Quincy Reporter

Adams County Board Transportation, Building & Technology Committee met March 12.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

Meeting Convened at 6:02 PM

Members Present: Dave Bellis, Ryan Hinkamper, Dave McCleary, Joe Zanger

Members Absent: Les Post

Others in Attendance: Jim Frankenhoff, David Hochgraber, Terry Bower, Todd Eyler, Scott Larson, Kent Snider, Christa Holtman and news media

Mr. Hinkamper made a motion to approve the minutes from the February 13th committee meeting which was seconded by Mr. McCleary. The minutes were unanimously approved as printed.

Bills

The committee reviewed, approved and signed off on the bills.

Public Comment

There was no public comment.

Reports

a. County Engineer:

Jim Frankenhoff discussed a truck they would be getting through the bidding process. He gave the committee inventory of the vehicles they have. They discussed salt bids and getting their name back on the list. They also discussed the roundabout project.

b. Information Technology Department:

Mr. Hochgraber gave an update on the firewall transition. He spoke about the court system requesting another helpdesk person in IT because of all the new equipment. Judge Larson explained they would want a dedicated IT person to share with the Sheriff’s Office. The committee was unanimously in support of a new IT helpdesk person but it will have to go through the Finance Committee. Mr. Hochgraber stated the door access project has been pushed back a little bit due to the new firewall project.

c. Courthouse Maintenance

There was a discussion on sidewalks at the 52nd Street county owned properties. They have a bid from Fischer Builders that came under a previous bid. Finance has approved it. Mr. Zanger made a motion to approve the bid and Mr. McCleary seconded. The bid was unanimously approved by the committee. The committee reviewed the RTM engineering HVAC study on the Adams County Courthouse and the two options that are presented to fix the system. Mr. Bellis stated we need to move swiftly to get on their list. Mr. Bower stated it will take 6 months to engineer, 2 months to bid and it wouldn’t be started until November at the earliest. If the company goes to the next job, it will push it back even further.

Mr. Bellis entertained a motion to commit to RTM to hold our spot in line with option 1 VRF System. Mr. McCleary made a motion to approve the motion. Mr. Hinkamper seconded the motion. The committee unanimously approved the motion.

Resolutions

The committee signed off on resolutions 2024-03-501-005, 2024-03-501-006, 2024-03-501-007, 2024-03-501-008, 2024-03-501-009 and 2024-03-501-010.

Mr. McCleary made a motion to approve all 5 resolutions which was seconded by Mr. Hinkamper. The resolutions were unanimously approved.

New Business

a. Invoice Number 410578 from RTM on Engineering HVAC Study - $23,750.

b. Invoice Number 8211 from Fischer Builders for Courtroom 3A- $2,811.

Mr. Zanger made a motion to approve the invoices which was seconded by Mr. McCleary. They were unanimously approved.

Executive Session (If Needed)

There was no executive session.

Mr. Bellis explained the action they would take if an employee leaves their window open again. Bellis moved to end the meeting, McCleary seconded.

The meeting ended at 7:00 PM

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