Knox
County Board
Regular
Meeting – May 25, 2005
Knox
County Courthouse, Galesburg, Illinois
Main
Courtroom, 2nd Floor
May
25, 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
(Barb Devina, Elder of First Christian 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 May 11, 2005 |
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Item
2 – Page 15 |
Approve |
Claims
against Knox County, Illinois, for the period of
May 12, 2005-May 25, 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 May 25, 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 May 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
$80,472.71 and $17,901.37 and public safety tax in the amount of
$63,444.39. |
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Items
for the Chairman |
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Item
6 |
Presentation |
GREDA
Quarterly Report. |
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Item
7 – Page 56 |
Approve R/C |
Appointment
of Terry Bruner, Doug Gibb, Jeanne Harland, and Amy Mefford to the Knox
County Health Department Board. |
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Item
8 – Page 58 |
Approve R/C |
Appointment
of Bill Butts as Trustee on the Galesburg Sanitary District. |
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Item
9 – Page 61 |
Approve R/C |
Appointment
of Roger L. Anderson as Trustee for Galva Community Fire Protection
District. |
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Item
10 Page 63 |
Approve 1st
Reading |
Potential
Bill Audit Savings Program from OnPoint LLC. |
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Item
11 |
Discussion |
Possible
Transfer of Highway Blazer to the Landfill. (Bacon) |
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Item
12 |
Discussion |
Update
from Personnel Policy Ad Hoc Committee. |
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Report
– Elected Official’s Business |
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Item
13 |
Approve R/C |
Bid
for new Vehicle for Sheriff’s Department. (Sheriff) |
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Report
– Department Business |
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Item
14 Page 66 |
Presentation |
Animal
Control Business Report |
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Item
15 Page 68 |
Presentation |
Mary
Davis Home Business Report |
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Item
16 |
Presentation |
Assessor/Zoning
Business Report |
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Item
17 |
Presentation |
Landfill
Business Report |
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Item
18 Page 73 |
Approve |
Bid
and Bring Back to Furnish and Install HDPE Liner. |
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Item
19 Page 74 |
Approve |
Bid
and Bring Back to Purchase a New Semi-Tractor and Trailer. |
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Item
20 |
Discussion |
Bio-Diesel
Discussion. (Landfill) |
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Item
21 Page 75 |
Presentation |
Highway
Business Report |
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Item
22 Page 76 |
Presentation |
Nursing
Home Business Report |
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Item
24 |
Approve R/C |
Survey
of Nursing Home Land. |
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Report
– Administration Business |
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Item
25 Pg. 135 |
Presentation |
Business
Report. |
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Item
26 Pg. 140 |
Approve R/C |
Resolution
on Prevailing Wage for 2005. |
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Statements
of General Concern |
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Item
27 |
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
28 |
Presentation |
The
next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday,
June 8, 2005, 6:00 p.m., at the Knox County Courthouse, Galesburg, IL |
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Closing
Ceremonies |
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Item
29 |
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.