WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 We all ready? 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:06.000 Yes, if you got it. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.000 Call me norther. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.000 Well, Newton, could you lead us in prayer? 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:14.000 Let us pray. 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:18.000 Dear gracious, eternal Father, we thank you for another day. 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:27.000 We ask that you continue to touch all those, Lord, who may be bereaved on this time and this week and this month, Lord. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:38.000 We ask that you would continue to put your loving eyes and protection around all of our first responders and everything that they do to all of the committee and to all of the people of the county, Lord. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:47.000 We just thank you, Lord, for giving us this opportunity to continue on and I will work on today in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:00:47.000 --> 00:01:02.000 Approval of tonight's agenda, moved by Mr. Busker, second by Mrs. Hayes. Any questions? All in favor? 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.000 Aye. 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:10.000 Review of approval of meeting minutes for May 12, 2026. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:32.000 Moved by Mr. Busker, Moved by Ms. Lamp, Lawfer, David Quartz, Follow-up Paper, Reviewable Claims, 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:51.000 The safety is 169,399.57 cents, but probably 79,896.40 cents. 00:01:51.000 --> 00:02:18.840 So they're going to stand to begin class, motion to approve. Second, moved by Mr. Newton, second by Mr. Busker. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Aye. Public comment, any public comments? Seeing none, we move on. Report to committee, Sheriff DeFarce. 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:22.360 Good evening. We have two that are in the field training program where they've been there a lot 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:28.680 of month and they're doing well. You've got the prime suppression unit stats today. My chief deputy 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:33.240 was a little late on that. He has been off together off the days. I don't have anything to report from 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:37.800 old business, but the new business for the Sheriff's Office was about our first overweight vehicle, 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.439 I believe a week ago. We'll keep everyone posted to see how that goes. I'm not sure how it 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:47.240 proceeds through the court system with us doing it, but we will find out. 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:56.840 28,000 pound overweight with a gravel load on a truck. So it was coming out of the quarry. Some 00:02:56.840 --> 00:03:01.960 other things that happened was it was pulled over for no license and then they did the rest of the 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:08.520 inspection and weighed the vehicle, ended up being 28,000 over the weight, the proper weight for the 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:15.879 axles. I don't know anything else about that. We had a water main break at the jail. It was out in 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:20.199 out in the front parking lot, the south parking lot. 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.519 The water was bubbling up between the seam of the curb 00:03:22.519 --> 00:03:23.620 and the parking service. 00:03:23.620 --> 00:03:25.240 We had no idea what was coming from. 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:26.900 I called the water department. 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:28.939 They verified that it's here to be the main. 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:30.919 I called the chairman immediately 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:33.359 as plans were being put in motion for contingencies 00:03:33.359 --> 00:03:35.439 just so everyone here is kind of up to date 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:38.439 on how things could happen at the jail. 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:40.079 The first thing that we had that we found out 00:03:40.079 --> 00:03:41.400 was the water could have been shut off 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:43.659 anywhere from four to five hours. 00:03:43.659 --> 00:03:45.599 We would then have a toilet issue 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:49.139 with the Flushing, and then we would put on a FOIL order 00:03:49.139 --> 00:03:53.120 for 72 hours after jail if that works in the case. 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:56.319 A worst case scenario, we would have had to transfer 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.280 inmates to neighboring jails for courting 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:02.079 until the water main was fixed 00:04:02.079 --> 00:04:03.719 and the jail was up and running with water. 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:06.439 Obviously we have to have water in order to maintain 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:11.359 our Illinois Department of Corrections standards. 00:04:11.359 --> 00:04:13.359 The great news is, is the Water Department 00:04:13.359 --> 00:04:14.919 was able to reroute the water. 00:04:14.920 --> 00:04:19.920 We did not have to have a boil order, we got water the entire time, we were not down. 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:25.600 They were able to fix that within a few hours, and we're up and running. 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:31.920 The only bad thing is, is they had to cut into our one year old surfaced parking lot. 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:36.319 It is the city's responsibility though to fix that, they'll be in that condition for 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:40.520 about two months, and then they will resurface it for us. 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:50.519 And the last thing I have, we've added some new pictures to the County Boardroom that I've been working on for about three to six months with the Historical Society. 00:04:50.519 --> 00:05:00.519 You're going to see the courthouse in different phases throughout the years, starting with the first one, which was erected in 1837 and it was torn back down in 1840. 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:08.519 You're going to see the monument progression and the second courthouse and also some pictures of the original jail. 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:14.439 Gail. So I think it looks pretty good. And in the future, you will have little placards 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:19.199 to tell you exactly which each phase is. I'm getting everything, all the information correct 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:25.560 from a 1970s historical book to make sure that pictures go with the description. Any 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:26.560 questions for me? 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:29.560 What's the population of it, Giles? 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:38.279 It's about 72. It goes up and down. So I believe this morning it was 72. 00:05:38.280 --> 00:06:08.280 Thank you for being here everybody. It's been a busy month. This month for us, wrapping up things in Lena. We were working very closely with Naima and the Small Business Administration. It's time to extend 00:06:08.280 --> 00:06:14.040 Loan Interest Loans to those individuals and businesses in Lena that would need that help. 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:19.960 The last report I received, I think there was 38 individuals and businesses from the Lena area 00:06:19.960 --> 00:06:25.240 that did request SBA assistance. That doesn't mean that they're going to take a loan out, 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:30.040 but it means that they sat down and fulfilled the application and they may decide in the future 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:37.160 to do that. Businesses have, I want to say over a year to decide. Residents have a little over 00:06:37.160 --> 00:07:07.160 they finished shop, they closed up shop today, as a matter of fact. So that doesn't mean anything. They can still buy online. They can still pursue this online. But the actual disaster will not restart. They call it DLOX that was at the Legion Hall and has been shut down. We spent a lot of time canvassing the neighborhoods and the business districts, sending out emails, going to door to door. 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:10.760 Door, trying to get people informed and educated about this opportunity. 00:07:10.760 --> 00:07:15.400 I think we did everything as well as we could possibly build staffing that we had. 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:23.780 I'd like to thank IEMIN, SBA, Nurse Systems, they were outstanding. 00:07:25.220 --> 00:07:33.220 We attended a EMA coordinator meeting at Davenport, Iowa. 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:39.420 It was a workshop type thing where they explained and they reviewed all of their practices as 00:07:39.420 --> 00:07:44.380 far as putting out warnings, the thresholds for the warnings and watches and so forth 00:07:44.380 --> 00:07:45.380 and so on. 00:07:45.380 --> 00:07:46.380 It was pretty interesting. 00:07:46.380 --> 00:07:47.380 It lasted about two and a half hours. 00:07:47.380 --> 00:07:53.860 It gave us input on what we feel is the best way to get word out to you guys. 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:55.380 You know, we're kind of in between that. 00:07:55.380 --> 00:07:56.380 They'll send it out. 00:07:56.380 --> 00:07:59.380 Obviously you get through television, get through your forum, all kinds of different 00:07:59.380 --> 00:08:00.380 apps. 00:08:00.379 --> 00:08:08.079 But again, you know, as far as Stevenson County, I want to make sure that the stakeholders and decision makers get the most up-to-date information. 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:13.779 We have some severe weather possible tonight, tomorrow, through Thursday evening, I believe, coming in. 00:08:13.779 --> 00:08:20.579 And I do send it out if you guys receive that. So it's interesting, it's kind of nice, but I want to put a face with a name. 00:08:20.579 --> 00:08:28.879 We had our EM2 Region 2 meeting in Hennepin, obviously the tornado was a topic of major discussion. 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:31.719 and I went through that, pretty much start to finish. 00:08:31.719 --> 00:08:33.720 I guess now would be a good time today. 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:35.799 I'd like to take the opportunity to compliment 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.320 our Sheriff Steve Stoll while we're side-by-side with him 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.039 during that whole evolution and incident in Lena. 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:44.720 And I'm going to say flat out that we probably 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:46.639 had the best sheriff in Illinois. 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:48.120 Not in Illinois, but in Illinois. 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.320 He is an outstanding individual. 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:53.360 The way things played out, the command he took, 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:56.399 I was impressed from day one and all throughout that incident. 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:59.799 So thank you, Steve, for your professionalism and leadership 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:02.240 and that it was incredible. 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:03.079 Thank you. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:05.340 We're looking at some classes. 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:08.240 I know I promised a NIMS class for elected officials. 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:10.399 We did not get the timing done on that. 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:12.840 We're still looking in October and November. 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:16.860 And we also has been requested to put on a NIMS 3 and 400. 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:20.840 Those are classes mostly for police officers, 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:25.100 fire officers, and like maybe administration officials 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:29.980 for Schools and Hospitals, possibly some County people will be involved with that too if they 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:30.980 so desire. 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:34.379 And we're looking to do that in the fall too. 00:09:34.379 --> 00:09:36.259 Other than that, that is all I have. 00:09:36.259 --> 00:09:37.899 Do you have any questions for me? 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:38.899 Go ahead. 00:09:38.899 --> 00:09:43.060 What does NIMH stand for? 00:09:43.060 --> 00:09:45.019 National Incident Management System. 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:52.960 It's the federal government's program that we follow in major incidents, that outlines 00:09:52.960 --> 00:10:00.000 Chain of Command and outlines who is in charge. It goes from a small incident like a traffic accident. 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:07.000 President, like a traffic accident, to a large incident like the Athena, to Hurricane Katrina. 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:13.000 It's a uniform system that everybody trains on and needs to be aware of. 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:14.000 Thank you. 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.000 Anybody else? 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:23.000 Well, Scott, I want to thank you and commend you, too, on handling this situation and working 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.000 on it later as well. 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.000 I hope you guys are taking care of this. 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:33.600 Yeah, the one thing that we both talked about is there was nobody in there beating their 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:38.720 chest saying, I got to be in charge. It was all what needs to be done and what's the best 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:45.240 way to get it done as quickly and safely as possible. And it was, it was really, was it 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:50.399 completely by the book of the system? Absolutely not. But I've been in the emergency management 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.919 for over 30 years now, and every incident is different. 00:10:55.759 --> 00:11:02.320 For the town, the village of Lena, I thought things went exceptionally well, and most importantly, 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:08.080 nobody was injured, nobody was hurt from the storms. There were some minor injuries after, 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:13.759 but that happens day-to-day in life anyway. It's a scary incident. 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:36.000 Yeah, I got some, some footage from the National Weather Service that they're not letting out, but on the backside of the storm, as it hit Lena, they, they figured that tornado was nearly a half mile wide. So 135, 145 mile an hour winds. So got pretty lucky. 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:42.399 And it stayed up high enough that it didn't come down on those houses. Yeah, take them totally down. 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:59.399 And the footage is pretty remarkable. They had some satellite photos too of the damage before and after and solar fields with solar fields circular motion of damage going through it and it's pretty impressive. 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:08.399 And there was no looting or anything either, was there? Which is very nice. It just tells a lot about the community too. 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:21.480 The residents I spoke to from Lena had nothing but wonderful things to say about both of your departments and how wonderfully everything was handled and swiftly, and they couldn't have asked for a better team. 00:12:22.680 --> 00:12:23.480 Thank you. Thank you. 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:30.440 Were there any resources that you guys noticed that would be helpful in the future, or you guys had everything you needed, or? 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:36.720 Yeah, there's a lot of things we can, you know, do different or could have done differently. 00:12:36.720 --> 00:13:06.720 We'll talk about communication is always an issue. Salt Tower in Redound, that was kind of something we battled through. You know, we have a group of people called COAD that can come in and assist. But in a small town like Lena, what really impressed me was the Women's Auxiliary Firemen. Their wives came in, and they turned into like, Assistant Managers for Senate Command. They did everything as far as checking people, eventually assigning duties. 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:36.720 You know, is that fair to them? Probably not. We probably could have found maybe some people that wouldn't, you know, could have at least relieved them a little bit more off of what they got. But telling people to go home when it's their community, it just doesn't happen. Telling the sheriff to go home when it's his county, it just doesn't happen. You know, we want to be there to make sure that all the needs are getting met and they work. It's amazing the amount of different organizations, community organizations that come out Red Cross, Salvation Army, 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:43.279 and the resources that we have that you don't really know that you have until you have something 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:44.279 like this. 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.319 So what about Pearl City? 00:13:46.319 --> 00:13:50.120 Pearl City, it was a very smaller version of that. 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:58.200 Their biggest issue was the power along Highway 73 and there was substantial damage to trees 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:02.360 and slight damage to some buildings and around the high school campus area, but that was 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:03.360 about it. 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:08.059 The actual tornado went north, north of the actual city itself. 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:11.440 There was some damage or some straight line damage with the actual tornado. 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:15.920 They figured it was north of Oak Grove City and they were afforded the same opportunities. 00:14:15.920 --> 00:14:23.559 I met with the, I don't know how to say this, he's, he's not Lena's village president, 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:25.840 but he is like the number two guy. 00:14:25.920 --> 00:14:26.400 I don't know. 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.879 I met him at the fire station. 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:31.440 We sat down and had a couple of hour conversation and I gave him all the information that he had. 00:14:31.920 --> 00:14:32.920 We got words out. 00:14:32.920 --> 00:14:37.559 We make door-to-door in Pearl City also, but there was not 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:41.680 anywhere near the amount of personal home damage in Pearl 00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:43.360 City that there was compared to Lincoln. 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:51.080 One thing about the small Pearl City and Maine and drive to 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:55.240 school both in Dakota and Pearl City, I notice how the 00:14:55.240 --> 00:15:01.799 closeness that community is, it's a small, it's not as big 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:06.799 It's free for them, but they're folks, they're folks. 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:08.799 They're folks. 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:10.799 Okay. 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:12.799 Thank you. 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:16.799 Conor, Conor's report. 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:22.799 So the coroner reports that the truck that had to do hail damage from the Lena storm is now back in service. 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:30.799 He wants to put out special thanks to Deputy Coroner Dwayne Coleman and Tom Kemple for using their personal vehicles while the truck was down for a week. 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:37.440 the truck was then I think a few days after they got it back it was backed into in Dakota area 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:44.319 paint transfer was all I did mention to Tom that you should have a go go take a look at it since 00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:50.480 it's not anyone's we have a faulty driver just make sure the bumpers are are still good and all that 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:57.519 so he does have the accident report for that which we took the corners page on the website 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:02.480 Corner's page will be updated to include the revised report request FOIA form. 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:09.039 The updated form lists the fees permitted under Illinois statutes. 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:20.319 This update became necessary after an issue arose in which an outdated form 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:25.839 with outlisted fees was used for the Public Access Counselor, the PAC, 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:30.799 and the Attorney General's office, the Stevens County Court could not legally charge fees 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:36.080 because it was not posted. So he has fixed that. And I'm not sure what the fees are. So we'll have 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:44.320 to make sure. The morgue, the air filtration system in the morgue requires a new filter. 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:49.519 It was discovered during the time that Tom was looking at this new system or the filter for the 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:54.560 system. It was currently not running and the filter indicator light was on after contacting 00:16:54.559 --> 00:17:00.079 the Manufacturer. He learned that the last recorded service was in 2020. The unit is 00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:06.119 overdue for both annual filter replacement, which is annual, and for a semiconductor sensor 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:10.759 replacement required every five years. The sensor detects when filters are saturated 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:15.720 with solvent and triggers an alarm for safety. At this time, we have ordered the filter and 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:21.319 sensors to get the unit back up and running. And then while inspecting the air unit, they'd 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:26.960 also discovered that the board was equipped with a UV disinfectant lighting system. 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:32.720 Well, when you use the lighting system, it's done with a remote control because 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:36.159 you can't be in the room when you turn it on as it kills all the germs and 00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:38.799 bacteria, the remote control could not be found. 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:45.139 So Tom is on, on it right now, trying to replace that system or the remote 00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:50.360 control, both the air filtration system and the UV lights are critical for 00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:53.180 for maintaining a safe environment, not only for the staff, but also for the 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:55.880 personnel in the Sheriff's office who work in the building. 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:57.539 So this will clean that system. 00:17:57.539 --> 00:18:02.180 So I will give kudos to Tom, uh, since he's gotten in there, he has found 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:06.960 so many things to do, um, you know, just making sure he understands his office. 00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:08.000 He's getting after it. 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.840 So go just to him and that's the end of his report. 00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:29.799 I have a question for the Chair. 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:37.559 Moving forward, is there, who will be in charge of making sure that we get the filter changed? 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.340 Yes, he's the one that operates in the Morgue. 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:43.619 So let me give you a little background on this. 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:43.920 Okay. 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:47.900 But who was in charge of it the past six years? 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.640 Not the Sheriff's office. 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:56.820 So when that system was put in, it was operated by the, or what we had learned, 00:18:56.820 --> 00:18:58.400 which I have no idea. 00:18:58.460 --> 00:19:00.000 I have not gone into that Morgue. 00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:02.280 I have no reason to, I've not done any investigation. 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.180 There's an alarm that goes off in there and thank God Tom, after all this time, 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:21.180 I said, what is that alarm? And people said, we don't know. He got into there and found out it was the filter system that it was the filter that had been plugged. So then that's when all of this started. So he will be on top of this. 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:23.180 But we don't have a Plan B. 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:24.180 What's the Plan B? 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:43.059 I don't know, you told me we spent six years, we were supposed to have annual filters, what's our plan B? Who, who's going to, I mean, I mean, an annual filter, and no one's checked on it in six years, there's got to be a backup plan. 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:48.180 Well, I think the backup plan was when that building was built, I wasn't there. I mean, 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:54.099 that part of the morgue was built. I wasn't there. And the corner that was there at the time that it 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:59.860 was built, they had all that information. I'm not sure how that communication went. I'm not sure how 00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:05.340 I'm not sure how the exit of one corner and the entrance of another one went, if there 00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:06.780 was communication. 00:20:06.780 --> 00:20:11.540 So the backup plan, which isn't a back backup plan, is when there's a new corner, if Tom 00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:16.140 would leave under bad circumstances, I will now at least know you're in charge of this 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:18.340 agency have to be done. 00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:24.020 Our offices have worked seamless since he has taken over the office. 00:20:24.020 --> 00:20:28.180 He's upstairs with me all the time, I check on him all of the time, anything that we've 00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:33.560 We've needed to talk about cameras, uh, evidence systems, recording systems, all the stuff 00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:35.020 that he needs for his office. 00:20:35.020 --> 00:20:36.860 So we've kind of bounced things off to each other. 00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:38.260 So we're working hand in hand. 00:20:38.260 --> 00:20:40.260 And the morgue is in the sheriff's department. 00:20:40.260 --> 00:20:43.420 The morgue is in the basement of the public safety building. 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:45.420 The one on the corner. 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.420 Yes. 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.420 Okay. 00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:49.140 You have to remember there's an evidence issue there. 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:53.340 So the corner is the only one that can go in there when there's a body in there. 00:20:53.340 --> 00:20:56.620 Because the facility is located in another building. 00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:58.380 I'm just trying to make sure that this doesn't happen. 00:20:58.380 --> 00:21:03.420 And I know what you're getting at. You're making it like I'm the maintenance person of that. 00:21:04.780 --> 00:21:08.860 But you have to understand this is just like my evidence vault. Do you know I don't have access 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:12.220 to my evidence vault? That's probably a good thing. 00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:17.500 Yes. It's the exact same thing with the morgue because the morgue is holding evidence. So I'm 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:21.500 not responsible for what goes on in the inside of there. So I would not know how any of those 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:26.380 things happen. The plan B is going to have to be the coroner or the deputy coroner has to 00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:40.700 I know, I just feel that there should be some administrative backup somewhere. 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:42.700 I think there is now. 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:44.700 Let's go. 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:51.060 So I just sent George two text messages asking for, to ask, because the coroner is an elected 00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:56.360 official, if they would put together written procedures for everything in the department. 00:21:56.360 --> 00:22:02.000 So there's something in writing, so if the acting coroner does whatever, not there, someone 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:09.360 can pick it up and look at for the UV filtration system, the evidence room, who can go in, 00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.420 who can't. 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:13.420 So we're going to ask. 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:17.760 The other question I was going to ask is if there's a safety committee for the Public 00:22:17.760 --> 00:22:20.360 Safety Building Courthouse, Jail, anything like that. 00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:21.360 We have something similar. 00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:26.080 There is one for the courthouse through the clerk, I believe, but it's courthouse only. 00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:54.080 Well, and again, this is an asking, this is not telling elected officials. We have that for the nursing home, just to say to the committee, so everybody's on the same page of what could go wrong, who does what, where is this, where is that. So it's on your phone. And maybe everybody will agree, maybe that that's the right thing to do or not, or maybe there's a better way. 00:22:56.080 --> 00:23:08.080 I'm going to ask that question, you brought it up. Is there anything else in there that you need to be looked at? If that hasn't been looked at, then it got to be something else. 00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:25.080 I can't answer that question because like I said, I've looked in the door. I don't know how the cooler works. I don't know how to turn water on. But again, that's one of those off limits faces. So the only people that would be able to go in there and understand how that works is going to be the corner or the deputy corners that go in there. 00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:39.720 I think we need, you know, the sheriff's been working with the new coroner hand in hand. 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:45.800 I think we've got to remember kind of the history of the coroner's office over the past 00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:54.780 10 years or so for I don't know how many years it's been, it was out in Lena and really nobody 00:23:54.780 --> 00:23:58.860 had any idea what was, you know, Lemons took care of the coroner's office. 00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:03.820 And then when Tom gave that up, everything moved down to the Sheriff's office. 00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:09.980 So we've gone through a couple of different corners in a relatively short amount of time. 00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:16.380 So there's, you know, getting these new procedures and getting him up to speed, 00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:20.860 I think we need to allow him the time to do what he needs to do in his office. 00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:22.700 I think he's on a good start. 00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:29.660 So I think you're going to see a policy come out just like I have policy for my my evidence room. 00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:35.580 I don't go in there and I have a key to it. That's for that's for liability purposes for my office. 00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:38.860 I think he's going to have to come up with the exact same thing where he's going to have to have 00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:43.420 a policy on how things have to go and that's going to be up to him. So that'll be the plan B 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:48.540 is there be a policy in place. And we already discussed that he doesn't have a little place 00:24:48.540 --> 00:24:55.580 to turn yet because he hasn't been through the coroners, the new coroners, uh, so hopefully, 00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:59.900 and I talked to him about those things that he is going to have to put a policy in place that 00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:04.220 everyone can't just walk in and out of that, even a deputy court. Why are you going in there? 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:07.740 You don't have one of those are not your cases. You shouldn't go in there. 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:15.900 Nice thing is I don't know that we'll have to recreate the wheel here. I think there's probably 00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:29.900 Yeah, there is a lot of this should be, it may not be specific to the equipment that we have, as you were talking about policy, that should be very simple to obtain in place. 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:37.900 And this was all thrown on me two weeks ago. I had no idea about this UV lighting system. 00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:41.900 Any other questions? 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:47.980 So, I will entertain a motion for adjournment. 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.980 It's rolled by Ms. Hayes. 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.980 Seconded by... 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.980 ...Busker, or the Chairman. 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.980 Aye. 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:59.980 Aye. 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:01.980 This is the resolution. 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.980 I'm just following it up.