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Kankakee County Board Meeting 6/13/2023 9:00 AM

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Good morning, I'd like.

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To call the Kankakee County full board meeting for June 13th to order. uh Today's invocation is from Ray Fairfield.

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I also want to remember those.

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Who serve in our community every day, such as police, fire, medical and social services? Please watch out and protect them and their families give their families comfortable when they are performing their duties. Services watch out protect our military personnel and their families. While we served in Texas.

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Please know me in the Pledge of Allegiance the pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America Republic, for which it stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Before we do a rope, roll call I'd like to, uh on behalf of I guess of the board to extend our condolences out to uh Kathleen ripman Academy and their families. They've lost a family members. So I'll. Let her talk about that personally with anybody in their own her own way.

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But uh um I can tell you that it's never easy and we know that so please, roll call, Mr, Hess, Mr, Solon, Mrs, poke presence, Mr Snipes Mr siroi Mrs Weber Mrs Parker, Mr, Fairfield, Mr, Kirko, mrckoff, Mr, Swanson, Miss featherling, here, Mr Donnell, president Mr Miller, president Mr long.

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Mr kirkstra President Mr, Hunter, Mr Smith president Mr Alexander Hildebrand, president Ms Foster Ms Andrade, MS, armorps, Mr Ashcraft, president Ms Monday.

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President Ms ripman Academy Mr Scanlon Ms Turner, president Mr Wheeler President. We have the Forum, uh we have a quorum. uh Let's see here under public comment. uh The first one is aracely sharper from Essex. Please hit the microphone back over here.

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Hi good morning, I got is it on am I good, you're, good, all right? Okay, my name is aracely sharper um I'm from Essex I'm, a business owner there I'm a mother of four um wife to a union man and a small business owner.

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What I'm here for is to thank all of you guys I, do not know who all was involved in this, but we've had a problem in Essex with our main street, not only with the road conditions, but also a flooding issue for all of our our small businesses and recently that was all fixed and I. Really I really do want.

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To thank every single one of you guys, I love it when everyone comes together to make things happen, right, left or right or in the middle. We're in this together and I really really do.

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Appreciate it, it made a huge difference and a lot of the members in Essex are very excited and we do have a lot of people that come in from out of town for leisure activities, with the clubs and golfing and whatnot. So they're. Very appreciative of that too, especially since it's been raining for.

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Two days now and there's no flooding in front of our restaurants, I really appreciate it. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. Thank you thank you, and that was uh Mr Scanlon who brought that to us to start off with so yeah. That was it was it everybody working together and that's what this is about. Yeah.

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Next up is uh Greg St Aubin uh from Manteno.

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Hey chairman wheeler uh Greg St Auburn, president of the Kankakee County Farm Bureau, on April 11th. This board passed a resolution being allies in agriculture and today I'm here to thank this board and thank you in particular, chairman wheeler and I. Have this plaque to present to you for being allies in agriculture, and all of you should have on the board should have received a lapel pen for your uh opportunity to be a supporter in agriculture. Can I present this? Okay? Please? Yes! So thank you so much.

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Thank you for the honor of the board. It takes agribusiness.

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And the farmer very seriously in this County and it's always in the back of our mind on the actions we take, especially obviously in the rural area, uh on the on I guess embodying that support in the policy that we uh we put out there. So uh next up, uh we don't have any more public comment: No, Vacancy presentations, proclamations, uh the certificates of appreciation, uh Joseph Fernandez and Corrections Christopher Larson's of Corrections. Both 10 years have Carrie Stewart from the State's Attorney's office, Matthew Roberts from Corrections, and they were at 15 years.

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20 years, Deborah Davis, Circuit Clerk looks like Siobhan Franklin from the circuit clerk Jeremy most from Corrections Russell Belcher from the Sheriff's Department. Are you going to present Sheriff all right?

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Can we help you dig one out there? Russell culture.

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Thank you good morning. It's.

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Certainly my pleasure to introduce you to uh Sergeant Russ Belcher of the sheriff's department, who has been here now 20 years. Russ has done numerous things in within our department. He actually came to us from the Illinois Department of Corrections way back. He is the current leader of our SWAT team, which is utilized county-wide and does a great job as the.

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Commander of our SWAT team, we're honored to have him we're glad we have him. He does a great job for us in 20 years is quite an accomplishment. We hope to have him for a lot longer, but that's up to him thanks Russ.

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And, let's see uh Barbara Dyer, don't believe is here as well, so a couple things with corrections, uh some of those people, some of those names, are working, midnights and I'm. Sure at nine o'clock, they're home sleeping uh some are actually working now in the jail. It's just difficult for them to get away with the things they're doing so right, I know they appreciate it yeah. We can go there and see them. If you want no I'm just you have to earn your way in.

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Though I think so, um with Barbara Dyer was.

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Another one and I'm going to save one till last, but uh Chad Gessner from the sheriff's department at 25 years.

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So most of you know, Chad I I can't put on any more eloquently than Mr C Roy's did before we started today.

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um Chad actually started in our jail almost in kindergarten, Mr Hunter right out of high school, which certainly is a tough job for for anybody.

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um He holds the position of under Sheriff right now, but he has done just about everything within our department, whether it's k-meg, whether it's a major crimes, task force, whether it's EMA, where our Emergency Services, where he's gone through a couple, huge issues. If you.

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Remember the flooding that we had a few years ago. He was instrumental in making sure that victims of those floods were were getting the adequate resources and.

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Money after the fact he is a valuable member of our department, I think he's trying to stay as long as his father, um 35 years left and.

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He is correct when he did start in uh Corrections first, but.

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25 years as a deputy and uh I just I'm honored to present him with a certificate for 25 years.

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So the the last one uh is the the Eye in the Sky uh The Man Behind, the technology, uh someone who reminds people that, in order for.

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A computer to work it has to be turned on. uh He does get those phone calls. uh So I thought. Maybe uh we could.

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uh Thank Jason Shane for my tea by just looking for a video camera and saying thanks Jason, because he's the reason that this makes it out into the public and uh we would be lost without you actually I appreciate it very much um uh minutes of the last meeting uh May 9th 2023. Is there a motion on that Mr Scanlon? Second uh Mr long, all those in favor say aye aye.

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Those opposed the same sign um if I could, before we get into claims committee report, could I get a motion to move up the um labor agreement from the local 150 Operating Engineers to the beginning, Mr Smith, Mr ackoff with a second all, those in favor say aye aye. Those are probably the same.

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Sign motion carries alrighty, uh so we'll be considering that if we can get the maybe the title, reading the record and then also Rising the County board chairman to sign the highway Department's collective bargaining agreement on behalf of employer Kankakee, County Illinois, with the international Union of operating engineers, local 150., all righty, and as far as the negotiating team, Mr eckhoff with a motion and the second with Mr Alexander Hildebrand um and we have um Mike kuzwara- is here our attorney that helped with this and Anita.

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They can answer any questions, but if there's a just, uh we went through Finance with this uh Mr eckoff did you have anything to say about the process or the actual numbers? Oh sorry, you want a microphone on yeah. Sorry, thank you. Mr chairman uh I just want to go ahead and say thank you to Anita Mike Joanne, everybody that want to help went ahead and helped the negotiating team. This is a fair deal uh and this is a great deal for both sides. It's three years, ten percent, uh but it's good.

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So we did a good job and it took a little longer than expected, but it was a good deal and it's a fair deal. uh Any other uh comments. Questions Mike is here: kuzwara is to answer any of those uh and Anita as well.

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But I think that encapsulated obviously it's not 10 per year. Correct! Okay, just want to clarify that. So everybody can start. You know breathing again, four, three, three yeah four, three three. So um we have a motion in a second, so I just want to make sure that there's any questions anything out there, roll call, Vulcan, Mrs, Polk, aye, Mr, Snipes, all right: Mr, C, Roy, aye, Mrs, Weber, aye, Mrs, Parker, aye, Mr, Fairfield, aye, Mr, Kirko, aye, Mr, eckhoff, aye, Mr, Swanson, aye, Mr, featherling,.

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Bye Mr Donnell Mr, Miller, aye, Mr long aye, Mr, kirkster, Big history, aye Mr, Hunter, aye, Mr, Smith, aye, Mr, Hildebrand,.

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Aye Ms Foster aye Ms Andrade aye, Ms, armorps, aye, Mr, Ashcraft, aye, Ms, Monday, aye, Mr, Scanlon, aye, Ms, Turner, Mr Wheeler aye uh motion carries uh so thank you so much for that um in adjusting the agenda, so we can uh Mr. Kuzwara can take off if he needs to.

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um Let's see here next up on the agenda was the claims committee I believe correct. Yeah claims committee Mr chairman uh County uh claims for the month of April 2023 total of 9 398 573.68.

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Already a motion on claims: um Mr eckhoff.

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Is there a second for claims, uh Mr Fairfield um any questions, roll call vote, please: Miss poke hi Mr Snipes aye Mr CRI aye, Mrs, Weber, aye, Mrs, Parker, aye, Mr, Fairfield, aye, Mr, carico, aye, Mr, eckhoff, aye, Mr, Swanson, aye, Mr, featherling, aye, Mr, Donnell, Mr, Miller, aye, Mr long aye, Mr, kirkstra, aye, Mr, Hunter, aye, Mr, Smith, aye, Mr, Hildebrand, aye, Ms, Foster, aye, Ms, Andrade, aye, Ms, armorps, aye, Mr, Ashcraft, aye, Ms, Monday, aye, Mr, Scanlon, aye, Ms, Turner, aye, Mr, Wheeler aye motion carries uh under Department reports. Please County, Collector's monthly.

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Report for April 2023, total cash and banking Investments of one million four hundred forty thousand ninety three dollars and five cents, County Treasurer's monthly report for April 2023 tax operating account of First American Bank. The ending balance is one million two, ninety seven, three, nine, seventy three and eighteen cents. Tax collection count at First, American Bank. The ending balance is 337.85.

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Account at First American Bank, the ending balance is 141 782.

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Dollars in two cents: foreigners- oh sorry, Coroner's monthly report for April, 2023, total cost, 113, Coroner's cases; 15 autopsies, 4, toxicology, four, three fetal 63 hospice, 32 referrals, 63 cremations; three x-rays, one outside x-ray, one pending Coroner's income report for April, 2023, total of three thousand four hundred and eighty two dollars and six cents.

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Circuit clerk cash book for month, ending April 2023, total dispersed of three hundred nineteen thousand sixty seven dollars and eighty cents recorders. Monthly report for April 2023 disbursement fees.

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Paid to the County Treasurer of 143 656.77.

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County Clerk's monthly report for April 2023, total of twenty six thousand one hundred thirty one dollars and twenty one cents monthly.

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Building division report for April 2023 total permits of 86 total fees of forty three thousand four hundred eleven dollars.

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Animal Control monthly report for April 2023, total of forty five thousand eight hundred thirty four dollars: six cents, the iptip building fund, 877 and 5 cents, total animals handled 92.

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and the monthly resolution list totaled to the county of twelve thousand eight hundred thirty three dollars and forty six cents all righty did I get a motion. Can I get a motion to approve I apologize, Mr, dunnell, second Mr Swanson, uh all those in favor say aye aye. Those opposed same sign motion carries on uh consent agenda, anything that needs.

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To come off and be considered separately.

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There's a lot of them, so I just want to make sure you have time to go through.

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And we'll go a second time, anything that needs to come off and be considered separately.

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Alrighty is there a motion to combine and approve Mr Hunter Mr.

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Ashcraft with a second, if we could uh get the titles right in the record, please the appointment of Brian Porter to the Kankakee County zoning board of appeals through reappointment of Elizabeth Scanlon to the Kankakee County zoning board of appeals.

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The reappointment of Joey bod to the greater Momence.

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Fire Protection District, the reappointment of Dwayne Hull to the Otto Township Fire Protection District, the.

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Reappointment of Paul grieslock to the Bourbonnais Fire Protection District, the reappointment of Alice argelian to the Burberry Fire Protection.

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District, the reappointment of Joseph Kane to the Border review, the reappointment.

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Of Mark Tanner to the Border review, the reappointment of.

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Joe Swanson to the University of Illinois Extension, the reappointment of Lori gadboy to the Kankakee County Convention and visitors, bureau, Declaration of planning, department, equipment, Surplus, property declaration and disposal of surplus equipment and vehicles for the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department authorizing the County board chairman or designate to enter into an agreement with Cintas to provide uniforms and mats agreement.

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To approve decommissioning plan and bond in the amount of 278 390 for Peterman solar LLC project agreement to approve decommissioning plan and bond in the amount of 293 770 for the McGee solar LLC project resolution authorizing the County board chairman to sign an engineering agreement with Hampton lanzini and Renwick Incorporated, and appropriate motor fuel tax funds to design a bridge replacement on County Highway 13 in Momence Township resolution authorizing the County board chairman to sign an.

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Agreement with Hampton lanzini and Renwick an appropriate motor fuel tax funds to design a bridge replacement on County Highway 14 in Momence, Township concurring resolution and authorizing.

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The County board chairman are designee to enter into an aggregation program for electric load. uh Just one correction: it's right in the packet um Dan mentioned that that amount was 293 770.

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And 777, just it's seven bucks, but let's just make just making it right.

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Kidding a guy's amazing, um so.

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We had a motion to combine and approve. uh We have to.

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Do roll call both please Mrs Pope, hey Mr, CRI aye, Mrs, Weber, aye, Mrs, Parker, aye, Mr, Fairfield, aye, Mr, Kirko, Mr,.

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Eckhoff aye Mr Swanson aye Mr featherling, aye, Mr, Donnell, aye, Mr, Miller, aye, Mr long aye, Mr, kirkstra, aye, Mr, Hunter, aye, Mr, Smith, aye, Mr, Hildebrand, aye, Ms, Foster, aye, Ms, Andrade, aye, Ms, armorps, aye, Mr,.

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Ashcraft aye Ms Monday Mr, Scanlon, aye, Ms, Turner, aye, Mr, Wheeler, aye.

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Motion carries uh moving on to the zba case 23-07 if we can get the title right in the record. Well, though, comes up resolution of the County Board of Kankakee County regarding zba case 2307, variance to section 121-281.c, location of accessory structure, pool and section 25 of Limestone Township on this one like to get a motion to start with Mr Groove Miss Polk for the second all right. No all right, uh Michael, Brown and Christina Spenard own the property outlined in red, which is 1805, West, Tower Road, it's a corner lot.

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They would like to install an above ground pool. uh County's ordinance requires that all swimming pools be in the rear yard. This property doesn't have a rear yard, so they would like a variance to uh place the swimming pool in the side yard right about at the end of that white Arrow. There um zoning board heard the case and voted six to zero, to recommend approval and planning and zoning uh recommends approval as well.

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Already is there any questions about this from the standpoint Mr long or more comments? Yeah there you go.

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This is uh part of the unfinished part of Lawndale Meadows subdivision and, as you can see in the photograph, there is no backyard for this family to have their pool. So it's the nest, logical location for them to have it. It seems appropriate to me. Yes, if you look at this property and the one behind it, those two side yards technically function as their rare yards mm-hmm.

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Yes, Mr siroi a motion to approve hurry up. It's almost pool season's almost over you're out of order. Sir. There already is a motion on the floor. uh Mr Hunter did you have a question: yeah I, just uh Mr long wins a pool party.

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Was that Caddyshack yeah pot is good for you yeah, um so I guess one question: I have I guess from a. If we see one of these again.

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Does the situation change if this is a very busy road and it's a it's a deeper look at this I mean because this is a side road I think I know where I'm going to vote, but I'm just curious as far as the board goes. Does it get? Does it change if it was a busy road? It certainly could I mean every variance.

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That's why we have the variance.

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You have to take it on its own merits. The road out front would certainly be one of those items that you would be looking at. Okay, a configuration of the lot placement of the house on the lot there's a lot of things, I mean, in this case they're they're, avoiding their septic and well, if they're, septic or well was there. That would be a problem if there was an easement there. That would also be a problem sure, but that's all vetted at the zoning board level. Right yeah.

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uh Yes, sir Mr Warren, just in this specific case uh that road goes nowhere, uh it goes to their driveway. It does not go into the subdivision, it was never finished. It's like 500 feet long. Actually, no! This is the. This is right at the corner at the entrance to vondale Meadows, so that road goes all the way back to the end of Mondale, but it still goes nowhere right, yeah, so we're both right all right. Thank you. Sorry, yes, uh Mr merbs, a process of getting all their neighbors neighbors approval for the pool.

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Neighbors approval is not required. They do have to notify the neighbors. Okay, no one showed up at the hearing. Okay, that's what I want to know any other questions: alrighty, all those in favor say: aye aye, those who suppose the same sign ocean carries alrighty uh the next one. Please resolution of the County Board of Kankakee County Illinois regarding zba case 23-08, rezoning from A1 agriculture, District to re-rural, re rural estate district and variance to section 121-148.d lot size and section 11 of Junior Township.

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Is there a motion uh to approve on this one uh Mr eckhoff, a second Miss Parker Miss Haley Mars, the current owner of these two properties, her grandfather back around 1995 uh created these two lots exactly how that occurred. I'm, not sure, uh but at that time it was a plaid act violation, because you can only have one parcel out of the original Farm, that's less than five acres, and both of these are much smaller than that about uh third of an acre. Each one did contain a home. Miss Mars has inherited these.

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Two properties, she's removed the house, it was dilapidated and was not worth fixing.

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She would like to combine the two lots into one parcel which would clear up the Plaid act violation and build a new home on the property in order to do that, she needs to be rezoned to rural estate because of the size of the property and a lot size variance because and that District you need one acre and both Lots combined comes out to about three quarters of an acre zoning board, voted six to zero to recommend and planning, and zoning uh also recommends approval.

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Already any questions about this.

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Any indication of why in 95 site act existed, it did, but we didn't really have a plaid officer that was watching these things: okay, okay, we do now but uh yeah every uh meets and Bounds split that comes through the recorder's office. uh We get to sign off on it, okay in 95, I. Don't think we had that, so it got recorded.

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A lot was created uh no regard to zoning or the Plaid act, gotcha, okay and so we'll we may have more of these to clean up as time goes on, uh we see them a lot. Yes, any any questions for doubt. Please all right! All those in favor say aye aye. Those opposed same sign motion carries uh moving on to Finance uh 162 I. Guess we need that. Read the record resolution of the County Board of County Illinois regarding approval of the 2022 comprehensive annual financial report prepared by outside Auditors Smith, killing, Dykstra and om.

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Is there a motion to approve the audit.

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Please uh we'll go, let's see if we can go yes, uh Miss Monday, um Mr ackoff with a second I just want to try and share the share the wall. Mr McCarty, please.

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Good morning, it's fun to highlight a few uh things in this annual report. uh Some of the good news in there specifically uh general fund related um Kelly. You can go to the next. Some of the number of the uh general fund revenues came in uh substantially higher than projected one of the reasons that they were higher. We and finance. We, you know, discuss um a few of them adjusting uh from where they were. You specifically use tax and pprt tax.

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um Those adjustments have shown up this year and not last year, so um that was a good thing for fiscal year. 22 um and expenses uh came within 150 000 of the 34.9 million projected. So between uh those two factors, we have the highest general fund balance on record that I'm, aware of at 8.5 million an equally strong fund balances in the tort and Pension funds, and just a side note in the year-end report.

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The general fund and tort are combined in that report and they total uh 11.2 million fund balance uh you'll, see in the report, but they're combined, so um very strong, uh financials flip to the next one. Does that mean for uh current year fiscal year, 23 and and as.

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We look into fiscal year 24 as.

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We discussed in.

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We are fully paying off the court system bonds with this, which is Series 2009, uh the first half the remaining balance uh this year in 2023 and the second half in 2024 that total paying off is 1.6 million.

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We will we're also discussing the two Abate and fully pay off the remaining debt balances for Series, 2011, 2012 and 2012 a in fiscal year 2024, which are the jail and morgue bonds. um Those totals are 1.4.

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Million so the combined debt payoff uh total will be 3 million uh for fiscal year 23 in 2024., uh which means the county and County taxpayers will be debt free, except for the new animal patrol building and that project.

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Yeah, the Animal Control building is the only thing that's sitting out there, but remember that's being paid for with the fees and the tags, basically from Animal Control. So it's self-supporting taxpayers aren't aren't paying for that. So we're looking at the end of 24, being debt free and uh where we were and 16 going into 17. I people that were here. No, we were thinking at.

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Best we could say that in 2035, I'm, serious I'm not kidding it was that bad. So um any questions about the audit you.

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Know this the way it's put together is a little bit different, uh so we put it in your packet electronically, because what is it 150, Pages or something um but I- don't think it should be lost on this board uh that we had increase in revenues. But our expenses stayed.

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Where we predicted they would be that's a key, because if you have more revenue and the work at the sheriff's department is just amazing, uh what they've done and and I I tell people this a lot that they don't quite get it because other counties, their revenue, comes from other places here sure Public, Safety, meaning Sheriff, State's Attorney. Everybody is 80 of what we spend but and really nowhere else does 80 of Revenue come from that same area. um If you look at it, so we're talking it's a very substantial partnership. We couldn't manage it.

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If we didn't have it and I keep saying that over and over again so um we've shifted as the season. The Sands have shifted throughout what the state has done with us for us to us um and so I.

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Thank everybody out there for what they've done at the sheriff's department, uh but also the people in this room who actually the hardest part, is not saying. No. The hardest part is figuring out what to say yes to and and that's.

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When you, when you finally get back in the land of the living financially,.

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So is any questions for Steve Mr Hunter. Thank you very much, Mr chairman. um If I, could uh you know Kudos on the solid results, but uh could you and Steve speak to your interface with Moody's, uh we'll we'll have.

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A full um report: we have a follow-up call with them, uh Thursday yeah, which is you it's usually not that quick. So it's I, don't know. If that's a good thing you know like with the jury.

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Or a bad thing so, but uh you know, I will say that they we answered the questions that they had and I had a very positive feeling, leaving that call we're already out of speculative I. Don't people remember that we were junk bonds uh when you know when we started this and not, then we got into a lower Prime area and I would expect that we would go up another notch as high as you can go.

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But that's just me based on what we've done, Steve I mean I'm, not you just don't know they may say we want to see another year. Well, I think they've seen another year for a few years is what I'm getting at um the big weight. I think for Moody's was was seeing how we respond to the change in uh ice detention in the state of Illinois I think they wanted to see that we'd be able to adapt either on the expense or the revenue side, and we kind of did on both.

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So would you agree Steve yeah? That was the wait and see I think but again they don't tell you that they just give you a rating. So this this month's finance will come back with a with a bond rating. That I would much like a credit score. uh It affects your interest rates on everything you do so.

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Is that good Steve all right, yep anything else, yeah! You got roll call time.

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Mrs poke hi, Mr Snipes.

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Mrs Parker Mr Fairfield aye Mr, Kirko, aye, Mr, eckhoff, aye, Mr, Swanson, aye, Mr, featherling, all right, Mr, Donnell, Mr, Miller, aye, Mr long aye, Mr, kirkster, aye, Mr, Hunter, aye, Mr, Smith, aye, Mr, Hill, debrand, aye, Ms, Foster, all right, Ms, Andrade, aye, Ms, armor, herps, aye, Mr, Ashcraft, Ms, Monday, aye, Mr,.

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Aye Ms Turner Mr, Wheeler aye.

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Motion carries hey Steve and thank your staff for the transitional work that you had to do. I mean obviously I think the the board knows we had some employees migrate elsewhere, we're happy for them, but they did it at. uh uh That was a time that was good for them, but really bad for the Department, because we're going through an audit, so they stayed they helped and I appreciate all the efforts. It wasn't easy, though this year was stressful in a whole different kind of way.

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um Moving on to the uh arpa lost, Revenue consent, part of the agenda for fun 90.. Could we have these this reading the record the first line? Please uh 163.

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authorizing expenditure for fiscal year, 2023 fund 9 number 98, America rescue lost Revenue fund to Kankakee County Clerk for voting booths. Is there a motion to approve on that one Thomas Parker second uh Mr Miller, um who asked for this funds who? Oh no our voting booths quickly were kind of beat up to say the voting boost that we've been using we've been using since punch.

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Card days, so roughly 1990., um so a lot of them have been very weathered pretty beaten uh the plastic pieces that hold the booth up um we've seen plastic after 30 years. You know it gets very fragile, very brittle. The legs are held together with bungee cords and bungee cords after 30 years lose a lot of their elasticity as well. So uh you know, we've I think we've gotten every penny out of those boosts that we could and I think. If, if money's available, we would like to pursue purchasing new voting booths.

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Yeah I mean motion for bungee cords yeah for Mr Scanlon.

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Clearly stating what needed.

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To be said, no, this is the time if we have it to invest in, because we would hope these would last another 30 years as long as I'm gone before, you have to replace them again, sound like a cry.

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For help um so.

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The uh no more questions about the booze, okay, uh we're gonna, obviously do a Voice vote and then we'll do a roll call at.

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The end, all those in favor say aye, those opposed same sign motion carries.

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uh Title of the next one, please authorizing expenditure from fiscal year, 2023 fund 98, America rescue.

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Lost Revenue fund to Limestone Fire Protection District for grapple hook.

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Boat repair yeah agenda has a typo, but it's probably not in the uh the resolution yeah it's the newest Village in Kankakee County time zone. um So is there a motion to approve on this one here, miss Monday with Mr Scanlon with a second uh it came with. Both of these came with the recommendation of the review team. uh This one is not for a rescue boat, it's for the other kind of boat, uh as we mentioned, you know.

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What goes down to Limestone when there's an accident on the river is usually not.

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A um a saving Mission, it's a recovery Mission and they need that boat down there. um You know, if we're lucky, it's a saving.

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Mission but usually it's recovery, so um that's what this boat is for, and it's it's an investment that really is for all the fire districts and rescue along the river. um So if there's uh no more questions, uh all those in favor say aye aye, those are items. Same sign. Motion carries last one uh before we get the motion to approve on this. One I hope I would ask that it comes with a subtraction of ten thousand dollars and here's the reason why the motion would be for 176. 965.

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is because the first event that.

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um The kccsi was going to hold, we were going to use as a a.

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Evaluation tool to see if we were going to fund the others going forward. Well, they had one.

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It was paid for by a different sponsor.

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So we're going to use that one as the opportunity.

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May bring back the.

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The 10 grand later for another.

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One of those events, but.

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We are going to wait and take a look and see at the participation, all the other everything surrounding their first uh some seminar event, and then we would allocate based on the committee and the board's recommendations at that point. So if there is a motion, it would be for 176 965., so I'd entertain that from the from the floor, um Miss Foster, second uh Mr, Hunter and in second is this motion: um we're not a rubber stamp for all the different requests that come in. We vet. We interview, we amend, um we uh articulate what.

A

We think needs to be done. We require in many instances.

G

Requests and uh I mean, of course, you know about fortitude. uh We said okay, uh contingent, Upon A Day program, but this is, uh as the chairman has indicated, we want to review the results and there's going to be a post uh event, a review of what transpired at KCC.

A

Week was it the first? What was that I think it would be a week so Saturday yeah, because I had a Taiwan Hagler thing that that.

F

Day, uh we're gonna see what what happened. What can be done in terms of marketing the program a lot uh better?

F

um uh We maintained that there should have been substantial amount of uh attendees um and we we want uh the best results for our dollars that we invest in these kind of initiatives.

F

Is there any other comments? uh Questions uh if you would like um you know any any.

A

Thoughts on this I guess.

F

It's in your packet, the evaluation form what the program is. Would you want to hear what they're talking about doing Mr Snipes is here he's chairman of their board? He could explain it.

F

Oh by the way you can't vote, we we did talk and I figured. You would mention that at some point he didn't wouldn't have voted on this because.

A

Being chairman of the board, he has a fiduciary responsibility, but he can't answer questions about programming.

A

Anybody have anything all right. Well, I, guess it would be a roll call vote. Then.

A

Yeah I'm. Sorry, let's do a Voice vote because then we're gonna do one roll call for everything.

J

Thanks Sam uh motion: two: we had approve already on that all right.

J

Sir, we're going to combine them all into one roll call for everything. If you would like a roll call. Just for this I'd be happy to do it well, like roll call. Just so I can identify that I'm staying, but we did that um roll call just on 165 per request.

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Mr Snipes of Sting Mr C Roy aye, Mrs, Weber, aye, Mrs, Parker, Mr, Fairfield, aye, Mr, kiriko, aye, Mr, eckhoff, aye, Mr, Swanson, aye, Mr, featherling, aye, Mr, Donnell, Mr, Miller, aye, Mr long aye, Mr, kirkstra, aye, Mr, Hunter, aye, Mr, Smith, aye, Mr, Hildebrand, aye, Ms, Foster,.

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Ms armorps Mr Ashcraft, aye, Ms, Monday, aye, Mr, Scanlon, aye, Ms, Turner Mr Wheeler aye motion carries uh Mr McCarty, did you have something I'm sorry I saw you come in here? Was there something related to the discussion? I saw you walk back in I. Just want to make sure you did that anybody, oh okay, all right thanks just want to make sure all right. Moving on motion carried on that uh I need a motion and a second to combine and approve 163 and 164.

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uh with Mr Swanson and second, uh with Miss Andrade um roll call, please Mrs poke hi Mr Snipes I am voting I for 164. I am standing from 165..

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This is 163 and 160 163 and 164. 164.. That's why 364. okay.

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Your vote: Mr Snipes, the Obi Mr C Roy aye Mrs Weber Mrs Parker Mr Fairfield, aye, Mr, carico, aye, Mr, eckhoff, Mr, Swanson, aye, Mr, featherling, aye, Mr, Donnell, Mr, Miller, aye, Mr long aye, Mr, kirkstra, aye, Mr, Hunter, aye, Mr, Smith, aye, Mr, Hildebrand, aye, Ms, Foster, aye, Ms, Andrade, aye, Ms, armorps, aye, Mr, Ashcraft, all right, Miss, Monday, aye, Mr, Scanlon, Ms, Turner, Mr, Wheeler, aye coach carries uh openings, got a few one, opening on the McGillivray special drainage district, one opening on the Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve District board, one opening on the air cabery Area Fire Protection District, one opening on the Essex Township Fire Protection District, one opening on the Saint Anne Fire Protection District.

A

Three openings on the Kankakee County Board of Health for members at large five openings on the Kankakee County ethics, Commission alrighty, uh moving on to new business I think Mr eckhoff had something that he's been talking about. um Let me get you here. Thank you. Mr chairman uh I received communication from a couple of people in my district about uh juror fees. So uh for compensation of when you go ahead and go to a jury.

A

um I know myself, chairman, wheeler, Anita and uh chief judge cunnington have had conversations about this, so I just wanted to. Let the full board know that tomorrow there will be some discussion on it and I believe it's going to go to Executive first uh executive committee to make a decision so I just want to let the whole board know about discussions that were happening behind the scenes. Thank you very much. Oh. What was the current rate? I mean it was ridiculous.

A

Five dollars a day and 10 cents a mile right and so like this individual received a 7.50 check for one day and that didn't even go ahead and cover for gas, so go ahead and go to jury duty and she went ahead and bought lunch she's on a fixed income. So I wanted to let the rest of the board know the the situation. Well, the mileage alone's offensive, but the daily rate um it cost us exponentially more to even print those checks in account form.

A

You know that from that side of the business, the HR side, it's there's got to be a better solution, we'll figure it 'll figure it out. Thank you, for that. um Is there.

L

Any other new business, uh Mr Hunter I, don't mean Blind Side, you missed chairman, but could you uh for the balance of the uh board? Members speak to uh the results of the session uh a little pork, uh uh not Lean, Cuisine, that we received that we're going to receive from Senator Joey's representative Haas, Senator, Sims, uh representative Smith?

L

Oh the uh especially the one, the the Six Million yeah yeah, the um in the governor's budget. uh They included 6 million for a Courthouse edition. If you will uh to address some of the long-term needs that we have in terms of space, uh we would have been talking about a a satellite Court in proximity to the current Courthouse to relieve the stress, those that were on the board or paying attention back. In the day we had um a consultant come in here and and take a whole bunch of money to tell us.

L

We needed 190 million dollar Courthouse Edition, and that was right when we were laying off sheriff's deputies and State's Attorneys and everything, and and so that that lasted about four seconds uh under consideration. We found a way to maybe get this done. Much cheaper. We've been doing it a lot. Cheaper. We've been addressing the Ada issues over time. You've seen some of that there'll be one more step in the courthouse, but that 6 million doesn't go as far as it used to like a year ago.

L

It doesn't go as far as it used to a year ago so um as we'll learn with our Animal Control discussions coming up so the um where we're in uh the the business of looking for economical solutions to long-term process project problems we have here in the county. One of them is a space in the courthouse and the Supreme Court standards associated with that, and we also have an obligation to try to get people out of the system before they become frequent flyers.

L

um That's where I keep telling people! That's why? If you live in Bourbonnais, you should care about what happens in a town that has more crime going on in it, because your taxes pay for that criminal justice system. If you live in Manteno, it's the same thought process you on the way to address taxation is to go to the root cause and that's by keeping keep people a lot of the most expensive part of County.

L

Services, which is jail- um you don't notice it because we have somebody who's figured out a way to help us cover those costs uh sitting in the back of the room. But if we didn't have that we would have a whole different looking County, because all of our Revenue would go towards maintaining a jail with 260 of our own people right roughly right now, maybe 220 I, don't know it fluctuates 220 yeah, because we were up about 260 270 from years ago. So uh but we're going to start those discussions and what that looks.

L

Like you know, we've already been looking at some of those facilities they're around 17 million these days, so it has to shift your your focus a little bit, but it's better to have it and know what you can deal with than not so that's the 6 million I haven't really heard of much else um as far as coming our Direction, but that doesn't mean there isn't so, but that's a big it's a it's a win for the senator, um we'll hear more on the river stuff.

L

Coming up this this next month, I got to tell you pay attention. There's a lot of cool stuff happening on the board level at the meetings. uh Just all kinds of things that are that we've been working on are going to be starting to move forward. The engineering plans on dredging um have been refined, uh we're inviting some of our legislators down here to take a look at what we're doing and how this plays out on a regional basis, and we have lists of equipment that we're going to stock.

L

Our Highway Department with that are river. Related that's been submitted to the state, so we're going to go through everything. That'll be an interesting meeting, a lot of other stuff too, though, and then we'll tee up. What's going to happen, as I mentioned for the finance committee meetings in November, we'll start our budget process, and that has to start here in the next month or two as well. So a lot going on good stuff, though I don't see many challenges.

L

If you will, except for inflation, which is kneecapping everybody in their personal life, it's hurting us too. You know it's a supplies, supplies yep, uh any other new business.

L

All right um old business, Mr Snipes I, have two uh comments on the old business. The first one is I received plenty of calls uh when we're referring or interviews being referred to, the uh requisite sites that deals with rental reimbursement, one being New Vision the other morning star uh and then there's a 51 000 food distribution that was also approved by this board I believe a couple of months ago. So.

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I'm getting calls back to.

B

Me because one of these sites are, in my.

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uh District that monies have not been distributed, and so, when I send them back.

M

To the source, either I believe the NAACP, or this County uh uh I, told an accountant called the county chairman of as far as that's concerned, uh don't know if they had a lot of conversation. They said they had inquired uh as to the dollar amount uh not being distributed. So as of this date or yes, excuse me, as of yesterday, no one has received the.

A

7 500 Northern fifty one thousand uh and then a Morning Star I have not received a response uh back as of yet concerning the 7 500 in rental assistance. Please note that there is a great need in our County and if we're Distributing this money under the Opera funding to the respective agencies, that uh the monies are being held by to distribute to these individuals that we approved, we need a date asked to when this money is going to arrive at these facilities so that they can help the community.

A

That's my first question uh or my first comment.

A

My second is uh referring back to the County Board resolution that was passed by this County Board, the approval of County Board District conversations in submittal of paper maps for consideration, so uh more specifically where it has the now be it uh further resolved by the County Board of Kankakee Illinois that the compensation for County for board members of 75 uh dollars per diem for meetings attended and a 10 000 life insurance policies hereby approved, confirmed and ratified.

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The second says now be it further resolved by the County Board of Kankakee County Illinois, that the compensation for the chairman of the board should be an annual salary of 60.

A

000 is hereby approved and confirmed and ratified in the last statement, says now be a further resolved by the Kankakee County Board uh or the County Board of Kankakee County Illinois, that the conversation for the liquor, commissioner, shall be an annual 3500, is hereby approved to confirm, and then it says now be a further resolved by the County Board of Kankakee County, that the county shall make paper maps available, and it goes on to as that.

A

But we want to zero in on the conversations um there should be no one on the County Board receiving anything that is not in this now be it further resolved. That means health insurance uh unless the County Board member is getting it or, as stated in the uh resolution that a person receives uh health insurance or for that matter, uh imrf being paid is not in the packet.

A

So I'm going to assume that uh when we did the conversation for the chairman of the board, uh not looking further, that the his insurance and things are being paid in out of this sixty thousand dollars that we approved, uh because you have not stated it in this resolution. Otherwise we need to amend the resolution to read, as um it is now currently being done.

A

If it's being done that way, if it's just being that the person gets the 60 000 and that's it that sign, but there is no uh Health compensation, there's no imrf attached and so therefore, since the County Board places, this in motion is what we have to follow so because a according Chronicle 7, section 9B of the Illinois constitution. You cannot increase or decrease uh the conversation, while that other that of that uh of an individual on the County board or the chairman during their term of office.

A

So if we don't have it in there and it's being done, it definitely needs to be corrected. If it's not, then there's no need for the correction, because you're, following what the resolution is again. Those are my two comments.

A

Is there any other old business.

A

Second, all those a favor say: aye Mr Miller I, want to share something. uh I noticed in the news the other day that the kinky Daily Journal received some awards for the reporting and I wanted to recognize that yeah. The journal for that and I also noticed that uh one of the recipients is here in the room Chris breach. So thank you for your reporting on uh this body's goings-on. Sometimes mundane sometimes exciting, but congratulations on your Awards.

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All those in favor of adjourning say aye aye. Those opposed motion share.