Government At Work

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 –

9:00 a.m. – McHenry County Board—

Meeting in the County Board Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

Several appointments are to be made by the Board, including Elna A Hamilton to the McHenry County Housing Authority for a term to expire June 30, 2013;

Stephen R. Polep and Catherin L. Nash to the Senior Services Grant Commission for terms to expire October 1, 2014.

A resolution is to be adopted authorizing the construction of an environmentally controlled space in the Evidence Facility with a contract for the construction services with Carmichael Construction.

Along with this action, a resolution is t be adopted authorizing budget line item transfers in the Sheriff’s fiscal year 2012 budget to fund the needed improvement.

West Entrance of the Courthouse modification.

An additional public entrance to the building is planned due to the added number of public and employees entering and has caused delayed admittance. To resolve this, an additional entrance is being constructed to prevent those entering the building from having to wait in the outside elements of the weather. The cost is not expected to exceed $50,000.

Increased Daily Room Rates At Valley Hi Nursing Home

The Board is to consider a Resolution to increase the room rates at Valley Hi Nursing Home. This is being done following a rate study which showed that the Valley Hi rate were below market in the surrounding area.

Rates are to be set as follows:

Intermediate Care     $210 per day

Skilled I Care             $220 per day

Skilled II Care            $230 per day

Also for Valley Hi, the Board is being requested to authorize the reclassification of a full time food service assistant into two part time positions at Valley Hi.

Workforce Grants for Dislocated Workers

The Board is to approve the receipt of $37,537 in Workforce Grants which is used to assist for costs associated with services provided to the Dislocated Workers from Trade Programs.

Grant For Health Department

A $25,198 grant is provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health for the development of mitigation strategies to address the top three hazards t the Public Health and Healthcare system. Part of the fund will support a regional consultant to develop the mitigation strategies.

County Emergency Operations Plan

The County Board is to approve the 2012 McHenry County EOP and a copy of it is to be forwarded to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency as required by state law.

County Board Meeting Dates for 2013.
These are generally the first and third Tuesdays of the month. There is an exception in January when the first Tuesday New Years Day, therefore, the meeting date is moved to Thursday, January 3.

Adopt-A-Highway

This program allows volunteer groups to adopt various sections of county highways for the purpose to clean up litter. Three groups are being presented for approval including The Eky’s Giving Back, Greenworld Systems and Vibrance Chiropractic. This program is handled through the McHenry County Department of Highways.

New Bridge For Charles J. Miller Road

The lowest responsible bid is being presented to the County Board for approval to demolish structures at 405 Emerald Drive, McHenry Township. These were acquired for the location of a new bridge to be constructed north of the existing bridge to add capacity over the Fox River.

Bridge Inspection

The Federal Government requires that all bridge structures including culverts, which have an opening of 20 feet or greater be inspected at two-year and or four-year intervals. There are 136 structures that required inspection under the federal law. An engineering service agreement with Willett Hoffmann & Associates, Inc. for $197,383.54 is to be approved by the County Board for this inspection work. 

Hill Road Township Bridge Project
Board approval is requested for a $96,978.64 added contract to replace a bridge structure on Hill Road in Richmond Township. The contract with Strand Associates, Inc. will now total $247,709.10.