Sangamon Sun

Sangamon County Board met Feb. 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

The Sangamon County Board met in Reconvened Adjourned September Session in the County Board Chambers. Chairman Van Meter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Krell gave the Invocation and Mr. Stumpf led the County Board in the Pledge of Allegiance.

ROLL CALL

Chairman Van Meter asked County Clerk Gray to call the roll. There were 27 Present – 2 Absent. Mr. Sullivan and Mrs. Williams were excused.

NOMINATION/APPOINTMENT OF CORONER

Chairman Van Meter stated that Cinda and Frank Edward’s deaths have ripped a hole in the fabric of this community that will not soon mend. One of the people working to mend that hole was working that tragic evening. He has worked for almost two decades with tragic situations for families faced with the sudden death of a loved one. It is his privilege and pleasure to recommend this person as the replacement for Cinda Edwards. Jim Allmon is his estimation of one of the best-trained and highly qualified people they have ever had for this position. He was Cinda’s strong right arm during tragic event after tragic event. He is extremely confident that Jim will do a fantastic job in carrying on the work of the Coroner’s Office, exactly as Cinda would like to have it carried on. It is his privilege and pleasure to nominate Jim Allmon as the next Coroner of Sangamon County. Mr. Stumpf seconded the nomination. Chairman Van Meter stated he has spoken with almost every member of the County Board, and the feeling was unanimous, amongst those he spoke to, for the appointment of Jim Allmon.

Mr. Krell stated he was the one that nominated Cinda Edwards when she was first appointed. He did that with great pleasure, knowing her background as a professional nurse. She would come in here and give credit to this County Coroner’s Office. I believe she has done that with the help of Mr. Allmon. I believe she would be very pleased tonight to give her blessing to Mr. Allmon.

Annette Fulgenzi stated she has been very impressed with Mr. Allmon in his role. She has teenagers and really appreciates the outreach he has done with the local schools and reaching children about the hazards of driving distracted or tired. It has touched her daughter deeply. She would love to have him continue that role with the schools, and maybe touch on the opioid issues with their schools. She thinks Jim will be able to take the things Cinda has done with the Coroner’s Office and build on them for further outreach. He is a wonderful choice.

Mr. Ratts stated he has known Jim since he was ten years old, he has a wonderful character, and he has watched him do wonderful things. He thinks he will do a wonderful job.

A voice vote was unanimous for the nomination of Jim Allmon as Sangamon County Coroner.

Judge Madonia swore in Mr. Allmon as Sangamon County Coroner. Mr. Allmon signed his Oath of Office.

Mr. Allmon addressed the County Board. He stated that he’s honored to be standing here this evening. These last few weeks have been very trying, to say the least. The outpouring of love and support from their community has no doubt helped carry them through this most difficult time. It is no secret that he and Coroner Edwards made a great team. They had a lot they still wanted to accomplish. As Cinda would have wanted in her absence, they have worked hard and continued moving the office forward. He has no doubt in his ability to complete their mission, but he just wishes he did not have to do it without her.

He thought a lot about this next step over the last week. While doing so, he realized he inadvertently prepared himself to be standing here tonight. The 17 plus years of experience and all the training has put him where he is here. Throughout his years of service, he has built strong relationships with his brothers and sisters in the hospitals, law enforcement, fire, EMS, and funeral homes. These relationships are genuine and built from respect. Many of them have reached out this last week expressing their gratitude for what he has done and their desire for him to keep doing it. He expressed his appreciation to Chairman Van Meter for the nomination and the vote of the confidence from the County Board. He can assure them, he does not take it lightly. He fully understands the deaths they classify daily become part of permanent record. As he has often stated, “the work they do today may be examined by others for years to come.” The Coroner’s Office is a non-biased standalone entity. It is not only the Coroner’s duty to investigate and render the cause and manner of death appropriately, but in his belief, it is also their job to do so with compassion while giving the deceased the dignity they deserve. This is the only way their office has operated and will continue to operate.

Mr. Allmon thanked a lot of people for countless hours and days working alongside him. From his CSI cop buddies, fire buddies, hospital staff, funeral homes, county employees, and most of all his beautiful wife. He also thanked his amazing family, his brother, his in laws, and last but not least his mom and dad. He thanked them for working two and three jobs to give their two sons the life lessons and tools they needed to be successful. He is so lucky to have them. As he is standing before everyone tonight, he will make a promise. He will continue to work extremely hard to uphold the integrity of this office, and continue to serve the families of Sangamon County to the best of his ability. He thanked them all for their support.

ELKS CLUB PRESENTATION

Bob Church, grant coordinator of the Springfield Elks Lodge #158, addressed the County Board. Also present from the Elks Lodge are Exalted Ruler John Begue, esteemed Leading Knight Adam Church, esteemed Lecturing Knight Sandra Begue, and Dane Shaffer from the County Veteran’s Office. He is here to present a $4,000 check to the commission from a grant received from the Elk’s National Foundation. The $4,000 was used to purchase hygiene items, bedding, coats, hats, gloves, cooking supplies, cleaning supplies, and other needed things for homeless veterans who have received a permanent location to live. He thanked the County Board for the acknowledgement.

Dane Shaffer with the County Veteran’s Office addressed the County Board. Bob and the Elks Club does amazing things for the Veteran’s Commission. These things are going to low-income veterans. You have no idea what that means for a veteran to come to their office and leave smiling just because they were given these things. Some of them are so grateful. What they are doing is great. They are doing this twice a year and it is helping the veterans. Mr. Shaffer thanked the Elks Club for what they do.

GROW OUR OWN PRESENTATION - HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Kevin Seals with Hanson Professional Services addressed the County Board to give a status report on the Grow Our Own Minority Participation Program, which is now heading into its seventh year. He is pleased to report the program has been very successful over the past six years. He thanked the County for their support on this. This was a program that came out of the railroad relocation process to try to increase workforce diversity in Springfield. The program is funded through Sangamon County, the City of Springfield, and Hanson Professional services. They all contribute $20,000 per year for a total of $60,000 per year to fund and administer this program for Springfield’s youth. The goal of the program is to find Springfield youths, starting at the middle school level through high school and college and even into the adult programs, where they try to find higher achieving kids that have an interest in science and engineering and find programs to increase their interests in these fields. Hopefully they go off to college and get degrees. They try to provide jobs to them when they come back in their particular areas of expertise, and then stay in Springfield to raise their families.

Mr. Seals explained that they had 180 kids come through the program. There have been 141 or so kids go through their Engineering Open House at the University of Illinois. They have a very specialized program in the summer with 11 different kids at a weeklong camp. They have internship programs where they had 20 kids go through internships. Five of those kids were hired at Hanson full time. They try to gear the program with the school year. They like to start in the fall with a new class of students. They meet with the students and other minority based organizations to try to get referrals of students. They get about 25 different minority organizations, as well as the schools to solicit referrals of their higher achieving students who have an interest in the science and engineering field. They also have a website they can share with people, especially the parents of these students. Many of these students are under the age of 18, so before they get them enrolled in programs or take them out of town, they need to get parental consent. They want to make sure the parents are comfortable with the program. The website provides a lot of information on the program. There are referral forms for many of the different programs they offer. The website is www.growourown.net

Their schedule is they start in the fall and many of the teachers and organizations provide referrals to them. They gather the referrals throughout the year and match the students with various programs. A lot of them are age or gender specific. They then send out an email describing the various programs, and they get the parents involved. They do not want registration fees or travel expenses to impede any student that might be interested in these programs. That is where the funding comes into place. In January, they start to do placement of the students in the various programs. Over the last six years, they had about 25 to 30 students per year, which is a good number. They start in January doing interviews and placements with the students. They will also have a bridge building competition for middle aged and high school students in February. They have a job shadowing process in February and October at Hanson for high school kids. They will have an engineer in the classroom for younger students. Their biggest event is the University of Illinois Open House where they rent a charter bus on a Saturday morning and take 30 to 70 students to the University of Illinois. In the spring, they have the engineering explorer post and it goes throughout the year. The summer camp is also in July. The Engineering Open House is always scheduled in March. It is coming up on March 28th this year. They get a charter bus, have a light breakfast at Hanson, and head over to the University of Illinois. They work with the university staff in railroad engineering and meet with some of the graduate students that provide escort services throughout the campus. They take them through over 250 different engineering related exhibits.

The Michigan Tech Rail & Intermodal Summer Camp is an expensive weeklong program in July at Michigan Tech University on the Canadian border.

They send two to three high school students to that every year. They are the students who are really focused and want to get into engineering. It is railroad oriented, and they get a week at a college campus letting them experience what college life is like. They live in a dorm and eat dorm food. It is a great opportunity to get college experience and to learn about railroad engineering. They fly the students out of Springfield and all expenses are paid. They like to have new students go every year.

Hanson has a commitment to hire three minority interns every summer. They have done that for the last six years. There are also positions open at the County and City as well. He pointed out that they usually do not have very many girls in the program. They’ve had two now, and one has been offered a full time position at Hanson. It is great to see women get more involved in these skills. They put their interns to work in the field so they get hands on experience. Students last year had the opportunity to be at the Governor’s Capital Bill signing. In another program, they work with IDOT in their highway construction careers program. That is more adult based for folks who do not want to go to college to get degrees. They learn some of the trades such as crane lifting, skid steer operation, concrete work, first aid, scaffolding, and different things like that. They offer two orientation classes per year to help students come in and learn about the program. They assist them with filing out their applications and getting them enrolled in this 10-week program through Lincoln Land Community College.

They also worked with Lincoln Land on the Open Doors Program. Lincoln Land has received some community college grant funds. This program educates students on how to get into the workforce. They teach them how to dress, how to prepare resumes, and prepare for interviews. It has been successful, and they are in their second year of that program. They had a full time hire who was brought on for construction observation of the Ash Street Underpass that was completed in November. He had the opportunity to escort Congressman Rodney Davis around the site when he visited last summer just before the underpass opened.

They still get some national media coverage and are sometimes in professional engineering magazines. Many of the groups that talk to them are very intrigued about the program. They have heard many things from other cities because this has not been done around the country. He thinks they are on the cusps of having a lot more cities and states interested in programs like this. They have even heard from the National Urban League in New York City. They are very interested in promoting a program like this nationwide. Its building and has been very successful here in Springfield. A couple years ago, they received a community service award from Frontier International. They also promote the program around the city and state by going to different conferences, trade shows, and job fairs. Many kids have never heard of engineering companies, so they are spreading the word out there. It takes word of mouth and public participation to spread the word to find students for the program. They appreciate the County’s continued support in the program and hope they have many years of this. The community feedback they have heard has been very favorable.

CORRESPONDENCE

A motion was made by Mr. O’Neill, seconded by Mr. Bunch, to place Correspondence on file with the County Clerk. A voice vote was unanimous.

MINUTES

A motion was made by Mr. Bunch, seconded by Mr. Snell, for approval of the Minutes of January 14, 2020. A voice vote was unanimous.

MOTION CARRIED MINUTES ADOPTED

RESOLUTION 1

1. Resolution approving the low bids for the county motor fuel tax aggregate supply contracts.

A motion was made by Mr. Fraase, seconded by Mrs. Deppe, to place Resolution 1 on the floor. Chairman Van Meter asked County Clerk Gray to call the roll. Upon the roll call vote, there were 26 Yeas – 0 Nays.

MOTION CARRIED 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED

RESOLUTIONS 2 – 6

2. Resolution approving the low bids for the township motor fuel tax aggregate supply contracts.

A motion was made by Mr. Fraase, seconded by Mrs. Scaife, to place Resolution 2 on the floor. A motion was made by Mr. Bunch, seconded by Mr. Smith, to consolidate Resolutions 2 – 6. Chairman Van Meter asked County Clerk Gray to read Resolutions 3 – 6.

3. Resolution approving the low bid for four (4) utility tractors for the Highway Department.

4. Resolution approving the purchase of tires from Goodyear Commercial Tire for County vehicles and trucks.

5. Resolution approving the purchase of parts from Rush Truck Centers of Springfield for the maintenance of vehicles and trucks.

6. Resolution approving the purchase of electric, water and sewer services from City Water, Light & Power.

A voice vote was unanimous on the consolidation. A motion was made by Mr. Preckwinkle that the roll call vote for Resolution 1 stands as the roll call vote for Resolutions 2 – 6, as consolidated. A voice vote was unanimous.

MOTIONS CARRIED 

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

RESOLUTION 7

7. 2020-001 – Andrew J. Beck, 4816 & 4818 Oak Hill Road, Rochester – Granting a Rezoning and Variances. County Board Member – Tom Madonia, Jr., District #9.

A motion was made by Mr. Madonia, seconded by Mr. Miller, to place Resolution 7 on the floor. A motion was made by Mr. Stumpf to waive the reading of the professional staff’s report. There were no objections. A voice vote was unanimous for the adoption of Resolution 7.

MOTIONS CARRIED 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED

RESOLUTION 8

8. 2020-002 – Perry & Vickie Walter and Greg & Megan Walter, 1339 North Oak Road, Rochester – Granting a Variance. County Board Member – Tom Madonia, Jr., District #9.

A motion was made by Mr. Madonia, seconded by Mr. Ratts, to place Resolution 8 on the floor. A motion was made by Mr. Stumpf to waive the reading of the professional staff’s report. There were no objections. A voice vote was unanimous for the adoption of Resolution 8.

MOTIONS CARRIED 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED

RESOLUTION 9

9. 2020-003 – Harvey Horton, 4000 N. Peoria Road, Springfield – Granting a Rezoning and a Variance. County Board Member – Greg Stumpf, District #16.

A motion was made by Mr. Stumpf, seconded by Mr. Krell, to place Resolution 9 on the floor. Chairman Van Meter asked the professional staff to give the procedural history of the case.

Jessica Scaife, professional staff, stated the petitioner has requested, pursuant to Chapters 17.68 and 17.26, a rezoning from “B-2” Retail Business District to “B-3” General Business District; and, pursuant to Chapter 17.66. a variance of Chapter 17.04 (Cargo Container) to allow no more than one hundred (100) cargo containers to be used as mobile and valet storage instead of the permitted one (1) container on a parcel that is between one (1) acre and five (5) acres in size.

Emily Prather, professional staff, stated the Planning Commission recommends approval of the requested rezoning and variance. The proposed “B-3” zoning is acceptable as the subject property is adjacent to the “B-3” zoning to the west and east, and there is a commercial trend along Peoria Road. The petitioner is proposing to develop a mobile and valet storage business on the parcel. However, rather than building a structure to be used for storage units, which is permitted in the “B-3” zoning district, the petitioner is proposing to utilize cargo containers to be transported to customers, filled, and then returned to the subject property for storage. Staff finds that this business model is consistent with other permitted uses in the requested zoning district. The Standards for Variation are met. Jessica Scaife state the Zoning Board of Appeals concurs with the staff recommendation.

Petitioner Harvey Horton, residing at 500 Worthington Chase in Sherman, addressed the County Board. About 3 years ago, he left his last job and started working on building a business model that revolved around storage and taking into account all the things that were the worst parts of the storage model. Things such as getting caught on fire, floods, and pests and rodents getting in. He asked himself what he could do to solve those problems. He came up with a solution of moveable storage containers. He then references to a sheet he had passed around the room. He is there to let the board visualize and see what he is building versus what is probably the first thing that entered their head when they think ‘shipping containers.’ He is only using new shipping containers with double doors and a moveable divider wall to separate how many units might be in the 20-foot container. He is only using 20-foot containers.

Mr. Stumpf stated he was curious of the percentage of the pods or containers staying on the property compared to leaving the property. Mr. Horton explained when they get it all laid out properly and everything set up, they will probably end up with about 80 to 95. No more than 25% of those would be moving at any time. They have self, mobile, and valet. The mobile part is bringing the whole thing to the property. The valet part is something that was probably never been seen around here before. It is an app put on a phone that people can download. People can check how much storage they will actually need, ask for the bins to put their stuff in, which will be provided for free, take pictures of the bins and what is going in the bins, and they will come pick those up and store them for the people. They will have their own arc at the park, but at the end of the day, they will not have to visit it because if they need something back, they just to need to go on the app or call and they will deliver that back to the person. Therefore, the idea is to have storage, but never needing to visit it. It is something becoming very popular in larger metropolitan areas. When he was building this model, he saw a need for it, and in research found people already doing it. The important thing is convenience. People today want to be able to do things from their phone whenever possible, especially the younger generation. Around 30% of the millennial generation now use storage units, simply because they cannot fit everything in their house or apartment.

Linda Fulgenzi asked how they propose to move the containers when they are 20 feet long and 20 feet apart. She understands they would have a forklift to help, but they would still need a maneuvering route. Mr. Horton explained that the end units on the property would be the moveable containers. That is why he said only 20% of the containers would be moveable. Most of these will sit in place 99% of the time. They do not want the inconvenience of having to lift them out of the middle if they can put them on the ends. Mrs. Fulgenzi asked how they are going to move them even from the ends. Mr. Horton stated they could pick them up and put on a trailer. The trailer he will be using is automatic and will pick them up off the ground, locks them in place on all four corners, and puts them on the trailer. The trailers are specifically made to haul these things around. Mrs. Fulgenzi stated she is still having trouble with this. It just does not seem you will be able to do what they are saying they are going to do in the space allowed. Mr. Horton explained that he has talked with other people at length about this. As he lays the park out, if he sees they will have more activity then he will probably have to widen them, but most of the activity he sees is not going to go beyond what is in that park. He is working with some land with a couple other people that are industrial and they said he could put them there until they are mobile. He will not be moving those sitting on that land any more than up to 20% or maybe not even that often. He would like to put two ten-foot containers there instead of one 20 foot. In most cases, unless you are moving a house, you will not need a full 20-foot container delivered to your location. Businesses may need them for inventory or that kind of thing. Mrs. Fulgenzi asked if his friends would be able to take them and put them somewhere else. Mr. Horton state they would with the empty ones. The people that require these to be delivered are the commercial or industrial type for things like construction jobs, so they are not necessarily residential.

Mrs. Fulgenzi asked the professional staff if they would allow this in their zoning ordinance. Molly Berns explained at the time he was choosing to use an off-site temporary placement of the unfilled storage containers he would need to contact the Zoning Office to determine if what he is proposing is in compliance with the ordinance. If it were not, he would have to come back through Zoning for that particular piece of land as well. Mr. Horton stated that is not something he is going to have to worry about right up front. It might be a couple years before he gets to the point where the number of clientele is something he has to worry about.

Mr. Mendenhall asked if the permanent structures he is leaving there would just be sitting there or are they permanently attached. Mr. Horton stated they would be just sitting there. They are 5,000 pounds empty. There have been many studies done, but really, it is just applying physics for area and mass versus wind velocity. It would take a 120 mile per hour wind to move an empty container. If they were sitting on a lull, as he demonstrated, it would take over a 185 mile per hour wind to move it, so you would literally need to have an F3 tornado come through there to move it. Mr. Mendenhall asked if they would still be considered a temporary structure. Mr. Horton stated they would be. They would not become real property and would be exempt from real estate taxes.

Mr. Preckwinkle asked if the pictures he showed are what his site would look like as a brand new site or what it would look like after a year or two. Mr. Horton stated the pictures are of his friend’s site in Australia. The site in the pictures was about two years old at the time.

Mr. Snell asked if the units are hooked together. Mr. Horton stated they are not. There is 6 inches in between them. Each one has a hook where you can hook two together.

Mr. Hall asked how this is comparable to a food truck business compared to a restaurant. He wants to know how this compares to other companies who are paying property taxes and are providing a service. Are they allowing an unfair advantage for someone who is not paying property taxes. Mr. Horton stated the property is currently owned by a foundation who pays no taxes.

If he pays $5,000 to $6,000 in taxes next year then it will be more than you have been getting. There is a house and 2,500 square foot building on that land, which he knows will be valued when they start paying taxes.

Mr. Krell stated he thinks this would be kin to the truck/trailer sales on Dirksen Parkway. There are semis there with trailers all in a row, and the trailers are not being taxed. Also, they have garbage businesses that will bring a big dumpster to your house and unload them. It is the same kind of service. All of them are stacked out at the garbage disposal place and they are not paying taxes on them.

Mrs. Annette Fulgenzi stated she has talked with Mr. Horton and has voiced her concerns. She has been putting a lot of effort towards revitalizing the Route 66 Corridor down there. Unfortunately, there are many things she worries about that they cannot control with zoning. If the site is not looking like it is supposed to, she will be calling Zoning. She wants to raise that stretch of road up and not bring it down. She does not want it to look like a freight yard without the trains. Mr. Horton stated he understands.

Mrs. Hills stated she has concerns with the number of units they are proposing. You originally said you would be moving 20% and then recently said 25%. She asked if he would be willing to commit to a percentage on the number of containers. Mr. Horton stated he would, and he wants to be a good neighbor. He has been doing business in and around Springfield for over 35 years. He has no intention of running afoul.

Mrs. Linda Fulgenzi stated if this passes she would hope he does have a great business, but what happens if you go out of business or you sell this to someone who doesn’t keep it up and it really starts to look bad. When they allow wind and solar farms, they have a decommissioning process. What happens if this doesn’t make it and they are sitting there with 100 cargo containers made of steel, not kept up, and are sitting on a little over an acre of land? Mr. Horton stated he does think that is a fair point. If things got to that point, he would sell those containers and get rid of his inventory. What you would be left with is an acre and a half that is 90% paved. He thinks you could probably sell that to just about anybody at that point.

Mr. Stumpf stated he is in favor of allowing this, but he does echo the same thing as Annette Fulgenzi. They are trying to build this area up and make it look nice. Mr. Horton stated he is already working on marketing into the Route 66 Corridor.

Chairman Van Meter asked if they would be single story and would never be two story. Mr. Horton stated they would be just single story and never two story.

Mrs. Hills asked if they could amend the resolution to say no more than 20% will be moveable. Molly Berns stated it could be done because a variance is being granted to limit the number of cargo containers, so it can be easily added as an additional condition. It would apply to the mobile containers. A motion was made by Mrs. Hills, seconded by Mr. Stumpf, to amend Resolution 9. On Page 2, the second bullet point would add: In addition, only 20% of the total containers on the site at one time may be considered to be mobile. A voice vote carried. The motion to amend failed.

A voice vote carried for the adoption of Resolution 9. Linda Fulgenzi voted Present.

MOTIONS CARRIED 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED

RESOLUTION 10

10. 2020-004 – Darby Sabo, 10800 Block of Gordon Drive, Chatham – Granting a Rezoning and Variances. County Board Member – Pam Deppe, District #5.

A motion was made by Mr. Krell, seconded by Mrs. Deppe, to place Resolution 10 on the floor. A motion was made by Mr. Stumpf to waive the reading of the professional staff’s report. There were no objections. A voice vote was unanimous for the adoption of Resolution 10.

MOTIONS CARRIED 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED

RESOLUTIONS 11 – 17

11. Resolution amending Title 3 of the Sangamon County Code by adding Chapter 3.06 imposing a County Cannabis Retailers’ Occupation Tax.

A motion was made by Mr. Preckwinkle, seconded by Mr. DelGiorno, to place Resolution 11 on the floor. A motion was made by Mr. Bunch to consolidate Resolutions 11 –17. Chairman Van Meter asked County Clerk Gray to read Resolutions 12 – 17.

12. Resolution approving the procurement of goods and/or services for the Sangamon County ETSD from Hinshaw & Culbertson for professional services in the amount of $60,000.

13. Resolution approving the procurement of goods and/or services for the Sangamon County ETSD from SCCDS for 10% of the SCCDS FY20 Budget in the amount of $528,788.28.

14. Resolution approving the procurement of goods and/or services for the Sangamon County ETSD from CWLP to provide utilities in the amount of $66,120.

15. Resolution approving the procurement of goods and/or services for Information Systems from Dell Marketing for Windows PC’s in the amount of $275,000.

16. Resolution approving the procurement of goods and/or services for Information Systems from Converge One Inc. to upgrade the County computer network in the amount of $170,000.

17. Resolution approving the Auditor’s grant application from the Illinois Public Risk Fund for the Workplace Safety Program in the amount of $46,122.

A voice vote was unanimous on the consolidation. A motion was made by Mr. Preckwinkle that the roll call vote for Resolution 1 stands as the roll call vote for Resolutions 11 - 17, as consolidated. A voice vote was unanimous.

MOTIONS CARRIED

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS

A. Resolutions

There were no new resolutions.

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

B. Appointments

Appointment of Jim Allmon as the Sangamon County Coroner.

Appointment of Jennifer Ludwig to the Sangamon County Board of Health for a term expiring February, 2023.

Appointment of Sandra Douglas to the Sangamon Mass Transit District for a term expiring February, 2025.

Appointment of Kenneth Springs to the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission for a term expiring February, 2024.

Appointment of Val Yazell to the Sangamon County Workforce Investment Board for a term expiring September, 2022.

Appointment of Cheree Morrison to the Sangamon County Workforce Investment Board for a term expiring September, 2022.

Appointment of Odie A. Carpenter, Jr. to the Sangamon County Deputy Merit Commission for a term expiring February, 2023.

Appointment of William (Bill) Taft to the Sangamon County Deputy Merit Commission for a term expiring February, 2025.

Appointment of Melissa Calhoun to the Sangamon County Workplace Safety Board for a term expiring February, 2021.

A motion was made by Mr. Bunch, seconded by Mr. Ratts, for approval of the appointments. A voice vote was unanimous.

MOTION CARRIED 

APPOINTMENTS ADOPTED

The nominations for appointment in March were also submitted. C. Procurement/Grant Notifications

There were no procurement/grant notifications.

RATIFICATION OF CONTRACTS

A motion was made by Mr. Smith to ratify the FOP Corrections and Civilian Contracts. Mr. Smith thanked the FOP and bargaining unit in the Sheriff’s Office for their hard work with his committee to reach a four-year agreement. A voice vote was unanimous.

MOTION CARRIED 

CONTRACTS RATIFIED

REPORTS OF COUNTY OFFICIALS, REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES, REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES, COMMITTEE REPORT ON CLAIMS

A motion was made by Mr. Bunch, seconded by Mr. Tjelmeland, to place the Committee Report on Claims on file with the County Clerk. A voice vote was unanimous.

MOTION CARRIED 

REPORTS FILED

RECESS

A motion was made by Mr. Tjelmeland, seconded by Mr. DelGiorno, to recess the meeting to March, 10 2020 at 7:00 p.m. A voice vote was unanimous.

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