Knox
County Board
Knox
County Courthouse, Galesburg, Illinois
Main
Courtroom, 2nd Floor
April
27, 2005
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5:30
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Opening
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6:00
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Call
to Order (Chairman) |
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Roll
Call (Clerk) |
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Declaration
of Quorum (Chairman) |
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Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America (Chairman) |
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Invocation
(Rick Welty, Elder of Bethel Baptist Church of Galesburg) |
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Additions
to the Agenda (for discussion only) |
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Public
Comment |
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Consent
Agenda – R/C* |
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Item
1 – Page 1 |
Approve |
Minutes
of the
Board Meeting
and Closed Board sessions held April 13, 2005 |
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Item
2 – Page 18 |
Approve |
Claims
against Knox County, Illinois, for the period of
April 14, 2005-April 27, 2005 (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) |
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Item
3 |
Approve |
Claims
by Members for per diem and mileage for the Meeting of April 27, 2005 |
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Item
4 |
Approve |
Financial
Reports of Scott G. Erickson, County Clerk; Robin E. Davis, Treasurer;
Nancy J. McCune, Recorder; Kelly Cheesman, Circuit Clerk; and James K.
Thompson, Sheriff; for the month of April 2005 (filed with Clerk) |
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Item
5 |
Approve |
Sales
tax and various taxes for month of February 2005 in the amounts of
$79,915.50 and $16,812.74 and public safety tax in the amount of
$62,050.61. |
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Items
for the Chairman |
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Item
6 - Page 53 |
Approve
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Resignation
of Member Porter from Tourism Council. |
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Item
7 |
Approve 1st
Reading |
Resolution
to Update Number of Deputies for Sheriff Department. |
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Report
– Elected Official’s Business |
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Item
8 – Page 55 |
Approve R/C |
Intergovernmental
Agreement between the Illinois Department of Public Aid and the Knox
County State’s Attorney and County of Knox.
(State’s Attorney) |
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Item
9 |
Approve R/C |
Proposed
Settlement Agreement regarding Worker’s Compensation Claim and
Disability Act Claim. (State’s Attorney) |
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Item
10 |
Approve R/C |
Tax
Settlement Agreement with K-Mart Corporation. (State’s Attorney /
Treasurer) |
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Item
11 |
Presentation |
Update
on Pending Litigation. (State’s Attorney) |
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Item
12 |
Presentation |
Revisions
to Departmental Accounting Procedures. (Treasurer) |
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Report
– Department Business |
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Item
13 Page 82 |
Presentation |
Mary
Davis Home Business Report |
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Item
14 |
Presentation |
Assessor/Zoning
Business Report |
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Item
15 |
Presentation |
Landfill
Business Report |
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Item
16 Page 87 |
Approve 1st
Reading |
Memorandum
of Understanding between Landfill and Health Department for Secretarial
Services. (Landfill) |
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Item
17 Page 89 |
Presentation |
Highway
Business Report |
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Item
18 Page 90 |
Presentation |
Nursing
Home Business Report |
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Item
19 Page 91 |
Approve R/C |
Authorize
Nursing Home to Submit an Application for Membership to the Western
Illinois Area Agency on Aging. (Nursing Home) |
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Report
– Administration Business |
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Item
20 Pg. 146 |
Presentation |
Business
Report |
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Statements
of General Concern |
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Item
21 |
Presentation |
Statements
of General Concern from Board Members (Conducted in voting rank order.
No Debate) |
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Announcements |
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Item
22 |
Presentation |
The
next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday,
May 11, 2005, 6:00 p.m., at the Knox County Courthouse, Galesburg, IL |
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Closing
Ceremonies |
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Item
23 |
Approve Voice |
Adjournment
of meeting
until next scheduled meeting of the Board. |
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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.