing a separate brief that would be joined with the others. He did not expect the lawsuit to succeed and since the ruling was expected to come on December 22nd, that would leave the county eight days to figure out how to implement the changes.
Kahl discussed that his department was already feeling pressure from the act. There are not enough deputies currently to patrol all of the unincorporated areas of the county. He is also providing coverage for the cities of Virden, GIrard, Brighton, Bunker Hill and Mt. Olive at times and is not allowed to change for that. Currently, he only has two deputies on at any one point in time and that will continue to be a problem as deputies will not be spending more time transporting prisoners throughout the state.
XIV. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Claims and Officers Report
Moiton by Wiggins, seconded by Payne to approve the claims and officers report.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Tony Wiggins, Board Member SECONDER: Jon Payne, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
2. Mileage and Per Diem
Motion by Armour, seconded by Dunnagan to approve the mileage and per diem.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Todd Armour, Board Member SECONDER: Kristi Dunnagan, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
3. COMMUNICATIONS
Duncan said he had neglected to include a copy of a communication from the Emergency Management Agency regarding the bid process for the required update to the Hazard Mitigation Plan. It should be included.
Motion by Armour, seconded by Ibberson to accept and place on file the communications.
| RESULT: ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Todd Armour, Board Member SECONDER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member AYES: Armour, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Klausing, Klausing, Payne, Pomatto, Quarton, Schmidt, Siegel, Starr, Thomas, Wiggins ABSENT: Acord, Kiel, Stayton, Vojas |
1. Monthly County Clerk Report - October 2022
2. Monthly Animal Control Report - October 2022
3. Monthly American Rescue Plan Report - October 2022
4. Letter from Union Pacific Re: Standard City Road Crossing Improvements
5. Letter from Union Pacific RE: Crown Two Mine Rd Crossing Improvements
6. Letter from Union Pacific RE: Brae Rd Crossing Improvements
7. Report from EMA RE: Updating Macoupin County’s Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP)
XV. MATTERS OF RECOGNITION
XVI. ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Quarton, seconded by Ibberson to adjourn at 7:03 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried.
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