Knox
County Board
Regular
Meeting – July 27, 2005
Knox
County Courthouse, Galesburg, Illinois
Main
Courtroom, 2nd Floor
July
27, 2005
BOARD
MEETING AGENDA
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Opening
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6:00
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Call
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Roll
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Declaration
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Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America (Chairman) |
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Invocation
(Dan Siems, Reverend of First Baptist Church of Galesburg) |
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Additions
to the Agenda (for discussion only) |
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Public
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Consent
Agenda – R/C* |
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Item
1 – Page 1 |
Approve |
Minutes
of the
Board Meetings
and Closed Board session held July 13, 2005 and July
19, 2005. |
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Item
2 |
Approve |
Claims
by Members for per diem and mileage for the Meeting of July 27, 2005 |
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Item
3 |
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 June 2005 (filed with Clerk) |
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Item
4 |
Approve |
Sales
tax and various taxes for month of April 2005 in the amounts of $87,881.72
and $28,712.34 and public safety tax in the amount of $73,135.88. |
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Item
5 – Page 16 |
Approve |
Appointment
of Rita Buckman as Trustee to the Maquon Community Fire Protection
District. |
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Claims
Against County – R/C |
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Item
6 – Page 18 |
Approve |
Claims
against Knox County, Illinois, for the period of
July 14, 2005-July 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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Items
for the Chairman |
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Item
7 |
Presentation |
Liability
Insurance Update by Tim Drury of Bliss McKnight. |
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Item
8 – Page 58 |
Approve |
Proposed
changes to the Knox County Personnel Policy |
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Item
9 – Page 67 |
Approve |
Purchase
of County Flag. |
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Item
10 |
Discussion |
Space
Allocation at the Annex (Porter) |
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Item
11 |
Approve |
Move
of 1 Public Defender’s Office to the Annex |
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Report
– Elected Official’s Business |
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Report
– Department Business |
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Item
12 Page 70 |
Presentation |
Animal
Control Business Report |
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Item
13 Page 73 |
Presentation |
Mary
Davis Home Business Report |
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Item
14 Page 78 |
Presentation |
Assessor/Zoning
Business Report |
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Item
15 |
Presentation |
Landfill
Business Report |
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Item
16 Page 80 |
Approve |
Bid
for Sale of Hay at Landfill. |
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Item
17 Page 81 |
Approve |
Bids
for HDPE liner for new landfill cell. |
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Item
18 Page 84 |
Presentation |
Highway
Business Report |
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Item
19 Page 85 |
Presentation |
Nursing
Home Business Report |
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Item
20 Page 86 |
Approve |
Bid
and Bring Back Sprinkler System for Wings 3 & 4 |
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Item
21 Page 87 |
Approve
R/C |
Bid
for Concrete Pad at Nursing Home |
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Report
– Administration Business |
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Item
22 Pg. 139 |
Approve |
Cable
Franchise Agreement with Oneida Telephone & Cablevision, Inc. |
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Item
23 Pg. 156 |
Approve 1st
Reading |
Maintenance
and Testing Contract for Alarm System at Annex for $1,020.00 from Simplex
Grinnell. |
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Item
24 Pg. 137 |
Presentation |
Business
Report. |
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Administrative Detail |
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Item
25 |
Approve |
Resignation
of Board Member |
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Statements
of General Concern |
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Item
26 |
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
27 |
Presentation |
The
next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday,
August 10, 2005, 6:00 p.m., at the Knox County Courthouse, Galesburg,
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Closing
Ceremonies |
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Item
28 |
Approve |
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.