Jackson County Legislative and Public Safety Committee met Wednesday, Sept. 14.
The committee is responsible for reviewing all judicial actions affecting the by-laws of the county, and the general health and safety of the county.
Here are the minutes as provided by Jackson County:
LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 4:30 PM
JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Call to Order (4:30 PM)
Members Present: D. Bost, Erbes, Larkin, Maxwell and S. Bost
Members Absent: Peterson
Also Present: John S. Rendleman, Tamiko Mueller, Dan Brenner, Derek Misener, Kerri Gale, Bart Hagston, Dustin Duncan
Approval of Minutes
I. 16-0702 August 10, 2016 Minutes
A motion was made by Erbes, seconded by D. Bost, to approve the August 10, 2016 minutes as presented. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
Health Department & Solid Waste
II. 16-0703 Jackson County Health Department
Hagston reported that flu shots will be available at the Jackson County Health Department starting on September 19 from 8am to 4:30pm, Monday thru Thursday. Also, flu shots will be available at the Shred & Med day October 22 from 9am to 1pm and at the SIUC Rec Center on October 13 & 18th from 8:30am to 5pm. He then went on to provide some updates on several of the Health Department's new initiatives:
Over 25 people from Jackson County attended the Regional Opioid planning day and participated in developing a plan for Jackson County. To follow up the Health Department will be strengthening their Behavioral Health Action Team. They have a three year grant to promote prescription drug monitoring. They are also developing a list of treatment options and supporting take back efforts including a Shred/Med day in October and the drug kiosk in Walgreen's.
65 people are registered for the Disaster Risk Reduction workshop on September 21.
A Building Healthy Communities workshop is planned for October 26. All communities who register will receive a playbook of ideas and the first six Jackson County communities who register will get a bike rack.
III. 16-0704 Solid Waste Enforcement
Ms. Gale reported that Mr. Terry completed 13 inspections at open dumping/burning sites, of which 6 were revisits. Three of these revisits resulted in colosure due to compliance beign achieved, approximately 80 cubic yards of waste was removed. They had five citizen complaints and completed one landfill inspection.
IV. 16-0705 Recycling Program
Ms. Gale mentioned the Shred/Med on October 22 and the progress of the School Recycling Education Program which currently has ten schools signed up.
V. 16-0706 Solid Waste Fund Update
The committee reviewed the provided spreadsheet showing the current balances and interest earned over the quarter.
VI. 16-0707 DataLock Contract
Ms. Gale presented the new two year contract with DataLock for shredding and storage services. Additionally, there is a business services agreement that goes with it. She also mentioned that she is working with Ms. Tweedy on the document storage agreement for the storage of the Rehab and Care documents. Ms. Gale will bring that agreement to the October meeting.
A motion was made by Erbes, seconded by Maxwell, to approve authorizing the Chairman to sign the DataLock Contract. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
Emergency Management
VII. 16-0708 Application for Accreditation
Mr. Misener informed the committee that is time for the accreditation application to be submitted and he needs the Chairman's signature. Next, he spoke about how the county will need to apply for an extension on the Reed Station Mitigation Grant. It is currently set to expire at the end of 2016 and more time will be needed to deal with the clean-up of the sewage lagoons. The current grant expires on December 1st and he will have the extension for the committee to review at the next meeting. He does not see much chance that the extension does not get renewed.
A motion was made by D. Bost, seconded by S. Bost, to authorize the Chairman to certify that staffing requirements are met by the Emergency Management Agency for 2016-2018
Accreditation Application. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
Ambulance Service
VIII. 16-0709 Ambulance Monthly Claims
Mr. Misener mentioned that this months claims are a bit higher because as he mentioned when last months claims were low that some invoices for the month had not come in yet, they came through on this months claims. Also, he requested a line item transfer from his contingency line item to his maintenance line item to cover the cost of a one year extension on the cardiac monitor maintenance agreement. The committee agreed to this line item transfer with the stipulation that he contact Ms. Tweedy to make sure it is handled correctly and to see if this is a request that should go to the Finance & Administration committee.
Mr. Misener also made the committee aware that in 2018 the Ambulance Service will have to purchase ten new cardiac monitors at a cost of around $30,000 each.
A motion was made by Maxwell, seconded by S. Bost, to approve payment of the Ambulance Monthly Claims in the amount of $49,692.62. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
IX. 16-0710 Ambulance Director's Report
a. Accounts Receivable Cash
b. Activity Report
Mr. Misener reported that the accounts receivable cash is $251,923.81. Additionally, he reported 839 ambulance reports and 49 livery van transports. Erbes asked what it meant when a call was listed as "No Patient Found", Misener informed the committee that sometimes that is actually no person found when they get to a site but it could also be that paperwork was not completed correctly by a patient and they are waiting for information to be corrected.
Legislative
X. 16-0711 Ordinance Revising and Adopting the Jackson County Bed and Breakfast Ordinance
The committee reviewed the proposed changes to the Bed and Breakfast Ordinance and the Liquor Control Ordinance. Mr. S. Bost gave the committee some insight into what the Liquor Advisory Board considered and how they came to the conclusions they did about adding a classification, the number of guests, and the cost of the liquor license.
A motion was made by Erbes, seconded by Maxwell, to approve the Ordinance Revising and Adopting the Jackson County Bed and Breakfast Ordinance. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
XI. 16-0712 Ordinance Approving Revisions to the Jackson County Liquor Control Ordinance
The committee reviewed the proposed changes to the Bed and Breakfast Ordinance and the Liquor Control Ordinance. Mr. S. Bost gave the committee some insight into what the Liquor Advisory Board considered and how they came to the conclusions they did about adding a classification, the number of guests, and the cost of the liquor license.
A motion was made by S. Bost, seconded by Erbes, to approve the Ordinance Approving Revisions to the Jackson County Liquor Control Ordinance. The motion carried by unanimousvote.
XII. 16-0713 Resolution/Ordinance relating to Camping during the Eclipse
The committee discussed this item at length. They talked about concerns they have for the citizens of the county with a large number of people expected to be in the area during the Eclipse weekend, the strain that it may have on county resources, making sure information gets out to the public, protecting private property, protecting public health, outside vendors, sales tax collection, and the possibility of people sleeping anywhere they want. Mr. Brenner informed the committee that the State's Attorney's office is working on an ordinance/resolution regarding camping as well as one dealing with peddlers licenses. The committee discussed if there should be a fee for camping and/or peddlers licenses and what a fee amount might be. It was the consensus of the committee that if there was a fee it would be to cover the cost of administration and would be relatively low but the fine for violating the rules would be hefty. Everyone would have every opportunity avail able to comply with the rules but violations would incur a high penalty. The committee agreed that it would like for the Eclipse working group to talk with the Department of Revenue to see what the state is planning with regard to the Eclipse. A discussion took place with regard to private rights of action, transferring liquor stock fees, and what rights people have if they do not want people on their property. This discussion will continue at further meetings.
XIII. 16-0714 Towing & Impounding Public Act 099-0848
The committee discussed the new statute regarding towing and liability for improperly towing. The committee requested that the Committee Coordinator contact the Sheriff's Department to see how towing is currently handled and what if anything they would like included in a towing ordinance for the eclipse.
Zoning Subcommittee Update
Erbes informed the committee that the Subcommittee is having speakers at each meeting trying to educate themselves and the community about the issues related to zoning.
Citizen Comments
Old Business
New Business
Adjourn (5:42 PM)
Erbes moved and D. Bost seconded to adjourn, motion carried.
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