Carbondale Reporter

Jackson County Executive Committee met Thursday, Feb. 2.

The committee includes the county board chair, county board vice-chair, chair of Finance & Administration, chair of Legislative & Public Safety, chair of Real Property and two board members.

Here are the minutes as provided by Jackson County:

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017 5:00 PM

JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Call to Order (5:00 PM)

Members Present: Endres, Erbes, Hunter, Larkin, Peterson and Rowe

Members Absent: J.S. Rendleman

Also Present: Susie Kilquist, Michelle Tweedy

Approval of Minutes

I. 17-2140 January 5, 2017 Minutes

A motion was made by Peterson, seconded by Hunter, to approve the January 5, 2017 minutes as presented. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

II. 17-2141 Approval of Evaluation Committee Minutes

a. January 3, 2017

b. January 9, 2017

A motion was made by Peterson, seconded by Erbes, to approve the January 3, 2017 and January 9, 2017 evaluation committee minutes as presented. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

Chairman's Remarks

Internal Office Matters

III. 17-2142 Board Supervised Staff Evaluations

Hunter updated the committee on the progress of board supervised staff evaluations. The forms have been updated and tailored to the job descriptions. They will be given to staff on February 6th for them to do self-evaluations and return them by February 17th. Then sometime between February 21 and March 21 Hunter and Rendleman will complete staff evaluations.

IV. 17-2143 Discussion of 2017 Committee Meeting Days/Times

Peterson began discussion by stating that she would like to switch the day and time of the Real Property meeting with the day and time of the Legislative & Public Safety meeting. Larkin indicated that he did not have an issue with that but will have to discuss it with the committee at the meeting on February 8th.

V. 17-2144 March 2017 Calendar Adjustments

The committee discussed the meeting schedule for March 2017. It was the consensus of the committee to move the March Executive Committee meeting down a week to allow it to take place after the scheduled Board Orientation. The committee also decided to move the Wednesday meeting in March down a week. This will put the Executive Committee meeting on March 9th and the Wednesday meeting on March 15th.

A motion was made by Larkin, seconded by Hunter, to approve changing the date of the March Executive Committee meeting and the March meeting that usually takes place on the 2nd Wednesday to the 3rd Wednesday. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

VI. 17-2145 Board Orientation-March 4th

The committee coordinator asked some questions about the March 4th Board Orientation. The committee decided to have the orientation begin at 9am and end at 2pm; they want a local sandwich shop to provide lunch and they would like to invite the departments, offices and organizations that report or get funding from the county to come and do a 10 minute presentation to give the board members an overview of what each one does.

A motion was made by Larkin, seconded by Endres, to refer all discussion of the Informal Board  meeting on February 16 and the Board Orientation on March 4 to the Chair and Vice-Chair of the County Board. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

VII. 17-2146 Resolution in Appreciation of Jim Scales

Hunter informed the committee that the 708 Board has requested that at the February County Board meeting the County Board Chairman present Jim Scales with a Resolution in Appreciation of the over 30 years that he served on the 708 Board.

A motion was made by Hunter, seconded by Peterson, to authorize the Chairman, at the February County Board meeting, to present a Resolution in Appreciation of Jim Scales years of service to the 708 Board. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

VIII. 17-2147 Nationwide Deferred Compensation Plan

Tweedy explained to the committee the new option that Nationwide is offering to employees.

IX. 17-2149 Building Commission Planning

This discussion was moved to the March meeting.

Human Resources Subcommittee Update

The committee coordinator presented the committee with a short memo outlining some of the highlights from the HR Seminar that the county sent her to.

Appointments

X. 17-2148 Open Appointments in February 2017 {10}

a. Jackson County Board of Health (1)

b. Buncombe Water District (1)

c. Cable TV Commission (1)

d. Crosswalk Community Action Agency (2)

e. Lakeside Water District (1)

f. Shawnee Resource Conservation & Development Area (1)

g. Southernmost Tourism Bureau (3)

Appointments discussion was put on hold due to the fact that the Chairman was unable to attend the meeting.

Old Business

There was a brief discussion about what committee should be handling the tax delinquent property discussion. The consensus of the committee is to discuss it at Finance & Administration meeting and see where it needs to go from there.

New Business

Peterson informed the committee that she would like to see the county pass a resolution opposing the President's internationa l travel ban. They would like it to be addressed to the President, Representative Bost and Senators Durbin and Duckworth. The committee coordinator was directed to contact the State's Attorney's office and ask them to draft the resolution in time for the

February 21st county board meeting.

Executive Session

Adjourn (5:54 PM)

Larkin moved and Erbes seconded to adjourn, motion carried.