Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Effingham County Board held a regular meeting at 4pm yesterday.
The Board approved monthly reports, expenses, and minutes from the last meeting. A 6 month extension was granted for the completion of the annual audit from 2021, the Public Defender salary was set. Effingham County board members also voted 7-1 to earmark $900,000 in ARPA funds for a 10-bay hangar at Effingham County Memorial Airport. Board member Norbert Soltwedel voted against the measure, citing that some of his constituents think the money could be of more use elsewhere. Board Chairman Jim Niemann, who is on the County Airport Commission as well, said the hangar will pay for itself in 30 years, and the current building is becoming costly due to constant need for repairs.
The Board also heard from Sheriff Paul Kuhns about a quote has been received for emergency tuckpointing on the roof of the County Office Building. Sheriff Kuhns said two offers were made, one for $35k that would fix parts of the roof, and a $65k offer to fix the entirety of the roof. Kuhns said another vendor is coming in to check the roof, so the Board decided to table the action until the next quote has been heard.
An action to name a currently unnamed creek (was to be named Muskrat Creek) by Heartville was pushed back a month while residents in the area look for another name. Vice Chairman Dave Campbell wanted to wait on this while he “does the legwork” to see if the name being sought is already taken or not.
The Board had a brief closed session and after the session, the Board announced that an agreement has been reached on a new contract with employees of the County Probation Department. Acting Resident Circuit Judge Martin Siemer will need to sign it to finalize the agreement.
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