Kendall County Times

Kendall County Committee of the Whole met Sept. 7.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

BUDGET HEARINGS

Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance – The Committee of the Whole meeting was called to order at 9:22 a.m. by County Board Chair Matt Kellogg.

Roll Call

Board Member	Status	Arrived	Left Meeting
Matt Kellogg	here
Scott Gengler	here
Zach Bachmann	absent
Brian DeBolt	absent
Elizabeth Flowers	absent
Dan Koukol	absent
Jason Peterson	here
Ruben Rodriguez	here
Brooke Shanley	here
Seth Wormley	here

Quorum established with six (6) members present.

Staff Present: Jennifer Breault, Nancy Villa, Meagan Briganti, Matt Kinsey, Dan Polvere, Jacquie Purcell, Andy Nicoletti, RaeAnn VanGundy

Others Present: Todd Milliron

Approval of Agenda – Member Peterson made a motion to approve the agenda, second by Member Wormley. With six (6) members present voting aye, the motion carried by a vote of 6-0.

BUDGET PRESENTATIONS

➢ Director of ICT Matt Kinsey continued his presentation to the committee for his FY24 budget requests. They have IGA’s with KenCom to offset some of their salaries. He briefed the committee on the contractual services that have increased from FY23. ICT is moving to centralize the software for the county.

➢ Coroner Jacqueline Purcell presented the FY24 Coroner’s Budget requests. Discussion on salary and one ARPA funded position. Capital requests will include $15,000 in new radios, due to KenCom upgrading to encrypted radios which will make the Coroner’s current radios obsolete. Discussion ensued regarding how the radios could be funded.

➢ Director of Facilities Management Dan Polvere presented to the committee the FY24 Facilities Management budget requests. Salaries were discussed, which included increases for clerical and project manager positions, over the 2% increase suggested by the committee. Overtime salaries, which are mostly dictated by the weather (snow removal) are unpredictable from year to year. The board would like to have further discussions on vehicles and how they can share or move vehicles to different departments. Board chairman had questions regarding utilities and would like Mr. Polvere to look into the numbers for gas and electric billing.

➢ Chief Assessor Andy Nicoletti presented the FY24 Assessors budget requests. Employees are union and their current contract runs through November 2024, so any increase in salaries are unknown at this time.

➢ Executive Director RaeAnn VanGundy and Fiscal Director Katy Williams presented the FY24 Health Department budget requests. They explained to the committee all the grant changes that have taken place this past year and grants that have ended. Currently three positions open and they are requesting a three percent increase in salaries. Capital requests will all be funded by grant funds.

➢ Financial Analyst Jennifer Breault presented the Administration FY24 budget requests. The only anticipated increase would be in postage meter, the lease is expiring this year and will need to re negotiate with a potential cost increase. Salary adjustments due to hire of the County Administrator position, all other salaries ask 2 % increase. Healthcare is based on the 17.8% increase that was presented in September, hopefully in October the actual percent increase will be available. Jennifer also explained about the 27th Payroll fund, this fund is for an extra pay period in 2029, and the goal is to have a healthy fund balance amount to offset this payroll expense. The 27th payroll happens about every 11- 12 years depending on the calendar.

COW meeting adjourned for lunch at 11:50 a.m. Chairman Matt Kellogg called meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. and asked for a roll call:

Board Member	Status	Arrived	Left Meeting
Matt Kellogg	here
Scott Gengler	here
Zach Bachmann	absent
Brian DeBolt	absent
Elizabeth Flowers	absent
Dan Koukol	absent
Jason Peterson	absent
Ruben Rodriguez	here
Brooke Shanley	here
Seth Wormley	here

With only five members present for Committee of the Whole, Chairman Kellogg called for a recess for lack of quorum. Budget Presentations continued at 12:32 p.m. in the Finance and Budget Committee meeting.

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