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DRAFT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTESNovember 10, 2009
The Executive Committee of the DeKalb County Board met on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:00p.m. at the Administration Building’s Conference Room East. Chairman Ruth Anne Tobias called the meeting to order. Members present were Ken Andersen, Larry Anderson, Eileen Dubin, Julia Fauci. Chairman Tobias asked Mr. Hulseberg to sit in for Michael Haines, Mr. Augsburger to sit in for Pat LaVigne, Ms. Turner to sit in for Marlene Allen and Mr. Paul Stoddard to sit in for Mr. Metzger, Sr. Others present were Ray Bockman, Gary Hanson, Mark Todd, Pat Vary, Scott Newport, Riley Oncken, Eileen Dubin and Steve Slack.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTESMr. Andersen amended the minutes with a couple of grammatical errors. Moved by Mr. Stoddard, seconded by Ms. Dubin, and it was carried unanimously to approve the amended minutes from October 2009.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDAMoved by Mr. Anderson, seconded by Ms. Fauci, and it was carried unanimously to approve the agenda.
APPOINTMENTS Community Mental Health Board: Dr. Thomas Kirts, reappointment for a term of 4 years, until 12/31/2013.
Rev. Dr. Ken Ritchie, appointment for a term of 4 years, until 12/31/2013.
DeKalb County Nursing Home Foundation: Ms. Pat Barger Mr. Lowell Evans Mr. Dave Leifheit
All reappointments for a term of 3 years, until 11/30/2012.
Victor-Adams #1 Drainage Mr. Brian Miller Mr. Leeson Gord
All reappointments for a term of 3 years until 12/1/2012.
Community Services Administrative Board: Ms. Sylvia Ibarra Ms. Dawn Littlefield
Both appointments for a term of 3 years, until 11/30/2012.
911 Emergency Telephone Systems Board: Lt. Al Newby, (replacing Todd Walker), appointment for a term of 4 years, until 12/01/2013.
Chief Jay VanLanduyt, appointment for a term of 4 years until 12/01/2013.
Mr. Gary Hanson Lt. Carl Leoni Lt. Darren Mitchell All reappointments for a term of 4 years, until 12/01/2013.
Chairman Tobias mentioned that she has not made a decision yet on the appointment for the Public Building Commission.
Appointments expiring for December 2009:
Moved by Mr. Hulseberg, seconded by Ms. Turner, and it was carried unanimously to forward these recommendations to the full board for approval.
Chairman Tobias then recommended the following appointments for the new Ad Hoc Courthouse Oversight Committee. She said that the following people were being appointed: Ruth Anne Tobias, Larry Anderson, Kenneth Andersen, Julia Fauci, John Hulseberg, Judge Klein and Maureen Josh. The staff members that will be assigned to this committee are: Ray Bockman, Gary Hanson and Jim Scheffers.
Mr. Bockman said that this committee will be working on this project for about a couple of years.
Moved by Ms. Turner, seconded by Mr. Stoddard, and it was carried unanimously to forward these recommendations to the full board for approval.
1ST TIME HOMEBUYERS PROGRAM Mr. Bockman approached the committee about the continuation of the 1st Time Homebuyers Program for the next three years. He said that the County has participated in this program since 2002, with the exception of the years that we utilized our bond cap for the Supportive Living Facility.
Moved by Ms. Fauci, seconded by Ms. Turner, and it was carried unanimously to forward this recommendation to the full board for approval.
TAX ABATEMENT RESCISION Mr. Bockman said that the County had received a letter from the City of DeKalb announcing that based on the fact that the Target Corporation had fallen out of compliance with their development agreement with the City, that the City would be rescinding their year #3 tax abatement. This is the same as ours, he said, it would be a 70% tax abatement that would have amounted to $60,000 in our case. He is proposing a resolution that would rescind the County’s 3rd year tax abatement, also.
The committee asked Mr. Bockman how many employees did Target fall short of?
Mr. Bockman said that the agreement called for 500 employees and the number was down around 430 employees.
Mr. Anderson asked Mr. Bockman that if Target comes back into compliance to what it was originally, it goes back to the abatement then, correct?
Mr. Bockman said yes, the County’s ordinance did a 5-year agreement.
Mr. Bockman stated that the City of DeKalb has been monitoring this situation and they notified the County.
Moved by Ms. Fauci, seconded by Mr. Augsburger, and it was carried unanimously to forward this resolution to the full board for approval.
APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY BOARD AGENDA Mr. Ray Bockman, County Administrator, reviewed the County Board Agenda for the Board Meeting to be held on November 18, 2009. He mentioned that we would be adding the Ordinance on the 1st Time Homebuyers Program to the agenda under the Executive Committee. Ms. Fauci said that under the Forest Preserve District Committee their two items should read that they are forwarding the adoption of their budget and tax levy to the commissioners
Moved by Mr. Andersen, seconded by Mr. Stoddard, and it was carried unanimously to approve the County Board Agenda and to forward it to the full board for approval.
GENERAL DISCUSSION
Ms. Eileen Dubin, Chairman of the Economic Development Committee, said that her committee will be sending the tax abatement resolution to the full board for approval. She also said that they heard Dr. Gleeson’s findings on the Task Force on the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant (IDCEO). This task force is comprised of the members of the DeKalb County Economic Development Committee and representatives from the DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation. She explained that this project began when she gathered a group of community leaders to help brainstorm on what role the Economic Development Committee had and what it could do to help attract higher paying jobs to DeKalb County.
Mr. Augsburger, said that he had no report since the County Highway Committee meeting was cancelled.
Ms. Fauci, Chairman of the Forest Preserve Committee, said that the Boy Scouts held a successful Camporee, the Public Star Party was a great success, and that Mr. Hannan is looking at a piece of property in the northern part of the County that could be a possible purchase by the Forest Preserve District.
Mr. Stoddard, Vice-Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, said that they heard from Ms. Donna Moulton regarding the one-time allocations with the Senior Services Tax Levy.
Ms. Turner, Vice-Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee, said that the committee heard from Ms. Gilmour that they have received two donations for the Safehouse. One donation was from the Larson Family and the other was from the Doug Roberts Foundation.
Mr. Kenneth Andersen, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Committee, said that his committee is sending two items to the board for consideration.
Mr. John Hulseberg, a Member of the Finance Committee, said that they were sending the budget to the full board for approval and a resolution on the elected official’s salaries.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: PERSONNEL It was moved by Mr. Stoddard, seconded by Ms. Fauci, and it was carried unanimously to move into closed session to discuss personnel by a roll call vote.
It was moved by Mr. Anderson, seconded by Mr. Stoddard, and it was carried unanimously to return to open session by a roll call vote. No action was taken.
ADJOURNMENTIt was moved by Mr. Anderson, seconded by Ms. Fauci, and it was carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________________ Chairman Ruth Anne Tobias
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