WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.000 Yeah. It's five o'clock on February 12th. This is the meeting of the Public Works Committee. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:19.000 And I would like to call ahead and call the meeting to order. Item 2.0 is the approval of the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:20.000 So moved. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.000 Moved by Mr. Moderow, seconded by Mr. Jogerst. Any discussion? 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.000 With that, all those in favor say aye. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:27.000 Aye. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.000 Motion is approved. 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:40.000 Item 3.0 is the review and approval of the meeting minutes from the last meeting that was January 8th, 2026. Is there a motion to approve the meeting minutes? 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:43.000 Sure. Yes. 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:48.000 Moved by Mr. Jogerst, seconded by Mr. Moderow. Any discussion? 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.000 Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:52.000 Aye. 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:54.000 Motion is approved. 00:00:54.000 --> 00:01:04.000 4.0 is the approval of the claims. We have $82,898.30. It's a pleasure to the committee. 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:10.000 I'll make a motion to approve the claims. I have a motion to approve the claims. Is there a second? 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:16.000 Second by Mr. Moderow. Any discussion? I do have a question. Go for it. 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:24.000 I saw that we paid Arcelot for your new facilities, and we also paid the animal hospital. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:32.000 Yes, because the animals are still, it's going to be probably two payments for a few months, because they're still over there too. 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.000 You don't have the crating? 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.000 Right, we don't have the tendrils. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.000 Thank you. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.000 It's up to the puppies, now the puppies are at the museum. 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.000 Thank you. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.000 Yes. 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.000 Any other discussion? 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:52.000 Seeing none, all those in favor of opening the claims, say aye. 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:54.000 Aye. Motion is approved. 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:58.000 5.0 is the public comment. I don't see anyone here tonight. 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:03.000 We'll start with the Department of the Reports, Animal Control. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.000 Okay. So we started taking in the cats again. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:13.000 We had 21 intakes, 6 were surrenders, 4 were city transfers, 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:21.000 3 were county strays and 8, we had 2 separate owners passing away, 1 had 6 cats. 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:30.000 Outcomes, we had 10 transferred to rescue, 2 are adopted, 1 was reclaimed and we have 8 adoptables. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:40.000 Dogs, we only took 6 in, 1 surrendered, 3 county, 2 cities, 3 are adoptable, 1 was rescued. 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:47.000 The two that are on strike full-time, they actually were county dogs that the owners opt to sign them over. 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:53.000 And I believe both of them will be going to Friends Grabber either Friday or next week. 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:57.000 They were, one was a Border Collie, one was a Border Collie mix. 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:02.000 Know anybody that is fluent in Spanish? 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:07.000 The one loves when you talk to her in Spanish because her old family was. 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:15.000 and they tested out at the college and she just lit up when somebody started talking to her in her language she actually knows. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:23.000 So hopefully somebody that knows can maybe take her because I think that would be ideal for her. 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:34.000 Current inventory as of this report was 10 adoptable cats, 2 pregnant, those 2 actually have been transferred to a rescue already. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.400 10 Adoptable Dogs, our two Jessica Jones court case dogs. 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:44.360 Her court date has now been pre-trial set for 3-4. 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:48.719 So we've had these dogs since 7-17 of 24. 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:55.319 Andrew, crisis six, running at large tickets are on for 1-22. 00:03:57.599 --> 00:03:59.360 He was supposed to be getting an attorney, 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:00.680 a different attorney. 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:12.680 Other things, Ben and Jerry who are one of our longest, two of our longest residents were adopted together. They're doing wonderful. 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:18.680 Facebook and Pet Finders is all current on all our adoptable cats and dogs. 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:28.680 And I try like if it's one that we've had for a while, I always share them when I add new because they get lost in the shuffle. 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:38.680 I also enrolled in an online shelter training in enrichment and that's also in your packet, kind of the outline of the program. 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:45.680 And then I put in the breakdown of the donations from 25, 26, and the GoFundMe. 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:51.680 The GoFundMe all will technically be in the 26 because we haven't withdrawn any. 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:55.680 So it will go into the 26 once we start withdrawing. 00:04:55.680 --> 00:05:14.680 I do have, I think, two more $250 checks that came in, and then, um, minors training in, outside of Lena, he's going to donate $5,000 for kennels, so we should be getting that next week, I believe. 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:16.680 We talked quite a bit. 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:31.680 I reached out to Freepod and they're going to do an interview with me on Wednesday of next week about the new building. 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:34.680 They just reached out to me today, actually. 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:41.680 One of the new stations reached out, but they never, after we talked to liability, they never reached back out. 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:49.560 At least that one's local so hopefully that will get us more public. Otherwise 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:56.939 that's it for that. Plans were just the two rents and then the updated intake is 00:05:56.939 --> 00:06:07.040 updated with new bolts on it. I got that Tuesday I think it was for their January. 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:16.040 January and December are usually the slow months. It picks back up on February for intakes. 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:24.040 Oh, I really have. Any questions? 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:27.040 How long is that course supposed to run? 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:30.040 The course is actually open for a year for me. 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:31.040 Oh, okay. 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:32.520 It's basically go on your own. 00:06:32.520 --> 00:06:34.980 So it's the first steps. 00:06:34.980 --> 00:06:37.220 I just started it last week. 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:42.100 The first step's basically working one of your own dogs 00:06:42.100 --> 00:06:45.780 through some steps and then you take like a shelter dog 00:06:45.780 --> 00:06:48.100 to do it and then there's cat arrangements 00:06:48.100 --> 00:06:49.120 and different things. 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:50.360 I've always wanted to do it. 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:53.740 I just, this building will allow me to do it 00:06:53.740 --> 00:06:55.080 on like breaks and stuff. 00:06:55.080 --> 00:06:57.080 I can go and start working with the animals 00:06:57.080 --> 00:06:59.160 and make them more adaptable 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:02.000 because they'll have some basic stuff done to them. 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:04.560 Plus the enrichment part, 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:06.280 I've done a lot of research on that 00:07:06.280 --> 00:07:10.720 and that makes the animals so they're not so stressed, 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:12.400 so they're not like pacing in their page 00:07:12.400 --> 00:07:14.560 and so they show better for the people. 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.440 And when I talked to Nick, the dog trainer, 00:07:17.440 --> 00:07:20.180 we talked about, and I agree with this, 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:21.640 I've seen it in several shelters 00:07:21.640 --> 00:07:24.160 where you don't even allow the doctors 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.960 to go back into the kennel area. 00:07:26.960 --> 00:07:31.800 You kind of screen them and find the animals and bring the animals out that you think would 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:35.040 be best fit for their family, because then they're not seeing them. 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.640 The dogs don't show well in campus usually. 00:07:37.640 --> 00:07:41.200 They're barking and carrying on, because there's people, there's people. 00:07:41.200 --> 00:07:45.920 So this way you actually pick up animals and bring them out and show them. 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:50.360 And then if they still want to go back, then obviously you take them back, but this kind 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:51.360 of helps. 00:07:51.360 --> 00:08:20.360 Helps. Cats are a little different, but the dogs, they just, they're idiots. They honestly are. When people come in, it's no different than when I get home. My dogs are idiots, because they know I get home, they eat. And then we go play. So it's the same. So that program's in a kind of, and actually the program says, we'll see, I believe that they have a program where it actually teaches the dogs to be quiet in the page when people come in. 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:27.360 So, if that's true, it's well worth my money spent. 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:30.360 That was my question. You're paying for this out of your pocket? 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:32.360 Yeah, I pay for it, yeah. 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.360 There is no room in your budget? 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.360 Man, it's not a big deal. 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.360 Is it expensive for you? 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:40.360 It was like $200, I think. 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.360 You obviously don't feel like it's a fruit? 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.360 No. 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:46.360 I mean, not made for me. 00:08:46.360 --> 00:09:16.360 It was actually on sale. I think it's like a $400 program. So I'm like, yep, buy now. And you got a year to do it. Yeah, and you got a year that this program is open that you can go back and look at it. And which I'm like, nice. It was open all the time because we're not gonna be in the building right away. And then I'm like, should I bought it? And I'm like, ah, I can take notes. It's fine. And they actually 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:25.360 I'm going to give you printouts, and you actually take a test after each thing, so you get printouts, so you can use it later on, but it's only open for the year. 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:29.360 Oh, I thank you for taking that. It looks like it's going to be a... 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:44.360 Yeah, so far, I've only done a few steps, and I've been training docs since I was 12, so it's pretty interesting that I'm learning new things already, that it's interesting. I didn't think of it that way. 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:49.360 Any other questions? 00:09:49.360 --> 00:10:06.360 It's been postponed so many times that, yeah, yeah, I agree. 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:24.320 They both get so continued with it. 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:29.320 That was, now it's 227, is the new portrait. 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:39.320 Do you have a certificate of occupancy for the new building? 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.320 Who would I get that through? 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:44.320 There's an email I sent you back in January that said you're free for it. 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:49.320 The building inspector needs to go through that building in the fire commercial before you can occupy it in any way. 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:50.320 Okay. 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:52.320 So if you have animals in there, you need to get them out. 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:54.320 Okay. Can you do that? 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.320 Do you want me to resend the email to you? 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:57.320 Yes, please. 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:00.320 have you applied for the Special Use Permit for the outside funds? 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:04.920 It was put up before we got there, though. 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:08.399 You're putting something up outside, aren't you? 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:11.039 Well, eventually, but not for a while. 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:15.960 It's it's about a 90 day process to get a special use permit from the city 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.720 for your work. That was also an email I sent you. 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:21.320 But I will resend them out. OK, thank you. 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:31.320 I think also the Inspector from the Department of Ag is also needing to go through the building. 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.320 Yes. He said we can have the animals there though. 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:42.320 So have you asked him to come and do the inspection? 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:48.320 He says he will do it once we get the kennels in. He's been out there, yes. He's seen inside the building. He was out. 00:11:48.320 --> 00:12:18.320 Yeah, he was out shortly after Georgia and I talked about it. He was in the area doing something and I said, hey, he came out to talk to me. He's like, I'm like, do you have time to go through it and see if you think the only thing he recommended was like a mock sink type thing to dump the shot back that we're using for the kennels into that. So they're already measured in there. They have one on order. So, 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:23.320 He thinks the building is perfect. Way much of an upgrade than it. 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:29.320 What ventilation is also a criteria is how we evaluate that. 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:34.320 Yeah, there's actually fans, exhaust fans in there, so that one's fine. 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:41.320 And both the dog room, cat room, and the grooming area. That was something they added. 00:12:41.320 --> 00:13:11.320 So the registration receipts are down $3,000 for our monthly goal and we were we were down in December as well. So you blame that just on December and January always seems to be the slow months for some. I know like December is probably because Christmas, but January is usually slow and then it picks up. I said, I think 200 notices out last week, so and like the notices on 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:16.519 I know are getting to people because they're coming in or they're paying online so they're 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:22.440 definitely getting there because I always write on the notices like if I'm doing like 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.200 let's say Lena doesn't give our takes out and I get all their review certificates on 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:31.039 Friday I send a notice usually on Tuesday because I give them a little time they just 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:37.600 got it done and then I write on the date that I sent the notice and I've noticed that the 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:42.600 The mail's actually getting there and they're actually doing it almost right away when they get it. 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:49.600 So, even though Lynette does give them a sheet that says how you can pay, 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:55.600 sometimes they just think that, you know, yeah, well, they catch it. 00:13:55.600 --> 00:14:00.600 But they, I don't think they realize they still email us their certificates. 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:02.600 So, same way with TLC. 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:06.600 The six dogs that you brought in, were they registered? 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.600 The county dogs? 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:10.600 Yeah. 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:12.600 You had six intake, right? 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:14.600 We had... 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:16.600 One surrender, three county strays, two cities. 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.600 The... 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.600 So none of those... 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.600 While the... 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.600 The three county dogs, 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:26.600 the two of them 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:28.600 that were signed over, actually one was from 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:30.600 Wisconsin, 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:58.200 So, with that show on this revenue sheet, it's a pickup? Is that where you would list that? 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:22.680 Yes. If we had pickup, yes. So, but we didn't have anybody reclaim. Yeah, we didn't have in December either. Yeah. Yeah. And that's the problem. We don't know. Pickups are hard because you, we can go months with all these strays coming in, like starting spring, March. We get all, you know, it starts opening up again and dogs are running and then we have nobody reclaim any of them. 00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:28.680 So these dogs, you took them straight to the Freeport Animal Hospital for the rabies shot? 00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:44.680 Yes. The county ones that I picked up? No. The six that we took in, they're housed at the Animal Hospital, but we don't, the vaccinations get done at the college if we do anything. 00:15:44.680 --> 00:15:50.680 but if they're like adopted or reclaimed then they have to have their 00:15:50.680 --> 00:16:01.759 rabies shot and they have to be registered. So, I'm confused. Yeah, I'm confused too. If they came in. The intake means like, so one was 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:06.200 surrendered over. I can't remember which dog that was. Three were picked up as 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:10.279 county streets. One was the Border Collie. The other one was the Border Collie mix. 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:14.799 Hicks, those dogs weren't reclaimed, so there's no registration for those dogs until they 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.799 get adopted. 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:19.080 But more than likely, they're going to transfer to friends forever. 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:25.080 So we'll eventually see it if they're adopted in our county, we'll get that registration. 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:31.680 But right now, there are properties still. 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:39.140 And then the two city dogs, I'm assuming they're probably too up for adoption. 00:16:39.140 --> 00:16:41.539 Why did the city bring us dogs? 00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:48.220 Because if we didn't take them, they were going to be put down. 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:54.740 So we kind of, they're full, we have a little bit more room, but that's going to change 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.740 with the new building. 00:16:55.740 --> 00:17:04.779 They're going to have to, we're going to have to have an agreement, a contract with them. 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:11.660 Bank Account Fund 16. We haven't been getting an update on that for the last couple of months. 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:25.900 I can tell you that the fund balance is around $21,000. Unfortunately, that balance contains 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:31.579 all the donation money as well, so it's blended with our regular operational money, which is 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:08.220 Doe, and the GoFundMe. Yes. So that one hasn't been, but yes, the rest would be. 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:15.500 Which leads me to another thing is I've asked for the donation report to be itemized. It was 00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:22.619 in our meeting minutes we just approved that I asked for it last month. The sheet that I have, 00:18:24.300 --> 00:18:30.220 the last time I have an updated detailed donation was from the 19th of November. 00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:35.579 Someone from the committee has seen something other than I have. 00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:37.579 How do you want it to break down? 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:39.579 Just like what you were doing. 00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:41.579 And then you stop. 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:52.579 Last thing I'm going to bring up is our website. 00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:58.579 I've asked again and again and again to keep that donation page going and it's not on there. 00:18:58.579 --> 00:19:10.579 I've just looked again today, and our fundraiser page has got information on there from back in October with the Bina Brewing Company. 00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:18.579 Anyone else have any other questions? 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:26.579 No? Okay, thank you. 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:36.579 Before we move on to Highway, I'm going to pull a request to enter into an Executive Session. 00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:48.579 I'm going to state 5 ILCS 122C, which is the Employment Matters, the Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance, or Dismissal of specific employees. 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:55.220 Employees. So with that, I would like to make a motion to go into executive session. I will 00:19:55.220 --> 00:20:01.539 need a second and a hold on it. Second. I have a second from Mr. Newton. Is there any discussion 00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:10.419 about it? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Roll call. Roll call. Sorry. Mr. Newton? Aye. Mr. Jogerst? 00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:15.419 or Mr. Moderow, sorry, Mr. Jogerst, and Ms. Williams. 00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:17.379 Thank you.