WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 630, we'll call our meeting to order, Dale and Lawrence. 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:11.040 Certainly, certainly. 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:16.039 Lowerheads, Heavenly Father, we come today to thank you 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:18.440 for bringing us all together 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:22.039 and thank you for blessing our lives, 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:25.280 help us do what's right for the County. 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:30.280 and we have a friendly and productive conversations 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:34.439 and this will be asked in Jesus' name, amen. 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:41.020 All right, 3.0, Google of the agenda, Samuel. 00:00:41.020 --> 00:00:41.859 Second. 00:00:41.859 --> 00:00:45.640 Is there any additions or anything to it? 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:47.640 Well, I'm gonna add something to the, 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:49.159 I think it's a new business. 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:53.600 I wanna talk about the trail agreement, 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:54.700 intergovernmental agreement. 00:00:54.700 --> 00:00:57.780 and I think that would be under new business. 00:00:57.780 --> 00:00:58.620 Okay. 00:01:04.980 --> 00:01:05.980 Anything else? 00:01:08.780 --> 00:01:12.340 All those in favor of the agenda as added? 00:01:13.579 --> 00:01:15.100 That, aye. 00:01:15.100 --> 00:01:16.060 Are you opposed? 00:01:17.379 --> 00:01:18.340 Motion carries. 00:01:18.340 --> 00:01:22.500 We have approval of the meeting minutes from May 11th. 00:01:22.500 --> 00:01:23.340 Motion to approve. 00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:24.180 Motion. 00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:27.740 Is there a second? Any questions on those? 00:01:29.299 --> 00:01:31.540 Hearing none, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:32.540 Aye. 00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:33.540 Any opposed? 00:01:34.100 --> 00:01:35.579 Motion carries as well. 00:01:36.820 --> 00:01:43.180 We have claims this evening, trolling $860.33. 00:01:44.219 --> 00:01:45.219 Move to approve. 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:45.740 Second. 00:01:45.740 --> 00:01:46.740 Motion and a second. 00:01:47.820 --> 00:01:49.980 Motion by Brandt, second by Baker. 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:52.219 All those in favor, signify by saying aye. 00:01:52.219 --> 00:01:53.219 Aye. 00:01:54.700 --> 00:02:01.579 Any opposed? There's a few for the signature. At this time, we have public comment. 00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:07.020 Yes. 00:02:13.420 --> 00:02:19.259 Come on. Excuse my shaky voice. I'm a little bit of this. There's more of you than there is of me. 00:02:19.259 --> 00:02:36.379 State your name. My name is Mark Curtis. I live in 1990 Candlewick Lane in Freeport, Illinois, Mark and Cindy Curtis. And so I get you to add this to the sentence. So we're going to be passing it on to the legislature. 00:02:36.379 --> 00:02:45.019 I'm involved in the area with the quarry and I just wanted to mention everybody just bringing 00:02:45.019 --> 00:02:52.979 this up but my concerns and thoughts about that and some of what it boils down to is 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:59.340 I'm concerned about the groundwater contamination of when he gets into doing other things in 00:02:59.340 --> 00:03:05.300 quarry and getting into the concrete and the asphalt and things like that with crushing 00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:15.860 and Recycling that oppose risk to the groundwater. My issues are also traffic and safety of the 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:21.219 increased truck volume for residents, school buses and other users and conditions of the 00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:30.180 road and just wear and tear. The noise and the hours of operation, I think it's six in 00:03:30.180 --> 00:03:33.460 in the morning until six in the evening or something like that. 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:38.460 So, and just the air quality and I moved out there 2015. 00:03:40.939 --> 00:03:42.780 It's close enough to be a city, 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:46.040 but far enough to be peaceful and tranquil. 00:03:46.040 --> 00:03:51.040 And I believe that this is gonna inhibit that. 00:03:51.760 --> 00:03:54.640 And so this is, I mean, there is businesses, 00:03:54.640 --> 00:03:57.740 but I just wanted to state my concerns. 00:03:57.740 --> 00:03:58.740 And I think I'm the only one 00:03:58.740 --> 00:04:19.740 Please give me, thank you for your time and your consideration and if you don't mind, I wanted to be first because I have a sick heart. So I'm going to go home and tend to her. Hopefully that won't be in the minutes. Thank you. 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:33.740 Chair and Rovers, all except one County Board Member, 00:04:38.900 --> 00:04:41.579 holding a new fence ordinance in that last month's 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:42.939 Board Meeting. 00:04:42.939 --> 00:04:45.500 Are you aware of the fencing project that has started 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:50.500 since that meeting at the 40 located at 466 West Fairview Road? 00:04:50.699 --> 00:04:53.259 I'll speak of the activities the owners at Jeffery 00:04:53.259 --> 00:04:55.199 has been doing for the past three weeks 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:57.740 along the property line between us. 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:01.660 is graded up and cut out trees and shrubbery on his side. 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:05.100 In doing so, he has knocked portions of his existing 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:08.259 steel coast and barbed wire fencing 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:11.019 and still rutted shrubbery onto my property. 00:05:11.019 --> 00:05:14.180 He has shoved piles of dirt under the fence line 00:05:14.180 --> 00:05:15.660 and onto my property. 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:18.100 Last summer, he and I spoke of working together 00:05:18.100 --> 00:05:20.379 to clean up the property line. 00:05:20.379 --> 00:05:23.420 This no longer appears to be his intent. 00:05:23.420 --> 00:05:26.980 Last week, a family member called me at approximately 7 p.m. 00:05:26.980 --> 00:05:32.580 said he wasn't able to drive up my lane as landscaping waste shrubs and brush had been 00:05:32.580 --> 00:05:38.740 thrown over the fence onto my lane. My family member had to throw the best back over the fence 00:05:39.540 --> 00:05:45.300 as Zach had already left the quarry for the day. I don't believe when you folks approved the 00:05:45.300 --> 00:05:51.700 ordinance you expected these issues for neighbors to have to deal with. I ask that you consider 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:57.219 Director, amending and revising the ordinance to correct and alleviate these and other issues 00:05:57.219 --> 00:06:03.659 for people who live next door and aren't just zoned residential, but also zoned ag. 00:06:03.659 --> 00:06:09.300 This morning, Zoning Director Williams told me Mr. Jeffery will be allowed to use any 00:06:09.300 --> 00:06:15.699 old rusty thrown away nasty loafing or scrap materials he chooses for his fencing. 00:06:15.699 --> 00:06:20.659 This is also an issue that shouldn't be inflicted upon neighbors. 00:06:20.660 --> 00:06:26.620 Mr. Jeffrey's actions for over a year now have been in constant county and state violation. 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:29.700 Why has this been and continues to be allowed? 00:06:29.700 --> 00:06:34.180 Georgia, are you running the camera? 00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:36.780 Would you please zoom in on this video? 00:06:36.780 --> 00:06:37.780 It's voice activated. 00:06:37.780 --> 00:06:39.580 I can't control it. 00:06:39.580 --> 00:06:41.220 Is it looking at my phone? 00:06:41.220 --> 00:06:42.220 Yep. 00:06:42.220 --> 00:06:43.220 Thank you. 00:06:43.220 --> 00:06:48.020 This video was taken since your last PND development meeting. 00:06:48.019 --> 00:06:50.719 This is a small dump trailer, but you can clearly see 00:06:50.719 --> 00:06:53.259 in part what our neighborhood has been exposed to 00:06:53.259 --> 00:06:56.500 and expected to endure for over the past year. 00:06:56.500 --> 00:07:00.259 Multiply the intensity of the health issues 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:02.939 with the semi-trailer dumpings. 00:07:02.939 --> 00:07:05.740 As always, I invite all of you to come out personally, 00:07:05.740 --> 00:07:07.539 see what I speak of. 00:07:07.539 --> 00:07:09.620 Please call and I'll let you up my lane. 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:11.879 You don't see much from the road. 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.620 For the official record, I request my remarks tonight 00:07:14.620 --> 00:07:17.919 and this video will be placed into the meeting minutes. 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:19.600 Mrs. Williams told me this morning 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:21.879 that this type of request is only honored 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:24.439 at ZBA and County Board meetings, 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.400 not County Subcommittee meetings. 00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:27.480 Is that correct? 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:29.040 Please let me know. 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.140 Thank you for your attention. 00:07:31.140 --> 00:07:32.879 I don't know if you guys, is it? 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:33.720 Jackson. 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:34.540 Can you? 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:38.100 And that's, oh, all right. 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:43.319 Okay. 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.840 Can I please leave this with you then? 00:07:46.840 --> 00:08:16.800 Good evening. How are you all? Good, good. Great. Passed around are an extrapolation 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:26.800 I know on 7.8 within the agenda is the Illinois Department of IDPS's monthly digest of unemployment numbers. 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:36.799 The chart there references the labor force employment and participation rate in relationship to the job posting data. 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:44.799 So as you can see, we continue to have more jobs posted than we do people unemployed and looking for work. 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:50.799 Consistently, same companies seem to be at the top of the list. 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.799 They just rotate kind of which position they're at. 00:08:54.799 --> 00:09:02.799 GPAC, as well as K&A Recruiting and AMN Healthcare are all healthcare recruiters. 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:10.799 The one I would say kind of more significant thing that stuck out to me, unemployment rate has dropped 00:09:10.800 --> 00:09:20.720 Scott, from 5.2 to 4.0, which is pretty substantial in one month, and the median salary has decreased 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:27.360 significantly for the last several months. It had been a little over $30 an hour. It's 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:35.920 at $26.54 per hour at the median salary. So just some things to make you aware of. At 00:09:35.920 --> 00:09:40.120 the bottom of the page, I won't go through the list, but our upcoming events, you're 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:43.399 We're all welcome to participate in those. 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.759 Moving on to some other economic development activities 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.399 in the past month, we continue to work with SiteSelector 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.159 for another healthcare organization 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:53.340 entering into our market. 00:09:53.340 --> 00:09:56.000 There will be exciting news and an announcement 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.639 in the coming weeks for a new retailer 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:00.440 who will be locating at the former. 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:04.720 Taylor, who will be locating at the former JoAnn's location. 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:09.840 We continue our work with Jeff Modica at Alberta's Airport 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.840 in helping him craft five-year economic development. 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:19.800 Enterprise Zone applications are in earnest, hard at work here. 00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:22.760 We have submitted an application for the Department of Ag Review 00:10:22.760 --> 00:10:25.920 for both AutoSmart and LENA. 00:10:25.920 --> 00:10:28.720 Again, we're expanding this Enterprise Zone 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:32.720 to encompass development and expansion at AutoSmart, 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.640 that's a former visitor center, 00:10:34.640 --> 00:10:37.200 and we're encompassing some areas of Lena 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.480 within the village proper for residential development. 00:10:41.520 --> 00:10:44.760 Per the process for enterprise zone boundary expansion, 00:10:44.760 --> 00:10:48.300 we need to get an ad review for each application. 00:10:48.300 --> 00:10:52.680 A public hearing will also be held on June 17th 00:10:52.680 --> 00:10:56.280 at nine and 930, back-to-back public hearings 00:10:56.280 --> 00:10:58.640 that will be at the Greater Freeport Partnership Office 00:10:58.640 --> 00:11:01.140 Public Hearing Notices have been published 00:11:01.140 --> 00:11:03.220 and we're in the Village Voices and Journal Standard 00:11:03.220 --> 00:11:04.180 last week. 00:11:04.180 --> 00:11:06.740 I am busy drafting ordinance and resolution 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:08.480 for our six units of government. 00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:12.740 In the last month, we met with Sevencia's team 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:15.580 and representatives from the DCEO 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:18.500 talking about their next stage of investment. 00:11:18.500 --> 00:11:20.300 As you know, about a year ago, 00:11:20.300 --> 00:11:22.540 they put an addition on to their facility 00:11:22.540 --> 00:11:25.260 to facilitate a new line of cheese product. 00:11:25.260 --> 00:11:30.260 that is going well and orders have increased. 00:11:31.900 --> 00:11:33.980 So now their next problem is how to deal 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:35.860 with their waste strength. 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:38.940 So there will be an investment of some sort 00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:41.180 in helping to expand capacity 00:11:41.180 --> 00:11:43.740 in their wastewater treatment. 00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:46.860 They are also investigating a feasibility study 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:51.600 partnering with purpose energy to look at a biodigester. 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:55.060 So part of that process would be taking their waste stream, 00:11:55.060 --> 00:11:58.380 seeing how they could capture methane gas 00:11:58.380 --> 00:12:02.780 in the process of that waste being broken down. 00:12:02.780 --> 00:12:04.680 Purpose Energy is a separate company 00:12:04.680 --> 00:12:08.020 that they're partnering with to do this study. 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:14.360 Sevensia has a corporate location in Pennsylvania 00:12:14.540 --> 00:12:17.700 where they're already sort of building 00:12:17.700 --> 00:12:20.920 a biodigester adjacent to the plant. 00:12:20.920 --> 00:12:25.560 So part of the understanding is what other assets 00:12:25.560 --> 00:12:28.600 or what other waste streams are in the area 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.040 from other manufacturers 00:12:30.040 --> 00:12:32.440 and would they be also willing to partner in this? 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:36.519 So we've conducted kind of introductory conversations 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:40.640 and contacts with all the players that you can think of, 00:12:40.640 --> 00:12:45.040 Berner, Poor Valley Farms, Chorkels and Cheese, 00:12:45.040 --> 00:12:46.340 et cetera, et cetera. 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:48.320 So more to come. 00:12:48.320 --> 00:13:03.320 Leslie is hard at work with putting together an incubator, a business incubator program and in the process of writing for the USDA Rural Business Development Grant to help fund a revolving loan program. 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:15.320 Oh, I skipped over. We are also in process with City of Freeport to do another boundary expansion of the enterprise zone, again, also to help expand residential development. 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:19.240 had a beginning conversation with the Village of Stockton 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:23.400 and a value add manufacturer that's located there, 00:13:23.400 --> 00:13:25.759 looking to expand the enterprise zone 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:27.360 into the Village of Stockton 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.180 to help facilitate some development 00:13:29.180 --> 00:13:32.240 that they believe will be to come, 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:34.400 as well as talking to our friends in Kent. 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:38.800 They are also interested, an investment is planned, 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:42.080 timeline is a little bit to be determined, 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:44.680 but I want to have conversations earlier rather than later 00:13:44.680 --> 00:13:46.880 because it really is about a six month lead time 00:13:46.880 --> 00:13:48.600 in terms of expanding the enterprise 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:50.840 out to help with their development. 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:54.440 Workforce development continues to be a strong priority. 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.160 Our Midland CEO program, we were able to hire 00:13:58.160 --> 00:14:02.960 and just a facilitator for the fall semester, 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.400 start that program. 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:09.240 The offer of employment was just accepted today. 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.680 Again, the partnership is not the employer of record. 00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:13.360 That will be for the Freeport School District 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:16.720 helping facilitate that as the CEO board. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:20.840 We held a manufacturing round table last Friday morning. 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.280 We had representatives from CoreFX, Verner, StarForge, 00:14:24.280 --> 00:14:28.040 Danfoss, TriStar, Hyland, CareerTech, Freeport High School, 00:14:28.040 --> 00:14:30.400 DCEO, the Workforce Connections. 00:14:30.400 --> 00:14:33.520 Two main topics were apprenticeship programs, 00:14:33.520 --> 00:14:36.800 internship programs, developing both of those, 00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:41.440 as well as DCEO has a new program called AIM. 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:43.240 It's geared towards manufacturers 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.019 and it's to help them with investment 00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:48.380 that isn't necessarily going to create a lot of jobs, 00:14:48.380 --> 00:14:50.180 but there's significant investment maybe 00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:54.120 in automation or other equipment. 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:55.200 So there's some thresholds 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.800 that the manufacturers need to meet. 00:14:56.800 --> 00:14:59.600 Again, the state has announced this program. 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:03.720 They have some guidelines, if you will, and guard rails, 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.040 but there is no application ready 00:15:06.040 --> 00:15:07.960 for a business to apply quite yet. 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:09.800 They're expecting that to be later this summer 00:15:09.800 --> 00:15:10.920 or early fall. 00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:19.920 We continue to partner with Mercy Health to provide community tours to their physicians that they're looking to recruit to this area. 00:15:19.920 --> 00:15:24.920 And we are holding our next workforce alignment meeting this Thursday morning at 730. 00:15:24.920 --> 00:15:33.920 From the initial meetings we had a couple months ago, we have sent out a workforce survey asking for data from HR departments. 00:15:33.920 --> 00:15:38.920 We have had a fairly significant response from companies. 00:15:38.920 --> 00:15:44.920 We are looking to aggregate that data and create a dashboard to get more real-time data. 00:15:44.920 --> 00:15:49.920 The information from IDES is great, but we're also looking to understand recruitment. 00:15:49.920 --> 00:15:55.920 How successful are local recruiters, local companies, able to recruit talent and hire here? 00:15:55.920 --> 00:16:04.920 And how else can we get more strategic, maybe surgical strategic, if you will, in our recruitment efforts? 00:16:04.920 --> 00:16:11.400 We continue to work on housing in two facets, again, expanding the enterprise zone as well as 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:18.120 the team continues to work with building owners in downtown Freeport who are looking to renovate 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:24.280 upper floors for residential units. And last but not least, we held our first music on Chicago 00:16:24.280 --> 00:16:29.240 Friday. We were lucky enough for the weather to hold off. It was a wonderful evening. And Saturday 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:34.320 Today morning was a free bike ride, the Free Aquanah Cycle. 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:40.240 So that was the first time that we have ever kind of helped co-host this business partnership 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:46.640 also with the Department of Natural Resources and Lake Lee Aquanah. 00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:51.220 They had about 35 bike riders registered, they started off here in Tuddy's Crossing 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:58.160 and continued all the way out to Lake Lee Aquanah and then turned around. 00:16:58.160 --> 00:17:04.720 some of them stopped at Lena Bruin Company for a little refreshment. So happy to answer any questions 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:10.640 you might have on anything I've mentioned. What was the name of that lake? It's the one by Lena. 00:17:13.760 --> 00:17:20.000 Maybe you've been there before. Yeah, it's that one. Sure, I might have a couple of questions. Sure. 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:26.240 You didn't really touch on the hotel motel situation, but are all the rooms at the 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:48.320 FAMONT, which will later on in June will be rebranded and it will become, I'm going to 00:17:48.320 --> 00:17:53.960 blank on the name, but it's going to change from a Wyndham chain to a Marriott chain. 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:58.240 and there have been a number of rooms each week that have been pulled off the inventory 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.900 because they've been remodeled. 00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:06.420 So I think Nicole has accounted for about when she gets her occupancy data every week 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.420 from the hotels. 00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:11.559 But to my understanding, all the rooms at the Hampton are available. 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:13.559 I've never been in one. 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:15.559 You know what? 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:19.279 Being the fact that I live here, I have had many family members stay there, but I myself 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:20.960 have never been in there either. 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.960 Yes. 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:26.519 and just I'm sure you can't you sure you don't have any concrete answer for this 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:33.059 one but is there any has there been any interest in the old Holiday Inn plot of 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:44.120 land? I've heard lots of stories. We have suggested that site to many different 00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:48.720 players. Okay. To my knowledge there has been no one who is moving forward at 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:51.119 at this time with purchase. 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:52.119 Okay. 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:53.119 Yeah. 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:54.119 It's a pretty good chunk of land, right? 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:57.639 It's about five and a half acres or so. 00:18:57.639 --> 00:18:58.639 Yeah. 00:18:58.639 --> 00:18:59.639 Okay. 00:18:59.639 --> 00:19:00.639 That's it. 00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.639 Thanks. 00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.639 Sure. 00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.639 Anyone else? 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.639 Okay. 00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.639 Moving on. 00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:06.639 Thank you. 00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:07.639 You're welcome. 00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:08.639 Yes. 00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.639 Thanks, Andrea. 00:19:09.639 --> 00:19:10.639 Sure. 00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:11.639 How's that? 00:19:11.639 --> 00:19:12.639 Great. 00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:17.639 The deposit for the month of May totaled $11,369.36. 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:22.640 Total deposits to date for the general fund are $162,715.10. 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:27.360 That's over our projected, as I always say every month now. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:31.240 Building permits have been going good. 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:35.039 We issued 11 code enforcement violations 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:36.280 for the month of May. 00:19:36.280 --> 00:19:39.160 Four violations were sent to our new inspector, 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:42.920 three for overgrown grass that weeds and other vegetation, 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:45.600 two for inoperable vehicle violations, 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:50.599 One no permit special use and one for excessive vehicles 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:52.639 on the property. 00:19:52.639 --> 00:19:55.240 That's a special use that was only allowed 40. 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:57.279 We closed two cases, one is pending 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:59.840 and stator eight are still open. 00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.680 We met with. 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:02.180 The seats are still open. 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:05.400 We met with Doug Rominsky, our new building inspector, 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:08.240 to discuss the process of his inspections. 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:10.660 I emailed him last week with the information 00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:12.980 on four homes that are considered to be dangerous buildings, 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:15.100 nuisances that needed inspections. 00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:18.940 He stated he will get on these right away. 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:21.200 Nicole performed 16 inspections 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:23.060 and I performed 14 for the month. 00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:25.320 We had our monthly meeting with the representative 00:20:25.320 --> 00:20:26.160 from IBEW. 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:29.660 Nicole and I attended a Teams meeting 00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:34.940 with Andy Shaw, Dan Payette, and Abel Gale, Abel Her, I'm so sorry if I butchered that 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:39.580 name, with Black Hawk Hills to discuss the potential of the BRIC grant building resilient 00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:44.340 infrastructure and communities application, we'll discuss that in a little while. 00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:48.660 This grant would let us update the zoning code in its entirety. 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:54.380 Nine single-family dwellings have been permitted this year so far, and in 2025, we permitted 00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:58.140 11, so things are looking good for single-family dwellings. 00:20:58.140 --> 00:21:05.500 and that's all I have questions I would just make one comment and you're I'm 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:10.220 sure you're aware of this that house on 26 north of I drove by there a couple 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:14.860 times a week that is just as just a shame the only thing we can do is send 00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:19.860 her back to the hearing officer after I do the letters and then if we wanted it 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:23.660 taken care of we could have someone in the county take care of it hire it out 00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:25.700 and then be paid off that way. 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:30.700 But I need to reach out to our attorney, Bornaman. 00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:33.440 He is on paternity leave right now. 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:35.539 So it's kind of hard getting answers back out of him, 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.779 which I don't expect right away. 00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:40.080 So that is one question, what we can do now next, 00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:42.340 because he did state at one point in time, 00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:46.759 we could, don't 100% take my word, 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:48.920 that we could possibly foreclose on the home. 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.539 So I want to see what that process entails too. 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:54.940 Yeah, that one looks, it's worse, that's faster. 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:56.940 It's, it's bad. 00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.779 Okay. 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:59.620 It's a relative of yours, isn't it? 00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:03.380 Not that I can, not that I can determine. 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.340 She's got three homes, 00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:06.980 I kind of wish she was a relative, just given to me. 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:09.059 Well, that's thanks to Diddens, right? 00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.059 It is. 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:11.100 It is. 00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:13.220 I've asked several of my relatives, 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:17.140 they claim that it's part of a different clan. 00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:36.140 I have a question, if I may. Beth, can you tell me what the goal of meeting with the IBEW is? 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:44.140 Sure. They'd like to see if we have any potential big builds coming up so they can get their name in for bids and such. 00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:51.420 a lot of the solar they like to get local so they go out and then you know if it's one that I think 00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:57.500 that's going to have a project coming up to be permitted I'll let them know and they try to get 00:22:57.500 --> 00:23:03.980 their name out there so they hire in our area Rockford Freeport area um because some of them 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:09.740 they're from out in California being from installation companies so that's great. 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:33.740 Mr. Chair, if I could add one more question, Chair. Somebody asked me if it would be possible to rent the old landfill, the grass, grassy hill, out to like a beef farmer or a milk farmer, got the cows grazed on it. I said, okay, I thought it was the city of Fricke. 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:35.740 Yeah, no, I wouldn't know anything about that. 00:23:35.740 --> 00:24:05.700 Marley. I think it's just the south side. Yeah. Okay. That'd be a good idea. Well, the only problem I would have is that right now with the price of beef, people might mistake them for other animals and they'd hang them in their garage and turn them 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:10.340 in the State. That's been happening out in the country a couple different places. 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:16.340 I guess I don't buy enough beefy to even know what the prices are. 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.820 That's what I've heard. That's getting a bit ridiculous. 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.380 Yeah, yes and no. 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:53.380 Anyone else? I do not have anything to report from Soil & Water. I did not go. I don't go every month. I did not go there other than to say this. Mr. Helms asked about trees last month, and I got a whole bunch of those trees and they're doing really good. Other than that, I don't have anything. Dale? 00:24:53.380 --> 00:25:00.500 on Recreation and Trails, there's a pretty good sized bridge repair coming up that will 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:06.980 close part of the trail up towards, well further up towards Orangeville. They'll put some signs 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:13.380 up recommending different alternative routes and there's a grant that's going to pay most 00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:25.100 to that. And Mr. Zimmer has the bike rentals started. If you go to the search out on Facebook, 00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:29.900 he's going to be in different locations, Teddy Crossing, and then the one in Orangeville, 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:36.660 I think, and the one by the one I always go to, what's that called? The one just towards 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.660 the hotel. 00:25:37.660 --> 00:26:07.660 West Block, West Block. I don't know why I can't remember that. Sometimes he's going to be there too with his van and bikes. None of the bikes go over 20 miles an hour, which is, I don't know if it's a law or we decided that at the trail, but we don't want anybody getting killed on a bicycle, you know, but I think it's about $25 an hour depending on which model you, I haven't tried it yet, but I'm planning on doing that soon. It'll be interesting. Other than that, that's all I got. Questions for Dale? 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:12.660 All right. Black Hawk Hills. I have not heard anything from Black Hawk Hills. 00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:17.660 Now, Georgia, if you could reach out to Dan tomorrow. We haven't heard from them quite a while. 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:20.660 We used to have a monthly meeting with them. We haven't. 00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:23.660 It's been like the six or seven months. 00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:28.660 It's been a number of months because I know that I think there might be one coming up in July. 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:30.660 If they're annual meeting. 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:32.660 You did meet with him a little bit. 00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:34.660 Yes, I did. 00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:40.059 Yeah, it'd be nice to get an update. We're contributing about $11,000 a year to Blackhawk Hills. I'm not sure what... 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:42.059 You don't have anybody on there? 00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:44.059 Sam Newton. 00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:46.059 Okay. 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:58.059 I'm not sure what we're getting for our investment at this point, so it'd be nice to have him reach out and go send it. 00:26:58.059 --> 00:27:05.420 I don't have a report, but I do have some questions, and I'm not trying to pick on anybody. 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:09.900 Sometimes I like to do that. 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:19.820 Well, what, as we look at all these issues that we keep getting here, and now we're going to get it, it's getting larger and larger. 00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:23.660 Is there anything that the county can do? 00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:53.660 As far as, I mean, I know like, okay, the fence was supposed to be built. It's starting to get built. I'm glad to see that. I've been out there. He has a right to do those things that he wants to do. And I'm behind that 100%. And I also know that he's, we have questions about fence rules. There's a law about fences. And part of that fence, whether 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:58.660 you built it or not is still, half of that fence is yours along the property line. 00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:06.660 If it's not holding up, you could be held responsible if you were keeping cattle out or something like that. 00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:12.660 A landowner can be, at least we can in the country, in real world things. 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:19.660 I just would like to know if there's nothing we can do, then we need to say, 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:24.019 State, this is how it is, this is what it is, and we're going to move on. 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:27.580 I have over and over until I'm blue in the face. 00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:29.100 There's nothing we can do. 00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:31.860 I had to give him ample time to get the fence installed. 00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:34.140 I had to give him ample time for the trees. 00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:37.660 He has until August 2nd to get the trees and the fence done. 00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:43.660 Like I told him as it was this morning, on August 2nd at 4 p.m. when I'm off of work, 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.660 I'll go out there and look. 00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:48.980 If it's not done, I'll go back out in the morning because technically he has until midnight. 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.460 I'll go back out there in the morning. 00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:53.340 If August 3rd rolls around and they are not finished, 00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:54.579 then we start the proceedings 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:57.820 for the revocation of the special use. 00:28:57.820 --> 00:29:02.500 The land issues of him pushing over a fence 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:05.940 or putting dirt on her property or the brush, 00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:07.180 that's not zoning. 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:09.579 That's a civil matter. 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:12.159 It's not. 00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:15.619 My neighbor dropped a tree on my lawn and left it lay there. 00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:17.539 I couldn't call the zoning department and say, 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:19.140 Hey, my neighbor dropped a tree. 00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:21.140 You need to do something about it. 00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:22.300 It's not a zoning issue. 00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:23.260 It's civil. 00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:29.340 So the issues that they're having with the brush here, the fence there, he's 00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.740 doing what he's supposed to. 00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:34.860 I hate saying my hands are tight, but my hands are tight. 00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:36.500 There's only so much we can do. 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:41.180 And they think that I can do something about it. 00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.860 And if I say, I can't do anything about it. 00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:44.500 Oh, you're just giving him the red carpet. 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.579 I don't know, Zach, anything. 00:29:46.579 --> 00:30:00.579 I don't know anybody anything in this county. I'm impartial. I don't care who you are. The rules pertain to everyone. He's getting a fence permit. He's got he got a fence permit. He is planting the trees. And if he gets that done. 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:03.419 of the Trees, and if he gets that done by the second, 00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:05.379 then he's allowed to do what he's doing. 00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:09.439 He told me he has the EPA permits. 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.659 I asked him if I can see him sometime, 00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:14.899 when I go out there and he'll show them to me. 00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.819 I don't need to keep them in office 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:21.199 because that's not something we have a requirement for. 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.379 But. 00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:25.099 Well, I know that a lot of what goes on 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:28.980 with this whole issue is if he said, she said, 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:32.740 and personally, I'm getting tired of it too. 00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:35.299 And I'm not saying that there's something 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.699 that you need to do differently. 00:30:36.699 --> 00:30:39.779 I just, I wanna know if there's nothing that we can do 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:43.379 to stop the issue and he's doing everything 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:48.220 within his rights, they're actually probably doing more 00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:52.659 against him than he's doing them at this point 00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:57.659 when it comes to that quarry and whatever people want 00:30:57.659 --> 00:31:04.460 to complain about, he still has the right to do that. Same thing comes with the solar facility that 00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:11.740 they complain about. That company's solar facility, if they don't want it to generate electricity, 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:18.539 that's their problem. Right. And they cannot understand that. It's frustrating to me. I was 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:23.500 in the office by myself today. The call was off. The observers came in. I'm gracious to talk to 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:53.500 Director, Assistant Vice Chair, Vice Chair, Vice Chair, Vice Chair, Vice Chair, Vice Chair, 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:58.699 we can do. You know, I talked to Zach. I said, I've been told you're hauling in landscape 00:31:58.699 --> 00:32:02.980 waste. He goes, I have not hauled in any landscape waste. I said, I'll take your word for it. 00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:08.339 I take her word for it. I said, but I just, I don't know. There's other people two miles 00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:11.579 down the road that are hauling in landscape waste and burning it as well. I said, that's 00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:18.379 not here nor there. We're focused on the quarry and that's it. But there's nothing I can do. 00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:22.940 I think one of the things we need to do is change our language. Oh, definitely. You know, 00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:31.940 We need to, there's nothing we can do, it's to the point now where we've done what we were supposed to do, and we're going to go from there, so. 00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:35.940 Right. I told them it's civil. 00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:44.940 They have contracted with an attorney of homeowners out there, so they are contemplating legal action against Mrs. A. 00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.940 Zach. 00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.940 Zach. 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.940 Oh, I told them this morning they didn't. 00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:49.940 But that's not us. 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:59.699 Well, regardless, if they did name us in the soup, the only thing we have control over is the specialties from them. They want it shut down. That's not us. 00:32:59.699 --> 00:33:00.699 Right. 00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:15.619 I just want to make sure that, as a group here, we're all on that page, and Beth put up with a lot, and been accused of a lot of things, that that's not what should be happening. 00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:20.259 Oh, right. If somehow we're going to have to somehow, then it needs to go there. 00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:24.579 And we just say, you guys hired an attorney, you talk to the attorney. 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:27.339 That's right. And let it go. 00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:30.659 And we were not going to talk about it. 00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:32.619 Honestly, what I'm hopeful I told Mr. 00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:35.179 Versus mine, I said this, you know, contact an attorney. 00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.699 I don't have that kind of money. I can't afford an attorney. 00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:45.139 So I just want you to know, we're I'm not trying to accuse you of anything. 00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:50.579 I don't want you to think that I just would like to see this over with. 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:54.179 Oh, we all would. Definitely. Yes. And Georgia. Okay. 00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:58.659 We have a Facilities Maintenance Report. I didn't see anything. 00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:07.220 I did talk to Wally. He has wiped this bill the end of last week, but I know the trees have been 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:13.380 the one that was getting taken out. They've been removed down to the stump. The stump, 00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:20.179 He does not plan to have removed until after the event because of the amount of mulch that'll have to get hauled out. 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:24.659 Okay. And have we communicated that to Pearl City? 00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:30.259 I will follow up on that. I know he was going, he had been talking with them, so, but I'll follow up. 00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:39.699 Well, they had talked to, I know we don't really want to see that, but they would have helped, too, if they could get some of it going, right, if they're just stomp sets of it. 00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:53.139 I think he was worried that the amount of dirt that would have to be hauled in, there's the mulch hauled out, the amount of dirt hauled in, and then it would get hacked down, and I think he thought it was safer to leave the stumps and better looking at this point. 00:34:53.139 --> 00:35:06.460 Okay. We've had a little conversation already on 7.8, the Illinois Department of Employment Security report for April 26. Anything additional? 00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:16.699 All right, with that we'll move on to new business with the approval of the Zoning 00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:25.659 Department's application for the resilience grant. Yes, you received in your packet a brief synopsis 00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:31.819 of what it would be about. I know it states to fund and develop and fund to develop and 00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:33.500 and Adapt Building Code. 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:37.880 We can't right now adapt a building code. 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:42.440 We do not have the funds nor the employees to do that. 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:45.259 So I spoke with Dan Payette and Abby 00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:48.559 and he stated we could approve it 00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.980 as it would be a phased approach, 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:53.539 stronger enforcement efforts in higher risk areas 00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:56.380 and gradually expanding the enforcement over the years. 00:35:56.380 --> 00:36:01.259 Since we have in our code flood development 00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:02.739 in a flood hazard area. 00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:06.300 This is why we would be allowed to apply for this grant 00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:09.039 since it's through FEMA. 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:13.059 They want to see more enforcement through your code 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:16.159 with the flooding issues in the county and area-wide. 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:19.059 So that's that. 00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:21.420 And the match would come out of the trust fund 00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:23.579 and not any county funds. 00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.420 $100,000? 00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:27.219 It would dwindle me down, 00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:29.900 but that's the only way I can get my code written. 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:32.219 We reached out like three years ago. 00:36:32.299 --> 00:36:38.139 I had, we signed with Hinshaw Culbertson for $20,000 and I've not seen anything. 00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:41.019 Anytime I talked to them, it's like, well, we need to sit down and we have me to 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:44.019 have a conversation on which sections you want changed. 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:48.900 We need the whole thing, just in whole rehab to the whole zoning code. 00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:53.579 So this would do the entire zoning code for us. 00:36:53.579 --> 00:37:01.579 Do you need a motion in the second first before we discuss this? 00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:04.579 No, I don't have the agenda. 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:06.579 Oh, and this isn't an action item anyway. 00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:08.579 Yeah, it is. 00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:10.579 Approval. 00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.579 Yeah, approval. 00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:15.579 It has to be turned into FEMA by the 26th of this month. 00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:18.579 Technically, you should have a motion in the second put on the floor. 00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.579 Yeah. 00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.579 To discuss. 00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:28.579 We have a motion to approve the application process. Is there a second? 00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:34.579 I'll second it just for the discussion. 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:49.579 So I'll start with the first thing that stood out to me that concerns me is that this seems to me like all of a sudden now we're going to hire another consultant. 00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:54.980 Consultant. And when does that consultant go away in order to make this happen? Because 00:37:54.980 --> 00:38:04.460 in the application, it says right in there that we have to hire an approved consultant. 00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:12.300 Correct. And is that just for this grant process or is that once we're done, they're consulting 00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:19.559 us on what's completed? On the code. They will be the consultation people for individuals 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:26.440 for the revising of the code and then that's that. Once the code's revised, that is it. 00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:31.000 I just want to make sure that because we we do these things and then we hire somebody and now 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:36.840 we're responsible for another person. No, no, no, it's just to rewrite the code. Okay. Yeah. 00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:45.000 And we can do all that stuff by July 26th? No, this would be for the grant, 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:48.199 to write the grant where Black Hawk Hills 00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:50.239 will be writing the grant for us. 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:52.159 But that all has to be done by the 26th. 00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:55.880 Yes, the grant application has to be done by the 26th. 00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.039 But there's a whole lot of things 00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:58.440 that have to be gathered by then. 00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.440 They'll work on it. 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.739 They're working on it now. 00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:05.679 I told them I had to present to this committee before 00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:08.279 and finance and County Board for final approval 00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:10.559 before we can even, and they understood that 00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:14.000 if we didn't get approval, then their work was for nothing, 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:15.239 but they understand it. 00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:24.719 My concern is how much control do we lose 00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:28.559 over our own ordinances by hiring somebody 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:33.199 to start writing code for us? 00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:35.599 I mean, do we have to follow there? 00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:39.079 There can be revisions throughout the process. 00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:42.039 So once the code is in its entirety, 00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:44.019 it has to sit for a number of days 00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:46.380 and it has to go to public hearing as well. 00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:49.699 So it has to be visible to anybody in the county. 00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.699 They can look at it. 00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:52.619 They can come to the public hearing and suggest, 00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:54.639 well, this is this, this is that. 00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:57.000 The County Board can make suggestions as well. 00:39:58.019 --> 00:40:00.739 That's how it would be if Hinshaw were writing. 00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:04.039 would be if Hinshaw were writing it for us. 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:08.799 It's, to me, code revision has gotten a lot harder 00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:10.479 throughout the years that I've been here 00:40:10.479 --> 00:40:14.659 because when I started, it was less is better. 00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:17.500 And you can see that in some of our codes, 00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:20.819 like, you know, it doesn't define things 00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:21.799 and things like that. 00:40:21.799 --> 00:40:24.039 And so with the newer codes, 00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:27.039 as you see that we present every now and then, 00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:28.239 they're more lengthy. 00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:31.839 Before they were half a page, quarter of a page. 00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:34.199 So now we need to get into the nitty gritty 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:36.799 so we have definitions we can, you know, 00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:38.339 there's no gray area. 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:43.879 You know, we're just a small rural, you know, county 00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:47.479 and you start getting a whole bunch of rules 00:40:47.479 --> 00:40:51.719 and regulations that don't necessarily, you know, 00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:55.559 relate with the farmers or, you know, small businesses. 00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:57.799 That's my concern is how much control 00:40:57.799 --> 00:41:22.099 if I may, this is through FEMA. So am I wrong in assuming that it's primarily geared towards flood prone areas? Is that what you're saying about the phone revisions? 00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:26.899 No, they're allowing us to apply because we have the Hazard Mitigation Plan for the county 00:41:26.899 --> 00:41:32.899 and I have flood development, hazard development in our code. If we didn't have any of that in the 00:41:32.899 --> 00:41:40.339 county, we wouldn't even be allowed to apply for this grant. You've said repeatedly actually that 00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:46.579 you want to revise the code and update to come. Can you give me a couple examples where the code 00:41:46.579 --> 00:42:02.379 Fences for one, that's one that we just did inoperable vehicles that we just did, that's why we revised that. We didn't have campgrounds in there. I think our campground code needs to be more strict. 00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:11.500 So if I may, what's wrong with updating them as we get to them? How is the consultant going to see all this? 00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:13.019 Officer. 00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:17.619 They read our entire code and then they reach out to us in the zoning office and discuss 00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:18.619 it with Nicole and I. 00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:21.939 I mean, there's words in there like haberdashery. 00:42:21.939 --> 00:42:30.619 There are so many definitions of things that we don't even use anymore today. 00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:34.259 I just think it's harder and harder, like I said, to revise the code. 00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:41.339 I reach out to Hinshaw and they revise the codes for me more or less now if I can't get 00:42:41.339 --> 00:42:43.239 if I'm done myself. 00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:44.079 So. 00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:46.679 Have we tried to reach out to you CCI about this? 00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:51.539 No, I had no idea that they would be able to do it. 00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:55.219 I had no idea you were doing this with InShaw. 00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:56.859 Oh yeah, that's been- 00:42:56.859 --> 00:42:59.979 I guess my point is, I think there's other options 00:42:59.979 --> 00:43:02.339 if we're doing it piecemeal. 00:43:02.339 --> 00:43:03.659 I'm sorry to cut you off. 00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.500 You're fine. 00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:07.199 I shouldn't have done that. 00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:09.779 Is this, can I finish or not? 00:43:09.779 --> 00:43:20.539 Since I've already kicked the door open, I guess, is this something Dan Paya reached out to you about, or did you reach out to him about this and he started telling you what he was working on? 00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:36.259 Similar, somewhat the same. We have a quarterly meeting down in Ogo County with Black Hawk Hills, with Ogo County, Whiteside County, Lee County, Boone County, Carroll County, Joe Davies County, sometimes Winnebago. 00:43:36.259 --> 00:43:41.059 and Lee County had used this grant a few years ago 00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:42.459 to revise their code. 00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:46.359 So we were discussing and I said, that'd be something great. 00:43:46.359 --> 00:43:48.939 You know, we could use something like that. 00:43:48.939 --> 00:43:53.859 So he reached out to me about this, not too long ago. 00:43:53.859 --> 00:43:57.299 So I guess, and this goes back to the fact that 00:43:57.299 --> 00:43:59.699 there hasn't been a County Board Chairman meeting 00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:02.859 with Black Hawk Hills in a number of months. 00:44:02.859 --> 00:44:05.259 This is something he should have brought to me. 00:44:06.259 --> 00:44:08.619 This could be something he's budgeted for. 00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:11.299 That said, you do have funds available. 00:44:11.299 --> 00:44:13.779 You're probably the only department in the county 00:44:13.779 --> 00:44:18.139 that collects excess revenue in that regard. 00:44:20.339 --> 00:44:23.859 But I agree, I think there's other avenues 00:44:23.859 --> 00:44:25.739 that we could possibly look at 00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:28.099 before we would go down this road. 00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:29.299 That's my opinion. 00:44:31.859 --> 00:44:35.019 Frankly, I'm not very happy that Dan didn't reach out to me 00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:36.739 and talk to me about this. 00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:39.179 Not that he can't talk to you about it, 00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:41.419 but it's not the correct way to handle it. 00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:47.419 But I think UCCI can be a resource. 00:44:47.419 --> 00:44:51.179 There's lots of counties that have been updating codes. 00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:52.619 I'm not going to sit here and tell you 00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:55.019 that they're the answer necessarily. 00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:57.099 Maybe they're using consultants too, 00:44:58.019 --> 00:45:01.659 but this is an 18-month project, 00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:02.899 if I looked at it correctly, 00:45:02.899 --> 00:45:07.059 and I'm not sure what the finished product is that you referenced. 00:45:07.819 --> 00:45:10.699 I'm not sure what we're going to do with it once we have it. 00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:14.739 Enforcement's an issue, just like you had said, I believe, as far as we have 00:45:14.739 --> 00:45:16.019 the manpower to... 00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:17.819 That's if we adopt building code. 00:45:18.939 --> 00:45:21.099 And there's no way we can adopt building code. 00:45:23.859 --> 00:45:25.619 I agree with you a hundred percent. 00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:31.839 It needs to be done in some way, shape or form, but this is something he 00:45:31.839 --> 00:45:34.899 should have been talking to us about months ago, 00:45:34.899 --> 00:45:37.259 if this is something that we're under a deadline already 00:45:37.259 --> 00:45:39.979 for them to get, when is the deadline to apply? 00:45:39.979 --> 00:45:40.819 26th. 00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:45.139 Yeah, I'm sure they've known about this 00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:47.799 for at least a month or two, haven't they? 00:45:47.799 --> 00:45:48.639 Probably longer. 00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:50.159 That I do not know. 00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:54.419 If Lee County's aren't utilized it, so I'll be quiet now. 00:45:55.799 --> 00:45:58.599 So if we had kind of followed through, 00:45:58.599 --> 00:46:05.879 You know, we have another source and we can do it one at a time instead of redoing it. 00:46:05.879 --> 00:46:11.919 That's, you know, that would alleviate my concerns about losing control over the whole situation. 00:46:11.919 --> 00:46:17.839 So, I think I would vote to not do this. 00:46:17.839 --> 00:46:25.599 I would vote against this. 00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:40.419 emails. With that, I guess we have a motion and a second. And it asks then that all those 00:46:40.419 --> 00:46:48.819 that are in favor of the County Zoning Office applying for this Building Resilience Grant 00:46:48.819 --> 00:46:50.519 signified by saying aye. 00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:56.319 All those opposed, please, same sign. 00:46:56.319 --> 00:46:57.159 Aye. 00:46:58.299 --> 00:46:59.659 That motion fails. 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:04.000 So at this point, we may not do that. 00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:10.039 Dale had another item that he asked to have on the agenda 00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:11.899 or just to talk about here tonight. 00:47:11.899 --> 00:47:15.239 Well, yeah, just to get it on the agenda for next time, 00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:18.179 the funding of the Jane Addams Trail 00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:20.219 the continued funding. 00:47:20.219 --> 00:47:24.059 We don't have a contract or an intergovernmental remit anymore. 00:47:24.059 --> 00:47:28.139 And they're on the impression that the, 00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:33.139 we're just going to continue on as it has been. 00:47:33.739 --> 00:47:36.779 And when they raise it from 16.5 to $20,000, 00:47:36.779 --> 00:47:41.500 the other governmental agencies agreed to that. 00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:45.739 We didn't because we didn't have an extra $5,000 00:47:45.739 --> 00:47:46.899 they didn't think so. 00:47:46.899 --> 00:47:55.899 So we need to revisit the Intergovernmental Green Act and we need to decide if we're going to continue to support the trail. 00:47:55.899 --> 00:48:01.819 It's a very nice trail, you know, it's well maintained. 00:48:01.819 --> 00:48:06.259 In my personal opinion, it's way underutilized. 00:48:06.259 --> 00:48:10.259 I don't believe any of the numbers that they give from the usage. 00:48:10.259 --> 00:48:13.460 There's trail cameras out there. You've probably seen the numbers. 00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:20.899 a thousand people a month on that trail. I think it's something like a 12,000, 13,000 annual. 00:48:20.899 --> 00:48:24.659 Yeah. I mean, you can look that information out. Yeah. I think the better cameras now, 00:48:25.299 --> 00:48:30.339 they're more sophisticated. These things would read anything in Wi-Fi, you know, whether you 00:48:30.339 --> 00:48:34.659 went like this, you know, with a count of 100 or whatever people should go on the service. 00:48:35.779 --> 00:48:43.299 I'm actually not. So anyway, you know, that's a big concern of mine is that you, Scott, 00:48:43.299 --> 00:48:49.460 Do you walk on the trail? I do. Do you run into? Occasionally. A hundred or just two? 00:48:51.699 --> 00:48:55.779 It depends on the day. During the week, I'll be lucky if I see two or three people. If it's on the 00:48:55.779 --> 00:49:00.819 weekend, I might see five, six. I see more in the wintertime than I do in the summer. 00:49:01.779 --> 00:49:08.339 I mean, that's how, when I was running out there a lot, a lot of times I'd run, you know, 10 miles and 00:49:08.339 --> 00:49:16.339 7 miles and not see anybody, maybe two people, usually a biker more than a fire or a water. 00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:22.259 And I believe that intergovernmental agreement, if I saw that correctly, you get married at 23, 00:49:22.259 --> 00:49:29.539 something like that, yeah. But, you know, it is a great trail, but years ago when I was on the 00:49:29.539 --> 00:49:36.659 county board, I took a poll at one of the county board meetings and asked how many members had 00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:41.739 had ever been on the trail. I don't remember anybody raising their hand. Must've been before 00:49:41.739 --> 00:49:45.859 you started walking. I don't know. Well, I've been on the trail for a long time. I'm 00:49:45.859 --> 00:49:50.699 on your service. I don't, but maybe you were the only one that raised their hand. But anyway, 00:49:50.699 --> 00:49:56.019 that's, but that's both of the things we need to discuss. Do we want to continue to fund 00:49:56.019 --> 00:50:00.659 and how much funding do we want to, just because the city wants to give them $20,000, I don't 00:50:00.659 --> 00:50:02.659 ... 00:50:02.659 --> 00:50:07.039 because the city wants to give him $20,000. I don't know why, you know, that makes us 00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:13.119 that long than $20,000. So we can put it on that. And I appreciate that. So that gets 00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:18.679 on the agenda. First on discussion and Steve Elbeck can't make it next month, but he will 00:50:18.679 --> 00:50:22.679 be up here the following month. If we put that, put that on, yes, now we don't really 00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:28.619 need words on the agenda, but he'll come out and, you know, try and promote the trail and 00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:32.920 talked about the finances and is he sending you 00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:35.899 any financial information yet? 00:50:35.899 --> 00:50:37.139 No, you should be getting some 00:50:37.139 --> 00:50:38.539 because I asked that at the last meeting 00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:41.739 that they would send it to you and then you pass it on. 00:50:43.739 --> 00:50:45.039 I'll match it up. 00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:45.879 Okay. 00:50:50.179 --> 00:50:51.779 Anything else for the comments? 00:50:53.899 --> 00:50:55.739 Mr. Chairman, I'll say this real quick. 00:50:55.739 --> 00:51:25.739 I became aware of the condition of the, I'm just going to call it what it says on the plaque, the Poor Farm Cemetery, out by Menards. It's in really poor shape. So I've asked Wally to look into, I don't even know what the word would be, rehabbing it, I guess, for lack of a better word, restoring it. Yeah, it's in bad shape. There are tombstones that are missing. There's tombstones broken, several of them. 00:51:25.739 --> 00:51:32.299 are leaning, falling over. I found one perched up against a tree that is probably 50 feet 00:51:32.299 --> 00:51:43.899 away from the cemetery itself. I didn't even, I didn't know we maintained that. The disturbing 00:51:43.899 --> 00:51:49.899 part to me is there's a nice monument out there and the last sentence of it says, 00:51:49.899 --> 00:51:57.259 because you will not be forgotten and we have not done a good job remembering, so I've asked 00:51:57.259 --> 00:51:58.259 Wally to look into it. 00:51:58.259 --> 00:52:02.619 We do have to have the permits to do anything out there and I think it's through the DNR. 00:52:02.619 --> 00:52:04.619 Is that something right, ladies? 00:52:04.619 --> 00:52:05.619 Public Health. 00:52:05.619 --> 00:52:11.739 I think it was DNR, was it DNR do you think so? 00:52:11.739 --> 00:52:12.739 Did we mow it? 00:52:12.739 --> 00:52:42.739 Yes, well, you know what you can, because headstones are laying down, leaning, I could pull them out of the ground if I wanted to. The problem with a lot of those headstones, though, is that they're very, very old. And I don't think you can just replace them. You have to replace them with light material. You don't know if we know who's buried in all of those plots. Some of the headstones are still legible. Some are just completely smooth. It gets worn off. 00:52:42.739 --> 00:53:12.739 but we have a responsibility I feel to do better than what I've done with that so hopefully looking at some grants trying to get the headstones restored, repaired, straightened, Wally did all the straightening of the headstones out of the camp monument, did a great job but this is four or five times the number of sites that were out of the camp monument 00:53:12.739 --> 00:53:28.739 I don't expect him to do something like that, plus keep up with his other duties, but it's possible. I may be coming back and asking for dollars in the 2027 budget for getting it back to where it needs to be and then making sure we maintain it. 00:53:28.739 --> 00:53:39.739 I've never walked that cemetery. I don't know if you'll have the same reaction I did, but it made me almost physically sick to look at it. 00:53:39.739 --> 00:53:40.940 Yeah, that's not good. 00:53:42.539 --> 00:53:49.019 We have definitely, if Darryl lived in our duties when it comes to that cemetery. 00:53:49.179 --> 00:53:51.019 But you're up to the city cemetery a lot. 00:53:51.019 --> 00:53:55.659 It's kind of some of the areas are kind of the same. 00:53:55.659 --> 00:53:57.899 I don't know what they have for money. 00:53:57.899 --> 00:54:00.539 There's candy and cheek, get that stuff we have. 00:54:00.699 --> 00:54:02.219 Is that the only cemetery we have? 00:54:02.859 --> 00:54:03.980 It's the only one I'm aware of. 00:54:06.380 --> 00:54:07.500 It's the only one I'm aware of. 00:54:07.500 --> 00:54:15.500 Last person that was buried out there I think was in the 50s, but it goes back to the late 1800s. 00:54:20.619 --> 00:54:22.859 I'm going to determine that we're going to make it right. 00:54:22.859 --> 00:54:25.420 That's good. Thank you. 00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:29.980 Thank you. Question, is there a way we can schedule a 00:54:29.980 --> 00:54:35.980 of the Board, Workday, Tune, Straighten, and Do What Law is This. 00:54:35.980 --> 00:54:41.339 If you have to have a permit, if we have to have a permit, there's requirements of how 00:54:41.339 --> 00:54:45.379 you manage a sanitary. 00:54:45.379 --> 00:54:50.579 So it's possible that they don't know what the permit looks like, they don't know what 00:54:50.579 --> 00:54:51.579 the requirements are. 00:54:51.579 --> 00:54:59.579 I don't think I want to try and move a 150-year-old five-year-old headstone on the middle of the 00:54:59.579 --> 00:55:01.880 Straightening will probably be the easiest of all of them. 00:55:01.880 --> 00:55:02.219 Yeah. 00:55:02.219 --> 00:55:04.739 I mean, you can literally pull them out of the ground now, the 00:55:04.739 --> 00:55:05.619 ones that are leaning. 00:55:06.500 --> 00:55:12.139 Oh, it's a matter of getting dirt shovel and filling a hole in and creating a new one. 00:55:13.980 --> 00:55:15.099 I don't know how to do it. 00:55:15.099 --> 00:55:17.380 I guess I could Google it and find out, but 00:55:17.779 --> 00:55:20.299 sounds like it's an awesome Eagle Scout project. 00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:24.059 I guess Wally can show us if he's 00:55:24.659 --> 00:55:26.299 I just want to make sure we're doing it the right way. 00:55:26.299 --> 00:55:56.299 I don't know what we do about that. And there's one that's broken off maybe three inches above the ground. And that other piece is not there. There's one headstone that they literally have to lift up, mow over, and then they just lay it back down. We can't do that. You know, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, 00:55:56.299 --> 00:56:00.579 That's disturbing, so, but we're gonna make it right. 00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:01.420 Good. 00:56:04.259 --> 00:56:05.420 Motion to adjourn. 00:56:06.460 --> 00:56:07.659 Second. 00:56:07.659 --> 00:56:08.500 Second. 00:56:10.379 --> 00:56:11.980 We're gonna do, you do the second. 00:56:15.059 --> 00:56:16.859 Thank you Clayton for coming on board here. 00:56:16.859 --> 00:56:17.699 Yes, thank you. 00:56:17.699 --> 00:56:19.099 You're welcome. 00:56:19.099 --> 00:56:21.699 And don't be afraid, it is early. 00:56:21.699 --> 00:56:22.859 You can ask questions, 00:56:22.859 --> 00:56:23.699 or you can go off the link. 00:56:23.699 --> 00:56:25.819 If you've got any issues, you might call. 00:56:25.819 --> 00:56:42.359 I know that. That's the one right on the corner. All those in favor, aye. Aye. Aye.