McLean County Times

McLean County Board Finance Committee met Feb. 18.

Here is the minutes provided by the committee:

The Finance Committee of the McLean County Board met beginning at 4:45 p.m. in Room 402 of the Government Center, 115 E. Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois.

Members Present: Chairman Jim Soeldner Members, Catherine Metsker, Chuck Erickson, Laurie Wollrab Carlo Robustelli, Josh Barnett and Jacob Beard

Members Absent:

Other Members Present: Chairman John McIntyre

Staff Present: Ms. Camille Rodriguez, County Administrator, Cassy Taylor, Assistant County Administrator; Ms. Jessica Woods, First Assistant State Attorney – Civil, Julie Morlock Recording Secretary;

Department Heads/Elected Officials/Others Present: Craig Nelson, Information Technologies Director

Chairman Soeldner called the meeting to order at 4:46 p.m. and declared a quorum.

Chairman Soeldner asked for a motion to go into Closed Session pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) of the Open Meetings Act for the purpose of discussing collective negotiating matters between public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedule for one or more classes of employees.

Motion by Beard/Wollrab to go into closed session pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) of the Open Meetings Act for the purpose of discussing collective negotiating matters between public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedule for one or more classes of employees.

Motion Carried.

Finance Committee entered closed session at 4:47 p.m. Finance Committee returned to open session at 4:49 p.m.

Chairman Soeldner presented for action a request to approve Labor Agreement between McLean County Board and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31 AFL-CIO on behalf of AFSCME Local 537.

Motion by Beard/Wollrab to recommend approval of Labor Agreement between McLean County Board and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31 AFL-CIO on behalf of AFSCME Local 537.

Motion Carried.

Chairman Soeldner presented for action a request to approve the Proposed Cyber Insurance Program for Policy Year 2020. Ms. Woods went over coverage including amounts they could it increase coverage to costs for those increases. Ms. Metsker indicated she did not feel coverage amount of 2 million was enough. Mr. Barnett asked Staff to confirm where funds were budgeted. Ms. Woods stated they are budgeted from Tort Fund not Information Technologies. Mr. Nelson indicated that 1-2 million seemed to be typical and asked reasoning for this. Mr. Nelson indicated that those he reached out to had not gone through a cyber-attack, so no one has actual figures as to the cost. He stated it would also depend on how you handle the situation as some refuse to pay the ransom and costs more to fix whereas others might settle, and it cost less. Ms. Wollrab stated she had done some research and would agree should probably go with 3 million. Mr. Robustelli concurred.

Motion to Amend by Metsker/Wollrab to change coverage amount from 2 million to 3 million.

Motion Carried. Member Erickson voted no.

Motion by Metsker/Erickson to recommend approval of Proposed Cyber Insurance Program for Policy Year 2020 as amended with increased in coverage.

Motion Carried.

Chairman Soeldner presented for action a request to approve an updated Impacted Positions List. Ms. Wollrab stated she was ok with this change but wanted us to look at overall salary scale for the County as several requests have been made of the Committee to add positions to this list. Ms. Rodriguez agreed and indicated that would be one of the jobs for individual they are hiring in Human Resource role. Ms. Metsker agreed and indicated that State Farm has provided services before on analyzing salaries and we might want to check with them. Ms. Wollrab suggested bench marking a few positions and then adjusting others to that scale.

Motion by Beard/Barnett to recommend approval of the updated Impacted Positions List.

Motion Carried.

Chairman Soeldner presented for action a request to approve a critical hire request for the Circuit Court.

Motion by Barnett/Beard to approve the critical hire request from the Court Services Department.

Motion Carried.

Chairman Soeldner presented for action a request to approve a Class C Raffle License Request for Special Olympics. Ms. Rodriguez asked Ms. Julie Morlock to comment on this item. Ms. Morlock indicated all the necessary paperwork had been turned in and was in order.

Motion by Metsker/Robustelli to recommend approval of a Class C Raffle License Request for Special Olympics.

Motion Carried.

Chairman Soeldner asked if there was anything else to come before the Committee; hearing nothing he adjourned the meeting at 5:07 p.m.

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