Fulton County Board Committee Minutes
Fulton County Board Office, 257 West Lincoln Street, Lewistown, IL 61542
Phone 309-547-0901 / Fax 309-547-3326 / email csimpson@fultonco.org
Committee: Public Safety & Campground
Meeting Place: Fulton County Courthouse, 100 N. Main St., Room 313, Lewistown, IL
Time: 5:00 pm
Date: July 12, 2022
CALL IN INFORMATION:
Call in number:(425) 4366382
Meeting code: 5189940 #
1. Call to Order
Time: 5:00pm
MEMBERS:
Cindy Arnett (present/xxxxxx) attended by phone
Steve Bohler (present/xxxxxx)
Mary Deushane (present/xxxxxx)
Dan Kumer (present/xxxxxx)
Nestor Madson (present/xxxxxx) arrived at 5:02pm
Craig Medus (xxxxxx/absent)
Karl Williams (present/xxxxxx)
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS: None
ELECTED & APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Chris Helle – Emergency Services Disaster Agency Director/Acting ETSB Director, Jeff Standard – Sheriff – by phone, John Young – Campground Superintendent – by phone
STAFF: Cindy Simpson, Administrative Assistant to Fulton County Board
GUEST(S): None
1. Roll Call
Roll call was taken, quorum present
2. Call for Additions/Deletions To and Approval of the Agenda
Member Bohler moved to approve the agenda with a second from Member Williams. Motion carried by roll call vote (5-0).
3. Approval of Previous Minutes – June 14, 2022
Member Bohler moved to approve the June 14, 2022 minutes with a second from Member Kumer. Motion carried by roll call vote (5-0).
4. Announcements, Communications and Correspondence – None
5. Public Remarks – None
6. Policies – None
7. Declaration of Surplus Property
a. Discussion/Action: Squad Car Donation
Sheriff Standard discussed the 2011 Crown Victoria car that will be donated the Canton High School Automotive Program. The car does not have the newer electronics and would be a good fit for the start of this program. The car is valued at approximately $1,000.00.
Member Bohler moved to approve the Squad Car donation to the Canton High School Automotive Program with a second from Member Madson. Motion carried by roll call vote (6-0).
8. Claims
a. Sheriff
Sheriff Standard reported the total Sheriff claims were $25,420.38. Member Bohler moved to approve the claims with a second from Member Kumer. Motion carried by roll call vote (6-0).
b. Jail
Sheriff Standard reported the total Jail claims were $32,453.39. Member Bohler moved to approve the claims with a second from Member Williams. Motion carried by roll call vote (6-0).
c. Animal Control
Sheriff Standard reported the total Animal Control claims were $1,477.52. Member Bohler moved to approve the claims with a second from Member Kumer. Motion carried by roll call vote (6-0).
d. Merit
Sheriff Standard reported the total Merit claims were $130.00. Member Bohler moved to approve the claims with a second from Member Kumer. Motion carried by roll call vote (6-0).
9. ESDA
a. ESDA Claims
Director Helle reported the total ESDA claims were $591.84. Member Bohler moved to approve the claims with a second from Member Madson. Motion carried by roll call vote (6-0).
b. Covid – None
PUBLIC SAFETY
1. Old Business – None
2. New Business – None
3. Campground
a. Campground Claims
Superintendent Young reported the first Campground claims were $5,739.41 Member Bohler moved to approve the claims with a second from Member Deushane. Motion carried by roll call vote (6-0).
Superintendent Young reported the second Campground claims were $4,410.45. Member Bohler moved to approve the claims with a second from Member Madson. Motion carried by roll call
vote (6-0).
b. Web claims – None
4. Old Business – None
5. New Business – None
6. Fulton County Camping and Rec
a. Superintendent’s Report
Superintendent Young reported one incident was reported to the office.
On June 20, 2022 a camper reported his camper had been unplugged and approximately two hundred dollars in food, mainly meat, was lost. At this time there is not a way to determine how the camper became unplugged and this is a very unfortunate incident.
The weather played a major role the last few weeks at the campground. The 4th of July was impacted by the weather, with two cancellations for the weekend due to the weather. The long stretches of high heat and humidity have impacted patronage at the Campground. The storms that passed over the area recently, the campground received nearly 3.25” of rain. The heavy rain at the campground caused roads to washout and repairs are underway. Long term drainage repairs will begin soon to: Little Sister Loop and Hawk Lane by the LSL boat ramp are top priorities.
A month’s long bidding cycle for open sites has ended, there was zero action. This indicates the campground folks are happy on their current sites. This made a larger number of sites available. The campground started the weekend of the July 9 &10 with 8 electric and 6 non-electric, at the end of the weekends’ business the campground had 5 electric and 4 non-electric sites open. The campgrounds waiting list is currently eleven.
The pending projects since last season; the process of obtaining the easements to run the fiber across MWRD (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District) property is still underway, no start date has been determined.
Wildlife research is being conducted on the campgrounds for the proposed easement. IDNR had several teams on-site to evaluate the Canadian goose population. At this time no additional information has been reported on the wildlife research.
Dr. Tuten and her team have access to the campground in an effort to track the progress of ticks initially only found in Texas. The Lone Star tick has been found at the campgrounds.
Young reported water testing is being done and the re__cpLocation of 3 ½ boat docks is underway.
7. Executive Session: – None
8. Misc. – None
9. Adjournment
Time: 5:11pm
Member Bohler moved to adjourn the meeting at 5:11pm with a second from Member Kumer. Motion carried by roll call vote (6-0).
Minutes Public Safety Campground July 12 2022
