Madison County Board approves zoning measures, grant amendments, vendor awards and health department vaccine purchases

The Madison County Board met Sept. 15 in Edwardsville and approved a package of resolutions that included zoning actions, grant budget amendments and vendor awards while also authorizing purchases for the Health Department.

The board adopted several zoning-related items forwarded from the Building & Zoning Committee, including special-use permits, variances and a rezoning recommendation. The committee’s resolutions (Z21-0051, Z21-0053, Z21-0054, Z21-0056, Z21-0058 and Z21-0059) were read into the record and approved as presented by the committee.

In financial business, the Grants Committee reported a substantial amendment to the FY2021 Community Development Action Plan. The amendment reflects a CDBG allocation of $2,990,930 and a HOME allocation of $973,905, plus program income and line-item distributions across participating municipalities and county programs. The Board approved the amended plan and associated allocations.

The Board approved vendor contracts for short-term supply chain/logistics training — Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Lewis and Clark Community College, Southwestern Illinois Community College and Kaskaskia Community College — each listed at $50,000 to support training under WIOA Area 22. The Board also approved bids for the 2022 weatherization program, awarding HVAC, plumbing and electrical contracts and vendor contracts for weatherization materials under an overall program total of $999,799 (DOE, HHS and state funding components noted in committee documents).

Health Department procurement resolutions were approved to secure routine immunizations and other vaccines for county clinics. The Board approved purchases from Sanofi Pasteur (not to exceed $70,000), Merck Sharp & Dohme (not to exceed $80,000) and GlaxoSmithKline (not to exceed $90,000). The resolutions specify that vaccine purchases will be paid from Health Department funds and cover a one-year period beginning in November 2021.

The Board also handled routine transportation business: the Transportation Committee recommended final acceptance and payment for CH75 (Governor’s Parkway) patching, with an approved net contract value of $50,721 and final payment to the contractor per the engineer’s estimate.

One appointment brought to the floor — recommendation to fill County Board District 27 — was postponed for one month after a motion by Terry Eaker and a roll-call vote (19 AYES, 6 NAYS). Other committee appointments presented earlier in the meeting were approved by roll call (AYES 24, NAYS 1).

The session recessed for closed session to address pending litigation and personnel matters and was adjourned with the next regular session set for Oct. 20, 2021 for tax-levy business.