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| Warren County | | July 8, 2010 | UNAPPROVED minutes of the Finance committee meeting. These minutes will be approved at the September 15, 2010 County Board meeting.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
July 8, 2010
Committee Chairman Pearson called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. with committee members Heaton, Jenks and Schreck present, along with County Board Chairman Reichow.
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Mike Howard the new Director of Operations for GHAS, was present to give the quarterly report. He also reported that GHAS was awarded a rare grant for a bariatric ambulance.
REPORT OF OFFICEHOLDERS
County Clerk, Tina Conard noted that she had notified all County Board members about a tele-conference through the U of I Extension office and Certified County Officials on July 22 & 29th from 3-5p.m. on Counties in Crisis. Mrs. Conard and Mrs. Hamberg have signed up. She encouraged the committee to attend this tele-conference as she noted Warren County is truly a County in crisis. She did report from the Building and Grounds meeting that KONE is reducing the monthly maintenance fee from $335 to $185. Mrs. Conard also noted that she will be on vacation for two weeks in August.
Supervisor of Assessments, Janice Hamberg, has received the 2010 sales ratio study. She noted that there will not be much change in assessments or growth in the equalized assessed valuation, though farmland will go up 10%.
Treasurer Nancy Clayton gave the committee the monthly balance sheet of funds with the County General fund balance after paying bills and payroll of roughly $120,000. She will be depositing the first distribution of around $229,000 and looking forward to November the best she figures the County can get for County General is $600,000 total, which is exactly what has been borrowed from other funds and is required to be paid back. Some sales tax monies were received today but Mrs. Clayton noted that the County was going to have to survive on income from fees, fines and sales/income taxes to pay bills and payrolls for the remainder of the year, as the property tax distribution monies are spoken for to repay borrowed funds. County Board Chairman Reichow reported that he continues to research funding for roof repairs. He has been in contact with WIRC to work on a grant for the repairs, along with several other funding options.
Bills were reviewed and paid on a motion by Mr. Heaton and seconded by Mrs. Schreck. Before approving bills the committee discussed the WIRC 2011 dues. Mr. Reichow explained how WIRC has been applying for a USDA grant for roof repairs and any grant application fees will be waved if the dues are paid. On voice vote, motion carried.
The committee discussed budget concerns and after some discussion Mr. Jenks motioned to recommend to the full County Board that a County wide hiring freeze be implemented. Mrs. Schreck seconded the motion and on voice vote,motion carried. This issue will be presented to the board at the special County Board meeting that has not yet been set yet.
With no further business, the committee adjourned on a motion by Mr. Heaton and seconded by Mr. Jenks and continued on to budget discussions. |
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