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Community Services Committee Meeting 12/15/2020 9:00 AM
A
Everyone
welcome
to
the
community
services
committee
meeting,
I'd
like
to
welcome
all
of
you
and,
and
especially
those
who
are
new
to
the
committee,
I'm
going
to
ask
each
of
the
department
chairmen,
when
they're
speaking
to
talk
about
why
people
come
to
you
for
services.
This
is
the
community
service
committee.
So
what
services
do
you
provide?
That
would
be
the
question
as
we
begin
in
before
roll
call,
I'd
like
to
present
kelly
with
a
thank
you
note
from
our
committee,
because
she
is
always
helps
us
to
be
ready.
A
B
A
Thank
you,
don't
have
any
requests
for
public
comment.
Is
there
a
presentation
that
I'm
not
aware
of
no
no,
no
presentation,
so
the
minutes,
fortunately,
for
september,
were
approved
in
october.
So
that's
the
good
news.
We
have
only
one
set
of
minutes
to
approve
the
one
thing
I
want
to
mention
about
those
minutes.
Is
we
had
perfect
attendance
at
that
meeting,
so
our
goal
each
meeting
is
to
have
perfect
attendance
and
really
really
close
even
this
time.
A
A
E
A
You
next
we
turn
to
the
county
clerk's
report.
However,
I
failed
to
do
one
thing
I
was
going
to
have
us
put
all
the
reports
and
the
minutes
together
in
one
motion.
So
the
motion
I
would
ask
for
is
to
approve
the
county
clerk's
report
for
october
and
november
assessor
for
october
and
november
recorder
for
october
and
november
in
animal
control
for
october
and
november.
Would
someone
move
that
we
accept
all
those
mr
darrell
smith
moves,
mr
ekkoff?
Second,
we'll
have
a
roll
call
vote
for
that.
One.
A
A
B
A
You're
voting,
I
aren't
you
misspoke
yeah.
Thank
you
in
the
county,
clerk's
reports.
We
have.
We
have
the
october
report
and
we
have
the
november
report,
but
what
you
also
saw
is
a
six-month
report,
so
you
have
a
report
from
june
1st
to
november
30th
mr
hendrickson,
and
I
just
discussed
this
and
decided
not
to
bring
that
forward.
It's
not
on
the
agenda,
so
we'll
look
at
that
in
january.
So
so
what
would
you
have
for
us
to
tell
us.
F
We
are
the
repository
for
vital
records,
so
birth
certificates,
death
certificates,
marriage
licenses
all
are
held
within
our
office
are
some
of
our
records
date
as
far
back
as
1853
and
those
are
available.
The
older
records
are
genealogical
records,
so
they
are
available
to
anybody
who's
interested
in
doing
any
of
that
research.
F
F
So
those
are
are
some
of
the
things
that
people
come
in,
for
we
are
also
delinquent
taxes,
so
if
they
didn't
pay
their
their
property
taxes
and
and
the
treasurer
just
had
a
sale
last
month
for
those
those
are
then
collected
from
our
office
and
and
that's
a
period
approximately
two
and
a
half
years.
Sometimes
there
can
be
extensions
added
on
to
that.
So
we
do
collect
the
delinquent
taxes
and
we
we
retain
a
small
fee
of
that
most
of
it
goes
back
to
the
tax
buyer.
F
F
F
F
The
april
6
consolidated
election
will
be
upon
us
quicker
than
you
think
filing
for
that
has
begun.
It
began
yesterday,
so
that
is
municipalities,
townships
parks,
libraries,
schools,
community
college
districts
and
any
referenda
that
perhaps
may
be
on
the
ballot
early
voting,
for
that
won't
happen
until
we
have
results
finalized
for
the
consolidated
primary,
which
probably
will
only
leave
us
about
a
two
week
window
for
early
voting.
F
However,
for
the
early
voting
for
for
residents
in
the
city
of
kankakee,
we
can
we
can
accept
applications
for
vote
by
mail
ballots
at
this
point.
We're
ready
now
so
once
the
april
6th
election
is
over
and
there's
a
couple
week
window
for
that.
As
far
as
declaring
the
winners,
we
move
immediately
into
tax
extension
as
a
as
always,
it's
our
goal
to
have
that
information
rolled
over
to
the
treasurer
by
the
end
of
april.
F
So
if
it's,
if
it's
the
pleasure
to
redraw
the
county
board
lines
that
will
take
place
in
in
those
months
following
that,
I
will
be
redrawing
precinct
lines
based
on
the
county
board
lines,
and
once
we
have
those
established
and
voted
on
by
the
board
as
a
whole,
we'll
be
sending
new
voter
cards
out
to
all
the
registered
voters
in
the
county
to
let
them
know
of
what
their
new
districts
are.
Not
just
county
board
districts,
but
also
congressional
district
lines.
F
May
change
and
your
legislative
representative
lines
may
change
as
well.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
voters
are
aware
of
that
and
if
there's
any
potential
polling
place
changes,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we've
got
our
voters
well
well
aware,
and
then,
following
that
in
september
of
2021,
we
start
the
general
primary
process,
so
so
that
that
that's
that's
basically
it
in
a
nutshell.
If
anybody
has
any
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
them
to
the
best
of
my
ability.
F
G
G
Additionally,
if,
if
you
had
a
magic
wand
and
I'd
like,
I
told
you
before
no
adverse
comments,
no
complaints
whatsoever,
and
that
was
a
big
election
in
terms
of
people
voting
early
and
people,
you
know
coming
to
vote
on
november
3rd
if
you
had
a
magic
wand.
That's
my
first
question:
if
you
had
a
magic
wand,
what
would
you
do
differently
if
anything.
F
The
concern
with
that
is
certainly
it's
a
resource
allocation.
You
know
we
have
people
that
are
trained
to
to
handle
the
early
voting.
And
how
far
can
you
stretch
those
people?
How
far
you
know?
How
much
time
do
you
need
to
train
somebody?
Are
you
confident
with
the
people
that
you
train
to
make
sure
that
everything
is
done?
F
F
G
H
On
the
passport,
I
have
there's
a
question
that
was
presented
to
me,
and
I
said
I
would
ask
individuals
that
have
old
passports
that
need
them
update.
Do
they
go
through
the
same
process?
Do
they
have
to
go
back
down
to
downtown,
to
update
them,
or
they
can
just
really
come
to
your
office?
What's
the
it
depends
on
how
long.
F
They've
been
expired,
I
would
if
you've
got
somebody.
That's
asking
about
that.
I
would
strongly
advise
that
they
contact
the
office.
You
know
my
passport
agents,
I
cannot
be
the
passport
agent
for
our
office,
so
I
would
I
would
defer
to
their
their
knowledge
base
on
on
that.
I
know
that
you
know
if
they've
been
expired,
for
a
certain
length
of
time
that
you
cannot
use
that
to
automatically
renew
you
have
to
do
the
the
new
pro
process
again.
H
H
F
The
city
did
not
redraw
their
lines
in
2010.,
so
if
they
do
redraw
their
lines
in
2020,
that
will
be
one
of
those
things
that
we'll
need
to
take
into
account
as
soon
as
we
get
those
in
2000
when
they
redrew
their
lines.
We
had
already
had
precinct
lines
established,
which
created
some
some
issues
with
us
yeah
they
did
in
2000.
F
B
C
A
C
That's
absolutely
correct
on
the
county
website
on
the
right
hand,
side
of
our
page,
once
you
click
on
the
supervisor
of
assessments
link,
you
can
see
a
variety
of
different
forms
that
the
public
can
access
to
fill
out
their
applications
and
send
them
in
to
us
if
they
wanted
to
mail
it
or
just
be
ready
for
us
when
they
come
to
the
counter,
so
that
is
available
online.
Yes,.
C
First,
I
wanted
to
just
say
to
those
members
of
the
committee
who
are
returning
welcome
back
and
to
those
that
I
haven't
met
yet
necessarily
welcome
to
the
committee
and
I
hope
to
have
a
chance
to
report
to
you
every
month
and
give
you
an
idea
of
what
we
do
in
the
department
from
month
to
month.
So
I
look
forward
to
doing
that
for
you
I
want
to.
I
want
to
start
out
by
answering
a
similar
question
that
you
asked
mr
hendrickson,
which
is
what
the
public
comes
to
our
office
for
I'll.
C
Give
you
a
little
brief
overview
on
that
the
public
comes
into
our
to
our
office
for
to
apply
for
homestead
and
non-homestead
exemptions.
They
come
into
our
office
to
change
tax
bill
mailing
addresses.
We
do
control
that
database,
and
so,
if
someone
wants
to
update
where
they
want
their
tax
bill
mailed
or
their
assessment
change
notice
mailed
they
would.
They
would
do
that
with
our
department.
C
C
We
also
publish
assessments
in
the
fall
and
and
the
filings
of
assessment
appeals
each
year
and
run
a
board
of
review,
which
is
a
a
third,
a
third
party
panel
or
a
three-person
panel
that
hears
the
cases
and
makes
final
decisions
on
assessments
for
the
year.
So
that's
just
an
idea
of
several
things
that
that
the
public
uses
our
office
for
beyond
that.
I'm
going
to
go
into
my
more
traditional
monthly
report.
C
C
On
november
16th,
I
believe
it
was
once
we
issued
the
tentative
decisions
on
all
appeals.
We
scheduled
the
the
last
days
for
hearings,
and
that's
that's
coming
up
this
friday
on
the
18th
of
december
and
tuesday,
the
22nd.
So
we
have
two
more
days
of
hearings
and
then
we
will
be
finished
for
the
year.
C
One
of
the
first
steps
in
that
is
that
my
department's
responsibility
is
to
make
sure
that
the
clerk
gets
the
abstract
in
a
timely
manner,
so
that
he
can
look
at
what
the
tax
rates
would
be
and
and
calculate
tax
rates
and
get
all
those
things
over
to
the
treasurer
and
time
to
timely
print
tax
bills.
So
it's
it's
important
that
we
do
that.
C
Then
once
that's
done
I'll
be
looking
to
see.
If
we
need
equal
excuse
me
equalization
at
the
at
the
board
of
review
level.
Typically,
we
do
not,
but
I
do
need
to
check
the
math
and
make
sure
that
we
didn't
reduce
so
much
value
that
the
the
state
is
going
to
give
us
a
state
equalization
factor.
So
I'll
be
looking
at
that
sometime
next
week.
C
Then
then,
once
that
happens
and
they
sign
the
documents,
the
board
of
review
signs,
the
documents
that
I
need
I'll
I'll
deliver
the
final
abstract
reports
to
the
county
clerk,
I'm
I'm
scheduling
a
an
annual
meeting
with
the
township
assessors,
but
by
statute.
I
have
to
have
that
meeting
around
january
first
and
I'm
going
to
do
that
on
tuesday
december
29th.
C
C
It's
something
that
we
got
to
take.
We
have
to
take
steps
every
day
to
make
sure
that
these
things
get
done,
but
I'm
confident
we'll
have
those
things
all
done
by
the
end
of
the
year
or
in
very
early
january,
as
we
as
I
talked
about
printing
the
books,
and
with
that
I
will
take
any
questions
that
might
be
from
the
committee.
H
Eric
just
want
to
have
you
to
give
just
a
brief
narrative
again
so
that
the
seniors
will
understand
for
one
what
is
the
age
for
c
of
senior
for
senior
to
take
exemption?
What
would
be
that
age
number
two?
What
do
they
have
to
reapply
for
every
year
and
what
don't
they
have
to
reply
once
they
have
applied
every
year
and
is
there
anything
else
out
there
that
they
should
be
aware
of.
C
Sure
that's
a
a
great
question,
mr
snipes,
and
I'm
going
to
try
to
break
this
up
into
a
few
different
sections
there.
As
you,
you
went
that
sounded
like
two
to
two
to
three
questions:
kind
of
melted
into
one,
so
I'm
gonna
gonna
try
to
break
that
apart
a
little
bit
first
part
for
senior
citizens.
I
wanna
make
sure
that
where
they
are
aware
that
there
are
two
different
exemptions
that
they
can
receive,
one
is
the
senior
homestead
exemption.
C
Once
you
apply
for
that
exemption,
you
maintain
that
exemption
for
as
long
as
you
live
in
the
property
and
remain
owner,
because,
obviously,
once
you
turn
65,
you
will
never
be
younger
than
65
ever
again,
so
there's
no
reason
to
remove
it.
Unless
you
were
to
sell
the
property
or
you
know
something
of
that
nature.
C
C
Some
disabilities
are
are
for
life
and
others
might
be
a
temporary
back
injury
or
something
for
a
year
or
two
and
you
qualify
for
it,
and
then
you
don't
after
that,
and
so
it
is
something
that
we
have
to
have
you
apply
for
every
year
there
there
is
the
disabled
veteran
exemption
that
we
take,
which
it
has
to
be
applied
for
every
year.
You
have
to
have
a
certain
percentage
of
service
connected
disability
in
order
to
qualify
for
that.
C
H
A
H
C
C
Right
and
once
you
get
to
the
county
website,
there's
there's
links
to
all
the
different
departments
and
the
supervisor
of
assessments.
Department
is
one
of
those
links.
You
click
on
that
link
and
on
the
right
hand,
side
of
the
page
is
just
a
plethora
of
exemptions
that
we
exemption
forms
that
we
accept.
A
C
Okay,
so
that's
a
great
question:
every
year
the
township
assessors
out
of
their
offices,
they
they
reimburse
the
county
for
the
postage
that
is
incurred
by
having
to
mail
assessment
change
notices
to
the
public.
So
when,
when
an
assessment
changes
due
to
something
other
than
my
equalization
or
if
it's
the
general
assessment
year
or
quad
year
for
a
particular
township,
then
we
have
to
send
assessment
change
notices
to
all
of
those
individuals.
C
C
It
is
when
you
think
about
the
idea
that
we
might
have
mailed
out.
You
know,
I'm
just
gonna,
throw
out
a
number.
You
know:
25
000
notices
this
year,
20
to
25
000
notices,
and
I
think
the
number
was
something
like
you
know.
By
the
time
I
had
group
mailings
done
where,
if
somebody
owned
multiple
properties
and
they
were
all
being
mailed
the
same
address,
we
mailed
them
one
envelope.
Instead
of
you
know
three
or
four
envelopes.
C
It
is
it's
not
as
long
as
yesterday.
Yesterday
we
had
we
started
at
8
30
in
the
morning
and
we
finished.
We
finished
the
hearings
for
the
day
at
4
25,
and
we
only
had
about
a
35-40
minute
break
for
lunch,
so
we
were
really
busy.
Yesterday
friday's
schedule,
I
think,
starts
at
8
30.
I
think
the
first
hearing's
actually
8
45,
yes
and
the
last
hearing
is
scheduled
to
begin
at.
I
think
it's
2
30
on
the
top
of
my
head.
It
is
2
30..
C
I
see
I'm
I'm
not
too
bad
today,
2
30.,
that's
if
everything
is
is
running
smoothly
and
we're
not,
but
behind
a
little
bit
on
schedule.
Certainly
if,
if
we
get
a
lot
of
people
stacked
up
in
the
waiting
room
as
we're
using
zoom
this
year
with
with
covid
and
trying
to
keep
everybody
safe,
if
there's
a
lot
of
people
stacked
up
in
the
waiting
room,
there
might
be
a
bit
of
a
wait
for
those
folks
and
we
may
not
be
able
to
start
your
hearing
quite
on
time.
C
But
yesterday
was
pretty
good.
I
I
think
we
never
felt
more
than
15
or
20
minutes
behind
and
that
allowed
us
to
close
the
day
at
4,
25
or
so
I'm
hopeful
that
that's
the
same
case
on
friday
and
maybe
we'll
be
done
by
three
o'clock
or
so.
And
then,
if
you,
if
you
were
to
look
at,
I
don't
know,
if
that
I
don't
think
the
hearing
list
for
the
22nd
has
been
released
yet
to
the
public.
But
I
think
that
ends
at
1
30
in
the
afternoon
and
then
we're
done
for
the
year.
C
Probably,
even
though
there's
on
the
schedule
from
yesterday,
there
were
probably
about
45
cases,
or
so
we
held
at
least
20
to
25
cases
yesterday,
where
people
actually
wanted
to
attend
the
the
hearings
and
have
their
cases
heard
and,
and
I'm
really
proud
of
the
the
group
and
how
they
handled
it
yesterday
it
was,
it
was
a
long
day,
but
but
we
did
a
good
job,
I
believe
of
getting
through
that.
So.
C
A
G
Madam
chair,
thank
you
very
much,
I'm
new
to
this
committee
and
of
course
I
have
have
some
questions.
Mr
blair,
regarding
your
community
engagement
initiatives.
I
know,
for
example,
recorder
gad
boys
and
sheriff
downey
state's
attorney
jim
rowe
and
coroner
bob
gustner
come
often.
I've
requested
them
to
come
to
the
naacp
at
various
meetings
and
make
presentations.
Although
lori
gadboy's
is
there
every
meeting?
C
We
I
have
done
a
few
different
things
in
the
last
few
years
that
I've
been
invited
to
do.
As
far
as
I
think,
a
realtors
association
asked
me
to
come
and
give
a
presentation
on
homestead
exemptions,
and
things
like
that.
So
there's
a
possibility
that
I
could.
I
could
take
part
in
something
if
you're
alluding
to
you
know
an
naacp
meeting,
something.
G
Yeah
at
some
future
date,
I
I
would.
I
would
think
that
when
you
know
we're
over
this
mitigation
that
you
might
want
to
come
in
and
even
we
do
our
virtual
meetings
as
well
too,
but
but
sometime
in
the
future,
we
I'm
sure
I'll,
be
asking
you
to
maybe
come
and
make
a
presentation
regarding
the
overview
of
your
office
and
the
various
you
know,
dynamics
associated
with
your
office,
and-
and
I
I
I
from
your
comments-
you're
open
to
that-
and
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
A
I
Well,
first
of
all,
good
morning,
everyone
on
zoom
and
in
person
a
little
bit
about
the
recorder's
office.
I
guess
we
were
established
in
1853
when
the
county
was
established.
So
we
are
one
of
the
I
guess
originals
my
office
title
was
shared
at
that
time
with
the
circuit
clerk,
so
the
circuit
clerk
was
also
the
recorder,
and
that
was
a
process
that
went
on
until
about
the
40s
about
1944,
and
then
it
was
split
to
what
we
refer
to
as
a
peer
recorder.
I
Pure
recorder
appear
yeah,
so
the
duties
of
the
recorder
is
the
repository
of
all
land
records
in
the
county.
So
I
jokingly
usually
start
out
with.
I
have
the
dirt
on
everyone,
because
I
know
you're
dirt.
I
know
your
dirt's
been
transferred
where
it's
gone,
who's
had
it
eric
and
other
departments
will
know
your
buildings
that
are
on
your
dirt.
I
know
the
dirt,
so
so
it's
a
pretty
cool
office.
In
my
opinion,
we
have
a
ton
of
history.
I
I
So
it's
it's
pretty
awesome.
We
are
working
really
really
hard
in
our
office
to
establish
an
online
presence
of
50
years
and
we're
getting
there
slowly.
I
have
a
staff
of
well.
Actually
I
do
have
a
pretty
much
of
a
outline
to
give
you.
So
let
me
fill
you
in
with
this
and
then,
if
you
have
more
questions,
we'll
go
from
there
so
to
the
committee.
I
A
I
I
This
year
has
been
a
challenge
for
us
with
our
new
recording
system,
avid
that
we
installed
in
october.
We
we
went
from
a
product,
we
were
very,
very
comfortable
with
and
familiar
with
to
a
very
new,
very
different
direction
technology,
so
we're
embracing
we're
getting
there.
It's
going
to
take
time,
we
kind
of
like
the
past,
but
we're
going
to
accept
the
future.
I
I
I
I
So
we
have
become
even
more
creative
in
assisting
our
customers,
but
our
customers
are
now
becoming
even
more
created
by
foia
and
us,
so
we
get
foid
for
this
information
and
it's
becoming
a
burden
on
the
office.
So
our
goal
by
filling
this
gap
that
we're
working
on
the
155
000
documents
we'll
be
adding,
should
really
help
in
the
long
run.
I
So
overall,
the
recorder's
office
remains
very
busy
and
focused
on
improving
our
online
presence.
I
have
talked
with
you
all
about
the
filling
the
gap,
the
1991
to
1983,
and
we
are
working
with
that
company
who
will
be
able
to
have
that
image
delivered
in
a
very
high
quality
product
to
us
very
soon.
We
expect
first
quarter
of
next
year
we
did
propose
to
dceo,
with
the
hopes
of
the
cost
being
covered
by
the
cures,
grant
we're
kind
of
not
being
very
successful
at
this
time,
but
we're
looking
into
it.
I
But
regardless
it
is
a
great
need
to
continue
providing
chain
of
title
information
on
property,
to
the
many
people
who
find
themselves
working
differently
and
not
coming
into
the
county
building.
So
it
is
a
goal
to
have
a
good
50
years
online
and
provide
the
necessary
information.
The
many
professionals
need
and
again
like
I
said
this
is
a
total
of
155
000
documents.
We
will
be
adding
to
our
system,
the
staff
and
I
are
working
on
our
2021
goals
every
day.
I
It
is
our
goal
to
provide
excellent
customer
service,
good
recordings
and
accountability
for
all
that
we
do
in
january
or
february
of
21
I'll
have
a
regular
calendar
year-end
report
for
you.
So
we
did
a
fiscal
year
end,
which
I
report
to
you
for
dollars
in
volume,
and
then
we
do
a
calendar
year
end
which,
in
the
recording
world
we
go
january,
1
to
december
31st,
so
for
document
volume.
A
A
I
So
in
the
recorder's
office-
and
this
is
something
I
promised
over
12
years
ago-
we
have
our
own
online
presence.
We
do
have
a
page
on
the
county's
website,
but
the
recorder's
office
itself
has
its
own
website
that
we
maintain
and
manage.
We
also
have
a
facebook
page
too,
if
you're
interested
in
wanting
to
be
a
friend
but
we're
trying
to
use
that,
because
industry
title
lawyers,
banks,
whoever
don't
necessarily
always
think
to
go
to
the
government's
website,
they're.
I
Looking
purely
for
those
record
information
and
then
also,
if
you
are
on
my
website,
I
do
have
links
that
go
to
gis
and
I
think
the
treasure,
but
there's
a
ton
of
different
information
and
there's
some
historical
there's
information.
Of
course,
like
carol
said
about
our
recording
fees,
our
standards
and
practices.
There
are
some
forms
on
there
if
you're
interested
in
doing
something
on
your
own
there's
also
our
disclaimer.
We
are
not
lawyers.
We
do
not
give
legal
advice.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chairman.
I
noticed
from
october
to
your
balance
from
october
to
november,
increased
by
eight
about
about
eighteen
thousand
or
maybe
a
little
bit
more
tad
less,
which
is
which
is
great,
and
then
I,
when
I
peruse
your
document
from
last
year
to
this
year,
it's
up
by
200
000
dollars.
What
do
you
do?
H
You
contribute
that
to
your
upgrading
technology,
because
I
know
when
you
first
came
in
the
doors
you
had
an
aggressive
attempt
to
maximize
service,
but
yet
minimize
a
lot
of
costs
and
bring
in
savings
and
revenue.
So
that's
my
first
question
and
then
my
second
is
like
and
until
the
first
could
you
it's
more
of
a
request.
Could
you
kind
of
give
the
individuals
these
safeguards
that
are
in
your
office?
That's
a
benefit
to
the
community,
such
as
those
alerts
that
you
have
and
things
of
that
nature.
I
I
I
County
gets
to
keep
the
county
portion,
of
course,
but
again
the
state
gets
their
portion.
So,
as
you
see
in
the
chart
that
I
prepared
the
bottom
line,
you'll
see
where
the
money's
going,
but
you
mentioned
property
fraud
alert-
and
I
did
get
a
message
this
morning
from
one
of
our
other
county
board
members
who
had
an
experience
very
recently
regarding
the
free
property
fraud
alert
system
that
we
have
and
it's
free.
It
is
by
name.
So
it's,
however,
you
use
your
name
for
legal
documents.
I
D
I
I
I
I
I
Some
who
receive
certificates
even
after
their
separation
papers
for
different
things,
bring
those
in
and
then
we
tack
them
on
to
their
papers,
but
we
are
rester
a
restricted
repository
for
those
documents,
so
we're
the
safeguard
because
leaving
military
only
receive
one
set
of
papers
when
they're
discharged,
so
things
happen
in
life.
So
we
encourage
them
come
into
our
office
right
away.
They
get
it
recorded.
They
leave
right
away
with
their
original
document,
our
recorded
cover
page
and
any
additional
copies.
I
I
G
I
It's
something
we
can
always
check
the
veterans.
Assistance
commission,
who
we
work
very
very
closely
with
too,
will
also
be
able
to
help
you,
because,
if
it's
not
recorded
in
our
office
and
it's
lost
in
your
possession,
they
have
an
avenue
to
work
with
st
louis
to
get
copies
of
papers.
That's
something
we're
not
able
to
do.
G
G
G
I
No,
so
actually,
if
you
go
all
the
way
back
to
march,
when
the
governor
gave
his
first
official
orders,
the
recorder's
office
was
identified
as
an
essential
office
and
because,
if
you
think
about
it,
work
an
economic
arm,
so
we
keep
things
moving
because
those
realtors
those
lawyers,
those
banks
that
are
doing
stuff
for
mortgages,
releases,
purchasing
property,
and
you
know
things
like
that.
They
it
all
falls
on
our
lap.
Essentially
it
has
to
get
recorded
in
order
to
become
public
record
one
and
two
once
it's
recorded.
I
Then
our
work
goes
down
to
the
assessor
for
the
assessor
to
do
his
work
to
go
over
to
the
treasurer.
So
you
know,
if
we're
not
working
it
kind
of
yeah,
it
doesn't
go
anywhere,
so
it
has
to
start
with
us
to
move
through
the
county
process
and
I
am
very
proud
to
say
we
never
close
our
office
once
during
the
whole
pandemic.
I
D
A
I
A
E
A
E
A
Oh,
I
think
that's
a
good
phrase
if
it's
in
the
best
interest
of
the
animal,
because
that
you
can't
just
come
in
and
reclaim
it
if
there's
been
an
abused
case,
is
that
right
right,
the
other
part
of
your
report
shows
in
october
there
were
21
thousand
dollars
in
registrations
in
no
november
21,
29
000..
So
that's
a
big
part
of
your
budget
is
registrations.
E
It
is
absolutely
the
majority
of
our
budget
and
so
registration.
If
you
don't
know
what
it
means,
it
means
that
for
a
rabies,
vaccination
for
your
pet,
then
you
have
to
register
your
animal
with
us.
So
we
know
your
animal
is
current.
It
also
assess,
and
if
there
is
a
bite
caused
by
your
animal,
your
animal
is
most
likely
allowed
to
do
home,
quarantine
versus
coming
to
animal
control
and
25
a
day
for
us
to
board
your
animal
here.
So
we
keep
an
eye
on
to
make
sure
there
is
no
reviews.
A
E
A
E
No,
those
are
on
villages,
as
requested
like
the
city
of
kankakee.
If
they
request
us,
we
charge
them
whatever
our
service
charge
would
be
that
day,
the
belgium
bourbon
a
the
village
of
grant
park
those
things
if
they
request
our
services,
we
have
a
flat
rate
that
we
charge
them.
That's
what
that
is.
E
E
Call
the
village
of
urban
a
themselves
and
ask
police
request
permission
and
the
police
or
the
village,
calling
us
and
asking
permission
asking
us
to
come
out.
They
provide
our
services.
So
at
this
time
that's
the
way
it
works.
They
have
to
either
call
the
village
bourbon
a
or
police
officers,
and
then
they
call
us
and
then
request
our
assistance
once
the
contract
is
signed
they,
depending
on
what
the
situation
is,
the
citizens
can
call
it
cake
county
on
patrol
and
we'll
go
directly.
There.
A
E
Is
that
we
get
more
contracts
so
we'll
start
with
urban
a
and
then
once
we
that
one
works,
everything
out
then
we'll,
hopefully
go
on
to
more
villages
and
hopefully
get
them
all
signed
into
county.
One
thing
also
you'll
notice
about
our
officers.
They
have,
they
all
have
bulletproof
vests
now,
along
with
new
uniforms,
so
that
you'll
have
a
different
look
for
the
animal
control
officers
as
well.
E
A
A
E
A
E
At
this
time
the
sheriff
and
I
have
spoken
with
jay
hanson,
who
does
the
vehicles
for
the
sheriff's
office.
We
have
gotten
a
couple
of
the
state
bid
prices
and
we
are
looking
into
that.
We're
waiting
for
the
other
vehicles
to
be
done
yet
and
then,
once
the
beginning
of
the
year
happens,
we'll
probably
look
into
further
looking
at
the
statement
prices
and
seeing
what
what
we
need
for
our.
E
A
A
Sure
that's
a
very
good
report.
The
reason
that
leads
to
is
that
your
iptip
fund
is
now
263
624
dollars
and
still
in
place
right.
Yes,
okay,
let
me
see
if
it's
more
263
644.,
so
that's
money
that
would
have
been
available
for
capital
expense,
but
isn't
going
to
be
used
now,
but
will
be
used
once
you
decide
on
a
vehicle.
G
E
So
my
philosophy,
when
I
became
the
director
of
animal
control,
was
to
not
the
due
to
adoptions
as
often
as
they
had
in
the
past.
My
philosophy
was
to
get
the
animals
in
here,
have
them
on
a
stray
hold
and
get
them
out
to
rescue
that
way.
It
minimal
it
minimizes
the
people
that
are
coming
in
animal
patrol,
getting
the
animals
spending
less
time
in
our
shelter
and
getting
them
out
to
a
rescue.
So
we
don't
do
adoptions
as
frequently
as
we
had
and
they
had
in
years
past.
E
The
do
adoptions
well
this
year
it
was
a
little
bit
different
for
covid,
because
people
were
staying
home.
We
had
more
shelters,
come
and
ask
us
for
if
we
had
any
pets
available
that
were
ready
for
adoption
or
that
were
assisted
or
sorry
assessed
correctly
or
past
assessment,
I
should
say,
and
then
they
went
to
the
rescue.
So
then
they
were
the
ones
that
did
the
majority
of
the
needs
for
the
animals
we
had
them
in
here
for
the
story
hold,
and
then
they
were.
G
E
G
E
Basically,
we,
the
animals
come
in
here
past,
their
straight
hole,
past
their
assessment
and
then
they
are,
a
rescue
will
come
here
and
pull
the
animals
from
us,
one
of
the
one
of
the
humane
societies
we
deal
with
frequently
they
bring
the
animals
in
there
and
they
have
a
two-week
foster
base
system,
so
they're
fostered
for
two
weeks.
So
that
way
they
get
to
know
the
the
way
the
pet
interacts
with
people,
dogs
with
cats,
and
then
they
can
go
ahead
and
further
that
on
to
the
people
that
are
looking
for
adoption.
A
You
and
also
we,
the
committee,
your
your
department
and
the
committee.
The
advisory
committee
were
given
a
focus
to
be
an
enforcement
arm,
not
an
adoption
arm.
So
we
were.
That
was
the
focus
several
years
ago.
So
that's
what
you've
turned
to
carrie
you've
done
a
good
job
of
being
an
enforcement
with
the
bullet,
foot,
vest
and
enforcing
the
laws
that
are
being
processed
and
getting
that.
E
I
just
pulled
up
a
report
and
I
just
looked
at
the
tickets
written
in
20,
20,
20,
sorry
and
it
was
854
citations
written
by
our
officers
from
november
december
1st
to
november
30th,
and
a
lot
of
those
are
correctable
citations,
meaning
that
if
you
get
a
ticket
for
not
having
your
pet
registered,
you
register
your
pet.
The
ticket
is
dismissed
in
court.
A
That's
very
clear,
and
the
other
thing
I'd
like
to
mention
is
that
kerry's
picture
is
going
to
appear
in
the
women
of
the
moose
newsletter,
because
women
of
the
moose
gave
her
18
boxes
of
newspaper
and
20
dollars.
So
here
she
is
receiving
the
20
and
so
for
300.
Over
300
women
of
the
moose
are
going
to
receive
your
photo
saying
that
you
accept
newspaper
and
money
for
your
for
services,
plus
what
that
agency
does
is
send.
Thank
you
notes
to
people
who
give
them
money.
E
A
J
Oh,
my
goodness
well
for
the
new
members
that
are
not
have
no
idea
what
a
whack
means
a
wac
is
animal
welfare
advisory
committee
and
we
started
this
back
in
the
september
of
17
and
we
have
a
group
of
community
people
veterinarians.
We
work
with
sheriff
and
kerry
laird.
We
have
the
state's
attorney's
office
involved
with
us
basically
looking
over
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
proactive
about
different
situations
that
involve
animal
welfare
and
as
far
as
the
rights
of
animal
owners
as
well.
J
J
J
We're
going
to
work
with
the
state's
attorney's
office
on
that
and
another
project
that
we
have
been
working
on
diligently
for
several
months
is
the
welfare
of
waterfowl,
and
by
that
we
mean
that
feeding,
waterfowl
bread
and
other
items
can
be
harmful,
causing
angel
wing
issues
where
they're
not
able
to
fly.
Also
diseases
are
spread,
so
our
goal
is
to
be
able
to
put
up
signs
in
those
areas
that
we
have
designated
essential
for
people
attending
and
to
prohibit
the
feeding
of
waterfowl.
J
So
we
have
27
areas
in
the
area
that
we
have
designated
as
needing
signs,
and
those
signs
will
consist
of
english
and
spanish.
There
will
be
two
signs
on
each
poll
and
it
came
to
a
cost
of
nearly
three
thousand
dollars
for
all
54
signs.
We
do
have
two
sources:
one
source
has
volunteered
to
pay
for
half
of
it
and
we're
waiting
for
approval
from
the
other
source
for
the
funding.
J
So
those
signs
once
we
get
them
designated,
I
mean
paid
for
we're,
going
to
be
able
to
put
those
in
the
areas
that
we
have
chosen
along
the
the
water
areas
and
hopefully
those
will
be
installed
in
the
springtime
once
the
ground
is
a
little
bit
softer.
We
do
have
volunteers
that
have
offered
to
put
the
signs
in,
but
we
are
going
to
make
sure
that
the
park
districts
and
the
owners
are
okay
with
where
those
signs
are
placed
again.
The
next
thing
that
we
are
working
on
besides
those
signs
is
our
long-term
goals.
J
We
have
two
long-term
goals
that
we
are
working
on.
One
is
a
trap,
neuter
vaccinate
and
release
program
and
that,
because
there
are
so
many
feral
cats
in
the
area
that
are
unattended
to,
we
brought
in
an
expert
from
our
area
to
discuss
the
reason
why
we
need
to
do
this.
Of
course,
we
know
once
cats
are
not
neutered,
that
they
keep
reproducing,
and
that
just
is
a
slippery
slope
of
more
feral
cats.
Along
with
that,
more
cats
means
more
diseases
and
then
two
people
get
very
upset
because
the
animals
are
in
their
yard.
J
We
learned
a
lot
about
cat
colonies,
cat
barrel
colonies,
that
people
who
do
feed
feral
cats
that
it
has
become
an
issue
that
in
if
they
don't
continue
feeding
the
cats
and
the
cats
will
starve
or
they're
going
to
go
after
the
birds.
The
wildlife
in
that
area,
which
a
lot
of
the
residents
don't
appreciate.
J
So
one
of
the
big
projects
we
have
coming
up
is
that
tnrvn
and
then
another
is
working
with
the
state's
attorney
of
doing
an
open
forum,
an
education
forum
that
will
include
experts
in
the
field
of
animal
care.
That
which
is
the
shelters,
veterinarians-
and
this
would
be
more
of
the
public
updates
about
what
animal
control
can
or
cannot
do
in
that
area
as
long
and
then
to
the
education
of
a
tnb
are
because
it's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
work.
J
A
lot
of
people
from
the
community
and
the
experts
all
get
on
board
to
help
get
this
project
off
the
ground,
and
I
think
that's
about
it
carol.
We
just
have
a
few
more
people
to
hear
from
about
the
signs
and
I
think
we're
going
to
be
ready
to
roll
and
my
goal
is
to
have
those
signs
in
as
soon
as
the
ground
softens
up
right.
J
There
was
a
lot
and
we
really
want
to
thank
animal
control
and
the
sheriff's
department
and
mr
rowe
from
who
attended
the
meeting
as
and
erica
hammer
attended
and
he's
very
passionate
about
the
project
or
the
wildlife,
and
they
are
going
to
be
very
helpful
when
it
comes
to
the
open
forum
that
we
hope
to
you
know
once
covet
is
over
in
the
future
that
we
can
get
people
together.
Perhaps
at
kankakee
community
college
like
what
happened
a
few
years
ago,
and
it
was
very
informative
and
very
helpful.
H
I'm
not
a
I
used
to
say
do
what
they
do
when
they
clean
up
like
the
little
cats
and
all
of
that,
but
but
then
also
know
that
there's
some
good
in
those
fairy
cats-
and
so
I
always
tell
people,
leave
my
fairy
cats
alone
and
the
reason
so
is
because
when
they
leave
mice
come
when
they're
there
no
mice.
So
I
love
my
favorite
cats
in
the
community.
I
don't
feed
them,
but
they
do
a
good
job
of
feeding
themselves.
H
A
A
Well,
your
comments
are
very
good,
because
what
we've
learned
at
the
a
whack
meeting
was
that
there
are
the
categories
of
cats
when
they're
captured
in
colonies.
The
kittens
are
often
put
into
shelters
for
adoption.
The
sociable
ones
of
the
cats
are
again
adopted,
neutered
and
adopted,
but
the
feral
ones
are
neutered
and
placed
back
in
the
colony
because
they
do.
A
H
I
I
saw
something
interesting:
there
was
some
little
black
birds,
there
was
a
little
bird
that
was
injured
and
the
cat
was
trying
to
get
it.
The
birds
would
fly
down
the
swoop
and
the
cat
would
look
or
whatever.
Then,
after
after
a
while
of
doing
this,
they
would
go
into
that
little
bird
gas
station.
So
it
was
interesting
to
see
that
you
know
right
now,
because
I
just
stood
there
and
watched
with
that
went
on
with
my
camp
then
also
saw
a
fair
cat.
A
A
courageous,
feral,
cat
and
hungry,
as
you
said,
good
comments,
everybody
anything
else.
We
appreciate
your
work
very
much.
Animals
are
very
much
in
our
community
and
very
much
of
what
we
care
about.
So
thank
you
for
that.
There
are
just
two
things
more
on
the
on
the
agenda.
One
is
under
new
business,
two
things
that
are
new
business,
so
which
of
you
will
be
speaking
about
agreement
with
nugent
curtis
real
estate.
K
K
Director
her
plan
was
to
build
a
greenfield
multi-million
dollar
large
animal
control,
adoption
and
care
facility
for
animal
control
to
to
use,
and
so
we're
not
going
down
that
direction.
That
land
is
is
not
something
that
we're
going
to
be
using.
So
I
just
need
the
authority
by
this
committee
to
list
it
and
then
any
any
purchase
price.
Anything
that
would
be
to
be
decided
on
later
would
go
back
to
building
the
grounds
and
then
to
the
executive
committee
after
that,
so
basically
just
to
list
it.
K
A
H
H
Okay,
I
just
want
him
there,
because
if,
when
people
look
at
documents
and
everything
else,
I
don't
want
them
to
be
alleging
that
we
are,
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
it,
but
I
just
needed
to
make
sure
that
it's
disclosed,
so
no
one
basically
comes
back
late
and
say
that
you
know
we're
making
contracts
with
individuals
it's
in
politics,
etc,
so
good
that
you
brought
that
out
or
whatever,
but
it's
just
the
purpose
of
just
disclosing
it.
So
that
way
we
don't
have
to
hear
from
it
later.
A
K
A
A
K
A
B
C
A
L
L
L
The
theme
this
year
is
called
moving
forward.
We
are
501
c
3
not
for
profit,
and
this
year
we're
doing
something
a
little
different
to
people
that
have
donated
500
for
the
scholarships
we
will
be
giving
the
scholarships,
but
on
those
certificates
at
the
schools.
When
we
present,
we
will
say
sponsored
by
whoever
donated
to
500,
for
the
scholarship
appreciate
all
the
help
you
can
give
and
that's
all
I
have
to
say
that's.
A
L
H
They
are
having
a
fundraiser
to
basically
fill
the
food
pantry.
As
you
see
a
lot
of
individuals
with
the
turkeys
things
that
they
have
given
out
all
the
food.
This
is
the
season
to
be
jolly.
On.
Last
saturday
we
were
able
to
have
a
double
that
means
if
you
spend
at
least
ten
dollars.
When
you
go
to
myers
and
and
then
say,
ask
for
kcc
no
cards,
they
will
contribute
double
the
money,
so
that
means
for
every
10
they
get
20.
10
hours
spent,
there's
20..
H
H
There
is
a
lot
of
individuals
that
are
receiving
calls
saying
that
their
social
security
will
be
stopped
and
they
are
targeting
senior
citizens
in
this
area.
Please
hang
up
the
phone
or
call
the
police,
because
that
social
security
does
not
tell
you
right
then
that
you're
gonna.
You
have
to
do
something
right
then,
or
be
arrested
and
etc,
etc,
etc.
That
is
a
scam
and
a
lot
of
seniors
are
being
pulled
in
that
have
received
a
lot
a
lot,
a
lot
of
calls
also
on
the
unemployment
insurance.
H
H
So
please
check
or
have
your
employer
if
you
are
employed
to
check,
because
what
they're
doing
is
arbitrarily
using
people's
name
to
get
unemployment,
and
they
didn't
only
have
my
name,
but
they
had
the
robert
s,
ellington
snipes
or
whatever.
It
was
nice
to
see
that
there
were
some
benefits.
That
was
there,
but
unfortunately
I
were
I'm
not
before.
Unfortunately,
fortunately
I
work
and
so
as
a
result,
please,
if
someone
is
doing
that,
have
your
hr
department
to
contact
you
immediately
so
that
you
can
take
care
of
that.