Knox County Board

Regular Monthly Meeting – October 2003
Knox County Courthouse, Galesburg, Illinois
Main Courtroom, 2nd Floor
October 22, 2003

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

Opening Ceremonies
6:00 p.m.   Call to Order (Chairman)
     
    Roll Call (Clerk)
     
    Declaration of Quorum (Chairman)
     
    Proclamation (Sheriff)
     
    Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America (Chairman)
     
    Invocation (The Reverend Leigh Nygard of the Galesburg Rescue Mission)
     
    Additions to the Agenda (for discussion only)
 
Public Comment
 
Consent Agenda * (R/C)
Item 1 Approve Minutes of the Board Meeting held September 24, 2003
Item 2 Approve Claims against Knox County, Illinois, for the period of September 25, 2003-October 22, 2003 (ordering that invoices be accepted and approved and that the County Clerk and County Treasurer be authorized and directed to issue County Warrants in payment of the bills)
Item 3 Approve Claims by Members for per diem and mileage for the Meeting of October 22, 2003
Item 4 Presentation Financial Reports of Marc C. Wong, County Clerk; Robin E. Davis, Treasurer; Nancy J. McCune, Recorder; Kelly Cheesman, Circuit Clerk; and James K. Thompson, Sheriff; for the month of September 2003 (filed with Clerk)
Item 5 Presentation Sales tax and various taxes for the month of July 2003 in the amounts of $94,521.63 and $20,503.65 and public safety tax in the amount of $73,378.50
Item 6 Approve Appointment of Mr. Paul Way as a member of the Knox County Housing Authority
Item 7 Approve Appointment of Mr. James H. Nelson to another term as a member of the County Deputy Sheriff’s Merit Commission
 
Items for the Chairman
Item 8 Approve
Voice 		Change November Board meeting to November 24, 2003 and December Board meeting to December 22, 2003 (Requires a Suspension of the Rules by 2/3rds vote)
Item 9 Approve
R/C 		Contract with Knox County Administrator Alan Hallberg for the period of Dec. 1, 2003 – Nov. 30, 2007
Item 10 Approve
R/C 		Contract with Knox County Zoning Administrator Corby Schmidt for the period of Dec. 1, 2003 – Nov. 30, 2004
Item 11 Presentation Update on the Knox County Law Enforcement Center by Hon. Paul L Mangieri, Building Committee Chairman
Item 12 Presentation Security contract for the Knox County Administrative Annex
Item 13 Approve
Voice 		Resolution in support of a 40-bed mental health facility to be located in Knox County, Illinois
Minutes:  Committee on Executive (October 15, 2003)
Report – Committee on Finance and Insurance
Item 14 Approve
R/C 		Proposed Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Budget
Item 15 Approve
R/C 		Resolution Relating to the Knox County Hospitalization Fund (to fund remaining administrative costs and claims incurred prior to October 31, 2003)
Minutes:  Committee on Finance and Insurance (October 8, 2003)
Report – Committee on Social Services
Item 16 Approve
Voice 		Authority to bid and bring back proposals for bread and milk contracts for the Knox County Nursing Home
Item 17 Approve
R/C 		Bond issuance for Knox County Nursing Home improvements in the amount of $5 million
Minutes:  Committee on Social Services (October 9, 2003)
Report – Committee on Public Safety
Item 18 Approve
R/C 		Bid proposal for new heating and cooling panel for the Knox County Courthouse facility
Minutes:  Committee on Public Safety (October 21, 2003) 
Report – Committee on Highway, Landfill, & Zoning
Item 19 Approve
Voice 		Authority to bid and bring back proposals for (a) new tandem dump truck cab and chassis and (b) new 2-1/2 cubic yard endloader (Highway)
Item 20 Approve
R/C 		Bid proposal by Altorfer, Inc., for new dozer, with trade-in allowance, in the amount of $116,941.00 (Landfill)
Item 21 Approve
R/C 		Bid proposal by Altorfer, Inc., for new scraper, with trade-in allowance, in the amount of $69,010.00 (Landfill)
Item 22
Voice 		Zoning Case Z-01-03, Thomas Williams and Randall Hellyer – a Request for a Zoning Change/Zoning Map Amendment from the R, Rural Residential zoning district to the B-2, Highway Business zoning district (Zoning)
Minutes:  Committee on Highway, Landfill, and Zoning (October 7, 2003) 
Report – Committee on Planning and Space Allocation
Minutes:  Committee on Planning and Space Allocation (October 2, 2003) 
Report – County Administration
Item 23 Presentation Monthly Report
Item 24 Approve
R/C 		Contract with Gallatin River Communications for Centrex telecommunication services
 
Announcements
Item 25 Presentation Next regular meeting time
 
Closing Ceremonies
Item 26 Presentation Recess until the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board

 
* CONSENT AGENDA: All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Board and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Member or citizen so requests; in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.

VOTING CHART: R/C = Roll Call Vote; Voice = Voice Vote; 2/3 = 2/3rds Vote

PLEASE NOTE: Except for emergency personnel, please turn off all cellular telephones and paging devices during the meeting.