DeKalb County, Illinois

Minutes of the
Executive Committee

January 10, 2012

DRAFT

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MINUTES

January 10, 2012

The Executive Committee of the DeKalb County Board met on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7:00p.m. at the Administration Building’s Conference Room East.  Chairman Larry Anderson called the meeting to order. Members present were Marlene Allen, Julia Fauci, John Gudmunson, Scott Newport, Paul Stoddard, Ruth Anne Tobias and Ms. Vary.  Mr. Ken Andersen was absent.  Others present were Ray Bockman, Gary Hanson, Steve Reid, John Hulseberg, Robert Brown, Jeff Whelan, John Emerson, Sally DeFauw, Anita Turner and Riley Oncken.

            Chairman Anderson invited Mr. Hulseberg to sit in for Mr. Ken Andersen to represent the Planning and Zoning Committee.

            Moved by Ms. Tobias, seconded by Mr. Stoddard, and it was carried unanimously to accept Mr. Hulseberg to represent the Planning and Zoning Committee.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

            Moved by Ms. Fauci, seconded by Ms. Tobias, and it was carried unanimously to approve the minutes from November 2011.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

            Moved by Mr. Newport, seconded by Mr. Gudmunson, and it was carried unanimously to approve the agenda.

APPOINTMENTS

1.)  1.)  911 Board:                          Sycamore Police Chief Don Thomas,

                                                            Appointment for a term of 4 years, until

12/31/2015.

DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen

                                                            Acting DeKalb Fire Chief Bruce Harrison

                                                            Sandwich Police Chief Bill King

                                                            All reappointments, for a term of 4 years, until

12/31/2015.

2.)  Malta Fire Protection

District:                                       Mr. Dave Gommel, appointment for a term of 3 years, until 03/31/2015.

3.)  DeKalb County

      Community Mental

      Health Board:                            Ms. Cheryl Brauer, appointment for a term of 3

years, until 12/31/2015. 

4.)  Board of Health:                                  Ronald Feldman, MD

                                                            Andria Mitchell

                                                            Roger Faivre

                                                            All appointed for a term of 2 years, until

12/31/2014.

Mr. Paul Stoddard, reappointment for a term of

1 year, until 12/31/2012.

5.)  Normal Drainage District:      Mr. Scott Drake, to replace Mr. Milton Lambert

who resigned, until 09/01/2012.

6.)  Board of Review:                     Ms. Paulette Sherman, and

                                                            Mr. Mike Miner, both alternates

                                                            Both appointments as alternates for a term of 1

year, until 01/01/2013.

7.) Storm Water Management

     Committee:                                 Mr. John Laskowski, City Engineer for the City

of Sycamore, for an indefinite term.

Appointments expiring for February 2012:

1.)  DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center Operating Board – all

positions

2.)  Supportive Living Center Board – all positions

3.)  Community Services Advisory Board – 1 position

4.)  Workforce Investment Act Board – 1 position

Moved by Ms. Vary, seconded by Ms. Allen, and it was carried unanimously to forward these appointment 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 January 18, 2012.    

Ms. Fauci said that she needed to add two items to the county board agenda from the Forest Preserve District Committee who will be bringing a resolution on an off leash dog policy and a truck bid opening.  She said that these two items should be added to the county board agenda.  She said that these would be placed on the tables as the Forest Preserve Committee would be meeting the night before the County Board Meeting next week.

Moved by Ms. Fauci, seconded by Ms. Vary, and it was carried unanimously to approve the amended county board agenda to include the additional two resolutions from the Forest Preserve Committee.

GENERAL DISCUSSION

Mr. Newport, Chairman of the Finance Committee, said that the Finance Committee will be meeting the evening of the county board meeting to discuss a delinquent tax deed.

Mr. Gudmunson, Chairman of the Highway Committee, said that his committee will be sending three MFT resolutions to the board this month.  He said that the Waterman Road Project will cost about $1 million and take 5 years to complete according to the County Engineer.  Mr. Gudmunson said that he would like to take a look at whether or not the General Fund could lend $1 million to the Highway Department to move that project up and complete it sooner.

Mr. Stoddard, Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, said his committee discussed a one-time only request for Senior Services Tax Levy funds for the Family Service Agency.  The committee needed more questions answered before they made their decision.

            Ms. Allen, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee, said that they heard from Ms. Stromborg who reported on the Drug and DUI courts. 

Ms. Fauci, Chairman of the Forest Preserve District Committee, said that they discussed the off leash dog policy at their last meeting, which will be coming before the full board for approval this month and will be on the tables. 

Ms. Vary, Chairman of the Economic Development Committee, said that they will be meeting tomorrow night.  She said that in November they heard from the County Clerk and Recorder John Acardo with his report.  She said that tomorrow evening her committee will hear from DeKalb Convention and Visitor’s Bureau’s request for a letter of support for their certification process.

Ms. Tobias, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Courthouse Committee, said that they are making a lot of progress inside of the courthouse now.  For the last 200 days there have been no accidents on the site.  She explained that with the rain that we had seen in April of last year, the courthouse project will be set back by about 3 weeks.  Right now Circuit Clerk Maureen Josh is beginning the planning for the Grand Opening ceremony. 

Ms. Tobias, also Chairman of the Jail Planning Committee, informed the committee that the Sycamore Plan Commission approved the closing of Locust Street last night. The City Council will vote on this matter at a later date.  The City is currently working on writing an intergovernmental agreement between the County and the City regarding this issue.

Mr. Hulseberg, Vice-Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Committee, said that his committee is sending two items forward this month to the full board for approval.  He said that they also discussed, at their last committee meeting, that they would like to have the Animal Control Officer come before them and update them on  what is going on in that division.   

It was moved by Mr. Newport, seconded by Mr. Gudmunson, to cancel the February 2012 County Board Meeting due to the County Clerk request to use the Gathertorium for election purposes and early voters.

The committee discussed whether or not there were going to be any items coming forward to the board for approval in February?  No one knew of any except Mr. Hulseberg who stated that there may be a couple of items that may be coming from the Planning and Zoning Department.  The committee stated that they would like to have Mr. Acardo address this issue at the board meeting next week.

It was moved by Ms. Allen, seconded by Mr. Stoddard to table this item and to forward it to the full board for consideration.

ADJOURNMENT

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

Respectfully submitted,

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Chairman Larry A. Anderson

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