WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.480 630, you call a meeting to order, welcome to everyone to the meeting of the core services committee, Wednesday, May 13th, 2026. 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:14.040 I appreciate everybody that's here. 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:19.000 Um, first agenda item is the prayer. 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:20.960 Anybody want to take care of that? 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:22.160 I'll do it. 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:31.160 Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing us this time to get together and work on the county's business. 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:35.159 Thank you for the beautiful day. Looking forward to spring and summer. 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:44.159 Father, please help us make wise decisions as we work on the important business for the county. In Jesus' name, Amen. 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:46.159 Amen. 00:00:46.160 --> 00:00:50.840 Can I get a motion for the approval of the agenda? 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:52.280 So moved. 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:53.520 Moved by Mr. Busker. 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:54.420 Second. 00:00:54.420 --> 00:00:56.220 Second by Mr. Hadley. 00:00:56.220 --> 00:00:57.660 Any discussion? 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:00.840 Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:01.680 Aye. 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:03.359 Those opposed, same sign. 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:04.580 Motion passes. 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:09.780 Next 4.0 is a review and approval of meeting minutes 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:12.280 from April 8th, 2026 meeting. 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:13.520 Can I get a motion? 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:14.480 So moved. 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:41.480 second by Mr. Hadley. Any discussion? Seeing none. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Same sign. Motion passes. 5.0 was approval of the claims. And the total is $56,422.08. Does anyone want to look at them? No, I look at them online. 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:45.079 Can I get a motion? 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:46.700 So moved. 00:01:46.700 --> 00:01:47.540 Second. 00:01:47.540 --> 00:01:49.960 Motion by Ms. Williams, second by Mr. Busker. 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:52.840 Any discussion? 00:01:53.859 --> 00:01:56.100 Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. 00:01:56.100 --> 00:01:56.939 Aye. 00:01:56.939 --> 00:01:58.939 Those opposed, same sign. 00:01:58.939 --> 00:01:59.880 Hearing none. 00:02:00.900 --> 00:02:04.000 Motion passes, 6.0 is public comment. 00:02:05.240 --> 00:02:06.900 Anybody here for public comment? 00:02:06.900 --> 00:02:11.900 Hello, it's been interesting lately. 00:02:15.500 --> 00:02:19.300 Okay, reports to the committee by Judge Hauser. 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:20.800 I have not heard from Judge. 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:23.540 Now, last time I talked to him last month, 00:02:23.540 --> 00:02:25.700 he said everything's gone good. 00:02:25.700 --> 00:02:29.900 Public Defender, Travis is out. 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:32.740 Probation, Dr. McGee is here. 00:02:32.740 --> 00:02:33.860 Good evening. 00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:34.700 Good evening. 00:02:34.700 --> 00:02:36.900 So just a few updates. 00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:39.760 So you have the report in front of you. 00:02:41.140 --> 00:02:43.940 Tammy Nieman was going to, 00:02:43.940 --> 00:02:48.060 had accepted the second probation supervisor position. 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:50.820 However, due to some personal issues, 00:02:50.820 --> 00:02:54.220 she is not able to relocate at this time. 00:02:54.220 --> 00:02:56.540 So in speaking with the administrative office, 00:02:56.540 --> 00:02:58.980 we've decided to move forward with that position. 00:02:58.980 --> 00:03:02.740 So it has been reposted as of April 27th. 00:03:02.740 --> 00:03:06.860 So if there is someone that you know of who is interested, 00:03:06.860 --> 00:03:09.240 please send them my way. 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:11.040 I'll probably be conducting interviews 00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:13.719 maybe around the first week of June. 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:18.340 That position does need to be filled by August 20th, 00:03:18.340 --> 00:03:19.960 or I would have to file a supplemental 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.219 because it is to be done within this fiscal year. 00:03:26.540 --> 00:03:31.260 Secondly, I have Mr. Hale here, Lamont Hale, 00:03:31.259 --> 00:03:33.379 and some of you may know him. 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:36.939 I know Mr. Hadley, you have talked about juvenile services 00:03:36.939 --> 00:03:40.139 and youth programming, and I have done research 00:03:40.139 --> 00:03:41.939 and looked into different programs. 00:03:41.939 --> 00:03:45.219 And really the push now is more towards 00:03:45.219 --> 00:03:47.060 the cognitive behavioral programs. 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:48.259 And that's what we're doing now 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:51.060 with our Thinking for a Change program. 00:03:51.060 --> 00:03:55.979 We brought in Pastor Sol to help with our adults 00:03:55.979 --> 00:03:59.299 who come out of DOC to help in that area as well. 00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:02.880 and that's another cognitive behavioral type of program. 00:04:02.880 --> 00:04:07.580 And with the juveniles, we had started the MRT 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:11.280 and in speaking with Mr. Hale, 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:15.400 I thought it would be very beneficial to collaborate. 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.879 One of the things that I feel is important 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.120 in this community is mentoring for our youth 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:23.920 and in reviewing our juvenile caseload 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:27.620 and this is not a knock against single parents, 00:04:27.620 --> 00:04:30.759 but we did find that the majority of them, 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:34.939 the youth that were in trouble came from single parent homes, 00:04:35.980 --> 00:04:38.980 mostly where the male, there was no male father figure. 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:43.980 So, I'm going to let you kind of take away, 00:04:45.420 --> 00:04:46.579 talk about what we're doing. 00:04:46.579 --> 00:04:50.180 So, I got 20 Miss Counseling Services, 00:04:50.180 --> 00:04:52.220 is I'm the owner CEO of it 00:04:52.220 --> 00:04:54.660 and then I teamed up with Chris. 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:57.379 Chris is from Rackford. 00:04:57.379 --> 00:05:27.379 he owns Course Corrections, he does stuff with domestic violence and substance abuse over in Rocker. And so him and I teamed up together. So with this 16 week program is called Pathways Forward. I focus on the mental health portion of it, he focused on the substance abuse portion of it. And it's really the just like we sitting in here now, we'll bring up a topic. So this week, the topic was coping skills, right? So I asked him, have you became overwhelmed? Right? Everybody's you become overwhelmed. 00:05:27.379 --> 00:05:32.379 What do you do when you become overwhelmed? What do you do when you become sad? What do you do when you become angry? 00:05:32.379 --> 00:05:39.379 And each person then went around and gave their story, right? So now, is this how you dealt with it? Is it an unhealthy coping skill? 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:47.379 Is it a healthy coping skill, which you consider to be neutral, right? And if it was unhealthy, what do you think you could do to make it healthier, right? 00:05:47.379 --> 00:06:17.379 All right. And then young people are more, I would say, emotional and don't control their thoughts, per se. They just look at the moment, right? And so teaching like, looking at the moment can get you in trouble based off of the stuff we talk about, right? The stuff we talk about that's overwhelming them and their behaviors, the students they were using, someone was unhealthy. And so looking at that and saying, hey, who else could this 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:19.579 of the House of Thanks, and what could have went wrong, right? 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:22.139 You could have went to this person's house 00:06:22.139 --> 00:06:24.219 and you might be dead, right? 00:06:24.219 --> 00:06:29.219 Now, if you dead, now who's gonna feel remorse for that? 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:33.219 And in this situation, the kid would be like, 00:06:33.219 --> 00:06:35.100 hey, I went there because of my sister. 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:37.339 So now your sister gonna feel remorse 00:06:37.339 --> 00:06:40.100 because somebody just said she's dead because of her, right? 00:06:40.100 --> 00:06:43.100 And so it's really based on what they tell us 00:06:43.100 --> 00:06:45.060 or share with us is how we approach it. 00:06:45.060 --> 00:06:46.719 And so I couldn't even use coping skills 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:56.080 I'll incorporate that, such as breathing techniques and music, that stuff works, but being able 00:06:56.080 --> 00:07:00.880 to listen to them where they're at and finding out, hey, that's how we can change the skill. 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:09.760 Probation gets a report every, the group is held on Mondays from 5 to 6.30 at the Boys 00:07:09.760 --> 00:07:16.080 and Girls Club. Probation gets a report, what happened in the group, what was the topic about 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:21.919 for that week. What was it talking about for next week? What was the attendance who all showed up 00:07:21.919 --> 00:07:29.120 and then the participation? Did they participate? So we don't go into detail with probation about 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:35.279 what was discussed. We just move over a general view of they participated, they showed up, 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:39.680 this is what was talked about, this is what's going to be talked about next. It's kind of what we do. 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.480 Anybody got any questions? 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:44.180 Yes. 00:07:44.180 --> 00:07:50.300 So we're sending the juveniles to this program, correct? 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:53.160 What are we doing about juveniles 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:55.000 that are kicked out of high school 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.860 and trying to get their GED and stuff like that? 00:07:57.860 --> 00:08:01.040 Is that something you work with? 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.519 So I don't specifically work with juveniles 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:05.720 trying to get their GED. 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.639 I mean, the keys that we get are referred 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:38.639 Yeah, that's a collaborative effort with the juvenile officer and other agencies to work with the families, with truancy. They come over to probation and meet with us to discuss people who are on the brink of being kicked out of school. There's the G.U.D. and the G.U.D. who are on the brink of being kicked out of school. There's the G.U.D. who are on the brink of being kicked out of school. 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:43.639 D.D. Program, but you know, you have to be engaged to get involved in that. 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:48.600 But there are resources available in the community. 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:50.720 So they work with their juvenile officer. 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:54.919 I might recommend Chairman Helms, you're on the Workforce Connection Board. 00:08:55.399 --> 00:09:01.039 There's there's juvenile money for Stevenson County programs and stuff like that. 00:09:01.439 --> 00:09:03.319 You might want to collaborate with her. 00:09:03.319 --> 00:09:06.120 Maybe she already knows about some of these programs. 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:36.120 but you know there is programs through Goodwill Services I believe that pays for them for their pre-test and then their testing and they take care of that stuff but there you know there's money allotted to Workforce Connection and and it's no secret out there it's been going on for years that it's a one parent family situation you know and no 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:46.600 and I think that's why myself and Chris can relate to the kids because we both black males 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:52.279 and they open up and talk to us. And so they feel like they can relate to it. So when I first started, 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:58.039 I was thinking that it may be some resistance because either they know me or their parents 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:00.039 and they know I used to be the police. 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:30.039 and 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:45.039 There's not a lot of diversity within the department, but also what is the comment that they made about probation? Because, you know, we try all these different things, but didn't they say, what they say about probation that we do too much? 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:58.039 Yeah, probation does too much is what they say. And so I was like, okay, let's examine, let's examine that thought, probation does too much. What do you mean by that? Well, probation, they restrict our freedom is basically the main concern that restrict our freedom. 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:28.039 I said, so does probation restrict your freedom, or the things that you do cause probation to put restrict your freedom? Right? So what did you do? Let's talk about that. And so then they talk about what they did. And so if you really don't want to be on probation, then you might not want to do those things again. And so what we do is I'll never tell them, hey, stop doing it. I'm going to give you options. And so you can think about, is this where I want my life to lead? If you want to continue to stay on probation, that's 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:58.039 you, right? But if you want to make your life better, here's some options that make your life better. And really, the kids listen on my way in here today. There's a kid down there from our group, and he had like $25,000 quarters. He's like, hey, the bank's not open. So they talked to us. I saw a couple at KFC, one of the kids worked at KFC, and he had to come to drive you because this police saw me there. He's like, hey, that guy teaches our group. And so we build connections. So what age are you working up to? 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:19.039 18. Now I know Mr. Newton that's on the board, he has a program that he's working with people, getting them prepared for jobs and stuff like that. I don't know if you're aware of that. I think he starts taking them at the age of 18. 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:25.679 So that was one of the other things we talked about was the like the emerging young adults and maybe 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:33.279 moving into that group as well which is like the 18 to 25 year olds. We do talk about doing that 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:39.919 because we have a curriculum for that age group too. Probation, the juvenile officers, 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:46.399 juvenile detectives, the big detectives, okay the juvenile officer thought it might be or they may 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:50.079 may not want to come because there wouldn't be court order. 00:12:50.079 --> 00:12:52.079 It'll be voluntary. 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:53.399 So there may be some pushback, 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.500 like I don't want to attend another group. 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.679 So we have curriculum for it. 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.039 It is in place right now. 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:04.120 Juvenile probation has more flexibility 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:05.960 in terms of what they can order them to do 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:08.159 than what we can do in adult court. 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:11.000 If it's not specifically on a court order 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:14.279 in the adult court, we're limited. 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:19.279 So we may know someone is like using drugs, 00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:22.579 but they may not be ordered to test. 00:13:22.579 --> 00:13:26.099 So that order would have to be modified by the court. 00:13:26.099 --> 00:13:29.539 So our particular program that we feel might be beneficial 00:13:29.539 --> 00:13:31.519 may not be ordered by the court. 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:36.899 Whereas the juvenile officers have more of a window 00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:39.339 to say, okay, this is what we feel you need to do. 00:13:39.339 --> 00:13:43.139 It's more of an open court order, if that makes sense. 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:46.019 It's more, it's a stronger suggestion. 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:46.859 Is that it? 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:51.959 So do you see progress in this? 00:13:51.959 --> 00:13:54.220 I mean, they want to, you know, 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:56.019 some just don't want to be helped 00:13:56.019 --> 00:13:58.139 and some want to be helped, you know? 00:13:58.139 --> 00:14:01.619 I will say all the cues that we got has been coming. 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:05.879 You can see a difference from the beginning 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:08.379 and some kids aren't in the group anymore, 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:10.139 but I see them in the community 00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:12.319 and they still remember what was taught to them. 00:14:12.319 --> 00:14:17.919 So I'm really almost just giving them that option when I said before of I can do something different. 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:19.519 I don't have to respond this way. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:21.759 So I'm going to say, yeah, they've been affected by it. 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:25.279 What exactly is the name of your 16-week program? 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:26.599 Pathways Forward. 00:14:26.599 --> 00:14:27.439 OK. 00:14:27.439 --> 00:14:28.079 Thank you. 00:14:28.079 --> 00:14:30.399 Yeah. 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:34.159 Mr. Hill, I apologize I didn't even recognize you there. 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:38.000 And I somehow skipped over the paragraph saying you were going to be here. 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:39.119 So thank you for coming. 00:14:39.119 --> 00:14:40.439 No problem. 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:45.000 and I've been talking to the school board 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:50.000 and accountability, in my opinion, is lacking in the school 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:53.879 and it sounds like you're addressing that at all, 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:57.559 which I think is, you know, you're telling these kids 00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:00.480 if you do this, that's why you're in probation, you know? 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.440 So I think that's very important, but... 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:03.839 We're gonna have to do that at the detention center. 00:15:03.839 --> 00:15:06.319 I always related back to that too, I mean, look, 00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:08.079 I was at the detention center and there were six kids 00:15:08.079 --> 00:15:09.559 in that first degree murder. 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:12.879 they're going to be in there for like 30, 40 years, right? 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.759 So you have opportunity to change your life around. 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.179 It's kind of up to you. 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:20.759 You went here for you smoking weed 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:22.679 because you didn't pass the draft 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.839 or in here for fighting, right? 00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:28.399 So it's not as serious as murdering somebody. 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:30.519 So let's do something about it. 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.279 But like you said, they're making the choice 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:33.679 from these things. 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.879 So they're then they're being held accountable. 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.720 That's great. 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:38.079 That's a great program. 00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:40.319 And the other thing Mr. Hadley is, 00:15:40.319 --> 00:15:44.440 if a juvenile isn't formally charged, 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:46.500 or if they have like an ordinance violation, 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:49.359 one of the things that we do is, 00:15:49.359 --> 00:15:52.139 we'll put them in our life skills program, 00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:53.879 which is an online program. 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:56.360 So we'll order them to take different courses 00:15:56.360 --> 00:16:00.299 based on what type of trouble they're getting into. 00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:03.759 So like if they may have like a disorderly conduct, 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:06.460 we may take an anger management course. 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:14.460 So there's various courses that they can take there too, and the P.O. may recommend they do something as a part of their sentence. 00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:20.460 Do we still have a curfew in Freeport? 00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:22.460 Yeah, because I don't. 00:16:22.460 --> 00:16:24.460 Do they arrest kids? 00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:34.460 We don't see a lot of the ordinance violations for Freeport because it's prosecuted by different attorneys, it's prosecuted by their city attorney, 00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:39.259 and it's final week, so they won't see them either in the probation. 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:44.139 Anything else from Australia? 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:48.940 So like I was saying, each 16 weeks is a different subject. 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:51.019 Nice, very nice. 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:53.099 What day of the week is that? 00:16:53.099 --> 00:16:55.899 Mondays from 5 to 6, there's the Boy and Girls Club. 00:16:57.819 --> 00:17:00.299 And this is paid for out of probation service fees. 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:03.500 And you're welcome visitors. 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:10.339 Oh, if you can let us know ahead of time, because I want to say is because the kids are open up and they share a lot. 00:17:10.659 --> 00:17:12.539 OK, may kind of be resistant. 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:14.380 OK, if somebody. 00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:15.819 No, I understand. 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:17.099 I understand. Yes. 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:21.220 It's like it's going to make sure that we we tell them that we're not going to go back until probation. 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:26.019 Unless you say you're going to hurt somebody or you're going to kill somebody, stuff like that. 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:30.619 But if you tell me that you were smoking and you know you're not supposed to be smoking, 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:33.259 I'm not going to run back into a probation to smoke. 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:37.259 I'll just check in with Dr. McGee every now and then, so you can come back. 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:40.579 I don't want to give you any waves. 00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:42.460 How many participants do you have? 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:45.860 So last week, this week we had, I think it was six. 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:50.940 We've had nine, up to nine, nine or ten. 00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:53.700 Some of them got us in trouble. 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:55.619 We had to start coming back to the group, but it wasn't a group. 00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:58.220 We made it, but they removed them from the group. 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:01.259 So now we've got about six. 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:03.180 OK. Yeah. 00:18:03.179 --> 00:18:04.019 Thank you. 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.839 No problem. 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.679 Yes, thanks a lot. 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.819 Okay, and we'll move on to State's Attorney. 00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:11.279 Hi, for those that don't know me, 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.119 my name is Tom Madigan, 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:14.179 I'm one of the Assistant State's Attorneys. 00:18:14.179 --> 00:18:15.559 Carl is out tonight. 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.619 He is at Highland Community College 00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:20.960 Leadership Institute graduation. 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:22.960 One of our attorneys, Alexis Heisel, 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:25.740 is graduating from that program. 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:29.000 We typically have someone from our office attend. 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:31.779 All of those, and I think the circuit clerk's office 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:33.759 tries to be heavily involved with that as well. 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:40.259 So it's, it's a good program, uh, not only, uh, to gain some leadership skills, 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:44.860 but also just to learn about the community, establish a network with other 00:18:44.860 --> 00:18:46.099 leaders within the community. 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:51.759 So it's been very beneficial for our office, uh, as far as, uh, Carl's report. 00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:55.460 Uh, I guess one of the main positives is for felony offenses. 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:58.220 Uh, we closed more cases and we're open in the past month. 00:18:58.740 --> 00:19:00.920 Uh, it doesn't seem that way being in that courtroom. 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:05.380 It always seems like it's always busy, but it is nice to see that. 00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:08.579 And really everything's going pretty well in our office right now. 00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:12.279 So I wouldn't have any questions. 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:17.500 No, we're short one position right now. 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:20.819 We hired our victim witness coordinator. 00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:23.779 Kayden Goodman was hired as a 7-11 student attorney. 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:29.139 So she's been handling juvenile abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency and our 00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:30.980 F felony petitions to revoke. 00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:33.860 She's been doing very well handling that. 00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:37.940 But when she's in the courtroom, we have to have an attorney with her supervising. 00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:39.420 That's the only caveat with that. 00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:43.860 So like this week, I've been in court supervising her Monday, Tuesday, 00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:47.420 and then today as well, we rotate off on that. 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:54.380 So when she becomes fully licensed, she'll take the bar in February next year. 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:58.819 She passes and then she'll get fully licensed this morning in May. 00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:00.019 and still be one short. 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:02.619 and in May, we'd still be one short in our office. 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.940 Yeah, okay. 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:07.420 All right, anybody have any questions? 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:11.819 Almost dramatic, I appreciate your time. 00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:13.019 Thanks for your comment. 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:18.519 State's Attorney, Circuit Clerk. 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:26.500 Chanel is absent because she is also at the graduation 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:31.500 Graduation for Chief Deputy Clerk, Brandy Mallon-Kahn. 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:35.139 I think her name is, she's graduating from today 00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:37.819 from the Leadership Institute at Highland College. 00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:39.539 So congratulations to her. 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:45.119 And also in her department, 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.220 Ellen Williams is retiring June 1st. 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:51.420 She has 20 and a half years of dedicated service. 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:54.160 So congratulations to Ellen and thanks Ellen 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:56.639 for all those years of service. 00:20:56.639 --> 00:21:04.920 Other than that, we have the circuit clerk's report, and I didn't see anything that anybody 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:07.200 see anyone there then, okay? 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:17.359 All right, moving on, youth diversion fees, this month we got $673.50, and I'm assuming 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:21.000 that's what the balance is, because we're pretty close, I'm really sure, but we gave 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:37.000 8.0 is old business, seeing none. 9.0 is new business. Does anybody have anything they want to share? 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:50.839 Nope? Okay. Can I get a motion for adjournment? So moved. Second. Motion by Mr. Busker, seconded by Mr. Hadley. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Same sign. Thank you. 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:52.839 Thank you everyone. Thank you very much.