Good afternoon.

Today is September 1st, 2026, and I call Lake County Legislative Committee to order at 1 p.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.

Per county board rules and the open meetings act attendance via remote means is permitted for qualifying reasons, as long as the majority of committee members are physically present.

And we have been notified in advance by members, Roberts Volitzick and Hart that they will be unavailable.

Yeah, we'll wait for the roll call.

Okay.

Kevin, please lead us in the bunch of legits.

And two requirements for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

Could we have a roll call, please, Teresa?

Vice Chair Campos?

Here.

Member Frank.

Member Hunter?

Member Roberts is absent.

Member Schlick.

Here.

And Chair Wasek.

Here.

So, Chair, we do not have a quorum today at this time.

So when we get to the consent agenda, we'll have to um we'll have to postpone that item.

Okay.

Do we have to make a motion to put no?

We can't even have an action.

So we will skip those and go right into the discussions when we get there.

Sounds good.

So we'll skip 8.1 and 8.2 for now, do the next meeting onto the regular agenda and write to Mike and Derek.

You are live, sir.

And chair, just a comment.

We we have no public comment for today.

And we have no public comment.

I don't have any chair's remarks either.

Okay.

And no addenda to the agenda.

Sorry.

Nothing else.

I split right through it.

Okay.

Mr.

Mr.

Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to join you today, and we'll be very, very brief because we find ourselves in the doldrums of summer.

The governor concluded his actions on over 300 bills that were presented to him earlier this year by signing all of them.

He vetoed zero bills, which has the opportunity to set up a very surgical and tight fall veto session, which is currently scheduled to convene on Tuesday, November 16th.

And assuming it runs six days, we'll wrap up on Thursday, December 3 after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Now historically, in an even numbered year veto session, very little is considered because we will return before inauguration day on Wednesday, January 13 to wrap up the 104th Illinois General Assembly with traditional consideration of large packages of proposals.

Now, what will be in those proposals?

Frankly, nobody knows yet, because the agenda for both the veto session and the lame deck session won't be set until after the November general elections.

Having said that, in an even numbered year, traditionally veto session is light, the heavier, denser potential appropriation, budgetary revenue action, all postponed until the days before inauguration day in the middle of January.

Sales tax greatly exceeded its expected collection rate during the first month of a fiscal year.

And this is good because of the projected multi-billion dollar deficit Illinois may face later this fiscal year.

Month two hasn't come in yet, but as August through October revenue collections are in, that will likely set the stage for any potential discussions during the veto session or lingdock on whether or not a revenue enhancement may be appropriate at this time before budget consideration in May of 2027, or if revenue collection trends and other factors, both here and in Washington, DC may delay consideration of that until the end of this fiscal year.

Appreciate the opportunity to join you today again.

Summer equates with not much going on in the state capital.

Um historic but traditionally a good thing.

Happy to answer any question that you, Mr.

Chairman, or any member of your committee have for us.

Questions for Mike or Derek.

Well, I have a key one, gentlemen.