The Executive Committee of the DeKalb County Board met on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 7:00p.m. at the Administration Building’s Conference Room East.  Chairman Ruth Anne Tobias called the meeting to order. Members present Pat Vary, Eileen Dubin, Julia Fauci, Michael Haines, Pat LaVigne, Robert Rosemier and Roger Steimel.  Mr. Osborne and Ms. LaVigne were absent.  Vice Chairman Jerry Augsburger was invited to sit in for Ms. LaVigne for the Highway Committee. Others present were Gary Hanson, Anita Turner, Greg Millburg, Jeff Metzger, Sr., John Hulseberg, Sharon Holmes, Steve Walt and Diane Strand.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

          Moved by Mr. Haines, seconded by Ms. Vary, and it was carried unanimously to approve the minutes from May 2007.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA     

          Moved by Ms. Fauci, seconded by Ms. Vary, and it was carried unanimously to approve the agenda as presented.

APPOINTMENTS:

DeKalb County Rehab and

Nursing Center Operating Board:          Mr. Ronald Klein, appointment for a term of 1 year, until June 30, 2008.

Appointments expiring for July 2007 are:

Workforce Investment Act Board – 1 position

Metropolitan Exposition Authority – 3 positions

Community Services Administrative Board – 5 positions

Supervisor of Assessments – 1 position

REQUEST BY THE COUNTY CLERK- PRECINCT LINE CHANGES   

          DeKalb County Clerk Sharon Holmes, approached the committee tonight regarding the change in certain precinct lines.  She is making two requests for a change in precinct lines.  First is Precinct DK-28, which is landlocked and has no place for it to grow.  It has approximately 200 voters.  Precinct DK-29 has lots of growth in the Southmoor Estates area and has 1200 voters. She is proposing to take the top portion of North of Taylor Street that was in DK-29 (Golden Years Plaza High-Rise and apartments just east of there towards 7^th street) and add those to DK28, which would make 600 voters in each precinct. 

          The other change would involve Cortland 05, which is large area-wise.  They would split it apart and create a new precinct called CO-08.  They are suggesting splitting the precinct right down Somonauk Road.  She said that she needs an approval by the County Board at the June 2007 Board meeting according to State law since it would affect precinct line changes for the February 2008 primary election.  This will give people time to learn what their new precinct line is, explained Ms. Holmes.

          Precinct DK-21 has a scrivener’s error that needs to be corrected, also.

          Moved by Mr. Stiemel, seconded by Mr. Haines, and it was carried unanimously to forward this recommendation to the full board for approval.

APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY BOARD AGENDA

          Mr. Gary Hanson, Deputy County Administrator, reviewed the county board agenda for the board meeting to be held on June 20, 2007. 

          The committee agreed to place another item under the Economic Development Committee section of the agenda to include the Resolution for the Custom Aluminum Tax Abatement Request.  The Economic Development Committee will be discussing this item at their June 13^th meeting. 

Moved by Ms. Fauci, seconded by Mr. Haines and it was carried unanimously to forward the amended county board agenda to the full county board for approval.    

GENERAL DISCUSSION

          Mr. Steimel, Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Committee, said that there was no meeting for them in May.  The Regional Plan Commission did discuss the Water Study issue at their last meeting and that they will be the governing body overseeing this study.

          Mr. Augsburger, Vice-Chairman of the County Highway Committee, said that they have 7 items that they are sending to the full board for consideration this month.  The first three items deal with TransVac and the pass through to keep TransVac operating. 

          Ms. Dubin, Chairman of the Economic Development Committee, said that their upcoming meeting on June 13^th has a very full agenda.  They will be discussing the Custom Aluminum Request and gathering questions on the Renew DeKalb Proposal from the City of DeKalb. She also encouraged all county board members to read the minutes from the last meeting regarding the Renew DeKalb Proposal.

          Ms. Vary, Vice-Chairman of the County Board, said that she is working on legislative agenda items.  She would like to ask for direction on what to do about certain legislative items and whom she should call.  The committee agreed that Ms. Vary should create a list of the items with questions and concerns and give it to Mr. Bockman, Chairman Tobias and Mr. Hanson for their review and input.

          Ms. Fauci, Chairman of the Forest Preserve Committee, said that they also heard from Mr. Biernacki from the City of DeKalb regarding the Renew DeKalb Proposal.  A letter of support needs to be turned into the City of DeKalb by August is what her committee had been told.  They are also considering changing the fiscal year.  They have received a $4,000 grant from the Community Foundation.  It will be used for handicapped accessible items.

          Mr. Rosemier, Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, said that they heard from Dean Shirley Richmond, Director of the Tri-County Clinic in Malta.  She said that they are looking for volunteers to help with various office duties.  They will be looking for a nurse practitioner and a bilingual person.  His committee will be hearing from Cathy Anderson, Operations Director of the Rehab and Nursing Center in July.

          Chairman Tobias said that the Law and Justice Committee heard the monthly reports and that the jail count was at 113 inmates for the average daily population.

          Chairman Tobias said that the Finance Committee discussed the Water Study proposal and the fiscal year change.

          Chairman Tobias then mentioned that the Hazard Mitigation Committee is half way through the study/plan.  They hope in the Fall to come up with some guidelines.

          Chairman Tobias briefly informed the committee about the Strategic Plan proposal that she passed out this evening.  She hopes to set up a planning committee comprised of Mr. Bockman, Mr. Hanson and some members of the county board and department heads. 

          Mr. Hanson said that the community outreach building is out for bid and the bids will hopefully be awarded on July 10, 2007.  He said that that DeKalb City Planning Commission will bring this before them on 6/27/07 and the City Council on July 9, 2007 for a Planned Unit Development.

          Chairman Tobias said that an email went out today regarding the National Indian Gaming Commission land determination for a Class II gaming to all board members.  State’s Attorney Ron Matekaitis asked for this determination and he has asked for it to be placed on the website.  The National Indian Gaming Commission will be initiating that study and will need certain documents from us by a certain timeframe.

          Chairman Tobias also mentioned an IDOT invitation for comments on the Draft 2007 Illinois State Transportation Plan and go to their website if any of the county board members are interested in writing comments.

          She also mentioned an invite from the Northern Illinois Commuter Transportation Initiative (NICTI) who will be having an elected officials meeting on June 19 @ 6:00p.m. at NIU in Rockford, if any of the county board members would like to attend.

ADJOURNMENT

Moved by Ms. Vary, seconded by Mr. Dubin, and it was carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

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Chairman Ruth Anne Tobias

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Mary C. Supple, Secretary

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