Knox
County Board
Regular
Meeting February 23, 2005
Knox
County Courthouse, Galesburg, Illinois
Main
Courtroom, 2nd Floor
February
23, 2005
BOARD
MEETING AGENDA
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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
(The Reverend David Scholl of Galesburg Rescue Mission) |
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Additions
to the Agenda (for discussion only) |
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Public
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Items
for the Chairman |
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Item
1 Page 1 |
Approve
R/C |
Appointment
of Trudy Swanson to the Oneida Cemetery Board. |
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Item
2 |
Approve
R/C |
Permission
to obtain Business Credit Card for County Departmental Use. |
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Item
3 Page 3 |
Approve |
Health
Department Annual Report and place on file with County Clerk. |
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Item
4 Page 4 |
Approve |
Memorandums
of Understanding for Homeland Security Grant Purchases. |
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Item
5 |
Discussion |
Tax
Bill Timetable Discussion (Porter) |
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Report
Elected Officials Business |
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Item
6 Page 8 |
Approve
R/C |
Resolution
abating taxes for 2004 on Series 1999 Public Safety Building General
Obligation Bonds. (Treasurer) |
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Item
7 Page 9 |
Approve
R/C |
Resolution
abating taxes for 2004 on Series 2003 Public Safety Building General
Obligation Bonds. (Treasurer) |
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Report
Department Business |
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Item
8 - Page 10 |
Presentation |
Animal
Control Business Report. |
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Item
9 - Page 13 |
Presentation |
Mary
Davis Home Business Report |
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Item
10 Page 20 |
Presentation |
Assessor/Zoning
Business Report |
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Item
11 |
Presentation |
Landfill
Business Report |
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Item
12 Page 22 |
Approve |
Bid
and Bring Back for new 3 yard Compactor. (Landfill) |
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Item
13 Page 23 |
Presentation |
Highway
Business Report |
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Item
14 Page 24 |
Approve
R/C |
Bid
for 4 cubic yard end loader for $65,000 with trade from McCann Industries.
(Highway) |
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Item
15 Page 26 |
Approve
R/C |
Low
bids for furnishing/spreading/stockpiling aggregate for various MFT road
districts for maintenance sections. (Highway) |
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Item
16 Page 30 |
Presentation |
Nursing
Home Business Report |
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Report
Administration Business |
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Item
17 Page 42 |
Presentation |
Monthly
Report |
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Consent
Agenda *(R/C) |
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Item
18 Page 82 |
Approve |
Minutes
of the
Board Meeting
held February 9, 2005 |
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Item
19 Page 93 |
Approve |
Claims
against Knox County, Illinois, for the period of February
10, 2005-February 23, 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
20 |
Approve |
Claims
by Members for per diem and mileage for the Meeting of February 23, 2005 |
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Item
21 |
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 February 2005 (filed with Clerk) |
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Item
22 |
Approve |
Sales
tax and various taxes for month of December 2004 in the amounts of
$87,477.29 and $18,523.27 and public safety tax in the amount of
$78,118.46. |
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Statements
of General Concern |
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Item
23 |
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
24 |
Presentation |
The
next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday,
March 9, 2005, 6:00 p.m., at the Knox County Courthouse, Galesburg, IL |
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Closing
Ceremonies |
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Item
25 |
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.