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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. February 18, 2025 Regular Hamilton County Board Meeting

b. March 3, 2025 Special 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

5. ETSB Board Report: Dorothy Smith, ETSB Chairman

6. Health Department Report:

7. Animal Control Update:

8. Ambulance Service Update:

9. Clean Energy Committee Update:

10. Administrative Services Report: Bellwether, LLC

CONSENT AGENDA

1. Accept checks from the Hamilton County Health Department for the month of February, 2025. Salaries: $9,228.66 Fringes: $991.31 Insurance: $1,199.81, Unemployment: $295.32.

2. Accept check # 6011257 in the amount of $12,118.29 from Hamilton County Coal, LLC for the product of lease dated 11/01/2008.

3. Accept check # 46900 in the amount of $5,000.00 from the City of McLeansboro per the Central Dispatching Agreement for the month of March 2025.

4. Review the Hamilton County Unit #10 1% school facilities tax schedule in the amount of $52,723.19.

5. Review the Hamilton County Public Safety Tax Payment received in the amount of $52,941.39. This is liability MO- Dec 2024, Collected MO- Jan 2025, Vouchered MO- Mar 2025.

6. Approve the FY25 first quarter claim in the amount of $6,206.45 submitted by Dr. Beth Rister, ROE District #20 Superintendent.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Discussion and possible approval: The Central Dispatching Agreement with the City of McLeansboro.

NEW BUSINESS:

2. Discussion and possible approval: The FY24 Workers’ Comp Audit and claim for $7,864.00.

3. Discussion and possible approval: The request from Snedeker Risk Management for the County’s proxy vote for fellow County Board Members nominated to serve on the ICRMT Executive Board.

4. Discussion and possible approval: The request from Southern Illinois University Carbondale for $2,000 from the Cannabis Local Government Distributive Fund to help cover conference fees for their annual Southern Illinois Drug Awareness Conference.

5. Discussion and possible approval: University of Illinois Extension FY26 agreement with the County & program updates presented by Angie Messmer, County Extension Director.

6. Discussion and possible approval: the request for 2025 Sponsorship from the Hamilton County Relay for Life Committee submitted by Sponsorship Chairman, Janis Rubenacker.

7. Discussion and possible approval: Modification to the 2025 Hamilton County Board Meeting Schedule to accommodate office holder trainings/conferences in April, May, and November.

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

HIGHWAY RECOMMENDATION

9. Discussion and possible approval: To allow the expenditure of up to $_________________ from the Coal fund to treat additional Oil & Chip roads not budgeted in the MFT.

10. Discussion and possible approval: Resolution #2025-03-02 pertaining to material proposals for the 2025 County MFT Program.

11. Discussion and possible approval: Resolution #2025-03-03 pertaining to material proposals for the 2025 Road District MFT Program.

12. Discussion and possible approval: Discussion and possible approval: Resolution #2025-03-04 pertaining to the bid acceptance on the Courthouse Handicap Parking Lot.

APPOINTMENTS

13. Discussion and possible approval: The appointment of Ingrid Drone to the Hamilton County Housing Authority Board for a (5) year term to expire February 28, 2030.

ADJOURN

https://www.hamiltoncountyil.gov/app/uploads/2025/03/03-18-2025-Regular-Hamilton-County-Board-Meeting-Agenda.pdf