WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.199 All right, let's get started with the meeting of the Ministry of State and Human Affairs 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:11.679 Committee, Wednesday, March 11th, 2026, at 5 p.m. 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:12.679 Thank you. 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:18.839 Heavenly Father, we just thank you for another opportunity to come together and handle the 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:23.280 county's business work, which you give us the wisdom and the guidance to do that to 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:24.280 the best of our abilities. 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:25.280 Jesus, amen. 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:26.280 Thank you. 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:27.280 All right. 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:29.920 All right, 3.0 approval of the agenda. 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:31.440 Move approval. 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:32.280 Second. 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:33.120 Second. 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:33.960 All in favor say aye. 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:35.560 All right, so moved. 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:37.960 All right, 4.0 approval of meeting minutes 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:39.980 from February 11th, this is. 00:00:39.980 --> 00:00:40.820 This is. 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:41.660 This is. 00:00:41.660 --> 00:00:42.500 This is. 00:00:42.500 --> 00:00:43.320 This is. 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:44.159 This is. 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:45.000 Don't you see that? 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:46.040 Move approval. 00:00:46.040 --> 00:00:46.880 I can check it now. 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:48.640 Okay, all in favor say aye. 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:49.480 Aye. 00:00:49.480 --> 00:00:51.719 See, we got it in the same pattern. 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:54.439 All right, 5.0 approval of claims. 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:59.439 I have a total of $71,737 and 68 cents. 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:02.359 I'll move to the present house. 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:03.359 Second. Okay. 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:04.200 Okay. 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:05.039 We'll part you over. 00:01:05.039 --> 00:01:05.859 I guess that I do. 00:01:05.859 --> 00:01:07.000 All of you in favor say aye. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:10.120 Thank you. 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.599 6.0 public comments. 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:14.120 Nope. Okay. 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:18.840 And let's start out with 7.1 common treasurer. 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:20.959 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:24.079 So I want to just mention my portion of the claims. 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:27.920 It's a larger portion than normally, and that total amount actually is larger than what 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:28.920 this committee sees. 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:29.920 Excuse me. 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:49.200 My total $3,520, more than half of that was for the outsourced 1099s, I'm sorry, the rest 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:56.400 was to actually reimburse me for conference expenses, zone meeting expenses, and membership dues. 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:03.120 Financial reports, I assume you all had a chance to review this, the link is at March this. 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:10.640 If you notice the flat-page sales and income tax receipts remain steady, thanks to the increased 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:17.439 sales taxes from October, November, part of college sales. Those taxes were made high into March 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:20.919 because March receipts are December spending. 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:22.620 So then they should probably drop off. 00:02:22.620 --> 00:02:26.579 But after that sales and income tax receipts were up 00:02:26.579 --> 00:02:29.560 for the first two months of the year by over 224,000 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.599 compared to the same time period last year. 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:34.360 So that's encouraging. 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:38.000 Given that some of the things are happening at the state level, 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:39.759 happy to have that now, because I don't know 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.039 if you've heard the governor is looking to raise 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:45.240 or distribute your fund by at least $69. 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:50.439 So we don't know how that will affect us yet, but it's not been passed, but that's part of his budget. 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.480 So anytime we can see an uptick elsewhere, that's good to have. 00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:03.080 Total county funds down only 1.58%, about $460,000 compared to January's month end. 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:11.320 Any questions about those pieces of information so far? It was a pretty quiet month. January was a 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:19.680 a little larger hit, and that was the, primarily that transfer over to the nursing home for those checks in anticipation. 00:03:21.519 --> 00:03:35.159 Dollars. No investments in short of February, I think I mentioned that in my message to you. So no paid interest earnings to report, but investments, of course, continue to accrue interest, but no maturities, no were actually paid out. 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:41.000 As of the end of February, there were 18 investments in place across 10 different county funds, 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:44.120 maturity days between March and October. 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:48.800 Last week I did place some additional short-term investments that will mature in May, about 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:56.639 $2.9 million in maturity value, and $2.7 million actually matured last week. 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:58.680 Any questions about that report? 00:03:58.680 --> 00:03:59.680 Okay. 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:06.000 Okay, moving to the collector side because we're about to ramp that part up. My colleagues, 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.599 the clerk and the assessor and I, we're meeting tomorrow to kind of plot out the public side 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:15.920 planning calendar for the quickly approaching tax season. At this point, I do still anticipate 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:22.639 a mental late May tax bill mailing date. We are switching companies, so I'm hoping to pick up a 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:28.240 couple of days, a faster turnaround time, to get those out and give them what the U.S. Postal 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:58.240 I do anticipate that due dates will probably still be end of June, early September, subject to change, worse, given the November election and the things that the 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:02.639 I was going on August, I'm going to probably push our tax sale maybe to the second week of November. 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:10.240 She has the joyful legal responsibility of having to be present at the sales. She's got a lot going 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:17.439 on in early November, so we're going to push that out. A couple of other things I wanted to mention 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:25.519 to you, we did receive notice from the Illinois Gaming Board last week that they are going to 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:35.219 to recoup something that they believe was overpaid to us last year, $3,996.08 that they believe 00:05:35.219 --> 00:05:36.219 you should not have. 00:05:36.219 --> 00:05:43.680 They said that it was the results of a state accounting system programming error. 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:50.759 So basically, instead though of them asking me to remit it or refund it or reimburse it, 00:05:50.759 --> 00:06:20.659 I did attend my third NACO Annual Legislative Conference at the end of February, but I was out quite a bit, so I haven't had a chance to put together a report that I wanted to share with you. 00:06:20.660 --> 00:06:27.980 So I will include that with Nexmo, since you're reimbursing some of my costs, I think you should come, you know what I did. 00:06:27.980 --> 00:06:35.900 Yeah, I was there, you know, always a productive event, so, and Russ, you have any questions, that's all I have. 00:06:35.900 --> 00:06:41.500 Just to clarify, the Gaming Commission, that was about the video gaming processing or what? 00:06:41.500 --> 00:06:44.180 It's the, the tax part of it. 00:06:44.180 --> 00:07:05.899 So they said, actually, the notice reads, you know, whenever there's a programming error, I question it, but it said the overpayment was resolved in a county system program error related to the implementation of Public Act 103-0592, which increased the state video gaming tax by 1% in July of 2024. 00:07:05.900 --> 00:07:10.380 So, I'm thinking it was the very last two, because video game payments are two months 00:07:10.380 --> 00:07:11.380 behind. 00:07:11.380 --> 00:07:15.820 So, I'm thinking something happened at the end of 24 that nobody caught in all 25. 00:07:15.820 --> 00:07:17.540 So, luckily, it's not that much. 00:07:17.540 --> 00:07:20.980 We typically get between 10 and 13,000 a month. 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:26.740 So, it's not vacant, but it's next time if you see, if you follow that with Adrian's 00:07:26.740 --> 00:07:31.100 report, you'll see that it'll probably be at least, it's supposed to be present. 00:07:31.100 --> 00:07:35.939 Very good, let's move on to 7.2, County Clerk. 00:07:35.939 --> 00:07:36.780 Thank you, Chairman. 00:07:36.780 --> 00:07:38.180 Yep. 00:07:38.180 --> 00:07:40.820 Facing election time with the election taking place 00:07:40.820 --> 00:07:44.700 on Tuesday, we are seeing an uptake in early voting. 00:07:44.700 --> 00:07:47.180 We had 80 early voters today. 00:07:47.180 --> 00:07:51.620 That puts us at a total of 985 early voters 00:07:51.620 --> 00:07:53.900 and 783 vote by mail. 00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:58.500 And then cost success with just over 6% voter turnout 00:07:58.500 --> 00:07:59.340 so far. 00:07:59.340 --> 00:08:05.340 Tomorrow we will be prepping the equipment that will be going out to the polling locations 00:08:05.340 --> 00:08:11.340 with a moving company to deliver that. On Saturday, we will be open for early voting 00:08:11.340 --> 00:08:18.340 from 9 until noon, Monday, 8.30 to 4.30 and then election day, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. 00:08:18.340 --> 00:08:24.340 Stewart Center is a polling location on election day, so if you know someone that needs to register to vote 00:08:24.340 --> 00:08:30.260 Hope, or if they have complications because the registration is not updated, they can 00:08:30.260 --> 00:08:36.019 do that by Steward Center 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on the election night. 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:42.620 We will canvass the results on April 1st at 8 a.m. March 31st is the last day that we 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:47.540 can receive the vote by mail ballots back to our office by statute. 00:08:47.540 --> 00:08:53.740 So the next morning we will certify the results of our canvass. 00:08:53.740 --> 00:08:56.740 On the tax side, we had great news today. 00:08:56.740 --> 00:08:59.419 We received the final multiplier of one. 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:03.340 Haven't had one for the last two years. 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:07.580 And last year we got the final multiplier on April 15th. 00:09:08.580 --> 00:09:13.180 So once the assessor rolls over the numbers to me next week, 00:09:13.180 --> 00:09:17.659 I can continue moving forward with tax extension. 00:09:17.659 --> 00:09:20.100 This will allow the taxing districts 00:09:20.100 --> 00:09:22.019 going to have a little bit more time 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:24.579 to review their tax computation reports, 00:09:24.579 --> 00:09:27.779 and it will allow me to roll to the treasurer and literature. 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:32.059 So the next month will be quite busy in my office, 00:09:32.059 --> 00:09:35.019 but well, greater reaching, it just might be 00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:37.179 a little bit of a delay compared to usual. 00:09:39.779 --> 00:09:40.620 Any questions? 00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:43.939 Thank you. 00:09:43.939 --> 00:09:44.779 Thank you. 00:09:44.779 --> 00:09:47.659 All right, 7.3, Supervisor of Assessments. 00:09:47.659 --> 00:09:50.100 Like Jasmine said, but thank goodness today 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:51.299 that I was two weeks early, 00:09:51.300 --> 00:09:57.180 So I was very happy because the sooner I can get it off my desk, the sooner the rest I can do. 00:09:57.180 --> 00:10:00.020 So next Wednesday is when I can get it off my desk. 00:10:00.020 --> 00:10:06.660 Next Wednesday is when I'm going to roll the systems so then we can start the process all over again. 00:10:06.660 --> 00:10:19.540 And this year will be a little different. So, C.J. Davis was doing some of the townships for, yeah, 00:10:19.540 --> 00:10:26.820 doing data and things like that. A few weeks ago she contacted me and she is having some health 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:34.980 Issues, so she cannot continue to do it for the townships that she had for this year. 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:45.140 So our office now has seven of them this year. 00:10:45.140 --> 00:10:51.620 So about 15,000 notices will go out within those seven townships. 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:56.620 So I needed the extra time to get 2026 started. 00:10:58.300 --> 00:11:02.460 So that is what I will be doing busy and stuff like that. 00:11:02.460 --> 00:11:06.020 Because like I said, the last time we did this rotation, 00:11:06.020 --> 00:11:08.900 Sandy had four of the seven touch-ups. 00:11:08.900 --> 00:11:11.020 So now we have, we'll have all seven of them. 00:11:11.020 --> 00:11:16.020 So we'll go do the data, value, send notices from A to Z. 00:11:16.660 --> 00:11:17.500 So. 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:27.780 Next question, you will know the answer. How often does the city reassess? I just ran into 00:11:27.780 --> 00:11:34.880 a property that was sold in 2012. They wish they could keep paying those taxes when I 00:11:34.880 --> 00:11:42.540 sell that property. They're supposed to be done every four years. So their last five 00:11:42.540 --> 00:11:47.540 Director, Daniel, and Vier was 23. 00:11:47.540 --> 00:11:57.140 And this was way before that, but it's just interesting because, oh, almost $400,000 house. 00:11:57.140 --> 00:12:01.220 I would love to pay any taxes there. 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:07.820 Sometimes it takes us a little bit of time to catch up some things, but it'll get better. 00:12:07.820 --> 00:12:20.160 They are trying to, I don't know, speaking of that, there is a statute that is out there 00:12:20.160 --> 00:12:28.300 just so everybody is aware that somebody is trying to push to redo the assessing part 00:12:28.300 --> 00:12:36.560 of it. So what the proposal is, is if you would sell it, okay, then like in California, 00:12:36.560 --> 00:12:39.160 they go directly to their sale price, okay? 00:12:39.160 --> 00:12:43.520 So that's what they'll do is go directly to your sale price. 00:12:43.520 --> 00:12:47.220 And then as long as you own it, if you're a senior, 00:12:47.220 --> 00:12:50.500 your assessment can only go up 1%. 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:52.220 And if you're not a senior, 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:56.520 that your assessment can go only 3% in one year. 00:12:57.420 --> 00:13:00.600 So it's a proposal that's out there. 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.680 We'll see. 00:13:04.680 --> 00:13:19.680 I'm glad, I just, it's going to mess up the uniformity of things that season, but I just, I learned of it a couple of weeks ago and I just wanted to pass it along. 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:21.680 All right, thank you. 00:13:21.680 --> 00:13:24.680 Let's move on to County Administrator. 00:13:24.680 --> 00:13:54.640 It's going to be brief because I don't have a lawyer as a voice, but my next creative partnership meeting is March 25th, since the last time we met that Williams and I sat down with the trends of the PEC and went over their agreement that was getting close to expiring and that was presented Monday night and approved, okay good, I thought it had, so that'll be good. 00:13:54.680 --> 00:14:13.080 Heading down to the Board for people there. It was a good meeting. I think they're definitely trying to do some recruiting and get some new people in there and help, but it was nice to sit down with them and make sure they understood the liability concerns we had and the property fixes and stuff like that. 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:29.320 Assessor. We continue to see the FOIA rate bus coming through, which, you know, we're involved in the compiling of and stuff, but I feel like that's going to be a great thing. 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:47.320 I've been working with Animal Control, helped with the RFQs that will be put forward to get you tomorrow night, and her contract, the move in the building, that's right. 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:55.320 This morning at the apartment head meeting, we discussed, you know, the wellness screenings that are scheduled for April 2nd, midnight. 00:14:55.320 --> 00:15:11.320 Start pushing out the reminders again and more frequently to get as many people involved inside that as possible. And then we're also doing the step program, the county board will also get them information on that. 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:20.320 We decided this morning, thanks to a brainstorming session and a little help that Step Up Stevenson County is what it's going to be called now. 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:26.320 So, there'll be a little virtual map of your stops around the county. 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:42.320 So, we talked about audit things that governments should be working on, making sure they're getting their cataplysis updates updated, checking for emails and the portal and keeping up to date with that, getting their year end totals to our office. 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:48.320 We had a really good conversation, I felt, about the Cross Blue Shield app. 00:15:48.320 --> 00:16:06.320 and reaching out to Carrie McRae for more support guidance on that to hopefully get more interaction for users on the app to fully utilize the benefits, which will hopefully then in turn help with the renewal of some things as well. 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:16.320 Well, the new shredding service has received all of our information and we're going to be setting up their start dates shortly. 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:21.320 They sent it back to the Department of Health meeting today and they said they would touch. 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:35.840 So we also talked at the department meeting about our ex-mapper reaching out to get new totals to see how many people have been screened. 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:47.240 And we had a conversation about if there was a smaller video than what was said to everyone because it was pretty much being frisked by this. 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:50.400 maybe they could show at their intern department meetings 00:16:50.400 --> 00:16:55.400 or something to try to open up the employees' interest 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.640 a little more and help them better see it. 00:16:59.640 --> 00:17:03.640 That is all I have to say, just give you a good feel for it. 00:17:03.640 --> 00:17:04.600 Thank you. 00:17:04.600 --> 00:17:07.640 All right, so point five, IT Manager. 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:13.880 So I guess I have it all set up for most of the service. 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:15.360 Got a lot going on. 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:21.320 Finished up the jail today with the phone installation. 00:17:21.320 --> 00:17:24.720 I do believe we're at like 98% done in the county. 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:28.320 There might be a few areas that I need to check in on 00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:30.040 that I hope I didn't overlook. 00:17:30.040 --> 00:17:33.440 We got some phones down in the election room 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:35.160 that I am not touching. 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:38.160 They didn't operate and they need phones during this time. 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.360 So I just left them be until early voting is done 00:17:41.360 --> 00:17:42.960 and then I'll go finish those up. 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:54.960 So the phones are rolled out. They're in every office across the county. So we're completely over to the new, not only do we get new phones, we got a new phone system. 00:17:54.960 --> 00:18:05.960 So everything switched over. I'll have more control of that internally. So that'll help call our ID changes and routing. And I think I've redone a few call trees already. 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:13.400 So that that's just helpful for us and we don't have to wait on the other company to get things done when we get them done. 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:20.720 So tomorrow is the county recycling event for all the Stevenson County locations. 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:22.680 We have four drop sites. 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:27.680 We have the highway departments, the courthouse, the Steward Center and the health department. 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:33.519 I feel like I bring in this type of weather every time I schedule it because it was nice. 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:36.360 and I am not looking forward to being outside tomorrow 00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:38.760 or getting all this stuff collected, 00:18:38.760 --> 00:18:40.900 but that'll be tomorrow. 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:43.039 So I'll be starting out 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.280 at the Highway Department meeting now. 00:18:45.280 --> 00:18:47.780 We start off south of town and then head north 00:18:47.780 --> 00:18:50.680 because they're out of a block or somewhere in that area. 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:52.880 So they try to make it easier for them 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:54.380 that they're not backtracking. 00:18:56.620 --> 00:18:59.180 Currently working with Revice, who is our website vendor, 00:18:59.180 --> 00:19:01.120 to do checks on our website to make sure 00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:06.120 that we are ADA compliant for the June 2027 federal deadline. 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:09.800 So we're working towards that. 00:19:09.800 --> 00:19:12.519 This will progress includes reviewing current content 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:14.760 and accessibility features and finding for updates 00:19:14.760 --> 00:19:18.039 to ensure the website remains accessible for all users. 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:20.760 So we've been running some audits. 00:19:20.760 --> 00:19:23.600 I got to go through some reports and see where we're at. 00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:27.480 I do know that they have like an ADA bot 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.760 that we can add to the website. 00:19:28.760 --> 00:19:31.519 that kind of helps when they ask questions 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:36.160 or different things that kind of help ease that. 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:40.000 So I have to look into that as well with my free time. 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:42.519 So, well, I'll figure out if you have something. 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:44.640 The nice thing is, is that we do have some time. 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.680 I am not leaving it till the last minute, 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:48.160 but we do have a little bit of time there. 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:53.160 So, lastly, we have SD COIL 1. 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:56.780 We have a new server up and ready to go 00:19:56.780 --> 00:19:59.019 for the offices here at the Stewart Center. 00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:00.200 We are waiting. 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:02.960 for the Stewart Center, we are waiting. 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.640 I actually, I don't know when is a good time now 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:10.000 because I think we go right from the primary 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.140 right into taxes. 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:12.180 So I really don't want to. 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:13.019 What taxes? 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.160 Definitely. 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:18.480 The problem that I'm going to have with that 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:20.759 is that there's four terabytes of data 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:24.400 that has to be moved and we can do a weekend. 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:26.799 I just don't know that I can guarantee 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.319 that it will be done by Monday's opening of business. 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:32.320 So we may have to schedule that 00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:34.720 and know that there may be some downtime on a Monday. 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:37.039 I was trying to pick a three-day weekend 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:39.039 that would give us a little extra of a buffer 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:42.120 because there's a lot of information to move 00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:44.039 and to get on that new server and to verify 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:45.960 and make sure everything's up and working. 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.799 So- 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:50.799 So your final specifying of that review on the job? 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.640 Yeah. 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.720 Yeah. 00:20:54.720 --> 00:21:02.720 So we're trying to figure out when we can get that schedule for what we can do and taxes are a win. 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:04.720 We need to have... 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:12.720 Yeah, I don't know if we can get a proper extension, but DevNet is incredibly painfully slow and we cannot have that. 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:18.720 I think we both experienced and I can report that we should receive most comments within a couple minutes. 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:48.720 I understand. It's been a pain for a while. It's just trying to fit it in. And now with the amount of data that's on it, we just have to make sure I didn't want business to be affected. So we may have to sit down and talk when we come up with a plan. I'm going to meet with Mike in the next week or so, you know, because we have to see what all the vendors need here as far as the moving goes. So that is 00:21:48.720 --> 00:22:18.720 on the horizon. And we do have the new one up and ready. We just got to, obviously we have to take all the data from a certain point, move it over and then make sure everything works. It's just that data transition. That's going to be the most difficult. And it doesn't matter starting it after hours, you know, on a Friday, we still may not done by Monday. So there's really no good schedule at this point. So we may just have to, I don't know what we do. We'll discuss that and go from there. It's worth the sacrifice of being down even if it's very 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:46.160 So we will work together to figure out when that is going to be, and then obviously that'll be a full weekend of making sure we get that. 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:54.960 I mean, you know, a lot of this stuff is, uh, can probably be done remotely and just watch it. 00:22:54.960 --> 00:23:00.160 But the problem is, is that we just have to make sure that it stays going and that everything goes 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:06.640 like it should. And then we have to verify, you know, and that'll require probably you guys, 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:12.640 because I won't know what I'm looking at. So we'll get that figured out and get that 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:29.640 Recycling of County Offices and County Equipment only correct and not open to the public. 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.640 Correct. 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:45.640 All right, let's go to 8.1. Probably not ready for that one yet. 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:57.640 I actually checked in. This is not a delay on ORN. IPMG and Mark Bell, there's some agency we're supposed to go through that is coordinated with them. It's still not figured out. 00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:02.320 So he asked if we could expedite it and go around the process, and we still haven't heard back from that. 00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:06.759 So we just have to table it until we get some clarification. 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:09.519 That's the AI news policy that was online. 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:11.840 So is it online somewhere? 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.559 OK, I don't know. 00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.720 We either was a copy. 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.400 Yeah, there was a copy that we had. 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:19.079 I would send it back out. 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:22.800 It's just been tabled for a few months, so nothing's been altered on it since then. 00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:26.800 We're just been waiting for a review to see what changes we need to make. 00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:56.800 if any. So, um, yeah, Mark both apologize profusely, but he's like, uh, I'm going to try to get this in because it has to go through somebody else. So, um, at this point, hopefully, I mean, I, my last correspondence with him was probably Monday-ish. So hopefully we'll hear something by the end of the week, maybe. And if not, I'll ping him again and see what we need to do. So that's what we said last month. I think it's better to do this slowly and correctly. I agree. 00:24:56.800 --> 00:25:03.840 Absolutely. Have you gotten any guidance from some other counties? I know the talks and everyone's kind of just stepping up. 00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:18.280 Yeah, I think we're probably a little bit further ahead than what some have been. But yeah, that's, we'll definitely do that. You know, usually you share, you know, secrets between, you know, what works and what doesn't. 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:35.160 So, I apologize, I didn't have any updated to attach it to Lincoln, but this was helping 00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:40.160 me out when I was in here, so that's fine, but it was on February, so that's good, thank 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.160 you. 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:46.799 Okay, let's move to new business, 9.1, approval of ordinance, amending check 29 of the Steveson 00:25:46.800 --> 00:26:08.900 County Clerk. You all had a chance to take a look at that. So, our Canada email was the 00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:13.900 Wonders, our sponsor, almost after they review all of us. 00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:20.099 So I guess I'm going to make a motion to approve it 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:23.640 and then we can talk about it maybe in a second. 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:30.360 I can second it for discussion. 00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.180 Okay. 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.559 All right. 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:38.559 So this would be limited, see I gotta get to page two. 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:47.900 This would close out at the end of our first meeting, 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:52.240 first regular meeting of the County Board in December, 2026. 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:54.940 This would revert back to old policy. 00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:58.360 As we heard, I was talking, 00:26:58.360 --> 00:27:00.160 Chairman was talking to me about it 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:02.860 and kind of discussing it 00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:06.420 since Tim was leaving off the board 00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:08.360 and he's current Finance Chair. 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:13.160 Trying to understand who the best person 00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:18.000 or who would be the best qualified to be the Finance Chair. 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:21.039 And being South Scott, 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:25.140 I've been Finance Chair for four years previously 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:30.039 and probably currently had the most experience 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:34.680 in that position, this made sense to change this policy 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.780 and allow him to do that. 00:27:35.780 --> 00:27:39.320 Otherwise, we're gonna have to move a bunch of committee 00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:41.280 people and chairs around. 00:27:41.280 --> 00:27:43.180 Probably got pretty messy, I think, 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:46.420 by the time we move the people around, 00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:48.860 it's only indirect things, so. 00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:50.559 We've had to completely realign 00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:53.960 the entire committee organization, I guess, 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:57.300 for lack of a better term, to make this work. 00:27:57.300 --> 00:28:01.900 and again, this is not something I'm looking to have put in place permanently. 00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:06.500 The reorganization meeting for the County will be in December at this year. 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:10.900 There is possibility of new board members coming on. 00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:17.420 There'll be a new vote or another vote for chairman and vice chairman of the board. 00:28:18.300 --> 00:28:24.380 Um, at that point, whoever the chairman is in realigned communities, 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.880 to however they see fit. 00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:31.559 This is the path of least resistance, in my opinion, 00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.599 to get us through the 2027 budget process. 00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.700 Do we have a Vice Chair? 00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:42.039 Vice Chair of the Board of Finance? 00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.500 Of Finance, or the Board of... 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:46.240 Well, we have... 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.340 Your Vice Chair of Finance. 00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:49.440 Currently the Vice Chair of Finance. 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:51.579 Chair is still Vice Chair of the Board. 00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:54.320 His resignation is not effective until the end of March 00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:59.320 at which point we will declare a vacancy for his seat. 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.920 And at that point we'll have a new election 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:08.840 for Vice Chair in April. 00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:11.240 So we'll open it up to nominations. 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:14.039 Any Board members that have the opportunity 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:16.940 to make nominations and vote for Vice Chair and Board? 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:35.019 So it doesn't change the current structure of the finance committee, the finance chair 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:40.180 would still only have one vote on that committee. 00:29:40.180 --> 00:30:00.180 I understand trying to streamline that. 00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:30.180 Grant to streamline things. I understand the, this gets messy if we don't. That's the, you've got a lot of people to balance, a lot of issues to balance. However temporary, the consolidation of this kind of responsibility makes me nervous. I don't, just on go, I don't like having that much responsibility with one person, however much of an emergency as it is. And 00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:35.180 Part of me always resists a move to make us do less work. 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:41.500 As tempting as that is, that's part of our job. 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:43.640 That's part of our job is representation. 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:48.420 And just because it would make less work for us, 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.860 I don't know that that inherently 00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:52.220 makes it the right decision. 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:56.500 I understand the temptation. 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:59.700 Again, I get the temporary nature of it and all that. 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:02.580 I just, this makes me twitchy. 00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.420 Yeah. 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:07.820 I'm not sure I understand the last work of the phrase, 00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.660 but- 00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:13.660 So that's to the point of, to avoid the restructuring. 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.380 Oh, this is all I'm getting at. 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.220 Okay. 00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:20.300 Well, if I can, I can hear a brief example. 00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:22.140 Planning and Development, Mr. Perkins, 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.380 Chair of that committee. 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:27.340 So I put Steve into finance. 00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:31.820 and I didn't ask you because you get corn and beans 00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:35.180 during the budget process most of the time. 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:39.460 Your Vice Chair is Nicole, who's also Chair of Nursing. 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:44.460 You have Brian Brandt, who is Chair of Public Works. 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:48.100 And you have Dale Diddens, who is Chair of Court Services. 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:54.660 Can't just plug in the Vice Chair into Chair P&D 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:59.860 without them revamping nursing home. His Vice Chair right now is Nicole Baker. 00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:07.220 And again, if I put Brian Brandt, which he can, because he also picks corn and fall during the 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:14.100 budget process. If I did that, then I have to have a new Chair for Public Works and move somebody 00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:21.940 else onto that committee. So it's been... Same with this committee. It's not secure, too. 00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:30.140 It is, you know, and I had a long conversation with Adrienne because I want to make sure she was comfortable more than anyone else with the process. 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:35.340 She gave her blessing. She had no issues. I've worked very extensively on it. 00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:50.579 And as far as, I guess, consolidating or changing the power of it, nothing comes out of finance that doesn't ultimately end up as board mother to be approved. 00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:53.080 and I also have final say on all agenda items 00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:54.420 as it is right now. 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:58.620 And believe me, I understand the appearance of it, 00:32:58.620 --> 00:33:02.460 but that's why there's 15 other board members. 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:09.460 And I am not looking for more to do. 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:16.100 Well, and that's why I do pick the word responsibility 00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:39.100 We can all have the utmost respect for you and your experience in trying to take the personality out of it and just think of it as a structural thing, again, even if it's temporary, that's where I scroll. 00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:42.860 Oh, that is why there's a sunset to it. Sure, it's not a crime, I believe. 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:54.539 And I'm not as eloquent as Adam, but I'm struggling with it, too, on 00:33:58.220 --> 00:34:05.180 the parameters that it looks, how it looks to the people we represent. What are we saying 00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:09.180 for them, are we saying, okay, I understand 00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:12.659 what Chairman Helms is saying, too, 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:16.519 about putting people in positions 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:18.800 that have other responsibilities. 00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:22.059 Well, there's 16 Board Members. 00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:26.139 I'm just struggling with that part of it. 00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:32.780 The number of polls I got today. 00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:35.079 I didn't have any that were very positive 00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:37.720 Oh, on that, on that, so- 00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.920 On this? 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.900 On this. 00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:43.659 What are the calls did you get? 00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:46.579 Six, I get calls on nothing else. 00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:50.240 That's impressive, but at least six people 00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:52.119 are looking at the agenda. 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.579 But to me, that's a lot when you look 00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:55.599 at anything else we do. 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:57.119 I'm impressed with six. 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:02.760 We'll set up a still answering calls on my drive here, so. 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:31.079 Well, going back to, I guess, my previous comments, I think, not that Scott needs more to do, but looking around the room and who's doing what, then he's already done the job, I think he's the most qualified, so it makes sense to get the, I'm going to say the best person in that position for temporary. That's the way I'm going to decide the thing. 00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:42.079 Yeah, that's definitely, everything's, if we approve this tonight, it still has to get approved by the Board on Thursday. 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:49.079 And again, the structure at the Finance Committee doesn't change. We still have the same number of votes. 00:35:49.079 --> 00:36:00.079 He's only got one vote. And like I said, we had a review by Carl, we had a review by the Auditors, and we didn't have any issues with it. 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:21.280 I think we have elected people as well as appointed people that are more than capable 00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:31.280 That's the intent, we don't want to be like Dixon all the way, right, when you have an issue. 00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:38.320 So that's why we have this oversight. So then let's not have change. 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:59.079 I don't have anything for them, but it's a men vote, two on one, a little sold or pick 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:09.200 out, there's only two, all right, all those in favor say aye, aye, suppose, we'll get 00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:18.280 two opposed, okay, yes, yes, we're still in business, okay, let's come up with another 00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:25.880 I guess. All right. Okay. Let's move on. 10.0 comments from committee members. 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:37.800 So it's a little early, but I did bring this up. I brought this up at various committees. But as 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:43.640 we're getting towards nicer weather, as we're getting towards parade season, I'd like to 00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:47.000 to re-voice my opinion. 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:49.159 I think the County should have a more diverse 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:52.200 and celebratory presence at parades. 00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:54.800 The Sheriff's Department always gets out and that's great, 00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:56.800 but if we can get some of the Highway Department trucks 00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:59.659 down the road or whatever else we got, 00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:03.400 I think the more positive case we can put on the County 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:06.440 and our presence in the community, the better. 00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:09.200 So again, this seems like a logical place 00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:10.539 to start that push. 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:17.539 Yeah, I think everyone would want to get out there and throw some candy. 00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:20.539 I think they are taking things for the mobile, aren't they? 00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:27.539 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So again, everyone is everyone. 00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:31.539 Okay, hold on, 11.0, adjournment. 00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.539 Make a motion? 00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:35.539 Move to adjourn in a second. All those in favor say aye. 00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.539 Aye. 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:39.539 Okay, thanks everybody. 00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.539 Thank you.