Will County Public Health & Safety Committee met Sept. 6.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Mrs. Mueller led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
III. ROLL CALL
Chair Rachel Ventura called the meeting to order at 1:02 PM
| Attendee Name | Title | Status | Arrived |
| Rachel Ventura | Chair | Present | |
| Meta Mueller | Vice Chair | Present | |
| Mica Freeman | Member | Absent | |
| Debbie Kraulidis | Member | Present | |
| Raquel M. Mitchell | Member | Present | |
| Annette Parker | Member | Present | |
| Margaret Tyson | Member | Present |
Also Present at the Meeting: N. Palmer, B. Adams
Present from the State's Attorney's Office: M. Tatroe, T. Renken
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. WC Public Health & Safety Committee - Regular Meeting - Jun 7, 2022 1:00 PM
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Margaret Tyson, Member SECONDER: Raquel M. Mitchell, Member AYES: Ventura, Mueller, Kraulidis, Mitchell, Parker, Tyson ABSENT: Freeman |
2. WC Public Health & Safety Committee - Regular Meeting - Jul 5, 2022 1:00 PM
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Meta Mueller, Vice Chair SECONDER: Annette Parker, Member AYES: Ventura, Mueller, Kraulidis, Mitchell, Parker, Tyson ABSENT: Freeman |
3. WC Public Health & Safety Committee - Regular Meeting - Aug 2, 2022 1:00 PM
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Margaret Tyson, Member SECONDER: Raquel M. Mitchell, Member AYES: Ventura, Mueller, Kraulidis, Mitchell, Parker, Tyson ABSENT: Freeman |
V. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
Ms. Ventura noted that you can find the informational reports attached.
1. Sunny Hill Nursing Home Updates - May 2022
(Sunny Hill Nursing Home Updates - May 2022)
2. Sunny Hill Nursing Home Updates - July 2022
(Sunny Hill Nursing Home Updates - July 2022)
3. Approved Meeting Minutes 6-15-22
(Susan Olenek)
VI. OLD BUSINESS
1. Monthly Update from Will County Health Dept.
(Sue Olenek)
Mrs. Olenek gave an update on a few things going on at the health department. In terms of new information regarding COVID 19 you might of all heard over the weekend ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice) and the FDA have endorsed and approved a new bivalent booster. Bivalent means it addresses 2 strains and trivalent means it addresses 3 strains. This bivalent booster is going to be effective with the 1st variant we saw as well as the B8.4 and B8.5 strains which are the most recent strains that are circulating. They are looking at these boosters as a good time in the fall to get them. Pfizer and Moderna are the only two that have them. We are ordering the bivalent boosters for providing the health department, in the coming weeks or soon. Modern is for 18+ and the Pfizer biotech is for 12+, and prior to getting this booster you need to have completed a regular series. If you have had 1 of the JJ, or 2 of Moderna, or 4 Pfizer and you had the booster if it’s been at least 2 months since your Monovalent booster then you can get the bivalent booster if you meet the age requirements.
Ms. Ventura asked do you have an estimated date when you think the health department will get it and where can people get them right now if they are interested?
Mrs. Olenek replied right now I don’t think you can get it anywhere because this just came out at 4:56 p.m. on Friday. Right now, we’re all in the process of ordering changing out ways. No one has it yet. I’m hoping within the next couple of weeks.
Mrs. Parker asked will you be rolling out a campaign like you did with COVID?
Mrs. Olenek replied not quite the same, but we will put it in a press release, our social, our website and digital signs, press releases. Next pathogen monkey pox (MPV). Right now, we have 27 confirmed cases. We have approximately 21/25 close contacts of these cases. We’re finding a lot of difficulty of people sharing information about this because of the nature of this pathogen. We are seeing this in 18- to 73-year-olds, that’s our population that we have obvious confirmed cases, and the vast majority are MSM and bi-sexual men. We are making sure we put information out into the community. It’s been on our website, social media. We’ve been posting about it, and we had a clinic and we’re going to be at the pride parade providing vaccines if anyone wants one. We received our shipment of T-Pox, from the Illinois Dept. of Public Health last week. T-Pox is an actual treatment for monkey pox. Also, Silver Cross Hospital has agreed to store it for us. In addition, Edwards and Ascension are going to take some of the inventory so they have it on hand in case they need it for someone who comes into the hospital and presents and are eligible for that treatment. In our Community Health Center, we’ve seen individuals come in and presenting what they think is monkey pox but fortunately we’ve only had 2 confirmed and they are setup for follow-up treatment. What we’re seeing in Will County mirrors what the rest of the county is seeing in cases of this pathogen. I thought it was interesting as of August 31, there were about 50,000 cases globally in 89 countries that typically do not see monkey pox. If you are aware of this monkey pox is endemic in some of the countries in Africa. Right now, there are about 19,000 cases in the United States and that includes D.C. and Puerto Rico. There have only been 6 deaths around the world and fortunately we haven’t seen too many deaths. In these cases, these people are very immuno compromised individuals. They had very complicated, underlying or very serious health conditions, so it wasn’t due to monkey pox so to speak. They ended up getting what they call a super infection their bodies cannot fight the virus like our bodies fight the virus. Clayed-2 which is the West African variant is what we’re seeing that’s moving across the world right now. We have a STI (sexual transmitted infection) and HIV program and we are constantly reaching out to them and staying in touch with them. We have a prep clinic that works between the clinics for people who come in for protection for HIV and we are in constant contact with these individuals to make sure that have not been vaccinated have changed their minds and want to become vaccinated. That’s it regarding COVID and MPV.
I mentioned in the previous Finance Committee meeting about the fact our Community Health Center has branched out. They received a planning grant last year and this year they received the implementation grant, they’re 2 separate funding streams. This implementation grant is to provide a school-based health center somewhere in the County. Right now, Brooks Middle School. Valley View School District reached out to us and we had to get approval through their school board but right now we have 2 days a week Tuesday and Thursday, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm we have staff over at the Brooks Middle School providing immunizations, providing school physicals, and as we move through the school year we will be ramping up for other services and eventually really hope to have some behavioral health clinical services over there as well.
Ms. Ventura stated I am really excited about this program and I’m happy you brough it up in Finance. The behavioral stuff; is this covered under this grant or is that additional?
Mrs. Olenek replied additional. That could be something we build against, in other words it doesn’t have to be a grant funding stream for that if there’s enough call for it, we provide the service, we bill for the service, we bill Medicaid and then we get reimbursed.
Ms. Ventura stated one of the reasons that I’m interested in that in Will County our school districts vary greatly in the social work services that they provide. While one school might have a social worker there every day that students can approach there’s other school districts that might have 6 to 8 schools that might have 1 person who’s traveling to the different schools so, obviously the priority is the one that has the greatest needs so, there are a lot of students who don’t have access to that. Students might be under Medicare but we don’t have enough providers that take.
Mrs. Olenek stated we do have enough providers. We have a lot of providers in this County that don’t take Medicaid. They just won’t take Medicaid because it’s a pain in the neck to bill. So, if you have a Cadillac insurance plan you can get services for yourself and your kids but if you’re on Medicaid it’s much more difficult.
Ms. Ventura asked is this all under parental approval? Parents know about all this. This will provide those services students may need and this is another avenue for them. I do feel this is something that could be rolled out to other school districts. Is it a possibility if the mental health referendum passes and there’s a dedicated funding there would the Health Department be able to expand this program using these funds?
Mrs. Olenek perhaps, however, we already are working on that. We requested over $400,000.00 of the ARPA funds and we received it, we we’re approved for it. This is for the YES Program that was taken out of the schools because the funding stream ended 20 years ago and we’re working on that now. We sent out a letter to every single school district in the County letting them know that we received funding, that we wanted to know if they were interested in having our clinicians come into the school and received 5 responses.
Ms. Ventura asked does that go to staff or does it go to both?
Mrs. Olenek replied it goes to the superintendents.
Mrs. Mueller commented 5 districts or 5 schools?
Mrs. Olenek replied some were school responses. They went to the superintendents, and they would forward to their schools, and we only received 5 responses. One was not a good match for what we could do and the other 4 we are already working with establishing a program and looking for a space and we’re recruiting for staff to be able to be at the schools and these are going to be full time people. Depending on the number of kids that needs services at the schools will depend on how many clinicians will be at that school in terms of hours. We’ll have to figure out next summer how we’re going to do this if the school still wants us there.
Mrs. Tyson asked this program is only being piloted towards middle schools at this time, is that correct?
Mrs. Olenek replied no. We’ve reached out to middle schools and high schools. We found out through this process they are a lot of districts that already have things in place. They already have social workers at the schools, or they have a contract with a company that will provide services.
So, we are not only working on the YES Program for ARPA but on all the other initiatives that we were approved. We’re going to be able to get some training off the ground for behavioral health. We’re looking at hiring another H. R. assistant which is going to be very helpful to us and thank you for that.
One other thing West Nile Virus cases we are now at 16 in the County. It’s pretty much all across the County and that’s a low number for a year. We do not have any cases of West Nile in Will County.
One more thing I don’t know if you all have heard but I tendered my retirement. So, I just thought it would be appropriate to tell the committee here at this point. I tendered my retirement last month and gave the Board of Health a 6-month opportunity to find my replacement. My last day is February 3, 2023.
2. Opioid Update
(Dr. Kathleen Burke)
Dr. Burke gave a summary of what my department does. You can see the handout for all this information. I think the communications that we’ve been able to reduce the stigma around it’s better to be prepared than not prepared. I do suspect that we are going to pass up the number of deaths from last year because of the introduction of fentanyl. This is a challenge. I did put some pictures of my team and Tom Farley, Chris Farley’s brother who is a speaker in many places and he gives a family’s perspective, and he is also in recovery that has been quietly talked about. We have 3 people on our panel who are recovering addicts. We had a representative from the coroner’s office who spoke from their perspective as well. This is post COVID and last year we didn’t have a lot of people but this year we had a lot of people that came out to educate people and it was very nice.
Ms. Ventura stated Dr. Burke did ask if we would consider the resolution on this committee but it’s typically leadership so, we did forward that request to Mr. Fricilone and Mrs. Mueller to consider doing a resolution so if you can speak and like to support this, you can speak to your respective leaders. I am in support of this but hopefully we will see a resolution at the whole County Board meeting to give highlight that September is recovery month.
Mrs. Tyson commented thank you Dr. Burke for doing what you do. I’ve been reading more about Narcan in the papers, the stigma is decreasing so that people get help.
Dr. Burke stated I am working on something to get Narcan vending machines in Will County. In many of the bathrooms where overdoses take place we need machines, so we are exploring this.
3. Monthly Update from Sunny Hill Nursing Home
(Maggie McDowell)
Ms. McDowell gave a brief update in regard to COVID-19. The facility did come out of outbreak status for a brief period but with the community transmission remaining high and 1 positive case we are right back in outbreak. The other thing that we have recently observed the transmission in the community has remained high all summer. However, we have witnessed sporadic cases. The other thing that we have witnessed in the past couple of weeks is an influenza which is not the regular flu it is a subtype of the regular flu, it’s still a virus. Not sure and we’re being very cautious right now. This is just a different variant. We are continuing to test everybody twice a week. The CDC is pushing getting vaccinated especially to our elderly population. Information has been shared with everyone and the vaccines have arrived and are being administered. Masking is still required per regulations. Also, our staff are expected when in the resident’s areas to wear a mask and eye protection as well. IHCA which is our (Illinois Health Care Association) has been a major voice for long term care in Illinois for over 70 years. I wanted to thank all of our County Board Members that came out and scooped ice cream for our residents.
VII. OTHER OLD BUSINESS
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
1. Discussion of Public Act 101-0652 SAFE-T Act
(Discussion)
Mr. Ventura stated that the State’s Attorney isn’t here but the Safe-T Act is attached to your agenda. We can have discussions, I said I would put it on the agenda. I read through the Act. I did not see where it says, we are letting people out. Also, furthermore in there it does allow discretion to the judge to deny. There are several things that they could deny and that is all in the document.
Mrs. Tatroe stated I first want to say that State’s Attorney was not invited to be here, contrary to what was previously mentioned at public meetings. I would also say, the State’s Attorney has been out in the public. This law has been studied by him and other attorneys in our office and we 100% stands behind the comments that he has made. Just because the verbiage does not specifically say people will be let out, the consequences of some of the requirements in that law will require inmates to be released.
Ms. Ventura stated not those serving their sentences though.
Mrs. Tatroe asked you mean those already been convicted and for less than, so they’re not convicted for a felony. People who may have been convicted of a misdemeanor and serving their time in jail. Is that what you’re saying?
Ms. Ventura replied if they have been convicted.
Mrs. Tatroe replied if you’ve been convicted then there’s no bail.
Ms. Ventura stated I just want to clear up on that because some people will call to say, they are letting everyone out and I want to be very clear that this has no impact on anyone that has been convicted and serving their time in the jail.
Mrs. Tatroe replied no.
Mrs. Mueller stated I saw this coming up on our agenda and I’ve been talking to my friends in the legislature because I get questions from my constituents so I wanted to make sure I could give them good input. In my conversations with the folks that live in my area the feedback that I’ve received is that Springfield is aware there are some problems on this. They are working on it and committees at this time and it’s going to come back sometime in January looking a lot different and so, having a lot of debate and discussion at this point it’s pointless because it’s going to look very different.
Mrs. Tatroe replied it goes into effect January 1 and much of it is already in effect. So, on January 1, things must happen.
Ms. Ventura asked there is a trailer bill and if the trailer bill passes and a lot of it address fees is my understanding it could potentially help with some of that but the date that it passes in the veto session is not January 1, correct?
Mrs. Tatroe replied no, it depends on what effective date of the law is. If it’s passed and signed by the Governor.
Ms. Ventura stated it may still take place on January 1, but a trailer bill may change some of that but if the Governor just signs it and they don’t have an effective date by the 1st, everything still stands.
Mrs. Mueller stated I’m just trying to save us all from several hours of having conversation about that when we can’t.
Mrs. Tatroe replied well this is legislation. It’s the single most impactful legislation that’s ever been passed in the State of Illinois on this County or any other County. From a financial perspective, a safety perspective, operation of the criminal justice system there has never been a law that has been passed to have this much impact. We’ll see if the legislation does anything, but State’s Attorney Glasgow has been talking to them for well over a year.
Ms. Mitchell asked what is the purpose behind the legislation? There are people who we need to keep behind bars because they have done some horrible things if they can’t afford the bail then the bail is set as a tool to keep them there. So, why are we arguing to help get them out if they’ve done something horrible? Even now when I look at crime now I can say, if this person had still been behind bars then they wouldn’t have gone out and killed someone else, raped some else, x, y & z. This law doesn’t help victims it helps the accused criminals.
Ms. Ventura stated I will address it and I know Mrs. Tatroe can address it in a more legal fashion than I will but the thought process in this country is you are innocent until proven guilty and finances should not indicate whether or not you should serve time; your guilt should indicate whether or not you serve time so, in this case there are people who can not afford bail that are serving time before their trials and they might be found innocent and released and they served time because they didn’t have the finances. So, what this law does it changes the burden of being held from a financial one to a risk of whether you are a danger to society, whether or not you have a risk of fleeing, and those are of some of the things that are outlined in the bill.
Mrs. Tatroe stated that’s the theory behind it but I will point out though if you had someone who has a family, and a job, and a home versus someone who has none of those things the person with the family, the job, and home, is less likely to flee than someone who has nothing to lose and someone who has maybe committed murder or some other atrocious crime. That’s just fact. That’s just human nature. The other thing is there are protections in place there must be a probable cause hearing before a judge to hold anyone right now. I’m not saying there aren’t needed reforms, I think there are needed reforms and I think there are very good examples of legislation and New Jersey is a good example of some very well thought out legislation and a process in place to address this very concern and still protect the people and that did not happen here in Illinois. That’s the concern. So, at this point they have changed the legislation so that there must be a hearing within 48 hours of arrest and instead of probable cause it’s clear and convincing evidence which is almost beyond a reasonable doubt. So, you’re almost holding the trial within 2 days of arrest. There are things in the law that if you have been charged with murder then in order for us to keep you in jail we have to identify a specific person who is at risk, who is at threat. We must name a person. It can’t be a general threat against the population to keep you behind bars. We’re not likely be able to do that. Attempted murder we are, so we’ll be able to keep the attempted murderer in, but the murders that might be kind of difficult. There are criminal assistants, and other assistants in our office that have been spending months analyzing this legislation and figuring out if and how it all interplays. You’re now going to have a situation where instead of judges deciding whether or not to arrest, they shifted that burden to the police officers on scene. So, the police officers on scene are going to have to decide is this an arrestable offense or is it not. And let me tell you that is going to raise the liability of this County because if they mistakenly arrest, we’re getting sued. There are a myriad of these issues throughout this legislation; it is filled with these types of issues. So, buckle your seatbelts because if the legislation doesn’t do something we have issues.
Ms. Ventura stated I want to also point out that our current laws also have issues and liabilities, so we’re not absolved of everything because of our current laws. So, while any law comes into pack, we don’t know the full extent of it until it happens. Same with when we changed the fee structure, we had to change all of our finances when they were trying to change the fees based on whether people could pay or not and we had to adjust with that and we didn’t know the outcome of that until 6 months to a year later. We are probably going to see some growing pains with this too, but we should keep in mind that our current laws also have a financial liability when police arrest the wrong people, or they shoot the wrong people or any other thing that might happen that we discussed at our Executive sessions of some of the liabilities of the County. So, my point is no system is perfect. I was asked to bring this by the committee members, but it looks like this needs to be moved to Legislative and Judicial Committee more so than Public Health and Safety.
Mrs. Parker stated Mrs. Tatroe thank you for your comments. I do wish the State’s Attorney and the Sheriff could have been here. I do see where this could play in both Public Health and Legislative. I hope there is a trailer bill and I hope there are some changes because of the intent made on there but I don’t think it happens all the time. I think it’s well intentions and it doesn’t come out the way you plan on it. I hope to see some trailer bills.
Ms. Ventura stated Legislative would be the best place to put those thoughts in.
Mrs. Ogalla stated I think that it would be good to hear from our State’s Attorney; have him come to Executive Committee would be a good thing because he could talk to more people. I also think that it probably could go to Legislative because I know he has talked about specific things within the bill, and I think a resolution in support of those specific things to get changed by us as a County makes a big impact. We would have an impact by saying, listen we support this, and we may not all agree on 10 issues, but we agree on maybe 6, but we at least should be able to put something behind it and say, we think these things must be changed. Now, we can’t change that law, but it sends a message to those that can that this is how we feel as a Board. As a County we do impact other bodies and we can impact other bodies and we should not pass that up.
2. Amending the Will County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 90: Animal Control, Section 90.10 Pertaining to Registration Fees for Rabies Tags
(Dr. Roessler, Director of Animal Control)
Dr. Roessler noted I am looking at proposing a fee increase because the last fee increase for rabies shots registration was in 2017. On the last page the left column on the left is what our current fees are for Will County. In the right column I have the proposed fee increase starting with the 2023 fiscal year. My plan is not to be the highest and not the lowest but somewhere in the middle. Our last vehicle was last purchased in 2019 and we are budgeted for it but it’s pretty low and I need to purchase 2 and convert 2 vans in the next fiscal year. Right now, with inflation we can’t even get transit van for $35,000.00. We are looking to see what’s on the market. I spoke with Mr. Lynn regarding the vans and he suggested that I go with a different contractor in which I’m looking at an additional $16,000.00 to what my previous contract had stated. This is for the base of the van itself and there’s also the conversion that’s also around $32,000.00 to transport the animals. At best we are looking at about $80,000.00 for the vehicle. I have 4 out of 5 vans that are over 100,000 miles and will need replacing. I am now housing animals and I plan for this coming fiscal year and some of this is prime rate right now is to hire 2 part-time kennel attendants as temporary employees. I’m kind of beta testing it with temporaries and see what my needs are. For 2 part-time kennel attendants year around, 4 hours a day, 365 a year, that is 2 hours for each kennel attendant, that’s going to amount to about $25,000.00. I think after this fiscal year they’ll probably have to be permanent hires to help take care of the animals that I’m now housing. And the care of the animals has increased; it’s all across the board. Medication, vaccinations, microchipping, electricity now because we have an additional air conditioner for our indoor space for the animals. Electricity so far this year is $10,000.00.
Mrs. Mueller asked you would like to do 2 temporary positions for the part-time kennel attendance. How many animals do you have right now?
Dr. Roessler replied at the moment we have approximately 15 animals. Currently so far this fiscal year I’ve housed 322 animals, last year it was over 400.
Mrs. Mueller stated I’m just curious typically how long do you usually house them for?
Dr. Roessler replied we have to hold them legally for 7 days. During those 7 days an owner is eligible to come and claim their animals during this time. We do hold them 7 whole days before they become our property, if we don’t have any leads. Once they become the property of Will County Animal Control we do transfer them out those that we do feel are fit for adoption. We transfer out to our local shelter partners and sometimes rescues as well.
Mrs. Mueller asked then you said 2 part-time data entry for summer and why is that?
Dr. Roessler replied we did this last year and we used summer employees only. I would say because that’s what was in the budget but it’s probably going to change to year around, unless I find another way to significantly increase data entry more rapidly. I’m looking at that.
Mrs. Mueller asked do you hold some stuff and then they enter it later. Is that the reason you need more help during the summer?
Dr. Roessler replied I would say, yes. It’s increased business. My data entry clerks are backed up now. They are currently on the months of March/April, they haven’t even gotten to the summer months yet.
Mrs. Mueller asked is the yard not fenced?
Dr. Roessler replied it is not fenced right now.
Ms. Ventura asked I might increase the non-neutered rates, but I want to get your advice on that. I know you said you don’t want to be the highest. I am more comfortable with a higher rate. We have so many opportunities to spay and neuter animals. What are your thoughts on increasing that?
Dr. Roessler replied I would not be opposed to the $50.00. You can see the estimated costs on the last page of the handout.
Mrs. Mueller stated what you’re showing me is projections for increases of these fees. I am an animal owner and I pay all these fees. I agree with Ms. Ventura when people have an intact pet it’s a more responsible choice. I would be on board to increasing the fees.
Dr. Roessler stated that would help.
Ms. Ventura stated I would say I would also increase the 3 years to $100.00 but that’s still a $50.00 savings based on the 2 years. Pay for 2 get the 3rd year free. With those additional cost based on these estimated that would be another $55,000.00 for the non-neutered 1 year into the budget and another $18,000.00 for the 3 years, for total of $73,610.00, which can pay for another van. I would also like to see those vans be electric vans or at least hybrids. That’s a huge long term savings if you buy an electric van and they are projected to last a lot longer.
Mrs. Parker asked with these vans do you just transport, or do you do anything else with these vans? Meaning like procedures?
Dr. Roessler replied it is for transport. They are lined with cages. There is a top and a bottom. I do not do any procedures in the van.
Mr. Eskelsen stated I am the Operations Manager at Animal Control. The one thing I wanted to add into regarding the electrical vehicles. When we looked into those that start off like at $75,000.00 each, which is at least a 50% increase over the current vehicles.
Ms. Mitchell stated one of the thing Ms. Ventura mentioned was perhaps there would be some sort of a built-up savings or fundings for future things. I’m wondering today what happened to the funding for the fence. Do we have the funds for a fence today?
Dr. Roessler replied all I can say it wasn’t necessarily budgeted for, but it could be accrued with an online transfer. The first days of my modification of the current building it was decided between myself, Mr. Tkac and the architects that we would modify the garage and we added an air conditioning unit, and we planned for the addition of 15 kennels in the garage space. Unfortunately, those haven’t even come yet because of supply chain issues. So, we just decided to it was taking it one step at a time. We just wanted to get that work completed and we’re still waiting on that work, and I just figured by the time we get to the fence it could be next fiscal year. The need is so great after COVID that there’s been a change in needs.
Mrs. Kraulidis stated I would be for a modest increase not for a top of the line just because we can.
Mrs. Mueller made the motion to bump up the suggestions by $5.00 each. So, that would be $20, $45, $40, and $95. I think $5.00 is a very modest increase.
Ms. Ventura stated I know she has $10.00 now. So, she’s suggesting $15.00. So, she’s suggesting a $5.00 there, a $10.00 there, $10.00 there, and a $30.00 there. That’s for 3 years.
Mrs. Mueller stated I want to modify my motion and I apologize you guys. I motion that we bump up the intact fee each up to $45.00 unto $95.00 and leave the other ones where they are.
Mrs. Tyson replied I second that motion.
Ms. Ventura stated the 1 year would be from $10 to $15, the 1 year non-neutered would be from $30 to $45, the 3 years would be $25 to $35, and the 3 year non neutered would be $60 to $95. I want you all to understand that if we don’t do this these are dollars that we will have to find in our taxes.
Mr. Eskelsen replied this is all users funded.
Ms. Ventura stated this is for the $15, $40, $35, and $90.
Motion carries.
Mrs. Mueller asked what percentage of animals are reclaimed by its owners?
Dr. Roessler replied I can get you those numbers. It's usually somewhere around 60%.
| RESULT: MOVED FORWARD [UNANIMOUS]
TO: Will County Board MOVER: Meta Mueller, Vice Chair SECONDER: Margaret Tyson, Member AYES: Ventura, Mueller, Kraulidis, Mitchell, Parker, Tyson ABSENT: Freeman |
3. Award of Bid for Therapy Services at Sunny Hill Nursing Home
(Maggie McDowell)
| RESULT: MOVED FORWARD [UNANIMOUS]
TO: Will County Board MOVER: Meta Mueller, Vice Chair SECONDER: Margaret Tyson, Member AYES: Ventura, Mueller, Kraulidis, Mitchell, Parker, Tyson ABSENT: Freeman |
IX. OTHER NEW BUSINESS
X. PUBLIC COMMENT
XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS/REPORTS BY CHAIR
XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION
XIII. ADJOURNMENT
1. Motion to adjourn the meeting @ 2:44 p.m.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Raquel M. Mitchell, Member SECONDER: Annette Parker, Member AYES: Ventura, Mueller, Kraulidis, Mitchell, Parker, Tyson ABSENT: Freeman |
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