Iroquois County’s health committee presented a package of personnel and animal-control policy proposals at the Policy and Procedure Committee meeting on Oct. 25, including a recommendation to require background checks and current proof of insurance for county employees who use personal vehicles for work.

A committee member said Jill provided a sample form that department heads will use to collect updated proof of insurance and that department heads will be responsible for ensuring records are processed. The proposals would expand an animal-control background-check approach to a countywide background-check policy; the committee said any countywide policy would return to the Policy and Procedure Committee for review before being adopted countywide.

The health committee also discussed making microchipping part of the county’s rabies-registration ordinance, but tabled fee changes for further review and set a meeting with county staff (Angie, Jill and Donna) to examine fee proposals. The committee approved pay-now options for spay/neuter and rabies expenses at animal control.

The committee said the Iroquois County Public Health Department will bring sample policies and an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) draft to future meetings for review; one committee member said the IGA would be ready by Quinlan (timeline not defined in transcript).