DeKalb County, Illinois

Minutes of the
Executive Committee

March 9. 2010

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MINUTES

March 9, 2010

The Executive Committee of the DeKalb County Board met on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 5:00p.m. at the Administration Building’s Conference Room East. Chairman Ruth Anne Tobias called the meeting to order. Members present were Marlene Allen, Eileen Dubin, Julia Fauci, Michael Haines, Pat LaVigne and Mr. Jeff Metzger. Mr. Ken Andersen, Mr. Stoddard, Mr. Emerson and Mr. Larry Anderson called into the meeting to participate.

Moved by Ms. LaVigne, seconded by Ms. Allen, and it was carried unanimously to accept the conference call from Kenneth Andersen, Paul Stoddard, John Emerson, and Larry Anderson, to participate in the meeting tonight.

Others present were Gary Hanson, Julian Magdaleno, John Hulseberg, Anita Turner, Mark Todd, Steve Walt, Jerry Augsburger, Kevin Chambliss, Pat Vary, Riley Oncken and Derek Tyson.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Moved by Mr. Haines seconded by Ms. Dubin, and it was carried unanimously to approve the minutes from February 2010.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

Moved by Ms. LaVigne, seconded by Mr. Metzger, Sr., and it was carried unanimously

to approve the agenda.

APPOINTMENTS

Malta Community Fire Protection District : Mr. Bobbie Kyler

DeKalb Community F.P. Dist.: Mr. Gerald Latimer

Cortland Comm. F.P. Dist.: Mr. William E. Abbott, Sr.

Kirkland Comm. F.P. Dist.: Mr. Edward Peterson

Shabbona Comm. F.P. Dist.: Mr. Robert Frazier

Genoa-Kingston F.P. Dist.: Mr. Rex Nelson

Hinckley Comm. F.P. Distr.: Mr. Allen Bark

Somonauk Comm. F.P. Dist.: Mr. Mark Tuttle

All reappointments for a term of 3 years, until 04/01/2013.

Sycamore Comm. F.P. Dist.: Mr. John C. Weberpal

New Appointment for a term

of 3 years until 04/01/2013.

And,

DeKalb Sanitary District: Dr. Dennis Collins,

reappointment for a term of 3

years until 04/01/2013.

And,

Public Building Commission: Mr. Larry Lundgren, appointment for a term from April 1, 2010 until 9/30/2014.

Mr. Anderson asked Chairman Tobias if she could please have Mr. Lundgren’s qualifications available for the County Board Meeting next week

Chairman Tobias said that yes she could.

Appointments expiring for APRIL 2010:

Farmland Assessment Review Committee – 1 position
Regional Planning Commission – 5 positions

Moved by Mr. Haines, seconded by Ms. LaVigne, and it was carried to forward these recommendations to the full board for approval. Ms. Dubin voted no.

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 March 17, 2010. Mr. Hanson pointed out that on the County Board agenda there will be a Public Hearing held at the beginning of the meeting regarding the Intent to Issue Bonds. At your April Meeting you will actually pass a resolution to authorize selling bonds, where we anticipate it will be around the $16 million range for the Courthouse part of the project, said Mr. Hanson.

Ms. Dubin asked if it will only be the courthouse portion of the project

Mr. Hanson said that you have already voted on the resolution, now you are authorizing the selling of just the courthouse part.

Ms. Fauci said because that is the only one that you have secured.

Mr. Hanson said that he should be careful in stating that, it is the courthouse project plus planning money for the jail, so there are both parts for around $16 million.

Mr. Hulseberg, said we will vote to authorize monies for a jail expansion or the rest of the jail project at a later date, correct

Mr. Hanson said yes.

Ms. Turner said that if it is possible, maybe an article about the bonds issue could appear in the paper so that the public is clear as to what is happening.

Chairman Tobias said that the newspaper has already written an article on this issue, but that she will try again.

Ms. Fauci asked if there is a time limit on people speaking during the public hearing

Mr. Hanson said that the rules state there is a 3-minute limit for each person to speak and a 30-minute limit per topic.

Mr. Stoddard stated that we need to make sure that the topic that the public speaks on is strictly on the bond issue only.

Mr. Andersen suggested that Chairman Tobias speak to the State’s Attorney prior to the County Board meeting so that she can say the right thing when it comes time to open the public hearing.

Moved by Ms. Fauci, seconded by Ms. Allen, and it was carried unanimously to approve the County Board Agenda and to forward it to the full board for approval.

GENERAL DISCUSSION

Ms. LaVigne, Chairman of the County Highway Committee, said that she had no report.

Mr. Oncken asked Ms. LaVigne what the status is on the roundabout issue.

Ms. LaVigne said that we don’t have all of the figures yet, so it has been tabled.

Mr. Metzger, Sr., Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, said that they heard from Ms. Cathy Anderson, Administrator of the Rehab and Nursing Center and Ms. Linda Moser, Interim Director of Safe Passage. They also heard from Ms. Dubin about a grant writer for the County who will look over grants for social service needs and economic development needs. His committee also, will be holding 2 nights of hearings on the Senior Service Tax Levy Appropriations in April. They have $678,000 of requests made for the funds, with only $515,000.00 in monies available.

Ms. Allen, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee, said that they heard from Mr. Ray Bockman, County Administrator, regarding the Courthouse Oversight Committee. They also heard from Ms. Margi Gilmour, Director of DeKalb County Court Services Department, who said that they now have a family for the new Safe House. There will be an Open House for the Safe house held in April 2010 in which the County Board members will be invited to attend.

Ms. Dubin, Chairman of the Economic Development Committee, said that they had no meeting last month.

Ms. Fauci, Chairman of the Forest Preserve Committee, said that the Forest Preserve District heard from the Sunrise Rotary about their annual 8 K run and the Maple Syrup Event was very well attended.

Mr. Haines, Chairman of the Finance Committee, said that his committee did not meet last month.

Mr. Kenneth Andersen, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Committee, said that his committee has 3 items coming before the County Board this month for approval. One of those ordinances is on creating a new Class G Liquor License for the County. Another ordinance brings the building code up to 2006 standards. He reminded the committee about the landfill hearings resuming this Thursday, March 11^th @ 1:00p.m. at Kishwaukee College’s Jenkins Auditorium. He also mentioned that the Courthouse Oversight Committee will be meeting this Friday, March 12^th from noon – 3:00p.m. for the Kick-off meeting.

Before adjourning, Chairman Tobias briefly informed the committee about her trip to the NACo Legislative Conference that was just held in Washington, D.C. She said that she was able to meet with the offices of Mr. Foster, Mr. Burris and Mr. Durbin on Capital hill on Monday.

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved by Ms. LaVigne, seconded by Ms. Fauci, and it was carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

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Chairman Ruth Anne Tobias