Today is Thursday, July 30th.

It is 8:33 a.m.

I call to order the Lake County Financial Administration Committee.

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

And we uh have one of our members accordance with our rules, member of a litak requested to participate due to uh employment reasons.

Um I have the notice in my email if any members wish to review it, or if there's any objections or questions, let's hear it.

Otherwise, we'll uh purposes of attendance member of Litic present and able to vote since we do have physical quorum.

Please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Allegiance to the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

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

Member Clark.

Chair Frank.

Here.

Member Hewitt.

Member Maine.

Um Vice Chair Parek.

Yes.

Member Peterson.

Absent.

And Member Vallistic.

Yeah.

Great.

Thank you.

As indicated, we have a quorum.

Um we have any addenda to the agenda?

We do not.

We have any public comments.

No, we do not.

Okay.

I'll just briefly say thank you all for making the time to be here.

Uh administration did intend to originally cancel this, but we have a time-sensitive matter to discuss in executive session.

So that's why we're here this morning, primarily, in addition to a very short agenda.

Um 7.1.

We're going to ask if it's uh for consent to move it down to following executive session because this is committee action on executive session minutes that we're going to review in executive session.

So everyone's in agreement.

We'll move that down following executive session.

Uh consent consent agenda items 8.1 through 8.2.

Motion to approve by member Clark, second by member main comments or questions.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Those items are approved.

8.3 is an ordinance amending a previous ordinance designating voting sites assigned to five of the 431 precincts in Lake County Townships.

Motion to approve by member Clark.

Second by Vice Chair Parr.

Good morning, Clerk Vega.

Good morning, everyone.

Um a few years ago, my goal was to present these ordinance changes with um minor changes as possible just to prevent voters from going to different different sites.

I'm really happy to say they only have one for election day for this year.

That is um the Islamic Foundation North to replace St.

Demetrius Church.

Um both are located on the same street across across from one another.

Um this would impact uh county board members, Hart, Kasben, and Maine based on the precincts.

It doesn't preclude any voter from going to any other election day site, as we are a vote center model here in Lake County.

Uh St.

Demetrius does charge the county.

Uh IFN would not charge the county for for uh use of their facility.

Um with that, I'll take any questions.

Member Main.

Thank you.

And thank you, Clerk, for the notice in advance.

I I know well where both of them are.

Are we do we put when there's a change?

Um, are we allowed to put like a little sign at that property saying, hey, voting has been moved to the other location.

In this case, it's just across the street.

They might get it.

But in other cases, too.

Yeah, we we usually do.

We we sent notice and then uh usually the the host is so kind to put it on their door and everything.

Thank you.

We also send you voter cards noting the change.

Yeah, but those member clerk.

Okay.

Can you clarify?

You said we do send to affected voters a card.

Yes.

As well.

Okay.

Yeah, and I realize, I mean, I actually tend to notice those, but I don't tend to notice most of my mail.

So it's great.

Okay.

Thank you.

Great.

Any other comments or questions?

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

8.3 is approved.

8.4 is a courtesy notice to announce changes to early voting site locations for the November 3rd general election in Lake County, including early voting schedule draft.

Uh this is also one uh one change a few years ago.

Aniak Township was co-located with the school district in one building.

It used to be an early voting site.

They they sold that their stake to the school, um, which meant that we couldn't use that facility for early voting anymore.

Um the new building Aniak Township bought at that point was not ADA accessible.

They've since made their um ADA uh changes, upgrades to the building.

So we will now have an early voting location within ANIAC Township at the ANIAC Township building that is fully ADA compliant back to the original intent of of our uh early voting um um footprint.

Thank you, Clerk Vega.

So for for this item, addition to a point three, whenever you have changes like this, I know your team has communications, and as we just talked about, you do mailings.

Do you also work with Lake County Communications so that uh impacted areas, board members, newsletters, local governments are fully aware as well.

Yeah, absolutely.

We uh Anyac Township has been a really great partner.

Lake Villa who stepped up in the last primary to host us for early voting has also been a great partner.

Um we usually leverage those avenues to let people know.

Um the former Anyac Tonsja building has been one of those early voting sites that has always been a site, and so we're we are working against that ingrained knowledge to educate voters um uh to let them know their new site.

But yes, we we do, and we have historically work with communications to put it in the in your county board member newsletters in addition to the other avenues that we use to communicate to the two voters.

Great.

Thank you.

Member Clark.

Thank you.

Yeah, good to hear about the Anac Township one.

And I was looking at the thing.

So there's also so are there two other changes?

Like, is it or is there one it looks like ELA Township?

Yeah.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Um I had uh a minor um we are for ELA Township specifically.

Um we are uh going back to the ELA Township building.

They have also upgraded their ADA accommodations, which was a concern from the from previous elections.

And so we we are um during the primary, we were at uh we were at uh a V barn, but we're going back.

Um is that was that close?

The vehicle or the V Hugh or sorry, the Vhee barn was that close to the just so it will be signing?

Two minutes, yes, yes.

So people will know like you go here.

Yes.

And then is there one in Shields Township or the things there's Shield Township?

I didn't know I I was gonna or Mind Mouth.

I was saying Any ANIAC, I'm reading this.

So it was an ANIAC, it was in ELA, um, and then the other one in Shields Township.

Um I am so sorry.

Can you I'm trying to pull it up.

I'm on the I'm on your notice for the attachment, and it just says the two ANIAC and ELIS, but then in here it says Shields Township.

So that's why I I didn't the bullets.

And the bullets.

Bullets could be incorrect.

Maybe.

I will what I'm gonna do is um since I don't have my computer here, I will go ahead and um and give you that in in an emotion that's okay, or we can we can how do you want to address this?

Well, it it's just that because this is something we get questions on, especially early voting locations.

So if there is a new one for Shields Township, just let us know.

I I will.

I will.

Yeah.

I would have to confirm what my staff submitted and then what the document is.

But uh in Shields Township, which is North Chicago, historically we've been at the North Chicago Public Library, which is a great location for us.

Yes, and maybe yes.

Yeah.

Uh can I maybe something's working on uh showing in the attachment.

Okay.

Member May.

Well, yeah, uh member Clark and I are in mind meld.

Because I'm like, I'm hearing ANIAC, I was having trouble pulling it up.

So whatever it ends up being, let's just make sure that the bullet points and the the agenda are voting agenda are accurate.

That these for the county board meeting, yes.

For the county board meeting.

Yeah.

It's actually not an action item, but yes.

I I will I will do that to apologize.

That's great.

It's a courtesy notice.

Yes, yeah.

Thank you.

It should still be accurate.

Absolutely.

Yeah, I agree.

But apologies.

Well, then if I may, um it's then helpful whether you do email.

And I know there'll be is there's always a zillion questions before an election, but um perhaps um at um August or September board meeting, county board meeting, if the clerk could give a a brief presentation of summarizing some of these changes saying, hey, mailings are going out.

Um, especially if there's been a little confusion here, there might be confusion other places.

I think that's a great idea since we are mind melding.

And I also maybe, and I know we'll do this, but maybe at the board meeting or somewhere publicly, just because since it's a little different ish this year, maybe a s like we could just have a discussion about maybe listing like here's the early voting locations.

Maybe we could have the discussion in this because people really do, you know, like these are the ones this year.

You can vote anywhere on election day and during early voting.

Um, because yes, I think getting more the more we can communicate the better on how to vote.

Well, I agree with you a hundred percent.

More than happy to do that, whether it's at the August board meeting or September.

Okay, terrific.

This is the second general election with that technology or the third.

This will be the second.

Well, we had a consult.

The first one was at the consolidated general in April.

So this will be the first November election.

I asked just because yeah, to your point, people are still adopting and stabbing.

Yes.

And most probably are still going to their original things.

And they might not have voted before, right?

Correct.

They're new people or they've moved in.

It's it does get confusing.

Yes.

Thank you for the courtesy notice.

We will uh look for the updates to make sure it's it's accurate.

And um, I think we'll have a conversation with the administrator and and chair Hart about doing something at the board meeting also.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Thank you.

You have a county administrator's report.

No report.

Okay.

So uh motion please to go into executive session to discuss a personnel matter and to review closed session minutes.

Motion by member Clark, second by Vice Chair Perak.

A roll call, please.

Aye.

Chair Brent.

Aye.

Member Dewitt.

Member May?

Aye.

Aye.

Member Peterson.

Absent.

Member of the list.

Member of Litik.

I can't hear her.

Thank you.

Okay.

Motion is approved.

We're going to head into executive session.

Session going to action on item 7.1.

Mitty action approving the FNA committee executive session minutes from May 7th.

Motion by member Clark, second by member main.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Those minutes are approved.

Any member remarks, comments, or questions.

Seeing none we're adjourned, we'll be back here next week.

Thank you, everyone.