Quincy Reporter

Adams County Board Finance Committee met March 14.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

PRESENT: Bret Austin, Travis Cooley, Matt Obert, David Hoskins, Robert Reich

ABSENT: None

OTHER: Bryden Cory, Gary Farha, David Bellis, Mark Peter, Caitlin Waterman, Todd Eyler, Drew Zimmerman, R. Kent Snider, Gorden Dobey, David Hochgraber, Anthony Foster.

6:00 pm meeting was convened by Finance Chairman Bret Austin.

Bills

Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes

Motion to approve made by Dave Hoskins and seconded by Robert Reich. Motion passed.

Speaker

Gorden Dobey – Recovery Anonymous. Mr. Dobey requested $200,000 in ARPA funds to contribute towards his organizations 12 step recovery fellowship. The contract to purchase the house wanted, has now expired. Dobey asks the committee for $125,000 instead of the $200,000. The Finance committee explains to Mr. Dobey that we will need to put together a vetting process just like we did for the Non-Profits. Mr. Dobey spend roughly $2,500 to rezone the house to R3 due to it needing a special permit. An executive committee member will be reaching out to him this week.

Reports

Anthony Foster – JDC HVAC System

JDC/Probation requested ARPA funding to pay for the updated HVAC system at the JDC facility. Anticipating the project to be more than $100,000. Hoping to close on this price soon as they are waiting for the finalized Quote.

Resolutions

a.) ARPA Projects:

a. Resolution 2022-03-431-001- Information Technology Court Room Upgrades i. This consist of hardware components and electrical software. Each courtroom would have a cart used in junction to big screen TV. This also will update the outlets in the County Board Room. Total Project cost is $200,717. Travis Cooley makes a motion to go through with this project. Matt Obert seconded the motion. Travis Cooley withdraws his motion. Matt Obert Withdraws his motion. Matt Obert makes a motion that this project supports for $200,717 in contingent that the

Transportation and Technology committee approves. Travis Cooley seconded the motion. Motion passed.

b. Resolution 2022-03-421-012 – Court Record Digitization

i. This project is for the Circuit Clerks office to help with digitizing the files of this office. This office hires out a third party to come get the files and take them off site to scan in and save then brings them back.

This will be for the most frequently used books. Total cost will be $26,453. Matt Obert makes a motion to go through with this project.

Bob Reich seconded the motion. Motion passed.

c. Resolution 2022-03-001-013 – Services and Installation of EIFS for the Adams County Courthouse.

i. This project consists of finishing the drivet for the Courthouse. Total project cost will be $577,400. This will be in three phases to finish the whole building. Matt makes a motion to forward to the appropriate committee in contingent with the budgetary amount. Bob Reich seconds the motion. Motion carried.

Finance

Additional Fund Appropriation

N/A

Transfer of Budget Appropriation

Budget/Levy

N/A

Old Business

N/A

New Business

a.) Intergovernmental Agreement between Hancock County and Adams County i. Hancock County came to Adams County EMS Director, John Simon requesting assistance with management. Heir finances and operations are going downhill. This agreement will consist of not using any of Adams County Ambulances for Hancock County calls and not using any Hancock County Ambulances for Adams County calls. Adams County is charging a fee for these services. This service will end at the end of the fiscal year this year, November 2022. Matt Obert expresses his concern with burnout. Hancock County currently uses a third-party billing company. This could lead to potential for earning for revenue for the Ambulance Department.

b.) Credit Card approvals

a. Jessica Brannan has been promoted to supervisor in the Probation Department. Her limit requested is $1,250.

b. Sharon Main – limit being requested is $2,500.

Bob Reich makes a motion to approve the above credit card approvals. Matt Obert seconded the motion. Motion passed.

c.) PBPA Corrections Contract

a. Added a holiday – changed the sick days that they can take per year to 10 days. Updated the insurance, the uniforms page and the pay scale.

Travis Cooley makes a motion to approve the Union contract. Dave Hoskins seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Adjournment

A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Matt Obert. Travis Cooley seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 7:28pm.

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