[2:36] Good evening everybody. Thank you for
joining us this evening.
[2:44] Thank you for joining us this evening
for the Knox County Board's regular
[2:47] monthly meeting July 23rd, 2025. I'll
call meeting order at 18 or 6:01 p.m.
[2:53] The clerk would call a roll, please.
>> Robertson
[2:57] » here.
>> Pew
[2:59] » here.
>> Their
[3:00] » here.
>> Kramer
[3:01] » here.
>> Sandival
[3:02] » here.
>> Nachi
[3:03] » here.
>> Jay Frederick
[3:05] » here.
>> Davidson
[3:06] » here.
>> Winson here. Boon Weiss
[3:11] » here.
>> Bondi
[3:13] » here.
>> Cohen here
[3:16] » and Frederick
>> here.
[3:18] » 14 members present. Mr. Chair declare a
quorum. Sheriff
[3:24] session.
[3:28] » We can all stand for the pledge of
allegiance followed by a moment of
[3:31] silence and I'll have some discussion on
that.
[3:51] if you could remain standing. Um, please
keep our friends, our family,
[3:58] and those that we hold dear in our
hearts uh and say a prayer. I also want
[4:02] to take this opportunity to fully
remember and honor two individuals. So,
[4:06] please keep their families, friends, and
our heroes in our thoughts and prayers.
[4:10] The first is the very first elected
woman to the Knox County Board, former
[4:15] member Carolyn Porter, passed away July
12th, 2025 at the age of 89. Mrs.
[4:22] supporter who I became uh friends with
at a little bit through Judy Johnson was
[4:27] elected through the to the Knox County
Board as the first female in 1973
[4:32] breaking barriers as the first woman to
hold such a position and went on to
[4:36] serve two additional terms in 1992
2004
[4:41] among other distinguished leadership
roles throughout the her lifetime here
[4:45] in Knox County that made a positive
impact. I also want to take a moment to
[4:49] remember and honor a local hero. US Ar
US Army Corporal Paul Eugene Hoots, a
[4:55] Gailsburg native who was killed in
action during the Korean War, finally
[4:59] returned home to Gellsburg late last
night by a muchdeserved escort of
[5:04] military and first responder personnel.
Hoots was born and raised right here in
[5:09] Gailsburg and was a proud graduate of
Gellsburg High School who left to
[5:14] honorably serve our great country during
the Korean War. Corporal Hoots was
[5:18] missing in action in July of 1950 and
remained unaccounted for until now.
[5:24] Corporal Hoots will be laid to rest with
full military honors tomorrow with
[5:28] services beginning at 10:00 a.m. at HPW
here in town, followed by a muchdeserved
[5:33] full escort to his proper burial
location. We can say a prayer for those.
[5:44] Thank you very much.
[5:51] Um, adjustments to the agenda. Item
number 14.
[5:56] I will remove that one. Okay.
>> Yep. Way ahead of you.
[6:03] Any other additions for discussion?
Only. All right. Seeing none public
[6:08] comment. First up, we have Pamela
Davidson. And you know the drill. Three
[6:13] minutes and press the green button.
[6:21] Good afternoon. Um, I just want to say,
um, as I come up here every month, um, I
[6:28] had a request this time, first time
ever. Well, um on August the 5th, the
[6:35] national night out is going to be at
Standish Park and that's where um
[6:41] families come together with the um
public police officers and um they just
[6:47] remember and the safety and everything
of the National Night Out. So, if you
[6:52] have any other questions, please contact
um Tado Linger. On August the 9th, we
[6:59] have the NAACP has their back to school
community cookout. It's an annual
[7:04] cookout that's been going over been
going on for um several years. We give
[7:11] out um several backpacks from 250 to 300
backpacks. We feed over 400 some people
[7:20] hot dogs and hamburgers. and uh
Representative Dan Swanson even flips at
[7:25] the grill, you know. So, this is a great
fun thing. Our sheriff's department, our
[7:31] um Gailsburg Police, and there's other
exhibitors, the health department,
[7:36] numerous of um organizations come out to
um wish our kids a nice healthy back to
[7:43] school. And it's just not for Gailsburg,
it's for all the counties. And this is
[7:48] now this year since co
families have to purchase school
[7:54] supplies. Before the state was
purchasing them for the schools and they
[7:59] were just issuing them out. So, it's
been a very big crunch on families. I
[8:03] was at Walmart with my own grandson and
this gentleman said of a family of five,
[8:09] it really hurts. When I spent $60 for
one kid, I just can imagine having five
[8:16] kids and having to do school supplies.
and we will be handing out school
[8:20] supplies. So, rain or shine, come on out
on August the 9th for the back to school
[8:28] cookout. Thank you.
[8:36] » Thanks, Pam. Uh, next up we have uh Ken
Springer.
[8:44] » Thank you very much. Um, wanted to use
uh public comment this month to provide
[8:49] the board with uh a mid-year look at
some economic data that I think tells
[8:54] helps tell the story of what's going on
in the region. Um, at a lot of times in
[8:58] the summertime, you start to see
economic reports on where we are so far
[9:02] in the year and I thought this would be
gerine to the um board's interest
[9:05] tonight. Um, so I wanted to I pulled
some publicly available data for both
[9:09] unemployment and retail sales. Um both
of these appear to be appear to be doing
[9:13] fairly well um in um in our region. Uh
Knox and Warren County is combined into
[9:19] a single unit as far as um unemployment
data goes. And that that uh area is
[9:24] called the the Gellsburg Metropolitan
area. Um so the current unemployment
[9:28] rate is 3.9% uh for the Gellsburg
Microsa. Uh that's a little bit below
[9:34] the statewide rate of 4.4%.
Um, as far as what that means,
[9:38] historically, uh, anything that is, um,
basic, basically 5% is considered to be
[9:44] full employment. That that means that
your labor supply and your labor demand
[9:47] is in balance. Um, so we're a little bit
below that. So, uh, if you want to think
[9:51] about it, it's it's advantageous to
folks that are seeking jobs right now.
[9:55] Uh, it's probably disadvantageous to,
um, employers that are looking to find
[9:59] workers right now. Um uh the other thing
that came out of the employment data is
[10:05] a trend that um we we talked a little
bit about in in past years, but um after
[10:09] a long period of decline, the labor
force in our 2count area appears to have
[10:14] stabilized at least temporarily. Um uh
labor force is the sum total of
[10:20] everybody that either has a job or wants
a job. Um and so it's currently hovering
[10:24] around 20,700 workers for Knox and
Warren County. um we had been losing
[10:29] labor force uh pretty consistently for
about 15 years and then um starting
[10:33] about mid 2023 that that that curve
began to level off and has been fairly
[10:38] flat since then which is certainly
better news for our region. Um and then
[10:42] lastly um pulled pulled the retail
numbers from the Illinois Department of
[10:46] Revenue. Um my organization tracks 12
different metro areas in Illinois. Uh
[10:52] the retail data comes out on a quarterly
basis. um in in the first quarter of
[10:56] 2025, which is the most recently
available data, 11 out of the 12 metro
[11:00] areas that we look at showed um a growth
in retail sales tax receipts. Um both uh
[11:06] Gailsburg and Monmouth showed growth in
that quarter as well. Uh Gailsburg uh
[11:10] tax receipts, total tax receipts came in
at 5.2% higher. Monmouth came in at uh
[11:15] 7.6% higher for quarter 1 of 25 when
compared to quarter 1 and 24. So um just
[11:20] just some economic data to kind of tell
the story. Um, if you this is something
[11:24] that the board finds interesting, I'm
happy to come back and do this more
[11:27] often. Uh, this is stuff that we
normally just track internally at KAPA,
[11:30] but I'm always happy to share it if it's
of interest. So, thank you very much.
[11:34] » Thanks, Ken.
With time to spare.
[11:42] » Okay, that wraps up the public comment.
Did anybody not get their name on the
[11:46] list?
All right,
[11:50] moving on to consent agenda. I'll take a
motion to approve the minutes of the
[11:54] board meeting on June 25th, 2025 and the
presentation of the sales tax and
[11:58] various taxes for the month of May 2025
in the amounts of 165,1459
[12:07] and $51,77.14
[12:10] and public safety tax in the amount of
$275,437.31.
[12:16] So move second. Bob and Anthony. Okay.
Any discussion?
[12:21] Call the roll, please.
Robertson.
[12:27] » Pew,
>> yes.
[12:28] » Theory,
>> yes.
[12:30] » Kramer,
>> yes.
[12:31] » Sandival,
>> yes.
[12:32] » Nachi,
>> yes.
[12:34] » Jay Frederick,
>> yes.
[12:35] » Davidson,
>> yes.
[12:36] » Hawinson,
>> yes.
[12:38] » Weiss, yes.
>> Bondi,
[12:41] » yes.
>> Cohen,
[12:42] » yes.
>> Yes.
[12:44] » And Frederick,
>> yes.
[12:46] » Organiz.
>> All right. Motion passes. Um item number
[12:50] three, I'll take a motion to approve
proclamation for National Health Center
[12:54] week.
[12:59] » Kramer and member Jay Frederick.
>> Okay,
[13:06] this is a long one. I will uh it's in
the word packet and everybody has
[13:10] reviewed it, I would imagine. Short of
an exception, I'll I will not read this
[13:15] entire document into the record.
Unless you really want me to.
[13:20] » No.
>> Motion passes.
[13:25] » All right. Um, are there any comments
and uh discussion for National Health
[13:31] Center Week in Knox County?
Other than I just want to thank Michelle
[13:37] and her team uh for doing an outstanding
job for the services that are provided
[13:42] for our our community. It's come a long
ways in
[13:47] a long time.
Anybody else?
[13:53] Okay. Call
>> Robertson.
[13:57] » Yes.
>> Pew.
[13:58] » Yes.
>> Theory.
[14:00] » Yes.
>> Kramer.
[14:01] » Yes.
>> Sandival.
[14:02] » Yes.
>> Nachi.
[14:04] » Yes.
>> Ch. Frederick.
[14:05] » Yes.
>> Davidson.
[14:07] » Yes.
>> Hawinson.
[14:08] » Yes.
>> Weiss.
[14:10] » Yes.
>> Bondi
[14:12] Cohen.
>> Yes. Oinger.
[14:15] » Yes.
>> And be Frederick.
[14:16] » Yes.
>> 14 eyes as chair.
[14:18] » Motion passes. I'll take a motion to
approve the appointment to the Avenue
[14:22] and Fire Pro protection district of John
Brian.
[14:28] Motion in a second. Member Kramer,
member Sanduel.
[14:31] » Uh, the information is in your packet.
Is there any discussion?
[14:36] » Seeing none, please call the RO.
>> Robertson,
[14:40] » yes.
>> Pew,
[14:42] » yes. Theory,
>> yes.
[14:44] » Kramer,
>> yes.
[14:45] » Sandal,
>> yes.
[14:46] » Nachi,
>> yes.
[14:48] » Jay Frederick,
>> yes.
[14:49] » Davidson,
>> yes.
[14:50] » Hawinson,
>> yes.
[14:52] » Weiss,
>> yes.
[14:53] » Bondi,
>> yes.
[14:55] » Cohen,
>> yes.
[14:56] » Fullinger,
>> yes.
[14:57] » And B Frederick,
>> yes.
[14:59] » 14, Mr. Chair.
>> All right. Motion passes. On to the
[15:03] report and subsequent action items uh
from the committee on the ways and
[15:06] meetings. Vice Chair Frederick.
>> Oh, uh packet should begin there. Um,
[15:13] we're getting ramped up on doing budget
beans. We did one uh didn't schedule
[15:18] another one and we couldn't make that
one so we had to cancel that one. But uh
[15:21] I'll be getting with Robin uh tomorrow
and trying to schedule some more
[15:25] probably possibly for next week if we
can. So, I'll get with her uh maybe
[15:29] tonight after the meeting or after that.
So, watch your emails and we'll start
[15:32] scheduling some for next week and get
some knocked out. Uh the sheriff, I've
[15:35] been meeting with him. I've met with him
twice going over his budget uh trying to
[15:38] knock it down and uh get a lot of the
stuff out of the way to save the budget
[15:42] committee from doing it. Met with him
twice. I'll meet with Robin and have her
[15:46] and I go over it and get thoughts on it.
Then I'll meet back with him. Then I'll
[15:49] bring that forward. So, uh the budget
work is still going on. But we're
[15:53] plugging away with that. With that, I'll
move on to item six. I need a motion to
[15:57] approve bid or I'll put this on for a
motion. A bid approve bid and bring back
[16:01] workman's comp liability and vehicle
insurance.
[16:03] » Second. Any questions on this? What we
do every year? Just we'll see what the
[16:08] bids come back as.
Call roll, please.
[16:13] » Robertson,
>> yes.
[16:15] » Pew,
>> yes.
[16:16] » Their
>> yes.
[16:17] » Kramer,
>> yes.
[16:19] » Sandal,
>> yes.
[16:20] » Matche,
>> yes.
[16:22] » Jay Frederick,
>> yes.
[16:23] » Davidson,
>> yes.
[16:25] » Hawinson,
>> yes.
[16:27] » Weiss,
>> yes.
[16:28] » Bondi,
>> yes.
[16:29] » Cohen, yes. Oolinger,
>> yes. and B Frederick.
[16:33] » Yes.
>> 14 has Mr. Chair.
[16:35] » All right. Item seven, I'll put form a
motion. Uh approve bid for financing
[16:39] options for nursing home upgrade
project.
[16:42] » All righty. Uh I ask the gentleman show
up here to explain some stuff. First
[16:46] thing I need to do is uh you can come
on. You can come on. I need to apologize
[16:50] to Miss Davis. I misspoke about this
being a balloon. I talked to him and he
[16:54] will explain to us about that. So it's
not a balloon. So with that, uh we're
[16:59] going with option second. That's the
second option from him. So, knock
[17:02] yourself out and thanks for showing up.
[17:11] » Go easy. I'm I'm a first- timer here, so
good evening. Uh, thank you uh for
[17:17] having us here. I'm from Midwest Bank.
My name is Lance Odding. Uh, we did
[17:20] provide a proposal for the Knox County
Nursing Home for the renovation. Uh, we
[17:25] provided actually two proposals. Uh, one
was, uh, for permanent funding. Uh, it
[17:30] was proposal one, but what I talked to
Brian about was the renovation funding,
[17:34] which was proposal number two, which
included a construction draw loan for
[17:39] the initial $10 million. Um, that would
be a draw down, closed in construction
[17:43] line of credit. Um, your construction
loan would include monthly interestonly
[17:48] payments during that 18-month term
during the buildout um or during the
[17:52] buildout of the renovations. and then
that would then be set to permanent
[17:56] financing uh upon the completion of that
um of that uh that renovation. Um as far
[18:02] as the the rate, the rate was at 4.8%.
It is an adjustable 5-year rate. So that
[18:08] means it'll adjust three times over the
20-year amortization. Uh and that'll
[18:12] adjust based on um uh 5-year FHLB rate
uh floating. So basically today I looked
[18:20] at the FHLB rate, excuse me, and it was
at 4.2%.
[18:25] Um, so again, that's a daily rate.
That's where it would be. So when that
[18:29] does when that 5 years comes, we'll
actually have an adjustment at that time
[18:32] during the term of that loan. The the
county had asked for no prepayment
[18:36] penalties. We included that. There are
no prepayment penalties on this. There's
[18:40] also no prepayment penalties for
refinance. So if you uh choose to
[18:44] refinance during that time, there is no
prepayment penalty for that or any any
[18:48] penalties to to refinance from us.
>> Anybody have any questions for them?
[18:56] » No balloon. No balloon. It's an
adjustable app and adjusts every 5
[19:00] years. So the only thing we ask of the
county obviously is just names of those
[19:04] individuals authorized on behalf of the
county to execute those documents, loan
[19:09] documents and also a copy of the board
minutes that would authorize uh the
[19:13] purchase or yeah the financing of the
renovations and that would be it.
[19:19] » Anybody else have any questions?
Thanks for showing up and explaining
[19:23] that. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you.
[19:25] » Yeah, hit that button.
[19:29] I guess call the role. opening
questions.
[19:32] » Robertson,
>> yes.
[19:34] » Pew,
>> yes.
[19:35] » Theory,
>> no.
[19:37] » Kramer,
>> yes.
[19:39] » Sandal,
>> yes.
[19:40] » Nachi,
>> yes.
[19:43] » J Frederick,
>> yes.
[19:44] » Davidson,
>> yes.
[19:46] » Hawinson,
>> yes.
[19:48] » Weiss,
>> yes.
[19:49] » Bondi,
>> abstain.
[19:52] » Cohen,
>> yes.
[19:55] » Yes.
>> And be Frederick,
[19:56] » yes.
>> 12 eyes, one day, one abstension, Mr.
[19:59] Okay. All right. That concludes my
report. Back to you, Mr. Hawinson.
[20:02] » All right. Thank you, sir. Next up is uh
the committee on public service. There
[20:07] is no action items. Just if there's any
report information from uh member
[20:11] Sandoval.
>> Uh you're kind of quiet, which is good.
[20:16] Um in that department, but other than
that, trying to get the corner situated
[20:21] uh in an office so she can she can do
her stuff there on uh on county ground.
[20:27] And other than that, that's it.
[20:34] » Any comments or questions?
I do know that uh Yep. Yep. I'll get I
[20:40] get to um I do know that member
Sandavville met with uh the public
[20:43] defender in the coroner and reviewed
some space and walked through the space
[20:47] and made a a plan of attack and also
spoke with the state's attorney to
[20:53] ensure that uh there was some additional
language that was requested to be added
[20:58] and that went through an additional
review for
[21:03] the county and Samberg College to
utilize their facility. So that's in the
[21:09] state's attorney's hands right now.
Member David.
[21:12] » Um um yes. I truly want to say thank you
um chair of the committee Rick
[21:18] Sandovville.
Um
[21:22] $20 um interrupt you. Um so um for for
taking the time. We talked about that in
[21:30] our committee and um for to find it was
a it was a pleasure um to have the
[21:39] public defender come to our meeting
because he has not that was his first
[21:44] meeting that he attended. Um we I still
like to say again um there still needs
[21:51] the state's attorney um because people
don't understand the logo or the LGO or
[21:57] whatever um of what they say in their
reports and us as being um elected
[22:03] officials, we need to vote accordingly
to what is what is true. Um so that's
[22:11] it. Thank you.
>> All right. Anything else there, Mr.
[22:14] Sandable? All right, moving on.
See if you can keep up, Bob. Uh, next
[22:20] up, Committee on Infrastructure. Um,
member Bondi, and subsequent action
[22:24] items.
>> Thank you very much. Your monthly report
[22:28] minutes are in your packet. Are there
any comments or questions?
[22:33] » If not, I'll move on to the action
items. Number 10 is to approve the
[22:38] invoice for $54,830.94
[22:42] for the IRPA for the quarterly tonnage
uh on behalf of the landfill. I'll make
[22:47] that in the form of motion. Is there a
second?
[22:51] » Thank you. as uh every quarter happens.
Uh this falls actually a week or two
[22:56] before even our committee meeting and
either myself or uh uh or Jared will
[23:02] have to always sign off on that
particular invoice. Uh uh it is a
[23:07] mathematical equation that the state
provides us and uh we want to always pay
[23:12] it on time. There any comments or
questions?
[23:17] Don I'd ask the clerk to call the role.
[23:22] All righty. Uh, Robertson,
>> yes.
[23:25] » Hugh,
>> yes.
[23:26] » Their
>> yes.
[23:27] » Kramer, yes. Sandal,
>> yes.
[23:30] » Nachi,
>> yes.
[23:31] » Chief Frederick,
>> yes.
[23:33] » Davidson,
>> yes.
[23:34] » Hawinson,
>> yes.
[23:36] » Price,
>> yes. Bondi,
[23:38] » yes.
>> Cohen,
[23:40] » yes.
>> Yes.
[23:42] » And B Frederick,
>> yes.
[23:43] » 14, Mr. Chair,
>> thank you. Uh item number 11 is to
[23:46] approve the bid for construction
management for 50 East Main Street. Uh
[23:51] specifically uh our committee voted uh
in the affirmative for Valley uh
[23:56] commercial uh construction. I'll make
that in the form of a motion. Is there a
[24:00] second?
>> Second.
[24:01] » Very good. Uh we have uh those in our
packet for everybody's review. And uh I
[24:08] had tabulations done by both the county
clerk and also Klinger and Associates.
[24:13] uh mathematically uh valley uh came out
uh economically with the best uh
[24:20] performance. Uh Clinger did a assessment
also of uh the three uh uh bids from SD
[24:28] Hines and Valley. Uh they all so our
overall qualifications fee proposals
[24:35] insurance bonding submission of in
infrastructure were all in the
[24:38] affirmative. Um, uh, Estie's actually
had a slight advantage from Clinger's
[24:44] uh, perspective as far as base of
experience, cost, timeline, quality of
[24:50] past performance of references. Of
course, they came up short on the
[24:54] overall cost. Uh, and checking both with
Klinger and also uh, with other
[25:00] locations here in Gailsburg who have
used all three of these uh, uh, uh,
[25:05] general contractors. uh they're all
given very high marks and again from our
[25:11] committee we uh voted in the affirmative
on valley commercial construction. Are
[25:15] there any comments or questions?
>> I just have one just a clarification.
[25:22] » I know back in April um Cody submitted a
proposal for Clinger for the engineering
[25:28] firm to do uh to be the construction
manager as well. Um, was that included
[25:35] in the the review? Because I I just want
to make sure we're not spending u an
[25:40] extra 200 and whatever the uh Valley
Construction is, you know, if we spend
[25:46] 225,000
>> 223,820
[25:49] » $223,000
with Valley if they're going to go the
[25:53] next step and do exactly what we would
do is go contact our engineering firm.
[25:58] No, Clinger, I think, will still have
the same basic uh operation and
[26:03] involvement. Uh, but having having a
construction manager really puts
[26:07] eyeballs on each step of the process to
make sure that uh the product being put
[26:13] in place is in a proper uh sequence that
uh uh that uh that it's at a level of
[26:20] performance. Uh documents will be
reviewed both by Clinger and the
[26:25] construction manager,
>> right? uh but uh you can't expect
[26:28] Klinger to be on site on a continuous
basis to really make sure and inspect uh
[26:34] all the work to be done in a proper
fashion.
[26:36] » I was just concerned with other
government entities that don't have for
[26:40] a smaller project this one um to have a
a a separate assigned construction
[26:47] manager. They usually go through the
engineering firm um for smaller
[26:53] projects. Yeah, I just I'm just
concerned that we're spending $223,000
[26:58] on top of whatever we
>> like performance contract that we've had
[27:02] in the past with MSI. We've had both
involved, but of course the performance
[27:07] contract uh at the kind of uh the 10%
and 5% profits is be much higher. This
[27:13] is going to be a project that's between
1.5 and $2 million is my estimate,
[27:18] » right? uh it would be a similar kind of
thing uh but at a less cost than than
[27:23] what a performance contract right. I
just can't compare this specific single
[27:28] small project with a performance contact
contracting master contract with another
[27:32] vendor because that one is a large scale
full county building
[27:37] » um
>> understand
[27:38] » project that we took on four years ago
roughly but I just want to make sure
[27:42] that we're not you know affording
affording Klinger the opportunity to
[27:49] participate in the bids.
>> We we will not be circumventing them. I
[27:53] think they'll be in the process, but
we'll have uh construction capable
[27:57] people actually eyeballs on the site
making sure that all the right things
[28:02] are being done and bringing clinger in
in case there's other engineering
[28:06] concerns. We open up a wall and all a
sudden there's a surprise.
[28:09] » Uh those issues have to be dealt with as
we go along.
[28:12] » I I agree that that's a good good plan.
Just I'm thinking cost
[28:17] » is all. So that's my concern.
>> That's all I have.
[28:20] » Uh yeah. Um I am voting highly for this
because um we used to have one Rick,
[28:28] what was his name?
But anyway, but anyway, he was a um he
[28:35] was a union um f person and he used to
do that and we made sure that um he he
[28:43] worked hand in hand with the engineer
and plus some of the things that we've
[28:47] had to redone over and over from the
holes in the um courthouse, all that
[28:52] stuff wouldn't been happening if we
would have had somebody
[28:55] » Donnie Gladfelder.
>> Donnie Gladfeller. That's right. So, um,
[29:00] and we and we as, um, trying to save
nickels and dimes, we ended up paying
[29:06] more in the long run. So, definitely I
I'm voting yes for we can, um, have
[29:12] this. Thank you.
>> Any other comments or questions?
[29:17] I'd ask the clerk to call the role,
please.
[29:21] » All righty. Uh, Robertson,
>> yes.
[29:25] » Hugh,
>> yes. Their
[29:27] » yes
>> Kramer
[29:30] » yes
>> Santaal
[29:32] » yes
>> Nachi
[29:33] » yes
>> J Frederick
[29:35] » yes
>> Davidson
[29:37] » yes
>> Hawinson
[29:38] » yes
>> Weiss
[29:41] » yes
>> Bondi yes Cohen
[29:45] » yesinger
>> yes
[29:47] » and B frederick
>> no
[29:49] » 13 eyes one name Mr. here.
Very good. Item number uh 12 would be to
[29:55] approve the payment of invoice for the
jail laundry project amendment number
[29:59] four draw number nine for 14,1 197.70.
I'll make that in the form of a motion.
[30:06] Is there a second?
>> Second.
[30:07] » Thank you.
>> Uh the project was a $415,040
[30:13] project. Uh to date uh uh we spent
$385,150.80.
[30:18] [Music]
Uh the total retainage to date is
[30:23] $19,25754
[30:27] and the current payment being requested
is $14,1975.
[30:32] In their packet is the summary of all
work that's been done to include this
[30:37] specific uh part of the project. Uh the
lean waivers are in hand, the actual
[30:43] invoice is in hand.
Uh all documentation is in place. Any
[30:49] comments or questions?
Not I'd ask the cler call the role,
[30:53] please.
>> All righty. Robertson,
[30:57] » yes.
>> Pew,
[30:58] » yes.
>> Theory,
[30:59] » yes.
>> Kramer,
[31:01] » yes.
>> Sandival,
[31:02] » yes.
>> Nachi,
[31:03] » yes.
>> Sh Frederick,
[31:05] » yes.
>> Davidson,
[31:06] » no.
>> Hawinson,
[31:09] » yes.
Weiss,
[31:11] » yes.
>> Bondi, yes. Cohen,
[31:14] » yes. Bowlinger,
>> yes.
[31:16] » And B. Frederick,
>> yes.
[31:18] » 13 eyes, one name. Sure.
>> And 13 is to approve the resolution for
[31:24] tuition reimbursement. I'll make that in
the form of a motion. Is there a second?
[31:28] » Second. Uh this particular item is
associated with one of our employees in
[31:33] the IT department and establishing the
resolution in place to uh for the
[31:40] educational incentive program that uh
actually was drafted I believe by Jared
[31:45] » and cleared cleared by the state's
attorney.
[31:47] » Yeah, this this resolution was passed
last year already. This is just the uh
[31:51] request for to approve that for a
specific employee,
[31:55] » right? And again, this is for specific.
>> Um,
[32:00] are there it was in your packet. Is
there any comments or questions?
[32:06] » I'd ask the clerk to call the role,
please.
[32:08] » Robertson,
>> yes.
[32:13] » Pew,
>> yes.
[32:14] » Their
>> yes.
[32:16] » Kramer,
>> yes.
[32:17] » Sandal,
>> yes.
[32:18] » Nachi,
>> yes.
[32:20] » Chief Frederick,
>> yes.
[32:21] » Davidson,
>> yes.
[32:23] » Hawinson,
>> yes. Ice,
[32:25] » yes.
>> Bondi,
[32:27] » yes.
>> Cohen,
[32:28] » yes.
>> Bowlinger,
[32:30] » yes.
>> And be Frederick,
[32:32] » yes. I check.
>> Mr. Chairman, I'll turn it back over to
[32:35] you. Thank you.
>> All right. Uh, one thing I did forget
[32:37] under the monthly report, I got an
update today from Onidita Telephone. Um,
[32:42] the grant that we provided them for
fiber, rural fiber. Uh, they started
[32:48] Henderson Henderson Township
Construction on July 21st. They will be
[32:54] installing starting August 4th in Rio
Township and both townships will be
[32:59] completed by winter. So those two
townships serving I think it was nearly
[33:05] 700 households or u facilities and that
those townships will have uh high or
[33:13] high speeded fiber internet for the
first time.
[33:17] All right. Next up is the committee on
health and human services and subsequent
[33:21] action items. Member Kramer.
>> Thank you, Chairman. Uh monthly report
[33:27] uh from the committee was in the packet.
Um I'd thank Brian for stepping in for
[33:31] me. I had a scheduling conflict uh this
month, so the vice chair, Brian
[33:35] Frederick, stepped in for me. Um moving
right along to item 16. Make this in the
[33:42] form of a motion. It's a approve a bid
and bring back for seal coating for the
[33:45] parking lot at the nursing home.
>> Second.
[33:48] » Pretty self-explanatory. get bids for
the coding the uh parking lot. I know in
[33:53] the past we had talked about um seeing
if Dwayne could do it out there, but
[33:57] Dwayne said that he doesn't have the
capability to to do that for us. So, we
[34:01] just need to seek some bids. Any
discussion, questions?
[34:06] Seeing none, clerk, call the role,
please. Oh.
[34:09] » Um
hand up. Sorry. Um, David, I I I was uh
[34:16] on the fence about this, but um Brian
made it very clear, that's why he
[34:21] probably jumped to the gun and saying
yes on this. Um that when cuz we just
[34:27] got new parking lots, but to keep it up
going, we have to get it silated um
[34:32] every so often to keep it um the life of
the parking lot. So um I'll be voting
[34:39] yes. So if anybody having any doubt they
knew we got a new parking lot to keep
[34:43] the life of the parking lot we have to
keep it so coded. Thank you.
[34:49] » Anybody else?
See none clerk call the roll please.
[34:53] » Robertson
>> yes.
[34:56] » Hugh
>> yes.
[34:57] » Theory
>> no.
[34:59] » Kramer
Senal.
[35:02] » Yes.
>> Nachi.
[35:03] » Yes.
>> J Frederick.
[35:05] » Yes.
>> Davidson.
[35:07] » Yes.
>> Wawinson.
[35:08] » Yes.
Weiss,
[35:10] » yes.
>> Bondi,
[35:12] » yes.
>> Cohen,
[35:14] » yes.
>> Bowlinger,
[35:15] » yes.
>> And B Frederick,
[35:17] » yes.
>> 13 eyes, one day, Mr. Chair.
[35:23] » Sorry. Moving along. Item number 17.
I'll make this in the form of a motion.
[35:28] It's approve a bid and bring back for a
range oven at the nursing home.
[35:33] » Second.
>> Said it's pretty self-explanatory. They
[35:37] need a new uh oven out there. So, we'll
just get some bids and see what we get.
[35:42] Okay, any questions?
U
[35:49] see none. Clerk, call the role, please.
>> All righty. Uh Robertson,
[35:53] » yes.
>> You
[35:56] » no.
>> Kramer,
[35:58] » yes.
>> Sandal,
[36:00] » yes.
>> Nachi,
[36:02] » yes.
>> Jay Frederick,
[36:04] » yes. Davidson,
>> yes.
[36:06] » Hawinson,
>> yes.
[36:08] » Weiss,
>> yes.
[36:10] » Bondi,
>> yes.
[36:12] » Cohen,
>> yes.
[36:14] » Yes.
>> And be Frederick,
[36:16] » yes.
>> 13 has one day, Mr. Chair.
[36:18] » Thank you, clerk. Uh, that concludes my
report unless anybody else has any
[36:21] questions or comments.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair.
[36:24] » All right, moving on. Uh, your external
committees and subsequent reports are on
[36:29] the board in the board packet. If you
have questions, please contact the
[36:32] assigned board member. Uh, item 18. I'll
take a motion to approve opening the
[36:37] budget for line item changes.
>> So move.
[36:40] » Member Bondi.
>> Member Kramer.
[36:45] Any discussion?
Call the RO.
[36:49] All righty. Robertson,
>> yes.
[36:51] » Pew,
>> yes.
[36:52] » Their
>> yes.
[36:54] » Kramer,
>> yes.
[36:56] » Sandival,
>> yes.
[36:57] » Nachi,
>> yes. Jay Frederick,
[36:59] » yes.
>> Davidson,
[37:01] » yes.
>> Hawinson,
[37:03] » yes.
>> Weiss,
[37:04] » yes.
>> Bondi,
[37:06] » yes.
>> Cohen, yes. Bowlinger,
[37:08] » yes.
>> And be Frederick,
[37:10] » yes.
>> 14 eyes, Mr. Chair.
[37:12] » Motion pass. Item 19, the presentation
of those budget line item changes. They
[37:16] are all online and in your board packet.
There is one to notate that was a late
[37:22] bloomer. Um it just is a uh formality
that uh was not taken care of in time
[37:28] last month. Um the state of Illinois is
allowing additional 11,000.
[37:36] Where did it go? $11,844.
[37:42] I think it is. No, that's not right.
$11,174.
[37:49] um in addition that the state will be uh
sending us sending our way for the uh
[37:54] technology grant.
So on top of the 600 and almost $700,000
[38:02] that we received in the grant for the
technology and the generator, they're
[38:06] granting us to add this $11,174
additional onto that grant. So that fee
[38:13] is not being paid out of uh local
coffers. Any questions on the budget
[38:18] changes?
Take a motion to approve line item
[38:22] budget changes.
>> Second.
[38:26] » Motion by Kramer. Second by any
discussion.
[38:31] Call the role, please. Robertson,
>> yes.
[38:34] » Pew,
>> yes.
[38:35] » Theory,
>> yes.
[38:36] » Kramer,
>> yes.
[38:37] » Sandival,
>> yes.
[38:39] » Nachi,
>> yes.
[38:40] » Jay Frederick,
>> yes.
[38:42] » Davidson,
>> yes.
[38:43] » Hawinson,
>> yes. Weiss,
[38:46] » yes.
>> Bondi,
[38:48] » yes.
>> Cohen,
[38:49] » yes.
>> And B, Frederick,
[38:52] » yes.
>> 14 eyes with chair.
[38:54] » Thank you. Motion pass. Uh, item 21,
presentation of the uh review of the
[38:59] manual checks issued for the current
cycle. They are issued and on page 123
[39:03] of your board packet. I don't there's
nothing out of the ordinary there. Any
[39:07] questions?
All right.
[39:12] Take a motion to approve claims by
members for pdeium and mileage for the
[39:15] committee meetings of July 2025 board
meeting in June and other claims for
[39:19] prediums in the amount of $3,783.78.
Take a motion, please.
[39:26] » Second. Motion in a second. You have
that, sir. Any discussion?
[39:31] Call the roll, please. Robertson,
>> yes.
[39:35] » Pew,
>> yes.
[39:36] » Theory,
>> yes.
[39:38] » Kramer,
>> yes. Sandaval,
[39:40] » yes.
>> Nachi,
[39:41] » yes.
>> Jay Frederick,
[39:43] » yes.
>> Davidson,
[39:45] » yes.
>> Hawinson,
[39:46] » yes.
>> Weiss,
[39:48] » yes.
>> Bondi,
[39:49] » yes.
>> Cohen, yes. Bullinger,
[39:52] » yes.
>> And be Frederick,
[39:53] » yes.
>> 14 eyes, Mr. Chair.
[39:55] » Motion passes. I'll take a motion to
approve claims against Knox County,
[39:59] Illinois for the period of June 26, 2025
through July 23, 2025, ordering that
[40:05] invoices be accepted and approved and
that the county clerk and county
[40:09] treasurer be authorized and directed to
issue the county warrants and payment of
[40:12] bills in the amount approved by the
county board, which is 2,585,98259.
[40:21] and
treasure Davis that does include the
[40:27] technology bill for 11,000.
Is there a motion please?
[40:33] » Second.
>> Motion by W and second by any
[40:37] discussion.
[40:41] Call the roll, please.
>> Robertson,
[40:44] » yes.
>> Pew,
[40:45] » yes.
>> Theory,
[40:47] » yes.
>> Kramer,
[40:49] » yes. Senoval,
>> yes.
[40:51] » Machi,
>> yes.
[40:52] » Jay Frederick,
>> yes.
[40:54] » Davidson,
>> yes.
[40:55] » Hawinson,
>> yes.
[40:57] » Weiss, yes. Bondi,
>> yes.
[41:00] » Cohen,
>> yes.
[41:01] » Bowlinger,
>> yes.
[41:03] » NB Frederick,
>> yes.
[41:04] » 14 eyes, was chair.
>> Motion passes. The next regular meeting
[41:08] will be Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, 6
p.m. right here at Gelber City Hall
[41:12] Council Chambers. I'll take a motion to
adjurnn.
[41:15] » Second.
>> Motion to second. All those in favor
[41:19] signify by saying I. I. Oppose say nay.