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All right, all meetings in order, 2.0 prayer, do we have anybody else to do the prayer?

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I'll do it.

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Okay, thank you.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for bringing this group together tonight to talk about the county business.

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Father, we would ask you that you bless the meeting and give us strength and wisdom to do what's best for the citizens of Stevens County.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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All right.

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3.0, approval of tonight's agenda. So I would like to remove one point or 5.1 as they had a quorum and were able to do their own claims. So do I have a motion to approve as amended?

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I do approve, ma'am.

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Okay. So I'm going to second, buddy. Any discussion?

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All those members say aye.

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Aye.

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motion carries. All right, 4.0 review and approval of meeting minutes from July 13th. Do I have a motion to approve?

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Aye, Sandy. Aye, second. Aye, Mr. Brandt. All right, any discussions on meeting minutes? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

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Yes.

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Opposed?

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Motion carried.

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5.0, Approval of Claims Toll and Email the Cash Requirements and Manual $932,998.85.

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Do we have a motion to approve?

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So moved.

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Mr. Deans, do we have a second?

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Sure.

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Any discussion?

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Seeing all of, okay, all is there is that, so both, she carried, all right, 6.0 public comment,

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no public comment, all right, reports to the committee, 7.1 Diamond Brothers, so Carrie and

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Georgia and Adrienne met today, then I will have a meeting with her later this week, so there's

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nothing new to report at this time, so then 7.2 is County Administrative.

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Just to kind of touch on that meeting we had as kind of preliminary information for both benefits and liability renewals.

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We have renewal packets to go through that we've also sent out to the departments to make sure their information is correct, numbers, and it's started after that.

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out. So just looking at this, for those of you that weren't at the UCCI conference, the seminar on Tuesday was on data centers. It was from the outlet for the data centers as opposed to what we've all heard and about the laws changing and stuff. So there was a lot of good information about that. Sickage is wrapping up the audit. They are planning to present to finance and the board at the September meeting.

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meetings. There's no scheduled upcoming land bank meeting. Integrity Financial, which is one of the

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companies that does some of our deferred compensation plans, had a workshop for employees here on July 29th.

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There's a pretty good turnout here. They were happy with it. They'll start holding those biannually here.

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We talked with Travis and apparently the day that they were here was one of the day of the big murder trials that was going on over at the courthouse so they are coming and setting up in the courthouse tomorrow and needing a little lunch hour for employees that couldn't attend that wanted to attend here so that was good.

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Mapper Health, which you've heard us all talk about, RxMapper, when we approved that through the

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three-year-old process last year, has combined with what she said they called it, they now call it

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Mapper Health. So there's additional services with genetic testing and other data that is now offered

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through what we approved that employees can opt into and pay for with their HSAs or through their own.

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There's no additional cost to the county, but it's expanded the services that are offered.

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So it's kind of exciting.

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We rolled out the information and heard some positive feedback that we had offered through the county

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as opposed to having them having to do it themselves.

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else. Animal control is moved into the new facility. Got to get with Kristen to make sure everything

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is squared away and then we'll probably plan on, well, we will plan a formal ribbon cutting

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and have that out the house. So, see that new facility and I apologize, I missed most of the

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meetings last week, but playing catch-up, I had to get the kid off to college. So, thank you for that.

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That's all I have.

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Any questions for us?

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Yep.

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During the data center presentation, did they address electricity costs and water usage at all?

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Yes.

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But they didn't really, they talked about how they worked with local, like wherever they are setting up.

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They tried to define what the best system would be, whether it was a closed loop system and just fill it once kind of thing and then refresh it or it was a continuous load thing for the water.

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Then they also talked about different types of electricity sources.

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They didn't really talk about rates.

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Yeah, I was going to say it was more like how they would source it.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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So that's why I didn't.

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I don't believe I've gotten the PowerPoint.

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point. Yeah, but if I have, if I do, I'll send it to you. I have it already sent out.

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All right. Thank you for having me.

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I see that. I was going to say, you've got it.

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They did it. Okay.

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And I was going to ask that same question, too. You know, there's been so much out there about that and stuff like that. I look at this as just one side of the story. Everything had three sides. You know, you got to figure out, you got to figure out what the third side of.

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What's the possibility of, and I think it should come from the city, but right now I'm not in the city, as we as a county holding some type of town hall meeting to discuss data sets. Because apparently, we're going to have to address it. I mean, it's going to happen. I mean, I'm just, that's just my issue.

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because it's very, because like you said, you know, two major issues that they were bringing

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up, talking about the electrical cost and water, and in there, they broke it down.

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I look at this, they were just wanting to try to save you to go with the data set.

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That's the first time I had heard that perspective was.

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Because I kept reading this, reading this, and I did notice that the city of Aurora just

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last month, they claim it's a once-in-a-lifetime ordinance that they pass concerning data centers.

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I didn't look it up in that science, but I just think that it's something that we're physically

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we're going to have to address.

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And I will also, too, we didn't follow through with the strategic planning where we want to

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go.

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And I think if we hadn't, we probably could have addressed this issue.

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I was going to say, I don't want to step on Ms. Williams' toes, but I know she has something coming out of P&D that will be going to the board, or maybe Mr. Fricke will talk about P&D.

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I know she wants to update the land use.

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Well, we are looking at, I'm sure we're getting way up to something here at a time, if that's okay.

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We are coming forward hopefully with just a six-month moratorium on data centers at this point so that we can come up with a zoning ordinance to deal with those plans.

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So we're looking at that and that plan is also expandable for a longer period of time if we have to do that.

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and that's where we're at right now just to make sure that we have something as you're saying a head game before they start because I've already mentioned to many of you that we personally have already had inquiries on some of our land about sourcing it as a data center source because we have a huge power line that runs through one of the farms and so that makes it more so it's not like

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We're the only one. They're out there already. But they already know that even if they started now with making you an offer for at least a property, that's 10 years down the road. That's not going to happen tomorrow because they know the process. But we are trying to be forward-thinking. And Beth is working hard to get that done and work with attorneys to make sure we have a switch for it.

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I know City of Roy have put in a moratorium to hold law for it, you know, for them to look at, you know, address on different issues and stuff like that.

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I didn't mean to.

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All right. So any more questions for Georgia?

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All right. Moving on to 7.3, Finance Director.

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Just to address the revenue and expense project comparison report, you'll notice that the revenues are up because the

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that the revenues are up because the treasurer did the first tax distribution. So you can see some of those funds where the tax dollars hit, that those percentages are now looking like they should. There's really nothing else that kind of sticks out unless anyone has any questions about that.

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Okay. As the administrator mentioned, the audit is wrapping up. I just got another set of questions this morning.

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kind of the final wrap-up questions. Some of them we had already answered and then there were new

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questions for the nursing center specifically. So hopefully John with Serenity will get back to

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them as soon as possible. So they need to start their process with approval within Sickish and that

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takes about two to three weeks. So we want to make sure that we stay on schedules so they can be here

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in September. And that's all I have. Otherwise, it's just budgets.

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Any questions for Adrienne on this topic? All right. 7.4, the Treasurer's report. Her report is attached.

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She is attending a conference this week. So if you have any questions, you can reach out to her.

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and when she returns she can get with me that these are those. 8.0 is old business, so 9.0 is new business, 9.1, approval of surpassed properties. In her previous email, it talks about the resolutions are going back to the original owners and it's right here if anybody wants to glance at them or anything before we make the approval or anything.

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So, what's that? Do I have a motion to approve?

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Sure.

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By Mr. Larry and by Steve, by second.

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All right. Any discussion on the surplus properties?

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This is a great one because it's going back to owners.

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All right. All those in favor, say aye.

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Opposed?

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Okay. Motion to be signed.

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Oh.

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There's the claims to the most.

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All right. 9.2.

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We can start with the state's attorney that is in the general fund, so you'll only see the expense side.

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The only changes really that happened were the 3.5% coolant increases that were outlined in the budget policy, and then the state dictates what the rate of pay is for the state's attorney to sell.

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So you can see it was an increase strictly from the salaries of 3.3.0, so I would recommend approval of this budget.

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I would ask that we send this budget back to the committee after some discussion at administration.

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I believe we need to do a lot of work on looking at the cost of the equipment for backup storage and data storage.

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Mr. Louie was really concerned about that, and that's not included anywhere in here.

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It's going to be somewhere between $10,000 and $12,000 just for this department.

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And I think we need to make sure that the committee addresses that issue before we approve this budget.

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So I was moved to be sent back to the commission.

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Oh, I did discuss that with Mr. Larson, and he said they were going to, they weren't going to buy any storage.

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They would start putting them on a hard drive, and he stayed in the foothouse, but it was in the back.

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So the potatoes has been dressed, but it's up to the commission.

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But I think that the concern is, is that if that's backup data and it's stored at the courthouse, what if something happens and now we don't have a backup anywhere?

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I don't think we have a backup now with the paper.

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Right.

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Well, that's, and that's why we need it.

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Yeah.

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It wasn't a concern, you know, with the paper, but, you know, I say it, don't send it back and send it back.

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Well, I think the concern, it's not so much the concern.

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It's a concern that we have a backup, but it's also a concern that as we keep digitizing the records that need to be kept there, each department should be taking care of their own backup services.

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And right now, the circuit clerk is doing the largest share of that.

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And I feel that from the perspective of actual budgeting and transparency, it ought to be showing up in this department's funding.

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If I don't need a second, people have to do it, so I'll send them out.

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Any further discussion?

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None. All those in favor of sending it back to the committee?

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Aye.

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Can I ask a quick question, just a point of clarification, I mean this has got to go back to the department and not just back to the committee, if it wants to get in September where the committee, maybe you would talk to Carl about this, read before that, certain, because I don't want it to get laid over to October before any action is taken, so if there's a remedy that we're looking for, it would be nice to have it presented to the committee in September.

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They will probably have to talk to all three of the state's attorney, judges, and public defenders

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because they're all just judges, no, because they all have, they have records, they need to

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keep videos, all kinds of things that need to be saved.

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But I'll talk to Mr. Lawrence, and I'll start there, and we'll go from that

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Thanks, thank you

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What are all paper files, then? Are they still in the courthouse?

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As far as I know, as Mr. Lawrence said, so if we have a fire now, it's just we're all the rest of it

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I mean, it's not the best thing in the world to keep them at the courthouse, but that's what they've been doing forever

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I believe, I don't want to misspeak, but I believe the state's attorney's office is, you know,

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it still has paper.

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I believe every other office has been digitized.

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I think the state's attorney's office is the last.

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The court went through and digitized everything.

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I don't know where it is.

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It's up to one courtroom, I believe.

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It's up to one courtroom, yeah.

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The concern was, with Mr. Larson, was that,

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They want $5,000 the first year to keep the records, the digital records.

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And then the next year, they're going to want another $5,000.

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So for the next 20 years, it's going to cost at least $5,000 a year.

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And then after 20 years, you can take off the first five and add another five.

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So you're talking a couple of hundred thousand dollars.

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So, I mean, I don't know, you know, what else we're going to do, but that was Mr. Larson's concern.

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That's why he just decided he was going to just keep him out, and for now, I'm like, so, but I will definitely talk to him about that soon.

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Well, the IT manager, he was discussing that very thing, and he explained it, that these little toasters that he stores all this data on,

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that right now they're playing catch-up and they're trying to get all of this stuff on there now.

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Yeah.

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But once they get a system, it won't be doubling every year.

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It shouldn't be doubling every year.

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Okay.

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Just because they have it, now they're just adding the daily workload or the weekly workload.

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The last 100 was going to double.

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Yeah.

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I mean, Nate doesn't think that's going to be the case, but he said with this last storage device,

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that should pull them off for a couple of years.

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This isn't a 2027 problem right now.

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It's coming.

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It's not an issue now or next year.

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Maybe just asking for a working five-year plan.

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So it's really not going to impact this budget.

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Moving on to probation.

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There were COLA increases for the non-union employees and then all of these increases were dictated by the chief judge. So those COLA increases are included. The salaries are reimbursed by the state. That does not mean that it's 100% reimbursed. I just want to reiterate that the associated costs with FICA and IMRF are not covered.

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in the county needs to cover that. There is one large jump right here. Bulletproof vests, I guess,

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they expire every five years, and so they have to get a whole new set of bulletproof vests for 12

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employees, I believe, for all the probation officer home visits, so you'll see a large.

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probation officer home visits, so you'll see a large chunk of 400% in that line, but the overall

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increase is by 0.33% in the probation budget, so I would recommend approval of this.

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Okay, do I have a motion to approve?

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So moved.

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Mr. DeNins, do I have a second?

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By Cindy?

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All right, any discussion on probation?

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All right, seeing the numbers, seeing the card say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Motion carries.

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and move down to the circuit clerk. The circuit clerk's salary was dictated by the resolution.

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You'll see that right there. And then the non-union employees are 3.5%. And then for the union contract,

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there's a dollar increase for those employees. So overall, the actual budget did go down.

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she was able to adjust other expenses.

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So I'd recommend approval of this budget.

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So I have a motion to approve?

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A motion to approve.

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And Mr. DeNins, do I have a second?

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Fundatory.

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Any discussion?

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Budget went down.

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Motion carried.

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Okay, we move down to judicial, and you kind of have to look at judicial and court-ordered

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expense kind of together. So the judge requested that these two lines be removed, deactivated,

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so the dollars that were included in those lines are being moved into continuing education,

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which is in the 805 budget. So it ended up adding $700 to that budget. So I would recommend approval

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will have an 805 budget.

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Okay.

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We have a motion to approve.

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So moved.

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Mr. Vins, do I have a second?

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And by Cindy, any discussion?

00:22:02.260 --> 00:22:08.760
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

00:22:08.760 --> 00:22:09.760
Opposed?

00:22:09.760 --> 00:22:11.760
Motion carries.

00:22:11.760 --> 00:22:22.760
Okay, so 806, court ordered expense, this budget went down by $250 and 805 went up.

00:22:22.760 --> 00:22:26.980
up, so they are actually the same as last year, so I'd recommend people.

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.500
So long.

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:33.140
Mr. Deans, do you want to have a second?

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.300
Second.

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.560
I'm going to have a short break.

00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:36.800
Any discussion?

00:22:39.020 --> 00:22:39.540
All right.

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:41.240
Seeing none, all those in favor, say aye.

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:41.860
I can say aye.

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:43.640
Motion carries.

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.720
I'm sorry.

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.720
Thank you.

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:47.760
Thank you.

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.600
Okay.

00:22:50.760 --> 00:22:56.120
807 jury commission, there is a small $500 increase because of postage.

00:22:56.180 --> 00:23:03.260
So, overall, the increase is 0.72%

00:23:03.260 --> 00:23:07.420
Approval

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:12.320
So, bring it. Is that a second?

00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:12.720
Yes, okay.

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.740
Any discussion?

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:20.160
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

00:23:20.520 --> 00:23:21.600
Opposed?

00:23:22.280 --> 00:23:23.320
Okay, question carries.

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:26.260
Moving now to 808 Law Library.

00:23:26.260 --> 00:23:54.140
There was a significant increase in this budget. There's only one line in it, increased 22%. The judge talked about this a little bit. This basically covers Westlaw, which is their law library, their research services. And then Mr. Larson referred to it as if you'd ask the police officer not to use his squad car.

00:23:54.140 --> 00:24:00.120
So that's like how important this, these research services are to lawyers who use them.

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:04.820
And with new AI capabilities, the cost is increasing.

00:24:07.110 --> 00:24:13.490
Yeah, they said it's just phenomenal how those things work, and it's well worth all of them.

00:24:13.490 --> 00:24:27.290
And all three, you know, the judges, the state's attorney, well, the federal audience, I would make them

00:24:27.290 --> 00:24:27.950
motion is approved.

00:24:28.190 --> 00:24:29.510
Do you have a second?

00:24:30.190 --> 00:24:30.570
Sure.

00:24:30.850 --> 00:24:32.110
Well, Larry, any discussion?

00:24:32.610 --> 00:24:33.290
I have a question.

00:24:33.650 --> 00:24:34.590
How is the fund?

00:24:35.910 --> 00:24:37.110
How is the fund?

00:24:37.230 --> 00:24:40.610
Is this for fees or is this for the general fund?

00:24:42.450 --> 00:24:48.770
There are library fees that go into the general fund, but it does not completely cover the expense.

00:24:49.730 --> 00:24:50.410
Thank you.

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:56.900
Question, are there multiple services?

00:24:56.900 --> 00:25:11.260
I was going to say, last year they discussed that and Carl pretty much made an argument that this was the one that they could all

00:25:11.260 --> 00:25:20.760
It sounds like this software has been embedded now with AI and that's pretty amazing stuff where they get it in there

00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:24.420
Carl said they would be at a big disadvantage

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:35.540
to put it down and probably do a lot of searches and make summaries, maybe even, yeah, so it's

00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:42.140
probably worth that extra 10, I know it's not what we want to do with the crop orphans since

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.060
I got that AI.

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.760
Any more discussion?

00:25:49.760 --> 00:25:53.220
All those in favor, say aye.

00:25:53.220 --> 00:26:17.880
Moving on to County Clerk and Reporter, the County Clerk's salary was passed by resolution, and then all of the deputies, you can see the increase is 3.5%. So overall, the budget increased by 3.59.

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:29.100
I.T. Equipment Contracts, do you recall what that jump was? Do you recall, Mr. Dillard?

00:26:30.520 --> 00:26:32.500
I'm trying to remember what it was.

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:40.480
I think it was just a jumping thing.

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:42.980
That's a 10% jump.

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:50.140
to get all that stress going.

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:52.920
So that's what the software went to.

00:26:53.260 --> 00:26:53.640
Okay.

00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:56.300
Do you want to jump into the discussion at the moment?

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:02.220
I heard that.

00:27:04.510 --> 00:27:05.690
Is that a motion to approve?

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.220
Sure.

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.400
Larry, go to second.

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.240
Mr. Diddens.

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.100
Any discussion?

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.600
Sure.

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:16.820
All those in favor say aye.

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.680
I'll do that.

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:40.640
Moving on to election expense, 904, so an increase in rent, but this polling place accessibility grant, so that is not available in 2027, so that decreased the budget by quite a bit.

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:48.620
So, overall, minus 10.5, 6%, so, we're going to go.

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:53.780
Okay, do I have a motion to approve?

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.620
I do approve.

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.060
Mr. Grant, do I have a second?

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.260
I'll send it by Sunday.

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.220
Any discussion?

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.560
Seema, almost good to say aye.

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.480
Aye.

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.960
Opposed?

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.260
Motion carried.

00:28:08.260 --> 00:28:19.900
On to County Treasurer, 906, the County Treasurer's salary was passed by resolution, and then there

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:28.960
are increases for the deputies and payroll manager, so overall 3.66% increase.

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:37.960
There is a small increase in mileage, and she did go into that a little bit.

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:52.320
because of U.S. Bank closing their branch downstairs in this building, they will have to travel to make daily deposits, and so she is increasing for auto mileage because they use their personal vehicles to make daily deposits.

00:28:52.320 --> 00:29:02.720
The advertising and publishing also went up just because it's a requirement. They have to do it. It's by law.

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:10.920
Okay, do you have a motion to approve?

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.920
Aye, Cindy.

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.440
Second by Larry.

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.280
Any discussion?

00:29:19.410 --> 00:29:21.350
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

00:29:21.830 --> 00:29:22.750
Opposed?

00:29:23.370 --> 00:29:24.070
Motion curious?

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:29.840
2909, Supervisor of Assessments.

00:29:32.170 --> 00:29:40.190
The department had salary was per contract, then she included some, the whole increases 3.5%.

00:29:40.190 --> 00:29:55.970
for the employees that work in the office. There is a postage increase in advertising, publishing, and then the other increases are by contract for the tax software.

00:29:55.970 --> 00:30:02.780
for the tax software that is used by the County Clerk, the Assessment Office, and the Treasurer's Office.

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:05.220
I would recommend approval.

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:09.820
How much was the percentage of increase?

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:12.120
3.87.

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.440
I mean, for them?

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:16.320
Yeah, for them, I didn't know.

00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:19.020
All right, do I have a motion to approve?

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.160
So moved.

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.720
Mr. Frick, do I have a second?

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.600
Mr. DeSantis, any discussion?

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:28.490
All those in favor, say aye.

00:30:28.750 --> 00:30:29.150
Opposed.

00:30:30.590 --> 00:30:31.470
Motion carries.

00:30:32.710 --> 00:30:34.830
On to Board of Review, 910.

00:30:34.910 --> 00:30:42.750
The only increase here is 3.5% or the Board of Review members are stipend.

00:30:44.110 --> 00:30:45.390
I would recommend approval.

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:49.880
Okay.

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.600
Any motion to approve?

00:30:54.520 --> 00:30:55.280
I'll follow approve.

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.820
Second.

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.740
Sure.

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.740
Sorry.

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.700
Any discussion?

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:37.220
All those in favor say aye? Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:44.690
All right, Mr. Frick, do you have a second?

00:31:46.770 --> 00:31:49.370
Mr. Dittons, any discussion on this one?

00:31:51.190 --> 00:31:55.110
Seeing none, all those in third was that.

00:31:55.510 --> 00:31:55.890
All right.

00:31:56.130 --> 00:31:56.570
Opposed?

00:31:57.430 --> 00:31:58.370
Mission Cureings.

00:32:00.710 --> 00:32:13.000
Okay, on to document storage.

00:32:13.760 --> 00:32:16.300
This is Funtel Wooten, Circuit Clerk's office.

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:20.920
So the document storage fees are collected at the port level.

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:41.320
The technology grant, she does not know how much she will receive. She just put $50,000 in there. So whatever comes in will go out. So that's kind of a wash and then any other expenses that they have. So there's a surplus of $51,500. So I would grab an approval.

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:58.110
All right. Motion to approve by Mr. Diddens. Do I have a second by Cindy? Any discussion? All in favor, say aye. Motion carries.

00:32:58.110 --> 00:33:29.120
on to mechanical document storage. This is a fund held by the county clerk. And these fees are by recording fees, transfers to property, that type of thing. So it's a self-sustaining no tax dollars to fund this. So there's a $1,000 surplus.

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:32.420
if you make this budget, I would recommend approval.

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.800
All right.

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.140
Do you have any questions?

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.760
Sure.

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:39.380
Larry, do you have any second?

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.280
Any questions?

00:33:42.020 --> 00:33:42.760
Any discussion?

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.760
I'll say hi.

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.620
Motion carries.

00:33:51.760 --> 00:33:52.540
Nice question.

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.740
Just a different kind of question.

00:33:55.740 --> 00:34:16.480
So, if you look back to 2025, there was $22,586 over revenues of over expenses. Where's that money at? Where do those dollars sit?

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:27.330
They sit in the fund. So, cash carry forward, she could put them into cash carry forward to show that there is an ongoing

00:34:27.330 --> 00:34:33.970
balance in that fund. But usually our auditors have instructed us that you can or cannot. It's basically

00:34:33.970 --> 00:34:42.390
if you need to account for that cash in the bank to balance the next year's budget. So like probation

00:34:42.390 --> 00:34:48.270
puts everything in there, everything that's in the bank account. The county clerk just chooses not to

00:34:48.270 --> 00:34:54.330
because she doesn't need to to balance what she's presenting.

00:34:54.330 --> 00:35:08.070
But it should, but then, let's see, that's $25,000. So then there's really a net of, say, almost $40,000 in revenue.

00:35:08.070 --> 00:35:18.110
Yeah, that's in the trust report. If you want to, you'd be able to see how much is in there.

00:35:18.110 --> 00:35:22.750
Right.

00:35:24.750 --> 00:35:33.020
So Fund 24 has, sorry, that's really small.

00:35:35.520 --> 00:35:43.900
So there's $242,000 in there.

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:50.080
Thank you.

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:57.980
Okay, moving on to core automation.

00:35:57.980 --> 00:36:12.020
this is another court-fee funded fund. So 62,000 revenues, 39,000 in expenses with a surplus of 23,000.

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:13.140
So I would recommend it as well.

00:36:15.770 --> 00:36:17.370
All right. Do you have a motion to approve?

00:36:20.590 --> 00:36:21.110
Sure.

00:36:21.530 --> 00:36:24.710
Do I have any discussion on this?

00:36:27.430 --> 00:36:29.210
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

00:36:29.230 --> 00:36:53.660
Okay, youth diversion. These program fees also come from court fees. We anticipate around $7,200 coming in next year. And then just the way the budget, the calendar year of the budget, and then the funds are usually dispersed around April.

00:36:53.660 --> 00:37:02.680
Bill. So there is a little bit of cash carry forward every year. So obviously for the diversion

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:09.580
bill, you can only spend what you have in the bank account. So an amount of $10,000 there

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:14.840
at this point with a surplus of $3,000 to carry over to $28,000. So I recommend approval.

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:17.660
Is there a motion to approve?

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.400
Sure, motion.

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.920
Mr. Bray, do you have a second?

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.260
All right, Cindy, any discussion?

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:24.180
I have one question.

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:28.320
With the team coordinator, is there any plans for that or what?

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.940
I have not heard any.

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:31.800
Okay.

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.420
Okay.

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:37.380
Any additional questions?

00:37:39.540 --> 00:37:40.280
All right.

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:42.220
All those in the same way, I'm saying aye.

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:45.260
Opposed?

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.500
Motion to say.

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:54.820
Okay.

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:57.840
Moving on to GIS 142.

00:37:59.080 --> 00:38:28.680
So what was presented at that meeting at the administration meeting last Wednesday was not what was actually on teams. There was a bit of a miscommunication there. I don't know what happened. So what was approved was a transfer from the general fund. I am hoping to get that changed and include the cash carry forward because as you can see, there's $327,000 sitting in the GIS fund.

00:38:29.080 --> 00:38:42.080
My hope is that with stand-alone funds like this, the department head takes care of the revenues and the expenses to balance what is presented.

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:54.020
So here are the changes that I suggest. So there was questioning about the recording fees. I did put those in there because there was nothing in the team's spreadsheet.

00:38:54.020 --> 00:39:22.640
so that needs to be changed. We can put it at $200,000. I have no problem with that. I don't know the inner workings and Jasmine and Angie might know that better. So I'm fine with putting $200,000. There's also going to be a lot of interest income. The Treasurer's great about investing, especially with GIS funds. So I anticipate at least, at the very least, $9,000 coming in from interest income.

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:27.980
and then anything that we need to balance that budget can be put into the cash period forward

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:36.500
line. So my suggestions are in orange in the budget notes. If everybody is okay with that,

00:39:37.080 --> 00:39:45.380
I will go ahead and put those numbers in and then the fund will be balanced. Cindy, have

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:51.480
any questions about all of that? Do we still need that transfer from the general?

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.200
We do not.

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.620
Okay.

00:39:52.620 --> 00:39:53.110
Okay.

00:39:53.110 --> 00:39:54.110
Okay.

00:39:54.110 --> 00:39:56.110
So that would be removed.

00:39:56.110 --> 00:39:57.110
Okay.

00:39:57.110 --> 00:39:59.110
Let's check those.

00:39:59.110 --> 00:40:05.110
There's more than enough money in that to cover anything, any shortages.

00:40:05.110 --> 00:40:10.110
Can I have a motion to approve?

00:40:10.110 --> 00:40:14.110
Move to approve as amended or adjusted.

00:40:14.110 --> 00:40:15.110
Okay.

00:40:15.110 --> 00:40:17.110
Can I have a second?

00:40:17.110 --> 00:40:18.110
Second.

00:40:18.110 --> 00:40:21.860
Any discussion?

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:23.860
All those in favor say aye.

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:32.880
Opposed? I'm just curious, I'm just going to make this change just a little bit.

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:41.790
So I said, I saw 1,300.

00:41:13.250 --> 00:41:15.250
Yeah, I know.

00:41:18.250 --> 00:41:48.040
Is everybody able to see that budget on their device?

00:41:48.040 --> 00:42:05.940
Okay, so I'm just going to go off. So this is a fee-driven budget. It's self-sustaining. I can't remember the numbers right off the end, but I do know that it is balanced with a small surplus.

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:09.580
$300 service.

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:15.720
Some offerings. I recommend approval of the treasure information budget as well.

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:20.780
I don't want to come see it, but before we do anything, just a second?

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:37.980
Mr. Grant, do I have a second?

00:42:40.100 --> 00:42:42.720
Any discussion?

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:47.860
All in favor say aye.

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:53.760
Can I ask my last question?

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:54.520
Sure.

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:56.380
And related to budget.

00:42:56.380 --> 00:43:06.760
Adrian, the public defender, if he gets $50,000 a year from the state, if you want, to spend

00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:20.950
anything he wants to, and he intends to ask for an extra 2%, and if we reject that, he decides

00:43:20.950 --> 00:43:27.270
to take part of that $50,000 and gives employees a 2%.

00:43:27.270 --> 00:43:29.670
First off, can you do that?

00:43:31.810 --> 00:43:35.370
Those expenses have been coming out of that fund.

00:43:36.710 --> 00:43:46.220
He has been, he has been, I don't know if I'm going to word this,

00:43:46.220 --> 00:43:51.260
paying bonuses, stipends out of that fund already.

00:43:51.260 --> 00:44:01.840
So, if he gives them a 2% increase, does that affect the IMRF and Social Security and that all those funds are coming out of his money?

00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:16.720
So, no, that is not the case. So, what he is, how that works is they're treated as vendors, and so those funds were taken out without any IMRF or FICA or anything like that.

00:44:16.720 --> 00:44:26.620
So, if he takes on an additional 2%, that would be a cost that would come from the county.

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:31.180
The additional IMRF and Social Security costs would have to come from the county.

00:44:31.600 --> 00:44:40.480
If he keeps doing what he has been doing and does a stipend, let's say, that's not the case.

00:44:40.540 --> 00:44:41.760
He takes care of all of it.

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:42.440
Okay.

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:50.760
And if, let's just say he decided he wanted to do that, so we would have to, it would affect

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:57.080
the IMRF, because there's nothing we can do about, we couldn't, he could do it, we wanted

00:44:57.080 --> 00:45:00.380
to, and there's nothing, us as a county board could do.

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:07.340
Well, you can reject taking those, or increasing their salary line items that he pays them from,

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:11.020
and just do what was in the budget policy.

00:45:11.620 --> 00:45:18.860
If you approve to increase their rate of pay, that would cost the county from now on.

00:45:19.660 --> 00:45:23.360
But if you reject that, he can find another way.

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:24.800
Got it.

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.320
Okay.

00:45:25.540 --> 00:45:25.880
Thank you.

00:45:26.040 --> 00:45:26.860
I appreciate it.

00:45:27.580 --> 00:45:28.500
All right.

00:45:29.160 --> 00:45:30.360
And quite an old German.

00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:31.960
I don't know if I was asking questions.

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:35.780
Before you adjourn, what's the plan for supplemental requests?

00:45:35.780 --> 00:46:03.960
So right now I do have, you know, a compiled sheet. There is about $1.8 million in requests at this time with only about $800,000 worth of funding. We are still, I'm still kind of working through the numbers as far as how much we're going to be able to give to the capital fund and by we, I mean the general fund.

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:10.780
just with other unanticipated expenses that are coming in 2027

00:46:13.100 --> 00:46:14.960
with the new tax sale law.

00:46:18.030 --> 00:46:21.270
So at this point, I hope that committees do prioritize

00:46:21.270 --> 00:46:24.170
their supplementals that are going to come forward next month.

00:46:25.190 --> 00:46:28.850
That's written on the budget policy, put a number on them.

00:46:28.850 --> 00:46:30.730
First request, second request, third request,

00:46:30.730 --> 00:46:33.730
whatever is most important needs to be at the top of the list

00:46:33.730 --> 00:46:36.530
because there are not enough funds

00:46:36.530 --> 00:46:38.210
to give everybody what they want.

00:46:39.650 --> 00:46:44.970
There are a couple that I'm not sure will still be there.

00:46:44.970 --> 00:46:49.170
There are really some small requests from the coroner's office.

00:46:49.170 --> 00:46:51.770
So I'm going to have a discussion with him just about

00:46:53.210 --> 00:46:55.770
if those really need to be supplemental requests or not.

00:46:57.330 --> 00:47:02.730
But other than that, there's a lot that's going to come forward.

00:47:02.730 --> 00:47:08.810
You kind of want to go if you want me to show you the list now and kind of get an idea of

00:47:08.810 --> 00:47:35.900
where we stand, we can do that, sure, of course, let me see this, okay, so this is for a backboard

00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:39.660
and as you can see the projected cost is $450.

00:47:39.660 --> 00:47:58.060
So the coroner's office is funded by public safety, the public safety fund. They're given a yearly payment from the public safety fund to the coroner's office to run the office. So that request that the coroner has made is 22% larger than it was last year.

00:47:58.060 --> 00:48:10.600
So, I'm hoping that those, these small expenses, the $450 can possibly be covered by the large

00:48:10.600 --> 00:48:16.840
increase that he asked for from public safety. And that's what I need to talk to him about.

00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:26.300
So, you can see this one is for a backboard, or these are the boots. The boots are $1,900.

00:48:28.060 --> 00:48:58.620
So, just to give you an idea, the transfer last month, or last year, was $166,000. This year, he's asking for $212,000, I believe. So, it's quite a jump. Sorry, I'd like to show you this all in my handy-dandy spreadsheet. But, yes, this is the thing.

00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:00.720
That's the major one.

00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:01.880
Yeah, the $6,500.

00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:03.180
Yeah, the major one.

00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:03.420
Yeah.

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:13.540
Yeah. So that's coming forward. And then the stretcher, which I know is needed as well. That's $1,200.

00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:24.950
Part of the problem with Coroner, too, is some of these expenses shouldn't have spread over two fiscal years, but the previous part of Coroner did not.

00:49:26.870 --> 00:49:29.730
And I was going to mention that, too. Yeah. Yeah.

00:49:29.730 --> 00:49:51.120
EMA is asking for a vehicle. So this is for Mr. Townsend and then Mr. Townsend's current truck would go to Robin.

00:49:51.120 --> 00:50:13.560
Robin. So he originally thought that he could pay for this out of the ESDA fund, EMA funds. He and I met last week and discussed the numbers again, and he realized that he cannot pay for it out of CMP funds. So he is leaving it in as a supplemental request at this time.

00:50:13.560 --> 00:50:51.470
The highway department is asking for a chip spreader, which is $400,000 The road improvements has been a standing request. I haven't even opened that one. It's a million dollars. It's been asked since I've been here. Public defender is asking for gym memberships, and that is around $1,600.

00:50:56.170 --> 00:51:03.650
The Sheriff is asking for benches, for rooms one and four.

00:51:04.510 --> 00:51:05.490
And their ambassadors.

00:51:06.270 --> 00:51:07.210
What's that?

00:51:07.330 --> 00:51:08.050
Their ambassadors.

00:51:08.470 --> 00:51:08.770
Okay.

00:51:09.630 --> 00:51:11.410
$67,000 for those.

00:51:13.850 --> 00:51:27.060
And then the Sheriff is also asking for five squads for $513,000.

00:51:29.180 --> 00:51:33.280
So that's all we have for right now.

00:51:35.120 --> 00:51:35.920
That's all.

00:51:38.240 --> 00:51:47.240
It's probably a good fiscal process to remember that we can say no.

00:51:50.110 --> 00:51:51.390
Don't have to just prioritize.

00:51:51.750 --> 00:51:52.510
Just say no.

00:51:53.510 --> 00:51:55.430
Are the benches a man named?

00:51:55.870 --> 00:51:57.410
The minimum benches?

00:51:57.750 --> 00:51:58.970
I said I'd love them.

00:51:59.310 --> 00:52:00.250
You can take them.

00:52:00.250 --> 00:52:04.470
Did you say they were in bad shape, right?

00:52:04.630 --> 00:52:04.910
Yeah.

00:52:05.570 --> 00:52:07.330
Because they've been there since the film came.

00:52:08.330 --> 00:52:12.050
I know one of them that's out there.

00:52:14.550 --> 00:52:16.690
When's the last time the sheriff got new squads?

00:52:17.450 --> 00:52:17.870
Last year.

00:52:17.870 --> 00:52:18.750
Last year.

00:52:20.070 --> 00:52:21.190
No, this year.

00:52:21.410 --> 00:52:22.210
Oh, this year.

00:52:23.210 --> 00:52:29.690
There's an RFP that was just approved out of your committee last week for five?

00:52:29.690 --> 00:52:35.310
Yeah, he asked for five and that's three.

00:52:38.390 --> 00:52:43.810
We also felt need to improve luxury vehicles for employees to take home every year.

00:52:44.450 --> 00:52:46.950
There's a lot of other vehicles out there that could be used.

00:52:47.410 --> 00:52:51.150
I don't think we've ever missed a call because somebody didn't have a towel.

00:52:55.520 --> 00:52:55.760
Yeah.

00:52:58.890 --> 00:53:02.290
The only personnel request I've received at this time is the public defender.

00:53:06.950 --> 00:53:13.850
Dean, like Mr. Hinton said, he's asking for an additional 2% from his support staff.

00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:21.860
And if I can, just real quick, on the public defender, he does get a stipend from the State of Illinois

00:53:21.860 --> 00:53:25.220
that we have zero say on how those funds are dispersed.

00:53:26.820 --> 00:53:30.560
Keep that in mind when they're asking for Jim memberships.

00:53:32.740 --> 00:53:34.960
That was the only department I guess, though.

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:52.360
And I did actually, it's not a part of the budget, but it's in this report that you do receive.

00:53:52.360 --> 00:54:01.860
I just added that this month. So he gets, it's kind of an incorrect picture of what's actually happening,

00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:07.900
But you can see the total expenses, but it doesn't account for the total refuse.

00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:22.800
Could you explain to me again, I mean, he didn't explain it to me of him being able to use the money that he had set aside for getting the vehicle.

00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:24.260
Oh, okay.

00:54:24.600 --> 00:54:25.700
Could you explain that?

00:54:25.700 --> 00:54:26.420
Sure can.

00:54:26.420 --> 00:54:38.460
Okay, so right here, you can see that his fund has $75,000, let's just say

00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:43.000
Okay, so he is going to get an additional

00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:54.740
He, much like the coroner, he gets an allocation for public safety as well

00:54:54.740 --> 00:54:58.320
So that's $82,800 that he's getting

00:54:58.320 --> 00:55:08.740
and he has not taken that money yet. Okay, so that's coming in. An additional $22,400 is coming from his grant.

00:55:14.860 --> 00:55:28.780
So he'll have $180,000, let's just say, in the bank at the end of the year. However, he is going to be

00:55:28.780 --> 00:55:45.700
incurring another $70,000 in expenses from August to December. That was his estimate. So that takes it down to $110,000. So if you look in, of course, we can't look at it right now.

00:55:45.700 --> 00:56:36.310
So he is using, so out of that $110,000 that he will have at the very end of the year, he's using $65,000 of that to balance his budget as cash carry forward for 2027.

00:56:36.310 --> 00:56:53.520
Okay. So if you take $65,000 from that. He's got $45,000. So that would basically wipe out his fund.

00:56:54.000 --> 00:57:00.340
Okay. So I told him that there are a couple of different options that he could resubmit the

00:57:00.340 --> 00:57:07.220
supplemental request and make it a little bit more attractive by saying, you know, my fund can pay for

00:57:07.220 --> 00:57:28.520
or half. I don't advise you wiping out your entire fund for a vehicle or just keep the request as is. So he and I, he said he was going to work on that. He and I are going to meet again this week and kind of go over those options and see what he's going to do.

00:57:28.520 --> 00:57:33.160
because that wasn't the way he explained it at the committee.

00:57:33.260 --> 00:57:33.440
Right.

00:57:34.820 --> 00:57:38.540
Of course, he had one member that was against it.

00:57:39.240 --> 00:57:41.380
But now that you're telling me that, yeah, okay.

00:57:42.700 --> 00:57:49.580
Let's take $65,000 cash carry forward and balance his 2027 budget, and that leaves him $43,000.

00:57:50.100 --> 00:57:53.480
To me, he needs to hang on to those funds for the 2028 budget.

00:57:53.840 --> 00:57:56.260
Things aren't going to get less expensive in 2028.

00:57:56.260 --> 00:58:00.360
He's already $20,000 in the hole for what he's using for $20,000

00:58:00.360 --> 00:58:04.720
Well, you were there, you were alive, he's playing it

00:58:04.720 --> 00:58:09.680
Yeah, I mean, so three-quarter ton gas pickup truck

00:58:09.680 --> 00:58:12.980
They want to haul all the heavy equipment that they have

00:58:12.980 --> 00:58:16.960
Which is all fine, but it's going to become a daily driver as well

00:58:16.960 --> 00:58:20.360
And that's where I have an issue with it

00:58:20.360 --> 00:58:26.120
Because you've got to go out to where the equipment is stored to pick it up

00:58:26.120 --> 00:58:56.120
so why do you need a three-quarter ton pickup to drive around to work every day okay for two part-time positions two trucks I'd like to comment on that too if I could because I don't know why we need a quad cab to haul one person alone I don't know why we need to have the level of if you go with a tradesman

00:58:56.120 --> 00:59:20.320
three-quarter ton, way less money than what this is talking about. We're talking about just because I don't know why we need a Hemi. That's just a type of engine component is all that is. There are other engines that Dodge makes too, or there's other companies, but to make it a daily driver and then make it again, a quad cab three-quarter ton truck.

00:59:20.320 --> 00:59:28.500
And again, if you go back out there, and I've talked about this before in the past, they complain about the weight of that generator on the trailer.

00:59:29.160 --> 00:59:34.240
Well, if somebody would use their brain and move the generator back two feet on the trailer, they wouldn't have the problem they had.

00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:37.800
All it takes is a little common sense sometimes, Steve.

00:59:38.700 --> 00:59:41.020
Oh, and how often is the generator going to be used?

00:59:41.260 --> 00:59:41.740
Exactly.

00:59:41.740 --> 00:59:42.840
It's used one time.

00:59:43.640 --> 00:59:46.900
And I'm not saying you shouldn't have a truck to haul the things.

00:59:46.900 --> 00:59:49.780
My issue is driving it every day

00:59:49.780 --> 00:59:58.800
is driving it every day from his house to the highway department home every day to use it maybe one time for the use it was designed for.

01:00:00.260 --> 01:00:06.520
That's, and I don't, when I first got on the board, you were on the board, you were on the board.

01:00:07.360 --> 01:00:11.640
With one EMA person, they had a part-time assistant.

01:00:13.140 --> 01:00:16.900
Again, I'm not suggesting that they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing,

01:00:16.900 --> 01:00:32.900
but it's building up for 20 hours a week and it's great in Galilee but I think it's fantastic the daily driver for two part-time individuals I don't know about it.

01:00:34.260 --> 01:00:34.900
Okay.

01:00:39.720 --> 01:00:40.740
Any more?

01:00:42.420 --> 01:00:43.940
I have a question.

01:00:43.940 --> 01:01:01.040
Okay. A supplemental request that's partially funded, how do we hold that fund until, the money until next year? Put additional supplemental money with, can that be done?

01:01:02.260 --> 01:01:05.880
So, are you talking about the road improvements?

01:01:06.780 --> 01:01:10.040
Road improvements, the chips and breader.

01:01:10.040 --> 01:01:23.920
Okay. Yeah. So it can be partially funded in one year. And then if there are more funds available, or you want to hold the money in the account until the following year?

01:01:25.760 --> 01:01:26.280
Yes.

01:01:26.360 --> 01:01:27.480
That's not me sure. I understand.

01:01:27.680 --> 01:01:28.300
Yes and yes.

01:01:28.580 --> 01:01:38.980
That is possible. That's what we're doing with the ITF grades right now. So $100,000 in ITF grades were approved last year,

01:01:38.980 --> 01:01:40.940
and Nate only used $40,000.

01:01:41.800 --> 01:01:45.600
So there's $60,000 that is sitting in the bank account that we're carrying over.

01:01:46.280 --> 01:01:49.440
So he's not coming back with an additional supplemental request.

01:01:50.040 --> 01:01:56.220
He's just going to expend those $60,000 as the emergencies and things come up in 2027.

01:01:56.780 --> 01:01:58.240
So that is possible, yes.

01:01:58.860 --> 01:01:59.500
Thank you.

01:02:00.040 --> 01:02:03.660
So it can also be undone in the next budget cycle.

01:02:05.200 --> 01:02:07.660
It's not permanent because I'm holding it.

01:02:07.660 --> 01:02:09.180
that can't be touched.

01:02:09.420 --> 01:02:09.640
Right.

01:02:10.020 --> 01:02:11.000
You can undo it.

01:02:13.920 --> 01:02:16.380
Does he have the option to take out a law?

01:02:17.520 --> 01:02:22.920
County can obtain death for a maximum of two years, and that takes four actions to do.

01:02:24.240 --> 01:02:24.500
Yes.

01:02:34.460 --> 01:02:36.880
Any additional questions?

01:02:41.100 --> 01:02:44.600
Seeing none, do I have a motion to adjourn?

01:02:45.400 --> 01:02:53.960
Larry, I can second if I didn't. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye? Aye.

01:02:53.960 --> 01:02:56.960
Chair, please.