WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.359 6.30 p.m., Monday, May 11th, meeting of the Planning Development Committee. Dale, would 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:14.320 you like to start us off with a word of prayer? 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:20.559 Certainly. Heavenly Father, we come to you tonight to thank you for all the blessings. 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:26.039 Thank you for bringing this group of people together tonight to discuss important Stevenson 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:31.679 County Business and please guide us as we make decisions and have discussions 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:38.079 about current businesses and thank you Jesus for, for the love in Jesus' name. 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:38.600 Amen. 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.200 Thank you very much. 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:42.840 Approval of agenda. 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:44.480 Any additions or corrections? 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:45.560 Move to approve. 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:46.960 We have a motion. 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:47.399 Second. 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:48.239 And a second. 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:49.320 All in favor? 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:49.679 Aye. 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:49.960 Aye. 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:52.280 Motion carries. 00:00:53.879 --> 00:00:55.359 Next we have approval of claims. 00:00:55.359 --> 00:01:04.959 this evening, we have claims totaling $1,872.50, again, mostly of necessity, so moved to approve, 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:05.959 motion to approve. 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:06.959 Second. 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:07.959 Second. 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:08.959 All in favor? 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:09.959 Aye. 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:10.959 Any opposed? 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:11.960 With that, we have public comment. 00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:12.960 Right? 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:13.960 Did I miss something? 00:01:13.960 --> 00:01:14.960 Minutes, please. 00:01:14.960 --> 00:01:15.960 Oh, I skipped the minutes. 00:01:15.960 --> 00:01:16.960 I thought I did that, sorry. 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:21.960 Right. Did I miss something? Minutes please. Oh, I skipped the minutes. I thought I did that. Sorry. 00:01:21.960 --> 00:01:25.960 All of the meeting minutes from April 26th. 00:01:25.960 --> 00:01:33.960 Move to approve. Second. Motion and second. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:44.960 That motion carries as well. Thank you very much. Now we'll go to public comment. If you would just come here while you're speaking, state your name, if there's any. 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:51.960 Anybody can come up and speak one at a time. You get three minutes. 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:53.960 Three minutes, one at a time. 00:01:53.960 --> 00:01:55.960 Thank you. 00:01:55.960 --> 00:01:57.960 You're welcome. 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:05.960 So, excuse me for feeling a little nervous and not comfortable with public speaking, but I... 00:02:05.960 --> 00:02:07.960 Say your name, excuse me. 00:02:07.960 --> 00:02:11.960 Oh yeah, it's Kevin Sokop. I live north of town on Fairview Road. 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:29.960 So I became aware of an operation of stone quarry that used to be owned by Ken Shield last year that was sold to Zach Jeffery. 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:38.960 And I didn't know that Zach Jeffery was planning on operating that quarry as anything other than a stone and gravel quarry. 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:49.600 Court, I had heard that he was going to start operating it as a concrete and as fault recycling 00:02:49.600 --> 00:02:56.319 operation, which kind of surprised me because they didn't think that same thing as harvesting 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:59.040 gravel and selling it. 00:02:59.040 --> 00:03:07.040 So I scheduled a meeting with Beth, Stevens County Zoning Commissioner to ask her about 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:08.159 it. 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:13.719 She told me that the only thing that Zach was going to be able to do at that quarry was 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:17.479 harvest and crush and sell grafting. 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:26.000 That she was not even aware that the concrete asphalt recycling operation was in the lungs. 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:31.039 So I assumed that that was correct and I assumed that that was correct also. 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.939 I have no reason to doubt otherwise. 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:45.039 So in the time since then, it's become evident that he's going to be allowed to recycle asphalt 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:46.039 and concrete. 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:55.280 And last year, he was having asphalt and concrete dumped at his site in preparation of recycling 00:03:55.280 --> 00:04:02.000 it, not as dumping it, not using it as filth, but in preparation of recycling it. 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:09.180 and I was also aware that at that time he did not have a certificate in occupancy. 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:15.340 So in my mind, if you're dumping materials in preparation of operating that quarry for 00:04:15.340 --> 00:04:21.740 that purpose, that's operating the quarry without proper permitting. 00:04:21.740 --> 00:04:30.360 On March 9th during the, oh wait, January 20th, let me back up a little further, 1974, 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:37.199 April, 1974, the then Acting Commissioner, Zoning Commissioner issued a Zoning, a 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:44.400 violation of Zoning Ordinances to Ken Shealy and said that, ah, there's a big 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:46.199 list that's really hard to meet. 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:51.800 If you meet the conditions of the cup, which there were two of, one was plant 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:57.560 a row of trees and build a fence, and then we'll give you a certificate of occupancy. 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:01.060 He never, in the 50 years that he owned that, 00:05:01.060 --> 00:05:03.860 planted those trees or built that fence 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:07.699 and that occupancy certificate has not yet been awarded. 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:10.939 So he was operating that quarry, in my opinion, 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:12.540 illegally that whole time. 00:05:12.540 --> 00:05:16.480 You need both according to the Stevenson County ordinances 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:17.579 in order to operate it. 00:05:17.579 --> 00:05:18.420 Got it. 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:21.519 That's your time, sir. 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:22.360 That's your minutes? 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:23.180 Yes, sir. 00:05:23.180 --> 00:05:24.019 I'll be back. 00:05:24.019 --> 00:05:24.860 Sorry about that. 00:05:24.860 --> 00:05:52.379 and Director, Bethany Williams, the end of April 25th, reference act Jefferson Tensions, 00:05:52.379 --> 00:05:55.980 for his quarry at 466 West Fairview Road. 00:05:55.980 --> 00:05:57.899 Ms. Williams said that he was not allowed 00:05:57.899 --> 00:06:00.659 to conduct any aggregate activities, 00:06:00.659 --> 00:06:04.659 including the removal of rock or gravel out of the quarry. 00:06:04.659 --> 00:06:07.920 About a month later, she said he could remove rock. 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:12.100 At the August 25 PND meeting, Mr. Sokov and I 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:14.500 both spoke, referenced our continued concerns 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:16.939 as Mr. Jeffrey had expanded his activities 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:18.779 involving the quarry. 00:06:18.779 --> 00:06:21.219 He has since been in violation of numerous EPA 00:06:21.220 --> 00:06:27.700 County Regulations and has been cited a number of times by the EPA but has continued to operate. 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:34.340 I've expressed my concerns for our neighborhood's health safety environment multiple times at county 00:06:34.340 --> 00:06:40.980 meetings regarding Mr. Jeffrey's ongoing activities. For nigh on a year now, at last month's PND 00:06:40.980 --> 00:06:48.500 meeting, I spoke in part of concerns with his 24-7 nonstop, unattended, two and a half straight 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:53.500 for eight weeks of burning, at times the heavy smoke lingered throughout the neighborhood. 00:06:53.500 --> 00:07:00.500 People with asthma, allergies, COPD, and other health issues are at great risk due to his assorted actions. 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:14.500 The day after the April 6th meeting, Mrs. Williams began working on a new county ordinance as it was learned a portion required updating due to a change in state law. 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:16.899 There are numerous questions regarding the changes 00:07:16.899 --> 00:07:20.459 as it appears the health risks will intensify, 00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:22.660 will be intensified for neighborhoods 00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:25.019 if improved without additional prohibitions 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:28.980 or exceptions being added to 224-6. 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:31.459 The addition of business owners is very vague 00:07:31.459 --> 00:07:34.220 and concerning for us should any owner of the quarry 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:38.699 at 466 West Fairview obtain Secretary of State approval 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:40.339 in the future. 00:07:40.339 --> 00:07:43.959 Citizens were not informed of the prospective changes 00:07:43.960 --> 00:07:46.360 and the new ordinance had FOIA has not been done 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:51.360 in the past month, we would not have known why the secrecy. 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:54.280 There is no info stating exactly which ordinances 00:07:54.280 --> 00:07:58.280 or parts of ordinances are in conflict and will be replaced. 00:07:58.280 --> 00:08:00.040 I'd like to request an open meeting 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:05.040 with discussion being allowed prior to the probable approval 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:08.300 in two days at the administrative meeting. 00:08:08.300 --> 00:08:11.880 Just citizens speaking of concerns for three minutes 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:15.000 and not allowed to ask questions to obtain answers 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:16.219 isn't sufficient. 00:08:17.339 --> 00:08:20.180 Mr. Jeffrey has owned the quarry for approximately two years 00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:23.060 and has been operating without compliance 00:08:23.060 --> 00:08:24.600 nor an occupancy permit 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.000 and abiding by its requirements for a year now. 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.920 On September 29th of 25, 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:33.439 Ms. Williams told me she'd again tell Mr. Jeffrey 00:08:33.439 --> 00:08:35.799 he was required to build a fence. 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.200 On November 6th of 25, she stated Mr. Jeffrey 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:41.240 was issued a fence permit 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.840 and needed to start building by November 30th or he cannot. 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:50.480 I invite you all again, please come out and look for 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:51.960 yourselves in person. 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:05.039 I'm Carl Kastney and I'm back in the thirties and nineties. 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:09.840 My wife and I built a house in Oakland and I don't know that 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:12.960 We were totally unaware of a gravel pit there, but there was nothing going on. 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:17.960 It was completely abandoned and we were never worried about any concerns there. 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:23.960 And the thought now, and even last summer, we saw truck after truck after truck, 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:27.240 falling concrete up to the pit there. 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:34.639 And the thought of crushing that in the noise that that provides, and it's quite, 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:59.639 quite a bit of noise would be very pretty breaking down to our neighborhood I think and if you think about where our homes are probably some of the higher priced property taxes that we pay and add more homes within a pretty easy area, probably a hundred homes that would be significantly than... 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:04.080 significantly driven by that noise. 00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:11.080 It would be not, it would not be good for the county to find property loss that 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:14.519 we're going to see over a period of time as people aren't going to be able to 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:16.919 sell their homes with the noise that's going on there. 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:21.840 And I think as a county, we would lose a lot of that income and need to do a 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.200 better job of managing that than I think where we are. 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:39.000 My name's Carl Chris, live on 542 Fairview Road, and we moved there about six years ago, 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:46.000 and the board was said not to be active, and we didn't know none of this was going on, 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:51.519 and we just worried about water and noise and pushing, and they were smacked in front 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:57.319 of it, 200 feet, it's right there. 00:10:57.319 --> 00:11:04.679 So no concerns about air quality and water quality and for everybody in here, it's going 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:06.960 to attract all of them. 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:15.120 So that's all I can say. 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:22.039 Start my clock now. 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:25.879 My name is Jack Sosnowski, 530 Delmar Drive in Freeport, Illinois. 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:29.360 Anyway, I want to add to what Kevin started 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:33.000 and was rudely cut off when his three minutes expired. 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:35.839 One thing that during the March 9th meeting, 00:11:35.839 --> 00:11:39.720 as we were sitting here, Mr. Steve asked 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:42.039 a very specific question to Beth, 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:43.960 and that was, where are the trees? 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.879 What is the timing of the trees and the fence? 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:51.879 And Beth repeated 45 days from when is the question, 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:54.159 because it's been 45 days. 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:58.639 The second thing is within a mile of an operating quarry 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:03.639 or asphalt recycling, real estate values drop 30%. 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:06.480 I hope the County is ready for people 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:08.600 within a one mile circle to come 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:12.679 and ask for a reduction in taxes. 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:13.519 Thank you. 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:43.519 Good evening, my name is Karen Fletcher and I live at 489 West Fairview Road and the PORI address is 466 West Fairview Road so it is very very near to my home too that we built 20 years ago and we're told that that PORI was inactive and was never going to be used as a PORI and I echo a lot of the concerns as far as 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:50.519 Hatter, Lushen, Noyes, all of that, but I want to specifically address another ordinance 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:57.079 that I understand is going to come before the committee or board in the next week regarding 00:12:57.079 --> 00:13:02.799 a burning ordinance that is going to allow the owner of that quarry to burn landscape 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:05.079 waste and who knows what else. 00:13:05.079 --> 00:13:10.679 I have huge concerns about allowing burning in that area due to the following. 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:18.159 It's a very populated area of higher quality homes and it's detrimental to like our quality 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:24.259 of living and I have witnessed and smelled unauthorized burning of not only yard waste 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:30.519 coming from there but some chemical smell that is probably from dumped appliances that 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:36.360 have been there such as refrigerators and other old appliances. 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:40.200 Concern about allowing that type of burning ordinance at all and allowing it to happen 00:13:40.200 --> 00:14:10.200 there is a huge concern. And ideally, there would be no burning allowed. If you have to consider such, I ask that you restrict what may be burned, such as only landscape waste that is specifically generated from the quarry and not hauled in, and restrict when burning may be allowed, like one day a week, and during limited hours. I've witnessed many 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:15.240 times it's a beautiful day like today I want to open my windows in my home and you have 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:22.279 smell and smoke and it fumigates your home and that interrupts our lives that have built 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:30.039 our homes there and why we built there is because we wanted country air and farm fresh 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:38.159 air and rolling landscape that we see. So I guess I'm at a loss of why the county would 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:50.919 want to allow such burning in a people populated area of residential homes that are well tapped and heavily taxed and moved there for their quiet neighborhood and country life of farm fresh county air. 00:14:51.359 --> 00:14:53.240 The city doesn't allow this kind of burning. 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:54.720 So why should the county? 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.519 And it's like our own little city out there. 00:14:58.500 --> 00:15:06.200 I'm also aware that the greater Freeport partnerships presents information and updates, at least to the administrative committee that meets, I believe this Wednesday. 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:36.200 and I want to bring your attention to some of the things that are on their website regarding their mission, their values and they say they emphasize quality of life and they also emphasize that housing is a main attraction in Stevenson County and being one of the most picturesque spots in Illinois as the county does offer it and their mission includes the words of enriching the fabric of Stevenson County and this ordinance would not enrich our lives. Thank you. 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:40.200 Anyone else? 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:44.200 May I go again? 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:48.200 No, sir. 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:52.200 Okay, thank you very much. 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:56.200 Again, to remind the audience that 00:15:56.200 --> 00:16:00.200 these are articles that are on our website. 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:04.200 Thank you very much. 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:22.200 These are items that are on our agenda for us to be able to discuss with you, and I hope you understood that coming here tonight. We do appreciate your comments, and as we move forward, you know, we do have some discussion that will go on, but we can't address your issues at this time. 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:28.200 But that will continue with our agenda. 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:35.200 All reports to the committee first. Greater Freeport Partnership. 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:44.200 Hi, I am not Andrea. I'll kick off with that. I'm Leslie Mastriani, the Economic Development 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:50.200 Manager with the Greater Freeport Partnership. Kind of had me freaked out for a minute there, 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:56.279 but I'm okay. So I have Andrea's cheat notes, but if you want to know anything else, I can 00:16:56.279 --> 00:17:08.279 Tryon, and muddle through it. It's a busy time of year for her as she has a son graduating Sunday, so it's end of the year stuff needs to be covered for her. 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:20.119 Employment numbers for March 2026, which are the most recent apples to apples comparison that we have. 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:40.119 Stevenson County's unemployment rate is less than it was in March at 4.7% and for reports is at 4.9% which is also down from February's 5.6%. 00:17:40.119 --> 00:18:01.119 As has been the trend lately, there are 1,087, why did I write that, no, 1,097 unemployed persons in Stevenson County. 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:28.119 However, there are 1,207 unique postings. So we have, again, more jobs than we have people to fill them. These are not, you know, fast food service jobs. These are jobs that pay a median salary of $32,016. 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:38.159 $32.16 an hour, so they're not menial jobs, they are out there. 00:18:38.159 --> 00:18:46.039 We are working on finding what that disconnect is, why we can't get those that are unemployed 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:50.000 into those positions that are open. 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:58.320 Many of them do require, or many of the jobs that are available are in health care. 00:18:58.320 --> 00:19:03.400 Probably do in part to Mercy Health is doing see pretty aggressive recruiting. 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:09.840 So we assume that that's one of the reasons why that health care need is so high. 00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:15.880 Construction logistics such as truck drivers and then manufacturing kind of rounds out 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:20.000 at the top, the top tier of the jobs that are available. 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:25.000 We do work very closely with Highlands Business Institute, 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:30.200 as well as the college and with the school districts 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:32.539 talking with guidance counselors and saying, 00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:37.539 what can we do to keep our people here 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.240 as they graduate from high school 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:42.320 or those who are looking to, 00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:45.360 who may be under employed and want to upskill 00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:47.119 into one of these positions. 00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:53.119 So the jobs are there, the people not so much. 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:58.119 We're actively, we meet quarterly with a larger group. 00:19:58.119 --> 00:20:03.119 with the larger group, George has been at our last meeting 00:20:04.439 --> 00:20:07.559 and trying to figure out with our stakeholders, 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:11.439 with our employers, with our educators 00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:15.119 to see what we can do to get these positions filled 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:20.119 and to keep people here and move them into those positions. 00:20:21.679 --> 00:20:23.119 I'm trying to three minutes. 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:52.819 So that those are my numbers for employment. I would rather have more jobs than people than more people than jobs. That's an easier problem to solve in my mind. We have our future events. May 21st, we have our business after hours at Parkville, 00:20:52.819 --> 00:21:00.559 of the Dallas Golf Course, and June 4th, Rise and Shine at Oakley Courts, and then the debut 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:05.159 of the Center Series of Music on Chicago on June 5th. 00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:12.679 And as members, you are more than welcome to join us on any of those events. 00:21:12.679 --> 00:21:18.500 And then a few things I want to highlight. 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:24.379 We do have our next Workforce Alignment Meeting, which is a continuation of the meeting that 00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:30.759 I referenced earlier, and that is on June 11th, and if you're interested in attending, 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:36.399 just give our office a call, or you can get the information from either Chairman Helms 00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:43.019 or Georgia, and it's on our website, and so you're more than welcome to join, get more 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:49.500 More information, can you hear where the employers are coming from as we work to align this this 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:56.339 workforce in balance. 00:21:56.339 --> 00:22:03.099 We also are hosting the Manufacturers Roundtable scheduled for May 29, a little bit excited 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.099 about that. 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:10.699 We have our DCEO or Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity representative coming 00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:15.699 to talk about a new grant program that the state is offering. 00:22:17.459 --> 00:22:22.319 Not a lot of details, but it's geared more toward, 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:25.079 in other words, they don't have a qualified missed yet. 00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:31.579 But the state has grant funding to assist manufacturers, 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:37.059 but that pool of money is geared more toward 00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:39.739 those very large manufacturers. 00:22:39.739 --> 00:23:00.139 and all, like Stellantis or, you know, the, the larger, um, and it kind of leaves out our smaller manufacturers and these funds, the goal is to address their needs, um, and bypass the larger, um, folks at hand. 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:08.619 Otherwise we're continuing to work with, um, our site selector at the state, um, marketing properties that are available. 00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:29.619 If I write no race crossing on one more RFI, I'm going to lose my mind trying to get it fully occupied and along with other properties we're working with, with Alberta's airport to do a five year economic development plan. 00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:35.619 Hope to have that wrapped up optimistically the end of June. 00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:42.099 and I think there's a lot of opportunity there that, that can be captured and, and 00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:44.379 really creates some growth out in that area. 00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:50.699 Um, we are expanding the enterprise zone. 00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:56.459 Andrea is working on that, um, and more to come on that as she gets ready to 00:23:56.459 --> 00:24:05.599 finalize the paperwork to send into the state and housing as always is an issue. 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:25.619 throughout the county as, you know, people struggle with affordability, also availability, availability of, you know, good, decent, safe housing stock is always an issue. 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:51.619 and so we're working on that and we have several ideas about our upper storey residential and downtown Freeport and not just downtown Freeport, we've talked about that in Lena pre storm so right now that's not high on Lena's priority list and building second storey residential 00:24:51.619 --> 00:25:08.799 But, um, and then we're also looking at, um, doing some infill housing, um, in spots throughout the county, wherever there may be, um, uh, a vacant lot in, in town, which is very efficient because the utilities are already there. 00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:14.139 Um, and that'll, you know, just help the community if we can put cities and housing there. 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:19.779 I think that is all I have, unless you have questions. 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:33.779 I have a couple of questions, Andrew, considering expanding the enterprise zone, if you can find 00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.779 out. 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:41.059 Yeah, I know some areas, but I can't give you a comprehensive, but I will get you one. 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:48.899 So it's going to be contiguous, are you able to expand at all on the infill housing initiative? 00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:56.899 More specifics? Do you have developers? 00:25:56.899 --> 00:26:11.899 For infill, Gertrude Heimer, the Community Development Director, she brought to the NAACP Housing Group, of which we're a member. 00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:29.899 The idea of putting modular housing, not manufactured, but modular, where, you know, they truck in a home and put it in, and that's kind of the direction that we're leaning for some parts of the city. 00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:32.899 The homes are affordable. 00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:36.899 They're, you know, very nice homes. 00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:42.179 Helms, can be custom, have custom finishes and such. 00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:43.179 That's one option. 00:26:43.179 --> 00:26:50.819 There is a, I believe it's Dossau, dealer out of Apple River. 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:58.940 And so he's been targeted to, there's been conversations to have him come in and that 00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:04.859 would be a city led, they didn't fill in with the, with the matches of housing. 00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:07.139 We do have a developer. 00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:09.579 This isn't necessarily infillable. 00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:16.859 We do have a developer that's really getting ready to, um, dive off the diving 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:28.059 board on a housing projects, um, behind meadows back in that area. 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:30.480 There's, um, it's already zoned, flatted. 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.460 The whole thing was sort of stride. 00:27:32.460 --> 00:28:02.460 It's not Hans Drive? No. I can't think of the name of the street that goes in there behind us back in that area. Yeah. Yes. Yes. There are currently homes there. And then the other is what is it? Park Preserve off of Demeter and Park Boulevard. I have to get away from saying the old so and so place because it's been a while since I've 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:05.659 People lived here, people look at me like, what are you talking about? 00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:10.859 Um, gosh, it was, I can't even think of his name. 00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:15.179 I'm sort of like a, the free book home. 00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:19.259 This question, the children's safe. 00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:24.099 What would the city be funding that, or are they still looking for developers? 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:30.059 I think they're looking at a developer to come in and, um, sets back homes. 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:38.059 and then whether they'll do that, I mean, that's kind of our faith. 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:50.059 So funding is always an issue because once you tap into any grant funding, then you're tied to income 00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:51.059 Co. 00:28:51.059 --> 00:29:02.059 Directors stretch, which in some areas not a problem, other areas more so. 00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:08.699 And so we have to be careful about what restrictions we ... The minute you take federal or grant 00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:13.519 money, then you have to start putting by someone who has these rules so you don't have lots 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.539 of taxes on them, maybe. 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.539 Sure. 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:17.319 This is coming from a grant writer. 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.319 Right. 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.319 Yeah. 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:21.319 Lived and Learn, you know, what can I say? 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.199 Trustee? 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.159 Yes, sir. 00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:35.159 So speak of that area you're talking about, at the end of Hans Drive, in that area, isn't that floodplain? You're talking about behind the old KMAR building or? 00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:40.920 But if you go back in there, there's a condo complex back in there, and all of those are out of the flood point. 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.759 Yes, I know where the condos are. 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.440 Back in that. 00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.079 Yeah. 00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.319 Okay, so it's back in that. 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:54.239 and if you finish and get there from going in between Physicians Immediate Care and the 00:29:54.239 --> 00:29:58.119 Clinton and Bertrand Hills too, you can get back down into that area. 00:29:58.119 --> 00:30:26.500 The deposit for the month of April was totaled $16,314.80. 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:31.500 The total deposits to date for the general fund are 151,345.77. 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:36.739 We are seeing a large uptick in buildings this year. 00:30:36.739 --> 00:30:38.099 I believe, don't quote me on this, 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:41.819 I think we've had at least three or four new dwellings 00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:44.459 since January 1, which is amazing. 00:30:45.479 --> 00:30:48.139 Nicole and I issued six code enforcement violations 00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.139 for the month of April. 00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:51.500 We closed two cases and one is pending. 00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:55.039 Two of those were for downed trees 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:57.159 that have been down for a couple of years. 00:30:57.159 --> 00:31:01.759 And the other ones were no building permits for structures 00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:05.759 and the assessment office always sends us letters on those. 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:08.039 Nicole and I visited each county owned landing 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:10.479 as well as the camp monument to close them down 00:31:10.479 --> 00:31:12.559 to the flooding in the area. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:15.959 We met with a representative from a communications company 00:31:15.959 --> 00:31:19.239 to discuss a potential upgrade to a local solar facility 00:31:19.239 --> 00:31:21.119 in Western Stevenson County 00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:24.719 with a possible small scale data center. 00:31:24.719 --> 00:31:28.279 We also discussed the possibility of a co-located wind farm 00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:30.399 located in Eastern Stevenson County 00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:32.419 and Western Winnebago County. 00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:35.339 Nicole performed nine inspections. 00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.919 I performed 12 for the month. 00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:39.819 We had our monthly meeting with a representative 00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:41.399 from the IBEW. 00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:44.239 Nicole and I attended the annual IACZO Conference 00:31:44.239 --> 00:31:46.079 at Starved Rock State Park. 00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:49.159 And I attended a webinar on energy storage 00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:50.959 held by University of Illinois. 00:31:51.959 --> 00:31:53.659 Our building inspector did resign 00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:55.859 as he is formally retiring. 00:31:55.859 --> 00:32:00.859 He thought he would take our county on part-time as needed. 00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:04.779 And he decided that he is going to formally retire. 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:08.739 So we'll be discussing a new one this evening. 00:32:08.739 --> 00:32:12.899 Mrs. Ginger, Joe Ginger was on the Friends of the Peck 00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:14.619 and one of the founding members. 00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:18.299 And Mrs. Ginger has donated a bench 00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:20.000 in memory of Mr. Ginger. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:23.019 This is similar to the bench at Bobtown Landing. 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:29.259 and this will be placed at West Black and finally the lien on the 26th North House was recorded 00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.259 and filed. 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.259 Great. 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.259 Thank you. 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.259 Any questions? 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.259 Good. 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:44.659 So in the Water District right now, so we'll probably see farmers are out hitting the crops 00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:50.119 in and they're working with them to assist them in the any of the construction projects 00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:55.799 that they have to do as far as conservation projects, whether it's new waterways or other 00:32:55.799 --> 00:33:01.319 programs that they provide and making sure that any questions are answered, that they're 00:33:02.919 --> 00:33:06.599 building those projects within the parameters that they agreed to build them in. 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:16.199 And they're out checking any changes where land may have come out of Conservation Reserve to be 00:33:16.199 --> 00:33:32.599 Farmed Again, and making sure that those plants have been met, and making sure that that ground is back into, it's not wetlands, and that it can go back into production. So that's where they're keeping, spending most of their time right now. 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.639 Steve, I do have a question. 00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:35.959 Yes. 00:33:35.959 --> 00:33:40.079 When is the Soil and Wire District still doing the fish and tree sales? 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:42.359 Yes, that was back in March. 00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.119 So it's done? 00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.679 It's done. 00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:56.559 and there's a couple other places that do trees in the county, but again, those are, they were done earlier. 00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:03.759 Sometimes you can squeeze some out of somebody in April, but now you'd have to get quarter in some place else. 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.480 Onto recreation and trails, Dale, any? 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:39.480 Yeah, there's one item we are going ahead with a bridge repair. It's the bridge J8 just north of the brush tree road. And we've got a grant for $250,000. The local match will be 20%. This has all been budgeted. And we're just moving ahead with it. The original plan was to start the project in March and with a 00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:46.000 and the completion date of June but they moved that back to begin mid-July and be completed 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.000 by September. 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:50.679 It's a rather large bridge. 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:57.359 So we still have some more bridges that need to be updated, that's fair, but they're doing 00:34:57.359 --> 00:35:04.119 those as long as they're still usable, you know, as we can afford them or get the money 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.119 from them. 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.599 Is our bicycle guy going to still be on board up there? 00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:11.199 Yeah, he's, as far as I know, he's still, he's, he's in business. 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:15.799 I've been going to go out there, but there, if you look at his website, 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:19.400 first, I don't have that on top of my head either, but 00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:22.599 different days, he's at different locations. 00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:24.199 One time he said, you know, so 00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:27.000 what the heck is the name of the company? 00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:29.000 I'll look it up and get back to you. 00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.199 Steve. 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.799 Yes, sir. 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:37.000 The cons portion of the match for that grant for that bridge, 00:35:37.000 --> 00:36:06.920 I have no report from Black Hawk Hills at this time and I don't have anything to report here. Mr. Remmers, would you want to talk about facilities? 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:09.639 and not only facilities anymore. 00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:12.599 Okay, anything else? 00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.480 And we'll come back. 00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:20.960 We'll have that full business discussion 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:24.500 on potential County office building. 00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:30.639 I have not seen any size things or anything like that 00:36:32.399 --> 00:36:34.319 come from anybody in this building yet. 00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:36.559 So that building is still available, 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:40.359 even though there's no operations in it whatsoever, 00:36:40.359 --> 00:36:43.440 the remaining operations that Newell has here 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.639 across the hall here. 00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:51.440 I do have some information from the department heads 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:55.559 they did put together within the building 00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:57.279 what their space currently is 00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:59.440 of the spaces that we have. 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:01.480 And can I have a discussion on that then? 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.399 I mean, you and I. 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:15.159 Anybody have any comments on that, otherwise we'll move on. 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:21.920 Looking forward to that discussion and opportunity to take up development and it sounds like a 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:26.960 great idea to me if it's to pick it up in. 00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:30.319 That has been one thing that I've heard from everyone in the building is they like to look 00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:31.319 at it too. 00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:38.880 Tunnel, and tell me when, I mean, we, we, some of us went and we could do that again. 00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:44.519 I'm sure that they'll be glad to, I spoke with her today just to make sure that it was 00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.519 still available. 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:49.559 It hadn't been sold yet because there were some stories flying around and it was sold 00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.559 and it stopped. 00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:59.839 So, so any of the time if you want me just to pick a time or I can do that. 00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:07.840 Well, I'll check my schedule. I can call you. Okay. You know what works for me or you can pick a time and I'll try to make it work. 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:10.840 We'll take a look. I can talk to them. 00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:16.840 And I'll get their availability too. That'd be great. Thank you very much. 00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:22.840 On to new business approval of quote for term removal at Kent Monument. 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:28.840 and that I think is Wally, do you think they have quotes right in their backers too? 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:29.840 Yes. 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:32.840 I can't even get to it. 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:38.840 As you're well aware of, there was two trees that came down in the storm off the Kent Monument. 00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:40.840 One was a hackberry tree. 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:43.840 This is the root ball, it's 20 foot across. 00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.840 It's just massive. 00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:51.840 So we have, I have one verbal quote and two hard quotes. 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:55.039 The verbal quote was quite a bit more money 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:57.440 than what you have, what we have in front of us. 00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.679 Just go to the low bit. 00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.840 Well, we had two bids. 00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:03.440 Area Tree Service out of German Valley 00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:05.000 and Fransons out of Baileyville. 00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:10.319 Fransons was the better quote at $1,250 00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:12.579 to clean up the two downed trees. 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:15.840 I thought that was pretty respectable. 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:18.759 My high verbal quota was 4,000. 00:39:22.319 --> 00:39:25.960 That's, I suppose, that's, so I recommend moving 00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:29.119 with the, for instance, then I have something else 00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:31.599 to talk about then, of course. 00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.519 Go ahead. 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.800 When you say complete removal, 00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:35.239 is that filling the holes back in? 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:36.599 They're gonna tip the stump back in 00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.960 and then we have to have a stump grinder 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:39.039 to take care of that. 00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:41.800 I kind of overheard you talking a little bit 00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:43.519 about having somebody carve something 00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:45.679 into the stump, so you weren't. 00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:53.639 I did have a conversation with the Pearl City Historical Society and they were asking, they 00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:56.279 would be willing to come up there and do some work too. 00:39:56.279 --> 00:39:57.599 They didn't say all. 00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:31.920 Help, because they're looking at the timeframe on when they're going to have their event 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:38.519 out there. If, if we wanted to allow them to help with cleanup there, they would be more 00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:40.839 than willing to come with equipment as well. 00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:46.279 What's the timeframe of these quotes? Would they be able to get done prior to grossing? 00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:48.079 You should say Franssen can do it next week? 00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:55.719 Yes, Franssen can do it the week of the 18th. We just have to let him know as soon as possible. 00:40:55.719 --> 00:41:00.259 While you're thinking about this, it's kind of funny, but it's not funny. 00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:05.259 Two years ago, we had a big tree go down and it landed right on top of two of the new saplings 00:41:05.259 --> 00:41:06.900 I had planted. 00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:10.019 This tree went down and went right on one of the ones they planted last fall. 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:14.340 So not doing very well with planting them in the right spot, I guess. 00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:19.340 Well, actually, you're planting them where they need new ones anyway. 00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:21.940 Well, kind of. 00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:26.940 I need a motion and then we can have some more discussion. 00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:34.940 We have a $1,250 quote for, but that does not include removal of the stones. 00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.940 Correct. 00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:38.940 They're just starting a motion to approve the $1,250. 00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:41.940 Is there a second? 00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:44.940 A second. 00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:46.940 Any other thoughts on that? 00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:49.940 Is that they're going to clean it up? 00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.940 Yes. 00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:58.139 Whatever size do you want? Do you want to involve the group in Pearl City at all? 00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.940 Just asking. 00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:07.340 It sounds like with the short, if they're ready to do it next week, that's probably, 00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:15.019 I mean, I don't know if they can just tell us how much of the stump they need left and just. 00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:16.299 They would tell you that. 00:42:16.299 --> 00:42:19.500 Then, you know, if that would be the case, and that would, I don't see where that would be a 00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:24.619 Robin, and if they follow through with the carving, you know, we're not left with a big stumped. 00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:32.539 So, you know, I'd be okay with that if we can tell them how long to leave it and 00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:37.019 they'll stand it back up. Well, I may have some conversation with them, but we can be friends 00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:43.980 and then we can get it done. And they can cut it off. Any other thought? The whole board doesn't. 00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:53.980 So just the decision is yours then to decide what, if you leave a stump, what it will look like. So you need to decide that. 00:42:53.980 --> 00:43:03.980 For instance, those that might be interested in working on this, do they know they might have help they may not want? 00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:05.980 Well, we don't have to let them help. 00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:07.980 Unless they've been asked. 00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:15.819 I mean, if you wanted to leave the stump, they can cut it off at eight foot and just tip it back in the hole and take it out a bit later. 00:43:15.819 --> 00:43:21.779 But I guess the real question is, do we want a wooden eagle carved out of a stump? 00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:25.659 That's a good question. 00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:37.099 Just because it's going to be more maintenance and I'm thinking liability wise, if it's if the tree stump is stable and being tipped back up, I don't know. 00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:48.380 Well, our motion is to have Fransons take care of the stump and the tree removal. 00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:50.299 We don't need to add anything else to it. 00:43:50.299 --> 00:43:51.299 No. 00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:53.940 So, we have a motion and a second. 00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:55.319 We'll go with that then. 00:43:55.319 --> 00:44:00.980 All those in favor of Fransons taking out the stump for 1250, second, right, I say nine. 00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:01.980 Any opposed? 00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:04.579 Cutting up the tree for 1250. 00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:33.579 I would like to make the committee aware of another pending issue up there. I'm sure you're all aware that there's a Lincoln statue up there. It's been there four to five years now. 00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:38.619 four to five years now. The reason a lot of these trees are coming, a lot of the oak trees are coming 00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:45.179 down. They have oak wilt. They are dying. This is the best I can do for you. Look over there. 00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:54.059 Here's the Lincoln statue over here. This oak tree is dead. If it comes down in the direction 00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:59.500 it looks like it's coming, it's going to land on the statue. We need to remove this tree also. 00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:04.500 Joseph, some sooner rather than later, in my opinion. 00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:10.719 Franssen also included a price to remove that tree at $1,200. 00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:14.940 There's another tree also nearby 00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:17.099 that would hit the Lincoln statue 00:45:17.099 --> 00:45:21.500 if the right winds pushed it over. 00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:23.259 It also was an oak tree. 00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:25.779 That one's also, they all have oak wilt. 00:45:25.779 --> 00:45:28.440 They're all gonna die, they're all gonna die, yes. 00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:41.500 We wouldn't have to do the second tree, but what's the quote on the third tree, pardon, did they quote the third tree? 00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:43.500 Yes, 1,200 a piece. 00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:51.500 Well, the question is, is there money in a bucket to cover the second tree? 00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:55.500 We looked it up, there's 3,000 for maintenance in the budget. 00:45:55.500 --> 00:46:00.500 and there's other like a maintenance line and a mowing line. 00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:06.460 Yeah, there's, yeah, there's actually 3000 almost in each of the, even for the landing. 00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:10.860 So it could pull some money from another, from the landings if we had to. 00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:23.460 Well, if I'm just speaking as one of the board or one of the members here, 00:46:23.460 --> 00:46:28.099 it looks to me like if we have Franzen willing to be there next week and he could do all three of 00:46:28.099 --> 00:46:33.299 them we'd be way ahead of the game. Yeah, especially if there's a funding source. 00:46:35.779 --> 00:46:38.900 If you put all three of them together it's $3,650. 00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:49.299 I think that's really reasonable to have through the big alteration vote. 00:46:49.299 --> 00:46:55.859 It doesn't take the stumps away, but at least the trees are gone and we won't have possible 00:46:55.859 --> 00:46:56.859 damage or so. 00:46:56.859 --> 00:47:00.340 We would need to entertain a motion to do that. 00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:04.099 Do we need to resend the other motion or no? 00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:06.900 No, we need to have a motion on it. 00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:07.900 Remove the other group of trees. 00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:08.900 We take all three of them. 00:47:08.900 --> 00:47:09.900 My friends in tree service. 00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.900 Second? 00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.900 Second. 00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.900 All those in favor? 00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.900 Aye. 00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:14.900 Motion carries as well. 00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:15.900 Thank you very much. 00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:36.099 We're going to have to get a little dirt in there and get some grass seed planted right 00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:37.099 away. 00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:40.139 It's not going to be pretty, but it'll be. 00:47:40.139 --> 00:47:42.139 That it should be. 00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:43.139 Yes. 00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:44.139 Thank you very much. 00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:45.139 Thank you. 00:47:45.139 --> 00:47:51.819 Okay, on to the discussion and updates on the County Solid Waste Program. 00:47:51.819 --> 00:47:53.460 That is me. 00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:54.460 You. 00:47:54.460 --> 00:48:02.859 And Ms. Whipple from the, our Public Health Administrator, yes, actually between Jasmine 00:48:02.859 --> 00:48:06.420 myself and Ms. Whipple, we've met a couple times, gone through this and gathered the 00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:10.340 information and I'm going to let Ms. Whipple take the lead since she has done probably 00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:40.340 I think this was brought up last meeting. The state contacted Jasmine and said you need an updated plan. The one that they had on file was 20 years old. You're supposed to update them every five years. So we got a hold of the one that's 20 years old. And the paperwork that they're asking for is they want to know what's the update on that recommendation from 20 years ago and then what's your new recommendation? 00:48:40.340 --> 00:49:01.340 So, I think the goal tonight is to just kind of go through that, hear what you have to say, and then there's a process that the state has where we have to submit it to them. They have to lay in wait for 90 days. 00:49:01.340 --> 00:49:09.340 We have to have a public hearing during that time. So, tonight what we really want to get at hopefully is can we go ahead and send this out to the state. 00:49:09.340 --> 00:49:26.340 I think you got this in your packet. I just wanted to go through these really quickly unless you had any questions. What you see in the italics is what the old recommendation was from 20 years ago, and then the bold is what we've updated. 00:49:26.340 --> 00:49:36.340 So the first one was create a full-time position for a solid waste coordinator within the environmental health section of the students health department. Pretty much the update is this is not happening because there's no funding to do so. 00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:47.340 I think before when this was going on 20 years ago, there was a small pot of money to hire a part-time person to do this, that funding went away, that office that gave that funding went away. 00:49:47.340 --> 00:49:56.340 And so currently there's no funding to hire someone to work specifically on this. So our recommendation then is just to remove that from the plan. 00:49:56.340 --> 00:50:26.340 I'm just going to keep going, I'm showing questions. The second one, provide waste management education to the residents of Stevenson County. And there's a whole bunch, I'm not going to read all of that. We talked with the city of Freeport. They do have educational materials that they give out regarding brush and recycling. What we had a hard time establishing was whether the outlying communities do the same thing. And I tried to get a whole lot back and forth with 00:50:26.340 --> 00:50:56.340 We've played phone time for a long time. I wanted to see what kind of services they provide outside of report. And we just cannot connect to find that out. So the recommendation then would be that we would establish relationships with those outside villages and townships to increase awareness about the benefits of recycling. And then we can provide additional information on the website, county website, three encourage or require industrial commercial and governmental facilities within the county to educate their 00:50:56.340 --> 00:51:26.340 Mayor and Waste Management. We do know that the City of Freeport does this. Once again, we're not sure about outside of Freeport. Public Works does utilize metal dumpsters, but there's no consistency, uses metal dumpsters for recycling. There's no consistency among county offices. So, for example, there is a recycling dumpster here for county employees that work here. This old plan said, excuse me, that there was 00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:31.340 The Health Department doesn't have access to one. 00:51:31.340 --> 00:51:34.019 We do think that the courthouse has access to one. 00:51:34.019 --> 00:51:37.460 So what it's asking us to do, we can do, 00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:39.660 but we don't have dumpsters at every facility 00:51:39.660 --> 00:51:40.700 where county employees are. 00:51:40.700 --> 00:51:43.660 So that makes me work at the gym, which is fine. 00:51:43.660 --> 00:51:45.180 So the revised recommendation would be 00:51:45.180 --> 00:51:50.180 to increase communication with working on those dumpsters, 00:51:50.539 --> 00:51:52.260 as well as, sorry, omega. 00:51:52.260 --> 00:51:55.180 The other issue is that in our building, for example, 00:51:55.180 --> 00:51:57.840 We don't have anywhere to put the recyclables even if we did, 00:51:57.840 --> 00:51:59.640 we're not sure the cleaning people know 00:51:59.640 --> 00:52:00.720 that needs to be separated. 00:52:00.720 --> 00:52:02.880 So we might have a blue bin and a brown bin 00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:04.360 and put the recyclables in the blue bin, 00:52:04.360 --> 00:52:06.400 but they're putting it all in the same trash can. 00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:09.280 And so our recommendation would be to make sure 00:52:09.280 --> 00:52:10.960 that at least among all counted buildings 00:52:10.960 --> 00:52:14.980 or educating and cleaning crew that recyclables go here 00:52:14.980 --> 00:52:18.200 and just in all of them, in order to do that, 00:52:18.200 --> 00:52:21.320 we have to have these bins consistently across all counties. 00:52:25.180 --> 00:52:44.180 Continue with volume-based charges, it says the current county recycle ordinance should be expanded to include multifamily housing units with consideration being given to industrial and commercial sectors. 00:52:44.180 --> 00:52:59.180 So since this was written, the county ordinance does now include multifamily dwellings, but that is six or fewer attached units. So if you have an apartment complex, for example, they're not included there. 00:52:59.180 --> 00:53:07.180 So the revised recommendation would be to revise that again to include manufacturing or commercial dwellings more than six units. 00:53:07.180 --> 00:53:22.180 Discurse the demolition of existing buildings. So 20 years ago, they were very much about, you know, recycling what you can, don't demolish the building, get what you can out of it, et cetera, et cetera. 00:53:22.180 --> 00:53:30.180 It also suggested the county should explore and implement a feasible demolition permit process with appropriate fees. 00:53:30.180 --> 00:53:38.180 So the update is that according to the code, we do require a permit for demolition of a property through the zoning office. 00:53:38.180 --> 00:53:49.180 It doesn't seem that we're still discouraging demolition. It sounds like we're trying to get rid of unsightly buildings, right? 00:53:49.180 --> 00:53:53.180 So I think that part of the plan should probably be taken out. 00:53:53.180 --> 00:53:55.500 and then our revised recommendation then would be 00:53:55.500 --> 00:53:56.900 collaborate with Greater Frontier Partnership 00:53:56.900 --> 00:53:59.019 to provide resources for owners 00:53:59.019 --> 00:54:00.579 to bring their property under code 00:54:00.579 --> 00:54:03.019 or pay for the permit and demolitions. 00:54:03.019 --> 00:54:04.860 So we would look for resources for people 00:54:04.860 --> 00:54:06.140 to be able to follow the, 00:54:06.140 --> 00:54:09.140 either get the permit to conduct demolition 00:54:09.140 --> 00:54:10.820 or to bring their properties up to code. 00:54:10.820 --> 00:54:11.660 Just waiting to do that. 00:54:11.660 --> 00:54:15.100 Why does that, just asking the question, 00:54:15.100 --> 00:54:17.200 how does it apply in the agriculture world? 00:54:19.780 --> 00:54:22.700 Because they're going to tear down buildings 00:54:22.700 --> 00:54:27.300 that aren't used, they're going to tear down barns 00:54:27.300 --> 00:54:30.340 and take a hole and push them in the hole and burn it. 00:54:30.340 --> 00:54:31.740 And that's all permitted. 00:54:32.700 --> 00:54:35.539 We still require a demo permit for any egg buildings 00:54:35.539 --> 00:54:37.460 as well, because we have to make sure the electric's 00:54:37.460 --> 00:54:40.740 turned off, the gas, the water, everything appropriately. 00:54:40.740 --> 00:54:42.900 So if I tear down a barn at my farm, 00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:44.500 I need to come get you a permit. 00:54:45.860 --> 00:54:46.700 Yes. 00:54:46.700 --> 00:54:48.660 Then I lower my taxes when I do that. 00:54:48.660 --> 00:54:50.300 That's why we do the permit, honestly, 00:54:50.300 --> 00:54:51.980 is so we send it to the assessment office 00:54:51.980 --> 00:54:53.820 so that can come off the tax records. 00:54:55.780 --> 00:54:59.860 Because I'm sure that that's done all the time. 00:54:59.860 --> 00:55:02.619 No, we've started the demo permit about two years ago. 00:55:02.619 --> 00:55:04.180 We've been finding more and more people 00:55:04.180 --> 00:55:06.660 aren't doing the demo permit. 00:55:06.660 --> 00:55:08.900 We have EPA actually looking into one right now. 00:55:08.900 --> 00:55:09.740 That's another. 00:55:14.900 --> 00:55:16.100 That was just my question. 00:55:16.100 --> 00:55:30.100 Development of a landscape composting facility. Again, this was, you know, 20 years ago, with the closure of the landfill by the City of Three Quarter, their operation of the landscape composting facility was ceased. 00:55:30.100 --> 00:55:42.100 So basically, the previous recommendation was to explore, you know, the establishment of landscape composting. We do know that GILS accepts landscape waste now. 00:55:42.100 --> 00:55:57.100 So that's one of the revisions, and then again, similar to the first one, our revised recommendation would be to encourage villages and townships outside of report to develop a plan to properly dispose of landscaping material, and then the county could provide technical assistance if necessary. 00:55:59.100 --> 00:56:05.100 Next one, continue curbside and drop off recycling programs. 00:56:05.100 --> 00:56:10.100 I think the difference here was that before 00:56:10.100 --> 00:56:16.100 The county did not address multifamily dwellings and or business or commercial waste. 00:56:16.100 --> 00:56:22.100 So the recommendation was to develop a recycling program for those issues. 00:56:22.100 --> 00:56:32.100 The update is that, oh, it also says in this ordinance, sorry, recommendation that the Highway Department has a place where you could take waste every day. 00:56:32.100 --> 00:56:34.100 The Highway Department does not. 00:56:34.100 --> 00:56:45.100 So the update is the County Highway Department does not have recycling availability and outside villages and townships, the only thing we could finally do offer community burn piles, but only in an emergency situation. 00:56:45.100 --> 00:56:59.100 Multifamily dwellings haven't added to the county ordinance, but only for those with six or fewer units. So again, if we were to revise Article 346-1 to include manufacturing or commercial dwellings of more than 60 units, that would be our recommendation. 00:56:59.100 --> 00:57:09.500 Stevenson County Hazardous Waste Collection Day, so this was about having hazardous waste 00:57:09.500 --> 00:57:13.500 collection days in the county, writing a place for county residents to properly dispose of 00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:16.740 their household hazardous waste, and I read this waste from landfills. 00:57:16.740 --> 00:57:20.019 The update that we have is that the City of Freeport does host Refresh Freeport on the 00:57:20.019 --> 00:57:23.059 first Saturday of the month for Freeport residents only. 00:57:23.059 --> 00:57:26.340 This helps to promote the correct disposal of bulky trash items. 00:57:26.340 --> 00:57:29.780 The request report is not for hazardous waste, and there is a need for hazardous waste and 00:57:29.780 --> 00:57:33.260 battery recycling in our county. 00:57:33.260 --> 00:57:36.619 So the only recommendation we can really give right now is that we can potentially look into 00:57:36.619 --> 00:57:41.700 determining who can provide these services for hazardous waste and battery recycling 00:57:41.700 --> 00:57:47.019 and then publicize that on our county website. 00:57:47.019 --> 00:57:48.019 We're good though. 00:57:48.019 --> 00:57:52.100 Nine, continued disposal of sewage waste on agricultural lands in accordance with regulatory 00:57:52.100 --> 00:58:06.820 Fireman's, this had to do with making sure that sewage waste is not disposed in agricultural land. 00:58:08.420 --> 00:58:13.539 So the recommendation or the update is that the health department does inspect the trucks 00:58:13.539 --> 00:58:18.500 of septic pumpers. When there is a complaint about sewage waste, the health department does 00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:23.500 has issued two warnings and then refers the case to the State's Attorney's Office for further legal action. 00:58:23.500 --> 00:58:31.500 And the revised recommendation would just be to continue to continue that current practice the way it is. 00:58:31.500 --> 00:58:36.500 Site and construction and moving the landfill and our transfer station. 00:58:36.500 --> 00:58:41.500 This is before the transfer station was operational. So the update is that the Freeport Transfer Station is operational. 00:58:41.500 --> 00:58:45.500 It does take trash and bulk items, but it's for Freeport residents only. 00:58:45.500 --> 00:58:52.260 And so the revised recommendation would be to collaborate with the city and waste haulers to expand services to outside villages and townships. 00:58:54.860 --> 00:59:03.059 Waste to energy, this had to do with things like using tired, deride fuel, using waste to make energy. 00:59:04.019 --> 00:59:14.140 As far as I can find, that's currently not happening in Stevenson County. So the revised recommendation would be just to be to continue with that same recommendation. 00:59:15.500 --> 00:59:30.500 Waste Hauler Licensing and or Franchising. This has said that apparently before there were licenses for waste haulers, the Health Department no longer does that. 00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:37.500 The only thing I could find is that the deletion of this section of the Stevenson County Code was approved by the County Board in March 2013. 00:59:37.500 --> 00:59:42.340 13, and the Southern Advisory Recommendation is to remove that from the plan because it's 00:59:42.340 --> 00:59:43.340 no longer applicable. 00:59:43.340 --> 00:59:49.220 Steve, could I ask a quick question on that? 00:59:49.220 --> 00:59:50.220 Sure. 00:59:50.220 --> 00:59:53.579 Do you think that's beneficial at all to restart that? 00:59:53.579 --> 01:00:08.579 I think we would have to look at the cost benefit. What would be the benefit of starting at how much, I mean, who's going to control that? 01:00:08.579 --> 01:00:22.579 Yeah. It was in place for a reason at one time. I was not born in 2013, but what was the purpose of having it permitted in the first place? 01:00:22.579 --> 01:00:43.579 We don't do a lot with this, to be honest with you. Like I said on the previous one, if we get a complaint about certain hazardous waste, we can issue a warning, but I am not the expert on this. 01:00:43.579 --> 01:00:53.340 And when I kind of got in contact with Craig about some of this, you know, before my time, he said he's not involved with it, so. 01:00:53.340 --> 01:00:59.579 So, in a perfect world, you have people wanting to do it, but you're still not certain it would be beneficial to point and place? 01:00:59.579 --> 01:01:00.739 I would have to do more research. 01:01:00.739 --> 01:01:02.739 Okay. Thank you. 01:01:02.739 --> 01:01:16.179 Two more. Siding of construction and demolition debris landfill. Again, this must have occurred right after the explosion of the Hooper landfill. 01:01:16.179 --> 01:01:22.259 It says the problem of proper disposal of construction demolition debris became a larger problem. 01:01:22.259 --> 01:01:25.380 Even though students and counties through discipline discourage the demolition of buildings, 01:01:25.380 --> 01:01:28.900 I recognize that there are instances where demolition and construction are necessary, 01:01:28.900 --> 01:01:32.420 and as a solution, students and counties should continue to explore methods for hauling 01:01:32.980 --> 01:01:38.819 construction and demolition debris, including possible siting of a construction demolition 01:01:38.819 --> 01:01:43.940 debris landfill. The update that I can find is that the owner of such debris is responsible for 01:01:43.940 --> 01:01:47.940 contracting with waste haulers for removal. So the county does not do that. The city does not do that. 01:01:48.579 --> 01:01:50.980 And so the revised recommendation that would be to remove that solution. 01:01:52.259 --> 01:01:56.259 Last but not least, implementation of surcharge fees. 01:01:59.259 --> 01:02:03.259 This was when there apparently was a solid waste fund. 01:02:03.259 --> 01:02:09.259 There is no longer a solid waste fund, so this recommendation should do. 01:02:10.259 --> 01:02:12.259 That's all, Kyle. 01:02:12.259 --> 01:02:19.259 That solid waste fund was absorbed into the general fund in 2018-2019. 01:02:19.259 --> 01:02:26.139 and Dean. Do you recall Georgia? It was before me, so. I'm trying to remember how much was in it. 01:02:27.739 --> 01:02:29.099 Seems like it's substantial. 01:02:33.179 --> 01:02:37.500 My understanding was it was a parking person, that's all I knew. I don't have such a long 01:02:37.500 --> 01:02:45.259 knowledge. If you remember, 20, I think it's truly 18. We're doing the budget for 2019. 01:02:45.259 --> 01:02:49.259 We tried to sort of follow the things that weren't happening. 01:02:49.259 --> 01:02:54.259 I remember that Mark was heading that up at the time. 01:02:54.259 --> 01:02:56.259 Yeah, I think we did a flat budget that year. 01:02:56.259 --> 01:03:01.259 If you make these recommendations within the plan, 01:03:01.259 --> 01:03:03.259 is the state expecting us to carry them out? 01:03:03.259 --> 01:03:08.259 They expected us to carry it out 20 years ago. 01:03:08.259 --> 01:03:14.259 The intent and everything is this information needs to get to the state 01:03:14.259 --> 01:03:19.940 State, so that they can tell us if we're on track with what we're doing or not, in order 01:03:19.940 --> 01:03:26.819 for them to get back to us so we know what we have to do before their clock starts ticking. 01:03:30.500 --> 01:03:33.539 We're hoping that an update is what they're looking for. 01:03:33.539 --> 01:03:34.539 Moore. 01:03:34.539 --> 01:03:38.539 I'm not well-thrown about starting a subject landfill. 01:03:38.539 --> 01:03:41.539 What are you asking? 01:03:41.539 --> 01:03:44.539 I'm just talking out loud. 01:03:44.539 --> 01:03:48.539 Well, but I think you're taking the construction and debris landfill. 01:03:48.539 --> 01:03:50.539 You're not doing that any. 01:03:50.539 --> 01:03:51.539 Yeah. 01:03:51.539 --> 01:03:53.539 I know what the recommendation is to start that. 01:03:53.539 --> 01:03:56.539 No, I thought the recommendation was to take that out. 01:03:56.539 --> 01:03:57.539 Oh, I misunderstood. 01:03:57.539 --> 01:03:58.539 Remove that recommendation. 01:03:58.539 --> 01:04:02.539 Because owners are paying for that. 01:04:02.539 --> 01:04:05.539 All right, misunderstood. Thank you. I feel better already. 01:04:05.539 --> 01:04:07.539 Good. I'm glad you did that. 01:04:08.539 --> 01:04:14.539 So at this point, I think really what we need is to permission, I guess, to move forward with some of this to the state. 01:04:14.539 --> 01:04:17.539 If you have any recommendations or changes you'd like to see. 01:04:17.539 --> 01:04:23.539 And then, like George just said, they kind of tell us if we're on track. 01:04:23.539 --> 01:04:26.539 And then we have a public meeting about it as well. 01:04:32.539 --> 01:04:44.539 So does this require the villages outside of Freeport to be part of the plan, or are they able to do the things that they're already doing? 01:04:44.539 --> 01:04:48.539 They are able to do the things they're already doing. This is the unincorporated. 01:04:48.539 --> 01:04:54.539 This is the unincorporated. 01:04:54.539 --> 01:05:02.539 So, what we need is a motion to submit this revised recommendation to the state. 01:05:02.539 --> 01:05:08.539 I make a motion to submit this to the state. 01:05:08.539 --> 01:05:10.539 Just a second. 01:05:10.539 --> 01:05:12.539 All those in favor? 01:05:12.539 --> 01:05:14.539 Aye. 01:05:14.539 --> 01:05:20.539 I thought they were going to move it. 01:05:20.539 --> 01:05:22.539 It's not actually actualizing. 01:05:22.539 --> 01:05:28.599 Yeah, we just need consensus, but I'm going to take this to the full board next Thursday and then we'll review it as well. 01:05:29.380 --> 01:05:31.380 Just so we have all 16 of us looking at it. 01:05:33.980 --> 01:05:37.219 But I assume by your motion, your second, your vote, you have consensus. 01:05:37.500 --> 01:05:38.380 I believe so. 01:05:40.380 --> 01:05:41.739 That's unanimously, sir. 01:05:41.739 --> 01:05:54.980 The Release of Regulatory Land Use Agreement and Mortgage 01:05:54.980 --> 01:06:01.059 Yes, so I don't know how many of you remember back in, you know, January of 2023, we had 01:06:01.059 --> 01:06:06.539 some similar mortgage releases come before the Board. 01:06:06.539 --> 01:06:16.059 Mr. Mollox signed on through the state for an SRP grant for the property owners. 01:06:16.059 --> 01:06:23.099 They were given a five-year window to complete projects that were approved under this. 01:06:23.099 --> 01:06:29.340 And at the end of that five years, the grant did not need to be paid back. 01:06:29.340 --> 01:06:30.799 So they get their property. 01:06:30.799 --> 01:06:36.519 So as these properties have changed hands, there has not been releases on the paperwork 01:06:36.519 --> 01:06:45.159 Mark, that was filed initially on those, those mortgages. So talk to Mr. Larson about that. 01:06:45.159 --> 01:06:50.359 He had prepared the mortgage releases for the previous properties. I think we had four 01:06:50.359 --> 01:06:59.079 of them in 2023. This property falls with the same guidelines with us. So, so this is 01:06:59.079 --> 01:07:00.359 This is just for one pen. 01:07:00.359 --> 01:07:01.199 Yeah. 01:07:02.460 --> 01:07:04.400 So, markets release on one property. 01:07:05.659 --> 01:07:07.159 Do we need a motion to do that? 01:07:12.519 --> 01:07:13.359 I'm making a motion. 01:07:13.359 --> 01:07:14.199 Second. 01:07:15.159 --> 01:07:16.279 Any discussion? 01:07:16.279 --> 01:07:17.119 Second. 01:07:17.119 --> 01:07:18.679 Motion. 01:07:18.679 --> 01:07:19.519 Okay, you're done. 01:07:19.519 --> 01:07:23.599 All in favor of the approval of the mortgage release 01:07:23.599 --> 01:07:25.440 for the land use agreement? 01:07:25.440 --> 01:07:26.440 In fact, by saying aye. 01:07:26.440 --> 01:07:27.279 Aye. 01:07:27.279 --> 01:07:28.119 Any opposed? 01:07:28.119 --> 01:07:33.119 and she carries on to the special use permit 01:07:33.239 --> 01:07:37.079 for Scott and Tiffany Ferry on AYP Road. 01:07:37.079 --> 01:07:41.400 Yes, Scott and Tiffany Ferry purchased the two acre lot 01:07:41.400 --> 01:07:44.319 with an adjacent 50 plus acres 01:07:44.319 --> 01:07:46.159 and that all is in the floodplain. 01:07:46.159 --> 01:07:48.279 A portion of this two acres is, 01:07:48.279 --> 01:07:52.039 they plan on using it as recreational hunting ground. 01:07:52.039 --> 01:07:55.319 They're going to be constructing, 01:07:55.319 --> 01:07:58.239 if this is approved, a full shed with living quarters 01:07:58.239 --> 01:08:02.059 and at our minimum square footage is 750 square feet. 01:08:02.059 --> 01:08:03.659 That's what they plan on doing. 01:08:04.619 --> 01:08:06.519 I believe they've already gotten their soil boring 01:08:06.519 --> 01:08:09.159 and it's on conventional septic 01:08:09.159 --> 01:08:12.340 and we have no objectors as of today. 01:08:17.079 --> 01:08:19.479 Motion to approve this discussion, use permit. 01:08:19.479 --> 01:08:20.319 Second. 01:08:20.319 --> 01:08:21.819 There was a motion. 01:08:23.039 --> 01:08:24.319 Second. 01:08:24.319 --> 01:08:26.979 Motion by Bill, seconded by Blutens, all in favor? 01:08:26.979 --> 01:08:27.819 Aye. 01:08:29.880 --> 01:08:31.239 That motion carries. 01:08:34.880 --> 01:08:37.520 Vote amendment for Article 4. 01:08:39.840 --> 01:08:41.159 Fences. 01:08:41.159 --> 01:08:44.399 We technically do not have a fence ordinance 01:08:44.399 --> 01:08:46.859 and currently we've been running into issues 01:08:46.859 --> 01:08:51.119 with a company that has been installing fencing. 01:08:51.119 --> 01:08:53.279 They get their fence permit, 01:08:53.279 --> 01:08:56.279 and they have it on the property line. 01:08:56.279 --> 01:08:58.760 We get adjacent landowners complaining 01:08:58.760 --> 01:09:00.960 that it is on the property line. 01:09:00.960 --> 01:09:02.439 I have checked with other counties, 01:09:02.439 --> 01:09:04.119 this has gone through council 01:09:05.079 --> 01:09:08.359 and most counties do not allow it to be on the property line 01:09:08.359 --> 01:09:12.939 because of landowner disputes then, except for farm fences. 01:09:13.760 --> 01:09:18.199 So that is the reason we did this. 01:09:18.199 --> 01:09:21.680 Agricultural districts fences are permitted as necessary 01:09:21.680 --> 01:09:25.359 with no permit needed, visibility at intersections, 01:09:25.359 --> 01:09:27.720 no fence or wall shall be erected and maintained 01:09:27.720 --> 01:09:30.079 so as to obstruct visibility. 01:09:30.079 --> 01:09:32.319 It should be common sense, but sometimes it's not. 01:09:32.319 --> 01:09:33.779 So we put that in there. 01:09:34.699 --> 01:09:36.720 Prohibited fences in residential districts 01:09:36.720 --> 01:09:39.460 would be barbed wire, double fencing. 01:09:39.460 --> 01:09:41.960 Fence is constructed of scrap material debris, 01:09:41.960 --> 01:09:45.920 materials not intended for fencing, and that's it. 01:09:45.920 --> 01:09:47.059 Any questions? 01:09:47.059 --> 01:09:52.739 So this is in what areas? Residentially zoned districts. 01:09:52.739 --> 01:09:55.739 Districts. 01:09:55.739 --> 01:09:58.739 Where do we have those at Stevenson County? 01:09:58.739 --> 01:10:03.739 Shepherd Drive, Royal Oaks, Country Squires at Shepherd Drive. 01:10:03.739 --> 01:10:06.739 Willow Lake. 01:10:06.739 --> 01:10:09.739 Where else do we have them? We have them at Camp and Estates. That's what I call it. 01:10:09.739 --> 01:10:13.739 Oakwood Glen. 01:10:13.739 --> 01:10:17.739 All those areas. We have had issues with 01:10:17.739 --> 01:10:21.420 with Ciota Mills, somebody put it on the property line, 01:10:21.420 --> 01:10:24.420 the neighbors took it down, which technically you can 01:10:24.420 --> 01:10:27.340 because it's on your shared property line. 01:10:27.340 --> 01:10:28.300 So that was a big deal. 01:10:28.300 --> 01:10:30.779 That's the biggest one we had on this. 01:10:33.619 --> 01:10:37.059 So this is going to stop that it has to be on? 01:10:37.059 --> 01:10:39.899 Yes, if it's not in the plans that we have, 01:10:39.899 --> 01:10:41.800 Nicole and I have gone out and looked to make sure 01:10:41.800 --> 01:10:44.899 that the fences have been placed two feet off 01:10:44.899 --> 01:10:49.979 of the property line, as we suggested in the first place, this will now just require that 01:10:49.979 --> 01:10:50.979 has to be. 01:10:50.979 --> 01:10:55.539 And if it is not, and it's not removed to be two feet off the property line, they get 01:10:55.539 --> 01:10:59.979 their first letter, their second letter, and then they go in front of the hearing officer. 01:10:59.979 --> 01:11:04.539 And then the hearing officer will either, will more than likely find them and have them 01:11:04.539 --> 01:11:07.699 remove the feds off the property line. 01:11:07.699 --> 01:11:15.139 City of Freeport, when I put mine up, they said we had to be three foot off of the property 01:11:15.139 --> 01:11:16.139 grant. 01:11:16.139 --> 01:11:17.139 Which was okay. 01:11:17.139 --> 01:11:18.139 You got to know that side anyway. 01:11:18.139 --> 01:11:19.139 Right. 01:11:19.139 --> 01:11:20.139 Yeah. 01:11:20.139 --> 01:11:21.139 And you didn't want to, didn't you? 01:11:21.139 --> 01:11:22.139 Just a little. 01:11:22.139 --> 01:11:23.139 The neighbor knew it. 01:11:23.139 --> 01:11:24.139 But no, that seems reasonable to me. 01:11:24.139 --> 01:11:25.139 So is there a motion? 01:11:25.139 --> 01:11:26.139 There is a motion. 01:11:26.139 --> 01:11:27.139 Yes. 01:11:27.139 --> 01:11:28.139 Second. 01:11:28.139 --> 01:11:29.139 Any discussion? 01:11:29.139 --> 01:11:31.479 Well, so is that a motion? 01:11:31.479 --> 01:11:32.319 That is a motion. 01:11:32.319 --> 01:11:33.260 Yes. 01:11:33.260 --> 01:11:34.460 Second. 01:11:34.460 --> 01:11:35.539 Any discussion? 01:11:39.059 --> 01:11:41.819 All those in favor say aye. 01:11:41.819 --> 01:11:43.260 Aye. 01:11:43.260 --> 01:11:45.099 That motion carries as well. 01:11:49.420 --> 01:11:52.939 Text amendment for chapter three sections. 01:11:52.939 --> 01:11:54.179 Yes, vehicles and operable. 01:11:54.179 --> 01:11:57.380 We're having a lot of issues with this as well. 01:11:57.380 --> 01:12:02.380 It has been working that they had to keep them behind a fence. 01:12:07.340 --> 01:12:12.340 We are now requiring, we're cleaning up the wording. 01:12:12.519 --> 01:12:16.340 And then in section F, it states motor vehicles 01:12:16.340 --> 01:12:19.699 on the premises of agricultural business owner or a farm 01:12:19.699 --> 01:12:22.619 as defined in subsection 400-6. 01:12:22.619 --> 01:12:24.519 We are now taking that out 01:12:24.519 --> 01:12:27.840 because we have been receiving complaints from townships 01:12:27.840 --> 01:12:32.479 that farms have inoperable vehicles 01:12:32.479 --> 01:12:34.380 just scattered all over the place. 01:12:34.380 --> 01:12:38.800 They aren't combines, haybines, things like that. 01:12:38.800 --> 01:12:41.500 We're not going after that as it will stay. 01:12:42.639 --> 01:12:45.319 It just states, passenger cars, pickup trucks, 01:12:45.319 --> 01:12:47.319 vans and other highway licensed vehicles 01:12:47.319 --> 01:12:48.880 shall be subject to enforcement. 01:12:48.880 --> 01:12:53.880 One perfect example is out on 20 01:12:54.319 --> 01:12:58.059 and across Kitty Corner from right out 20 Bar and Grill. 01:12:58.059 --> 01:13:01.079 There are three vehicles sitting there, they're crashed. 01:13:01.079 --> 01:13:03.699 One has an engine out, one's got a hood up. 01:13:03.699 --> 01:13:05.460 They've been sitting there for two years. 01:13:05.460 --> 01:13:10.000 We have three farms in Aaron Township 01:13:10.000 --> 01:13:13.739 that probably have a good 10 to 15 cars on each property, 01:13:13.739 --> 01:13:17.300 just with vehicles strewn everywhere. 01:13:17.300 --> 01:13:21.300 There is, they're just, that's why we're removing that. 01:13:21.300 --> 01:13:24.819 We will not go after any farms, farm equipment. 01:13:26.119 --> 01:13:29.420 And then we're changing it to be a $100 a day fine 01:13:29.420 --> 01:13:31.500 for any day that the vehicles remain. 01:13:31.500 --> 01:13:35.619 That has also gone to council and has been approved. 01:13:35.619 --> 01:13:39.699 This is part one of those businesses that have 01:13:41.420 --> 01:13:46.420 50 cars out there, like they do on Henderson. 01:13:46.420 --> 01:13:49.420 That is on my list to take care of as well. 01:13:49.420 --> 01:13:51.420 He is not allowed to have that many cars there. 01:13:51.420 --> 01:13:55.420 I went by and took photos today at my Audi. 01:13:59.420 --> 01:14:01.420 Yes, he has cleaned that up. 01:14:01.420 --> 01:14:04.420 I went out and did an inspection about a month and a half ago. 01:14:04.420 --> 01:14:06.420 It was cleaned up quite a bit. 01:14:06.420 --> 01:14:11.420 And last I knew he told me he was trying to get out of that business. 01:14:11.420 --> 01:14:15.420 So he is one that I keep and watch out as well. 01:14:16.420 --> 01:14:18.420 and that's close our schools to. Right. 01:14:22.739 --> 01:14:23.779 Thoughts or Emotions? 01:14:29.219 --> 01:14:36.500 Motion. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? 01:14:36.500 --> 01:14:48.500 We should carry this as well on to discussion on agreement with Miminski for building inspector. 01:14:48.500 --> 01:14:57.019 Yes. My apologies for having this late to you. He got it to me just this afternoon. Our previous 01:14:57.019 --> 01:15:03.859 inspector retired, like I spoke earlier. He's just, he thought he would be able to do it 01:15:03.859 --> 01:15:07.179 for the part time and just decided that he was out of the game. 01:15:07.179 --> 01:15:09.179 He highly recommended this gentleman. 01:15:09.179 --> 01:15:13.099 This gentleman also works for the Village of Lanark 01:15:13.099 --> 01:15:17.139 and does a lot of inspections out at Lake Carroll. 01:15:17.139 --> 01:15:18.899 So he does work with Carroll County. 01:15:21.420 --> 01:15:23.979 He's got his licensing that we require 01:15:23.979 --> 01:15:26.179 and his insurance is in there. 01:15:27.059 --> 01:15:29.340 And I do understand if you need to, 01:15:29.340 --> 01:15:32.099 you know, if you don't want to approve it tonight, 01:15:32.099 --> 01:15:34.819 I greatly appreciate it if you approved it tonight 01:15:34.819 --> 01:15:38.619 because we have several houses we need to get inspected. 01:15:41.319 --> 01:15:43.219 But it's pretty much self-explanatory. 01:15:44.099 --> 01:15:47.859 What are the changes in this from the last- 01:15:47.859 --> 01:15:48.699 There aren't any. 01:15:48.699 --> 01:15:50.179 There aren't any changes. 01:15:51.659 --> 01:15:55.099 I'll review this at the last minute tonight, 01:15:55.099 --> 01:15:56.460 which was greatly appreciated 01:15:57.659 --> 01:15:59.939 and said it looked like a normal, 01:15:59.939 --> 01:16:05.699 Welber has words, basic, something that I legal contrary at the county could enter into. 01:16:12.579 --> 01:16:15.739 I'm a specialist there, a previous inspector. 01:16:15.739 --> 01:16:17.979 He doesn't do any, none. 01:16:21.500 --> 01:16:23.099 Didn't think we did, but yeah. 01:16:24.899 --> 01:16:26.739 Is it still saying three hundred? 01:16:26.739 --> 01:16:27.179 Yes. 01:16:29.939 --> 01:16:33.939 Any other discussions? 01:16:33.939 --> 01:16:37.939 Two questions, but I'll wait until you get a motion. 01:16:37.939 --> 01:16:41.939 Sure. You're still in five. 01:16:41.939 --> 01:16:45.939 I'll make a motion to approve. 01:16:45.939 --> 01:16:49.939 I'll second it. I'll share the second because I'm pretty expected. 01:16:49.939 --> 01:16:53.939 Yeah, so section 4.3, Invoicing and Payment, that says 01:16:53.939 --> 01:16:57.939 County shall pay undisputed amounts for some 30 days of receipt that needs to be changed 01:16:57.939 --> 01:17:07.699 change to at least 45 to fit into our, uh, then 5.1 status. 01:17:08.380 --> 01:17:11.739 I don't know if we're just, let's run together what we're trying to do here 01:17:11.739 --> 01:17:13.859 where it says independent contractor. 01:17:14.500 --> 01:17:15.000 Yeah. 01:17:15.420 --> 01:17:16.619 Personnel dependent. 01:17:16.619 --> 01:17:17.219 What is that? 01:17:17.219 --> 01:17:17.979 Independent. 01:17:18.899 --> 01:17:21.019 Is the word personnel supposed to be there? 01:17:21.099 --> 01:17:22.340 I do not believe so. 01:17:22.380 --> 01:17:24.019 I can double check and let you know in the morning. 01:17:25.059 --> 01:17:27.219 Or just if it's not pertinent. 01:17:27.939 --> 01:17:42.939 11.1 termination, I personally would like more than a seven day ready notice, and what's customary is at least 30 days, I'd prefer 60. 01:17:42.939 --> 01:17:45.939 So you would like 60? 01:17:45.939 --> 01:17:46.939 I'd prefer 60. 01:17:46.939 --> 01:17:47.939 Okay. 01:17:47.939 --> 01:18:05.939 Just by the timing of committees and getting to the board, the final items on the insurance, and I know he's just showing this. He doesn't have an agreement with the county, but this does show the City of Blanark has the additional insured. Of course, that would have to be changed to Stevenson County. 01:18:07.939 --> 01:18:12.939 I think he did state that in his phone call to me that he did not get that changed today. 01:18:12.939 --> 01:18:24.939 Can date be the dates that we enter into an agreement if we do it in that, an older version, since it's just a declaration page. 01:18:24.939 --> 01:18:27.939 That's all I got. 01:18:27.939 --> 01:18:31.939 So the date that the Board does approve, if they do approve it? 01:18:31.939 --> 01:18:34.939 Yeah, so the week from Thursday. 01:18:34.939 --> 01:18:36.939 18th? No. 01:18:36.939 --> 01:18:39.939 18th is Monday, so it would be the 21st, I think. 01:18:39.939 --> 01:18:40.939 Thank you. 01:18:40.939 --> 01:18:42.699 20th Chuckett, something like that. 01:18:42.699 --> 01:18:45.739 Yeah, 21st. Okay, 20th Chuckett would be Brian. 01:18:48.380 --> 01:18:49.659 Is everybody good with those? 01:18:51.260 --> 01:18:55.979 They're going to make our motion assuming that those are all going to be... 01:18:55.979 --> 01:18:56.939 If you agree to them. 01:18:56.939 --> 01:18:57.739 Yeah, if you agree to them. 01:18:57.739 --> 01:18:59.979 I agree with 100% of your recommendations. 01:18:59.979 --> 01:19:00.479 I do. 01:19:01.260 --> 01:19:06.460 I'm just wondering if here to view it more correctly, in my mind, I would say 01:19:06.460 --> 01:19:25.460 We pass it on to the Board and let Beth get those things, give her the opportunity to get those things corrected, but as a consensus, we pass it on to the full Board for approval, allowing them to get those corrections. 01:19:25.460 --> 01:19:32.460 Well, that sounds like that's what we'll do. And then we have one last item. 01:19:32.460 --> 01:19:34.619 Do we need to vote on it? 01:19:34.619 --> 01:19:35.619 Yeah, please. 01:19:35.619 --> 01:19:36.619 We have a motion in a second. 01:19:36.619 --> 01:19:40.340 I guess we do need to vote on that. 01:19:40.340 --> 01:19:41.340 All those in favor? 01:19:41.340 --> 01:19:42.340 Aye. 01:19:42.340 --> 01:19:44.899 And I am one of them as well. 01:19:44.899 --> 01:19:49.500 So that motion changes. 01:19:49.500 --> 01:19:52.300 Discussion on the Illinois Department of Employment Security Report. 01:19:52.300 --> 01:19:54.699 Employment Security Report. 01:19:54.699 --> 01:19:55.579 Yes. 01:19:55.579 --> 01:19:59.500 That monthly update that I get, Chairman Helms asked 01:19:59.500 --> 01:20:02.699 if I would add that to the agenda as a discussion 01:20:02.699 --> 01:20:04.980 since we get into the conversation 01:20:04.980 --> 01:20:09.020 with Gregory Freeport partnership monthly, 01:20:09.020 --> 01:20:13.420 just so that we're all more in tune to it, yeah. 01:20:13.420 --> 01:20:15.260 It's rather interesting to look at. 01:20:15.260 --> 01:20:19.020 The information is in that last HR Roundtable 01:20:19.020 --> 01:20:20.100 for the Economic Development, 01:20:20.100 --> 01:20:23.940 Was there insight also here, everyone's perspectives, ideas? 01:20:26.619 --> 01:20:31.100 There's numbers are mind boggling to me, because the number of open jobs and the 01:20:31.100 --> 01:20:36.140 number of our employees just doesn't make any sense. 01:20:36.140 --> 01:20:39.659 It's just not, you know, I'm not ever disqualified for those. 01:20:40.020 --> 01:20:40.520 Right. 01:20:41.180 --> 01:20:43.180 But some of them have to be. 01:20:43.300 --> 01:20:47.699 And a lot of the employers are willing to provide education as well. 01:20:47.699 --> 01:21:01.860 I have heard from several people that with some of the social services you can get, some 01:21:01.860 --> 01:21:08.460 people are better off making less money, and if they make just a little bit more money, 01:21:08.460 --> 01:21:14.900 they start losing social services, so there's a balancing act there, so that's obviously 01:21:14.900 --> 01:21:18.140 beyond our, you know, what we can do. 01:21:18.140 --> 01:21:21.640 But it sounds like it is a quite common thing. 01:21:23.260 --> 01:21:25.140 Well, I don't know how you get around that either. 01:21:25.140 --> 01:21:30.140 Well, yeah, that's, I appreciate reminding us of- 01:21:30.380 --> 01:21:31.500 I think it's a good addition. 01:21:31.500 --> 01:21:32.340 Yes, I agree. 01:21:37.060 --> 01:21:38.460 Any other items? 01:21:40.720 --> 01:21:42.119 Now's your opportunity. 01:21:42.119 --> 01:21:46.119 Hearing none, motion to adjourn. 01:21:46.119 --> 01:21:47.119 So moved. 01:21:47.119 --> 01:21:48.119 Second. 01:21:48.119 --> 01:21:49.119 Aye. 01:21:49.119 --> 01:21:50.119 All those in favor. 01:21:50.119 --> 01:21:51.119 Aye. 01:21:51.119 --> 01:21:53.119 Well, what is your favorite? 01:21:53.119 --> 01:21:54.119 Hi. 01:21:54.119 --> 01:21:55.119 Hi. 01:21:55.119 --> 01:21:56.119 Hi. 01:21:56.119 --> 01:21:57.119 We're in the middle of the cell. 01:21:57.119 --> 01:21:58.119 Board members. 01:21:58.119 --> 01:21:59.119 Pardon? 01:21:59.119 --> 01:22:00.119 and Sam. 01:22:00.119 --> 01:22:01.119 Board members. 01:22:01.119 --> 01:22:02.119 Pardon? 01:22:02.119 --> 01:22:02.140 Thank you.