McLean County Board Justice Committee Met Nov. 9.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
The Justice Committee of the McLean County Board met at 4:30 p.m. in Room 404 of the Government Center, 115 E. Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois.
Members Present: Chairman George Gordon, Members George Wendt, Randall Martin, Susan Schafer and Jim Soeldner (All by remote attendance)
Members Absent: Member Lyndsay Bloomfield
Other County Board Members Present: None
Staff Present: Ms. Camille Rodriguez, County Administrator, Ms. Julie Morlock, Recording Secretary; (in person attendance); Ms. Cassy Taylor, Assistant County Administrator, Ms. Cathy Dreyer, AssistantCounty Administrator; Chris Spanos, First Assistant State’sAttorney – Civil Division; Samantha Vazquez Assistant State’sAttorney – Civil Division (via remote attendance)
Department Heads/ Elected Officials Present: Mr. Jon Sandage, Sheriff, Ms. Carla Barnes, Public Defender, Mr. Michael Donovan, Court Services; Ms. Molly Evans, Children’sAdvocacy Center; Mr. Don Knapp, McLean County State’sAttorney (all via remote attendance).
Others Present:
Chairman Gordon called the meeting to order at 4:33 p.m. and declared a quorum. Chairman Gordon presented the minutes of the September 15, 2020 special meeting and October 6, 2020, 2020 regular meeting for approval.
Motion by Martin/Schafer to approve the minutes from the September 15, 2020 special meeting and October 6, 2020 regular meeting.
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all members present voted yes including the Chairman.
Chairman Gordon confirmed with Ms. Rodriguez that there were no requests from members of the public.
Chairman Gordon indicated Mr. Don Everhart, Circuit Clerk was not presented but his monthly and quarterly reports were in the packet. Chairman Gordon asked if there were any questions; hearing none, he thanked him.
Ms. Carla Barnes, Public Defender presented her monthly report. Chairman Gordon asked if there were any questions; hearing none, he thanked her.
Ms. Molly Evans, Children’s Advocacy Center presented for action a request to approve an Emergency Appropriation Ordinance Amending the McLean County Fiscal Year 2020 Combined Annual Appropriation and Budget Ordinance for Children’s Advocacy Center (0062) Budget. Ms. Evans indicated added revenue is a result of additional funding through public donations, funds from the Children’s Protection network as well as both the CAC and CASA receiving COVID emergency supplemental funding grants. She stated that grants were brought approved last month.
Motion by Soeldner/Martin to recommend approval of an Emergency Appropriation Ordinance Amending the McLean County Fiscal Year 2020 Combined Annual Appropriation and Budget Ordinance for Children’s Advocacy Center (0062) Budget.
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all members present voted yes including the Chairman.
Ms. Evans presented her monthly reports to the Committee. Ms. Schafer asked increase in the number of interviews in September and if that might have been due to return to school and reporting by teachers. Ms. Evans indicated it could have contributed to increase but also could have been additional interviews conducted on existing cases. Chairman Gordon asked if there were any further questions, hearing none, he thanked her.
Mr. Jon Sandage, McLean County Sheriff presented for action a request to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Illinois, Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the County of McLean. Mr. Sandage indicated these are renewal grants they receive every year, with no major changes.
Motion by Schafer/Martin to recommend approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Illinois, Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the County of McLean
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all present voted yes including the chairman.
Mr. Jon Sandage, McLean County Sheriff presented for action a request to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between The State of Illinois, Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the County of McLean for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Nuclear Safety Grant Program. Mr. Sandage indicated this is a renewal grant that we receive every year and this year the funds will mostly be used for equipment.
Motion by Soeldner/Martin to recommend approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement between The State of Illinois, Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the County of McLean for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Nuclear Safety Grant Program
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all present voted yes including the chairman.
Chairman Gordon confirmed with the Committee they were ok combining the three booking agreement action items into one. He also made sure that all members had received updated ISU agreement with corrected signature block. Mr. Jon Sandage, McLean County Sheriff then presented for action a request to approve Intergovernmental Agreements between the County of McLean and the City of Bloomington, Illinois State University, and Town of Normal for booking services. Mr. Sandage indicated no change in services or cost from last year.
Motion by Schafer/Martin to recommend approval of Intergovernmental Agreements between the County of McLean and the City of Bloomington, Illinois State University, and Town of Normal for booking services.
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all present voted yes including the chairman.
Mr. Jon Sandage, McLean County Sheriff presented his monthly report. He indicated the State has stopped taking male inmates, but is still taking the female inmates. He stated that was not sure if reason was space or COVID related. Chairman Gordon asked if there were any further questions; hearing none, he thanked him. Mr. Sandage thanked Chairman Gordon for his years of service to the Committee and Community.
Chairman Gordon indicated Ms. Kathy Yoder, McLean County Coroner was not present, but her monthly report was in the packet. Chairman Gordon asked if the Committee had any questions for her, hearing none, he thanked her.
Mr. Don Knapp, McLean County State’s Attorney presented for action a request to approve Amended Fiscal Year 2021 Recommended Budget for the General Fund 0001, State’sAttorney Department 0020, Prosecution & Litigation Program. Mr. Knapp indicated when he had presented and the Committee discussed his budget last month, a contract amount had been brought up that Mr. Knapp indicated they had zeroed out before the contract had come to an end. He stated that this action was to move those fund back into that budget line in case they needed to contract for an attorney in the coming year.
Motion by Martin/Schafer to recommend approval of Amended Fiscal Year 2021 Recommended Budget for the General Fund 0001, State’s Attorney Department0020, Prosecution & Litigation Program.
Motion Carried. Roll Call Vote – all members present voted yes including the chairman.
Mr. Knapp presented his monthly reports. Chairman Gordon asked if there were any questions, hearing none, he thanked him.
Mr. Michael Donovan, Director of Court Services presented for action a request to approve Amended Agreement with the Center for Youth and Family Solutions for trauma related Adult Redeploy Illinois clients. He indicated this contract was approved in August, but there had been a change in payment scale by the other party since that time.
Motion by Schafer/Martin to recommend approval of Amended Agreement with the Center for Youth and Family Solutions for trauma related Adult Redeploy Illinois clients.
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all members presented voted yes including the chairman.
Mr. Donovan presented for action a request to approve an Agreement with McLean County Center for Human Services for evidence-based mental health case management services for Court Services Problem Solving Court Program. Mr. Donovan asked them to note this was not an amended document but that he had pulled document from middle of last year when amended and used it as the template.
Motion by Martin/Schafer to recommend approval of an Agreement with McLean County Center for Human Services for evidence-based mental health case management services for Court Services Problem Solving Court Program.
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all members presented voted yes including the chairman.
Mr. Donovan presented for action a request to approve an Agreement with the Center for Youth and Family Solutions for Moral Reconation Therapy for Court Services Problem Solving Court Program. Mr. Donovan indicated no changes from last year.
Motion by Soeldner/Martin to recommend approval of an Agreement with the Center for Youth and Family Solutions for Moral Reconation Therapy for Court Services Problem Solving Court Program
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all members presented voted yes including the chairman.
Mr. Donovan presented for action a request to approve an Agreement with Chestnut Health Systems to provide evidence-based substance abuse and co-occurring treatment and services for Court Services Problem Solving Court Program. Mr. Donovan again noted that it was same as in previous years.
Motion by Martin/Schafer to recommend approval of an Agreement with Chestnut Health Systems to provide evidence-based substance abuse and co-occurring treatment and services for Court Services Problem Solving Court Program.
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all members presented voted yes including the chairman.
Mr. Donovan presented for action a request to approve Addendum to Connexis Cloud Enterprise Software Agreement. Mr. Donovan stated that they have an existing agreement with Connexis and this added the CAT grant to that agreement.
Motion by Schafer/Soeldner to recommend approval of Addendum to Connexis Cloud Enterprise Software Agreement
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all members presented voted yes including the chairman.
Mr. Donovan presented his monthly reports. Ms. Schafer asked about number of referrals as it seemed that exceeded the number they could take in the program. Mr. Donovan indicated number is year to date and only a percentage of those referrals go into the program so there is room in the program. Chairman Gordon asked if there were any questions, hearing none, he thanked him.
Ms. Rodriguez, County Administrator presented for action a request to approve critical hire requests.
Motion by Martin/Soeldner to recommend approval of the critical hire requests.
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all members present voted yes including the chairman.
Ms. Rodriguez presented her report on recent positions filled. Chairman Gordon asked if there were any questions, hearing none, he thanked her.
Chairman Gordon asked if there was other business or communication to come before the Committee. Mr. Soeldner asked if Ms. Rodriguez could give them a brief update on the EJIS system and posting for a project manager. Ms. Rodriguez indicated they did not receive any applications for that position, so they refreshed the posting and also posted it with additional membership organizations for a second round. She also let the Committee know they had just finished reviewing three Requests for Information and have requested Mr. Nelson do some interviews with key department heads to identify their biggest challenges with the current system to help prioritize the next steps in the process.
Chairman Gordon asked if there was other business or communication to come before the Committee; hearing nothing, he moved to payment of the bills.
Chairman Gordon presented bills for review and approval as transmitted by the County Auditor with a Prepaid and Fund Total of $632,327.41.
Motion by Soeldner/Schafer to approve the Justice Committee bills as transmitted by the County Auditor with a prepaid and fund total of $632,327.41.\
Motion Carried. Roll call vote – all present voted yes including the Chairman.
Chairman Gordon presented a Transfer request from the Court Services Department in the amount of $720.65
Motion by Schafer/Martin to recommend approval of the Transfer request from the Court Services Department
Motion Carried. Roll Call Vote – all members present voted yes including the Chairman.
Chairman Gordon presented a Transfer request from Juvenile Detention Center in the amount of $750.00
Motion by Martin/Schafer to recommend approval of the Transfer request from the Juvenile Detention Center.
Motion Carried. Roll Call Vote – all members present voted yes including the Chairman.
Chairman Gordon presented a Transfer request from the Sheriff’s Department in the amount of $10,000.
Motion by Martin/Soeldner to recommend approval of the Transfer request from the Sheriff’s Department
Motion Carried. Roll Call Vote – all members present voted yes including the Chairman.
Chairman Gordon presented a Transfer requests from the Children’s Advocacy Center and CASA Department in the amounts of $2,000 and $4,000.
Motion by Schafer/Soeldner to recommend approval of the Transfer request from the Children’s Advocacy Center and CASA Department
Motion Carried. Roll Call Vote – all members present voted yes including the Chairman.
Chairman Gordon asked if there was any other business or communication for the Justice Committee; hearing none, he adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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