Knox
County Board
Regular
Meeting – November 9, 2005
Knox
County Courthouse, Galesburg, Illinois
Main
Courtroom, 2nd Floor
November
9, 2005
BOARD
MEETING AGENDA
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5:15
P.M. Closed Session to Discuss Personnel Issues, Probable Litigation,
Workman’s Compensation, and Contracts.
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Opening
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6:00
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Call
to Order (Chairman) |
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Roll
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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
(Jeff Nielsen, 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 Meeting held October 26, 2005. |
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Item
2 |
Approve |
Claims
by Members for per diem and mileage for the Meeting of November 9, 2005 |
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Claims
Against County – R/C |
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Item
3 - Page 13 |
Approve |
Claims
against Knox County, Illinois, for the period of
October 27, 2005-November 9, 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
4 – Page 41 |
Approve R/C
(2/3) |
Moving
of the 2nd County Board meeting in November to November 28,
2005. (Suspend the Rules and Approve) |
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Item
4A |
Approve
R/C |
Approval
to Proceed with Workman’s Compensation case. |
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Item
5 |
Approve
R/C |
Inclusion
of County Administrator Salary in budget. |
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Item
6 |
Discussion |
Meeting
Structure of Knox County Board. |
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Item
7 |
Approve
R/C |
Legal
Action Against Contract Attorneys. |
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Item
8 – Page 42 |
Approve
R/C |
Contract
with Landfill Administrator |
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Item
9 – Page 46 |
Approve 1st
Reading |
Contracts
with Alternate Defender Attorneys 1 & 2. |
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Item
10 |
Approve 1st
Reading |
Contracts
with County Defense Coverage Attorneys |
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Item
11 |
Approve 1st
Reading |
Contracts
for County Defense Secretarial Coverage. |
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Report
– Elected Official’s Business |
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Item
12 Page 58 |
Approve R/C |
Resolution
Authorizing the Transferring of Appropriations within Various Funds Under
the Direction of the County Board. (Treasurer) |
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Item
13 Page 60 |
Approve R/C |
Resolution
Authorizing the County Clerk and County Treasurer to Issue Warrants for
Certain Claims During the Period the County Board is not in Session. |
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Item
14 Page 62 |
Approve R/C |
Resolution
on use of State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor. (State’s Attorney) |
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Report
– Department Business |
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Item
15 Page 63 |
Presentation |
Animal
Control Business Report |
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Item
16 Page 66 |
Discussion |
Consideration
of new registration fees. |
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Item 17 Page
67 |
Approve 1st Reading |
Proposal for Animal Control Services with Maquon. |
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Item 18 Page
69 |
Presentation |
Mary Davis Home Business Report |
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Item 19 Page
77 |
Approve 1st Reading |
Resolution to Transfer Funds from Landfill to Mary
Davis Home. |
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Item
20 Page 78 |
Presentation |
Assessor/Zoning
Business Report |
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Item
21 |
Presentation |
Landfill
Business Report |
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Item
22 Pg. 101 |
Approve
R/C |
Bid
for sand at $3.30/ton from Weast. |
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Item
23 Pg. 101 |
Approve
R/C |
Bid
for Hauling sand from Burgess Brothers and Collopy Trucking (based on fuel
price) at $4.60/ton. |
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Item
24 Pg. 109 |
Presentation |
Highway
Business Report |
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Item
25 Pg. 110 |
Approve R/C |
Local
Agency Agreement for Federal Participation, Orange Township Bridge,
Section 05-14115-01-BR |
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Item
26 Pg. 116 |
Approve R/C |
Preliminary
Engineering Services Agreement with Hanson Professional Services, Inc. |
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Item
27 Pg. 124 |
Presentation |
Nursing
Home Business Report |
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Item
28 Pg. 125 |
Approve
1st
Reading |
Resolution
to approve transfer of funds from Nursing Home Referendum account to the
Nursing Home’ General Account. |
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Item
29 |
Presentation |
GIS
Business Report |
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Report
– Administration Business |
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Item
30 Pg. 126 |
Approve R/C |
Amendment
to Intergovernmental Agreement with Health Department to change zoning
field inspections rates. |
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Item
31 Pg.130 |
Presentation |
Administration
Report |
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Statements
of General Concern |
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Item
32 |
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
33 |
Presentation |
The
next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday,
November 28, 2005, 6:00 p.m., at the Knox County Courthouse,
Galesburg, IL. |
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Closing
Ceremonies |
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Item
34 |
Presentation |
Recess
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.