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Committee approves claims, hears coroner report and discusses cooling shelters
Summary
The Stephenson County committee approved claims for public property and public safety totaling about $149,000, heard a coroner report citing 25 deaths in June, and discussed requests for cooling shelters after hot weather.
The Stephenson County Public Safety and Public Properties Committee approved claims for public property of $51,570.63 and for public safety of $97,330.29 after a motion and second; the chair recorded the ayes and declared the claims approved.
There were no public comments during the allotted public-comment period. The committee then discussed local impacts of recent hot weather and inquiries about cooling shelters, with the chair noting likely options such as city hall and the library.
An agency official identified by meeting function as the coroner reported June statistics: "June, we had 25 deaths," the coroner said, adding that the office attended six of those deaths, performed three autopsies, signed 11 death certificates while doctors signed 14, and classified 23 as natural and two as accidental. The coroner also said a department truck had minor paint transfer after a collision and that the morgue's air filtration system "is up and working" now.
The committee had no substantive public-comment input and concluded the items after the reports and approvals.
