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.