Boone County Board members on April 17 approved a package of resolutions, contracts and intergovernmental agreements covering surplus-property sales, a coroner mutual-aid pact, a jail roof replacement and consulting work on a landfill.

The board unanimously approved Resolution 25-13 proclaiming April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month in Boone County. The board also passed two resolutions to sell surplus property (Resolutions 25-15 and 25-16) and approved an amendment to an intergovernmental agreement with Winnebago County for detention of minors.

Other formal actions included:
- Approval of the Illinois Coroner and Medical Examiner Mutual Aid Agreement (item 10.1). The motion passed on a roll call vote. No individual dissent was recorded in the meeting minutes for that item.
- Approval of claims totaling $763,287.80 (item 11.1). The motion specified that Carl Johnson (recorded in the motion text as an abstention) abstained on claims involving specific vendors or departments; the board approved the claims on roll call.
- Approval of an amendment to the Boone County emergency policy to add a section on change orders (item 11.3).
- Approval of a $358,900 contract with Freeport Industrial Roofing Inc. for jail roof replacement (item 11.4).
- Approval of a professional-services agreement with Brownfield Environmental for consulting services at Landfill Number 2 (item 11.25).

Board members also approved an intergovernmental amendment for juvenile detention with Winnebago County and moved forward with two surplus-property sales by roll call.

Separately, the board considered a motion to reconsider a previously decided zoning text amendment (ordinance 25-06, text amendment TA-03-2025, vacation rental A-1). That motion to reconsider carried on roll call; if reconsideration proceeds, the matter will return to the board for a final vote at the May meeting.

Votes at a glance (as recorded during the meeting):
- Appointment to the community building (Bob Wahlberg): motion carried; recorded “no” votes included Rodney Riley, Dana Logsdon and Marion Thornberry; other members voted in favor.
- Resolution 25-13 (proclaim April Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month): approved unanimously.
- Resolution 25-15 (sale of surplus property O3O3-27-377-O3O): approved (roll call recorded as carried).
- Resolution 25-16 (sale of surplus property 5-26-153-021 and related parcels): approved (roll call recorded as carried).
- Ordinance 25-06 / TA-03-2025 (vacation rental, motion to reconsider): motion to reconsider passed; substantive reconsideration scheduled for the May meeting.
- Illinois Coroner/Medical Examiner Mutual Aid Agreement (item 10.1): approved (roll call recorded as carried).
- Claims totaling $763,287.80 (item 11.1): approved; Carl Johnson abstained as stated in the motion text.
- IGA amendment with Winnebago County (detention of minors): approved.
- Emergency policy amendment (change orders): approved.
- Jail roof replacement contract with Freeport Industrial Roofing Inc., $358,900: approved.
- Professional services agreement with Brownfield Environmental (Landfill No. 2): approved.

Why it matters: several of the approved items commit county funds or begin procurement and service relationships (roof replacement, environmental consulting, claims), while the vote to reconsider a vacation-rental text amendment moves a contentious land-use matter back onto the agenda for fuller debate.

The board scheduled reconsideration of the vacation-rental amendment for the May meeting and will revisit any related ordinance language then.

Ending: The board adjourned at 7:13 p.m.