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Hamilton County Board met March 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call of Board Members

4. Approval of Prior Board Minutes

a. Amended January 16, 2024 Regular Hamilton County Board Meeting

b. February 20, 2024 Regular Hamilton County Board Meeting

5. Public Comment

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

1. Treasurer’s Report: written monthly report submitted by Sarah Hall

2. Sheriff’s Department Report: Sheriff Tracy Lakin

3. County Clerk & Recorder’s Update: Heather Bowman

4. EMA Report: Ashton Middendorf, EMA Director

6. ETSB Board Report: Dorothy Smith, ETSB Chairman

7. Health Department Report:

8. Animal Control Update:

9. Ambulance Service Update:

10. Administrative Services Report: Bellwether, LLC

CONSENT AGENDA

1. Accept checks from the Hamilton County Health Department for the month of February 2024. Salaries: $9,213.00 Fringes: $965.03 Insurance: $1199.81 Unemployment: $268.10.

2. Accept check # 6009648 in the amount of $354,458.86 from Hamilton County Coal, LLC for the product of leases dated 12/01/2007 and 11/01/2008.

3. Accept check # 45475 in the amount of $4,166.67 from the City of McLeansboro per the Central Dispatching agreement for the month of February 2024.

4. Accept check #57491799 in the amount of $6,680.97 from IPMG for the claim on the Highway Building break in incident on 02/05/2024. Payment for Aaron Perryman to replace personal items lost was also received.

5. Review the Hamilton County Unit #10 1% school facilities tax schedule in the amount of $52,386.49.

6. Review the Hamilton County Public Safety Tax Payment received in the amount of $52,632.11. This is liability MO- Dec 2023, Collected MO- Jan 2024 Vouchered MO- Mar 2024.

7. Review the request from the Men’s Health Network to issue a proclamation naming June as Men’s Health Month.

8. Review the invitation from Dan Luttrell with IPMG for the ICRMT Annual Member Conference.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Discussion and possible approval: University of Illinois Extension FY 2025 agreement with the County & program updates presented by Angie Messmer, County Extension Director.

2. Discussion and possible approval: Resolution #2024-03-01 declaring that Hamilton County will not spend or accept local tax dollars on the immigration crisis for migrants and or/asylum seekers entering Hamilton County.

3. Discussion and possible approval: Ordinance #2024-03-01 pertaining to a donation of remaining ARPA funds for the 2024 Kiwanis Fall Festival in the amount of $5,361.45.

4. Discussion and possible approval: The request from County Clerk, Heather Bowman, for authorization to pay the Election Judges and other Election workers for the 2024 General Primary Election.

5. Discussion and possible approval: The Claims List, Late Claims, and Highway Claims with signatures of approval.

HIGHWAY RECOMMENDATION

6. Discussion and possible approval: To allow the expenditure of $130,000.00 from the Coal fund to treat additional Oil & Chip roads not budgeted in the MFT.

APPOINTMENTS

7. Approve the re-appointment of John Chapman to the Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning & Development Commission for a (3) year term to expire March 18, 2027.

ADJOURN

https://www.hamiltoncountyil.gov/county-board-meetings/regular-hamilton-county-board-meeting-agenda-03-18-2024/