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The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office on Monday September 8, 2014 at 9 am. Present were Chairman Bradley A. Zeller, Commissioner Bill Meier and Commissioner Ginny Fanning.

First order of business is the approval of the agenda, Chr. Zeller said. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the minutes from the September 2, 2014 board meeting is the next item on the agenda for approval. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the bills in the amount of $17,136.12 needed the approval of the board for payment. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the payment of the bills in the stated amount. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the approval of the verifiable payroll for the September 15 payroll was 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 next two items really go hand in hand and they were a resolution authorizing execution of Community Benefits Agreement and then the approval of the agreement. Chr. Zeller said that the following counties Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard and Morgan have been meeting and discussion this cultivation center. The discussion has been held with Cresco Labs Chr. Zeller said. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the Resolution authorizing execution of Community Benefits Agreement. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the Community Benefits Agreement as explained. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

The next item on the agenda is the agreement extension with Simec Consulting Chr. Zeller said. This extension will be until March 15, 2015 and concerns the aggregate electric in Morgan County. There was discussion. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the extension for Simec Consulting. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Reports of Departments-none

Communications-none

Commissioner Fanning made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved. The meeting is adjourned.

The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office on Tuesday September 2, 2014 at 9 am. Present were Chairman Bradley A. Zeller and Commissioner Ginny Fanning. Commissioner Bill Meier was absent from the meeting.

Chr. Zeller said that the first order of business is the approval of the agenda. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

The next order of business is the approval of the minutes from August 25, 2014 board meeting Chr. Zeller said. Commissioner Fanning 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 an appointment of Steve Rolf to the Willow Creek Drainage District for a three year term is the next item needing approval. There was some discussion. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the appointment as stated. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the vacation of the Brown subdivision plat is the next item on the agenda and Mr. Douglas is present and would explain this for them. Mr. Douglas said that at one point a family member was considering building a house on this property so the family went ahead and recorded a plat for this additional homestead. Since that time the family member decided not to build there so the family is withdrawing the request for the plat and will record documentation showing this. There was discussion. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the vacation of the plat as explained. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Smith said that the awarding of bids for improvements to the Courthouse are the next items on the agenda and Mr. Douglas would explain this. Mr. Douglas said that last week the bids were opened and the low bid ($115,742.00) was Neff and Colvin. They have meet with the architect and are ready to proceed. Chr. Zeller said that he wanted to make note that these improvements were possible by grant money. Mr. Douglas recommended that the board approve the low bid. There was some discussion. Chr. Zeller made a motion to approve the low bid as stated. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the approval of the highway department union contract (international union of operating engineers local 965) was the next item on the agenda and Mr. Coultas was present. Chr. Zeller said that the board had asked the highway department to extend the contract one year. Mr. Coultas said that was correct. There was discussion. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the contract as discussed. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Reports of Departments-Mr. Coultas said that he had been in discussion (along with other counties) with Ameren to put in place a road usage agreement. Mr. Coultas said that this department would soon be cleaning up a bridge that had collapsed over Indian Creek and this particular road that the bridge was on had been closed for some time

Communications-Chr. Zeller said they had been contacted by the Department of Agriculture that a livestock facility was going to be placed in the North West part of the county. Chr. Zeller said that the Department of Agriculture would be holding an open meeting and the time and location would be announced at a later date.

Commissioner Fanning made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved. The meeting is adjourned.

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.

The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office at 9 am. Present were Chairman Bradley A. Zeller and Commissioner Bill Meier.

Chr. Zeller said that there is only one item on the agenda and that would be the appointment of Ms. Ginny Fanning to fill the vacancy of Mr. Rawlings who passed away. Chr. Zeller said that before he reads the resolution of appointment he would like to welcome Ms. Fanning and looks forward to working with her and feels that she will be an asset to the Board. Commissioner Meier also welcomed Ms. Fanning.

Chr. Zeller said that the appointment for this vacancy came from the Chairman of the Republican Party following protocol. There was some discussion. Chr. Zeller read the resolution. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the resolution/appointment of Ms. Fanning as read. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Commissioner Meier made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved. The meeting is adjourned.

The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office on Monday August 11, 2014. Present were Chairman Bradley A. Zeller 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. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the next item on the agenda is the approval of the July 28 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 bills in the amount of $35,958.47 are the next item on the agenda for approval. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the bills in the stated amount. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Verifiable payroll for August 15th payroll is the next order of business, Chr. Zeller said. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the verifiable payroll for the stated date. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that approval of an intergovernmental agreement to fund the new education service region is the next item on the agenda. Chr. Zeller said that Jeff Stephens who is the current Regional Superintendent of Schools is present and would explain this for the board. Mr. Stephens said that after the merging of the two additional counties (Pike and Adams) into this region the office here in Jacksonville is hoping to stay open as a satellite office. Mr. Stephens said that they are also hoping that as many of the current employees will be staying on. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the intergovernmental agreement to fund the new education service region. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the Commissioner’s office will be putting the preliminary 2105 budget on file in the County Clerk’s office. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to put the preliminary 2105 budget on file as stated. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Reports of Departments-Chr. Zeller said that although it is under sad circumstances with the passing of Commissioner Rawlings the board is looking forward to working with Ms. Fanning and would like to welcome her as the newly appointed commissioner. Commissioner Meier also wanted to welcome Ms. Fanning. County Clerk Waggener welcomed Ginny Fanning. Mr. Stephens also wanted to welcome Ms. Fanning and looked forward to working with her.

Communications-Chr. Zeller has a letter from Ameren and the will have crews out for the annual tree trimming. Chr. Zeller said that on Wednesday August 13 at 9 am Ms. Fanning by resolution from the Board of Commissioners and given the Oath of Office by Judge Reif officially become a member of the Board of Commissioners.

Commissioner Meier made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved. The meeting is adjourned.

The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office on Monday July 28, 2014. Present were Chairman Bradley A. Zeller 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. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

The next item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes from the July 14 board meeting Chr. Zeller said. 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 acceptance of the Treasurer’s June report is the next item on the agenda and the Treasurer is present and would explain this. Ms. Hornbeek said that she had nothing to point out but would answer questions if there were any. Commissioner Meier made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as presented. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the bills in the amount of $84,645.46 are the next item for approval. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the bills in the stated amount. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Verifiable payroll for the July 30, 2014 payroll is the next item on the agenda Chr. Zeller said. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the verifiable payroll for the stated date. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the appointment of Christina Wells as clerk for Road District #9 is the next item needing approval. The board does have the resignation of the current clerk who is moving out of the district and a letter of recommendation for Ms. Wells Chr. Zeller said. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the appointment. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the next on the agenda is the appointment of Bill Meier to the Morgan County Health Department Board. Chr. Zeller said that the County Board has to have a member on the Health Board which was held by Mr. Rawlings. There was discussion. Chr. Zeller made a motion to approve the appointment as stated. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the re-appointments of Jeanne Curry and Christine Staake to the Morgan County Health Department Board are the next items on the agenda. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the re-appointment as stated. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

The re-appointment of Jared Hopper to the Morgan County Housing Authority Board is the next item for approval Chr. Zeller said. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the appointment as stated. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the conveyance of property located at 319 E. Wolcott is the next item on the agenda and the Treasurer is present and would explain this. Ms. Hornbeek said that this property is currently held by the Morgan County Trustee and was part of the sealed bid auction last year. Ms. Hornbeek said that the trustee would convey this property to the new owner if the auction price was paid in full to the county. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the conveyance as stated. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Reports of Departments-Ms. Hornbeek said that she has made the first distribution from real estate tax payments.

Communications-Chr. Zeller said that the County would again like to express their condolences to the Rawlings family and the Board had a difficult task ahead of them to fill the vacancy of Mr. Rawlings seat.

Commissioner Meier made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved. The meeting is adjourned.

The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office on Monday July 14, 2014. Present were Chairman Bradley A. Zeller and Commissioner Bill Meier. Commissioner Dick Rawlings was absent from the meeting.

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. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the next order of business is the approval of the minutes from the June 23 board meeting. 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 acceptance of the Treasurer’s report for the month of May is the next item on the agenda. Ms. Hornbeek, Treasurer, said that she had nothing to point out. Commissioner Meier made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as presented. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said the bills in the amount of $75,401.19 are the next items needing approval for payment. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the bills in the stated amount. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the payroll for June 15 is in the amount of $245,719.66 and needs approval for distribution. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the payroll in the stated amount. Chr. Zeller seconded the amount. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that an appointment of Jacob Meyer to the Indian Creek Drainage District is the next item on the agenda. Chr. Zeller said that the board did have all the papers in hand for this appointment. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the appointment as stated. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that an acceptance of an IDOT agreement for railway crossing improvements is the next item on the agenda. Matt Coultas was present and explained this for the Commissioners. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the resolution as stated by Mr. Coutlas. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Chr. Zeller said that the next order of business is the approval of the appointments for election judges for the next two years. Ms. Mellor from the County Clerks office said that this list of judges was submitted to the Clerks office by precinct committee. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the list of appointments for election judges. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.

Reports of Departments-none

Communications-none

Commissioner Meier made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Chr. Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved. The meeting is adjourned.