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The
Executive Committee of the DeKalb County Board met on Tuesday, October 9, 2001 @
7:00 p.m. at the Administration Building=s
Conference Room East. Chairman
Robert Pritchard called the meeting to order.
Members present were Robert Hutcheson, Sue Leifheit, John Dlabal, Roger
Steimel, Ruth Anne Tobias and John Wilson.
Mr. Morreale arrived at 7:05p.m. Others
present were Ray Bockman, Gary Hanson, Margaret Whitwell, Dr. Conway, John
Dlabal and Diane Strand.
Moved by Mr. Wilson, seconded by Mr. Steimel, and it was carried
unanimously to accept the minutes of the September 11, 2001 meeting.
Moved
by Ms. Leifheit, seconded by Ms. Tobias, and it was carried unanimously to
approve the amended agenda.
Chairman Pritchard recommended the following appointments:
Building Board of Appeals: Mr. Steven Bollinger, reappointment for a term of 5 years, until 11/01/2006.
Housing
Authority of DeKalb County: Mr. Ronald Bemis,
reappointment for a term of 5 years, until 11/01/2006.
Moved by Mr. Hutcheson, seconded by Ms. Tobias, and it was carried
unanimously to approve the appointments as presented by Chairman Pritchard, and
to forward them onto the full board for approval.
ANNUAL
EXTENSION OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW – The Supervisor of Assessments seeks an
Extension of the Board of Review to enable work for the assessment year to be
completed and the assessment books certified by the County Clerk.
Ms. Margaret Whitwell, DeKalb County Supervisor of Assessments, presented
her annual resolution for the extension of the board of review.
She said that because of state statute the date of November 7the is
set for the board of review’s deadline. However,
many boards throughout the State of Illinois do not ever meet that date and need
to extend it just like our County.
Moved
by Mr. Wilson, seconded by Ms. Leifheit, and it was carried unanimously to
recommend the extension of the board of review and to forward it onto the full
board for approval.
Mr. Bockman presented the County Board Agenda for the meeting to be held
on October 17, 2001. Mr. Morreale
asked that item #b – Resolution #R2001-76 on Land Acquisition, be removed from
the Forest Preserve Agenda as it was not ready to go just yet.
He hoped to bring it before the board in November.
Ms. Leifheit asked Ms. Tobias that since the Legislative Agenda was not
going to be voted on until the Public Policy Committee met on Monday, October
15, 2001, could she please send a “draft copy” out to the board this week
and also place it on the Web? Ms.
Tobias said that she didn’t see any reason that this request couldn’t be
done.
Ms. Tobias also informed the committee that Representative Dave Wirsing
and Senator Bradley Burzynski would be present at the board meeting this month
to speak briefly to the county board members.
Moved by Mr. Steimel, seconded by Mr. Hutcheson, and it was carried
unanimously to accept the county board agenda as presented by Mr. Bockman.
Mr.
Morreale, Chairman of the Forest Preserve Committee, reminded the committee
about the Genoa Kingston School District’s Invitation for tomorrow 10/10/01.
He also said that the resolution that he pulled from the agenda
(#R2001-76 on Land Acquisition) is “hung-up” because of appraisals that need
to be done. Mr. Morreale also
wanted to thank Mr. Dennis Sands for hosting the Forest Preserve Committee
Meeting at his restaurant last month in Shabbona.
It is located on Shabbona Lake State Park and he said that it was
wonderful. Mr. Morreale encouraged everyone present to
visit Lake Shabbona and Mr. Sands restaurant.
Mr.
Hutcheson, Chairman of the Planning and Regulations Committee, stated that the
first item on the county board agenda relating to wind testing is just a
temporary “fix” for 2 years. He
also stated that the second item on the agenda involved the splitting of a small
3-acre lot that currently has a home on it and on the second lot that is going
to be split – there will be a new home built on it.
Mr.
Wilson, Chairman of the Public Infrastructure and Development Committee, thanked
the Public Building Commission, and the Highway staff for all of their hard work
on the new highway facility. He
said that the new building is 99% finished. He also said that about 80 to 100 people attended their open
house last week.
Mr.
Wilson then spoke about the newly formed Snow Removal Task Force.
He stated that the biggest issue that is being discussed is the response
time. He said that the county
currently operates 10 routes for snow removal. Each route is about 22 to 24
miles long. This is comparable to
other counties surrounding DeKalb County, he said.
He also stated that no other county has a 24 hour, round the clock
removal either.
Mr.
Wilson also informed the committee that Mr. Bob Soltau of IDOT spoke to the
Public Infrastructure and Development Committee last week and presented a
proposal to establish a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). Mr. Wilson
said that Mr. Soltau said that this is a result of the urbanized area of DeKalb
County, primarily the Cities of DeKalb and Sycamore, and the Town of Cortland,
exceeding 50,000 population in the last census. This MPO must be established to determine how funds are spent
for Federal Aid projects in the urbanized area encompassing DeKalb, Sycamore,
Cortland and adjacent communities. He
also said that this is considered to be a comprehensive, continuous, cooperative
plan.
Ms.
Tobias, Chairman of the Public Policy Committee, stated that her committee would
be discussing the legislative agenda next week along with holding their meeting
in the City of Genoa.
Mr.
Steimel, Chairman of the Administrative Services Committee, said that their last
meeting was a good one and that the committee agreed to go forward on the health
insurance issue with the County’s consultant, Tim Kearns.
Mr. Kearns will be going forward and seek bids for our health insurance.
Mr. Steimel also said that the he felt the discussion on Regional
Planning was very good.
Ms.
Leifheit, Chairman of the Public Services Committee, stated that they heard two
appeals filed by the Regional Superintendent of Schools and the Public Defender.
The committee agreed to the Regional Superintendent’s request by
allowing a 70%/30% split in the salary of a part-time position that will be
funded partly by the Federal Government. As
far as the Public Defender’s Office, the committee agreed to his request for
one new attorney position to be added to his department. However, after the meeting had finished the public defender,
came up with an alternative plan that was much better and presented it the
Administrative Services Committee. He
withdrew his appeal and proposed a part-time outside attorney for $20,000 a year
with no benefits. The rent monies that will not be spent because of the move of
the public defender’s office to the courthouse in the near future will fund
this position, Mr. Leifheit said.
Chairman
Pritchard reminded the committee members to attend various meetings in the
upcoming few weeks. They included the Regional Planning Meeting to be held on
October 30, 2001, the Extension Service Seminar, the VietNow Vigil on November 9th
and November 10tth and the Township Officials Dinner on November 8,
2001. He also informed them that
they might be getting some phone calls soon from their constituents regarding
Vulcan Materials. Supposedly their trucks are not being cleaned out properly and
gravel is still being thrown from the trucks.
Moved by Ms. Leifheit, seconded by Mr. Steimel, and it was voted
unanimously to adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully
submitted,
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Robert W. Pritchard, Chairman
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Mary C. Supple, Secretary
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