AGENDA
BOARD MEETING
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
9:00 AM
1. Call To Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Agenda
4. Approval of January 28, 2019 Meeting Minutes
5. Business
a) Approval of Bills
b) Approval of Payroll
c) Approval of Morgan County Food Sanitation Program Ordinance
d) Resolution for Delinquent Tax Payment
e) Reappointment of Jacob Meyer to the Indian Creek Drainage District
f) Resolution to amend Raffle Ordinance to provide for Club Raffles
g) Approval of Intergovernmental Agreement to fund Educational Service Region
h) Approval of Homefield Energy Aggregation Electric Service Agreement Contract
i) Acceptance of FY 2017-2018 Audit
6. Reports of Departments
7. Public Comment
8. Chairman’s Remarks
9. Adjournment
MORGAN COUNTY BOARD MEETING
February 11, 2019
The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the law library On Monday February 11, 2019. Chr. Zeller asked Clk. Waggener to conduct the roll call. Clk. Waggener asked for roll call as follows, Chr. Zeller answered present, Commissioner Fanning answered present and Commissioner Meier answered present. Clk. Waggener informed the Chr. that a quorum is present and the meeting could continue.
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 Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “ARE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the next order of business is the approval of the January 28 board meeting minutes. 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 bills for $67,540.50 need approval from the board for payment. 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 verifiable payroll for signing on the February 14 and distribution on the 15 was the next item for approval. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the verifiable for the dates stated. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the Morgan County Food Sanitation Program Ordinance is the next item on the agenda and that Dale Bainter; Morgan County Health Administrator is present and would explain this for the board. Mr. Bainter said that this ordinance complies with the State of Illinois and the Morgan County Health Board has passed the ordinance as well. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the Morgan County Food Sanitation Program Ordinance as discussed. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that a resolution for delinquent tax payment is next on the agenda. Chr. Zeller said that this resolution states that delinquent taxes were bought back by the property owner and the taxes will be put back on the tax rolls. There was some discussion. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the delinquent tax payment as discussed. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the reappointment by resolution of Jacob Meyer to the Indian Creek Drainage District is the next for approval. Chr. Zeller said that the board had all the necessary paperwork for this reappointment. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the resolution as presented and discussed. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that a resolution to amend the raffle ordinance to provide for club raffles is the next item on the agenda. Chr. Zeller said that the county currently offers a one-day raffle license. Chr. Zeller said that individuals representing a non-for profit, organization wanting to hold the queen of hearts raffle, have approached the board. The amendment to the raffle ordinance will allow organizations to purchase a license for one-year periods, renewable at the end of that year. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the amended raffle ordinance as discussed. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the approval of the intergovernmental agreement to fund educational service region is the next item on the agenda. Chr. Zeller said that this was a 5 year shared cost between the counties and is a follow up to the current 3-year agreement. There was discussion. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the intergovernmental agreement to fund the educational service region as discussed. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
The next item on the agenda, Chr. Zeller said, is the approval of the homefield energy aggregation electric service agreement contract. Chr. Zeller said that this contract is for energy for the county buildings. There was discussion. Commissioner Meier made a motion to approve the homefield energy aggregation electric service agreement as discussed. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Zeller said that the approval of the FY 2017-2018 audit is next and Mr. Adam Withee is present and would explain this for us. Mr. Withee said that he would like to hand out their findings and then would explain the report. There was discussion. Commissioner Fanning made a motion to approve the FY 2017-2018 audit as presented. Commissioner Meier seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. THE motion is approved.
Reports of Departments-Chr. Zeller said that the courthouse would be closed on February 11 and 18.
Public Comment-Randy Twyford agreed with some of the points that were brought up in the earlier discussion concerning the Morgan County food sanitation program ordinance.
Mike Woodyard said that he felt that the wind farms were running the show. Also, felt that any ordinances should be written and discussed in a separate meeting before they are presented and approved at board meetings.
Chr. Remarks-Chr. Zeller said that he would respectfully disagree that the wind farms were running the show. Chr. Zeller said that there was more discussion in the board meetings with county residents than with the wind farm representatives. Chr. Zeller said that there would be public hearings concerning the wind farm ordinance. Chr. Zeller said that he would like to extend condolences of behalf of the board on the passing of Cass County’s Chairman of the board and to Dusty Douglas on the passing of his mother.
Commissioner Meier made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Fanning seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved and the meeting stands adjourned.