WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.200 Committee, circa Monday, March 16th, here at the Stewards Center Conference Room on 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:08.199 the 7th floor. 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:13.900 And Item 2.0 prayer, would anyone like to offer one up? 00:00:13.900 --> 00:00:16.820 I would more than be more than glad to do that. 00:00:16.820 --> 00:00:17.820 Let's pray. 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:21.100 Lord God Almighty, thank you for this opportunity to come before you and before the people of 00:00:21.100 --> 00:00:26.140 Stevenson County and serve them on the Finance Committee. 00:00:26.140 --> 00:00:31.780 And I just pray you help us make good decisions with regard to the county's finances, Lord. 00:00:31.780 --> 00:00:37.899 and be good stewards of everything that we've been given to work with and I just 00:00:37.899 --> 00:00:41.539 thank you for this opportunity and the opportunity I personally have had to 00:00:41.539 --> 00:00:46.899 lead this effort for the last few years and just thank you for this time. May you 00:00:46.899 --> 00:00:50.899 bless it. In Jesus name, Amen. 00:00:50.899 --> 00:00:57.700 Let's see. Approval of Agenda. I have a motion. Second. And a second. Any discussion on 00:00:57.700 --> 00:01:30.680 Hearing none all those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carried. Review and approval of meeting minutes from the February 13th, 2026 meeting. I have a motion. Second. End of second. Any discussion on the minutes from last month? Hearing none. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. Public comment. We need no opportunity here for public comments and we'll keep moving. Report to the committee. What? 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:35.680 Oh, how do I do that? I didn't have this, but I don't want to pay any bills. 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.680 There you go. You're new at this. 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:46.680 Okay, cash requirements of $375,977.94, 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:55.680 manuals of $626,014.98, a grand total of $1,1992.92. 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:59.879 I would entertain a motion to approve the claims 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:01.079 as presented to the committee. 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:03.439 So I have a motion and a second. 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:05.760 Any discussion on the claims? 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:08.879 Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:09.719 Aye. 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:10.879 Opposed? 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:11.960 Motion carried. 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:13.159 All right. 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:14.400 Thank you for that, Dale. 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.159 And let's see, of course the committee, 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.039 Diamond Brothers will be here next month again 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:23.280 with a further update. 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:27.280 Adam County Administrator, you have the floor. 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.750 All right. 00:02:30.750 --> 00:02:34.750 But the next Greater Freeport Partnership meeting is March 25th. 00:02:34.750 --> 00:02:39.750 Beth and I met with the Friends of the Pet Group. 00:02:39.750 --> 00:02:44.750 We went over the agreement that was before planning and development, 00:02:44.750 --> 00:02:48.750 which was approved and going to the board on Thursday. 00:02:48.750 --> 00:02:58.750 I think the FOIA increases that I talked about last month will be continuing. We received them again for this month's updates. 00:02:58.750 --> 00:03:10.449 So, we see that being a repetitive request. I've been working a lot with Animal Control, her employment contract. 00:03:10.449 --> 00:03:16.650 Act, she had an RFP before committee this week and getting everything in line for the 00:03:16.650 --> 00:03:25.409 move of their facility to use the leased space, so I've been working with her quite a bit. 00:03:25.409 --> 00:03:29.009 The department head meeting and some things that are going on this month, the wellness 00:03:29.009 --> 00:03:32.409 screenings will be April 2nd and April 9th. 00:03:32.409 --> 00:03:36.009 The email with the information was sent out to the county board as well because that is 00:03:36.009 --> 00:03:42.409 something that if you wanted to pay to have it done, you're welcome to take part in. 00:03:42.409 --> 00:03:47.770 We also are going to do a step program through Empower Health this year to get the employees 00:03:47.770 --> 00:03:52.009 moving and hopefully the county board has a team with that as well. 00:03:52.009 --> 00:03:54.889 We have decided to call it Step Up Stevenson County. 00:03:54.889 --> 00:04:02.210 There will be a virtual map that each person can track their steps and it's going to touch 00:04:02.210 --> 00:04:05.090 all the corners of the county. 00:04:05.090 --> 00:04:10.889 So that'll be what they have on the app that you can kind of watch yourself move along 00:04:10.889 --> 00:04:11.889 the track. 00:04:11.889 --> 00:04:18.009 Is it going to show you your progress against all your peers? 00:04:18.009 --> 00:04:27.730 So yeah, so there seems to be a lot of positive excitement about getting employees moving 00:04:27.730 --> 00:04:31.529 and stuff and feedback and conversation around that at the department head meeting. 00:04:31.529 --> 00:04:39.730 So we reminded everyone to get their capital asset listings up to date and to get those 00:04:39.730 --> 00:04:46.790 year end totals for the audit and things moving along for that final field work coming up. 00:04:46.790 --> 00:04:52.970 Another conversation we had which Carrie McWright and I have spoke about is with the wellness 00:04:52.970 --> 00:04:58.850 screenings the data was showing okay you can have the app on your phone but a lot of people 00:04:58.850 --> 00:05:03.490 aren't really using the app or using it to the ability that it has. 00:05:03.490 --> 00:05:09.730 So I had requested a short video, which she sent today, that each department head will 00:05:09.730 --> 00:05:13.769 get sent out, that most of them said they'd show it at their staff meetings to try and 00:05:13.769 --> 00:05:22.439 get people actually actively using the app, which will in turn help with to try and garner 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:25.959 more engagement with that. 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:31.399 The new shredding service will probably start within the next three to four weeks. 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:32.399 They have all the paperwork. 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:36.800 They're finalizing their documents and going to let me know when they are going to come 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:41.199 and bring the new receptacles and we'll begin. 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:46.120 Through the department head meeting, we also had a very similar conversation about the 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:55.000 RX Mapper program that was approved, which is the DNA tracing for medication monitoring, 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:56.000 things like that. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:02.000 RxMapper put together a short video as well that I dispersed to the department heads to 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:06.000 hopefully get more involvement with that as well. 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:09.000 What happened in the copier thing? 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:12.000 Did we get that nailed down finally? 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:14.000 There were some issues with it. 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:21.000 There were still kind of keeping track of a log of issues if and when they come up that 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:24.000 have been very close conversation with them. 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:42.500 any questions? Yes, sir. I just had one for your request. Are they way beyond what the 00:06:44.019 --> 00:06:51.699 video meetings are that they can't look at them that way? It's a person from media who is requesting 00:06:51.699 --> 00:06:54.699 I've been doing basically everything from the month prior. 00:06:54.699 --> 00:07:02.860 So I see it being like the actual copies of all the agreements, copies of contracts, anything 00:07:02.860 --> 00:07:07.699 that's gone through the commission, they want to be executed. 00:07:07.699 --> 00:07:12.339 But there's been like five of them the last two months. 00:07:12.339 --> 00:07:16.779 Where did you say they were from? 00:07:16.779 --> 00:07:29.029 It's a company, I think, that is doing this. I don't think we're the only ones. I know 00:07:29.029 --> 00:07:33.589 Jasmine said she had reached out to her peers. There was a couple others in our area that 00:07:33.589 --> 00:07:40.149 were getting the exact same requests. I had heard from a couple other county administrators. 00:07:40.149 --> 00:07:44.910 That's interesting. I didn't realize companies could do that. I thought that was just individual 00:07:44.910 --> 00:07:45.910 citizens getting employed. 00:07:45.910 --> 00:07:56.540 there's I mean there's guidelines but so far staying within them good all right 00:07:56.540 --> 00:08:04.779 any other yes sir talk about the VAC sending their income statement oh yeah 00:08:04.779 --> 00:08:14.819 they have been sending that monthly Adrian yeah I've got the past eight 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:23.199 I would like to see a balance sheet also because that's going to show their cash reserves. 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:30.339 Income statement is good but they showed $263,000 in gross revenues with $197,000 in expenses 00:08:30.339 --> 00:08:39.179 so net income over the last 8 months of $66,470 so that's unspent revenue so it's pretty 00:08:39.179 --> 00:08:40.179 good. 00:08:40.179 --> 00:08:41.179 That's not bad. 00:08:41.179 --> 00:08:49.580 But that was something he had asked for, to finance what we've got budget, to make sure 00:08:49.580 --> 00:08:51.580 we're getting those over on a regular basis. 00:08:51.580 --> 00:08:55.820 And they have been setting them up on place, but I won't request that. 00:08:55.820 --> 00:08:57.820 Probably not a bad idea, though. 00:08:57.820 --> 00:08:58.820 Somehow? 00:08:58.820 --> 00:08:59.820 Well, yeah. 00:08:59.820 --> 00:09:00.820 I think so. 00:09:00.820 --> 00:09:04.889 All right. 00:09:04.889 --> 00:09:09.889 Are you sitting in for Madam Finance Director, or no? 00:09:09.889 --> 00:09:10.889 I am not. 00:09:10.889 --> 00:09:11.889 I am just in the chair. 00:09:11.889 --> 00:09:12.889 You're just in the chair. 00:09:12.889 --> 00:09:19.610 Adrian did say that she's unable to make it tonight but you know updating would be pretty 00:09:19.610 --> 00:09:20.610 much the audit. 00:09:20.610 --> 00:09:26.490 She can send out a report tomorrow if you so wish but the budget comparison is attached 00:09:26.490 --> 00:09:43.059 to the agenda but her update is pretty much working on audits. 00:09:43.059 --> 00:09:59.919 He was reminding the county about filing the renewal for Medicaid, by the goodness of his heart, which we're on top of, even before he sent the email. 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:03.000 before he sent the email, but hey, that was true nice of him, heck of a guy. 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:06.000 It took a lot for me not to respond to that. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.000 I knew it can come from it. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:09.000 I know. 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.000 That's what he wants. 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:14.000 I know, I know. 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.000 Okay. 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:20.000 So please, if you have any thoughts for the financier, she does, you know, there are links 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.000 in there, the financial calendar update and review and revenue and expense budget comparison 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:33.679 some reports and I don't know that we need any kind of formal thing from her on the audit and she'll be back next month to talk about that, I'm sure. 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:34.679 Yeah. 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:36.679 Madam Treasurer, you have the floor. 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:43.799 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can get just a teeny little audit update. I was here on the weekend doing quite a few things that needed to be submitted. 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:50.000 So a lot of us are just submitting secondary request documents that the auditors need. 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.899 They're going to be back here the third week of April for our final field work. 00:10:53.899 --> 00:10:58.419 So we'd like to have as much possibly done ahead of time as we can. 00:10:58.419 --> 00:11:02.159 So we are kind of harping on all the departments to do that. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:04.399 And for the most part, they have been very responsive. 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.319 So I think we're in excellent shape so far. 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:09.000 Okay. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:12.399 So I trust everybody has had a chance to review the month report. 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:15.680 And I apologize to those of you for whom my report is repetitive. 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:18.319 Sorry, you get to hear it to myself. 00:11:18.319 --> 00:11:28.039 I want to note that income tax sales tax receipts are steady again that's higher 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:33.680 than typical because this month actually March is receipts we're still seeing the 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:38.519 increases from holiday spending so February reflects November spending in 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:42.559 terms of sales so March which I already do have the numbers for also high again 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:47.200 but I expect them to kind of dip down quite a bit after that because you don't 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:49.840 have that level of spending again, 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.680 but in a really, really good shape actually. 00:11:52.680 --> 00:11:55.919 So you're to date just through the month of February, 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:59.639 two months at $1.6 million in sales 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:02.639 and locally used taxes income taxes. 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:04.940 So I feel pretty good about that. 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:08.480 Compared to last year at this time, 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:11.399 we're up 225,000 over the same time period. 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:13.080 So right now doing okay. 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:15.720 As of the end of February, 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:43.799 whole county funds were down from January 31st to by $416,920, which sounds like a lot, but it's only 1.58% of our cash. So very, very, very good shape there as well. And if you go to the page that normally has a lot of yellow on it, there isn't any. I think I mentioned that when I sent the link out that there were no maturities in February, so no interest paid, although the investments do continue to accrue interest. 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:51.559 Right now, or as of the end of February, there were 18 investments across 10 different funds. 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:58.399 2.7 million matured the first week of March, and last week I made additional short-term 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:03.919 investments of 2.9 million because rates are holding steady. 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:09.720 Because of the Middle East situation, looks like, for now anyway, the rate cuts that the 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:12.720 Fed may have been planning are kind of off the table. 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:17.399 So, at least some of the advisors I've talked to believe that we're just going to hold steady 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:19.639 with rates for the foreseeable future. 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:23.919 Does anybody have any questions about any of those? 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:24.919 Great. 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:30.680 So, again, I draw your attention to the back page, summary of everything, including those 00:13:30.680 --> 00:13:36.200 red numbers that are going to populate this page for probably the next three years until 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:40.559 we can get those issues handled with the nursing done. 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:52.559 One thing I did also want to mention, you've heard me talk about personal property replacement tax. We get eight of those payments a year, and it's been steadily declining every year. 00:13:52.559 --> 00:14:08.559 The March payment this year was $38,600. Just to illustrate the decline, three years ago in 2023, the March payment was $243,000. So that continues to be a concern statewide, not just for us. 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:15.399 and the value beyond obviously the dollar value of PPRT funds is it's very flexible. 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:20.360 We can pretty much put it where we need it and so now we have less of those flexible 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:25.399 dollars coming in through that and that has a lot to do with the local government distributed 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:35.319 fund which a small percentage of that is doled out to all units of local government, us included. 00:14:35.319 --> 00:14:42.960 The governor's budget currently now has, I think, $60 million taken out of it in addition 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.639 to what was budgeted this year. 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:49.440 So I don't know if that's going to look like for us, $60 million across the whole state 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:55.059 isn't really that long individually, but just to illustrate that it continues to be a source 00:14:55.059 --> 00:15:00.720 of plugging state budget holes when it's supposed to come back to local government. 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:30.720 So, if there are any questions on the financial report side, I wanted to get into the collector side a little bit because we are ramping up for tax season because the state did provide final numbers to both the county clerk and the assessor well ahead of last year such that the assessor is ready to roll to the clerk on Wednesday, last year was the end of April, mid-April, so we're in good shape. The clerk and assessor I met last week to plot out the public 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:33.920 side of this, of the tax season. 00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:38.960 So we do still anticipate May bill mailing in June 1st due date, September 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:44.240 2nd due date, um, tax bill, tax sale will probably still be pushed till November, 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:48.799 maybe the second week, um, because the clerk is required to be physically present. 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:50.879 She's got this election happening. 00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:55.200 So I want to give her some time to, you know, to recover from that, 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:56.480 accommodate her schedule a little bit. 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:01.480 So that's what's happening in the tax world. 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:06.879 One other thing I do want to mention is that the Illinois Gaming Board notified the county 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:13.079 March 3rd that in 2025 we received almost $4,000 more than we were supposed to. 00:16:13.079 --> 00:16:18.960 They called it a state accounting system programming error, of course. 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:23.200 So rather than, luckily, though, asking us to reimburse it or refund it, they're just 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:28.680 going to carve it out of the next payment that they send us, which I expect will be 00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:34.160 the April payment. It's not a huge amount. Our video gaming budget typically has 00:16:34.160 --> 00:16:39.559 been $140,000. Last year was $143,000. So if we're on the same path, on the same path, 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:48.700 it will not have a huge impact. And if anybody has any questions, not, I am finished. 00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:54.180 I don't have any questions, but I will make one statement. If everybody's taxes went up as much 00:16:54.180 --> 00:17:07.779 Well, I know what it's, according to the assessment, what it's going to be. 00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:14.339 Your tax bill is determined by your assessment minus your exemptions times the tax rate. 00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:16.700 We don't know any of the tax rates yet. 00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:21.220 So one-third of that equation is missing and they're likely going up because assessment 00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:22.220 is going up. 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:33.220 Well, according to what I am projected to sell it for, it's going to be about a 25% increase. 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:40.220 I mean, I know part of that is factored into a closing, but that's... 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:45.220 They're just making an educated guess at this point based on last year, but there's none. 00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:50.220 I don't know my own tax. I have no idea. I know that my assessment went up significantly, 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:56.579 So last year rates dropped, but because assessed values increased so much, you know, it's, 00:17:56.579 --> 00:18:02.139 and there are township multipliers, the county did not have a multiplier in the last two 00:18:02.139 --> 00:18:09.619 years we did, but townships have multipliers, not all of them, but I know Buckeye does. 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:14.220 So you know, it's, it's, we don't, I don't know what, I would love to tell you what, 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:19.420 you know, even Ed Gass, but I can't until the clerk extends what she has. 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:26.180 so we know what the rates are so I know the assessments gave people a lot of heartburn 00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:33.740 a lot of us so that's the biggest element of that property tax split equation but it's 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.740 not complete. 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:38.179 Now I was just thinking you're going to need more than one animal up there. 00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:41.179 We're going to need a lot of kids. 00:18:41.179 --> 00:18:45.220 I was telling Yager about it and he suggested we increase our kitten budget. 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:53.220 I don't know if there's enough kittens, so we'll see. 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:57.220 So your neighbors are going to be thanking you long after you're gone. 00:18:57.220 --> 00:19:01.220 Yes, and the new owners, I suspect. 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:09.340 Why is this not, every time I go to the OneDrive to do that, then I can't get this. 00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:11.340 No, I guess I just did it. 00:19:11.340 --> 00:19:19.110 Anyway, anything else for the car charger? 00:19:19.110 --> 00:19:26.110 Thank you very much. All business approval of payment prioritization of outstanding vendor claims for the nursing center. 00:19:26.110 --> 00:19:37.110 So yes, I want to make note, if you look at the list that is attached, not much changed from last month. 00:19:37.110 --> 00:19:47.110 There is one listed in purple that we received a settlement on that I believe we will still issue payment this week on. 00:19:47.110 --> 00:19:54.150 and the other ones that are green that say pay next are kind of in a holding pattern 00:19:54.150 --> 00:19:58.029 because the funds with some expenses that have come up. 00:19:58.029 --> 00:19:58.480 with some expenses that have come up with 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:04.140 the nursing home with the sale not happening. 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:07.380 Those funds, until we know what happens with the fine 00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.579 and the other things, 00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:10.880 we're just kind of in a holding pattern. 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:15.779 So I think short of that one that is in purple, 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:19.799 all those that are in green are gonna be the next batch out. 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:24.259 I just don't know if and when that will happen this year. 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:34.700 So Fresh Ideas basically wrote it off. We're not paying or we're just not paying yet? 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:39.700 We're not paying yet. We've had no communication with them. 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:49.329 Okay. So hopefully everybody gets that. We paid this stuff in, I don't know what color you call it, like a reddish-pinkish silver. 00:20:49.329 --> 00:20:51.329 There you go. 00:20:51.329 --> 00:20:58.769 We're waiting for someone on the purple, we're not paying blue yet, that's not in purview. 00:20:58.769 --> 00:21:04.970 At this point, paying next, we're listed in the green, the next ones that are on the list, 00:21:04.970 --> 00:21:08.569 and then the county is being held back for last. 00:21:08.569 --> 00:21:09.569 Correct. 00:21:09.569 --> 00:21:10.569 Sorry, Madam Turner. 00:21:10.569 --> 00:21:11.569 We appreciate your... 00:21:11.569 --> 00:21:17.170 Just kind of want to update because there's probably not going to be much movement until 00:21:17.170 --> 00:21:20.890 we hear back from either the fine or more. 00:21:20.890 --> 00:21:25.769 I'm going to be praying that if this thing goes to a referendum then it will get done 00:21:25.769 --> 00:21:33.740 because it's time, it needs to happen. 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:35.539 Any questions on that? 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:42.099 Do you need any other advice from this or this is just more of an informational? 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:47.940 Since those that were queued to pay next were approved last month, I think it's just kind 00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:50.259 of information at this point. 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:55.339 I just, we probably won't see a change until we hear about the fine from the state. 00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:55.839 Okay. 00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.339 All right. 00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.460 Any questions on that? 00:22:02.269 --> 00:22:02.829 I have none. 00:22:02.869 --> 00:22:03.750 So, okay. 00:22:04.190 --> 00:22:06.910 Moving on, new business approval of participation in national 00:22:06.910 --> 00:22:11.829 opiate distribution settlement agreement with six remnant defendants. 00:22:13.769 --> 00:22:17.009 And you are going to fill us in on what we're doing here, correct? 00:22:17.650 --> 00:22:20.889 So this is, I believe the last one. 00:22:20.889 --> 00:22:31.210 This came out of nowhere, more unanticipated revenue to the county. 00:22:31.210 --> 00:22:32.210 Wonderful. 00:22:32.210 --> 00:22:35.210 We love unanticipated revenue. 00:22:35.210 --> 00:22:40.529 So yeah, looks like the other ones and when we found out about this one, like you said, 00:22:40.529 --> 00:22:44.639 we had no idea it was coming. 00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:48.720 So what is, is there an amount we need to approve or is there anything we need to do 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.720 with this? 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:56.119 Authorized the County Board to vote, to authorize me to sign the agreement to enter into the 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.119 settlement. 00:22:57.119 --> 00:23:00.160 We have no idea how much we'll get. 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.759 So I would entertain a motion to approve this as submitted. 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:05.759 I have a motion. 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.759 Second. 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.759 And a second. 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.759 Any discussion? 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.759 Seems like a no-brainer. 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.759 Okay. 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.759 All those in favor say aye. 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.759 Aye. 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.759 Opposed? 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.759 Motion carried. 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:18.259 Okay. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:29.259 Okay, committee chair reports, finance. I have no necessary reports. I think you guys have seen everything seem to be going pretty smoothly. 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:39.259 I had hoped originally that I would be able to finish my term when we decided to make a move, but it has not worked out that way. 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:44.259 So, this will be my last night as the committee chairman of this committee. 00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:50.819 the moving trucks coming on Friday so to move the big stuff but we won't actually 00:23:50.819 --> 00:24:00.299 be completely exited out of the cold place probably until the end of the month but for my work and such that I do during the day I've 00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:03.940 been having to go to Chicago you know typically three days a week maybe four 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:09.420 and that extra 40 minutes one way it's going to be a big deal for me and it's 00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:13.380 just something that had to happen that I plan on finishing my career with this 00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.819 Company that I'm at. 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:21.860 It's been a good transition, good gig and it just, it's just, it's hard in a lot of ways, 00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:29.869 but I very much appreciate it working with you all and hopefully I'll be missed a little bit. 00:24:33.190 --> 00:24:38.789 I mean, you know, I would say I'd be gold the last time, but God has a different, you know, 00:24:38.789 --> 00:24:42.029 I, for whatever reason, he hasn't let us stay in one area for very long. 00:24:42.029 --> 00:24:54.759 Ever since leaving the first time in 2006, so he's had an on-plan for us, but I believe that's his plan, so I'm going to roll with it. 00:24:54.759 --> 00:25:02.759 We appreciate everything you've done for this committee and for the county. You'll be missed for sure. So good luck in the future. 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:11.519 I always try to be honest and upfront and do the best I can. That's what I know. I think that's how much you do. 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:15.440 I wish I would have held my temper a little bit more, especially on the nursing center committee. 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:23.579 Hey man, there are certain people in this life that have figured out how to push my buttons. 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:29.259 I don't get that very easily. How about administration? 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:35.180 Thank you Chairman. I agree you've done a great job and appreciate all the hard work you've done 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:41.819 for the county. So administration, we don't have anything moving forward to next Thursday's meeting. 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:52.019 We had some discussion about taxes and elections that seems to be a revolving theme around here. 00:25:52.019 --> 00:26:05.019 And then Nate was working on moving more servers and getting more of those online and trying to coordinate it with the folks on the fifth floor so he didn't slow down their work there. 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:14.799 there, so I didn't believe everybody's doing a great job and I really appreciate that each 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:21.279 Wednesday or once a month there, so that's all I have. 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:23.900 So nursing, it was a very short meeting. 00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:29.000 We had 71 new residents, or 71 residents at the facility. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:32.319 I know the report said 69, but it went up from then. 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:36.480 They had their annual survey, they had eight tags. 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:40.880 Hopefully we're staff education and there will be some dollar corrective actions for 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.880 the survey. 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:47.319 They had four new nursing hires and the agency hours are still very, very low. 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:54.759 So hopefully no agency hours comes in a couple of months, but other than that, that's it. 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.759 They seem to be doing a good job. 00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:00.599 It seems like the employees are happy from everything we hear. 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.599 Census? 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.599 71. 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:10.970 This is a union of the new orders, which still haven't heard from. 00:27:10.970 --> 00:27:14.970 That's the oddest part of it. It doesn't make any sense. 00:27:14.970 --> 00:27:20.500 Mr. Bush told the property and safety to the UNHCR. 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:26.500 We don't really want to discuss much except for emergency management. 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:29.500 We've been through a lot of training. 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:36.500 Over the hour, we will report that we had a committee interview with Thomas Heispel. 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:54.829 Kuzinski. Okay, I'll go with that. He's going to start tomorrow as the coroner. Okay. But he will come on permanently in November at the election to go with. So, that's it. Good deal. 00:27:54.829 --> 00:28:18.329 Dr. Dale, Court Services, nothing new and exciting, Mr. Larson, the state's attorney is still short one attorney I think he said, but they've managed with missing four, but they're busy and things are moving ahead, everything seems to be going good. 00:28:18.329 --> 00:28:25.769 Planning and Development, we got a nice note from our tenant at Millrace Crossing that's 00:28:25.769 --> 00:28:32.170 farming that, wanted to continue with that, sent us his money and he sent us some pictures 00:28:32.170 --> 00:28:40.849 showing how the property looks and the young man is doing a great job, we spent some time 00:28:40.849 --> 00:28:47.970 since we've had some area people getting letters about potential places to site data centers, 00:28:47.970 --> 00:28:58.970 We're looking a little bit at what we want to do. Do we want to be involved and trying to come up with some zoning policy on that before something like that comes our way or where we want to go. 00:28:58.970 --> 00:29:12.970 And then last, Mrs. Baker and I toured a building here in town of the Old True Value building that's owned by Newell as a potential place to take our offices. 00:29:12.970 --> 00:29:19.889 and that's a great building. It's an all new inside place where the board could 00:29:19.889 --> 00:29:25.610 meet plus other meeting rooms for other staff if they wanted to use them. The 00:29:25.610 --> 00:29:33.369 inside is the center is all open. It could be made however you wanted it. 00:29:33.369 --> 00:29:41.970 Right now it's all in cubicles and Newell is wanting to sell all of the 00:29:41.970 --> 00:29:48.049 Furnishings as well with the building if there were something that we could look 00:29:48.049 --> 00:29:52.090 at. We just took a look at it because I was made aware that that property 00:29:52.090 --> 00:29:57.929 potentially labeled. It's about 12,000 square feet I think. 00:29:57.929 --> 00:30:00.119 about 12,000 square feet, I think I told you 112 on the phone, it's about 12,000 square 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:09.319 feet that has a new roof and it's already set up with a great IT room, cooled and ready 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:17.319 to go and the building is set up to be an easy building to add technology to in the 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:27.240 in the future. The exterior is new. List price is like $3.50, but there are some other things 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:32.720 that could be considered down the road. So just an interesting stop along the way if 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:38.160 we want to be in our own building. Something totally different. 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:43.559 My true comments for you, one is more on the data center thing. The company I work for 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:45.119 was very heavily involved in that. 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:47.599 When I was down there in December, 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:50.039 we actually had a data center expert guy come in 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:52.920 and give us a talk with the sales group. 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:54.920 And one of the things that they're looking at doing 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:57.579 because of the power consumption these guys have 00:30:57.579 --> 00:31:00.640 is they're looking at, there's a new technology out there 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:03.619 for what they're calling micro nuclear. 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:07.319 And if you hadn't heard, I just wanted to make sure 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:09.920 you're aware of that if you weren't to look into that 00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:12.319 because that's, they really need to be able 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:16.480 to generate their own power that they're going to put a data center at at this point because 00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:22.160 there's so much you know they're sucking so much off the grid that they don't um this just takes 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:27.759 a lot of power to run the things but Mr. Diddens is so excited about nuclear I am either way or 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:33.920 see other county issues we have on a sub why couldn't you do that for a building you know 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:38.799 uh the other issue we're looking at is as we look at our area and as we look at what we do here 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:47.119 here is the massive amount of water that one of those centers consumes is concerning at 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:53.359 times seriously depending on where they're located today is an affectability because 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:59.799 it would, one small data center would consume as much water as this city does in a day. 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.799 A lot of coolant going on. 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.799 A lot. 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.799 Yep. 00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:08.400 So those are just some things that we're trying to look at. 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:12.400 I would sure like to be able to connect with whoever spoke to you to speak to you. 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:16.400 I'll look that up and see if I can't get you that information, Steve. 00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:21.400 That was December and I can't remember the day, but I've got his talk. 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:25.400 Somewhere sash away in my work notes, so I'll see if I can't get you some on that. 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:29.400 Chairman Helms, I'm sorry, Chairman Helms, I have a meeting when we're talking about 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:35.400 the mini micro-unicor plant. He said they use an awful lot of water also. 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:41.869 I'm going to come in to play. 00:32:41.869 --> 00:32:46.470 The new building sounds very interesting. 00:32:46.470 --> 00:32:52.470 I wonder if you should offer some of the department heads that used this facility and other facilities 00:32:52.470 --> 00:32:55.470 a chance to go walk through it. 00:32:55.470 --> 00:32:56.470 This just happened. 00:32:56.470 --> 00:33:03.470 It actually happened after our committee meeting or we would have probably done more with that 00:33:03.470 --> 00:33:05.470 because I'm not trying to exclude people. 00:33:05.470 --> 00:33:09.470 I wanted to see, first of all, something, I don't want to waste people's time either. 00:33:09.470 --> 00:33:12.470 Is it something that's worth considering? 00:33:12.470 --> 00:33:18.970 And as I look at that building and at the size of the building, I think it would be a building that fits our needs. 00:33:18.970 --> 00:33:24.470 Plus, it comes with, I don't know exactly how many cars, but a very good sized parking lot as well. 00:33:24.470 --> 00:33:26.470 It's part of the property. 00:33:26.470 --> 00:33:29.470 So, and it's all on one level. 00:33:29.470 --> 00:33:49.139 So, Handicap Accessible has two entrances, so as we look forward to moving on with discussion of that, I'm sure you'd like to, you know, all our department has here to see what it would look like. 00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:51.139 Sounds like something that should be looked into. 00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:53.139 Sure. 00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:59.940 Could I back up one step back to Court Services? Georgia, at the meeting did they say we have one 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:08.820 application for the youth? So far I've received one, yes. So if you know of any groups that have a 501c 00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:14.980 reading that could use some of the youth diversion funds, we have ten thousand dollars, 00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:20.900 which is what we budgeted, and we can reach that level so we just need some people to apply for it. 00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:30.099 Okay. April 1st has to be in George's office by April 1st. So I just want you to get that out there. 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:40.289 Who else here is on public work? Anything you can think of? 00:34:41.970 --> 00:34:51.889 Trying to think. Roads are unposted. That's a good thing. They were cutting a lot of brush 00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:59.650 and I'm sure they're out snow plowing and then we had some conversation about the animal control 00:34:59.650 --> 00:35:06.769 contract and the move that towards Greenwich. So I was pretty much in I think and then Dale's got 00:35:06.769 --> 00:35:14.690 some lettings going on that he had a whole list there. So things will hopefully be happening here 00:35:14.690 --> 00:35:23.019 when the weather gets better. And if you haven't turned in your yellow sheet yet, don't forget it. 00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:44.940 All right, Mr. Bush, I have a motion to adjourn. Do I hear a second? Second. Okay, you got a second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? See you Thursday.