Carbondale Reporter

Jackson County Executive Committee met Jan. 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

Call to Order (5:02 PM)

Members Present: Erbes, J.S. Rendleman, Nehring and Peterson

Members Absent: Endres, Hunter and Larkin

Also Present: Larry Reinhardt, Josh Barringer, Michelle Tweedy

Approval of Minutes

I. 18-3061 December 19, 2017 Minutes

Peterson pointed out that item seven on page two is an incomplete sentence it should say "the committee appreciated the report".

A motion was made by Erbes, seconded by Nehring, to approve the December 19, 2017 minutes with the requested change to item seven. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

Chairman's Remarks

Rendleman updated the committee on what the Public Building Commission is doing and on an enterprise zone meeting he attended. Then he went on to discuss TIF districts in Carbondale.

Internal Office Matters

II. 18-3062 February Calendar Adjustments

The committee reviewed the February meeting dates and decided, due to the holidays, to move the Finance & Administration, Legislative & Public Safety, and Real Property meetings up a week. The County Board meeting will remain on February 20th.

III. 18-3063 County Board Administrator

This item will be moved to the February meeting.

IV. 18-3064 Compensatory Time Policy

This item will be moved to the February meeting

Computing Services Update

Barringer presented the committee with a PowerPoint of his proposed three to five year plan. Among other things he mentioned that the county infrastructure is out of date and he proposed the creation of an IT only fund to save money for infrastructure needs. He also proposed a fee based structure for each department and the implementation of new policies to cover computing services issues. The committee discussed these ideas and directed Barringer to begin working with officeholders to create draft policies for the board to review.

Appointments

V. 18-3065 Open Appointments January 2018 {12}

1. ETSB 911 (3)

2. Greater Egypt Regional Economic Development (1)

3. Jackson County Housing Authority (1)

4. Public Building Commission (6)

5. Shawnee Resource Conservation & Development Area (1)

There are no applications at this time.

Old Business

VI. 18-3066 Opiod Litigation

Rendleman began discussion by informing the committee that Carr is reticent about joining the case without an connection to specific costs or damages in Jackson County. The committee discussed what they want to do and the consensus is to have Rendleman contact the firm to ensure that this is included.

VII. 18-3067 Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council

The committee discussed this issue and the consensus is to continue with Western Egyptian for now.

VIII. 18-3068

Resolution to include 125 Plan as IMRF earnings The committee discussed the IMRF 125 Plan Resolution. Tweedy explained the provided spreadsheet that shows that it would cost the county appoximately $61,000. The committee would like to find out how employees feel about the resolution, what is the standard and if other counties offer this to their employees. They also would like to discuss this with bargaining units to get their opinions. This item will remain on the agenda for the February meeting.

New Business

Rendleman reviewed some weather maps and explained to the committee what the process is for determining when, how and if the Courthouse is to be closed.

IX. 18-3069

Election Judges

Reinhardt presented the resolution to lower the number of General Primary Election judges from five to three. He stated that the State's Attorney's office has already approved the resolution wording and form. Also,this will save the county money.

A motion was made by Erbes, seconded by Peterson, to approve the resolution lowering the number of required election judges for General Primary Elections from five to three. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

Executive Session

Peterson moved and Erbes seconded to enter into Executive Session under 2 (c) 1 & 2 to discuss personnel and collective bargaining. Roll Call Vote: Peterson-Yes, Nehring-Yes, Erbes-Yes, Rendleman-Yes.

Peterson moved and Nehring seconded to exit Executive Session.

Adjourn (5:58 PM)

Peterson moved and Erbes seconded to adjourn, motion carried

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