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DeKalb County, Illinois |
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The Executive Committee of the DeKalb County Board met on Tuesday, April 8, 2003 @ 7:00 p.m. at the Legislative Center’s Freedom Conference Room. Chairman Robert Pritchard called the meeting to order. Members present were Ms. Allen, Sue Leifheit, Jeff Metzger, Roger Steimel, Joe Wiegand and John Wilson. Ms. Tobias was absent. Others present were Gary Hanson, Frank VanBuer, Eileen Dubin, Julia Fauci and Steve Slack.
APPROVAL OF MINUTESMoved by Mr. Metzger, seconded by Mr. Wiegand, and it was carried unanimously to accept the minutes of the March 2003 meeting.
APPROVAL OF AGENDAMoved by Mr. Steimel, seconded by Mr. Wilson, and it was carried unanimously to approve the agenda.
APPOINTMENTSChairman Pritchard recommended the following appointments:
DeKalb County Regional Planning Commission: Mr.
Ben Suppeland
Community Services Administrative Board: Mr. Howard Lyle, appointment for an indefinite term. 911 Emergency Telephone Systems Board: Mr. Robert Rosemier, appointment until 11/01/2004.
Board of Review;
Mr. Gerald Wahlstrom
Mr. Marlin Chaplin,
DeKalb County Farmland
Assessment
Chairman Pritchard then presented a second set of appointments for the Public Infrastructure and Development Sub-Committee membership.
Public Infrastructure and Development
Moved by Mr. Wilson, seconded by Mr. Steimel and it was carried unanimously to approve the appointments as presented by Chairman Pritchard, and to forward them onto the full board for approval.
SUPPORT FOR STATE TRANSIT FUNDING RESOLUTION Chairman Pritchard presented the Support for State Transit Funding Resolution to the committee that was included in their weekly mailing. He said that this resolution is recommending the amendment of the State of Illinois Public Transportation Act to Identify the County of DeKalb, on the behalf of the DeKalb-Sycamore Urbanized Area, as a eligible grantee for the State Transit Funding under this program, and to seek an appropriation of $1.5 million in State funds through this program.
Moved by Mr. Wilson, seconded by Ms. Leifheit, and it was carried unanimously to forward this recommendation onto 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 April 16, 2003. Moved by Mr. Wiegand, seconded by Mr. Wilson, and it was carried unanimously to accept the county board agenda as presented.
GENERAL DISCUSSION Ms. Allen, Chairman of the Public Services Committee, said that they held the annual public hearing for the Senior Services Tax Levy. She said that they appropriated the monies to the various agencies and that there was only $10,000.00 more this year than last year. The total amount awarded was $340,000.00.
Mr. Roger Steimel, Chairman of the Planning & Regulations Committee, said that item #C on the county board agenda may be pulled from the agenda because it needs to be studied more by the committee.
Mr. Wilson, Chairman of the Public Infrastructure and Development Committee, said that there were four items deleted from their agenda and would probably come back to the committee in the near future. They are also moving their meeting date to May 8, 2003 and may not even have a meeting in June. He also said that the staff had prepared a sign maintenance report and that there are 2300 signs throughout DeKalb County that the Highway Department maintains. The report was very informative as to how many problems there are in maintaining these signs, mainly because of vandalism, snowplowing, accidents, etc.
Mr. Wiegand, Vice-Chairman of the Public Policy Committee, said that County Government Student Day is this Friday, April 11, 2003. It begins at 9:00a.m. and that the Farm Bureau along with the Public Policy Committee is sponsoring this event. There will be students coming from Sycamore High School who will be listening to various department heads and visiting various county departments. The committee will try and do another one of these events in the fall with schools from the southern part of the county. They are also renewing their interest after the election to visit with some of the local governments like they have done in the past.
Mr. Metzer, Chairman of the Forest Preserve Committee, said that they will be reviewing and voting on the resolution mentioned in the county board agenda at their next meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2003. He said that this is for a small parking lot just inside the new forest preserve in Kirkland. He said that they hoped that the new forest preserve would open in June or July of this year. The committee members also discussed various goals that they would like to meet, that is, better promotion of the forest preserves, generate more funding, build new structures and possibly acquire more forest preserves. He also said that the funding for the new parking lot is coming from the state grant monies that they have received.
Ms. Sue Leifheit, Chairman of the Administrative Services Committee, said that they had the 1st Quarter Report presented by Mr. Hanson and that it was mailed out to all board members already. They reviewed the funding and levy for 911 and that the switchover from Sycamore is now completed. They also discussed the new G.I.S. Web site that will be offered in-house to all county employees and how they are trying to see if they can offer it to the public to use. Ms. Berkes-Hanson will be researching what the costs will be for implementing this for the public to use, like firewalls and what impact it will have on her department and staff.
Mr. Pritchard said that in the near future he would suggest revisiting the 911 agreement signed in 1989. He will seek input on who should be on the 911 Board like Emergency personnel, geographic representation, expertise background, etc.
ADJOURNMENTMoved by Mr. Wiegand seconded by Ms. Leifheit, and it was voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
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