The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office on Monday April 25, 2011 at 9 am. Present were Chairman Bradley A. Zeller, Commissioner Dick Rawlings and Commissioner Bill Meier.
Chr. Zeller said that the first order of business is the approval of the agenda. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
The next item, Chr. Zeller said, is the approval of the board minutes from the April 11, 2011 meeting. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the next item on the agenda is the Treasurers report and that Ms. Hornbeek is present and would explain this for them. Ms. Hornbeek said that she had nothing to point out but would answer any questions if there were any. Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to approve the Treasurers report as presented. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the bills in the amount of $47,570.07 are the next item on the agenda for approval. Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to approve the bills in the stated amount. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the verifiable payroll for the April 29, 2011 payroll is the next item on the agenda. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the verifiable payroll for the stated date. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
An appointment to the Alexander Water District is the next item for approval Chr. Zeller said. This is a reappointment and it is for Mark Bergschneider of Alexander. There was discussion. Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to approve the reappointment as stated. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that Mr. Carpenter had submitted a letter of appointment for 6 individuals to the board of the Gunn Cemetery. They are as follows, Chr. Zeller said, Seth Smith, Dawn Smith, Raymond VanWinkle, Delores VanWinkle, Bob Spence and Vickie Spencer. There was discussion. Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to approve the appointments as read. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the next item on the agenda is the approval of a temporary liquor license for Tri-County Chapter Abate of Illinois to be used on the 27 and 28 of May. This is an annual request from this group, Chr. Zeller said. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the temporary liquor license to the Tri-County Chapter Abate of Illinois for the stated dates. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that an approval of the Browns subdivision is the next item on the agenda and the Dusty Douglas is present and would explain this for them. Mr. Douglas said that this subdivision was drawn by Jake Meyer from Hutchinson Engineering and wanted to submit this to the county in accordance with the County Plat Act. Mr. Douglas said that this does meet all requirements and he sees no problem with this plat and does need to have the signatures of the county board. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the plat as presented. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Reports of Departments–Calvin Hance sais that bids will be opened this Friday at IDOT for the Woodson-Winchester Bridge.
Mr. Douglas said that he would like to report that Shawn Artis was a presenter at a recent meeting and was able to report about E911 and tracking tornados. Chr. Zeller said that he wanted to echo that remark and say that the board receives many reports about the fine job that Mr. Artis is doing.
Communications–none
Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved. The meeting is adjourned.