Peoria Standard

Peoria County Board Executive Committee met January 23.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

County Board Members Present: Andrew Rand - Chairman; Robert Baietto, James Fennell, Allen Mayer, Stephen Morris, Thomas O'Neill, Rachael Parker, Steven Rieker, Phillip Salzer, Sharon Williams

Members Absent: James Dillon, Paul Rosenbohm

Staff Present: Scott Sorrel – County Administrator; Shauna Musselman - Assistant County Administrator; Larry Evans - State's Attorney's Office; William Watkins, Jr. – County Board Member; Eric Dubrowski – Chief Financial Officer; Julie Ciesla, Paul Letcher – Finance; Angela Loftus – Asst. Director of Human Resources; Gretchen Pearsall – Director of Strategic Communications; Dan O’Connell – Facilities Director; Nicole Demetreas – Treasurer; Rena' Parker, Jennifer Shadid - Courts; Doug Gaa - Sheriff's Office

Visitors: Sally Hanley – Economic Development Council

Call to Order:

Chairman Rand called the meeting to order at 3:57 p.m.

Approval of Minutes:

A motion to approve the minutes of December 19, 2017 was made by Mr. O’Neill and seconded by

Mr. Baietto. The motion carried.

Informational:

• Springdale Cemetery Minutes/Springdale Cemetery 2018 approved budget

Mr. Sorrel advised that the Springdale Cemetery Board has approved their 2018 budget; he noted that the budget does not require County Board approval and is included in the committee packet for informational purposes. He stated that the Cemetery Board requested, and County staff has supplied, both the 2017 payment pursuant to the Intergovernmental Agreement and the 2018 payment. He advised that the budget assumes an operating deficit for which the Park District and County cover a portion; the City covers the remainder.

Mr. Rand asked if the County has access to the balance sheet, and Mr. Sorrel stated that under the terms of the Intergovernmental Agreement, the County could gain access to that information, and commented that figures would be incorporated in the update on a quarterly basis.

• CDAP/GAP/Macro/Other Loan Report

Ms. Ciesla advised that all loans are current. She noted that the most recent payment issued by the Bankruptcy Court for Hick’ry Stick was received in December, with next payment due in January. She stated that $616,359.98 is available to be loaned in the CDAP/GAP Loan Fund, and over $2.014 million in cash and $5.13 million in investments available in the Keystone Fund. Mr. Rand asked that, as Hick’ry Stick is in bankruptcy, has there been discussion as to whether the loan should be valued differently. Mr. Sorrel advised that is a discussion that staff has not undertaken; however, staff will review if the Court made any adjustment to the value. Mr. Mayer noted that the Ways and Means Committee has approved a Write-Off Policy, in which it determines that recommendations to write-off loans would go to the Executive Committee for review and vote.

• Heddington Oaks Financials

No questions or comments from committee.

Resolution:

• Designating Ordinance Amendment #5 for Peoria Urban Enterprise Zone

A motion to approve was made by Mr. Mayer and seconded by Mr. Baietto. Mr. Sorrel advised that the amendment removes parcels of land in the downtown Peoria area so that those parcels can be added to the Rivers Edge Redevelopment Zone, which is managed by the City of Peoria. He also commented that the original, and expired, Enterprise Zone included Board Member Rosenbohm’s business property, and throughout the course of the history of the Enterprise Zone took advantage of incentives as improvements were made to the business. He noted that Mr. Rosenbohm has an expansion planned and subsequently discovered that his business is not located in the current Enterprise Zone. Mr. Sorrel advised that staff is proposing the addition of Mr. Rosenbohm’s business property to the current Enterprise Zone. He stated that the first request was initiated by the City of Peoria, while the second was generated by the County.

Mr. Sorrel advised that public hearings have been held and other units of government party to the Urban Enterprise Zone will be voting on the amendment as well. Ms. Williams advised that she will be against the amendment, due to the threshold of the Prevailing Wage.

In response to a question raised by Mr. Morris, Mr. Sorrel stressed irrespective of Mr. Rosenbohm’s status as County Board member, he met all criteria for any business owner who would come forward with a similar request.

The motion to approve carried, with Ms. Williams voting nay.

Discussion

• Draft County Auditor Ordinance

Mr. Sorrel explained that the Ordinance in either its current or committee revised form would only be adopted upon passage of the referendum. He advised that all language presented is new and does not exist in the current Peoria County Code of Ordinances.

Mr. Sorrel outlined the qualifications for the position, and the procedure for appointment, compensation, and provisions for removal from office. He also summarized the reporting relationship and duties of the position.

The following Standing Committee meetings were summarized by their respective Chairperson as follows:

Public Safety and Justice:

The following resolution was recommended to the County Board for approval.

• State’s Attorney Appellate Prosecutor Authorization/Appropriation FY2018

County Operations:

Canceled

Land Use:

Canceled

Infrastructure:

The following resolutions were recommended to the County Board for approval.

• Authorizing Execution and Amendment of Downstate Operating Assistance Grant

• Construction Engineering Agreement with Hutchison Engineering Inc.

• Reduction of Speed Limit on Princeville-Jubilee Road

Ways and Means:

The following resolutions were recommended to the County Board for approval.

• Monthly Delinquent Taxes

• Write-Off Policy for Governmental Funds

• Amendments to Chapter 3, Alcoholic Liquor, of the Peoria County Code

• Contract Award for State Legislative Services

County Health:

No resolutions were recommended to the County Board for approval.

Budget Subcommittee:

No resolutions were recommended to the County Board for approval.

Miscellaneous:

Mr. Rand advised of discussions he and Mr. Rieker, the County Administrator and City Councilman Cyr have had regarding the condition of and means of repairing the intersection of Allen Road and Willow Knolls Road. He stated that he has requested that the County Administrator, the Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee and the County Highway Engineer review options to elevate and accelerate the conditions by which the County can make repairs to the intersection. Mr. Fennel agreed with the importance of repairs to the intersection, and recommended revisiting an Intergovernmental Agreement regarding the City’s adoption of County roads, a topic which has been discussed at past Metro Peoria Committee meetings. Mr. Salzer suggested bringing the topic to PPUATS. Mr. Sorrel commented that Ms. McLaren, the County Highway Engineer, has been reviewing means of accelerating this project to State Fiscal Year 2019. Mr. Rand added that an alternate solution may require borrowing County funds in order to make the repairs in order to begin the work without a delay.

A motion to go into executive session to discuss Personnel Matters was made by Mr. Fennell and seconded by Mr. Salzer. The motion carried.

Executive Session;

Regular session resumed upon a motion by Mr. Morris and second by Mr. Mayer.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned by Chairman Rand at 5:34 p.m.

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