The meeting is going to resume to the executive session.

No action was taken in the executive session.

7.0 is the Department of Reports, Christina, if you would like to start us off with Ann, Nicole.

For our cat intakes, we had 11 total intakes, 5 were surrenders, 3 were city strays, 3 were County strays. Out of those cats, six were transferred to rescue. Four are available for adoption and one is on hold. We're doing some more socialization with her. Dog intakes, we took 13 dogs, nine county strays, which is the mom and seven puppies that were abandoned, five city strays, 13 are up for adoption we had zero reclaims and zero went to rescue our current animal inventory cats we have seven adoptable one on hold adoptable dogs we have 21 with two and foster we have the two Jessica Jones court case dogs and for the court updates they're actually both on the same day Jessica Jones and Andrew Price are on 4-9-26 at 1, courtroom 1. Dr. Connie and I are supposed to be served for Jessica Jones's. Andrew, we're not getting served for that one. Other information, Chase, one of our longest dogs that we've had, was adopted. He's been with us since 9-10-25.

The website has been updated thanks to Kelsey assisting me with that. We did three different pages updates. I reached out to the fire inspector and the building inspector. The certificate has been done. The fire department will do their inspection on next Friday, 3-20 at 11, but the certificate's been signed off of.

and should be emailed to us tomorrow. I do have a few people that we will be hopefully interviewing next week for the part-time job. And then the ending funds include the deposit that was received and or money that was received in February but deposited in early March. The February weekly stuff. The highlighted yellow is what was not on the link due to the fact I just got new votes yesterday.

So I added that on your guys' copies. Planes-wise, it's the normal stuff. We did need more microchips and our shelter boss our program we use for the tags needed their updates and I am looking into a different microchip company that will be way cheaper for us and actually I like the chips better so hopefully we can lower that price the chips are like under $3 a piece where these are costing like $5 a piece.

piece, I think. So we'll be able to save and the owners can actually scan a QR code and register their dog right away where these chips we use are registered technically come back animal control and then they have to pay a fee to register where this is all included in the payment they give us.

That's the Avid?

The Avid is the one we use right now.

Okay, but that's the microchip.

That's the microchip, yeah. So that's what we use right now. And right now, They just come back to animal control and then we give them the information or they have to register them separately where the new ones are called FI, F-I.

They're cheaper and they actually have a little card with them that you scan the QR code and it pops up the registration and then you register your dog.

So I think it will it will help. We won't have to worry about talking.

You know, if somebody picks up the dog, they can just call the actual owner.

And then I printed off the list of the Metals Drive donations, including the GoFundMe.

I think we have a few more coming in.

Any questions so far?

And then the last one is the revenues and expense report.

And we really haven't had any dogs reclaimed, so that one's...

Yeah, nobody's getting reclaimed.

I don't think.

Kirsten, the Meadows donations, have all these, all those people been thanked for the generator?

Other than the GoFundMe, well, the GoFundMe have been thanked through, you can click on it and thank them that way.

I'm trying to figure out if there's any way I can email them a thank you also, but everybody else has been sent a thank you or current on that.

I actually have some free stuff ready to go so I can just print a label and send it as soon as we get it.

I worked on that last week or two months ago.

That's great.

And your website is a much improved thank you.

Thanks to Kelsey.

Because Nate, I gave him the letter and he just did the link where I know you wanted more.

so Pelsy owed me a favor so she was willing to help me because I'm not a computer website person.

It's much more welcoming.

Yes, I agree.

It was very nice.

She did very good.

Very, I like it.

I'm proud of that.

Yes.

What's the plan for the funding and the donation drive going forward?

What do you see?

What are you planning on doing?

So I also, I guess I didn't put it on my report.

I did a the free podcast. I did that a few weeks ago and I also was on big radio a few weeks ago also. So that should be the interview should be out there. I'm gonna try to do like a like a weekly update on Facebook. I like to go to Lena Brewery again and kind of push it on at there too. It's been a little rough lately.

She had a lot to do I don't have my mom currently at the office my grandma came back from Tennessee so it's been a lot in the office so hopefully it gets better any questions from the thing the free pod is that is it at one of their their separate interviews I think so I think it will be oh you have it it hasn't I haven't seen it, I've looked today to see if it was on it, I haven't seen it on yet, but yeah, I think it's going to be a separate one And the big radio, Ann, how is that?

I think the big radio was an interview over the phone, so I don't know, it could be playing right now I don't really listen to the radio And they didn't give you details when you did either of these?

no and and I know I mean I know in the heat of the moment of you're being a celebrity you neglected to ask no that was celebrity hate interviews happy was the one over the phone but yeah and you know right you forget my little details absolutely I want to listen to it yeah I want to hear it I'm at one site like I said I was on three pod this morning, and I didn't see it up yet. Okay. So I'm assuming, I mean, she took a picture, so I'm assuming it's going to be like the other ones that are the picture of the person and then the interview. Okay. Okay. Well, that's good, though. You know, that's not your thing. It is not. It brings me back to the hoarding situations where I was just bathing dogs and they did an interview for TB. I'm like, thanks. I look great.

Give us an update on the Meadows Drive build-out. Where are you at? Where do you get to go?

So basically, once we get dog kennels, we can move in. That's what we need. Everything else, they're working on figuring out the best place for the mop sink. The place they were originally in, but it's not going to work.

so they're gonna probably put it in a different area but it's still not gonna cost us anything the owners are gonna do it so it's just finding the right that whole place is you have to pump the water up and they don't want it I don't know where they were gonna put it wasn't gonna work it wasn't big enough area so they have a second location which they are gonna put it now which will still be a common area which will still be a common area so do you have any animals there now no no I pulled the puppies out Friday after the meeting so but we're good to go the the fire inspectors was the last person I needed to sign the paper and he signed it and then he's like I just want to walk through it you're good to go but I'd like to walk through it because it's been empty for over two years sure I met we have had nothing to hide. Stingures were just replaced, and smoke alarms all work. And all the exits are clear, so it's handicapped, accessible, and all that. So I set that up for the 20th, so he's going to come at 11.

Chair of your house has mentioned there were say around 30 animals were taken right now.

Yeah, probably.

What's your capacity? And what I mean by that is, I guess, at what point do you have to refuse?

Oh, we've already refused.

city dogs.

We have drop-offs.

And I don't know how it works.

So maybe the mayor told me a lot of times people will just take them and literally leave them at the door.

We really don't get that a lot.

I mean, we have had at the animal hospital people dropping off the cats and that, but we really don't get it.

Because I don't know if it's our location or what.

We get a once in a while we'll get the cats dumped, but not want to put this out there. Nobody's throwing a dog over the fence or anything like that. So please don't.

So what would your currency be? If you get all the kennels you're looking for, how many animals can you safely and effectively house?

I mean, it all depends It all depends on the size of the dogs, too, because if it's a litter of puppies, multiple puppies can be put, I would say probably 20 dogs tops, if they're smaller, little dogs, puppies, and I meant, honestly, 25 to, I meant cats, you can fit two cats in the cage.

it all depends on resources and that too so 40 50 yeah I would say probably 40 cats I meant I would never want to have that many so 40 cats alone and then us we probably could do 20 dogs if they can be kind of yeah but I unless their puppies are smaller dogs I don't like kind of dogs together so you're looking at maybe 15 dogs I meant puppies are different they're puppies. The smaller dogs are different. I won't put two dogs over six months old together. I don't want a risk of fighting over. And cats, you can kind of tell if a cat's going to get along or if not.

Are you open to have an open house? Invite the public?

Absolutely.

After you get up and going?

Yes. That's a big goal of mine. I would like to have a big open house.

Thank you.

You have it in time for Mother's Day.

Seriously, right, you know, the biggest, so, um, security cameras So, um, the guy that, um, gave me a quote, I think we'll do outside with him, but I think just the regular blink cameras will be enough inside, which I already have, but I think outside we want more detailed cameras to get license plates and any movement so yeah because you're not going to have the gate to be able to close the driveway that's why I want more detail outside because he says that he can get it where he was telling me how it worked like he would go out and actually walk so it would recognize a person and drive and recognize a car type thing so that we definitely would want outside inside I meant we're going to get them outside and then the inside one is just the blink or the ring cameras will be plenty. I mean, my blink cameras at home would be plenty for inside because we're only going to have them to see, okay, the dog got out of this kennel, somebody probably should go put them back in type thing. It's not, and it will, I mean, it will see a person if they break in too, but I think the blink cameras are plenty for inside. And the outdoor pens, I drove up I've been there the other day, and the outdoor pens look like they need to be reseated.

Is it?

Yes, it's like grab grass.

Yeah.

Or mud.

Yeah, well, yeah, mud right now.

But yeah, it's, yeah, they'll have to be, I meant they're going to be mud no matter what, because I meant my front yard's mud with my five dogs, so.

Is that something you could do?

Is that something we can just throw some grass seed and help it grow?

or else when the spring takes off here next month?

Yeah.

Why not look into some artificial stuff?

Well, that's what I was thinking, too.

This turf, at least a few of the yards.

I meant the ones that are there.

That's a pretty good size area.

How is it?

The two that are out there, the one is bigger than the other.

Yeah.

Do you know how big?

I've never measured them.

Size of this room?

The ones probably, yeah, they're big.

Never mind.

Yeah, I'm already looking to coats for my yard, so yeah, we can throw some seed and see if it, like I said, it was just, I mowed it last year, and it was, it's just pits, weeds, it's not even grass It's a cow pasture Yeah, pretty much is, it's, yeah, it's like crabgrass and I don't even know It's a cow pasture Yeah, it's, yeah, it's not pretty But yeah, we can do that. Absolutely. Anybody else have a question for Christian?

And Juan, looking at the registrations, if I'm looking at this correctly, you should look like January was up over, or excuse me, February was up over January at $79.95?

Yep.

Okay. I guess my question is, are we pretty much on track? We got everything set out, supposed to be sent out? Yep. Okay. And I'm actually getting, March is looking really good already. While I was sitting here, I had five come in from, the online has really helped. Okay. Especially for the vets that don't issue our tags, the online. And then I was sending out, like, let's say the certificates I get from the vets this week that didn't get a tag.

I was waiting like a week to send it out in case they did do online now I'm just sending it out right away if we lose a stamp in case we lose a stamp that way they're like reminded right away so they don't have three weeks out it's right yeah hopefully the mail gets there and it's only a week gap on top of that because yes looks like our main revenue source here so yeah thank you are you able to keep the email addresses that come with those yes yes any of the online I've been entering their email right into the program can we get the email from the people who use the vet clinic that's not as easy that's not as easy but I was thinking about talking to the vets to see once if they would because a lot like I know Paws and Claws personally has my email and they email reminders out so I can talk to them and see once if they wouldn't mind writing it on certificates I don't expect a free fall in postage rates anytime soon No, no I know the animal hospital probably wouldn't be able to do that if they were in the hospital It's too chaotic there during their walk-in hours that that would be probably over the top for them But the other vets I'm sure would do it Anybody else?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is the highway department 7.2.

Pretty much the last month we haven't had any weather really so it's been cutting brush and two safety meetings one was a flagger meeting for everyone and the other one was a locate 8-1-1, Julie, Locate type meeting, safety meeting that we go to every year.

A lot of equipment maintenance over the past month, getting everything ready for spring and looking on some of that stuff.

So that's been about it.

Where are we at with our soft contract?

We've only gotten in about half of what we have to.

We have to take 1,200 ton, we have take 1,200 ton. We have taken in 600. And my inclination, we have to take it before October.

But I would prefer to wait until probably September, October-ish to get it back in for fear.

You get it in, you stockpile it in our buildings, you get a bad storm, rips the tarp off, now you've Yeah, let's solve. At least if they're storing it for the summer, it's their problem.

Because of my next question, we have a place for 600 tons.

Yes. Yeah, that won't be a problem. Yep. So we might even get rid of some this weekend. Who knows?

Stop it.

I can't.

I can't.

You sell something.

I think it's ever.

It's like your time.

But yeah, we have plenty of room for what we have to take.

so it's not a problem and I like the stop sign at Florence Road in Bolton so very nice. Yeah, it's kind of a trial we're trying to see if we can stop people from blowing that stop sign because it's been a problem in the past. You probably know that being down there. Yeah, I've seen plenty of people blow through that stop sign and and some dangerous accidents.

What have you got there?

I haven't driven that way.

It's just an intersection in the middle of nowhere that's wide open, and you should see it and watch three miles out.

People blow through the stop sign after time.

So what's he got out there now?

The stop signs with the LEDs around and outside of it.

Oh, I see.

Okay.

Yeah, I mean, it's different gadgets.

Yeah, we used their solar...

Um, but we used to have just the flashing red light on top of it.

Well, it doesn't seem to grab people's attention.

Like, I'm hoping this does.

So, we'll see.

They're not cheap, but if it saves somebody's life, that's well worth it.

Exactly.

You know.

Did you ever do anything with your radios?

I haven't done anything more yet as far as ordering more.

We have four of them, and that's, I was just going to probably try them through the summer, make sure everything is good, and then, because they're a renewal every year, so I figure if we wait until they come renewal, if we can get the rest then, sure, and we're towards the end of a budget year then, so if things don't look good then, it's easier to spend it at the end of the budget year than wish you hadn't at the beginning.

are so great. So, any other questions from the committee? Thank you.

The Highway Department update in front of you. I've highlighted anything that's changed since our last meeting. The final plans for the Orangeville Cold Place Recycling have been submitted. Everything's on board for our April 24th state letting, Cityville Road, we executed the joint agreements last month, it needs to be approved by the state, then we can go to the April 7th letting, I'm hoping there'll be no problem with that, should be, I mean, just wait for them to approve it, so they're wanting to spend that, we got got a local project funding for that for 100%. So they're wanting to spend the money. So as soon as they approve it, we can go to letting. I've got a lot of things put up on that April 7th letting. Dakota Road was locally funded, and that's on that April letting. West Point Redwood Crossing, I've been working, we have turning final plans last week, work with the ICC about some changes to the plans.

and that's set up for May 5th letting. West Point Bridge that's ready to go and are approved and that's ready for April 7th letting. Item F, that's just down the road. It's under design for another West Point job. We have to wait for the first one to get done because they're both on Shippey Road.

The seal code on Orangeville Road, final plan has been approved, that will be on that April 7th relating also McConnell Road intersection, I got an update from Fairgram a week or so ago and it's in there too to finish with final plans on that but I don't know when we'll go relating on that until we have to get the final plans into IDOT in their approval.

So I'm hoping maybe second quarter, so HSIP project, that's all federal funding.

The engineering agreement is in for approval and it's been waiting.

So things are coming very slow out of Springfield.

The Bone Road Overpass Project, that's underdesigned.

I'm not sure if I told you the latest on Alan when he's retiring.

It's supposed to be in the middle of next month, but we will be able to get money.

He'll be retiring with Will Hoffman and work for Will Hoffman over the summer.

His work during the winter is now being taken care of by IDOT.

He did all bridge inspections. So Ida is doing those so we can get by this summer, next summer, but we will need to replace them by next year. So that'll be about the same time that Steve, our assistant county engineer, will be retiring. So we will have to do something within a few months.

So, Spring Grove postings, they're going down tomorrow. So, consistent with Winnebago County, Boone County, Ogle County, is that it? And Lee, Carroll. Lee County? Okay. Lee County, I believe. Okay. Carroll never posted any. Or did they? So, the townships did that are near us, but the county never did.

It seems a little strange to them.

Another thing that came up today, it wasn't anything on the agenda, but we got a road use agreement from ComEd.

I sent that to Carl Larson. He responded back on Monday. We sent his concerns about the agreement to ComEd, they addressed those concerns, and we got that from them today. So it'll go on the agenda for the county board meeting next week.

Any questions? I think it was on E, Dale, you were talking about Shippy Road.

Yes.

Can you give me a little bit of detail on what's going on with Shippy Road?

Okay, Shippy Road comes from Allegro over and go down. There's a bridge on the north part of that that we'll be replacing.

and then another one is like two or three miles south of there that is also scheduled for replacement.

So I'm hoping to attract, get the leadies close enough together that one contractor will just move from one, go to the other one, but I can't let them at the same time.

So I've got it in the inspection provision for the second bridge that you can't start in this one until the first bridge is open.

All right. I'm just curious. Thank you.

Sure.

Mr. Newton, are you still considering a five-year contract extension?

I'm sorry.

Yeah, that's supposed to be inciting.

Two years, too much.

Can we make it at three?

It's fine, guys.

No, no, no.

It's worth it.

The 70s are hitting me really hard.

Thank you. Moving on to 7.3, which is the current budget debt status. Do you have Brian's report now?

No, I wasn't able to talk to Brian before. He was off today, and so I wasn't able to talk to him.

I went through the report. I didn't see any red flags at all. So there were a few minor things that were over budget this time, but there's minor things.

So that's early. Yeah, I didn't see the red flags at all. Any questions? Okay, thank you. Moving on to old business. We don't have any old business for tonight. A new business is 9.1 HD 2605, the approval of four. We've got earnest air conditioning units. We have a little bitter with locher.

was Loesher. There were four bidders in it. I think they should be in their packet. Low bidder was $51,000 with rebates. The cost of the county is $30,760. And I recommend going with Loesher for the replacement of the heating and air conditioning.

I had a question on that one. On that second page of that thing, the common rebates were are only listed under the one vendor.

Do the other vendors also get those rebates?

Can we buy it from you?

That's an answer I can't give you.

I don't know.

Okay, because the one on the way far right seems it would be much lower if the comment rebates were in play.

So that's what I'm asking.

So, okay.

Don't know.

Sorry, we worked on that, Brian.

Yeah, Brian did.

Okay.

Okay. All right. I'm just curious. Okay.

You made it through the heating out. It's the air finish.

We haven't made the air on yet, so I don't know what's going to happen there.

But we had a significant problem with the heating this winter. So anywhere from 62 degrees up to 85.

And wasn't it that one was completely shot, one or two were here?

One is, I think, is still shot, and the other ones are covered in it.

Lushers is obviously local.

Who is champion?

He's a, I believe he's from down in the Laner area, I believe.

I think he's from down in Carroll County.

I have heard of him down in that area.

Okay.

I think they all had come and climbed up our rope to take a look at it.

Right.

Well, the only thing I was, Larry brought up a point, I'm just wondering if we need to make a decision on this tonight to check out if those rebates could be applied to the champions.

That's my question.

That was my question, too.

You can check with ComEd, but you shouldn't be checking with the vendors. They've supplied you quotes. That's what you should be considering.

Okay.

Otherwise, you're bid tampering.

Can we talk to Brian? Check with ComEd, not with vendors.

Brian can check with ComEd, yes.

Without an RFP, you've got responses to the RFP. That's what your disposal can says.

You can wait to make a decision after you talk to ComEd, who's supplying the rebates.

But you can't go back to a bidder once everybody's applied.

So we need to have to check with Combin.

If the rebates were part of the other bids, why wouldn't they be listed?

I guess that's my pushback.

That's all.

I'll talk to Brian.

He's off tomorrow, too, so he'll be back in Monday, so we'll get an answer to him.

I guess we'll push it out 30 days.

Tommy? Push it out 30 days. Okay. We'll approve something tonight. Okay. I mean, yeah, and I don't... Let me try to... Yeah. Yeah. I wonder if, like, it sounds like they have an agreement. I'll just call him and see. He was a few minutes ago. Yeah. My gut would be to just trust the members as they lay and approve something tonight, but yeah, if we can get his input. Thanks, John.

Hey, Brian, you got a minute to talk about the heating and air conditioning units?

Okay, can I put you on speakerphone here?

Okay, they have a question, you know, the rebates with Lauscher gave, or ComEd gave Lauscher the rebates?

Yeah.

Are those rebates available for Champion 2 or not?

Okay, so that is a part of the pricing, so we're definitely Okay, all right, you guys got any more questions?

And that's okay, that's $30,000-ish per unit or for the four?

What was the rebate, $30,000 as a total or per unit?

Final cost.

Final cost.

Or the final cost.

The final cost.

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right.

Thanks, Brian.

Yep.

All right.

Bye.

I'd entertain a motion to approve of the resolution.

I'll make that motion.

Second.

Sure.

Mr. Chair.

Any discussions?

Any none?

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Motion is approved.

Okay.

It's here.

Okay.

You guys don't give me any more, I think I'm just going to say, oh, anybody got any more questions for me?

Thank you, sir.

You know, we used to have our own place, we could take as much time as we want.

It's pressure, I can't handle it.

You might be the longest meeting all week, just so you know.

He's right up there.

Well, he's right.

Why not always?

Sure.

Is he?

No.

Let's go ahead and push on in to 9.2, the discussion and approval of the RFP for dog culls.

So these are the dog culls we need for the new building in order to actually culls our dogs there.

I remeasured and made sure measurements were right before I did this.

So I actually changed it a little bit from the original one I had.

went back and view the fact the doors were different than when I first measured.

So these are, we want kennels that the dogs can't really see each other's in the side or if they're back to the fence, we can't see each other, which will prevent fighting, fence fighting.

Otherwise, I would like kennels that we can actually roll around and rearrange and have the swivel bowl system so you don't actually have to go into the kennel to feed the dogs. You just turn the bulls out, feed them, and turn them back in so it will save time. I don't know, this is my first one.

The kennel won't really roll because you're going to have the PVC lines in the back that are going to be...

No, they'll still be able to roll.

They will be able to roll.

Yes.

Yep.

Yep.

With them connected.

Well, the shot back will be unplugged, so then you can roll them.

But you'd have to move them all, whatever they're hooked.

They're hooked.

So we're looking for ones that are like three stall.

So you'll move like three at a time.

You won't be able to move.

And this is enough for 11 dogs.

This is enough for...

12, 13. And then we have one, we have one, there is one that's going to be donated to the building that we can also use.

A dog trainer in Lena is donating a double one. The more expensive one that I like for aggressive dogs, he's donating that.

so that will add two more petals technically if it's aggressive dog we'll use both sides so we can move them safely but if it's we don't have aggressive dog you can secure the doggy door and then you can use both sides. Any questions from the committee? So I see the delivery is May 13th. Does that mean they'd be ready on like the 14th or how long is the installation?

so what I've been reading on all the sites is it usually takes like five to six weeks delivery okay so I just put that date but but and then once they are delivered is it like ready to go yeah I cannot it's a symbol so I'm very good at XM1 panels I don't see any proposal for the cats The cat cages are under what I would need The cat pages are under what I would need to do in our B4.

I see.

And we actually got some cat pages already, so we don't need as many.

Okay.

So, yeah.

Are you planning a cat condo of a room?

My Mr. George.

They have a room.

They're not going to be loose in the room.

While you're cleaning, they can be loose, but I'm not one for the big open areas because if you have a disease go through, then all the cats are interacting and then it spreads really easy. They had to go through Friends Forever and a bunch of the other shelters that do the open areas and they can get out and play when you're cleaning, but I rather eat them.

I suspect that the nicest thing about these kennels are the vaults floor underneath of them and the buildings washed down.

Yes.

Because the room does not have a drain to it.

So we have an issue there.

And that's what alleviates some of this.

Yes.

That's our main goal is to find one that we can clean and vacuum out.

Any other questions from the committee?

It's a pleasure.

Chair. Move approval. Move and seconded. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

Aye. Motion is approved.

Give me some money about how to post it.

Right on to comments from committee members. Anybody would like to have a word?

No. Do I have a motion to adjourn?

Motion to adjourn.

second, all of them in favor, thank you everyone for their time tonight.