The Morgan County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioner’s office on Monday March 22, 2010 at 9 a.m. Present were Chairman Bill Meier, Commissioner Bradley A. Zeller and Commissioner Dick Rawlings.
Chr. Meier said that the first item for approval is the agenda. Commissioner Zeller 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. Meier said, is the approval of the minutes from March 8, 2010. Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Commissioner Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Meier said that the next item on the agenda is the Treasurer’s report and Ms. Hornbeek is present and will explain this for us. Ms. Hornbeek said that this report is for the month of January and she has nothing to point out but will answer questions if there are any. Commissioner Zeller made a motion to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Approval of bills in the amount of $60,301.02 is the next item needing approval, Chr. Meier said. Commissioner Zeller made a motion to approve the bills in the stated amount. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Meier said that the verifiable payroll for the March 30, 2010 is the next item needing approval. Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to approve the verifiable for the stated payroll period. Commissioner Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Meier said that approval of food center agreement is the next item on the agenda. This is an agreement that the county has with the food center, Chr. Meier said, that has not been updated for several years and now it will be updated on a yearly basis. There was some discussion. Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to approve the agreement with the food center as presented. Commissioner Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
The next item on the agenda is the West Central Mass Transit District Resolution Resolution and Ms. Jumper is present and will explain this for them, Chr. Meier said. Ms. Jumper said that this resolution is an annual grant that is applied for every year and it is a little earlier this year than normal. There was some discussion. Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to approve the resolution for the West Central Mass Transit District as presented. Commissioner Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Meier said that the next item needing approval is a property tax resolution and that Ms. Hornbeek will explain this for us. Ms. Hornbeek said that this is a tax buyer who has lost their property to the county tax buyer. There was some discussion. Commissioner Zeller made a motion to approve the Chairman to sign this property tax resolution. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
Chr. Meier said that the next two items on the agenda is a motor fuel tax resolution and approval of the Highway Engineer salary can be combined and Mr. Hance will explain this for us. Mr. Hance said a resolution is appropriating $650,000.00 for the maintenance on county and state highways that will meet the requirements of the Illinois Highway Code. Mr. Hance said that the second resolution is for the salary of the Highway Engineer. There was some discussion. Commissioner Zeller made a motion to approve the resolution appropriating the $650,000.00 for the maintenance of the county and state highways and a second motion to approve the County Highway salary resolution. Commissioner Rawlings seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved.
An update on the 2010 census is the next item on the agenda, Chr. Meier said, and Mr. Douglas will report on this. Mr. Douglas said that he would like to encourage everyone to fill this form out and return it. There was some discussion.
Reports of Departments-Ms. Gross, Morgan County Clerk, said that her office received a grant from the State Board of Elections for the use of updating voter registration. Ms. Gross said that her office also had to update some of the voting equipment and the State Board of Elections did pay for this update. There was some discussion.
Mr. Hance said that his department is working on the maintenance of county roads.
Communications-Commissioner Rawlings said that he had a notice from Ameren stating that they have started their tree trimming program in the county.
Commissioner Rawlings made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Zeller seconded the motion. All voted “AYE”. The motion is approved. The meeting is adjourned.