At the regular meeting in May, the Union County Board of Education expressed a clear message to HES Facilities Management company that custodians would remain Union County employees. Carolyn Murr, President of UC Education Association, reminded the board that the outsourcing of substitutes had caused lots of problems and outsourcing janitors could have the same issues. Two HES managers presented the benefits that the company offered.

There are two major opinions about zoning in Union County. One seems to be “don’t tell me what I can do on my property”. People do not want to be told that they can or cannot (choose one) put an RV on their property, raise pigs or turkeys, build another building on their property, rent their property out to others, collect scrap metal. There is a long list of possible rules and regulations that many of the “don’t tread on me” citizens of this county simply do not want. There are also the “not in my backyard” folks who have a point as well.