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Dick Logan took a moment to express public
acknowledgement of all that our legislators, Reps. Bill Mitchell and
Rich Brauer and Sen. Larry Bomke, did in helping bring SYSCO to
Logan County. "They really went to bat for us," Logan said.
Economic development chairman Terry Werth said he is appreciative
of how much county representatives did in getting SYSCO to bring
their warehouse/distribution center to Lincoln. County coordinator
Dewey Colter, Werth, finance chairman Chuck Ruben, board chairman
Bob Farmer and others worked long and hard hours during the process.
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The board looked once again at health insurance coverage and the
cap for county employees. The policies that were accepted last month
increased over last year's. The HMO increased from $303 to $326 per
month, and an alternative PPO is now at $374.
The multiple of 137 employees at $276 difference in caps totals
an additional $37,812 per year.
Like many other municipalities and businesses, the county had
planned to let employees absorb some of the health insurance
increase. However, a tentative agreement was reached to raise the
insurance cap to meet the lower HMO cost.
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The county audit has been completed except for the new government
accounting and depreciation of county property. The accounting of
county assets is a new state-mandated function.
The completed audit is expected to be in board members hands' by
June 14 for discussion at next month's meeting.
The board adopted the depreciation schedule in March. It
establishes how long they will depreciate property. Most of our
property is past the five-year depreciation value, but it still
needs to be listed, Ruben said.
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 The county has an annual contract with McLean County to house
juveniles in detention. The county gets a rate of $80 per day rather
than $90 with the contract.
It is always difficult to estimate how many days you will use in
a year, finance chairman Chuck Ruben said. In January we used 10
days; in February we used 54. We have used up the 120 days
contracted and we are not halfway through the year, Ruben said. He
would like to add another 100 days to the contract if McLean is
agreeable to it.
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We may need those spaces in McLean soon. Vandalism has been
reported occurring regularly in Latham Park. It appears that youth
are turning over picnic tables and jumping on them.
Patrolling will be increased after dark.
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Ruben moved on to other financial matters. A resolution will be
voted on to issue a tax anticipation note for the county. The
treasurer believes that we are going to run short of funds before
property taxes can be collected. It is intended that the county may
borrow $300,000 for 60 days, not to exceed 1 percent over prime.
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Tentative approval was given for the use of Scully Park for Dog
Daze on June 18.
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The petition reminded Gloria Luster that she has had some calls
about people not cleaning up after their dogs in the park. She said
she thought that there were signs posted in the park.
John Stewart said, "Well, somebody stole the signs!"
He said that he would see about getting some more signs put up.
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