Adams County Board Public Health & Safety Committee met Feb. 18.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
Overseeing the Sheriff, Emergency Management, Coroner and Animal Control.
Committee members present: Seldon Totsch, Mark Peter, Steve DeMoss and Becky Weed
All bills were reviewed and appeared to be in order.
Our committee approved minutes of January 21, 2020 meeting.
Department / Representatives:
Sheriff Dept. – Brian Vonderhaar
Jail population was 125 this day.
Department was back up to full staff but just had 2 more resignations.
Full Staff is 28 Deputies + 28 Correctional officers + 9-10 Court security.
Maintenance bills are up on the aging vehicles. We replaced 2 units recently and are approved for 4 more in July.
The governor has cut $5 Million out of the corrections officer/deputy school training expenses. There will no longer be reimbursements since the funds are not there from traffic citations and fines.
Emergency Management – No Report
Coroner — John Myers
For the Month of January 2020
There were 91 reported deaths.
There were a total of two autopsies.
There were one new unclaimed/indigent cremations.
There were 44 cremation permits issued.
Our meeting adjourned at 7:20 pm.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday March 17, 2020 at 6:30pm in the Law Library
https://www.co.adams.il.us/home/showdocument?id=4389
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