All right, good morning, everyone.

Today is October 8th, 2025, and I call the Lake County Public Works and Transportation Committee meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.

In addition to being able to attend in-person, remote attendance has been made available to the public via Zoom at the link on the agenda.

This meeting is being recorded through Zoom.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic or which it stands.

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Can I get a roll call, please?

Member Kasman?

Here.

Chair Clark.

Here.

Member Hewitt.

Member Hunter.

Vice Chair Main.

Present.

Member Roberts.

Member Watson.

Thank you.

We have a quorum.

Is there any addenda to the agenda?

There's none.

Any public comment?

There is not.

All right.

No chairs remarks or unfinished business.

New business is our consent agenda.

Item 8.1.

Can I get a motion in a second, please?

Motion by Robert, second by Kasmin.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

On our regular agenda is item 8.2, which is our director's report for public works.

Good morning, Chair.

Committee members, Austin McFarlane, uh director for Lake County Public Works.

Want to chat with you briefly about an item that is of concern to the department.

As you may recall, about a year ago, we did an inventory in all of our water main lines for lead and copper for the agency.

And at the end of that inventory, we add one system that had one service, lead service line in place.

And so we have been working with the owner of that property to address this issue, but the owner is not anxious or um designed to make any repeats to that lead service line anytime soon.

Normally we have uh sampling regimen from the for from the IEPA, which is 10 samples every three years.

But with this lead service line in place, the agency has adjusted our monitoring program, and now we're required to do 20 samples every six months.

The sampling is done by the residents.

They are required to collect samples of first flush in the morning.

And so the operators are there first thing in the morning to collect the samples if they're available.

If they are not there in the morning before the operators get there, then the operators do return later in the day when they get back from work to retrieve the samples.

The increased activity certainly has created some frustration for the owners of the properties back there, and some have requested that their names be removed from the sampling list.

Now, again, you know, the operators have to make multiple trips because if they go there in the morning and they're not there, they got a return if they go there in the afternoon, and so the cycle goes on and on.

Um are required by the EPA to collaborate with the customers as we've done with this particular individual, but they're also required to have uh a replacement plan in place for these lead service um pipes.

At this rate, our costs traditionally spend about 400 a year at this rate will exceed 5,000 a year with the additional monitoring.

And the biggest concern is that our sampling pool will reduce and we may not be able to meet the requirement of getting all 20 samples for the period.

Replacement of this line is approximately 10 to 15,000, and it may be less if we have our staff do the work.

So our recommendation is to remove the spipe.

Um, and the apartment expense, and this will satisfy and be a part, become part of our replacement program that we can submit to the state.

And so I'll pause there and entertain any questions, concerns that you may have with this recommendation.

All right, thank you.

Any questions I you have, Vice Chair Maine.

Thank you.

Um, Director McFarland.

So we're confident that there's not, I understand why you're asking this, it's very reasonable, but we're confident that there's not another situation like this out there.

That there's yeah, we've you and that's a fair question.

We've gone through and done the entire inventory, all of our inventory results have been approved by the state.

So we do not have another outstanding site.

So that makes sense.

I just have one comment, and it's something I hear here and the forest preserve and every place.

Um, we often say, hey, we'll use our staff, we'll cut the costs.

I don't like to use that phrase because our staff gets paid, and then our staff is not doing other work that they they could be done.

So as I say, we say it here, we say it the forest preserve, and I always say, but but there is a cost to that.

And if they were being used by somebody else, so I just think we should have the whole cost in.

I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, but we need to be straightforward that there is a cost to having our employees do that work because they're not doing something else.

You're absolutely right, and that's why I stated the the contractual cost there.

Okay.

Thank you.

Yeah.

And I I mean, I remember when we first did the plant, we sort of first were looking for these, and we didn't know how many they were going to be, and we were really concerned it could be a lot.

So the fact that it was one uh is kind of like uh I feel we're very fortunate.

Um, I know, and you know, I do feel for the person.

I know on my street when they did this, my village did the survey.

It turned out there were three or four houses that had lead service lines.

No one had any idea.

And when we went down our basement, everyone's like, you have to look at the service line.

And it's it seems kind of you know, like almost like unlucky, or it's hard, it was hard to tell to begin with.

So if we can help do this, I mean, having lead in the water is obviously not that is not healthy.

And really, I feel like for us, I remember when we were thinking about potentially it was gonna be like millions of dollars to replace them.

So um, I think this makes a lot of sense from a financial aspect and for this person to have their not have a lead uh line, I think is really important too.

Did you do it?

So do we have consensus to move ahead with this?

One problem, yeah, vice chair.

Yeah.

Um but they still need to sign off.

We can't just go on to their property.

No, we will need approval from them.

I'm just thinking if they have some whatever reason, you know, as God is my witness, you're not gonna change my pipes.

But you know, yeah, that is that is that is true.

That is true.

That's very true.

Yeah, be clear.

We are not in against property rights.

They would have to agree and want us to do it, and we would work with the the homeowner.

Absolutely.

Okay, yes.

Member Wasick.

Yes, as we were going through the inventory process, we did have some and so we had to come out into the right-of-way where we add our pipes and and make some judgment based on where the B box is.

So, yes, you did have folks who were and how do you usually deal with that?

You can't get on their properties, so we had to find alternatives to identify the pipe type that was going to that home.

Okay.

Yeah.

Thanks.

Sure.

All right.

All right.

So we'll go ahead and move forward with this one.

I see some thumbs up.

All right.

Thank you for coming in this.

And then this should that we can say let uh our whole system is lead-free.

So that'll be a good thing.

Yes.

Before you go away.

Thank you for arranging the tour of the Mill Creek Water Reclamation Facility.

Not only was it it was nice to see and have conversation while we were there, and and I know it was educational for most that showed up.

Um, I've been doing that for a long time.

So, but I learned a lot while I was there.

I just want to say thanks.

I appreciate it.

It's hard to, you know, round up cats sometimes.

And I got you're welcome.

Yes, thank you.

It was we learned a lot.

Thank you.

And it's a beautiful plant.

It is, it is quite the place.

All right.

Item 8.3 is a joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $921,000 of the quarter percent sales tax for transportation funds and approving change order number four in the amount of 1,294,769 and 65 cents for the intersection improvement of Winchester Road at Illinois Route 83.

Can I get a motion in a second?

Motion by Hunter, second by Kasbin.

Director Schneider.

Good morning, committee member.

Shane Schneider, County Engineer.

So this item is a change order for um additional soil mitigation that's required uh on the project site.

So this this intersection improvement is currently underway, or about three quarters of the way done.

On the south leg of the intersection, so that's Illinois Route 83.

They've discovered some additional unsuitable soil that was not discovered until they excavated the existing pavement off the roadway.

So during the design process, the design engineer had a geotechnical firm that was part of the process.

They did soil borings to determine the limits of the bad soil.

There's like a peat bog out there.

So they knew it was there.

They had quantities in the bid package, but there's this other area that they were not aware of.

And it's large.

So they need to excavate it out.

They're driving piers in the ground to stabilize the soil.

That's what they did in a different area of the project.

So they're gonna have to do that here.

Um the contractor's holding their unit prices.

So you know, we're getting a fair and reasonable price, but it is significantly more work to mitigate these soils.

So we're requesting a change order so they can complete the the project.

The intersections currently closed.

Um they are still planning to complete the work this year.

So the work will be done by the end of the year unless something unforeseen comes up.

Um we've also uh approached IDOT to continue to cost share on this item.

So as a reminder, the state's paying 50% of the improvement cost.

So we've gone back to the state and asked for additional million dollars to help um cover this cost.

They've agreed to it verbally, um, but we'll still, you know, the written agreement will be forthcoming.

Okay, and then that would be less than I mean, hopefully that would go toward paying the million dollars toward paying toward the amount here, correct?

So that doesn't that doesn't include a million dollar credit.

This is the actual full cost right now.

It would be well, we're we're trying to seek, you know, reimbursement for 50% of the overall intersection cost.

Yeah, and so that million dollars in additional would you know bring us back to that original agreement.

And I know this has been like for soil, and remember from the beginning, the soil has been there because this is such a dangerous intersection.

And so I and I know the soil was from the beginning, and so this was something they couldn't foresee, correct?

They or because I know they did soar up soil boil boring before.

Yeah, they did test for it, and you know, they fouled a certain um spacing for the for the borings that's specified by IDOT, but this was a location that was not discovered.

Okay, member Hunter.

Thanks, Chair.

Are how close are we to potentially a land bridge here because of this?

Well, you know, the other areas have already been treated.

So this is another pocket that they found.

So they're gonna continue forward with this mitigation method, which is rammed rammed aggregate piers.

Which is pretty close to building a land bridge, right?

It in essence it is.

I mean, the road is bearing on these columns that each column supports 3,000 pounds per square inch of uh pressure.

And so this go down about 20 feet into the ground to stronger soil.

How confident are you that this will be the last change order to mitigate this problem?

Well, we're we're we're pretty confident.

Yeah, so land for really expensive.

Yeah, and they've excavated the surface off the the limits of the improvement, and this is what they discovered underneath.

Okay, thank you.

This is yeah, vice chair.

Thank you.

Um Shane, so this is not uncommon.

You go in the soils are different, but it I I've just wondered when you get bid, so each company determines in advance where they think the unstable soils are, or are we saying we think this is the unstable soils?

When we did the original bid package, we had um specified a quantity, a cubic yard quantity of of bad soil and a quantity of rammed aggregate piers that they would have to install to so you said that they did testing, but really it was based on on our testing because our bid specification said, hey, I I was trying to figure out if someone does their own stuff and someone else thinks, hey, I think there's more unstable soils here, so their bid comes in at more, but in reality, it was closer to what it was going to be because whatever their experience, they're like, it's never gonna be this small amount.

Yeah.

So no, those quantities were determined by us, by our consultant team and our geotech firm.

They went out and did the testing and set the limits and put those quantities in the bid package.

So every contractor bid up.

Had the same.

Yeah.

So do we do that as um, you know, like transex, like, you know, for judging the soil, right?

Like every every 10 feet, you know, a grid of you, you know, you do a soil boring, yes, so that you get that.

I I understand this.

I'm just trying to understand how like the limits, like, do you go to the end and then you do one and there's nothing more?

And then really you should have gone another 10 feet to do another boring.

Yeah, so though that is exactly what they did.

They have a set grid.

Yeah, and they they did soil borings on that grid, and then they reached a point where they weren't discovering the the bad soils again, so they stopped.

So whether they should have gone further, you know, they they follow the methodology that's prescribed by IDOT.

So, but should we go moving forward?

Because this happens not unoccasionally, right?

The these soils.

Would it be cheaper in the long run for us to say do a little bit more or do some over there and spend some more of the money up front so that our bid specific I don't know what those cost, but like this is we're gonna have to pay for it anyway.

It was gonna have to be done, but we would have budgeted differently for it and we would have had a better sense of our costs beforehand.

Yeah, we can we can look at that, and you know, we are having conversations with them already about um you know the methodology and everything.

Uh but they did follow the IDOT specs for for the borings and they they're the contractors holding their unit prices.

So yes, it was unbudgeted, but we don't feel we're being charged unfairly.

I I didn't say we're being charged unfairly.

Yeah, just clarifying.

Yeah, I'm not saying we're being charged unfairly, and I understand we followed IDOT procedure, but maybe I dot procedure is more effective in other parts of the state that don't have you know, some of this glacial, you know, till and other things in the subsoil that's gonna impact more than it would in other parts.

So it just might it might be a good standard, but it might not be a standard that is working up here.

That's all I'm thinking, especially when it comes to soils, right?

Yeah.

So especially because we don't always have soil issues, but especially if there is a soil issue, maybe we need to do a little extra.

Chair Hart.

Thank you.

To make me feel better, the fact that it's a traffic signal and not a roundabout.

If we had a roundabout, my guess is then the cost would be higher because the roundabout would be that much bigger, just to make me feel a little better.

Yeah, so regardless of what improvement happened at the intersection, uh, the existing pavement on Illinois 83 would have been removed, and we would have had a mitigate this issue.

Um roundabout is also a larger footprint.

Well, that's my point.

So the roundabout would have been larger.

So to make myself feel better, that we didn't do a roundabout.

If we had done a roundabout, potentially the cost would have been even higher because you have much more.

I see, correct?

That is correct.

Yeah, the footprint would have been bigger.

Yeah, so it would have been a lot more.

Well, might not have worked.

It might not have even worked.

It might have like sunk well.

I'm not gonna feel that much.

I'm just saying.

Yeah.

That that's that's okay.

That's correct.

Yeah, okay.

Thank you.

Yep.

All right.

So yes, hopefully this is because I know the project is well into it.

So every time I drive by there, you see it's closed.

So hopefully this will we can after you vote on this, we can just they can just fix it and it will be done.

And then it's still on this construction.

That's everyone's goal.

Yeah.

All right.

Yeah.

Any other questions?

All right, all in favor?

Right.

Any opposed motion carries.

Item 8.4 is committee action memo to approve the fall 2025 adopt a highway program.

Can I get a motion in a second, please?

Motion by Hunter, second by Kasmin.

So this is our um annual adoption of the the adapted highway program.

So just a couple of notes.

We're 79% adopted uh this fall.

Uh, we did get um 33 groups that renewed and 13 new groups.

You know, this is a two-year agreement for these volunteer groups.

Um, one one idea I just wanted to bring up to the committee to see if there's any interest.

You know, we're we're back down to 79% adopted.

I think coming out of the pandemic, we're like in the 90s.

So we've seen that kind of drop down a little bit more.

A little bit of feedback we've heard from from some of the groups and other interested parties would be, you know, would the county consider opening this up to just year-round um sign up.

So right now, anyone can sign up on our website, but we only form the committee only formally approves the list twice a year, once in the spring, once in the fall.

So if you sign up in June, you gotta wait till now to officially be allowed to do the cleanup.

Like, well, I wanted to do it in June.

I'm not interested in December or November.

Yeah.

So if we want to, we consider we could consider changing the adapt uh highway ordinance to allow groups to sign up any time of the year and just do the work.

We've we've talked to our maintenance crew.

It's no issue to pick up the bags year round.

So we we think it'd be okay.

And then would we have to vote on them still?

We'd have to talk about how we wanted to handle that because right now this committee approves the list twice a year.

Right.

So you know, I guess it'd be up to you guys.

Do you feel you need to do that?

Or can we just keep a real time current list on the website, which which it is now?

We'd have to figure out what's ever what everyone's comfortable with.

Yeah, I was thinking about that because I mean there's no reason we would have to approve this list from do other counties is I mean to approve it.

I mean, if we just if you just had it kind of ongoing and then people wanted to do it, maybe we could just have like an annual update update instead of having to like approve it twice a year and having people approved.

Yes, member, vice chair.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I think the original intent was that you know, staff might approve something and that a larger group would go, oh, do you know what they're really about?

Like you're not approving because they get their name up on the road, and that uh that that was my understanding that it was sort of uh uh a little anxiousness for the staff that they might be putting something up, and then you're like, oh, that and I don't know.

Like, do we care if someone was I yeah, I I don't want to go there, but you know what I'm saying?

So to me, yes, it's one more thing.

It's like okay, like every two months.

It's like we've got speed changes, like right, we've got to do that.

Is it that much harder just to go in consent agenda, put in what they are, and then staff isn't on the hook for approving a crazy person.

But then when people have to wait to do the cleaning until we approved it, that's what you don't want to do.

You could just do it each month.

It could just be rolling, like every month we approve it.

Yeah, and if you get them.

Oh, like on consent, yeah, under the consent agenda.

So it's not I mean, it might be burden for you, like somebody comes in and you're like, okay.

Or why I don't know, we're kind of for maybe we could have it like still be every six months, but people are like conditionally can do it until we can approve them or something because it seems like I don't want it to be a burden every month where you have to I mean adopt a highway uh information for us, yes, Chair.

Uh thank you, and thanks for bringing this forward.

Sometimes things are put in place, you know, because it just kind of makes sense at the time, but I feel like now with Google and other ways to look into things or just you know, double checking with other colleagues.

Hey, I haven't heard of this potential this group.

Matt, have you heard of them?

But you know, you ask around, and then it's like, yeah, maybe we don't want to approve that or or whatever.

Me personally, I I think there's no reason to have it come forward because you guys can evaluate the people and if people want to give their time and volunteer to clean up our highways, that's awesome.

And you know, we kind of think it's simple to put sort of stuff on the agenda, but it's not always that simple.

Yeah, so um I I might just suggest for me, I don't have a vote here, but you know, having you guys just approve these and then you know, maybe in your director's report be like, hey, just want to thank these groups for doing it.

I don't know.

It feels like there is more uh process and red tape, if if you will.

Um, and if we can clean that up, I would I would be in favor of that.

So thank you, Chair.

Member Hunter.

Thanks, Chair.

In following along that to try to eliminate red tape for you to us and that type of thing, maybe just a phone call to the member that wherever that road is located.

I think that would that would allow you some cover too to be able to say, I talked to member Robertson this was okay.

And and at that point, you've you've got some cover.

I I think that that could work.

Member Kasman.

Do we have adopt a highway?

There is some um language in the ordinance, yes.

Uh can't be offensive.

And stuff like that.

I mean, I can't remember anything I can think of that.

Yes, you know, there are some wouldn't want the KKK doing the adopt a highway and having a sign, right?

Like, yeah, there are some parameters that are in the ordinance.

I have to refresh my myself on what they are.

Um so we can give we'll give some thought to what we've heard, and then we can bring back some ideas in the next couple of months.

There's a I think document.

Yeah, I mean, we can leave it.

Right, you're all in the document, and then you can just get there.

Yeah, it's an update.

Yeah, I'm fine.

Shane, is it just search or it's just the you'd bring back the ordinance to amend it to say that it would not longer need board approval on a bi-yearly basis, right?

Is what you're writing.

That would be the first step for us.

We'd have to have that change made.

And that you can accept people, yes, every month or whatever.

And then yeah, I know.

Why don't you think about what would work well?

Balancing, you know, staff time and responsibility and also just making less red tape and allowing more people to participate.

Okay.

So yeah, you can think about come back to it.

All right.

Thank you.

And thank you for bringing this up.

You know, we voted on these for years, and um, it does seem like maybe it's time for like a little more streamlined.

All right.

Okay, all in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed motion carries.

Okay.

Um, item eight.

And thank you to everyone that helps on our adopt a highway.

I did want to say that.

I forgot before we voted, but I do want to thank everyone in the lake county who helps with our adopt a highway program.

You know, it's a way you can really see the impact you that people can make locally on our environment and on our communities.

Um, I know I've been part of these cleanups many times, and it's amazing how much trash and interesting items, especially on 176 that you can find as people drive by and throw out there.

Um, and it, you know, if it wasn't for all these groups, I mean, this really makes a difference.

So I really want to thank everyone who participates and encourage people, it's gonna be easier in then ever to sign up.

So um, and maybe if there's empty, if there's uh areas that haven't been adopted, um, you know, if you want to let board members know, maybe we could put it in our newsletter and say, hey, this road needs to be adopted, you know, in our community.

Is there any group that would like to do it and have a little thing about it to try to increase the number of people doing it?

Okay, that'd be great.

If because I think that I I know I think people in our community would do it if they knew about it.

It especially helps when you say specifically like this road, help, you know.

I think we might be able to each help out and get more people to clean the roads.

Okay.

Okay, good.

Thank you.

All right.

Item 8.5 is an ordinance providing for the establishment of an altered speed zone of 30 miles per hour, currently designated 35 miles per hour on Drury Lane for approximately 0.0.43 miles south of Rollins Road in Avon Township.

Can I get a motion motion by member Wasig?

Second by member Hewitt.

So this section was requested for review by the township.

So we undertook a speed study.

Um the the results did warrant a reduction from 35 to 30.

And that would also be consistent with the section there that's shown in red that's already at 30 miles per hour.

I see.

So that'll make it contiguous, it'll be continuously then 30 miles per hour on that that whole part.

Member Wasick.

Uh thanks for working with Avon Township on this.

Uh I know from experience that the Millennium Trail crosses Drury Lane out of Rollins Savannah in that section.

And I mean, 35 doesn't sound like a really high speed, but you know, when people are really doing 40 and you're on a bike or you're strolling or walking or whatever, it's it's kind of perilous.

So thanks for slowing it down.

And it's going to be a much safer way to cross that that little road, which doesn't get a lot of traffic, but when people are down there to like they're zipping through.

And it's like, okay, this is not good.

So thanks for doing this.

Yep.

Thank you.

All right.

Any other questions?

All right.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Item 8.6 is an ordinance providing for the establishment of an altered speed zone of 25 miles per hour, currently designated 35 miles per hour on Oak Spring Road, located in Libertyville Township.

Motion by Vice Chair Mean.

Second by member Kasmin.

Okay, so similar story here.

Uh township reached out, asked for us to conduct a speed study, which we did.

It did uh result in um warrant warrants being met to reduce the the speed limit from 35 to 20.

So that's the the black area that's currently at 35, and then the adjacent sections that are in red, those are uh under the village jurisdiction.

They're already at 25.

So that would make the entire section of of road um consistent at 25.

And there's a lot of driveways that come in on that section there too.

Yeah, that was kind of the primary driver.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm glad to see this as someone who lives on the end of that road.

So I take this road all the time.

Um it is, it's dark.

Um, there's the Des Plains River Trail, bike trail crosses there, and people just zoom across.

There's a new bridge, which is a nice nice new bridge.

Um, I do I I would hope I that the um Marty Meal, the the the highway commissioner there would think about putting a bike trail or a sidewalk or something on Oak Spring Road.

There's a there is a bike trail, a separated one um on the village part, but a lot of people are trying to get to the Des Bains River Trail or Lake Veneer or downtown Libertyville, and there is there's not even a shoulder.

And so I'm glad to see this first improvement of making it 25 miles per hour, but I know we don't have a say, but it would be nice to see I I know residents there have repeatedly asked for bike trails.

You see people walking in the street with their you know, kids riding in the street, and it's so narrow.

So this is a start, but I hope it's not the end of making this safer.

All right, all in favor?

Aye, any opposed?

Motion carries.

Item 8.7 is a joint resolution authorizing an agreement with GFT Infrastructure Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, to provide phase one professional engineering services for improvements on Gauges Lake Road from United States Route 45 to Illinois Route 21 and United States Route 45 from Center Street to Washington Street at a maximum cost of 3,237,837 and appropriating $3,885,000 of motor fuel tax funds.

Can I get a motion in a second, please?

Motion by Hewitt, second by Wasick.

So this is an engineering contract to study Gauges Lake Road.

It's a phase one engineering contract.

So kind of that feasibility/slash planning uh level of effort.

We'd be looking at the cross section down the entire corridor.

Uh we'll look at the intersection um the intersection improvements at Hun Club and Almond.

Uh we'll also be paying special attention to the entrances for the schools along the corridor.

There's several schools, uh there's a lot of school and bus traffic along this corridor.

Um there's currently uh on staff um police departments and sheriff personnel that come out and help direct traffic for those AM and PM peak uh school times.

And then another big initiative will be looking at uh the possibility to put non-motorized improvements down the corridor from Illinois 21 at the east all the way west to CLC.

So CLC has reached out to us recently asking if there's a way to get some more connectivity to their on campus trail system.

So they've suggested we come in kind of straight from uh Gauges Lake Red uh Road and then go west up through an existing Comed to tie into their system.

So that's kind of with that little stub you've seen coming out of the west side of Gauges Lake Road.

But as long as we're doing that, we're gonna take a look at the feasibility of potentially running something south, the center street.

If you remember last month we brought a project forward on Center Street that's looking at that corridor and bringing uh a non-motorized improvement east of 45.

So that would be a potential connection there, and then if we go north to Washington, um, you know, that's where we're adding that blue piece of bike path next year, and then the red piece that you see up there, uh that's Hun Club Road that's being built right now.

So just you know, a way to bring all that together and connect it up, uh, is what will be studied.

Thank you.

Member Kasbin.

I was so pleased to see this.

Um what is there traffic data that precipitated this?

Yeah, there's so there's traffic data that you know suggests we should take a look at the corridor and the intersections, and then we've heard a lot of feedback from the residents and the businesses that there's interest for some non-motorized improvements.

So that kind of prompted it.

Now we we did recently do a resurfacing project out there, but we know if we're gonna pursue non-motorized here, it's gonna take a very long time to get through that land acquisition process.

So, you know, construction is years away, but if we ever want to get there, it's gonna take a long time.

So we're starting now, you know, knowing it's gonna be two years for this phase, two years for final design, and probably like three years for land acquisition.

Okay, yeah.

Um I'm really pleased to see it.

Um, I I know that um the hookup to CLC is important um across 45.

I know um and it's just an awkward road in general.

Um, a lot of little things sort of conspire to make it kind of dangerous and kind of awkward.

So I'm very pleased to see you looking at it.

Thank you.

Thanks, Chairman.

Uh, two things.

Well, maybe three.

Uh, first of all, I don't think in all my years I've ever seen this many colors on one of your maps.

So uh you've got a key there with five, and then there's additional color.

So you guys must have had fun with your little paint function there.

Um, yeah, the long-term planning, I I think is is well, it's key.

So thank you so much for doing that.

I was just wondering, and it's related to these paths because I was thinking sometimes you feel like I'll be so old, I'll never be able to be on that.

Um we have standards, are we in charge of our own on what our rules are on use of e-bikes and e-scode scooters on our trails because it's becoming dangerous and a nightmare.

And they're they're not non-motorized vehicles, essentially.

I mean, it's they're they're becoming motorized.

So do we have do we have standards for that on the trails that we control?

Currently, we're just firming state statue for what's classified as a non-motorized vehicle and a motorized vehicle.

So for like the e-bikes, there's three classes or three levels.

And basically they can go up to I think it's 28 or 29 miles per hour.

And anything under that speed is considered non-motorized, and therefore we would treat them just like uh a bicycle.

Um scooters, e-scooters are not regulated or they're not considered non-motorized.

So statutorily, they're not allowed on bike paths or sidewalks, but you often see them.

Well, they are, yeah.

I mean, let's be real.

I'm run down almost every other week on the one on Riverwoods.

Yeah, so law enforcement at the time that you know that's illegal, right?

To do that.

Um, and then there's also there's now bikes that operate almost like a motorcycle.

Yes.

Yeah, there's sometimes not even pedals, and they can go pretty fast.

I've heard like 40, 50 miles an hour.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Um so yeah, that's currently not, you know, really regulated well, or it's not consistent because I think just the technology is changing so fast.

Um but currently we're just filing state statute on that.

So can I continue?

I know it's I know it's not, I know.

Let's I can do it later.

And do does it have been, I know, because I think it deserves a whole conversation.

I I think I think it does, and I could say that the villages that then I've talked to and more and more are doing this, they feel that the state statute is is out of um sync, is out of date.

And you know, I know member Wasick rides his bike a lot and right 28 miles.

So if you could be 27 miles, that's super fast.

I mean, I'm feeling good at 11.

All right.

So um, and clearly people can go faster than that, but 28 miles, that's faster than a we're allowing a car to go on those roads right there.

So um I think it needs to be a good idea.

I think we need for safety too.

I know what the forest preserves, I believe um, that we have a speed limit of 20 miles per hour on all things, but again, a lot of it is enforcement and even just letting people know, like and I think that's where we could have the conversation.

Should we put up font signs so people you know there's these are not allowed?

Like, what can we do to try to make it safer without I you know, with still allowing subtype of like e-bike, but making it clear to people that you cannot ride these other types of things here.

So I think it might need like just a bigger conversation.

Yeah, because now people are not pedestrians don't feel safe using it.

So we've excluded Well, some, some.

I mean, yes, yes, yes, well, and and yeah, when people with yeah, there's lots of people like kids.

I mean, it is so how can we make it safer?

And and really it could be uh enforcement, it could be more education, and it could be changing our prior how we do it.

But I do think it needs a bigger conversation, and that's okay because it's not on this item.

Um, so can we can we have a future conversation about that?

Sure.

Okay.

Put some things together and thanks.

Member Wasick.

Employing the philosophy of connectivity and doing this.

I know that 45 is this massive barrier between Gauges Lake and Grays Lake, and it's really difficult and dangerous to cross it in most points where say students or people would be coming from Grays Lake or CLC.

So any way we can connect those natural corridors, center street and um course gauges Lake Road is is always welcome.

And I'm glad we're doing this.

And just to echo what um Vice Chair Maine was saying, you know, when you're going like 20 miles on an analog bike, yeah, it feels fast.

And and with somebody coming up on you with an e-bike or a scooter, um, you don't really have time to react if you're walking, jogging on another bike.

They're just they're just going.

And so my question is would we have to change the state law to monitor or better you know, accommodate the faster speeds of some of these vehicles, or or how do we do this legislatively?

Yeah, I think we'd have to do a little research to see could we set local ordinances, or would we have to go through state statute?

I'm not sure.

We can have that at our future discussion.

Yes, and I and I I will be a very uh gleeful participant in that.

So I I did receive a constituent query on that, and all I could say is like it's state law and our hands are tied, and I felt really kind of uh at a loss.

I mean, I thought I could say more about it, but if we have local jurisdiction or if we need to get it, let's let's keep talking.

Thank you.

Member Casman.

Oh, did you oh you didn't have anything?

Okay.

All right.

All right, and I would say I'm really excited to see this.

I mean, to me, this is like why what what we do is so important is this this long run planning, right?

I mean, looking to see how thoughtful it is.

You know, this is how things get on our, you know, big plans, you know, 10 years from now, the board's gonna probably be voting on stuff like that.

And they're like, I wonder where this came from.

And it came from today, you know, it came from this start of this vision of these ideas and then doing this engineering to figure out what is the best thing.

And I also want to thank you really for, I know we've said for a while we want to include these non-motorized improvements, and to see that is all being thoughtfully considered now with all our projects is so important.

And I also hope to be able to uh experience maybe some of this uh improvements um in the future.

Um, and I'm glad we're working with CLC and everything else, but I um I feel like a saving this map is an example of what we really do well.

It's not like we just decide you decide every year, let's do this.

This is the thoughtful plan that goes into it.

So thank you.

All right, all in favor?

Aye, any opposed?

Motion carries.

All right, item 8.8 is a joint resolution authorizing a contract with Campanella and Sons Inc.

Wadsworth, Illinois, and the amount of 7,219,900 uh $693.30 cents for the intersection improvements of Russell Road at Kenosha Road and Lewis Avenue, and appropriating $8,830,000 of the county option motor fuel tax funds.

Can I get a motion second?

Motion by Hewitt, second by uh Roberts.

So this was uh a design we started in 2019.

We had two public meetings.

Um, and um both the design team and the public uh thought that the roundabouts here were the best solution.

So we're at the stage now where we've completed the detailed engineering, we've acquired the uh the land we need to construct them.

We've gone out to bid.

Now we're ready to award the contract, and um some utility work would start over the winter, and then the roundabouts would be constructed next year.

They'll be constructed independently so we can remain some north south travel connectivity.

Um each each roundabout would have a 90 day closure, and and then all the work would be done next year.

But we did work closely with um Kenosha County and Pleasant Prairie, they were very helpful.

Uh, there was land acquisition required in the state of Wisconsin.

So they voluntarily took on that work, acquired the land and and paid for it.

So they're a great partner.

Um, so that's good to hear.

I know.

As someone who drives this way, very much this is definitely be a huge safety improvement for the area.

You know, that's that intersection, it's dark, it's kind of secluded, and I could see there, I think there's been a number of accidents over the years.

So that's um really good to see.

But all right, member Roberts.

I'm I'm also I'm just excited that this is going.

I know that this will really be great flow because if y'all go down Lewis Avenue, just past that intersection.

Kenosha has two more roundabouts, so it's just gonna make everything flow smoother and it's a great plan.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I I see it says um non-motorized.

Are you just making the um roundabouts compatible with non-motorized, or is that black section in between the two?

Are you putting in bike lane in between those two?

So there will be there will be um bike paths outside of the roundabout circles, and then in between the two, we're putting uh on pavement.

There's six foot wide, so we're going wider than normal.

Okay, so there'll be a six foot wide bike path along the pavement.

We didn't have enough right-of-way to go outside of that.

And there's um so if there's desire to do something in the future, I mean, there is in our long-range plan, it does show an off-road bike path along Russell from Sheridan all the way west.

Right.

Um, but that would be a pretty massive initiative just from a land acquisition standpoint.

So is that north and south side, both sides?

We're just one side.

Six foot bike.

Is that legally a bike or is that a paved shoulder?

I thought it had to be eight feet, or since it's one let way, it could six feet considered uh bike lane.

Some of that is driven by the speed limit.

It's very it's very close to being it could be you know, probably labeled as a bike lane, but it's 55 miles per hour.

Yeah, and then it transitions away from that on either end.

So we we're not planning to sign it, but you will have the space.

Yeah, I'll have the rumble down the white edge, so it'll you know on a Saturday or Sunday, it'll feel pretty comfortable.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah, any other questions?

Yeah, good to see this.

And you know, our county option motor fuel tax being able to pay for these important projects.

So I'm glad we can move ahead.

All right, all in favor?

Aye, any opposed motion.

Item 8.9 is joint committee action um item approving change order number three, consisting of an increase of 53,379 for additions to the Russell Road Intersections Improvement Phase Two Engineering Services contract.

Can I get a motion?

Second motion by Hewitt, second by Kasbin.

So the same project, uh, but the uh the engineering team did have to spend more time than it was originally planned uh on utility relocations for some utilities in the state of Wisconsin that were required relocation that took more effort than originally thought, and then we had to go through several rounds of iteration on the um the detour plan with both WizDot and IDOT when we closed these roundabouts, and that took more time than was originally anticipated.

And we've also asked them to put some budget towards providing um construction oversight if questions come up during construction.

The design engineer will be able to respond.

So those are those are the three things driving the change.

Any questions?

All right, all in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Excuse me.

Item 8.10.

It's a joint resolution authorizing a highway authority agreement and supplemental highway authority agreement between Lake County and Graham C.

Stores Company related to property located at 221 West Rollins Road and Round Lake Beach, Illinois.

Can I get a motion in a second?

Motion by Hunter, second by Kasbin.

So this is an existing gas station at this corner.

And they had an underground leaking storage tank.

Um so they did environmental cleanup through uh the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

They followed all their process.

Now they're at the end of that process and they're asking for a no further remediation, which they basically reached a point where they don't have to do any more cleanup.

They'll continue to have monitoring wells on the site.

But we're the adjacent property owner as the highway authority.

So they had to put us on notice to say that they had this cleanup effort and now they're uh gonna be stopping it.

Um so the IEPA asked that we sign off acknowledging that.

And then we have a supplemental highway authority agreement that we've developed with our states um uh state's attorney, and basically it requires the owner to um post a bond, a hundred thousand dollar bond with us, which they've agreed to do.

And then in the future, if we ever do it a road improvement and we discover uh contaminated soil, it'll be their responsibility to pay for the cleanup.

And that'll carry with the land if there's a future owner.

So it carries what you have for future owners too.

Correct.

Okay, that's very well done.

Any questions?

All right, all in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

All right.

Um, item 8.11 is a joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Baxter and Woodman Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois for phase two professional engineering services for the resurfacing of Cedar Lake Road from Montreville Road to Heart Road, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of 3.25 miles at a maximum cost of $636,741 and appropriating $765,000 of matching tax funds.

Can I get a motion in a second, please?

Motion by Robert, second by Wasick.

So this will be a resurfacing project that we're using uh this consultant to complete for us.

Um also be uh upgrading the drainage facilities, the culverts along the corridor, replacing guardrail.

Uh they'll also be replacing uh any ADA ramps that are currently out of compliance, and they'll be replacing the traffic signal at Rowlands and Cedar Lake Road, which is just old antiquated equipment, so that'll be completely taken out and replaced.

Um the southern limit where it ends at Hart Road, that is the beginning of our Cedar Lake Road realignment project.

So that that meets up with that, and then the northern limit is the existing roundabout at Cedar Lake and Monteville.

So that roundabout will be resurfaced as well.

Oh wow.

Will the traffic light then be part of the the passage system or is it it will like it upgrades there?

Yeah, it'll have all new connectivity, so it'll tie in uh with passage.

Okay, good.

Vice chair.

Yeah, I guess it was the roundabout.

I feel like we were just maybe it's just been around too long, that we were just spending having a lot of work done on that road, right around Monaville and stuff like that.

But was it the roundabout and we didn't do resurfacing at that time?

Yeah, the recent work was we resurfaced Cedar Lake Road from Monaville North Grand.

Okay, and then we fixed the landscape island in the middle a few years ago.

But we haven't done any resurfacing work.

And then we had to put the roundabout in at some point too.

Yes.

Well, that was a little bit if I'm thinking of the right one.

We put one in recently at Monaville and Fairfield.

Yeah.

With like in the last two, three years.

Just remember.

Okay.

All right.

Any questions?

All right, all in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Item 8.12 is a joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of 30,000 of the quarter percent sales tax for transportation funds for right-of-way costs associated with the non-motorized improvements along Butterfield Road from Greg's Parkway to Gulf Road.

I should go.

I was gonna say, can I motion it?

All right, I motion this motion by me.

Who would like second by vice chair?

Maine.

So this is uh a new bike path along uh Butterfield Road.

So, you know, we constructed a section of bike path a little bit south of here uh that ties in with the the Vernon Hills um and Libertyville bike trail system.

And now we're completing this gap up um that'll tie in with the Liveryville Township path system and the North Shore Path.

So the design's complete.

Um we've just been working through uh land acquisition, and um we're at the point now where we've reached agreements with all the property owners, but we do need a supplemental appropriation to cover the final um agreed to costs.

Thank you.

Yes, I'm very excited about this.

I want to thank you and your staff for working so hard and also the landowners and everyone from really it's been a long, long, long process, but like keeping it up and really coming to an agreement.

And I know this is going to be a huge improvement, safety improvement for this entire region to connect all you know Vernon Hills to the bike paths, like the uh the Lee County bike path, you know, Libertyville over the Dust Wains River Trail.

This is a huge improvement.

And I know many of our residents have been eagerly eagerly waiting for this.

So I'm really very excited to see this today.

So thanks to everybody involved.

Um can I uh all in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

All right.

Item 8.13 is a joint resolution appropriating $806,400 of the motor fuel tax funds for maintaining streets and highways, including utility services under the applicable Illinois Highway Code from December 1st, 2025 to November 30th, 2026, and 206 of matching tax funds for de-icing materials.

Can I get a motion in a second?

Motion by Hewitt, second by Roberts.

So this is an is this is an appropriation we do every year.

Uh so we can buy materials that are in-house uh uh road maintenance workers use to complete their work throughout the year.

So this is paint, uh signposts, aggregate, de-icing material, um, and some utility services.

Uh so we'll begin making these acquisitions December one.

Okay, so this is just like a whole bunch of supplies, it looks like any questions.

All right, all in favor?

Aye, any opposed?

Motion carries.

Item 8.14 is director's report.

Two items for director's report.

First, just want to mention that um the Darrell Road corridor roundabouts did open on September 26th.

So if you didn't know, last week of September was uh national roundabout week.

So about 5 30 on Friday.

How did we miss that?

So we need a party.

Well, we some of us had a special celebration.

Yeah, just find us.

We love roundabout.

Yeah.

Next year, we have to let us know ahead of time so we can have a special reception for roundabouts.

What is it?

Uh-huh.

It was on my calendar.

26th, yeah.

So about 5 30 on Friday, we opened the roundabouts.

So that was good to fit it in that week.

Um, and then we also received uh an award from the uh Institute of Transportation Engineers for the national roundabout corridor project of the year.

So there you go.

Wow.

Um the national roundabout quarter of the year you won.

Excellent.

So and to be fair, we did tie with a project in Sarasota, Florida.

Well, still number one is number one.

Yeah, one.

Yeah, still one.

So we're getting Sarasota.

We know we're number, we're number one here in Lake County.

For the which corridor?

Darrow Road.

No, it's specific to Darrell Road.

Oh Daryl Road.

So there's there's two built this year, and then the third one was built last year.

So there's three total.

It's an award-winning corridor.

I think it needs a sign, award-winning roundabout corridor.

Yeah.

I am I'm all in in signs.

People should know.

Yes, sure.

And actually, I just I mean that.

Yeah, I mean, yeah, you know, if there's a sign that says that like we do great work, you guys do great work.

So I don't, I'm sorry, I don't know if that's in our newsletter, but I do think um, you know, I don't know, you guys should I'll bring it up at the county board meeting, but I think um that's really great.

So we should be talking about it.

Cool.

So thank you.

Member Roberts.

Also, I I follow your social media and I don't recall seeing that there either.

Did you did you say you won that award?

I don't know if we said it.

Or I mean humble department.

So that's exciting.

It is exciting.

And I honestly think, I mean, you make signs, I think like award-winning roundabout.

Then people come up to it, they'll know that is a nationally recognized roundabout.

Especially I honestly think we should think about signs.

I don't know what our sign policy is.

But we should celebrate like all the great things we do.

Well, we have lots of signed.

So I think that that could be doable.

Yes, exactly.

Member Wasick.

Thank you, Chair.

And might I suggest, Shane, that not only do you do a sign in your sign shop, but you say national award-winning roundabout look left.

Right.

Approaching the national award winning roundabout.

You are approaching the national award-winning roundabout corridor.

And then I think people would like to know that.

I really do.

All right, we'll give that some thought.

We can tell you well.

We'll come up with something.

Yes.

All right.

Second update.

Um, we're moving forward, you know, continue to advance our long-range transportation plan.

So we've we've done a survey.

We got 750 responses, which is pretty good.

So we're going through that data.

We'll have a report out to committee in the next month or two on what we learned.

But starting yesterday, then going through October 21st.

Um, we have a virtual open house.

So you can go on uh onto our website uh for the project at Lake County2050.com.

And there's a virtual open house that people can walk through at their own pace, learn about the study, and then there's some interactive information.

Um they can respond to, and they can also enter in project ideas on uh on a map, and that'll be submitted uh for the team to review, then we'll consolidate all that.

Uh to kick this off, we do have a video, and if the committee's interested in seeing we could have a see the video.

And uh it's about four minutes long, but and then that's the end of uh what I have to share today.

And then just before the video, so 750 was that about targeted.

Is that how many you needed?

Like for the responses.

Do you feel like a pretty good response?

We've talked to some of our peer counties that have done these in the last year or two, and they were getting around 300-ish.

Okay.

So 750 is pretty good.

And then the open house is open till how long?

It just through October uh 21st.

The 21st, okay.

Yes, because I think for all of us, you know, don't keep inviting.

I know we have been, but inviting people to participate in this and in our long range planning just makes the planning even better.

All right, let's see the video.

Oh, yes, member Robert.

I before you leave, I I want to take this opportunity.

I know I mentioned it yesterday, but I want to thank you and your staff for coming out so quickly.

Um, I mentioned yesterday that in um my community there were two swastika signs.

Um in on our county roads, and you quickly responded and they were removed immediately.

And it's so important to have that taken down quickly because you do not want to spread hate.

And so thank you and your staff.

Just happen to be like you told me, I know I thanked through yesterday, but just happened to be the guy on call was in the lived in the community.

So it worked out really well.

So thank you again.

Yes, thank you for that prompt action.

And yes, we'll have to keep an eye on that going forward.

All right, let's watch our watch the video.

Every day, thousands of people use Lake County's transportation system to drive, ride, walk, or bike to get where they need to go.

Transportation impacts so many areas of our lives, and that's why Lake County has begun the process of developing its long-range transportation plan.

Invision 2050.

Envision 2050 will serve as the blueprint for how the county plans, prioritizes, and funds transportation projects over the next 25 years.

What is a long-range transportation plan or LRTP?

An LRTP is a comprehensive document that guides transportation development for a region and provides a framework of goals and objectives to address the region's multimodal transportation needs in the near term and for future generations.

Invision 2050 takes a comprehensive look at the county's transportation network, a broader, more forward-looking review beyond the program or project level, safety and resiliency, to improve the safety of all road users while planning for future challenges, sustainability and environmental, taking care to reduce the environmental impact of transportation improvements and growth, and connectivity.

Strengthen transportation links that connect people to where they live, work, and play, no matter how they travel throughout Lake County.

Before planning for the future, we must understand where we are today.

The planning process is data-driven and begins by compiling and analyzing local traffic data and existing road conditions to reveal strengths to build upon and challenges to address.

Your input is vital to the development of the long-range transportation plan.

Each phase includes opportunities for you to get involved and share your ideas on the transportation priorities that matter most to you.

Phase one consists of gathering input from the public on existing conditions and issues.

Phase two is where the vision, goals, and objectives of the plan will be developed.

In phase three, transportation priorities and strategies will be presented.

And finally, during phase four, the public will get a chance to review and provide feedback on the long-range transportation plan draft report to see how it aligns and reflects their feedback.

Transportation needs and patterns in Lake County are changing.

And the long range transportation plan helps to identify how we prioritize and invest in roads, sidewalks, bike paths, transit options, and more.

Envision 2050 will guide smart decision making related to safety, congestion, and reflect on what matters to the community.

It will also identify opportunities to secure funding to help make local dollars go further and support long-term priorities.

Planning ahead helps Lake County prepare for future challenges and opportunities, such as population changes, climate change, aging infrastructure, and evolving technologies.

As Lake County continues to grow and evolve, so must our transportation system.com to learn more about how you can get involved and help guide the plan forward.

Is that like on social media or where would people watch that?

Just so we that is really helpful.

That's the opening page.

If you go to Lake County2050.com, you'll see that video as the first slide.

Okay.

And then there'll be a series.

I think there's eight or so pages that you can walk through at your own pace.

Can I learn more about it and then provide some feedback?

Okay, good.

I think it's really uh very educational.

I don't know if we can TikTok that or whatever, but to push it out like a different ways.

People really enjoy videos.

Yeah.

Yeah.

See, it's on the county's landing page.

So it'd put there.

So we can put our newsletters, everything.

Excellent.

Member Wasick.

Uh, this looks good, Shane.

Um, I'm just curious to what degree do we have to work with CMAP on our long range plan?

Are they they have some sort of like input into this?

Do we have to kind of integrate with their plan?

I'm just trying to figure out how we mesh with what they're doing and have done.

And yeah, so we do have a lot of conversations with their staff, and their staff is on a lot of our stakeholder groups.

Um they've produced plans previously that were incorporated, like, for example, we partner with them on the safety action plan.

So that is a key element in building block for this plan.

Um, and then also CMAP prepares the regional um traffic model for the Chicagoland area.

So we've taken their model and our consultant has it, and then they're adapting that to a county level traffic model.

Um, so you know, we work for pretty closely with them.

Uh, they're also in the process of just kicking up their 2060 plan.

Um, so there'll be a lot of information sharing between us and them.

But they don't have to sign off on what we do, they just kind of are in an advisory role.

Correct.

Yeah, we have autonomy to provide the plan that that we think is best for us.

Good to know.

Thank you.

All right, member Hunter.

Thanks, Chair.

Um, and one other thing.

Uh, we're in this month, is the 10th year anniversary of the Rollins Road 83 project.

It was the largest undertaking at that time in the county.

So it it's it was a wonderful project.

It went fast.

Um, faster than I know it was in competition with what was going on on Buckley Road in 21, which took forever.

Um, but it went with minimal, I mean, issues, and especially with that railroad, it worked out really well.

So, congratulations on the anniversary.

Thank you.

Member Roberts.

Well, I I have something else to say, but I want to say thought 10 years went by really fast because it didn't feel like it was 10 years that that was done.

But I wanted to ask you about the project Wadsworth and Lewis.

It's completed, and and I think that's something you should celebrate too.

I don't know if you plan on having a ribbon cutting ceremony, but because of the controversy that was going on between Sheridan Road being closed at the same time, it would be really great to come out and celebrate that.

If we could do that.

Okay, yeah, we were just actually talking to communications at the beginning of this week to see which projects were ready for for some kind of celebration.

That's one of the ones on the list.

Yeah, because you know, I drive there every day, and I you can really tell.

Yeah, and that ties in with the Robert McClory half paving right there.

So we might, you know, we're kind of thinking maybe that could be some kind of joint event.

Right.

Thank you.

That sounds good.

More celebrations.

We do.

All right.

Anything else?

All right.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Now item 815 is committee action for the permanent destruction of executive session recordings for the public works and transportation committee from January 27th, 2010 through November 29th, 2023.

And for the inactive public works planning and transportation committee from November 3rd, 2021 through November 2nd, 2022, in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act and as recommended on the attached documents.

Can I get a motion in a second?

Motion by Hewitt, second by Kasbin.

All right.

Morning, Ruth Ann Hall, Assistant County Administrator.

We recall um twice a year we come to you to review executive session minutes and see which ones can be opened.

Through OMA, we are able to destroy the verbatim recordings after they have been opened.

Um and after 18 months has passed.

So we're just trying to follow the OMA guidelines and get direction to make that just destruction of the items.

Yes, it seems like it's a lot of recordings.

That's probably like enough storage, a lot of keeping track of them.

And since we've got the minutes, we don't need the recordings.

Correct.

Under law and research.

All right.

Does anyone have any questions about that?

All right.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

All right.

And we have county administrators report.

No covenants.

Okay.

So today we're going into executive session.

Show item 10.1 is executive session to just so should I read it with those?

Executive session to discuss a personnel matter pursuant to five ILCS 120 slash two C1.

And also item 10.2 is executive session to review closed session minutes pursuant to five ILCS 120 slash two C21.

Can I get a motion in a second, please?

Motion by Roberts, second by Kasbin.

Can I have a roll call, please?

Member Kasman.

Member Hunter.

Vice Chairmain.

Aye.

Member Roberts.

Member Wasick.

All right, we're gonna go to an executive session.

I will be back in 33.

All right, everyone.

Welcome back to regular session.

All right, regular session.

Our item 11.1 is committee action approving the public works and transportation committee executive session minutes from February 5th, 2025.

Can I get a motion?

Motion by Hewitt, second by Roberts.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Item eight uh 11.2 is committee action approving the public works and transportation committee executive session minutes from August 6, 2025.

Can I get a motion?

Motion by Hewitt, second by Hunter.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes.

And remember remarks.

Um, actually, I was gonna thank Austin, but here we already thanked him.

So anything else?

All right.

Then I declare this meeting adjourned.

Our next meeting will be a joint budget hearing on October 22nd, 2025.

See you all then.

Have a good day.