Logan County Board and Department
of Public Health updates: Gro Alliance to expand; new fuel pump for
airport; new medical and dental services under SIU
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[March 29, 2017]
LINCOLN
- At the Logan County Board's Regular meeting on Tuesday, March 21,
the board voted on several motions, resolutions, and appointments
and heard updates from a few committees.
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Planning and Zoning
At the Regional Planning Commission meeting on March 1, commission
members heard John Endsley of Gro Alliance in Mount Pulaski talk
about expansion plans for space to condition soybeans.
Endsley said Gro Alliance contracted with a company who will require
Gro Alliance to "have a third of their annual production and static
one-time storage." He said to commission members, "We do not have
that [amount of storage area] currently. To meet their demands, we
are looking at 27,400 square feet of expansion at the warehouse
inside the property that we own there."
Logan County Zoning Officer Will D’Andrea had said since Gro
Alliance is located in an agricultural zoning district, but their
use is classified as agricultural business use, any kind of
expansion requires conditional use approval.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2017/Mar/29/images/ads/current/New_Holland_sda_daily_FARM_2017.png) Both the Regional Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of
Appeals recommended approval.
The board unanimously approved Planning and Zoning Chairman Scott
Schaffenacker's motion to approve the Conditional Use request from
Gro Alliance, LLC.
Airport and Farm Update
The board unanimously approved Airport and Farm chairman Gene
Rohlfs' motion to accept engineering estimate for Project AAA-4317
described as renovate the gas fuel dispensing system at a total of
$220,584.40.
Rohlfs said that the airport share in doing the project 10 percent,
which is $22,058.44.
Health Committee update
Public Health Administrator Don Cavi for the Logan County Department
of Public Health gave a brief report.
Cavi said their audit showed a surplus of $43,000, so that looked
good. He said they are still waiting on payments from the state.
Cavi said the new medical and dental clinic that will be run by SIU
School of Medicine is set to open in April.
Cavi said the Liquor Commission has asked the health department to
do liquor inspections. He said the inspections may bring in $5,000
in revenue.
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Road and Bridge update
The board unanimously approved two resolutions for road and bridge repairs.
Road and Bridge Chairman Bob Farmer's first motion was to approve awarding a
contract for sealcoat work in three townships to Illinois Road Contractors.
Farmer's second motion was to appropriate $15,000 from the County Bridge Fund to
assist Laenna Township to place riprap under a bridge.
Insurance and Legislative update
Besides approval of insurance providers, the board voted on one resolution and
several appointments brought forward from the Insurance and Legislative
Committee.
The board unanimously approved to recognize National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
The board also unanimously approved the appointments of Glenn Shelton and Norma
Bathe to Board of ETSB, Jerry Purcell to Latham Fire Protection District, and
Tom W. Cross to Board of Logan County Water District .
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Safety/EMA update
At the March Workshop, Logan County Emergency Management Agency Director Dan
Fulscher said all board members and department heads would need to have a
National Incident Management System training and test.
Fulscher said he could go quickly through the training and they could do the
test. He would need an hour.
Ruben said it could be done before the board meeting on April 18.
[Angela Reiners] |