Ogle County H.E.W. & Solid Waste and Veterans Committee met July 14.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
1. Call Meeting to Order: Chairwoman Bowers called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. Present: Asp, Droege and Finfrock. Present via audio: Fox. Others Present via audio: Kari Zimmerman with LOTS, Health Dept. Administrator Kyle Auman and Animal Control Administrator Dr. Thomas Champley. Others Present: Nordman, ROE Superintendent Robert Sondgeroth, IT Manager Larry Callant and Solid Waste Director Steve Rypkema.
2. Approval of Minutes – June 9, 2020: Motion by Finfrock to approve the minutes as presented, 2nd by Droege. Motion carried.
3. Public Comment: None
4. Regional Office of Education
Monthly Bills: Motion by Fox to approve the bills totaling $2,190.70, 2nd by Asp. Motion carried.
Department Update: Report was emailed to Committee. ROE Superintendent Sondgeroth stated they opened back up for appointments only. The Professional Development seminars are held via zoom and everyone is doing great with that. Things are changing daily; they are very busy planning for the return to school in the fall. The school districts are working great together coming up with great ideas. Sondgeroth stated the Ogle County Health Dept. has been great to work during all this planning.
5. Health Department: Auman gave a brief report on the COVID-19 pandemic; 21 new cases since Friday. They have seen a lot of activity, more complaints received and they are working remotely due to a possible exposure. They continue to work closely with the long-term care facilities. Auman stated the department needs to get back to some routine programs they offer such as WIC.
6. Solid Waste Department
Monthly Bills: Motion by Droege to approve the bills totaling $716.91, 2nd by Asp. Motion carried.
Department Update: Rypkema stated his budget looks good and is working on the
FY2021 budget. Negotiations have started back up with Advanced Disposal. June 26th they held an electronics recycling event that brought in 400+ cars; they were very busy. Rypkema briefly informed the Committee about a local junk yard and the property condition.
Grant Applications: None
7. Animal Control
Monthly Bills: Motion by Asp to approve the Animal Control bills in the amount of $4,058.29, 2nd by Droege. Motion carried.
Department Update: Dr. Champley stated the office was closed for a few days; 1 employee was exposed to COVID but test came back negative. That employee will remain quarantined for 2 weeks.
8. Veterans Assistance Commission: None
9. LOTS (Lee-Ogle Transportation System): Mrs. Zimmerman went through her report.
10. Old Business: None
11. New Business: None
12. Closed Session – Interviews 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3): Motion by Finfrock to go into closed session, 2nd by Asp. Roll Call: Yes – Bowers, Finfrock, Droege, Asp and Fox. Motion carried. Time: 11:38 a.m.
Committee came back into open session at 12:01 p.m.
Motion by Finfrock to recommend Theresa Krueger for the Board of Health vacancy, 2nd by Fox. Motion carried.
Motion by Asp to recommend Ralph Carr for the Mental Health 708 Board vacancy, 2nd by Finfrock. Motion failed.
13. Adjournment: With no further business, Chairwoman Bowers adjourned the meeting. Time: 12:07 p.m.
https://www.oglecounty.org/document_center/County%20Board/Committees/HEW,%20Solid%20Waste%20&%20Veterans/2020/HEW%20and%20Solid%20Waste%20Committee%20Minutes%20July.pdf
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