Macoupin County Board met July 11.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr (Remote), Blank (Remote), Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing (Remote), Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins
ABSENT:
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Macoupin County Board - Regular Meeting - Jun 13, 2023 6:00 PM
Motion by Dunnagan, seconded by Ibberson to accept the minutes
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Kristi Dunnagan, Board Vice Chair SECONDER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Finance Committee - Budget Hearing - Jun 21, 2023 6:00 PM
Motion by Starr, seconded by Ibberson to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Harry Starr, Board Member SECONDER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
2. Road and Bridge Committee - Regular Meeting - Jun 28, 2023 9:00 AM
Motion by Armour, seconded by Kilduff to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Todd Armour, Board Member SECONDER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
3. Finance Committee - Regular Meeting - Jun 29, 2023 6:00 PM
Motion by Kilduff, seconded by Rosentreter to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member SECONDER: Molly Rosentreter, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
4. Building and Grounds Committee - Regular Meeting - Jul 3, 2023 5:15 PM
Motion by Kilduff, seconded by Kiel to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member SECONDER: Bernie Kiel, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
5. Liquor Commission - Special Meeting - Jul 6, 2023 5:00 PM
Motion by Dunnagan, seconded by Kilduff to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Kristi Dunnagan, Board Vice Chair SECONDER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
6. General Administrative Committee - Regular Meeting - Jul 6, 2023 5:15 PM
Motion by Kilduff, seconded by Rosentreter to accept the minutes.
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member SECONDER: Molly Rosentreter, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
V. REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
VI. GUESTS
1. Tony Law - Animal Control Issue
Tony Law discussed his four dogs had recently been taken by Animal Control due to what he felt was the neighbor being upset with him and calling in to report him. The animal control officer had taken four of his dogs unjustly he felt and was concerned with how the Animal Control officer had handled the situation. He had questions about the situation and the Board assured him a committee would look into the issue for him.
VII. APPOINTMENTS
VIII. PETITIONS
IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION
X. RESOLUTIONS
1. Resolution for the Anticipation of FY 2024 Township Bridge Funds
Kiel said this was a new state requirement before bridge project could be completed
Motion by Armour, seconded by Stayton to adopt the resolution.
| RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Todd Armour, Board Member SECONDER: Aaron Stayton, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
2. Resolution Amending Township Motor Fuel Fund Budget
Kiel said this resolution would increase the Township Motor Fuel fund to account for additional spending due to REBUILD Illinois projects.
Motion by Ibberson, seconded by Adden to adopt the resolution.
| RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member SECONDER: Ross Adden, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
XI. ORDINANCES
XII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. FY 2023-2024 Tentative Budget Discussion
Payne said the tentative budget presented as based off of all officials and department head requests and the committee had gone through in a collaborative process and reviewed each general fund budget line by line. The budget presented has a slight surplus. The final bugdet would be presented at the August Board meeting.
2. Approve Required Salary Increase for Public Defender
Duncan said this was the state required salary increase for the Public Defender to receive 90% of the State's Attorney salary. In this case, that would be $177,692.80.
Motion by Ibberson, seconded by Kilduff to approve the salary increase.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member SECONDER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
3. Approve Required Salary Increase for Sheriff
Duncan said this was the state required salary increase for the Sheriff to receive 80% of the State's Attorney's salary, which in this case is $157,949.15.
Motion by Stayton, seconded by Kilduff to approve the salary increase.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Aaron Stayton, Board Member SECONDER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
4. Courthouse HVAC Upgrade Proposal
Starr said he had been talking with Keith Engineering about bids for the HVAC replacement at the Courthouse. There were the two options, one of which would be replacing the existing chiller and boiler and the other option would be a variant refrigerant flow system. After reviewing the pipes, they would not need to be replaced if the chiller and boiler system was pursued, which meant the two options had about equal costs. There was some discussion about which option would be most beneficial.
Motion by Ibberson, seconded by Kilduff to move ahead with seeking bids for the replacement of the chiller/boiler.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member SECONDER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
5. Public Transportation Program Update
Tiburzi updated the Board on plans towards having routes with designated pick up/drop off sites and times around the county. They were looking to try and implement this over the next few weeks.
Tiburzi also said that the program had existing agreements with Gillespie and Staunton school districts for pickup of students that are within a mile and a half of the school. There would be a student pass that would cost $40 dollars per month. This would not cover the total costs of the rides but it would be much closer to break even than the $10 dollars per month pass before.
Motion by Ibberson, seconded by Armour to approve offering a $40 dollar a month student pass.
| RESULT: APPROVED [17 TO 0]
MOVER: Jim Ibberson, Board Member SECONDER: Todd Armour, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins ABSTAIN: Blank |
XIII. NEW BUSINESS
1. Expanding Parking Lot between Voting Center and Old Jail
Duncan said he had discussed with Building and Grounds getting the architect to provide a cost estimate for adding parking between the Old Jail and the new
Voting Center. The county owned this lot and when it was originally purchased, that was the original intent based on the usability studies done at the time. There was no action tonight, but wanted the Board to be aware of the plan.
2. New Property Tax Software
Duncan said this was an update to the Board that he, Bresnan, and McGartland had all discussed with the State's Attorney the emergency need to switch property tax software due to problems with the current vendor. There have been two hacking incidents in the past 2 years that have taken the software company offline for weeks and the support staff is all leaving. Next month there would be an update on how to pay for the switch to a new company.
3. Final plat approval for Kroeschel Minor Subdivision
Kiel said Road and Bridge had reviewed the subdivision and recommended approval.
Motion by Wiggins, seconded by Rosentreter to approve the plat.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Tony Wiggins, Board Member SECONDER: Molly Rosentreter, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
XIV. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Claims and Officers Report
Motion by Dunnagan, seconded by Stayton to approve the claims and officers report.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Kristi Dunnagan, Board Vice Chair SECONDER: Aaron Stayton, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
2. Mileage and Per Diem
Motion by Dunnagan, seconded by Kilduff to approve the mileage and per diem.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Kristi Dunnagan, Board Vice Chair SECONDER: Ryan Kilduff, Board Member AYES: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
3. COMMUNICATIONS
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: Acord, Adden, Armour, Barr, Blank, Dragovich, Dunnagan, Heuer, Ibberson, Kiel, Kilduff, Klausing, Payne, Rosentreter, Schmidt, Starr, Stayton, Wiggins |
1. Monthly County Clerk Report - June 2023
2. Monthly Animal Control Report - July 2023
3. Monthly American Rescue Plan Report - June 2023
XV. MATTERS OF RECOGNITION
1. Recognition of Charles Wilson for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Charles Wilson of Carlinville was recognized for the achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. His project involved building a walking bridge over a part of the creek at Beaver Dam State Park. The board presented him a certificate for his achievement.
XVI. ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Ibberson, seconded by Kiel to adjourn at 7:06 pm. All in favor. Motion carried.
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