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Lake County Board Meeting Summary - December 2, 2025

Committee MeetingsTuesday, December 2, 2025
BodyLake County, Illinois
SessionCommittee Meetings
DateTuesday, December 2, 2025
StatusFILED
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Today is uh Tuesday December 2nd.

0:18

I call the low end of this year.

0:21

Meeting to order at 1030.

0:25

May I have uh uh oh she already did it.

0:29

May we stand for the allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands mode under God and divisible with liberty and justice for all okay account of board rules and the open meeting act at 10 by remote mean is permitted for we don't handle that anyway.

1:07

We could okay.

1:11

I don't have to read it.

1:12

A physical quam is present to the so they may be marked as present.

1:18

Uh roll call, please.

1:21

Member Altenberg?

1:22

Here Chair Cunningham here, member Dan Ford.

1:27

Member Kenny's night?

1:28

Here member Kyle.

1:30

Member Peterson.

1:32

Present.

1:32

Vice Chair Roberts.

1:34

Here okay.

1:38

There's not.

1:40

Is there any public comment and not on?

1:42

There is not.

1:43

Okay.

1:44

Chair Remark.

1:46

Happy holiday to everybody.

1:49

Thank you.

1:50

Same to you.

1:50

When be Hilton.

1:53

As on an unfinished business.

1:55

There's no.

2:03

Motion by Mama Altenberg.

2:05

Second.

2:06

Second by Vice.

2:08

Raoul.

2:10

Okay.

2:15

Fourth vote.

2:16

Yeah, what do you mean?

2:17

All in favor?

2:18

Aye.

2:19

I say none of four.

2:25

Okay.

2:26

Go on to the regular agenda.

2:28

And this is the Chief Deputy Administrator.

2:34

Uh this is a giant resolution authorized and emergency appropriation of 98,000 from the state's attorney's office.

2:44

At that forcheth fund to reimburse the general fund for Sarah and Franklin calls for certain employees through November 30th, 26th.

2:58

And I need a motion.

3:00

Motion by Member Mutt Don Donovan.

3:04

Dan for a second by Member Altenberg.

3:07

Okay.

3:10

Good morning, everybody.

3:11

I'm uh Joe Gravitter, Chief Deputy of Administrative Services for the U State's Attorney's Office.

3:17

And with me is also Steve Spagnolo, our Chief of Government Relations.

3:21

Um, so he'll be able to answer any non-financial questions.

3:26

Um, so this resolution is doing a couple of different things.

3:29

One is we are emergency appropriating $98,000 from the cash balance in our uh special asset forfeiture fund to be used to offset six percent of the salary and benefits for 10 felony assistant states attorneys.

3:46

Um the second movement is going to be emergency appropriating $82,000 of those um saved felony funds that are not being used by those the 10 ASAs.

3:58

Uh we're going to be using those instead to fund salary and benefits for our conviction integrity unit director.

4:06

Um the projected uh projected 82,000 in salary and benefits is for all of fiscal year 26.

4:14

However, we fully expect the approval of a budget modification on a grant with the Illinois Innocence Project, in which we are the uh subgrantee.

4:23

But of course, because of the federal uh the government shut down, everything has been delayed, so that's why there is this delay with waiting for this uh modification to be approved.

4:34

Uh so the remaining 16,000 of uh relief in that felony fund will just remain in felony, so it will uh reduce the burden on the general fund.

4:47

Question thank you, uh share.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procedural███████████████████████████████31%
Public Safety█████████████████████████████29%
Technology and Innovation█████████████████████████25%
Budget Equity Analysis███████████████15%
Summary of Proceedings

Lake County Board Meeting Summary - December 2, 2025

The Lake County Board convened on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 10:30 AM for a session where the full five-member quorum was present. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and an announcement that there were no items for the consent calendar or public comment. The agenda focused on resolutions regarding emergency appropriations for the State's Attorney's Office and a series of contracts for the Sheriff's Office.

Consent Calendar

  • No items were placed on the consent calendar; none were requested by members or the public.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • No members of the public appeared to offer testimony or comments at this session.

Discussion Items

  • Emergency Appropriation for State's Attorney's Office: Joe Gravitter, Chief Deputy of Administrative Services, and Steve Spagnolo, Chief of Government Relations, presented a resolution to appropriates $98,000 from the Special Asset Forfeiture (Criminal) Fund to reimburse the General Fund.
    • Project Description: The funds offset six percent of salary and benefits for 10 felony assistant states attorneys. Additionally, $82,000 of the remaining

Meeting Transcript

Today is uh Tuesday December 2nd. I call the low end of this year. Meeting to order at 1030. May I have uh uh oh she already did it. May we stand for the allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands mode under God and divisible with liberty and justice for all okay account of board rules and the open meeting act at 10 by remote mean is permitted for we don't handle that anyway. We could okay. I don't have to read it. A physical quam is present to the so they may be marked as present. Uh roll call, please. Member Altenberg? Here Chair Cunningham here, member Dan Ford. Member Kenny's night? Here member Kyle. Member Peterson. Present. Vice Chair Roberts. Here okay. There's not. Is there any public comment and not on? There is not. Okay. Chair Remark. Happy holiday to everybody. Thank you. Same to you. When be Hilton. As on an unfinished business. There's no. Motion by Mama Altenberg. Second. Second by Vice. Raoul. Okay. Fourth vote. Yeah, what do you mean? All in favor? Aye. I say none of four. Okay. Go on to the regular agenda. And this is the Chief Deputy Administrator. Uh this is a giant resolution authorized and emergency appropriation of 98,000 from the state's attorney's office. At that forcheth fund to reimburse the general fund for Sarah and Franklin calls for certain employees through November 30th, 26th. And I need a motion. Motion by Member Mutt Don Donovan. Dan for a second by Member Altenberg. Okay. Good morning, everybody. I'm uh Joe Gravitter, Chief Deputy of Administrative Services for the U State's Attorney's Office. And with me is also Steve Spagnolo, our Chief of Government Relations.

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