PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
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Proceedings of the regular meeting of the Knox County Board, held at
the Knox County Courthouse,
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Sally Keener and upon roll
call the following members reported present:
District 1
Russell Idle
District 2
Gayle Keiser
District 3
Dale Parsons
District 4
Sally Keener
District 5
Ricardo Sandoval
District 1
Allen Pickrel
District 2
Dana Shallenberger
District 4
District 5
Gerald Link
District 1
Linda Roberts
District 2
William Abel
District 3
Janet Occhi
District 4
Wayne Saline
District 5
Stephen Johnson
and those absent:
District 3
Paul Hevland
and also present were James Thompson, Sheriff and Scott
Erickson,
Sheriff Thompson delivered the proclamation, Chairman Keener led the
members in the pledge to the flag and Rev. David Scholl gave the invocation.
Chairman Keener asked if there were any changes to the agenda.
There were none.
Chairman asked if there were any public comments.
There were none.
Chairman Keener presented the following consent agenda for approval: l)
Minutes of the Board Meeting held June 23, 2004; 2) Claims against Knox
County, Illinois, for the period of June 24, 2004 - July 28, 2004 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; 3) Claims by Members for per diem and mileage for the meeting of
July 28, 2004; 4) 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 July, 2004, filed with the
Clerk; 5) Sales tax and various taxes for the month of April, 2004 in the
amounts of $87,335.65 and $23,9l3.84 and public safety tax in the amount of
$72,474.04. Motion to approve
consent agenda by Steve Johnson seconded by William Abel and vote by roll call
as follows: Ayes - Idle, Keiser, Parsons, Keener, Sandoval, Shallenberger,
Mannhardt, Link, Roberts, Abel, Occhi, Saline, Johnson - (13); Noes - (0).
Abstain - Pickrel - (1). Motion
carried.
Eric Voyles presented the GREDA quarterly report to the
Wayne Saline, Finance Committee, reported county fund balance at
$372,000. The county should be at
58.5% of the budget and we are at 50.l% revenue and 61.5 expenses.
If we had received the tax monies on time our revenue would be at
target. The committee is in the
process of gathering budgets and should have information available next month
on preliminary figures.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Knox County Board has established and presently maintains
a County Law Library located in the Knox County Courthouse, and
WHEREAS, the expense of maintaining the said library has increased and
will exceed the revenues received from filing fees to support the library;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the filing fee for
maintaining the Knox County Law Library be and is hereby increased from $6.00
to $10.00, said fee to be paid at the time of filing the first pleading, paper
or other appearance filed by each party in all civil cases, but no additional
fee shall be required if more than one party is represented in a single
pleading, paper or other appearance;
FURTHER the County Clerk is directed to notify the Circuit Clerk that
the Board has acted under the provisions of 44 ILCS 5/5-39001, establishing a
law library and setting a filing fee to support said library, and upon receipt
of said written notice, the Circuit Clerk shall commence collecting said fee.
Wayne
Saline made motion to approve resolution to increase law library fees from
$6.00 to $l0.00 seconded by Lowell Mannhardt.
Motion carried.
Wayne Saline distributed three worker’s compensation claims: The
first case is Roxanna Guss who injured her right shoulder on August l9, 2003,
when she fell out of a chair while on break.
The petitioner has agreed to a total settlement offer of $11,413.67.
Motion by Wayne Saline to approve settlement seconded by Steve Johnson
and vote by roll call as follows: Ayes - Idle, Keiser, Parsons, Keener,
Sandoval, Pickrel, Shallenberger, Mannhardt, Link, Roberts, Occhi, Saline,
Johnson - (13); Noes - Abel - (1). Motion
carried. The second case is
Deborah Tabb who injured her left shoulder on
Motion by Wayne Saline to go into closed session to discuss personnel
issues seconded by Dana Shallenberger and vote by roll call as follows: Ayes -
Idle, Keiser, Parsons, Keener, Sandoval, Pickrel, Shallenberger, Mannhardt,
Link, Roberts, Abel, Occhi, Saline, Johnson - (14); Noes - (0).
Motion carried.
Motion by Wayne Saline to approve AFSCME Local 32l7 contract according
to terms agreed on which include longevity pay to replace present pay scale,
$l300/person increase or scale with $l.00 per hour if promoted from Level B to
Level A and added a “me too” letter to present contract only seconded by
Dana Shallenberger and vote by roll call as follows: Ayes - Idle, Keiser,
Parsons, Keener, Sandoval, Pickrel, Shallenberger, Mannhardt, Link, Roberts,
Abel, Occhi, Saline - (13); Noes - (0); Abstain - Johnson - (1).
Motion carried.
Allen Pickrel, Public Safety Committee, reported the Mary Davis Home
had 33 juveniles last month, 21.5 out-of-county, 10.5 Knox County.
The Home has received two new Crown Victorias.
The
Gerald Link, Highway, Landfill & Zoning, reported Pat Collopy has
been appointed as Maintenance Foreman; a Mechanic III position has been
advertised and received 20 applications which has been narrowed to 6.
Duane Ratermann, Superintendent, has submitted his budget to the
Committee to review and it has been sent to the Administrator.
The committee will look into CH-40.
Duane Ratermann had documents and expense for the road and basically
the committee felt it was a project that needed done and is an improvement
over what was there.
Gerald Link made motion to bid and bring back for a) rubber tire, self
propelled roller, b) self propelled, single drum compactor and c) tow behind
pavement sweeper seconded by Dana Shallenberger.
Motion carried. Gerald Link
made motion to approve bid from Gunther Construction in the amount of
$246,886.87 for CH-24 resurfacing project, Section 02-00078-02RS seconded by
Rick Sandoval and vote by roll call as follows:
Ayes - Idle, Keiser, Parsons, Keener, Sandoval, Pickrel, Shallenberger,
Mannhardt, Link, Roberts, Abel, Occhi, Saline, Johnson - (l4).
Gerald Link reported gate receipts at the landfill are back up.
The Administrator is working on past due accounts.
Gerald Link made motion to bid and bring back for l5,000 tons of sand
for the Landfill seconded by Steve Johnson.
Motion carried.
Gerald Link reported there are a number of zoning violations in the
county. Notices have been sent out
and some are in process of cleaning up and some will have second notice sent.
These will be reviewed each month.
Jan Occhi, Planning and Space Allocation, reported the committee is
working on committee as a whole for December.
Jan Occhi presented the following resolution:
RESOLUTION
DEFINING RESPONSIBLE BIDDER
WHEREAS, in many instances and circumstances the County of Knox is
required to let construction contracts (which includes but is not limited to
the construction of new facilities, renovation of current facilities or road
construction projects) over $5,000.00, to the lowest responsive “responsible
bidder”, and
WHEREAS, THE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND DETERMINED, by the
l) meets all of the job specificiations;
2) complies with all applicable laws pre-requisite to doing business in
the State of
3) has trained and experienced employees who:
a) learn by
practical experience under the supervision of skilled workmen and job specific
training provided by the company, the manufacturer, or trade school; or
b)
actively participates in apprenticeship and training with craft specific
programs approved and registered with the United States Department of
Labor’s Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
4) provides or submits evidence of complliance with:
a)
federal employer tax identification number or social security number (for
individuals).
b)
certificates of insurance indicating the following coverages: general
liability, workers’ compensation, completed operations, automobile,
hazardous occupation, product liability and professional liability;
c) the
provisions of Section 2000(e) of Chapter 21, Title 42 of the United States
Code and Federal Executive Order No. 11246, as amended by Executive Order No.
11375 (known as the Equal Opportunity Employer provisions).
d) the
provisions of the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, including wages, medical and
hospitalization insurance and retirement for those trades covered in the Act.
5) BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that non-compliance with this Resolution
will result in a 20% penalty and a 2% punitive damage of the total contract
bid and a two (2) year disbarment from bidding, including general and
subcontractors with the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that nothing herein adopted shall be construed
to affect any suit or proceeding now pending in any court or any rights
accrued or liability incurred or causes of action accrued or existing under
any prior resolution, nor shall any right or remedy of any character be lost,
impaired or affected by this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall be in full force and
effect immediately upon its adoption and the Clerk of Knox County is hereby
authorized and directed to prepare and deliver a certified copy of this
Resolution to all
STATEMENT
OF COMPLIANCE
Firm name__________________________________
Street address_______________________________
City, State, Zip_______________________________
F.E.I.N. No.__________________________________
This
document shall establish compliance with the Knox County Resolution titled
“A RESOLUTION DEFINING RESPONSIBLE BIDDER”.
The signed copy of this document shall be on file at the office of the
Knox County Clerk prior to the issuance of proposals and other bid documents
for work awarded by
1) The
undersigned must meet all of the job specifications.
2) The
undersigned complies with all applicable laws prerequisite to doing business
in
3) The
undersigned complies with provisions of Section 2000(e) of Chapter 21, Title
42 of the United States Code and Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended
by Executive Order No. 11375 (known as the Equal Opportunity Employer
provisions).
4) The
undersigned, prior to execution of contracts, agrees to have Certificates of
Insurance on file at the office of the Knox County Clerk.
Said certificate should indicate the following coverage: general
liability, workers’ compensation, completed operations, automobile,
hazardous occupation, product liability and professional liability.
5) The
undersigned complies with all provisions of the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act,
including wages, medical and hospitalization insurance, and retirement for
those trades as covered in the “Act”.
If necessary, the undersigned agrees to provide the Knox County Clerk
with payroll records to evidence compliance during the course of or upon
completion of the project.
6) The
undersigned complies with the requirement that his employees are trained and
experienced by:
a) providing evidence that his regular full time employees are trained
and experienced; and provide a list of skilled persons providing training.
b) providing evidence that any additional employees hired for a given
job are qualified to perform their specific trade.
c) evidence of said participation is on file at the office of the Knox
County Clerk.
7) Be it
further resolved, that non-compliance with this Resolution will result in a
20% penalty and a 2% punitive damage of the total contract bid and a two (2)
year dissbarment from bidding, including general and subcontractors with the
The
undersigned agrees that this document shall be valid for one (1) year from the
date of submittal of all Documents. It
shall be resubmitted annually or when, in the opinion of the Knox County
Highway Department, conditions of the contracting firm or other facts justify
resubmittal.
Signed___________________________Attest_______________________________
Motion by
Lowell Mannhardt to approve seconded by Gerald Link and vote by roll call as
follows: Ayes - Idle, Keiser, Keener, Sandoval, Mannhardt, Link, Roberts,
Saline, Johnson - (9); Noes - Parsons, Pickrel, Shallenberger, Abel, Occhi -
(5). Motion carried.
William Abel, Social Services Committee made motion to approve bid of
Direct Supply for 5l electric beds for third wing in the amount of $51,576.54
seconded by Lowell Mannhardt and vote by roll call as follows: Ayes - Idle,
Keiser, Parsons, Keener, Sandoval, Pickrel, Shallenberger, Mannhardt, Link,
Roberts, Abel, Occhi, Saline, Johnson - (14); Noes - (0).
Motion carried. Motion by
William Abel to approve bid of Direct Supply for 25 wheelchairs in the amount of
$9,055.25 seconded by Jan Occhi and vote by roll call as follows: Ayes - Idle,
Keiser, Parsons, Keener, Sandoval, Pickrel, Shallenberger, Mannhardt, Link,
Roberts, Abel, Occhi, Saline, Johnson - (14); Noes - (0).
Motion carried. Both bids
will be paid with referendum monies. William
Abel reported a balanced budget will be presented to Administrator Hallberg at
the end of the month. Cash balance
at the end of June was $282,056.86. At
the present revenues are at 58% of budget expenses at 58%.
The referendum fund balance is $766,060.67 and the Nursing Home owes the
Landfill $ll8,000.00. Census at the
Home is l59 with 3 pending admissions. The
ice cream social will be August 15th.
Alan Hallberg,
Chairman Keener reported the next regular meeting will be held on
Motion to adjourn by Linda Roberts seconded by Steve Johnson. Motion carried.