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Fulton County Finance & Insurance Committee met June 12.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

1. Call to Order

Time: 5:30 PM

2. Roll Call

Doug Manock (absent)

Garry Hensley (present) Chair

Jason Myetich (present)

Eric Pigg (present)

Warren Potter (present)

Roll call was taken, Quorum was made

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS: Bob Bucher – Fulton Co. Board Chairman, Member Blodgett, Member Clark

STAFF: Audra Miles – Admin. Comptroller, John D Young – Executive Asst. FCB, Trudy Williams – Admin. Asst.

ELECTED & APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Staci Mayall – Co. Treasurer, Rick Regnier – Supervisor of Assessment

GUEST: Jack Hall –Hall Insurance, Dan Kieswetter – Kiesewetter Insurance, John Froehling – Fulton Democrat

3. Call for Additions/Deletions To and Approval of the Agenda

Addition – Announcements, Communications and Correspondence- MFT Report

Member Potter moved to accept the agenda as amended with a second from Member Myetich. No Discussion was made. Motion carried by voice vote with all voting ayes.

4. Approval of Previous Minutes – June 6, 2018

Member Myetich moved to accept the minutes as presented with a second from Member Potter. No Discussion was made. Motion carried by voice vote with all voting ayes.

5. Announcements, Communications and Correspondence

Young announced that the IDOT MFT Report had arrived and was in the board office for review.

6. Public Comments

Name: Jack Hall – Hall Insurance

Address: Canton

Topic: Agent of Record

Mr. Hall thanked all the board members for their service, going on to read from a 2015 resolution that outlined the appointment of Kieswetter as the agent of record till the year 2018. Hall referred back to his earlier appearance in June where he outlined the county’s decision to go on rotating basis, and suggested that would be the fair way to move forward.

7. Consent Agenda Items

a. Claims

Member Myetich moved to approve the Claims with a second from Member Potter. No Discussion was made. Motion carried by voice vote with all voting ayes.

8. Transfer of Funds – None

a. General Funds Transfers

b. Other Funds Transfers

9. Immediate Emergency /Appropriation(s)

a. General Funds Immediate Emergency Appropriations

i. $3,400 Immediate Emergency Appropriation from the General Fund to ESDA, ST

IL – Nixle Alert System Grant, #001-585120-064

Prior to a motion, Mayall explained that $1,700.00 would come from the county, the remaining balance would come from the state. The Nixle funds were not put into the budget as the amount varies but it is a yearly fund appropriation.

Member Myetich moved to approve the General Fund Immediate Emergency Appropriation for the Nixel Payment with a second from Member Pigg. No Discussion was made. Motion carried by voice vote with all voting ayes.

b. Other Funds Immediate Emergency Appropriations

10. Old Business

a. Discussion/Action: Ordinance – Prorating Tax Sale Properties

Member Hensley read the ordinance as presented, after which Regnier explained that this needed to be passed to clarify irregularities between the county tax sellers’ contract and the assessment office.

Bucher added that if there were a court case brought up, the county would lose because of these irregularities.

Member Myetich moved to send to the full board the ordinance as presented with a second from Member Pigg. No Discussion was made. Motion carried by voice vote with all voting ayes.

b. Discussion/Action: Resolution – Awarding Agent of Record – Liability/Workmen’s Comp

Member Hensley read the resolution as presented. Bucher provided the timeline; September, 2017 bid notice was put out, with only one company returning the bid package and that bid package was from Kieswetter Insurance. Casualty/Liability and Workman’s Comp were divided between two companies, ICRMT and IPRF, which save the county a lot of money. Bucher added that bidding of the insurance was really good and will be rebid again in a couple of years.

Member Potter moved to send to the full board the resolution as presented with a second from Member Pigg. No Discussion was made. Motion carried by voice vote with Member Myetich voting nay.

11. New Business

a. Discussion/Action: Resolution – Trustee Parcel

Member Potter moved to send to the full board the resolution as presented with a second from Member Pigg. No Discussion was made. Motion carried by voice vote all ayes.

b. Discussion/Action: Intergovernmental Agreement – Wee-Ma-Tuk Water Dist.

Member Hensley explained that the intergovernmental agreement was to name the county as a pass through agency, to help Wee-Ma-Tuk get a grant to help replace their water tower and other water systems.

Member Myetich moved to send to the full board the Intergovernmental Agreement – Wee-Ma-Tuk Water Dist. as presented with a second from Member Pigg. No Discussion was made. Motion carried by voice vote all ayes.

12. Transit – None

13. Budget – None

14. Treasurer’s Report

Mayall explained that most of what she would report on would wait till the board meeting; she did present a letter from a citizen who had not paid their property taxes, suggested the county absolve the taxes as the property needed to be torn down. Bucher suggested the owner be contacted as the county would not be held for liability until the property was sold.

15. Executive Session – None

16. Misc. – None

17. Adjournment

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