WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600 Okay, I will call the meeting of the Stevenson County 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:07.940 Finance Committee to order circa Friday, February 13th. 00:00:07.940 --> 00:00:12.939 And I will ask to see if anybody else wants to break. 00:00:16.070 --> 00:00:17.210 I'll take it. 00:00:17.210 --> 00:00:19.609 Lord God Almighty, thank you for offering us 00:00:19.609 --> 00:00:22.410 the opportunity to serve the people of this county 00:00:23.370 --> 00:00:24.609 on this Finance Committee. 00:00:24.609 --> 00:00:26.809 I pray you help us get through the things 00:00:26.809 --> 00:00:28.890 we need to get through, understand the things 00:00:28.890 --> 00:00:33.890 community to understand, to communicate and collaborate 00:00:34.090 --> 00:00:37.850 as we need to on things and do the best we can 00:00:37.850 --> 00:00:40.530 for the folks of this County, how we spend their money. 00:00:40.530 --> 00:00:44.210 So thank you and praise you, Jesus, and that's it. 00:00:45.850 --> 00:00:47.289 All right, I have an entertaining motion 00:00:47.289 --> 00:00:48.810 to approve the agenda for today. 00:00:48.810 --> 00:00:53.810 I have a motion and a second, and any other discussion? 00:00:54.890 --> 00:00:56.009 All those in favor say aye. 00:00:56.009 --> 00:00:56.850 Aye. 00:00:56.850 --> 00:00:57.689 Opposed? 00:00:57.689 --> 00:00:59.250 Motion carried. 00:00:59.250 --> 00:01:02.789 Meeting minutes for January 12th, 2026 meeting. 00:01:02.789 --> 00:01:03.890 I have a motion to approve this. 00:01:03.890 --> 00:01:04.730 Second. 00:01:04.730 --> 00:01:05.549 And a second. 00:01:05.549 --> 00:01:06.890 I need discussion. 00:01:06.890 --> 00:01:07.730 Okay. 00:01:07.730 --> 00:01:08.989 Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. 00:01:08.989 --> 00:01:10.090 Aye. 00:01:10.090 --> 00:01:11.030 Opposed? 00:01:11.030 --> 00:01:12.629 Motion carried. 00:01:12.629 --> 00:01:15.170 There's a little claims, I had claims in the amount of, 00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:18.870 we got a, I'm going to just roll these together. 00:01:18.870 --> 00:01:22.969 We've got claims for zoning. 00:01:22.969 --> 00:01:36.969 Well, for the Finance Committee is 554-34-77, cash requirements, 489-341-48, manuals, for a total of $1,043,676.25. 00:01:36.969 --> 00:01:39.969 May I suppose get you separate? 00:01:39.969 --> 00:01:40.969 Yeah, okay. 00:01:40.969 --> 00:01:42.969 So what's your plan here? 00:01:42.969 --> 00:01:43.969 Sold. 00:01:43.969 --> 00:01:44.969 Second. 00:01:44.969 --> 00:01:45.969 I have a motion to approve. 00:01:45.969 --> 00:01:46.969 Second. 00:01:46.969 --> 00:01:47.969 Any discussion on claims? 00:01:47.969 --> 00:01:48.969 All those in favor say aye. 00:01:48.969 --> 00:01:49.969 Aye. 00:01:49.969 --> 00:01:50.969 Opposed? 00:01:50.969 --> 00:01:51.969 Motion carried. 00:01:51.969 --> 00:01:55.250 Approval of claims for Committee 10 or the Zoning Committee 00:01:55.250 --> 00:01:59.250 in the amount of $1,764.66. 00:01:59.250 --> 00:02:03.849 I have a motion to approve and a second. 00:02:03.849 --> 00:02:05.450 Any discussion? 00:02:05.450 --> 00:02:07.250 All those in favor say aye. 00:02:07.250 --> 00:02:08.090 Opposed? 00:02:08.090 --> 00:02:09.969 Motion to pay that fee. 00:02:09.969 --> 00:02:13.550 So I have public comments. 00:02:13.550 --> 00:02:15.129 Seeing none. 00:02:15.129 --> 00:02:18.830 The first committee, Madam McWright, you have the floor. 00:02:18.830 --> 00:02:23.830 Good morning, happy Valentine's Day to my favorite clients. 00:02:25.909 --> 00:02:27.270 My clients are like my children. 00:02:27.270 --> 00:02:31.509 I have no favorites, they're all just kidding, just kidding. 00:02:31.509 --> 00:02:34.430 Good morning, I am here to talk about 00:02:34.430 --> 00:02:37.349 the property casualty work comp and group health. 00:02:37.349 --> 00:02:39.389 Is you going to update on a few things? 00:02:40.310 --> 00:02:43.870 I assume you have the presentation in front of you 00:02:43.870 --> 00:02:45.830 that I said earlier. 00:02:45.830 --> 00:02:48.229 So I will flip through that. 00:02:48.229 --> 00:02:49.990 I'm going to go through the papers real quick, 00:02:49.990 --> 00:02:53.990 talk about claims and the public employees 00:02:53.990 --> 00:02:55.969 to sit down with the F on the KC side. 00:03:03.259 --> 00:03:07.780 Again, we ensure a lot of stuff as you know, 00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:11.219 buildings, contents and equipment. 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:17.139 There are property appraisals going on right now. 00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:20.699 Every so often, I think three, four years, 00:03:20.699 --> 00:03:23.259 the carrier sends out property appraisals 00:03:23.259 --> 00:03:26.219 to make sure that the replacement costs 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:30.419 are up to date and adequate for coverages. 00:03:30.419 --> 00:03:33.979 Generally speaking, we do see that those appraisals 00:03:33.979 --> 00:03:38.979 results in somewhat significant increases 00:03:39.740 --> 00:03:42.439 in replacement costs for property managers. 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:46.979 So be aware once we get that out, 00:03:46.979 --> 00:03:49.580 I will let you guys know what that is. 00:03:49.580 --> 00:03:51.580 As you know, in the world today, 00:03:51.580 --> 00:03:53.620 the replacement costs have increased 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:56.419 in terms of inflation and labor and materials. 00:03:56.419 --> 00:03:59.419 So that will probably be the substance of these prices. 00:03:59.419 --> 00:04:00.520 Any questions on that? 00:04:03.659 --> 00:04:06.780 Real quick, I go through this every time. 00:04:06.780 --> 00:04:08.500 I'm going to skip through this pretty quickly 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:10.500 and just highlight one thing. 00:04:10.500 --> 00:04:12.860 So we have liability coverages, public officials, 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:14.659 general liability, employment practices, 00:04:14.659 --> 00:04:17.920 and law enforcement liability. 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.720 We do have a $10 million umbrella 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:21.560 over our liability coverages. 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:25.040 Work comp, we have unlimited coverages, as you know. 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.639 I highlighted that $50,000 deductible 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:28.920 on the work comp for a reason. 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:30.759 I will get to that in a moment. 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.279 We also cover a whole bunch of autos, over 100 units. 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:40.509 Any questions on the end of your chat? 00:04:40.509 --> 00:04:42.430 Next page. 00:04:43.430 --> 00:04:45.990 This is just kind of a regurgitation 00:04:45.990 --> 00:04:47.410 of the last time we went. 00:04:47.410 --> 00:04:50.769 You can see the premium history there. 00:04:50.769 --> 00:04:54.250 We have gone down significantly in the last several years, 00:04:54.250 --> 00:04:55.209 which is good news. 00:04:55.209 --> 00:05:00.069 That is the work we've done in terms of reducing 00:05:00.069 --> 00:05:04.329 work costs, claims, the work that ICRT does, 00:05:04.329 --> 00:05:07.009 the loss control rep, Mark Bell does a great job. 00:05:07.009 --> 00:05:10.149 It's all those department heads to remind them of safety. 00:05:10.149 --> 00:05:11.649 So we're really proud of that. 00:05:13.689 --> 00:05:15.610 Nothing really of note there. 00:05:15.610 --> 00:05:17.610 Down below are the insured values. 00:05:17.610 --> 00:05:19.930 You can see those have kind of creeped up 00:05:19.930 --> 00:05:22.050 for inflation over the years. 00:05:22.050 --> 00:05:23.689 With this property appraisal, 00:05:23.689 --> 00:05:28.050 I suspect those numbers will increase 00:05:28.050 --> 00:05:29.689 more than inflation. 00:05:30.730 --> 00:05:31.649 Any questions? 00:05:34.009 --> 00:05:37.610 You can skip this PNC work cough claims. 00:05:37.610 --> 00:05:40.329 ICRMT went through an update 00:05:40.329 --> 00:05:44.290 on their reporting and flames tracking system. 00:05:44.290 --> 00:05:46.790 we were unable to pull updated claims. 00:05:46.790 --> 00:05:47.769 So you can ignore that. 00:05:47.769 --> 00:05:51.129 I do know of property claim out of the health department 00:05:51.129 --> 00:05:53.629 that's pretty small, five, six, $7,000. 00:05:53.629 --> 00:05:57.670 And there might be a small work out there 00:05:57.670 --> 00:05:59.649 since the last time we talked, 00:05:59.649 --> 00:06:02.689 but nothing other than that 00:06:02.689 --> 00:06:05.389 or nothing significant to report on that in that regard. 00:06:07.050 --> 00:06:10.009 Next page, PETA, the Public Employee Disability Act. 00:06:10.009 --> 00:06:13.689 I wanted to make you guys aware that there is a law 00:06:13.689 --> 00:06:16.009 or an act or a statute in the state of Illinois 00:06:16.009 --> 00:06:21.009 that requires employers of police officers, 00:06:22.850 --> 00:06:26.290 fire law enforcement officers, firefighters 00:06:26.290 --> 00:06:28.810 that get hurt in the job for work comp. 00:06:28.810 --> 00:06:32.769 Typically work comp coverage is 00:06:34.209 --> 00:06:37.930 when a claim comes through, they pay for all medical 00:06:37.930 --> 00:06:41.810 and then lost time is paid at 66% of their salary. 00:06:41.810 --> 00:06:44.370 that is how it generally works. 00:06:44.370 --> 00:06:47.670 With the exception of firefighters and law enforcement, 00:06:47.670 --> 00:06:49.490 there's an Illinois state statute that says 00:06:49.490 --> 00:06:52.189 you have to pay them 100% while they're off getting better. 00:06:52.189 --> 00:06:53.949 So just a heads up there, 00:06:56.089 --> 00:06:59.689 we had one claim that that happened with. 00:06:59.689 --> 00:07:02.509 So if you go to the next page, 00:07:02.509 --> 00:07:07.050 ICRMT offers additional coverage on the work comp 00:07:07.050 --> 00:07:12.050 to cover the remaining 33.3% of payroll 00:07:12.430 --> 00:07:15.209 in the event someone is off 00:07:15.209 --> 00:07:18.350 due to an additional 9,000 in premium. 00:07:18.350 --> 00:07:23.009 However, we have a $50,000 deductible on the work comp. 00:07:23.009 --> 00:07:26.050 So I will not recommend we add this endorsement to the work 00:07:26.050 --> 00:07:28.370 but I wanted to talk to you about it 00:07:28.370 --> 00:07:31.129 and let you know and make you aware of it. 00:07:31.129 --> 00:07:32.269 Any questions on that? 00:07:32.269 --> 00:07:53.589 So if we want to revisit that at renewal, we can, we'll certainly get an updated goal for that, but as long as we keep the $50,000 deductible to workshop things, there's really no need for this additional publishing. 00:07:53.589 --> 00:08:04.850 Moving on to benefits, a couple of things that are going on in the benefits world. 00:08:04.850 --> 00:08:08.290 We use a system called Ease for online open enrollment. 00:08:08.290 --> 00:08:14.129 This system or this company got bought out by employee navigator two years ago. 00:08:14.129 --> 00:08:19.329 There has been a migration that has gone super slow over the last couple years. 00:08:19.329 --> 00:08:23.410 They keep pushing out the migration date or the drop dead date when Ease is turning off 00:08:23.410 --> 00:08:25.649 and employee navigators turning on. 00:08:25.649 --> 00:08:27.410 This will eventually affect the county 00:08:27.410 --> 00:08:29.930 where we have to migrate everything on the EES, 00:08:29.930 --> 00:08:33.929 our online opener platform to employee navigator. 00:08:33.929 --> 00:08:36.289 I don't know when that's going to be. 00:08:36.289 --> 00:08:37.529 Might be the end of this year, 00:08:37.529 --> 00:08:42.529 might be into 2028 or 2027, in the 2028. 00:08:42.970 --> 00:08:44.250 Don't know the additional costs 00:08:44.250 --> 00:08:47.690 or the implementation timeline. 00:08:47.690 --> 00:08:50.129 Costs will be minor. 00:08:50.129 --> 00:08:52.649 Right now the EES system is free to the county, 00:08:52.649 --> 00:08:56.169 Employee Navigator, I have heard has some nominal costs, 00:08:57.210 --> 00:09:00.049 100 a month, $50 a month, something like that, 00:09:00.049 --> 00:09:05.049 that will keep the board updated on that one thing. 00:09:05.529 --> 00:09:08.769 Just a heads up, the employee navigator system 00:09:08.769 --> 00:09:11.710 is more robust, lots of bells and whistles 00:09:11.710 --> 00:09:14.070 that can be used for the county. 00:09:14.070 --> 00:09:17.490 But again, not sure on the timeline. 00:09:18.649 --> 00:09:21.730 I'm going to go through the plans just to review with you, 00:09:21.730 --> 00:09:23.889 can remind you, talk about planes 00:09:23.889 --> 00:09:27.009 and then talk about RXMAP for an update with that. 00:09:29.009 --> 00:09:34.009 Next page, you can see the plan migration from 24 to 26. 00:09:34.929 --> 00:09:39.690 Just a reminder that a couple of things last over 2025, 00:09:39.690 --> 00:09:42.730 the $1,500 deductible plan was no longer offered 00:09:42.730 --> 00:09:44.529 by Blue Cross Blue Shield when we had to go 00:09:44.529 --> 00:09:48.929 to an $1,800 plan that was mandatory. 00:09:48.929 --> 00:09:57.929 We had no other choices in that. It was in 2026. The $2,500 deductible plan was not offered and it went to 2017. 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:07.500 You can see the number of employees in each plan has changed somewhat. 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:14.500 I am most proud of the $3,500 HSA deductible of 12 employees in 2025. 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:18.500 That has jumped up to 25 employees in 2026. 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:20.500 Those are things that we'd like to see. 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:24.500 We'd like to see employees moving to higher production. 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:25.779 Any questions on that? 00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:38.899 Next page, 2025 claims. This is a full year effect of 2025. No surprise there. The county 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:46.580 paid approximately 4.4 million and changed in premiums. Total claims paid out was about 4.6 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:53.539 million. The graph below is probably a better visual of how claims come in. 00:10:53.539 --> 00:10:58.259 and again, we are running in the red. 00:10:58.259 --> 00:11:03.259 So just a reminder that, hey, insurance is working here. 00:11:03.819 --> 00:11:08.819 We, I say only have to pay 4.4 million in premiums. 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:13.379 If we were self-insured or on different plans, 00:11:13.379 --> 00:11:15.860 we would have had to pay 4.6 million. 00:11:16.940 --> 00:11:20.379 Again, we always track this number to try to get a feel 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:23.340 for what the renewal will come in at. 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:29.220 I have no feel for that right now, but based on 2025 numbers, we can expect an increase 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:33.659 on the renewal because we're trying to get a loss from here. 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:37.819 Gary, can I take you back one step? 00:11:37.819 --> 00:11:38.819 Sure. 00:11:38.819 --> 00:11:39.819 Back to the benefits plan. 00:11:39.819 --> 00:11:40.819 Yeah. 00:11:40.819 --> 00:11:47.019 We had 20 employees on the last one to talk about all the plans this year, what's the 00:11:47.019 --> 00:11:50.019 cause of that? 00:11:50.019 --> 00:12:03.740 I was going to say there's less employees this year than last year, so that's a little 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:04.740 bit... 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:21.100 Let's see, the bottom there, you can see, let's flip to the next page, sorry, the bottom 00:12:21.100 --> 00:12:25.740 I might make a note, hey, of the total 4.6 million in claims, 00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:30.940 high cost claimants are 2.3, that's an issue 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:32.940 that I will talk about here in a moment. 00:12:34.940 --> 00:12:44.259 Next page just gives the high cost prescription claims. 00:12:48.819 --> 00:12:52.559 Prescriptions drive about 780,000 of the high cost payments. 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:57.480 These brand names you may be familiar with. 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:00.039 I have a slide that I present to a lot of groups 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:02.720 that I stole from someone that says 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:04.919 you are one Super Bowl commercial away 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:09.240 from huge pharmacy planes. 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.680 And if you recall, if you watch TV at all, 00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:15.000 you will recognize a lot of these pharmacy names. 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:17.559 Nothing wrong with that. 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:22.559 It's just that, you know, cutting edge pharmacy is great. 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:27.000 It helps people tremendously, 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:28.639 but it is super, super expensive. 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:33.990 Like I can comment that ScareBusy is, 00:13:33.990 --> 00:13:37.129 is, you know, this is an order. 00:13:37.129 --> 00:13:39.690 You can say J.Kirk or Humira. 00:13:39.690 --> 00:13:41.569 Most of these are autoimmune. 00:13:41.569 --> 00:13:45.850 Again, lots of advances in the audio autoimmune space, 00:13:45.850 --> 00:13:47.389 but it is expensive. 00:13:48.809 --> 00:13:53.529 that we have implemented RxMatter to hopefully help that. 00:13:53.529 --> 00:13:55.569 And then I'll talk about that. 00:13:55.569 --> 00:14:00.330 Specialty claimants, 10 employees utilize these drugs. 00:14:01.289 --> 00:14:03.490 What was that, specialty claimants? 00:14:03.490 --> 00:14:04.330 Where are you? 00:14:06.450 --> 00:14:07.769 Right hand side of that. 00:14:07.769 --> 00:14:09.610 Yes, yes. 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.360 The next page is just a graphic view of the field. 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:25.639 and you can see 2025 saw a big jump, 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:31.259 significant jump over 2024 in specials drugs, 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.000 which is not the best trend we want. 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:41.339 I'll flip to the RxMapper. 00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:45.100 So given what I've showed you on the pharmacy side, 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:49.339 we really hope that RxMapper will be able to help 00:14:49.339 --> 00:14:52.079 moved the needle on the pharmacy claims. 00:14:52.079 --> 00:14:56.100 So the whole point of RxMapper was to do DNA sequencing 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:58.220 for folks that are on specialty drugs, 00:14:58.220 --> 00:15:02.420 those who qualify for the sequencing. 00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:05.539 You know, the ROI again, 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:09.420 you all approved to spend around up to $13,000 00:15:09.420 --> 00:15:13.100 on for 10 employees to take advantage of RxMapper. 00:15:14.339 --> 00:15:16.839 And the ROI there was spending 13,000 00:15:16.839 --> 00:15:20.839 to offset almost over 200,000 claims. 00:15:20.839 --> 00:15:24.839 So we really hope to see that in this year and into next. 00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:29.839 And I can say that so far five individuals 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:33.519 are currently enrolled and participating in the program. 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.720 That means they did the swab, 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:39.720 or they met with the clinicians over the phone, 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.720 clinician did determine that that person 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:43.680 was a good candidate. 00:15:43.680 --> 00:15:48.279 that they got the DNA kit, sent the swab in 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:50.360 and they're getting sequenced. 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:53.559 There was another one scheduled 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:55.120 for a screening call later this week. 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:57.799 And then there was one that did not qualify. 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.639 So that's great. 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.160 And that is only in the month of January. 00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:04.039 So again, you guys approved up to 10. 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:07.240 We're already at 586, just in the month of January. 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:09.639 So I'm very, very excited about you. 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:13.240 So we'll see what the results are. 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.079 Hopefully. 00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:18.839 And again, I'll remind you, you approved up to 10. 00:16:18.839 --> 00:16:21.319 That doesn't mean you have to spend all that money. 00:16:21.319 --> 00:16:26.039 You will only spend for the folks that get to see it. 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:29.639 If we go over 10, then I would have to go to the board 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:34.399 to get a tool to get that 11th, 12th, 13th person. 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.759 Any questions on that? 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:38.000 What did we do with this? 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:39.440 It's too dumb. 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.799 We only have five, so where is it? 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.559 So the marketing started, I believe, early January or late December. 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.839 We sent out, Diamond Brothers sent out heads up marketing. 00:16:48.839 --> 00:16:51.720 We did talk to the department head saying, hey, this is coming. 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:57.799 You know, tell your employees, RXMapper has sent out email blasts 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:00.480 almost weekly since then. 00:17:02.160 --> 00:17:04.880 So RXMapper, we kind of handed it off to RX. 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:06.440 We introduced the concept. 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.799 We talked to the department heads. 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:09.039 We tried to get the word out. 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:10.440 I've sent emails out as well. 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:15.440 Now, RxMapper has a trip campaign going out to every single employee every day. 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:18.440 We also talked about it in the Department of Fed Meeting this morning. 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:21.440 Is it possible to put a message on Facebook? 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.440 Yeah. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:25.440 Maybe try it out. 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:31.440 Yeah, sure. It doesn't hurt. 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:34.440 So, I am on the RxMapper page. There's a highlight there. 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:39.440 On the bottom, the January invoice was just sent to Jogerst or Kupo. 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:45.440 and you can see everything is lagging so there's only two people on that invoice that got sequenced. 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:52.880 There's three more people that will be billed in February. The really only sunk cost is the 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:58.400 per employee per month membership fee of two bucks. You know nobody participated in the plan 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:06.720 let's say. We would be out two dollars per employee per month and then as people do get sequenced it's 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:16.639 It's about $600 for each employee, but again, we have that date to actually have it. 00:18:16.639 --> 00:18:22.460 So we'll just get Bill as it is. 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.460 Any questions? 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:25.259 I'm really excited about it. 00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:32.210 Just got a point, more people that participate that are included on the screen, think about 00:18:32.210 --> 00:18:33.210 it off the earth. 00:18:33.210 --> 00:18:35.849 So hopefully we can move, we don't know now. 00:18:35.849 --> 00:18:40.090 Let's say 10 people do get enrolled. 00:18:40.090 --> 00:18:42.369 What's our cost on those 10 people next year? 00:18:46.549 --> 00:18:48.269 I would assume the same. 00:18:48.269 --> 00:18:49.429 They don't get sequenced. 00:18:49.429 --> 00:18:50.869 Unless they could take a new drug, 00:18:50.869 --> 00:18:52.190 they get sequenced again. 00:18:52.190 --> 00:18:54.389 I will ask that question and get back to you. 00:18:54.389 --> 00:18:55.829 I would assume it's the same. 00:19:03.230 --> 00:19:04.710 Yes, sir. 00:19:04.710 --> 00:19:06.549 Let's get a look back to PNC. 00:19:06.549 --> 00:19:07.389 Sure. 00:19:07.389 --> 00:19:08.950 You know, as you're doing these audits, 00:19:08.950 --> 00:19:10.650 and I know it's early in the year, 00:19:12.869 --> 00:19:14.130 have you seen any, 00:19:14.130 --> 00:19:27.130 I guess what rating increases are of this point, 26 or at least the fourth quarter of 25 during these audits, just as a percentage. 00:19:27.130 --> 00:19:30.130 You mean the appraisals? 00:19:30.130 --> 00:19:37.130 Well, we've increased in the previous, obviously the cost of the buildings replacement, things like that are going up. 00:19:37.130 --> 00:19:42.130 So I'm just curious if you're saying a 10%, 15%? 00:19:42.130 --> 00:19:51.130 My CRMD does a really nice job of keeping costs low. They are better than most carriers. I will tell you. First-hand knowledge. 00:19:51.130 --> 00:19:57.130 I don't want to give you a number. 00:19:57.130 --> 00:20:06.130 Your property premium will go up slightly because you're a crazy rich country. 00:20:06.130 --> 00:20:08.210 I think it would be single digits. 00:20:08.210 --> 00:20:16.730 I think the property values would go up to 10-ish, maybe in the teens percent, but ICRT 00:20:16.730 --> 00:20:23.289 does a really nice job of keeping property rates in the bottom, so it would be offset. 00:20:23.289 --> 00:20:28.289 your work cop is a great story that has really gone down a lot. 00:20:29.769 --> 00:20:31.730 There's only other choose our liability 00:20:31.730 --> 00:20:33.089 and those have gone down a lot too. 00:20:33.089 --> 00:20:36.750 I mean, there's been a really good, you know, 00:20:36.750 --> 00:20:38.849 the departments that are engaged with Barbell 00:20:38.849 --> 00:20:42.049 and the safety teams really do a nice job 00:20:42.049 --> 00:20:46.210 that you can make good and can be able to go to safety. 00:20:46.210 --> 00:20:49.650 You know, the things that you can't control, 00:20:49.650 --> 00:20:52.650 broken pipes or weather related things that's going to happen. 00:20:53.289 --> 00:21:05.690 I'm not worried about anything else, but they're doing very well. I don't have any other concerns in any other lines of coverage. 00:21:05.690 --> 00:21:13.289 Property will be going up because of the appraisal to the due. Other than that, I don't have it. 00:21:13.289 --> 00:21:14.730 That's right. 00:21:14.730 --> 00:21:15.849 Senator, any questions? 00:21:15.849 --> 00:21:16.930 Senator, thank you. 00:21:19.410 --> 00:21:21.369 She has somebody else who wants to go. 00:21:24.329 --> 00:21:25.650 I have this off the top of your head, 00:21:25.650 --> 00:21:27.690 but I'd be a little curious. 00:21:27.690 --> 00:21:30.410 Dollar percentage increase year over year 00:21:30.410 --> 00:21:33.250 for health insurance points and they work. 00:21:33.250 --> 00:21:37.170 4.6 for 25, just 24, 23, 26. 00:21:37.170 --> 00:21:40.250 Yes, you know, I can get you that. 00:21:40.250 --> 00:22:13.019 Yes. I will do that. Yes. If you recall back in 2020 or 2021, we moved from the state plan 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:17.500 to Blue Cross Blue Shield for a savings of $2 million, which was huge. 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:22.860 And we have kind of eaten into that now by this time. 00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:24.299 I think it's been a lot of years. 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.900 I will give you a history on that. 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:35.259 Blue Cross Blue Shield just say, we're never going to get our money back. 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:38.380 We'll bear how high should we increase the premium? 00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.299 I don't know. 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:49.299 I don't see that happening. I just see them increasing it from teens to 22% over here. 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:57.299 I really do. That's why it's, again, I have this conversation with a lot of my employers. 00:22:57.299 --> 00:23:04.299 What you can do inside four walls helps you on the outside. When you can control your health plan, you will control your costs tremendously. 00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:09.299 has zero incentives to help with anything. 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:11.740 They just, if it's a million dollar drug, 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:14.180 they'll pay it and they'll charge you for it next year. 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:19.180 That's how it goes, which is neither good nor bad. 00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:22.139 Again, the reason you pay for insurance 00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:23.940 is to insulate yourself. 00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:26.940 These are costs that you have to have. 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:29.059 Every five years, generally speaking, 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:31.599 your group is going to have a really bad year. 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:35.279 So within those four years, you know, you're, you're bankrupt. 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:40.400 So, um, that's why we put in our XMAP and that's why we're doing the wellness. 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:42.119 That's why there's a lot of other things we can do. 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:46.279 That's why we're trying to increase the deductibles, not to punish employees by 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:50.880 any means, but to get them engaged and educated on the health care spent, 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:52.480 being good up their consumers. 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:57.000 Just like you shop for a car or a microwave or refrigerator, you should shop 00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:27.000 for Medical Services, MRI's, have scans, and the way the medical systems work, they make it really convenient for you to get an MRI and just go right down the street, or right down the hall in that effort to get an MRI. Whereas if you went down the street, literally, the MRI process happens. So if there are higher deductibles for employees, again, not to punish them, but to make them, oh, well, this is my money. You know, people forget, I was guilty of it for a long time, too. It's a mindset change. 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:38.279 to the constraints that we have, we're working on that. You can see kind of the progression 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:44.440 of the deductibles. I think before we had zero, except some people we passed and we're 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:47.880 getting that, but it's a long road, it's a long one. 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:55.559 Lastly, Joseph, you've done a great job of giving us, giving us tools to try to get beyond 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:58.759 the deductible, which seems like in the brainer. 00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:02.240 Is there anything else out there that we haven't utilized 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.119 that you can think of? 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:06.680 There's nothing now if you can, I guess, 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:08.279 just go back to the drawing board 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:10.319 and see what else is out there. 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:12.960 What we try to do is send out employee communications 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:16.039 and campaigns, educating them on the tools that they can use. 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:18.079 There are tools in the Blue Cross Blue Shield app 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:22.079 to really try to harp on folks when we do online enrollments 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:25.400 and when Terry and I are here onsite talking to employees 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:27.119 Hey, download the app. 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:28.480 Look at the costs. 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.759 Download the GoodRx app. 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:34.180 Look at the costs between Walgreens, CVS, Walmarts, and Liar. 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.279 Use the tools that you're given. 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:38.039 There's a lot of online tools to do. 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.319 We try to educate them and keep them informed. 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.880 It's kind of a whole, 00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:49.480 bring the horse to water, can't make him drink, but. 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:52.720 It's your word to us, Dr. Seach. 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.720 I was just thinking that. 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.559 I'll find out. 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.160 Thank you. 00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:00.559 Chairman, I have a question. 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:02.200 It does probably isn't a curative question, 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:06.200 but at the auto insurance, 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:10.639 we're insuring 108 units at $5.6 million. 00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:12.960 This has been brought up before. 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:16.200 Do we need to do a, you know, 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.680 check and see if we're, 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:23.250 all 108 of these units are still in service? 00:26:23.250 --> 00:26:24.329 At one point in time, 00:26:24.329 --> 00:26:26.089 I had heard that there were units 00:26:26.089 --> 00:26:30.009 that were being insured that were no longer even owned by the county. 00:26:30.170 --> 00:26:32.289 So I don't know who that, who would do that? 00:26:32.730 --> 00:26:36.450 I would say the last couple of years, we've really, between the asset 00:26:36.450 --> 00:26:41.329 listings and the renewals, I'd say we've really railed that, that in. 00:26:47.769 --> 00:26:51.210 So along with that, you're tracking the titles, right? 00:26:52.490 --> 00:26:53.410 So we should know. 00:26:53.410 --> 00:27:01.410 We have 108 titles. We have 108 vehicles. That's a lot of titles. 00:27:01.410 --> 00:27:09.410 If you should know, now my question, do we know, but apparently George is all so good. 00:27:09.410 --> 00:27:11.410 Thank you, Kerry. 00:27:11.410 --> 00:27:13.410 Yeah, thank you. 00:27:13.410 --> 00:27:17.410 All right. Madam Administrator, you have the floor. 00:27:17.410 --> 00:27:23.930 All right. Update, which we'll talk about more later with past two vendors and settlement 00:27:23.930 --> 00:27:28.130 offers with the nursing home continuing to work on those. I had a conference call with 00:27:28.130 --> 00:27:33.930 a new shredding service company. They're going to, it's going to be a couple months till 00:27:33.930 --> 00:27:40.049 we actually transition over to that company. They need to send pictures of the two different 00:27:40.049 --> 00:27:46.450 types of receptacles they use to determine what's needed in each department for their 00:27:46.450 --> 00:27:54.049 are pickups, so we have a follow-up at the end of this, hopefully, by the end of next week. 00:27:54.049 --> 00:28:02.289 Greater Fruit Park Partnership meeting was on the 28th of January. New Board President 00:28:02.289 --> 00:28:07.650 and two new members were appointed. Annual dinner was on the 5th with the awards, 00:28:07.650 --> 00:28:17.710 and I spent, our next meeting there is on the 25th, in court on the 11th, there was another 00:28:17.710 --> 00:28:24.930 continuance in the nursing home case to March 4th at 1.30. 00:28:24.930 --> 00:28:28.369 There's been an uptick in boyas lately. 00:28:28.369 --> 00:28:35.450 Last week, I received nine, in talking with the County Clerk and a few others, there's 00:28:35.450 --> 00:28:38.889 a group that is playing neighboring counties as well. 00:28:38.889 --> 00:28:43.730 So most of the ones I got most of the neighboring counties received as well. 00:28:44.210 --> 00:28:52.809 Um, it was overtime reports, um, contracts were executed documents. 00:28:52.849 --> 00:28:55.690 There was, there was a lot of paywall stuff. 00:28:56.929 --> 00:29:00.889 Uh, January 30th, uh, was the ribbon cutting for the new line at 00:29:00.889 --> 00:29:06.650 Sabensia, Floyd, Lena, the governor was there and they're rolling out a new product line 00:29:06.650 --> 00:29:14.170 to make little three-bytes, and they only place it in the other U.S. that will be producing 00:29:14.170 --> 00:29:16.170 it, but a new line. 00:29:16.170 --> 00:29:22.450 So health screenings, I met with Empower Health. 00:29:22.450 --> 00:29:26.529 Those health screenings will take place April 2nd and April 9th. 00:29:26.529 --> 00:29:31.110 and we narrowed it down to two locations as opposed to three. 00:29:31.110 --> 00:29:34.389 Trying to hit our minimums at each location 00:29:35.309 --> 00:29:36.570 with the insurance coverage, 00:29:36.570 --> 00:29:39.009 they're going to cost the county a few dollars more 00:29:39.009 --> 00:29:41.849 for the participant for the full panel 00:29:41.849 --> 00:29:45.110 that the county employees are used to seeing. 00:29:46.210 --> 00:29:48.490 Once that's approved at the board next week, 00:29:48.490 --> 00:29:50.929 then the information flyers 00:29:50.929 --> 00:29:52.929 and things will start being distributed. 00:29:52.929 --> 00:29:55.929 and Matt with Mark. 00:29:55.929 --> 00:30:00.279 I met with Mark Bell on the 4th and he'll be coming to our April Department Head meeting. 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:07.559 He was talking about the new platform that you mentioned, Origami, but it'll be easier 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:11.920 for us to access more detailed information about the flames that we're seeing. 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:19.039 So he was very excited about it and we talked about the open flames that they still have 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:24.799 and he'll be presenting more of that information to the department heads in April and then 00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:31.119 just kind of piggybacking on what Ms. McRex said on Tuesday is when our appraisals are 00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.119 done on-site. 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:33.119 Any questions? 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:34.119 All right. 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:41.329 Carrying on, we'll have the minutes for record and we're up. 00:30:41.329 --> 00:30:46.730 So just to touch on the Revenue and Expense Report, it's just through January so we're 00:30:46.730 --> 00:30:47.730 just getting started. 00:30:47.730 --> 00:30:56.049 you can see in nursing center a lot of vendors have been paid so the percentage used is quite large 00:30:56.049 --> 00:31:02.210 and then I did want to mention in fund 22 and 25 there were grant dollars that came in that kind of 00:31:03.250 --> 00:31:12.289 looks slightly inflated for January. Did anyone else have any questions on this report specifically? 00:31:12.289 --> 00:31:39.359 So moving into the audit update, the auditors were on site on February 4th, the goals basically during this time were to conduct fraud interviews and review the internal processes of accounts payable, cash receding, payroll, and any corrections to the general ledger. 00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:50.359 So we did that and most departments were very responsive uploading documents to the SureLink portal before the auditors were on site. 00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:58.359 I can tell who's actually accessed the site and who hasn't. The nursing center did access the site, but nothing was uploaded. 00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:06.360 So we do not have any information currently on the requests made to the nursing center. 00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:16.700 Yeah, so that's unfortunate, but we did get the final field work requests this week. 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:21.960 The circuit clerk and kind of a countywide, which encompasses the treasurer's office and 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:27.579 in our office are the ones that do the majority of that work. 00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:31.440 So they are going to be back on April 27th. 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:40.720 So we have a couple months to upload that information, but that's the update as it stands. 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.720 Any questions? 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.720 Thank you, Adam. 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:52.440 President's report, hopefully everybody got a copy of that, there's a link in the 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:56.079 I'm blind, maybe I'm not going to be going through it. 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:58.920 I've been shooting rigs to do synopsis of things, 00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:03.920 but we still have money, so that's good. 00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:12.240 So any other thoughts on that? 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.519 Hearing none, moving on. 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:15.279 Approval of payment prioritization 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:18.079 of outstanding benefit claims for the nursing center. 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:20.639 And maybe it just keeps me off. 00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:22.799 Is she the one driving that? 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:26.400 She is kind of the one driving that and speaking to vendors. 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:29.400 So she'll probably have to come. 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:31.799 She's just right outside or maybe come back to it. 00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:36.480 So approval of settlement, the agreement with McKeeson's corporation. 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.440 She got that one, too. 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.920 Yeah, I'd love to go back to that. 00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.960 Oh, here she comes. 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:41.559 So that's all we got. 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.880 So it's two lines. Yep. 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:44.240 And I apologize, Lee. 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:48.079 So the approval of payment prioritization of outstanding vendor claims 00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:49.240 for the nursing center. 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:58.759 Yes, kind of an updated spreadsheet was attached. I sent something that out. I did get a settlement 00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:15.159 offer last night from Fox Tire, which they were the third green one. They did make a settlement 00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:19.159 and an offer of $15,288. 00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:21.760 They were in my pay next category anyway, 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:25.800 but just kind of wanted to update there 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:29.559 and see if my line of thinking is in line with what 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:37.300 your guys' directive was, but what's the... 00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:40.099 I mean, I've got notes in most of them, 00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:44.800 but if you have any questions about any of them. 00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:53.619 So all the greenies are going next until, uh, I do want to keep, well, and, and you do need to keep a cushion in there. 00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:58.900 We're reserving the money for the civil money penalty because we don't know what that would come back at. 00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:13.820 So we're not comfortable going below what, um, we've also had, um, a few employee payouts that now that the sale is not taking place, vacation time, things that were owed to them. 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:18.239 would have rolled onto the other payroll that were going to be worked out through the sale. 00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:26.880 We've had to now come back and pay. It was under $8,000 total for the two, but I don't want to 00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:36.840 not have funds available for that as well. So that is kind of the plan. We're still going 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:43.960 with the ones that are making settlements, prioritized and then working down. And then 00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.960 and the local others. 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:51.679 Were you able to figure out how much is left next year? 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:53.559 I did get a message from the Treasurer. 00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:59.639 She said her wealth number was about $48,000, $49,000, but without her coming in and double 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.639 checking the accounts. 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.639 Any questions on that? 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.639 I'm sorry. 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:15.909 Do you need us to do anything, because there's an approval statement on these, Jim? 00:36:15.909 --> 00:36:25.110 I think as long as we're in approval of this document, I would entertain a motion to approve 00:36:25.110 --> 00:36:27.550 the spreadsheet as per law. 00:36:27.550 --> 00:36:29.070 I have a motion and a second. 00:36:29.070 --> 00:36:30.070 Any other discussion? 00:36:30.070 --> 00:36:35.989 If I could just notate, the payment that was made to country and in suites was made from 00:36:35.989 --> 00:36:39.389 the money that Mr. Perez has been reimbursing us. 00:36:39.389 --> 00:36:44.630 So I just wanted to notate that, that's why it's the two different colors. 00:36:44.630 --> 00:36:56.579 Yes, through our financial support we have to pay for the invoice, we have to hold the 00:36:56.579 --> 00:37:03.380 dollars until we can pay a complete invoice. I just wanted to let you know that for clarification. 00:37:05.750 --> 00:37:10.630 I have a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. 00:37:10.630 --> 00:37:16.559 Approval of Settlement Agreement with the Keeson Corporation. 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:23.599 So that is the payment amount that you see notated on what was just approved. 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:29.559 They sent the formal agreement that needs more approval, otherwise I would have been 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:37.800 able to probably pay it through the prior authorization, but that is what they are offering 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:40.440 for their settlements, so that's why I say things. 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.639 and Carl's looks at this. 00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:43.000 Yes, Carl, let's see that. 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.840 All right. 00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:47.920 I have a motion to approve, can I have a second? 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:49.199 I have a second. 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.519 Any other discussion? 00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:52.000 All those in favor say aye. 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.820 Aye. 00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.659 Opposed? 00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.500 Motion carries. 00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:57.199 All right. 00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:01.220 So as far as the chair reports, 00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.639 I don't really have anything specific. 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:05.320 I think things are rolling along pretty good. 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:09.880 As Dale mentioned, we did in fact sell our house recently 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:12.699 and closing on the 23rd, but we're doing a rent back 00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:15.119 because we're struggling to find the right place 00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:18.239 to go to, we'll give the Rockford land area. 00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:20.679 So, you probably haven't heard of that yet. 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:22.159 Where are you from? 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.119 I thought everybody knew. 00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:27.900 I took a different job about, I was in June of last year 00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:30.500 and I didn't think it would change anything necessarily 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:34.480 after that, but it's got me going into the Chicagoland area 00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:36.559 at least three or four days a week. 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:40.059 and while we're here, that's an extra 45 minutes. 00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:43.840 I look at it from that interchange between 20 and 90 00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.360 when I get off there and what it takes to get, 00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.920 and we just talked a lot about it 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.639 and looked at the different scenarios 00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:52.279 and ways that we can play it out 00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:54.599 and it just makes a lot more sense for us to be there 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:56.400 because this company that I'm with now, 00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:58.079 I'm probably going to finish with, 00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:59.519 which is another seven years, 00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:03.619 I'm figuring give or take, I feel like a couple more. 00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:08.179 and so it just works better for a famous situation to be over there. 00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:13.019 We go over there every other week because my wife likes Meyer for shopping, the gals 00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:14.019 probably get that. 00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:17.739 She got used to that over in Rockford and we were in Michigan. 00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:19.860 And so we go over there every other week as it is. 00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:22.860 Why doesn't he go back over there? 00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:25.860 It's all solidified groceries. 00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:28.860 Yeah, he's gotten that. 00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:32.579 My mom's situation is solidified a little bit. 00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:42.179 She's still at home and everything, but you know, my brother is here, she's got sisters that are here, it's like that. So it's not as pertinent that we be physically here all the time. 00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:51.900 And so it just, it's what we've discussed and got open the door and there's a ministry opportunity. I'm real excited about the Chicatoland area that I'm working with now too. 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:58.960 and so on. A lot of stuff takes me that correction to myself. There's just not time for everything. 00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:07.599 Scott, I'd love to continue. It's been a joy being part of this, except for one thing you all know. 00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:15.199 It's been a struggle. It's been fun working with all of y'all. So I'm going to be here next month 00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:20.960 yet. I committed to Scott when all this went down and out because of the rent back and the way tiny 00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:30.480 works. I can't really make it into April because we would be gone by then. So, but Mark shouldn't 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:34.719 be moving physically until probably later part of March of the next with patients. 00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:40.800 You were instrumental in the whole nursing fault. I appreciate all the work you did. 00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:45.679 Dale, I think that was a God thing, man. I went through all that stuff with my wife's grandparents 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:52.400 and learned a ton about that and so it was I was kind of prepared for it on that side of things and 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:58.239 I just I'll probably make a statement if the chairman allows me before I start covering the 00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:05.360 board in March as I I don't understand the way people look at that from the other side that you're 00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:09.920 just because they have to want to have control it doesn't make any sense to me that business at this 00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:15.519 point. It just doesn't make sense to have an accounting problem. It just doesn't. You know, 00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:21.920 three years ago, yeah, maybe, maybe that was different. Well, really, I'm hoping that the 00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:25.599 public gets that at some point, because I think they're going to be lied to a lot. 00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:29.599 And they're going to be told, oh, we need to hang on to it, because it's ours, all this crap. 00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:36.159 You see any signs, it just makes no sense. You know, you got to understand the business that 00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:40.320 that you're in and it's changed, you know, over the last three years. 00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:44.400 It's not something, you don't really know what the heck you're doing and what people 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:50.719 change on these committees every two years takes no sense for us to be part of, so I'm 00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:56.639 not selling you any, but anyway, that would be my, anything from administration, if Larry's 00:41:56.639 --> 00:42:00.400 not here, you know, anything else on that? 00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:05.199 I could just talk about, we had action items of approving a walking program through Empowered 00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:08.400 to run parallel to our wellness screenings. 00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:10.639 And that was, I forgot to talk about it in the report, 00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:13.039 which is what I went out to talk to Ms. McBride about. 00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.880 She looked it over. 00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:17.199 She thought it was a good idea to get everybody moving. 00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:18.840 And we're going to run that. 00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:23.719 So that'll be before you explore a line with that. 00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:26.360 By a wheelchair wellness center. 00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:32.039 Nurturing center, 78. 00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:48.039 78 census, a new assistant for director of nursing was hired on, a new business office 00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:56.079 manager was also added to the team and everything is good moving and moving forward. 00:42:56.079 --> 00:43:10.639 Just three things, three things to be brought before the committee for a more random agreement 00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:23.599 for police, for civilian police, for law enforcement, for Patrick, one is a statement about the employee 00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:31.760 will not receive seniority while off work, pay for and nothing like that. Do you even agree to it? 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:42.719 So, yeah, no choice. The correction for Erwin Corey, who was mistakenly placed on a list due to 00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:49.920 incorrect number of servers and get calculated, ERT receiving time at half, cop ties with training. 00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:59.480 and Dan. That's pretty much all. This calls for freedom of fraternity or the police. It's 00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:04.480 a new union for the sheriff office, which must be stated, sir. 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:08.480 Thank you, sir. Court Services? 00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:11.480 Everything's moving along. Placed it. 00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:13.480 All in the notes. 00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:14.480 All right. 00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:17.480 Planing it all. 00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:38.679 So, there will be a special use stalling from it's coming to the whole board and we just 00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:39.679 did the five-year. 00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:40.679 I don't know. 00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:41.679 I thought it worked. 00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:43.099 All right, does it work? 00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:47.679 Well, it got a little chilly out at the highway department during that cold snap. 00:44:47.679 --> 00:44:52.059 I had to get down to 61 degrees because a couple of heaters quit. 00:44:52.199 --> 00:45:00.019 So, there is a, we've just approved last, you name it, a RFP for HVAC. 00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:02.720 New units being put in the roof. 00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:04.199 So we'll see where that goes. 00:45:04.720 --> 00:45:10.639 They've been doing some fresh work and preparation on Orangeville Road because 00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:15.639 that's going to be resurfaced in the summer, so soft. 00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:19.320 And otherwise it's pretty quiet at the highway. 00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:22.639 So Animal Control is working on moving, 00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:25.559 relocating from the animal hospital 00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:26.599 over to their new building. 00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:30.720 So, yeah, thanks for moving along. 00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:31.679 Cool. 00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:32.960 Yeah, that's going to be so nice. 00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.800 And that's what I was much, 00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:35.599 but getting in and out of that place too 00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:38.440 is just all, most stations, 00:45:38.440 --> 00:46:05.559 Chairman, Mr. Bush, I have a motion to adjourn. I have a second. I have a second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. Snipes, how are you? Sir, how are you? Doing well. Better than I deserved. Well, yeah, that's all right. That's all right. You're still working out?