Grundy Reporter

Grundy County Law & Justice/Legislative/EMA/Facilities/Coroner Committee met June 7.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

The public may attend in person or enter comment for the Public Comment portion of the meeting by emailing publiccomment@grundycountyil.gov by 2 hours prior to the start of any meeting. As always live streaming is available via the internet by going to https://www.grundycountyil.gov and clicking on minutes and agenda towards the bottom of the page.  

I. Call to Order 

II. Public Portion None

Attendee Name	Title	Status	Arrived
Drew Muffler	Chair	Present
Caleb Counterman	Board Member	Present
Joshua Harris	Board Member	Present
Jerald White	Vice Chair	Absent
Georgette Vota	Board Member	Present
James Riley	Board Member	Present
Nathanael Greene	Board Member	Absent
Chris Balkema	Chairman	Late
Sandy Pommier	County Board Admin. Asst.	Present

 

III. Approval of Minutes 

1. Law & Justice/Legislative/EMA/Facilities/Coroner Committee - Regular Meeting - May 1, 2023 4:30 PM

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Caleb Counterman, Board Member SECONDER: James Riley, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

IV. EMA 

A. Claims 

1. Motion to approve 

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: James Riley, Board Member SECONDER: Georgette Vota, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

B. Report 

Joe Scroeder provided the report to be reviewed.

1. EMA DIrector's Monthly Report

C. FY24 Budget 

Schroeder presented the FY24 budgets.

1. EMA FY24 Budget

V. Coroner 

A. Claims 

1. Motion to approve.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Caleb Counterman, Board Member SECONDER: James Riley, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

B. Report 

None

C. FY24 Budget 

John Callahan presented his FY24 budget.

1. Coroner FY24 Budget

VI. Circuit Clerk 

A. Claims 

1. Motion to approve.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: James Riley, Board Member SECONDER: Joshua Harris, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

B. Report 

None

C. FY24 Budget 

1. Circuit Clerk FY24 Budget

VII. States Attorney 

A. Claims 

None

B. Report 

Russ Baker reported that he still needs to higher one more Assistant States Attorney, then his staffing will be complete.

C. FY24 Budget 

He will present in July.

VIII. Public Defender 

A. Claims 

1. Motion to approve.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: James Riley, Board Member SECONDER: Caleb Counterman, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

B. Report 

None

C. FY24 Budget 

Mike Olewinski presented his FY24 budget.

1. Public Defender FY24 Budget

IX. Probation Department Report

1. JH Probation Report

2. FY24 Budget 

Judge Sobol presented the FY24 budget.

1. Court Related FY24 Budget

X. Administration Maintenance Department 

A. Claims 

1. Motion to approve.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: James Riley, Board Member SECONDER: Joshua Harris, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

B. Report 

1. Administration Facility Report

C. FY24 Budget 

Tony Arnold presented his FY24 budget.

1. Admin Maint FY24 Budget

XI. Sheriff/Courthouse 

A. Claims 

1. Motion to approve.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Joshua Harris, Board Member SECONDER: Georgette Vota, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

B. Report 

Sheriff Briley reported on the jail plumbing project, the Pro-Active Unit award and told the committee to expect heavy traffic on Rt 6 due to Lyondell's turnaround starting June 19th.

C. FY24 Budget 

He will present in July.

XII. New/Old Business

A. Cancel/Change July Committee Meeting Date 

No action was taken. The meeting will remain on July 5th at 4:30 PM.

XIII. Facility Use Requests 

None

XIV. Budget Reporting 

1. FY24 Budget Tracking

XV. Appointments 

1. Reappointment-Jeff Hanley to the GC Sheriff's Merit Commission

RESULT: REFERRED TO COUNTY BOARD [UNANIMOUS] Next: 6/13/2023 6:00 PM MOVER: James Riley, Board Member SECONDER: Joshua Harris, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

2. Resolution-Reappointment of Allen Skwarczynski to the ZBA

RESULT: REFERRED TO COUNTY BOARD [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Caleb Counterman, Board Member SECONDER: James Riley, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

3. Reappointment of Mike Mattingly to the GC Ethics Commission

RESULT: REFERRED TO COUNTY BOARD [UNANIMOUS] Next: 6/13/2023 6:00 PM MOVER: Caleb Counterman, Board Member SECONDER: Joshua Harris, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

4. Reappointment of Gina Bartucci to the GC Ethics Commission

RESULT: REFERRED TO COUNTY BOARD [UNANIMOUS] Next: 6/13/2023 6:00 PM MOVER: Joshua Harris, Board Member SECONDER: Georgette Vota, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

5. Appointment of Georgette Vota to the Public Building Commission

RESULT: REFERRED TO COUNTY BOARD [UNANIMOUS] Next: 6/13/2023 6:00 PM MOVER: James Riley, Board Member SECONDER: Joshua Harris, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

XVI. Executive Session 

None

XVII. Action Taken as a Result of Executive Session 

XVIII. Adjournment 

1. Motion to adjourn at 5:30 PM

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Caleb Counterman, Board Member SECONDER: James Riley, Board Member AYES: Muffler, Counterman, Harris, Vota, Riley ABSENT: White, Greene

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