Committees

The Animal Services Committee meets quarterly at 5:50 p.m. on the last Monday of the month. The meetings, which are open to the public, are held in the County Board Conference Room.

This Committee shall:

1. Implement all facets and programs necessary to effect the intentions of the Animal Control Act.
2. Supervise all activities of the Animal Services Department.

This Committee shall:

1. Receive reports and briefings from the Economic Development Director with respect to the marketing of the County to new and expanding businesses and industry.
2. Receive confidential reports regarding development prospects and leads.
3. Receive summaries of approved business loans approved by the Economic Development Department-Loan Committee.
4. Review and approve industrial revenue bond requests in concert with the Finance Committee.
5. Review and approve future changes to the boundaries of the American Bottoms Enterprise Zone and the St. Clair County MidAmerica Enterprise Zone and incentives offered within those Zones.
6. One member will serve on the Economic Development Department-Loan Committee.

This Committee shall:

1. Exercise general supervision over the Zoning and Mapping and Platting Departments.
2. Review the budget transfers of the Department managers.
3. Approve all subdivision plots, planned unit developments, zoning permits, zoning variances and zoning amendments.
4. Prepare and recommend a mobile home code, flood plain code, fire code, building code, subdivision code, nuisance code, health code and to review them annually for necessary revisions.
5. Act as a liaison between the Board and to cooperate with the Zoning Board of Appeals, Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission and all municipal planning commissions and zoning boards to provide long range planning for land use and to protect the environment.
6. Review status changes in the Zoning and Mapping and Platting Departments.
7. Review the enforcement procedures of the County, relative to all County environmental codes.

The Environment Committee meetings are held at 3:00 pm in the St. Clair County Board Conference Room.

The St. Clair County Finance Committee consists of seven County Board members that are appointed by the St. Clair County Board Chairman.

The Finance Committee meets the last two Mondays of every month in the St. Clair County Board conference room. On the last Monday, the Finance Committee meets prior to the County Board meeting and begins at 7:00 p.m. Other meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

This Committee shall:

1. Determine and approve the total amount for personnel and non personnel expenditures in all departments of County government.
2. Supervise all County finances, including, but not limited to the annual budget appropriation ordinance, tax levy, claims and expenses.
3. Exercise continuous review of expenditures in order to preserve proper balance between budgeted amounts and expenditure amounts.
4. Recommend fees and salaries, where they are not otherwise fixed by law.
5. Review official bonds provided by statute.
6. Review and direct all insurance programs.
7. Review all audits of departments and special funds.
8. Establish a centralized office for all County employees for personnel records, benefits, insurance and the retirement program.
9. Supervise the procedures, policies and administration of the Director of Purchasing, to assure proper implementation of the County "Purchasing Code".
10. Supervise the awarding of purchasing contacts for the County Board.
11. Review and approve budgetary requests of the Mental Health Board.
12. Prepare a personnel code for County employees.
13. Review the annual audit to determine what action is required to implement the recommendations made by the outside auditing firm.
14. Assist each department in the implementation of each recommendation as it pertains to that department.
15. Report to the County Board the progress of the implementation.
16. Review all special audits and their recommendations.