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From YouTube: Criminal Justice Committee Meeting 05/12/2021
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Criminal Justice Committee Meeting 05/12/2021 7:30 AM
C
A
E
E
E
You
can
see
that
in
march
and
april
again
we
surpassed
I've
highlighted
the
march
and
april
by
bolding
and
enlarging
the
font
to
bring
out
those
numbers.
As
you
can
see
this
year,
our
months
of
march
and
april
exceeded
the
total
amount
of
money
collected
for
the
same
time
frame
in
the
last
several
years.
E
E
that
year
we
collected
one
million
one
hundred,
seventy
nine
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
collaboration
with
them
and
harrison
harris
the
month
to
date.
That
year
was
five
hundred
and
nine
thousand
nine
hundred
we've
exceeded
that
number
this
year
by
a
hundred
and
forty
six
thousand
dollars,
because
this
year
so
far,
we've
brought
in
sixty
five
six
hundred
fifty
five
thousand
nine
hundred.
Seventy
two
part
of
this
program
is
also
a
collection
court,
call
that
the
attorneys
from
harrison
harris
attend.
E
C
C
I'm
reading
accounts
that
are
saying
people
are
trying
to
catch
up
on
a
lot
of
different
responsibilities.
Debts
they
have
part
of
that
may
well
be
because
of
the
money
that
the
federal
government
is
putting
out.
When
that
money
runs
out,
we
may
see
a
dip
on
because
people
won't
have
that
income,
but
the
fact
that
we
had
this
program
in
place
meant
that
we
were
able
to
take
advantage
of
it,
and
that
was
great.
E
Yes,
very
much,
and
these
months
are
the
ones
that
are
usually
the
best
months
for
us
anyway,
because
of
it
being
tax
season
as
well.
So
you
know
hope,
but
still
hopefully
down
the
line.
The
rest
of
the
year
will
be.
You
know
equally
as
fruitful
as
it
has
been,
but
we're
already
double
what
on
that
double,
but
we're
we're
really
in
good
shape
compared
to
all
the
other
january
through
april.
You
know
at
this
time
frame.
E
E
According
to
the
commission
who
worked
tirelessly
on
these
changes,
they
state
that
the
data
that
we,
the
clerks
gather
today
is
not
quite
enough
to
reflect
all
the
judicial
performance
metrics
of
a
modern
court.
For
example,
most
of
the
case
management
systems
can
easily
determine
how
many
days
until
a
dissolution
case
is
closed.
But
it's
difficult
to
quantify
the
effort
that
is
spent
in
most
post-judgment
proceedings.
E
We
always
concentrate.
You
know
when
we're
doing
the
reports,
and
especially,
I
noticed
yesterday
when
we
were
listening
to
the
report
about
the
space
needs
program
and
they
talked
about
the
fact
that
cases
are
down.
So
maybe
the
actual
new
case
filings
are
down,
but
we
have
full
court
calls
and
I
think
it's
partially
because
we
concentrate
on
what's
open
and
closed
and
what
we've
moved
on,
but
we
don't
really
have
a
good
handle
on
the
cases
that
are
still
going
to
court
for
a
bunch
of
reasons.
E
E
Today's
judiciary
is
also
more
interested
in
alternative
courts
and
measuring
the
impact
of
the
self-represented
litigant
on
the
court.
So
this
is
like
our
domestic,
violent
treatment
court,
our
veteran
treatment
court
and
drug
court.
I
know
that
we
spend
a
lot
of
time,
jim's
office
and
probation
and
public
defender.
They
spend
a
lot
of
time.
E
E
So
then
it's
just
going
to
change.
You
know
the
numbers
too.
So
we're
not
going
to
have
10
000
traffic
tickets
every
year,
we'll
probably
have
5
000
tickets
with
you
know
all
these
different
counts,
the
other
expectations
well
and
then
the
civil
cases
are
going
to
be
different
too
they're,
going
to
break
down
different
categories
like
in
dissolution
cases,
they're
going
to
have
like
with
children
and
without
children,
and
there's
going
to
be
specific
domestic
violence
cases.
E
F
I
said
I
wasn't
going
to
ask
any
questions,
but
yeah
I
had
my
fingers
crossed,
I
think,
but
anyway,
madame
clerk,
there
was
quite
a
mouthful
that
you
convey
to
us
my
questions:
are
you
ready
for
it?
What
kind
of
in-service
training
are
you
going
to
have
for
that
as
well?
As
I
think
I
posed
this
question
to
you
before?
E
E
E
E
Sure
I
mean
we
we
cross
train,
we
have
quite
a
few
that
are
cross-trained.
It's
just
that
we
can't.
You
know
we
just
it's.
A
tight
ship
you'll
have
to
come
and
see
how
we
have
it
set
up
right
now.
It
would
be
a
dream
to
have
everybody
in
the
same
office
on
the
same
floor
to
manage.
That
would
help
us
manage
a
lot
better.
E
G
E
E
D
Good
morning,
everyone
you
can
see
from
the
report
we
had
42
bills
come
back
from
the
last
grand
jury,
which
was
on
april
22nd.
We
may
have
had
one
since
then,
but
it's
not
going
to
be
included
in
this
report
until
we
update
it
at
the
end
of
the
month.
So
through
the
end
of
april
that
brought
us
up
to
382
felonies
that
have
been
indicted.
D
Just
to
give
you
some
perspective,
it's
hard
to
compare
it
against
last
year,
because
we
stopped
grand
juries
in
march.
If
you
go
back
to
2019
at
this
same
point,
in
2019
we
had
297,
so
we're
almost
100
ahead
of
that
and
2019
was
925
total
at
the
end
of
that
year.
That's
really
the
highest
number
that
you've
ever
had
in
the
county's
history.
It
was
2019..
D
D
Otherwise,
if
the
trend
continues
we're
going
to
have
a
significant
number
of
felonies
stolen
through
grand
jury
this
year
and,
of
course,
all
those
cases
come
into
the
system.
It
requires
public
defenders,
it
requires
circuit
clerks,
it
requires
probation
officers,
everyone
that's
involved
in
the
system
and
requires
police
officers
deputies
to
come
to
court,
our
actions
officers.
D
F
D
D
So
that's
more
on
the
team
dating
violence
and
prevention
side
of
things,
but
domestic
violence
is
still
an
issue
in
the
community.
So
anything
your
board
members
can
do
to
support
either
harbor
house
or,
if
you
know,
people
who
are
in
a
violent
relationship
reaching
out
to
harbor
house
or
connecting
that
person
with
services
in
the
community.
D
H
H
You
know
on
the
list
here
that
that
you
provided
a
vast
majority
of
the
the
domestics
as
well.
If
you
were
just
putting
a
a
guesstimate
number
on
it,
how
much
of
that
do
you
think
could
be
could
be
tied
to
or
linked
to,
in
a
substantial
way
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
issues
and
also
exacerbated
by
covid?
I
think
you
see
where
I'm
going.
There
is
if
we
were
going
to
start
an
initiative
to
start
to
address
this
and
I'm
looking
for
partners
mainly
in
the
city.
D
Think
if
you're
looking
at
overall
crime
reduction,
you
start
to
get
into
you
know
mental
health
treatment.
Of
course,
many
people
that
come
through
the
system.
Mental
health
is
a
large
component
addiction
too,
but
when
you
get
into
domestic
violence,
that's
a
really
unique
defense,
because
domestic
violence
is
not
about
mental
health.
It's
not
about
addiction,
it's
not
about
someone
being
drunk
or
high.
Domestic
violence
is
about
power
and
control.
D
So
you
know
and
the
the
correlation
of
that
is,
if
someone
if
the
cause
was
their
alcoholism,
the
fact
that
they
were
drunk
then
when
they
walked
down
the
street,
they
would
eat
random
people
up
or
they
would
go
to
work
and
they
would
beat
up
their
boss.
They
don't
do
that
they
beat
up
their
spouse
and
they
beat
up
their
wife
because
it's
about
power
and
control,
it's
not
about
the
addiction.
D
So
I
think,
if
we're
going
to
address
domestic
violence,
we've
really
got
to
work
to
get
into
the
homes
of
people
who
are
committing
the
violence.
You'll
be
more.
Maybe
I
don't
want
to
use
aggressive,
but
maybe
more
forceful
into
the
community
with
prevention,
intervention
initiatives
and
ensure
that
everyone
knows
that
if
they're
in
that
relationship,
there's
an
out
that
there
is
a
place
they
can
go.
You
know
the
stats
show
that
it
takes
seven
times
before
a
victim
of
domestic
violence.
D
Finally
leads
that
relationship
so
we're
just
sort
of
up
against
the
cycle
of
domestic
violence
to
begin
with
and
seven
times,
you
know,
if
that's
the
average,
that
means
there's
many
people
who
stay
no
longer
so
domestic
violence.
It's
a
very
tough
one
to
tackle,
but
I
think
you
know
if
the
county
wants
to
get
involved
or
put
some
efforts
into
that,
because
it
is
coveted
related
right.
D
We
saw
a
big
increase
in
hotline
policy
during
clothing
when
people
were
stuck
in
their
homes
when
their
finances
got
more
complicated,
we
saw
an
update
in
not
only
the
hotline
calls
but
db
orders
of
protection
coming
through.
So
in
the
extent
it's
coveted
related,
probably
we
saw
an
increase
there
if
the
county
wanted
to
get
involved
on
that,
I
really
suggest
you
sit
down
with
harbor
house.
Some
of
the
other
community
partners
addressing
the
issue
and
you
know
and
see
what
can
be
done.
F
Jim,
I'm
really
pleased
that
that
you
provide
empirical
evidence-
and
I
know
once
before,
that
you
discuss
the
correlation
of
covid
and
domestic
violence
and
people
out
of
work
and
and
families
being
in
close
proximity
which
exacerbate
tension
so
forth.
So
are
you
suggesting
you
know?
I
think
you
I
was
leaning
over
and
talking
to
the
chairman.
F
D
The
reason
it's
hard
to
bring
someone
who
commits
a
domestic
violence
act
of
justice
is
lack
of
cooperation
later
down
the
road
by
a
survivor.
You
know
they
that
it's
just
again,
it's
just
part
of
the
domestic
violence
cycle,
so
those
advocates
would
be
in
the
community
to
encourage
that
ongoing
cooperation,
so
we're
trying
to
tackle
it
from
that
way,
access
to
resources
and
follow
support
systems.
D
As
far
as
the
union
issue,
the
state's
attorney's
office
is
not
a
union
author,
so
we
don't
have
a
concern
when
we're
bringing
in
interns
at
the
same
time
we're
not
really
bringing
interns
in
our
office
to
do
the
work
of
the
office.
I
want
to
say
it's
more
for
their
learning
more
of
a
learning
opportunity
for
the
intern.
They
get
to
shadow
some
attorney.
D
They
may
assist
sometimes
with
some
copying,
or
maybe
some
internet
research
on
a
case,
but
on
the
whole,
it's
really
just
giving
them
the
opportunity
to
to
be
a
part
of
the
office
experience
it.
Most
of
them
are
either
in
law,
school
or
looking
to
go
to
law
school,
sometimes
a
few
of
them.
If
they
have
the
proper
license
from
the
supreme
court
and
they're
in
their
last
year,
law
school
would
let
them
come
in
and
they
may
assist
an
attorney
on
a
couple
of
track
trials.
D
I
I
wonder
if,
in
the
initial
state,
when
a
person
first
commits
this
domestic
violence
that
as
a
part
of
any
condition
that
they
would
have
to
go
to
a
family,
you
know
you
excuse
me
a
family
reunification
program
that
would
offer
a
holistic
approach,
not
only
the
mental
health
side
of
that,
but
also
mentorship
into
how
you
can
how
you
can
express
yourself
without
going
to
the
limits
of
harming
someone.
If
that
makes
sense,
is
anything
like
that
available
into
the
county.
D
D
It's
been,
it's
been
in
place
for
a
very
long
time.
Actually,
I
believe,
judge
elliott
may
have
brought
it
into
the
system
as
part
of
the
bb
diversion
program,
but
she
offers
them
the
opportunity
to
go
to
hope
for
choices.
The
first
component
of
that
program
is
substance.
Abuse
related
the
second
component
of
it
is
db
counseling,
it's
a
significant
commitment.
You
know
after
you
complete
the
substance
abuse
component.
I
think
it's
a
26
or
28
week,
counseling.
F
D
That's
an
option
that
they're,
given
the
defendant,
always
has
the
opportunity
to,
of
course,
proclaim
their
innocence
and
go
to
trial
or
they
or
if
they
didn't
want
to
do
the
program.
They
don't
want
to
deal
with
the
counseling
the
treatment
I
assume
they
could
just
plead
guilty
and
take
the
conviction
and
whatever
sentence
the
court
would
hand
down.
A
F
K
Nothing
specific
to
report
today,
if
anyone
has
any
questions,
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
them,
but
that's
pretty
much
we're
just
getting
back
to
business
cases
are
getting
closed
again.
I
think
we're
much
more.
The
entire
court
system
just
much
more
active
than
it
used
to
be,
which
is
the
way
it
should
be,
but
other
than
that
I
have
nothing
specific
to
to
add
to
the
report.
L
We
detained
there's
13
on
your
report,
but
we
detained
one
last
night
so
and
these
cases
are,
for
you
know,
criminal
sexual
assault
ag
battery
ag
uuw
domestics
the
one
last
night
was
aggravated
euw
and
a
dui.
So
no
longer
are
these
miners
being
detained
just
for
technical
violations
of
their
probation
order
and
things
like
that.
It's
some
serious
offenses,
so
we'll
keep
watching
that.
We
currently
have
19
adults
on
electronic
monitoring
and
seven
juveniles
on
home
confinement
and
that's
it
on
the
multiple
report.
Unless
anybody
has
any
questions.
I
L
Failure
to
go
to
school,
they
can
be
actually
detained,
oh
okay,
and
so
we
we
definitely.
They
have
a
certain
amount
of
time
to
get
there
a
certain
amount
of
time
to
get
home,
and
if
some
of
those
individuals
are
on
electronic
monitoring,
we
can
track
that
they
did
go
directly
home
and
directly
to
school
kind
of
thing.
Others
were
phone
calls
or
go
into
the
homes,
make
sure
here.
I
L
Yeah
that's
reported
when
they
go
back
for
a
court
review
in
most
cases,
they'll
have
that
information.
If
it's
not,
you
know,
they'll
get
it
from
the
school
and
say:
listen,
they're
going,
but
they're
not
doing
what
they're
doing
or
whatever.
So
they
do
monitor
that
now.
This
is
a
lot
of
those
individuals
are
on
pre-trial
type
phase
of
things,
but
they
will
get
that
report
from
the
school,
but
not
as
much,
not
as
in-depth
that
they're
on
probation
and
they're
constantly
communicating
with
the
school.
L
L
The
only
thing
I
have
is
last
month
we
discussed
briefly
discussed
public
service
work.
The
sheriff
discussed
it
in
the
past,
our
office
coordinated
and
monitored
all
public
service
work
the
program
that
was
cut.
I
think
it
was
back
in
2010
when
we
had
budget
cuts
and
staff
reductions.
The
program
basically
went
back
to
the
courts.
L
They
ordered
the
hours
and
tried
to
monitor
them
the
best
they
could
for
the
last
couple
months,
we've
been
I've
been
in
discussions
with
obviously
judge
kramer
and,
more
so
judge
cunnington
and
judge
nicholson,
who
order
a
lot
of
through
traffic
court
or
and
duis
order.
A
majority
of
the
public
service
work
about
taking
that
program
back
over.
L
I
think
what
that's
going
to
do
is
right.
Now,
we've
been
receiving
requests
from
the
corrections
department,
kinky
city,
other
501.
It
was
a
501c3
type
organizations
and
we
just
don't
have
the
the
list.
We
have
only
individuals
that
are
on
probation
with
us
and
that's
a
very
low
number
that
have
ordered
ours.
Most
of
those
are
transfer
cases
from
other
jurisdictions
that
we're
monitoring.
L
So
we
just
didn't,
have
the
people,
but
once
we
have
we're
responsible
for
all
of
it,
we'll
have
those
names
we'll
have
that
list.
So
when
someone
calls
and
says
we
need
five
people,
the
american
legion
or
we
need
whatever
we
can
get
those
people
and
we
can
recruit
more
sites,
be
actively
recruiting.
We
can
more
closely
monitor
all
those
hours
done.
Is
it
accurate
what
you're
submitting
back
to
the
giving
us?
We
can
check
on
that
and
obviously
it's
difficult
for
the
court,
so
I
think
once
we
get
this
going
it'll
be.
L
You
know
it
was
a
very
good
program
in
the
past
and
it
helped
every
community
in
this
county,
and
so
I'm
hoping
within
the
next
couple
months.
We
start
getting
those
individuals.
The
court
was
happy
because
now
they're
setting
review
dates
just
to
see
the
what
the
completion
of
hours
and
they
can
cut
down
on
that
and
the
traffic
in
the
courthouse.
L
A
M
M
M
M
The
information
that
idoc
provided
to
our
local
newspaper
was,
I
hate
using
the
term
so
I'll
just
say
it
was
a
fabrication,
but
that's
okay,
we'll
continue
to
deal
with
it.
We
are.
There
are
a
number
of
other
counties
having
the
same
issue
as
us,
so
we
hope
to
get
some
resolution
at
some
point,
but
if
there's
only
one
side
willing
to
talk
about
it,
there's
not
gonna.
Have
we're
not
gonna
get
much
done
so.
M
No,
I
I
talked
to
him
on
one
hand
when
we
originally
talked,
and
then
they
called
the
department
of
corrections
and
got
their
information,
and
then
he
printed
it.
I
did
send
him
an
email
indicating
everything
that
what
she
said.
What
their
pio
said
was
inaccurate.
Okay,
but
that's
okay!
I
don't
you
know,
I'm
I'm
sure
you
guys
are
tired
of
hearing
about
it.
I'm
tired
of
talking
about
it
until
there's
some
resolution
to
it
I
mean
it
is
what
it
is.
M
So
that's
money
that
we
can
save
and
save
our
local
taxpayers.
So
at
this
point
we
can't
do
it
will
counties
in
the
same
boat.
I
talked
to
their
sheriff
two
days
ago.
He's
got
over
50
that
he's
waiting
that
he's
waiting
to
bring
and
and
there's
just
no
there's
just
no
communication.
There's
no,
I
mean
our
guess
is
ultimately
they're.
Gonna
start
looking
at
options
to
start
keeping
people
with
you
know
one
to
two
year
sentences
in
county
jails.
M
M
Fortunately,
no
we
have,
I
think,
bringing
that
issue
to
light.
I
think
woke
somebody
up
in
springfield
and
we
are
now
even
though
they
won't
take
our
30
when
so,
when
somebody
gets
to
that
date,
doc
says:
oh,
you
can
bring
him
or
her.
So
basically
we
are
housing.
They
are
spending
their
entire
sentence
in
kankakee
county.
M
H
M
A
couple
things
of
note
that
are
are
would,
I
would
consider,
covet
related
if
you
look
under
the
sworn
services
under
the
traffic
in
the
accidents
in
april
of
2020,
there
were
17..
If
you
remember,
when
we
went
on
lockdown
shutdown,
whatever
you
want
to
talk
about
whatever
you
want
to
call
it,
you
know
people
weren't
moving,
they
weren't
going
to
work,
they
were
staying
home.
M
We
had
17
accidents
that-
and
this
is
just
that
we
handled
the
county
handled.
But
now
you
see
in
2021,
we've
we've
virtually
doubled
that
number,
so
people
are
moving.
Those
numbers
are
increasing
a
little
bit
one
positive,
the
civil
process
numbers.
If
you
look
at
2020,
we
served
in
april
256
papers
in
2021.
We
served
361
so
that
again,
with
everything
shut
down
back
in
march
and
april,
you
know
our
numbers
certainly
decreased.
M
M
M
A
I
Mr
snipes,
okay,
so
what
I'm
hearing
is
that,
after
you
all
brought
the
the
the
inmate
attention,
that's
that
was
that
exceeded
the
day
of
emancipation,
to
the
powers
that
be
that
they
in
turn
made
sure
that
they're
being
taken
care
of.
I
wonder,
and
I
don't
think
you
can
do
it,
but
it's
just
always
the
thought
is
if
I
could
take
all
30
inmates
to
the
processing
center
in
stateville
and
just
wait
till
they
come
and
deal
with
them
and
say:
he's
your
fault.
Yeah.
M
No,
you
can't
do
it
yeah,
they
would
not
yeah
they.
So
as
as
it
works
now
I
mean
we
can't.
We
call
them
and
we
make
a
reserve
a
reservation
kind
of
like
you're
calling
your
hotel
and
we
say
we
have
in
our
case
we
have
30
whatever
233
and
then
they
will
take
that
number
down
and
then
they
will
notify
us
when
they'll
take
us
so
which
is
almost
nice.
If
you
show
up
without
a
reservation,
just
like
a
hotel,
they
won't
let
you
in
so.
A
M
M
If
we
can
just
continue
that
particular
lease,
we
would
like
to
do
that
if
it's,
if,
if
we
are
able
to
because
we
don't
want
to
spend
more
money
on
vehicle
maintenance
than
we
would
on
on
the
car
itself,
so
we'll
keep
an
eye
on
that.
Obviously
we're
not
going
to
with
with
the
finances
the
way
they
are
and
everything
we
are
not
going
to
overburden
us,
overburden
the
county
for
cars.
If
we
can
avoid
it.
So
we
will
definitely
keep
an
eye
on
that.
M
M
L
J
I
I
don't
know
I
guess
I
could
have
waited,
but
I
I
do
know
that
by
june
11th
they're
going
to
be
opening
up.
I
guess
the
state
back
to
being
normal,
which
means
ken
kee
county,
would
be
back
to
normal,
which
means
the
youth
is
the
summer
time
and
the
youth
and
them
are
going
to
be
on
the
street.
And
so,
given
all
of
that
in
and
your
current
budget
do
you
foresee
any
anything
different
as
far
as
the
numbers
rising
or.
M
You
know
it's
hard
to
predict
because,
quite
frankly,
what's
going
on
now
in
the
streets,
it's
almost
like
we're
open
now,
so
I
I
don't
see
too
much
of
a
change,
but
obviously
we'll
keep
an
eye
on
it.
And-
and
you
know
again,
you
know,
as
I've
told
this
committee
before
you
know,
we
are
so
fortunate
to
that
that
you
know
whether
whatever
municipality
it
is.
We
we
work
well
together
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that
and
if
we
need
help
we'll
ask
another
agency
for
help
just
like.
M
M
I
got
two
things
I
don't
always
do
it,
but
I
do
like
to
end
on
a
positive,
a
positive
note.
First,
one's
a
reminder
that
the
police
memorial
is
friday
at
11
o'clock
at
the
courthouse.
All
are
welcome
and
we'd
love
to
see
you
there
and.
Lastly,
I
have
somewhat
of
a
interesting
story
about
one
of
our
new
deputies,
who
we
had.
M
We
just
sent
two
deputies
to
pti
on
sunday
and
one
who
was
a
ncaa
sprinter
and
as
whether
you
know
or
not
it's
so
when
we
send
a
deputy
to
pti,
they
have
to
complete
the
fitness
test,
which
includes
sit-ups
a
reach
test.
They
have
to
run
a
mile
and
a
half
in
a
certain
amount
of
time
depending
on
their
age,
and
they
have
to
bench
press
a
percent
of
their
body
weight,
one
of
our
deputies
that
we
sent.
M
Who
is
a
a
I
would
call
him
a
world-class
sprinter,
came
in
last
thursday
and
said
I
pulled
a
hamstring
training.
This
is
a
world-class
printer.
Of
course,
my
response
to
him
was
I'm
58
years
old.
I
work
out
three
times
a
week.
I've
not
pulled
a
hamstring,
so
kind
of
give
him
a
little
grief,
so
we
told
him
so
the
options
of
pti
where
he
can
either
they
do
the
test
on
monday,
which
would
have
been
two
days
ago
or
he
can.
M
Well,
we
got
a
call
tuesday
or
I'm
sorry
monday
afternoon
that
he
muscled
through
and
passed
on
monday
with
a
pulled
hamstring,
so
credit
to
him
and
his
dedication
to
wanting
to
get
through
this,
and
so
we
were
happy
that
we
don't
have
to
had
he
not
been
able
to
do
it.
We
would
have
had
to
wait
for
the
next
class
and
it
would
have
been
so
credit
to
him
for
having
guts
enough
to
muscle
through.
M
M
It's
almost
a
catastrophe,
day
after
day
with
holes
in
the
ceiling,
the
pipes,
the
everything
so
we
continue,
maintenances
has
stepped
up
and
and
helped
us
fix
a
lot
of
these
things.
Although
the
last
time
roto-rooter
came
out,
his
exact
words
were
something
to
the
effect
that
I
don't
know
how
much
longer
we
can
do
this
before
it
breaks
before
it
burst.
So
that's
a
little
scary
for
us,
but
you
know
we'll
continue
to.
O
B
O
J
Morning,
everybody
just
a
couple
highlights
on
our
report.
For
the
month
of
april,
you
can
notice
that
our
calls
for
service
were
up
from
march.
However,
autopsies
were
down,
which
is
always
a
nice
thing
to
see
for
our
our
budget.
One
potential
reason
that
we
saw
an
increased
number
of
calls
were.
We
did
see
a
little
surge
in
coveted
cases
again
during
the
month
of
april,
there
were
13
deaths
attributed
to
covid
during
that
month.
J
F
You
know
people
are
very
attentive
in
terms
of
receiving
and
being
very
receptive
to
the
information
that's
disseminated,
and
I
just
you
know
my
hat
goes
off
to
to
the
department
heads
for
their
presentations
and
the
data.
That's
what's
really
important,
so
you
know,
if
you
you
know,
you
know
better,
was
that
you
know
better.
You
do
better,
but
it's
kind
of
really
interesting
to
see
the
data
that's
provided
to
us,
so
we
can
make
learned
and
pragmatic
decisions
on
all
kinds
of
things
that
we're
asked
to
vote
upon.
J
J
This
fiscal
year
we've
had
79
deaths
where
kovitz
has
been
listed
on
the
death
certificate
making
that
204
since
the
pandemic
started
last
month.
Our
first
cove
death
was
on
april
1st
of
2020,
so
204
since
that
date,
average
age
continues
to
be
right
around
74
years
old
and
we
have
no
known
deaths
of
any
vaccinated
people
from
covid
in
this
county.
J
Let's
go
back
if
we
go
back
to
the
report.
If
you
look
at
like
december,
154
total
calls
107
cremations,
so
70
a
little
bit.
75
percent
of
all
deaths
cremated
roughly
there.
So
I
mean
that's
that's
much
higher
than
the
average
of
about
50
percent.
I
could
go
back
and
look
at
last
year's
report
and
we
would
probably.
J
J
F
B
J
J
J
There
have
been
a
few
that
have
been
changed,
but
the
restrictions
in
which
to
get
reimbursement
by
fema
are
very
stringent.
You
cannot
have
any
life
insurance.
You
really
have
to
have
nothing
attached
to
your
name
in
order
to
qualify
for
any
of
these
funds,
so
there
have
been
people
that
are
going
through
the
motions
to
try
and
get
this
money
and
some
are
going
to
get
it,
but
some
are
not
going
to
based
on
their
need.
I
guess
is
what
what
what
the
federal
government's
most
looking
at?
J
We
did
communicate
with
all
the
funeral
homes
locally.
We
sent
them
a
letter
outlining
the
criteria
that
fema
released
so
that
they
were
educated
on
the
process,
how
to
amend
a
death
certificate,
whether
through
us
or
through
the
state
of
illinois.
Based
on
the
circumstances.
So
we
tried
to
educate
locally
our
partners
in
all
of
this,
so
that
they
were
well
versed
in
how
to
go
about
best
doing
it.
I
H
J
I
think
it
is
if
covet
was
on
their
death
certificate.
We
went
back
and
looked
at
those
ones,
and
none
of
them
were
on
that
list
of
code
cases.
So
unfortunately,
no
okay
thanks,
but
we
are,
we
are
keeping
track
of
all
of
our
coveted
expenditures.
You
know,
anytime,
we
get
a
cove
of
death
and
we
go
through
and
tally.
You
know
the
statistical
information
things
like
that.
We're
keeping
track
of
all
that.
So
at
some
point
we'll
have
that
discussion
about
that
reimbursement,
factor
and
obviously
that'll
help
at
the
the
year-end
report.
I
I
J
I
talked
to
in
early
april
I
talked
to
becky
powell
who's,
the
ema
manager
for
the
sheriff's
department,
because
we
started
to
see
a
little
bit
of
an
increase
and
she
had
said
that
all
along
they
expected
four
surges
had
something
to
do
with
the
flu
years
and
years
ago.
They
that
had
four
surges
four
surges
and
they
were
expecting
the
same
from
this.
So
in
april.
I
think
the
health
department,
as
well
reported
the
numbers,
were
up
slightly
across
the
board.
We
saw
that
in
march
we
only
had
one
death.
J
F
J
Okay,
I
had
a
follow-up
for
mr
lear
from
april.
I
think
you
had
asked
about
suicides
media
report
that
you
had
seen
so
I
went
back
and
looked
at
our
numbers
for
the
last
five
years.
Unfortunately,
each
of
the
last
five
years
we've
averaged
12
suicides,
the
most
in
2017
and
2019.
When
there
were
19
in
each
year,
the
fewest
in
2018,
when
there
were
four
total
2013
saw
13,
I'm
sorry
2020
saw
13
and
then
thus
far
in
2021
the
fiscal
year,
we've
had
five.
J
So
if
you
factor
that
out
we're
right
on
target
to
be
right
around
54
again,
which
is
obviously
concerning
potentially
higher
than
last
year,
so
we
didn't
seem
to
get
hit
as
hard
this
time
when
the
the
stimulus
money
came
out
again,
the
third
round
of
checks
we
got
hit
the
first
and
second
times
pretty
hard
and
the
days
following
that.
But
this
third
time
we
haven't
never
really
saw
an
increase,
will
county,
I
know,
did
our
doctors
reported
a
large
number
there,
so
any
specific
questions
on
overdoses,
contin.
J
Finally,
and
on
a
little
bit
of
a
positive
note,
the
in
the
last
week
and
a
half
or
so
corner
guster-
and
I
both
had
the
opportunity
to
go
up
to
kane
county.
They
just
opened
up
a
58
000
square
foot
multi-use
facility
and
spent
13.2
million
dollars.
I
see
the
chairman's
red
in
the
face:
no
we're
not
asking
for
a
new
building
so,
but
it
was,
it
was
nice
to
see
and
credible
facility
very,
very
big.
J
The
corners
facility
in
king
county
previously
was
about
3
000
square
feet,
and
so
it's
a
massive
improvement
for
them.
They
went
to
11
000
square
feet
with
an
additional
five
thousand
square
foot
shell
that
they
could
eventually
expand
into
as
they
as
they
grow.
So
it's
massive,
it's
very
nice,
very
big,
shiny
bright.
J
I
think
that
we
provided
great
service
to
the
citizens
of
this
county
when
you
know
that,
unfortunately,
they
have
to
deal
with
us
and
I
think,
as
a
county
as
a
whole.
We
should
be
proud
of
what
we
have
here,
compared
to
much
larger
counties
like
kane
and
dupage
and
what
they
offer
as
well.
So
it
made
me
think
back
to
my
days
of
mortuary
school
about
a
decade
ago,
where
we
talked
a
lot
about
how
we
judge
a
society
by
how
well
they
treat
their
debt,
and
we
do
a
good
job
of
that.
J
And
I
think
that
the
investments
that
this
county
has
made
in
our
department,
since
especially
2005
when
the
morgue
was
built
and
all
of
the
further
advancements
since
then
speak
volumes
and
have
enabled
us
to
grow
as
a
society.
So
I
think
that's
a
huge
credit
not
only
to
the
coroner
for
his
leadership
and
that
stuff,
but
also
to
you
guys
as
a
board
for
supporting
our
initiatives
and
our
ideas,
previous
boards
and
future
boards
and
in
the
coming
weeks.
J
A
O
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
know
that
we're
criminal
justice,
but
it's
a
public
safety
comment
as
a
grandmother
of
a
grandson
who
suffered
brain
trauma,
injury,
I'm
seeing
a
lot
of
young
people
out
there
on
skateboards
and
motorized
vehicles,
not
wearing
a
helmet
and
just
a
reminder
to
the
parents
and
to
the
kids
to
please.