The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the commissioner’s office on Monday August 25, 2014 at 9 am. Present were Chairman Bradley A. Zeller, Commissioner Bill Meier and Commissioner Ginny Fanning.
Chr. Zeller said that the first order of business is the approval of the agenda. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the agenda. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the next order of business is the approval of the August 11, 2014 board meeting minutes. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the next item for approval is the board meeting minutes from August 13, 2014. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
The next order of business Chr. Zeller said is to accept the July Treasurers report. Ms. Hornbeek said that she had nothing to point out and would answer questions if there were any. There was some discussion. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to accept the Treasurers report as presented. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that bills in the amount of $34,278.72 were the next items needing approval. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the payment of bills in the stated amount. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the verifiable payroll for August 30 date is the next item on the agenda. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the verifiable payroll for the stated date. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the rescinding of ordinance 2013-21 is the next order of business. Chr. Zeller said that this ordinance is in reference to raffles and poker runs held in Morgan County. After the board passed this ordinance that State wrote an ordinance that contained some language that the county did not have in theirs and on the advice of the States Attorney the board decided to rescind the original ordinance and draft a new ordinance to include the same language of the States. There was some discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to rescind the ordinance 2013-21. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that this is follow up to the rescinding of ordinance 2013-21 and approving the new ordinance as just discussed. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the new ordinance as written. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that an appointment of Peggy Davidsmeyer to the West Central Mass Transit District Board for a four year term is the next item for approval. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the appointment as read. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the next two items on the agenda are related. Chr. Zeller said that Circuit Clerk Lonergan and Judge Reif approached the board with two ordinances to raise the document storage fees and court automation fees. The first ordinance being the court document storage fee. There was some discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the ordinance to raise the court document fees. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the next ordinance is for the raising of the court automation fees. There was some discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the ordinance to raise the court automation fees. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the adoption of the FY 2015 budget is the next item for approval. Chr. Zeller said that the board was pleased with the final budget and the numbers and this will be filed and put on record in the County Clerks office today. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the 2015 FY budget. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Reports of Departments-none
Communications-Chr. Zeller said that the Commissioners had been challenge to the ALS ice bucket challenge and would be on the front steps of the Courthouse at four pm today for this challenge.
Commissioner Fanning made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.