Knox County Board

 

Regular Meeting – September 28, 2005

Knox County Courthouse, Galesburg, Illinois

Main Courtroom, 2nd Floor

September 28, 2005

 

BOARD MEETING AGENDA                                          

5:30 P.M. Closed Session to Discuss Personnel Issues, Pending Litigation, and Contract  Negotiations.

           

Opening Ceremonies

6:00 p.m.

 

Call to Order (Chairman)

 

 

 

 

 

Roll Call (Clerk)

 

 

 

 

 

Declaration of Quorum (Chairman)

 

 

 

 

 

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America (Chairman)

 

 

 

 

 

Invocation (Dan Siems, Reverend of First Baptist Church of Galesburg)

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to the Agenda (for discussion only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public Comment

 

Consent Agenda – R/C*

Item 1 – Page 1

Approve

Minutes of the Board Meeting and Closed Meeting held September 14, 2005.

Item 2

Approve

Claims by Members for per diem and mileage for the Meeting of September 28, 2005

Item 3

Approve

Sales tax and various taxes for month of June 2005 in the amounts of $103,595.52 and $26,628.72 and public safety tax in the amount of $84,325.36.

Item 4 – Page 15

Approve

Re-Appointment of Jay McGee and Ron Moody to the Altona Fire Protection District.

Item 5 – Page 15

Approve

Re-Appointment of Sam Montooth and Charlie Coley to the Spoon Valley Lake Sanitary District.

Item 6 – Page 15

Approve

Re-Appointment of Harold Watters to Henderson Township Fire Protection District.

Claims Against County – R/C

 

 

Item 7 -  Page17

Approve

Claims against Knox County, Illinois, for the period of       September 15, 2005-September 28, 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)

Items for the Chairman

Item 8

Presentation

GREDA Quarterly Update

Item 9 - Page 53

Approve

R/C

Employment Contract with Chris Woods for Knox County GIS Coordinator position.

Item 10

Approve

R/C

Employment Contract with Landfill Administrator Larry Larson. (Inserted in Packet)

Item 11

Approve

1st Reading

Proposed increase in Health Department Food Permit Fees. (Health Department Insert)

Item 12  Page 58

Approve

R/C

Resolution from ATD Employer Solutions for Voluntary Pre-Tax Flexible Spending Program.

Report – Elected Official’s Business

Item 13 

Presentation

Statement on Condition of Banks as of June 30, 2005 on File in the County Clerk’s Office (Treasurer)

Item 14  Page 59

Approve

Resolution Offering Heritage Credit Union and Midwest Community Credit Union as Voluntary Payroll Deduction Options. (Treasurer)

Item 15

Approve

R/C (2/3)

Remove from Table and Approve Union Contract for F.O.P. Supervisors. (Sheriff) (Insert in Packet)

Report – Department Business

Item 16

Presentation

Animal Control Business Report

Item 17 Page 74

Presentation

Mary Davis Home Business Report

Item 18 

Presentation

Assessor/Zoning Business Report

Item 19 

Presentation

Landfill Business Report

Item 20  Page 81

Approve R/C

Liner Bid from GSE for $34,372.90 and CR Trucking for transportation of liner for $1,881.45.  (Landfill)

Item 21  Page 85

Presentation

Highway Business Report

Item 22  Page 86

Approve

R/C

Bid from Louis Lakis Ford, Inc. for 4X4 Pickup Truck (Highway)

Item 23  Page 88

Approve

R/C

Bid from Altorfer Inc for Caterpillar Rotary Mixer. (Highway)

Item 24  Page 90

Presentation

Nursing Home Business Report

Item 25  Pg. 100

Approve

R/C

Sprinkler Bid to complete Phase 1 and Phase 2 by Prevention Fire Protection, Inc for $426,098.

Item 26

Approve

R/C

Payment of plan review fee to Illinois Department of Public Health for $6,000. (Nursing Home)

Item 27  Pg. 104

Approve

R/C

Removal of interior enclosure of front entrance door to allow installation of handicapped controls.

Item 28

Approve

Bid and Bring Back Color Laser Printer for GIS Office (GIS)

Item 29

Approve

Bid and Bring Back for Office Equipment for GIS office.

 

 

 

Report – Administration Business

Item 30  Pg. 106

Approve

R/C

Resolution to Designate County Farmland at Nursing Home available for sale.

Item 31  Pg. 108

Approve

R/C

Cable Franchise Agreement with Woodhull Telephone Company and Diverse Communications.

Item 32  Pg. 110

Presentation

Administration Report

Statements of General Concern

Item 33

Presentation

Statements of General Concern from Board Members (Conducted in voting rank order.  No Debate)

Announcements

Item 34

Presentation

The next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2005, 6:00 p.m., at the Knox County Courthouse, Galesburg, IL.

Closing Ceremonies

Item 35

Approve

Voice

Adjournment of meeting until next scheduled meeting of the Board.

         

* 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.