Carbondale Reporter

Jackson County Legislative and Public Safety Committee met June 13.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

Call to Order (5:00 pm):

Members Present: Burke, Comparato, D. Bost, Larkin, Mendoza, Jr. and Mueller

Members Absent: Maxwell

Also Present: John S. Rendleman, Andrew Erbes, Derek Misener, Kerri Gale, Miriam Link-Mullison, Scott Martin, Barb Arbeiter, Jess Jobe, Natalie Long, Rene Cook, Jessica Grammer, Tasha Bunting, Breanne Brieiegill, Patty Weyhrich, Gary Kolb, Rene F. Poiteri n, Beau Henson, Tanisha Joens, Mike Cavell, Diane Speir, Becca Tally, Michelle Deek

Approval of Minutes:

I. 17-2512 May 16, 2017 Minutes

A motion was made by D. Bost, seconded by Comparato, to approve May 16, 2017 minutes as presented. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

Executive Session:

II. 17-2522 Executive Session under 2 (c)(1) to discuss employment of Emergency Management personnel A motion was made by Comparato, seconded by D. Bost, to approve entering into Executive Session 2(c)(1) to discuss employment of Emergency Management personnel. The motion carried by the following vote:

Yes: 5 - Burke, Comparato, D. Bost, Larkin and Mendoza, Jr.

Absent: 2 - Maxwell and Mueller

A motion was made by Mendoza, Jr., seconded by Burke, to approve recommendation of the Emergency Management Director in hiring a Deputy Director pending legal review. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

Health Department & Solid Waste

III. 17-2511 Jackson County Health Department

Link-Mullison reported that the Health Department is still monitoring the state budget process. They are starting to project out their cash flow to October and appear to have adequate cash on hand at least through the summer. They recently received funding for the work they did on their core programming for the fiscal year. The transition with Dr. Patrick is going well. The Health Department is working on addressing the opiod crisis through education of health care professionals and the community. They have hired a retired pharmacist who is meeting with physicans and encouraging the use of the prescription monitoring program. Also, they are continuing to work on planning for the Eclipse. They have two applications for campgrounds.

IV. 17-2513 Solid Waste Enforcement

Gale reported that Mr. Terry completed nine inspections at open dumping/burning sites; four were revisits to existing sites and five were new sites; one of the revisits resulted in closure due to compliance being achieved and approximately 80 cubic yards of waste was removed from the environment; three citizen complaints were received.

V. 17-2514 Solid Waste Fund Update

Gale reviewed the solid waste fund update she presented. She stated that some of the numbers are not available due to the new financial software. She hopes to have accurate numbers by the next meeting.

VI. 17-2515 Solid Waste Management Plan Update

Gale will be bringing Attachment A to the July meeting for the committee to review.

VII. 17-2516 Recycling Program

Gale reported that the Household Chemical Collection went very well. The longest wait time was for 30 minutes on Friday. There were 295 vehicles with 61 additional households on Friday. On Saturday there were 239 vehicles with 47 additional households. Of them 53 were from Perry County and 589 from Jackson County. Of the participants 127 brought in medication.

Emergency Management

Ambulance Service

VIII. 17-2546 Acceptance of low responsible bid for new ambulance

Misener informed the committee of the bids for the purchase of a new ambulance. The committee discussed the options and decided to go with the recommendation of the Ambulance Director provided it remains under the budgeted amount.

A motion was made by Burke, seconded by Mendoza, Jr., to approve recommendation of the purchase of the Foster Coach Sales, Inc. Mercedes Sprinter with power cot ambulance provided it is under the amount budgeted for the purchase of a new ambulance. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

IX. 17-2547 Internet Access Upgrade

Misener requested to upgrade the Ambulance Department internet service to allow faster internet. The committee discussed the issue and made inquiries of Misener.

A motion was made by Mueller, seconded by D. Bost, to authorize an additional $100 a month for internet upgrade at the Ambulance department. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

X. 17-2517 Ambulance Monthly Claims

A motion was made by Comparato, seconded by D. Bost, to approve payment of the Ambulance monthly claims in the amount of $41,982.42. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

XI. 17-2518 Ambulance Director's Report

a. Accounts Receivable Cash

b. Activity Report

Misener reported that the accounts receivable cash is $264,450.06. He also reported that there were 855 ambulance reports for 670 transports and 46 livery van transports. These numbers are up slightly from May of 2016.

Legislative:

XII. 17-2519 Jackson County Jail Inspection

This is for informational purposes.

XIII. 17-2520 Raffle License

Rendleman suggested clarifying who is responsible for signing off on the raffle licenses. The committee discussed this issue and decided that it should be the County Board Chairman or his designee. The committee would like to ask legal council to make that change and have it ready for the July meeting.

XIV. 17-2521 CAFO Resolution

Comparato began discussion of the resolution by giving a brief history; this came before the committee in April and he was asked to revise the previous resolution this is the result. Rendleman gave a brief synopsis of the resolution; it asks the General Assembly to give some control over CAFO's to local communities. The Jackson County Farm Bureau and the State of Illinois Farm Bureau had representatives who spoke to the committee about this issue. The committee asked questions and facilitated a discussion with the representatives. Then the committee allowed citizens on both sides of the issue to make comments. Once discussion was concluded the committee took a role call vote on the resolution.

A motion was made by Comparato, seconded by Mueller, to approve the Resolution Regulating Livestock Facilities to Ensure Healthy Communities. The motion failed by the following vote:

Yes: 2 - Comparato and Mueller

No: 4 - Burke, D. Bost, Larkin and Mendoza, Jr.

Absent: 1 - Maxwell

XV. 17-2548 Safe & Welcoming County Resolution

Comparato began discussion by informing the committee that he had been approached by a group with a Safe and Welcoming Community resolution and he forwarded the resolution; Carbondale City Council has already passed this resolution. The group met with the State's Attorney and the Sheriff and a revised version of the resolution has been submitted by the State's Attorney's office. The group nor Comparato has had a chance to meet with the State's Attorney's office to discuss the revisions. The committee decided to not take a vote on the resolution and requested that Sheriff Burns and State's Attorney Carr attend the July meeting. The committee then allowed citizens to voice their concerns and reasons why they are in support of this resolution. Committee members facilitated asked questions throughout the discussion of the resolution. This topic will be discussed at the July meeting.

Citizen Comments

Old Business

New Business

Adjourn (7:13 pm)

D. Bost moved and Mueller seconded to adjourn, motion carried.

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