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DRAFT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTESAugust 10, 2010
The Executive Committee of the DeKalb County Board met on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 7:00p.m. at the Administration Building’s Conference Room East. Chairman Ruth Anne Tobias called the meeting to order. Members present were Marlene Allen, Ken Andersen, Larry Anderson, Eileen Dubin, Julia Fauci, Mike Haines, Jeff Metzger, Sr. and Pat LaVigne. Others present were Ray Bockman, Gary Hanson, Jerry Augsburger, Paul Stoddard, Greg Millburg, Riley Oncken, Sally DeFauw, John Emerson, Derek Tyson, John Hulseberg and Anita Turner.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTESMoved by Ms. LaVigne, seconded by Mr. Andersen, and it was carried unanimously to approve the minutes from July 2010.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDAMoved by Mr. Metzger, Sr., seconded by Mr. Anderson, and it was carried unanimously to approve the agenda.
APPOINTMENTS 1. Squaw Grove Drainage District #1: Mr. Allen Bark, reappointment for a term of 3 years, until 09/01/2013.
2. Clinton-Shabbona Drainage District #1: Mr. Leonard G. Anderson, reappointment for a term of 3 years, until 09/01/2013.
3. Normal Drainage District: Mr. Stephen J. Storey, reappointment for a term of 3 years, until 09/01/2013.
4. Shabbona Union Drainage District #1 Mr. Steven Simpson, appointment for a term of 3 years, until 09/01/2013.
5. Community Services Administrative: Mr. Brett Brown Ms. Brenda Campbell Ms. Micki Chulick
All to be reappointed for a term of 3 years, until 09/01/2013.
6. Fairdale Light District: Ms. Shannon K. Bellah-Lee, appointment for a term of 3 years, until 6/30/2013.
Chairman Tobias explained to the committee that Mr. Kevin Chambliss has resigned his seat from the County Board and she was recommending his replacement this evening. She recommended Mr. Steve Reid to fill the unexpired seat of Mr. Chambliss. Mr. Reid is from DeKalb and he is a retired fireman.
7. DeKalb County Board: Mr. Steve Reid, to fill the unexpired term of Kevin Chambliss, until 12/01/2012.
Appointments expiring for September 2010:
Moved by Mr. Haines, seconded by Ms. Allen, and it was carried unanimously to forward these recommendations 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 August 18, 2010.
Moved by Mr. Anderson, seconded by Mr. Andersen, 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. Metzger, Sr., Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, said that his committee had a report from Mr. Herb Holderman, Director of the DeKalb County Veteran’s Assistance Department and Ms. Donna Moulton, Director of the DeKalb County Community Services Department. He encouraged the board members to read about these reports with the minutes in their packets.
Ms. Allen, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee, said that her committee heard from the Sheriff regarding his annual report.
Mr. Haines, Chairman of the Finance Committee, said that his committee did not meet in August.
Ms. Fauci, Chairman of the Forest Preserve Committee, said that Mr. Hannan and his staff are planting rare butternut trees throughout the preserves. She said that they had recently received a wetland mitigation check from the Army Corps of Engineers. She also mentioned that the Girl Scouts stayed at Afton Forest Preserve for a week at a summer camp.
Mr. Kenneth Andersen, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Committee, said that his committee was sending one item to the county board for approval next week. He also mentioned that at the last Planning and Zoning committee meeting they had a discussion on Vulcan’s withdrawal of their application. Ms. Dubin, Chairman of the Economic Development Committee, said that her committee did not meet. However, she wanted to inform the committee that she and Ms. Jenny Tomkins are looking at four grants to apply for.
Ms. Supple, DeKalb County Coordinator, approached the committee about a Go Green Initiative Report that she wanted to share with the committee. This report involves her department, The DeKalb County Board Office, in which she asked the Facilities Management Office to research on how much her department has spent on the printing of the county board packet and the postage costs for that item only over the past two years. The results show that for the county board packets alone since January 2008, their printing costs have gone from $2,173.76 to $308.61 as of June 2010. The costs for postage for county board packets alone have gone from $2,074.88 to $67.54. The total cost savings to the county and taxpayers in those 2 years is: $1,865.15 for printing costs and $2,007.34 for postage for a grand total of $3,872.49. This is a lot of savings for this one department, she said.
Ms. Supple further explained that she will be approaching the Economic Development Committee in the next month to conduct a survey of all County Departments to see what they have done in their individual departments to cut costs by adopting the County’s Go Green Initiative and report back my findings to that committee. She will then like to share that information with the entire county board and place this information on the County’s website under the Go Green webpage and the Hot Topics page for the public to see.
Before adjourning, Chairman Tobias mentioned that she, Ray Bockman, Sheriff Scott and Lt. Klein will be attending the National Institute of Corrections event in Colorado. She said that she attended the annual NACo conference in Reno and that many counties are in bad shape across the country. She also attended the 3M groundbreaking ceremony today.
Chairman Tobias wanted to inform the committee that there will be an IDOT Open House on September 1, 2010 at the Sycamore City Council Chambers from 4:30-6:30p.m., to present their current long range transportation plan.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: PERSONNEL It was moved by Julia Fauci and seconded by Ken Andersen to go into Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter. A roll call vote was taken and all members voted yes. It was moved by Eileen Dubin and seconded by Ken Andersen to go out of Executive Session. A roll call vote was taken and all members voted yes. It was moved by Julia Fauci and seconded by Jeff Metzger Sr. to send Resolution R2010-47 to the full County Board with a favorable recommendation. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the Executive Committee.
ADJOURNMENTIt was moved by Mr. Andersen, seconded by Mr. Anderson, and it was carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________________ Chairman Ruth Anne Tobias RAT: mcs
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