Ms. Vary moved to approve the Minutes of the September 15, 2004 meeting. Steve Faivre seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the approval of the Minutes. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Wilson moved to approve the Agenda and Mrs. Allen seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the approval of the Agenda . All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

An Open invitation to all Elected and Appointed Officials from Mr. Matekaitis, States Attorney. A seminar on the Open Meetings Act, Freedom if Information Act and the Gift Ban Act for all DeKalb County elected and appointed officials will be held on October 28 at 6:00 p.m. The Seminar conducted by Steve Rotello from the Attorney Generals office will be held in the DeKalb Municipal Building at 200 S. 4^th Street. All are encouraged to attend.

Chairman Sands extended congratulations to those employees celebrating service awards.

Chairman Sands recommended the following appointments: Housing Authority of DeKalb County - Mary Olson, reappointment for a five year term, until November 1, 2009 and 911 Emergency Telephone System Board - Robert Rosemier, reappointment for a two year term, until November 1, 2006.

Mr. Metzger moved to approve the appointments as presented. Ms. LaVigne seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the appointments as presented. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

There were no requests to speak to Agenda Items.

Mr. Steimel moved to approve an Ordinance denying a Zoning Map amendment on property located on the West Side of Leland Road in Clinton Township. Ms. Vary seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Ordinance. A majority of the Members voted yea. Motion carried.

Mr. Steimel moved to accept an Ordinance approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Cities of Genoa and Sycamore for boundary lines. Mrs. Allen seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Ordinance. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Wilson moved to approve an Ordinance proposing to lift the 54,000-pound restriction on certain roads in DeKalb County. Mr. Van Buer seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Ordinance. A majority of the Members voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Wilson moved to approve a Resolution to provide this Resolution to all State Senators and State Representatives serving DeKalb County. The proposed Resolution would request Springfield to review the situation and allow the County Engineers to issue overweight permits for divisible loads when appropriate. Mr. Metzger seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Resolution. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Wilson moved to approve a resolution that the MFT Resolution in the amount of $246,500.00 for the construction of traffic signals at Peace and Bethany Roads. Mr. MacMurdo seconded the motion.

The Chair called for a roll call vote on the Resolution. Those Members voting yea were Mrs. Allen, Ms. De Fauw, Mrs. Dubin, Steve Faivre, Vince Faivre, Ms. Fauci, Mr. Gudmunson, Mr. Johnson, Ms. LaVigne, Mrs. Leifheit, Mr. Lyle, Mr. MacMurdo, Mr. Metzger, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Rosemier, Mr. Slack, Mr. Steimel, Mrs. Tobias, Mr. Van Buer, Ms. Vary, Mr. Wiegand, Mr. Wilson and Chairman Sands. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mrs. Allen moved to approve a Resolution to adopt the National Incident Management System concept (NIMS) of emergency planning and unified command, and to train public officials responsible for emergency management. Mrs. Dubin seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Resolution. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mrs. Allen moved to approve a Resolution for the annual extension of the Board of Review effective, November 7, 2004. Steve Faivre seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Resolution. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mrs. Tobias moved to approve a Resolution to allow secured research on Industrial Hemp production in the State of Illinois by the University of Illinois. Ms. Fauci seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Resolution. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mrs. Leifheit moved to accept a Resolution to approve the collection of delinquent taxes on property located in Cortland Township for the amount of $233.99. Steve Faivre seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Resolution. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mrs. Leifheit moved to approve a Resolution to place on file in the DeKalb County Clerk’s Office, on the County’s internet site, and at two other geographically diverse public offices (the Sandwich City Hall and the office of the Genoa City Clerk), for public inspection the attached ten page budget summary packet, as well as copies of all information utilizes by the Committees in preparation of the 2005 Fiscal Year Budget. Mr. Osborne seconded the motion.

Mr. Wiegand moved to amend the Budget to eliminate GIS fee increase and eliminate Law Library fee increase and to reallocate $285,000 from the Economic Opportunity Fund to the General Revenue Fund. Mr. Metzger seconded the motion.

The Chair called for a roll call vote on the motion to amend. Those Members voting yea were Mr. Johnson, Ms. LaVigne, Mrs. Leifheit, Mr. Lyle, Mr. Metzger, Mr. Van Buer and Mr. Wiegand. Those Members voting nay were Mrs. Allen, Ms. De Fauw, Mrs. Dubin, Steve Faivre, Vince Faivre, Ms. Fauci, Ms. Fullerton, Mr. Gudmunson, Mr. MacMurdo, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Rosemier, Mr. Slack, Mr. Steimel, Mrs. Tobias, Ms. Vary, Mr. Wilson and Chairman Sands. Seven Members voted yea and seventeen Members voted nay. Motion failed.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the Budget Resolution as originally presented. Eighteen Members voted yea and six Members voted nay. Motion carried.

Mrs. Leifheit moved to approve the Claims presented for the current month in the amount of $3,011,228.77 and Payroll & Emergency Claims from prior month in the amount of $2,260,208.78. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion.

The Chair called for a roll call vote on the Claims. Those Members voting yea were Mrs. Allen, Ms. De Fauw, Mrs. Dubin, Steve Faivre, Vince Faivre, Ms. Fauci, Mr. Gudmunson, Mr. Johnson, Ms. LaVigne, Mrs. Leifheit, Mr. Lyle, Mr. MacMurdo, Mr. Metzger, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Rosemier, Mr. Slack, Mr. Steimel, Mrs. Tobias, Mr. Van Buer, Ms. Vary, Mr. Wiegand, Mr. Wilson and Chairman Sands. All Members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mrs. Leifheit moved to place on file the following reports of County Officials; Cash and Investments in County Banks - September, 2004; Planning and Regulations Building Report - September, 2004; Public Defender’s Report - September, 2004; Court Services Adult & Juvenile Report - August 2004 and DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board’s 2004 Annual Report (Attached to the Public Services Committee). Steve Faivre seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a roll call vote on the Reports. All members present voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Johnson moved adjourn the meeting. Ms. Fauci seconded the motion.

The Chair asked for a voice vote on the motion to adjourn. All Members voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.