Thank you.

Good morning, everyone.

Today is Tuesday, October 14, 2025, and I call the Lake County Board Meeting's order at 9 a.m.

The meeting is being recorded and live streamed on our website, Comcast Channels 18 or 30 and ATTU vers channel 99, as well as on Zoom at the link on the agenda.

In addition to being able to attend in person, remote attendance has been made available to the public via 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 the board members are physically present.

We have been notified in advance by members Hunter and Frank that they request to participate electronically due to work reasons.

A physical quorum is present, and if there's no discussion, I'll ask county staff to note in the minutes that members Frank and Hunter are present and eligible to vote on matters before the county board today.

Okay, seeing no discussion.

I think we can approve that one.

And as a reminder to members attending remotely, please ensure your camera is on at all times.

Before we begin with our agenda, is there anyone our board members would like us to remember today in a moment of silence?

Thank you, Member Maine, followed by uh Vice Chair Dr.

Mary Ross Cunningham.

Thank you.

I'd like to remember former uh executive director of the health department, Dale Galassie.

You know, he he died uh last month.

Uh he was a very dynamic person, uh larger than life in in many ways.

He had actually he had a teaching career.

I actually have a friend who is a nurse who he was her instructor, and but he joined the health department in 1981.

Um I forget the position, and then he became the executive director in 1992 through 2007.

So I was fortunate enough to get to overlap with um his tenure as the executive director.

I think he he really brought so many um his dynamism, his commitment to public health to residence, um, and um really saw about social determinants of health before a lot of people were using those terms.

So he really moved the agency um many uh many steps forward, and he also knew very well how to communicate with people, how to communicate with board members, and whenever he presented to a committee, you were sure to get uh a full picture and come away with a lot more information.

Yep, you you knew less than you realized until you had talked with Dale.

So uh I'd like to remember Dale Galassie.

Thank you.

Vice Chair.

Also remember mine stole my son that worked on the deal.

He was a great guy.

Those that didn't know him, he worked with everybody.

And when he got the ready to retire, he went to the state of Illinois and got on the help board.

And uh remember we were trying to get a hospital out west.

He was on that board.

He supported that board, he was trying to get that we didn't have enough votes.

So when we went to Springfield, he didn't we didn't have enough votes for the outwest hospital.

But Dale was somebody that you could work with, and he was serious with his job.

He was serious for the county.

Very serious, very professional.

And uh, I wasn't here.

I was gonna go to his uh viewing, but I wasn't here when they had it because I didn't want to miss that.

Because uh Dale Dale worked with oh gee, he worked with everybody and I think about now at the Hill Department.

Those that was there, I think they didn't retire.

Most of them are retired, so I just want to say there thank you, Ann.

I had that in mind.

I was all the time, but thank you.

Thank you, Member Hewitt.

I'd like to ask everybody to keep this year's family in their memories.

Um Dave Steer was a friend of ours.

Um he raced cars and and did a lot of work on the cars and got to know him through the car club, but I would like to say people who knew him affectionately was always Dave the door guy.

He was always doing everybody's garage doors, and if you had an issue with it, he was the one to call.

Unfortunately, he passed away, his car fell on him.

Oh and uh he was just a great person.

Thank you, thank you.

Anyone else?

Thank you, member Schlick.

Thank you, Chair.

I asked that everyone join me this morning, remembering Richard McGill and his wife Kathy McGill.

Uh Richard was a retired deputy fire chief for the Wilconda Fire District and former Walconda Fire District Trustee.

Um they both passed away within six days of each other about two weeks ago.

Um great public servants to the community.

Dick served the fire department for over 40 years.

His family served the community of Wconda for a very long time, and his wife was a recognized member of the community helping the local public schools and local park districts.

So I ask you to help me remember them this morning.

Thank you.

Thank you, member Campos.

Uh thank you, Chair.

I just want everybody to remember um everybody, all the car our community members who were taken and kidnapped uh by ICE throughout uh this operation.

I want us to remember our civil our civil liberties and how uh they used to be before this operation.

I want us to remember how we used to be able to go to the grocery store without fear.

I want us to remember what it felt like to not have to walk around your own community in a free country carrying your passport, fearing whether you'd be able to go home.

Thank you, member Frank.

Yeah, thank you, Chair.

I'd like to remember my friend Porter McNeil, who served as a county board member in Rock Island County.

I I know he's not a Lake County resident, but I'll just say we had a really unique connection to him through his service.

Uh as a friend of mine for many years, but he would often email and text and say, Hey, I saw this thing that you guys are working on in Lake County.

Tell me more about that.

He took great interest in our work here and our progress.

Uh, and I think that um we inspired some of the work that he did there.

I will remember him as a person who was filled with energy and optimism and always brought a smile to every room he entered.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

Thank you.

Member Dan Forth.

Sure.

Yeah, I'd just like to remember and celebrate the lives of the hostages that were taking, taken by Hamas, and uh just to celebrate the fact that they're now free, the ones that are alive and the return of the bodies to their families.

I think that's something worthy of celebration and remembering.

Thank you.

Thank you.

If you would join, oh, pardon me, member Altonberg.

Yeah, I was gonna mention that later, but yeah, I'm I'm so the Jewish community and myself were so so so grateful.

We could not be more grateful that the hostages were returned, and we're remembering the four um hostages where they brought the remains back, and we're really hoping that the other 24 hostages um who passed away during their confinement were hoping that those remains are also returned in the next few weeks.

But um, it was quite a day yesterday and very impactful, I think for a lot of people.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

Can you join me in a moment of silence, please?

Member Kyle, if you would lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, please of the United States of America and to the Republic for a which is cross.

Amen.

Thank you.

May I have a roll call, please, Clerk Vega?

Member Altenburg.

Here.

Member Cameron.

Member Caspin.

Here.

Member Clark.

Here.

Member Cunningham.

Here.

Member Dan Ford.

Member Frank.

Here.

Member Hart.

Here.

Member Hewitt.

Here.

Member Hunter.

Here.

Member Knishnik.

Here.

Member Kyle.

Member Main.

Present.

Member Park.

Here.

Member Peterson.

Present.

Member Roberts.

Here.

Member Schlick?

Here.

Member Volitzick.

Here.

Member Wasick.

Here.

19 members, please.

Great.

Thank you so much.

Moving on, we have no addenda to the agenda, but we do have a special recognition today brought forward by Member Carissa Kasbin.

It is a special recognition honoring Gail Graves for her hard work, dedication, and commitment to the Lake County community to be read by Member Kasbin.

Whereas Gail Graves, a brilliant and emotionally intelligent leader, has had an immeasurable impact on our Lake County community for over two decades.

And whereas, after working in the healthcare industry for 10 years, Gail turned her attention to teaching and managing adult and family literacy and education programs for the Waukegan Public Library as their education and literal literacy services manager, where she identified service gaps and secured critical grant funding, which enabled her to develop and deliver responsive services that aligned with the community's needs and mitigated educational inequities.

And whereas Gail also coordinated with several service organizations to create a pipeline of over a hundred volunteers to serve hundreds of families.

And whereas during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gail co-founded and co-chaired the African American Community Partnership Group of Lake County, facilitating countywide collaborative efforts with community-based organizations to enhance outreach and engagement among Lake County's communities of color, with Galef providing financial and strategic leadership, administrating a 1.2 million CARES Act grant to deliver community-based public health services to reach African American and Latino communities in Lake County.

And whereas, as the current Vice President of Community Impact for the United Way of Lake County, Gail has led the Community Impact Division in developing and delivering educational programming as well as the 211 Health and Human Services Referral Line to achieve measurable outcomes and solutions for children, youth, adults, and families across Lake County.

And whereas Gail has expanded the scope and reach of 211 to respond to the growing health and human services needs of Lake County's community members, from basic needs to collaboratively working to increase the social safety net for victims of crime.

And whereas Gail has led the Community Impact Council in a critical review and analysis of the United Way's educational programs, resulting in the identification of strategic steps to close service gaps and increase community impact through continuous improvements.

Gail's ability to coordinate with others, her problem-solving ability, and her passion for constant improvement combined to make her an indispensable force in the Lake County Service Network.

At the nexus of her work is a deep and abiding love for the Lake County community.

Now, therefore, be it recognized by this county board of Lake County, Illinois, that Gail Graves, highlighted by board member Carissa Kasbin, is recognized for her contributions to literacy, public health, and community outreach and empowerment, dated at Waukegan, Illinois on October 14th, 2025.

Thank you so much for this honor.

I deeply appreciate it.

And I would say, and anyone who is of service is of value in this community.

There is no D that is too small, but we all need to continue to unite to ask our community members what their challenges are and meet them where they are when we develop responsive outcomes-based solutions.

But we're not asking, what do you need?

And we're doing what we want, but we're asking what do you need, and we're responding to those needs.

I thank you for this honor and this recognition.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Next item on the agenda is a special recognition celebrating Digital Inclusion Week to be read by Member Clark.

Thank you, Chair.

Whereas broadband services are essential infrastructure for the 21st century and play a crucial role in providing access to knowledge, education, health care, and opportunities from communities locally and around the world.

And whereas digital equity and inclusion ensures all individuals and communities, including the most disadvantaged, have the knowledge and technology needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy, and are necessary for civic and cultural participation, lifelong learning, and access to essential services.

And whereas the gap between those who have affordable access skills and support to engage online and those who do not limits opportunity in all parts of life.

And disproportionately affects people of color, indigenous peoples, households with low incomes, people with disabilities, people in rural areas, and older adults.

And whereas over 3,870 Lake County residences and businesses are located in areas with unserved or underserved internet at service.

19,400 residents do not have broadband.

Over 35,000 Lake County residents do not have a computer or laptop.

And an estimated 72,000 Lake County households were eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program, highlighting significant need for broadband infrastructure and digital equity throughout our county.

And whereas the Special Committee on Broadband and the Lake County Board adopted the Lake County Broadband and Digital Equity Action Plan in 2023, furthering Lake County's commitment to closing the digital divide through actionable strategies aimed to increase local coordination, remove barriers to internet access, improve device affordability, promote digital skills, and realize Lake County's vision for digital equity and inclusion.

And whereas, since 2023, Lake County has advanced these strategies through the Lake County Digital Growth Initiative, which has provided over 3,000 residents with digital skills training through the Digital Navigator Program, distributed over 600 laptops through basic digital skills programs, expanded partnerships with libraries, community organizations, Lake County departments, and schools throughout the Lake County Digital Equity Coalition, and received national recognition as a visionary digital inclusion trailblazer by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance.

And whereas the Digital Growth Initiative supports the Lake County strategic plan by expanding economic opportunities, developing equitable infrastructure, increasing diversity and inclusion in our communities, and forwarding our county's mission of providing exceptional services and support for Lake County residents, communities, and environment.

And whereas Digital Inclusion Week aims to raise awareness of solutions addressing affordable home internet access, personal devices, and community-based technology training and support programs.

So now, therefore, be it recognized that this Lake County, this county board of Lake County, Illinois does hereby acknowledge October 6th through 10th, 2025 is Digital Inclusion Week and further designates the entire month of October as a period to celebrate in advance digital skills and growth.

The board hereby hereby invites all residents, employers, schools, and community organizations to join in raising awareness of the importance of digital equity and inclusion and to support initiatives that ensure all individuals can participate fully in our digital society for the entire month of October.

Dated at Joaquin, Illinois on October 14th, 2025.

And I want to thank this Lake County Board, you know, for you know, years ago for really committing to our residents and having our ARPA funds fund our digital growth initiative, and um, you know, to ensure that our residents have access to affordable internet, they have the tools they need, the laptops they need, and the training they need to use it safely and securely.

And I'm really pleased today that we have um some of our digital team here today to honor them for their work.

Great, thank you.

We are joined by Kay Crandall, our digital equity manager of our digital growth initiative, and we have digital navigator staff.

If you could move me up here.

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How are you?

Hi, everyone.

However, Tammy wants us to be comments.

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There, you're an expert.

Thank you all.

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Thank you.

Thank you.

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Great.

Thank you.

Hi, good morning, everyone.

I want to say thank you to you all for recognizing the great work that our team is doing in the community.

And I'm really proud of everyone on our team for the direct service that they provide in helping residents to better their digital skills and to distribute computers and to generally advocate for digital equity and inclusion across the county.

And we're gonna keep up the great work, and so I just appreciate all of your support.

Thank you.

Okay, um, moving on to item number three is a special recognition honoring our military veterans for Veterans Day 2025 and recognizing November 4 through November 11, 2025 as Operation Greenlight for veterans to be read by member campos.

Thank you, Chair.

Uh special recognition honoring our military veterans, recognizing November 4th through November 11th as Operation Gleanight for Veterans.

Uh whereas the United States honors and celebrates military veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces every November 11th on Veterans Day, and whereas veterans are shining examples of service, courage, sacrifice, and resilience in our community, and whereas Operation Green Light for Veterans is a nationwide initiative that also aims to honor and show solidarity with veterans by lighting buildings and homes with green lights to recognize the sacrifice and strength of our veterans as they transition from military to civilian life.

And whereas approximately 200,000 service members transition to civilian life annually, and many continue to serve in our community through veteran service organizations, religious groups, civil service, and as county veteran service officers to help fellow former service members access federal health, disability, and compensation benefits each year.

And whereas Lake County has a unique role in our nation's defense as the home of the Naval Station Great Lakes, the Fort Sheridan Reserve Center, and the Lowell Federal Health Care Center.

And whereas the Veterans Assistance Commission of Lake County plays a vital role in supporting our veterans and their families by providing advocacy, financial help, burial assistance, and much more.

Free of charge and can be contacted at 847-377-3344.

And whereas Lake County also strives to ensure that veterans' personal stories are never forgotten, making them available to future generations.

And we'll continue this tradition by inviting veterans to take part in the Veterans History Project.

Now, therefore, be it recognized that Lake County that Lake County is a green light for veterans for Veterans County as a color green is a symbol of hope, renewal, and forward progress.

Exactly what Operation Greenlight represents for our veterans facing the challenges of civilian reintegration.

And be it further recognized by this county board of Lake Illinois that on Veterans Day we honor the service and sacrifice of every veterans and their families, especially those from Lake County.

In observance of Veterans Day in Operation Greenlight, the Lake County Board encourages its residents to recognize and honor these immeasurable contributions and sacrifices to preserve freedom by displaying a green light in a window of their business or residents to continue to support them through times of peace, crisis, and war.

Dated at Waukegan, Illinois on October 14th, 2025.

Thank you very much.

And today we have in attendance our superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission, Andrew Tangent, and the assistant superintendent, John Murray, to join us up here.

And Member Campos, you're our veteran on the county board if you would join us as well.

Thank you so much for being here.

September 11th marked 24 years since the attacks on 9-11 that has impacted every community in this country.

There are a combined 100 deployments in the global war on terror.

And October 7th marks uh a horrible event that happened in in Israel two years ago.

Thank thank you for the county board members who recognize the importance of the hostages coming home, but October 7th also marks the start of a global war on terror where friends of ours, clients of ours, brothers and sisters of ours jumped into Afghanistan to start the war on terror.

And as we all know, um four years ago, Afghanistan fell, and it is something we are still dealing with today.

There is immense pain in the veteran community still.

And I ask for this board to be the leader in this country as you are currently and continue to be that leader to support our veteran community, because our veterans come from every walk of life, every demographic, every orientation, every religion, and they stand up for us, and they stand in the path of evil.

Thank you for this, and I look forward to the continued work that we have to do.

Thank you.

Item number four is a special recognition honoring our National First Responders Day to be read by Adam Schlick.

Thank you, Chair.

Uh special recognition honoring National First Responders Day.

Whereas October 28th is National First Responders Day, an opportunity to honor firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians, and all those first on the scene in often dangerous and life-saving, life-threatening situations.

And whereas an estimated 4.6 million people serve in these crucial roles as career and volunteer firefighters, police, EMTs, and paramedics in our country.

And whereas every day, hundreds of these brave men and women from across Lake County put their lives on the line to keep us safe in what can be a hostile and dangerous environment, whether it's firefighters running into burning buildings, police officers and sheriff deputies protecting our communities, or emergency medical technicians and paramedics providing emergency care.

And whereas we thank and honor the families of the first responders who continue to make sacrifices daily so their loved ones can serve the rest of us and keep our communities safe.

Now they're now, therefore, be it recognized by this Lake County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that October 28th is National First Responders Day, and the Lake County encourages residents to show gratitude to the first responders for their sacrifice, bravery, and heroism, and pay their tribute to those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

Dated at Waukegan, Illinois on October 14th, 2025.

Thank you.

And today we've got Deputy Chief Gianni Uh Jember Duka.

I hope I said that correctly joining us.

And um, Member Schlick, if you would come up as a first responder for this photo, I appreciate it.

Thank you.

May I get my sure?

Sure.

Thanks so much.

I'll keep it short.

Uh just on behalf of uh Sheriff Heidelberg and the entire uh sheriff's office, we want to thank you for this recognition.

So thank you.

Thank you.

All right, and item number five is a special recognition proclaiming October 2025 as domestic violence awareness month to be read by Member Bolitzik.

Thank you.

Whereas October is domestic violence awareness month, a national effort to uplift the needs, voices, and experiences of survivors because domestic violence is a problem that crosses all economic, racial, gender, educational, religious, and societal barriers.

And whereas the 2025 theme with survivors always emphasizes partnership and solidarity with survivors of domestic violence as and is a call to action for those committed to advocating for survivors' needs and rights.

And whereas the National Domestic Violence Hotline reports that on average, 24 people per minute in the US are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking, which equals more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year.

are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking, which equals more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year.

And whereas the Lake County State's Attorney's Office has a domestic violence division staffed with assistant states' attorneys and victim witness coordinators who specialize in prosecuting domestic violence and supporting the victims in collaboration with a safe place, which provides legal advocacy and professional assistance inside the courthouse to survivors seeking orders of protection.

And whereas the Lake County Board established the Lake County Domestic Violence Council, which makes recommendations on how to improve the response to domestic violence, promote effective prevention, intervention and treatment techniques, and promote community awareness and education.

And whereas Lake County has also created a regional review team under the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act, a pilot program that seeks ways to reduce domestic partner homicides by looking at the root causes of domestic violence with a multidisciplinary approach.

And whereas building safe communities for all residents through education and prevention is a priority of Lake County strategic plan, so all residents can thrive and feel secure.

And whereas partnerships with justice agencies, not for private not for profit agencies, survivor service providers, treatment providers, and health care providers are vital to the success of eliminating domestic violence in Lake County.

And whereas for assistance and resources, resources, call 911 in an emergency or call a safe places crisis line at 847 2494 50, which is available 24-7.

Now, therefore, be it recognized by this county board of Lake County, Illinois that October 2025 is domestic violence awareness month and urges residents to work together toward eliminating domestic violence so that survivors of domestic violence, intimate partners, children, and families can live safely and without fear.

Dated Joaquin, Illinois, October 14th, 2025.

Thank you.

And uh today we have in in attendance Dr.

Margarita Garcia and Chris Luchek from A Safe Place, as well as State's Attorney Eric Reinhardt, if you would join me up front, Vice Chair, would you join us up front, please?

Thank you.

And I'm gonna ask Member Glitzick as she was the one who asked for this to be put on the agenda today if she could join us as well.

Hi, Carl Morris.

It's nice to see you.

Thank you for being here.

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It's the resolution.

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Okay, one key three.

Thank you.

If you'd like to whoever is welcome to safe viewers.

Thank you.

Well, thank you.

We first, on behalf of a safe place and our CEO, we want to thank you today for recognizing recognizing and validating the efforts of a safe place as well as to all domestic violence survivors who really are the heroes here.

I want to take a moment to recognize and think about those who have died as a result of domestic violence, and this is how serious and fatal domestic violence can be.

We want to, I would be a miss if I didn't thank our partners, Lake County State's Attorney, Lake County State's Attorney Eric and Chris Luchak here with me from a safe place.

Um we can't do this work alone.

It's incredible important work.

We can't do it without the support of our partners.

And I see Miss Carrie Flanagan here, who kind of brought me back to those days of years ago when the agency had begun in the beginning, and how much we've grown.

But it also uh I also want to know how much more work we have to do.

Today I paid tribute to everyone and to come together to continue our fight and to eliminate domestic violence and have more healthier lives, healthier survivors, healthier cities.

Thank you.

And I'm gonna turn this over to State's Attorney Eric Reinhardt, um, who's one of our biggest supporters and thank you, Eric.

Uh good morning.

Thank you, Dr.

Garcia for your uh words today.

Thank you so much for your work of a safe place and the amazing staff you have.

Thank you to the board for acknowledging uh this uh important month.

There is not a single social problem that we confront that would not be improved if we eliminated domestic violence.

Whether it is the problem of suicide, we come out of Suicide Awareness Month, whether it is the problem of addiction and substance abuse disorder, whether it is mental health, or whether it is simply the pain that the crime causes.

If we can eliminate domestic violence, all of these problems will improve.

The Lake County State's Attorney's Office stands with every survivor, stands with every advocate, stands with every member of law enforcement who fights this problem on a daily basis.

And I would urge the board to continue to be the leaders that it has been to recognize the efforts of first responders of states' attorneys, of victim advocates, of our amazing uh uh children's advocacy center, which has a medical unit now where we can help these kids right away.

That's not only for sex crimes, which is vital, but also for any domestic violence crime where a child is impacted.

We have been the leaders on this, we are looking for innovative solutions, and we appreciate so much the board's dedication and investment in countering this problem.

So thank you to a safe place and all of those who advocate on an hourly basis for survivors.

We stand with you.

Yes, member Bolitzik.

Did and thank you for for the remarks.

I did just have a few remarks if that's okay regarding to this resolution.

Um it wasn't that long ago in the US that it was legal for a man to rape his wife.

1994, the year I graduated high school is the year that that became illegal in every state.

So it makes sense that we're still a country that is um is trying, is struggling, but is trying to be to be better.

Um, but in Illinois, as in other states, it is um the self-defense, and now State's attorney Ryan Hart, if he's still here, can correct me if I'm wrong.

In Illinois and other states, the defense argument for murder does not apply to women who, even after years of torture and abuse, take a week or a day or even five minutes after the latest beating to kill her abuser.

Even though mounds of evidence show that perpetually abused women often do not fight back in the moment.

And we're still a country where murder is the third leading cause of death for indigenous women and girls aged 10 to 24.

Where teen boys at several schools just last year roamed their middle school and high school hallways chanting the phrase your body, my choice, echoing the phrase of one of their favorite right-wing manosphere influencers.

And that so-called manosphere is real, not just in the dark corners of the internet, um, but also oftentimes in the mainstream.

According to the ADL, these groups attract men and boys who are angry, depressed, andor feel victimized by women in society and reinforce the worst possible iterations of masculinity.

They teach them to lean in to their anger.

We're also a country who would elect a president accused by dozens of women of sexual assaults or misconduct, who has openly bragged about grabbing women, and who has been found by a jury liable for sexual abuse.

Now, I'm not naive enough to believe that he's the first president to commit sexual abuse, but he is the first one to call our bluff.

America is a beautiful, wonderful place in so many ways.

And I say all this not to be political or cause division, but because they are facts.

Thank you.

Any further comment?

And I want to apologize.

I should have invited uh member Gina Roberts to join us as well, as she is um an honorary board member of a safe place.

So I apologize, Gina, I did not know that.

Um, seeing nothing further, uh, we do have several public comments for items not on the agenda today.

Yes, before we begin, just a few reminders about the rules for public comment.

Uh, public comments must be related to agenda items or otherwise germane to the business of the county board and must not be redundant.

Each person making public comment will have a maximum of three minutes to make their comments, and the three-minute time limit is cumulative.

If a person makes comment on more than one item, then they will have a total maximum of three minutes for all of their public comments.

For those who are attending in person, uh, there will be a three-minute timer at the podium.

Uh, when you have 20 seconds left on your time, the yellow light on the podium will come on.

And when the red light comes on, your time is expired.

For anyone attending on Zoom, participating by video, you will see the timer on your screen when you have and we'll notify you when you have 20 seconds left.

When appropriate matters that are raised by public comment may be referred to a standing committee.

Those making public comment shall refrain from commenting about private activities, lifestyles, or beliefs of others, including county employees and elected officials, if those comments are unrelated to the business of the county board or county government.

Comments that are uncivil, rude, vulgar, profane, or otherwise disruptive will not be allowed.

Candidates running for public office must refrain from including comments that promote or support a candidate, including refraining from identifying oneself as a candidate for public office.

And our first comment today is from Sean Kalaki.

Good morning.

My name is Sean Kalakie.

I'm serving currently my third term on the Fremont School District 79 Board of Education, and I'm currently the board secretary.

Over the past couple years, I've met separate separately with some of you to discuss matters dealing with my school district.

As you all know, with our campus being in District 2, Mr.

Schlick is our representative from this board, and the two of us have communicated back and forth several times.

Since the Fremont School campus is on unincorporated Mundalon, we have no village mayor to go to for support or concerns.

Thus, this board is especially, and uh especially Mr.

Schlick is our uh schools, district's mayors, and that leads me to why I'm here today.

My board decided that instead of this board having to meet with different board members from my board, or even our superintendent, Dr.

Trisha Cassanda.

We have provided two board members as liaisons to the Lake County Board to make things easier and more consistent on communication.

I, along with fellow board member Aga, were voted in as liaisons.

Ms.

Matza could not be here today because as a teacher herself, she's with her class and teaching her students.

I'm hoping as a liaison to be able to supply this board with information, updates, and any concerns that our school district may have.

The biggest concern district 79 has been dealing with for almost three years now has been the new Ivanhoe Village development that falls entirely in our school district, and all the students generated from that development will be added to our enrollment over the years to come.

This, along with additional enrollments from other developments popping up, will soon meet our capacity at our schools.

Even though the Fremont School campus is in District 2, our school district, district 79, stretches into Lake County District 6, 10, and 18.

So you can see whatever effect Ivanhoe Village has on Fremont will also have an effect on surrounding communities.

We're hoping that by having liaisons from my board to your board will make communications easier.

Mr.

Slick has my contact information, such as my board email address, and I will also supply him with Ms.

Matza's email.

Thank you for giving me this time to speak.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next comment is uh Rayne Edwards.

Good morning, Chair, board.

I first want to begin by thanking you, County Board members for mentioning the return of the people from Hamas.

I think that was important.

I think when we talk about things like that, we got to get rid of the politics, y'all.

Talking about human life.

And I feel like a lot of talk is not being happening or is not being talked about enough because of politics.

And it's not okay.

I also want to take this time out to thank some of you elected officials, She Hart, Le County Clerk, Mr.

Vega, board member Gina Roberts, board member Campos.

Um, what all that's been going on with immigration of Saint Your Guys show up.

And whether you guys know it or not, that's important.

And it means so much to this community.

So we're dealing with a humanitarian issue.

So I implore all of you guys, whatever community you live in, show up.

It matters now.

People are looking and they need to see that.

So I thank you for that.

I also want this special thank you, Mr.

Campbell.

You did something Monday night that shocked me.

Um to the point to where I was speechless.

And I'm usually a man never left without words.

So I appreciate that.

Appreciate what you did.

It meant a lot, gain a lot of respect.

But I want to define ethics, moral principle that governs a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

And I look at you, Chair, when I say this.

This board represents Lake County.

And when we become elected officials, not just a person anymore.

You become a leader.

Somebody people look up to and somebody people watch.

And I say to every leader in this room, if your behavior is not at a certain level, how do you think that makes us look as a whole?

Who wants to do business with a county of unprofessional people?

And so thank God that I just found out there was an ethics committee.

And that now we people can make complaints.

But as elected officials, this is an opportunity for myself to come up here to talk about my experiences with my elected officials.

And the way I'm being treated in my community by elected officials is unacceptable.

Mr.

Edwards, your time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next comment is from Andrea Moore.

Ms.

Moore, you filled out two comment cards.

You will have a total of three minutes to address all comments.

Hello, my name is Andrea Moore.

I would like to give a comment regarding some of my um recent observations in the community as well as previously stated concerns to the board.

And at first, I would like to talk about predatory predatory towing or removal of vehicles on private property throughout Lake County.

Unfortunately, it still leaves citizens or consumers to combat negligence or noncompliance civilly, like Quinn Court or on their own, which can be very daunting to navigate.

Right now, if you were to experience having uh your vehicle removed uh from a private property by Lake County um towing, um, you would be charged 280 dollars to uh get it back.

And um, strangely enough, uh, that happened to me recently, and I wanted to pay via card, like the Illinois statute suggests.

I have a right to do, and I was told I could not pay with a card because um, according to their policy, they only accept cash payment for private tows.

Um, after calling the walking in police, um, am I my carbon's vehicle?

That's where the um business is located, and that's where my car was towed.

Uh, it was established that they didn't have the authority to enforce the uh provisions of the law, meaning that I could pay with card and um asked even if they could make a exception, and uh the receptionist said something's in the nature of because persons were disputing charges later on their credit card, which they have right to do, that that's why they stopped um receiving card payment.

Um the Illinois Commission, um, commerce commission has a police um force that would gladly enforce and/or follow up with citizen complaints, but Lake County has not uh adopted their uh or have a you know agreement with them.

I would love for you all to consider that.

Um, right now they serve as Winnebago, Kane, DuPage, Cook, and Will County.

We're writing that conglomerate.

We have some of the same or similar uh demographics or characteristics that would uh invoke your consideration.

I have sent a complaint to the uh attorney general regarding my experience, so uh hopefully I'll be able to follow up with anyone who uh has interest.

And um, it should be noted that Lake County Towing is not uh registered with ICC regarding removal with Lake County towing, and they're not registered with the Illinois State Secretary State.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next comment is from Rosemary Heileman.

Okay.

Hello, my name is Rosemary Heileman, and you have seen me over many years as the observer for the League of Women Voters of Lake County since the days of Chairman Stallman, actually.

So I've been I had been doing it a long time, and I had other league of responsibilities that took my time as well as my energy getting lower with age.

And I'm happy today to say that I found somebody who's willing to take over the job of observer for the Lake County League.

The role of observer is just that to take notes and bring information back to our board, and then in the occasion where it's something that uh fits with our mission that we want to make a uh comment about, then the board crafts a comment, and then a representative who's not the observer might come and make a comment to the board.

Uh David Young is a member of my local league, the League of Women Voters Deerfield Lincolnshire, because Lake County is a coalition, and he is the former executive director of Lake County Partners.

So he had an interest in observing the board and has some background and interest.

I told him he doesn't always have to come to the board meetings.

He might find the committee meetings more interesting.

So you may see him here and there at the different committee meetings.

And I'm gonna leave you a minute to talk if you want to say something.

So good morning.

It's uh it's great to see some familiar faces in the audience, uh harking back to when I was the executive director of Lake County Partners.

Uh I look forward to working with the board and being an observer, and uh I'm sure there will be a lot of interesting issues.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Our next comment is from Margaret Carrasco.

Yesterday and last week, ICE agents stormed without sign warrants into the city of Wakegan and aggressively hunted down dark-skinned workers, pedestrians, persons in parking lots as they came out of court, Waking public school children, and CLC Cajun Lake County students.

Witnesses described the scene as an army of Nazi soldiers with aggressive gestappel tactics, zip tieing people, ambushing them, kidnapping them, forcibly removed from their homes and places of employment, such as restaurants, bakeries, groceries stores, landscaping companies, union workers dragged from their construction jobs, and held for hours.

Instead of using resources to go our tax house to go after dangerous criminals, many of those detained were U.S.

citizens.

A clear violation of constitutional human rights.

People are afraid to leave their homes, sales are down 50 to 90 percent of the city of Joe Kegan.

Many workers have been laid off, reduced your hours, um, and the economic destruction, um sales tax.

You can just imagine.

So I today I asked all Lake County officials, elected officials in Illinois too, to stand not only with Waukegan, but with all Lake County communities who have been impacted.

Beach Park, Gurney, Mundeline, Round Lake, taxpayers, demand answers.

An emergency meeting is this Thursday, the October 16th at 7 p.m.

at La Canoa Banquet Hall, 50 South Green Bay Road.

Everyone is invited.

We want, we're sending the invitation, and Mr.

Campos, I ask you as the Latina board member, if you could also personally invite them.

Ice Lake County Homeland Security Director, Mike Jensen, who's also the Chicago Waterman.

A lot of people don't know that.

And also Lake County Sheriff John Eidelberg to end these inhumane race.

Go after the criminals, not the workers.

Help protect families, jobs, and the right to live without fear.

Additionally, taxpayers want to know why.

Why did I, instead of going after innocent people with no criminal record, halted a huge draw operative here in Lake County.

Sure, I work.

I guess if you're working with ICE in any way, you respond to me, no.

That was a lot.

Ms.

Crosby, your time has expired.

Okay, great.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Okay.

No additional public comments.

I did.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

Nothing further.

Okay, thank you.

So I'll try to be relatively brief, but October was, pardon me, September and October was quite busy.

I attended behavioral health art show by to see the arts that the art that was put forward as part of therapy by the clients and the peer support counselors.

It was really so beautiful.

Many of us at town attended the Housing Lake workshop.

I attended the Waukegan Intergovernmental Meeting with Vice Chair Dr.

Mary Ross Cunningham, and I believe Member Campos was pardon me, Member Kasbin was there as well.

I went to the Lake County Partners Invested Together event with many of our Lake County board members.

The Lake County Community Foundation, which does a lot of giving to nonprofits in Lake County.

They had a lovely event at Greenbelt Forest Preserve to thank the many partners who work together to improve the quality of life for the residents of Lake County.

I had a Council of County Board Chairs meeting in Chicago.

I attended Vice Chair Dr.

Mary Russ Cunningham's 9th District Community Meeting at the Boys and Girls Club.

I attended the College of Lake County State of the College address at their tech campus.

I went to the Zion Health Center open house with Gina Roberts, attended a luncheon for the Illinois Economic Development Corporation, which is formerly Intersect Illinois, attended the Veterans Closet Grand Opening with Vice Chair Dr.

Mary Ross Cunningham, attended a meeting that was called by Congressman Brad Schneider with member Campos, attended a groundbreaking for the expansion of Bel Air Creations with Lake County Partners and a ribbon cutting for the Boys and Girls Club with Vice Chair Dr.

Mary Russ Cunningham.

And last weekend was a Lake County honor flight event.

And I just wanted to let you know that on behalf of the Lake County board, I did send a letter that has all of our names on there, thanking our veterans for their service.

They each received a one of our nice Lake County Challenge coins.

They do a mail call when the veterans return from Washington, D.C.

So I was really pleased that every veteran on that flight received a letter from us.

And then later today is a virtual Housing Lake workshop entitled Understand in the Housing Market.

So I hope County Board members will be able to attend that virtual meeting.

And a quick reminder that our years of service breakfast, thanking our employees for their milestone work anniversaries.

And as I often say, aside from recognizing our residents who are doing a great job in their districts, and today member Casman brought forward Gail Graves.

I also want to have a special recognition for Miss Rhonda Heller for her 35 years of service to Lake County.

Whereas Rhonda Heller has been a devoted Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center staff member since 1990, serving the Lake County community for 35 years.

And whereas Rhonda joined the department as associate sanitarian and has moved up to senior environmental health practitioner.

And whereas her expertise spans the full spectrum of environmental health, including food and tanning facility inspections, public education, swimming pool safety, food foodborne illness, led program investigations and the installation of wastewater and water well systems, all while training the next generation of environmental health professionals.

And whereas Rhonda's unwavering commitment to public health is evident in her daily interactions by educating, empowering, and uplifting co-workers, business owners, and residents alike with her passion and knowledge.

Now, therefore, be it recognized by this county board of Lake County, Illinois, that Rhonda Heller is celebrating 35 years of dedicated service to the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center.

Rhonda is an asset to the environmental health program, and we are thankful for her continued service dated at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 14, 2025.

And Rhonda is with us today with several of her colleagues.

I've got Rhonda Heller, Laura, Lori Kakomo, Environmental Health Program Supervisor, Mike Adams, Deputy Director of Environmental Health, and Chris Hawke, if you'd all join me up here, as well as um member Parrick, Member Maine, and Vice Chair Cunningham, uh, because of your work on the Board of Health.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Something for you.

Someone who holds us.

Well, thank you.

We go over here.

Thank you.

Would you like to say a few words?

Good morning, everyone.

It is an absolute honor to be here today to celebrate a truly remarkable milestone.

35 years of service for environmental coworker and friend Rhonda.

In an era where jobs and careers can change frequently, 35 years is an incredible achievement.

Her loyalty, dedication are appreciated and not be forgotten.

I met Rhonda personally 31 years ago when I just started as a new sanitarian, and she helped train and guide me in the early years.

I know staff in environmental health would all echo the same sentiment.

Rhonda is someone you can always count on.

When Rhonda started here, we didn't have computers, we used carbon paper, and we operated out of three offices throughout the county.

We now have one central permit facility, multiple software programs, and many electronic devices that make our jobs easier for the most part.

Rhonda and I work closely day to day, and she has made an impact on many programs, including Food Well, and Septic and Environmental Health, and especially the LED prevention program and swimming facility program by conducting thousands of assessment assessments and uh inspections and training to staff and the public.

Rhonda, you have shown us what it means to be a true professional.

Your willingness to mentor new hires, ability to solve complex problems, and your positive attitude have all contributed to making environmental health a better place to work.

You are a trusted teammate and leader.

The legacy you leave behind is not just the projects you've completed, but the people you have inspired, including me.

We thank you for your 35 years of incredible service and an additional congratulations upon your upcoming retirement on your 35th year to date, October 29th.

Thank you for your hard work you have done.

Congratulations, congratulations, you will be missed.

Um, we wish you the best in your new chapter.

I don't have a planned speech.

Thank you.

It's been half my life.

I've loved my job.

I like she said, leaving to the day 35 years.

Um just to put out because of what I've heard today.

The health department is such a valuable asset to this community.

The work that we do and the people's lives that we affect are make this place one of the best places to live.

I've been here all my life, Waukegan mostly, I know.

Went to school with Angelo.

Um with the ice and all that going on right now, it's affecting our job also.

We're not having people that are going for their appointments as being a lead inspector for 25 years.

People are very uncomfortable letting us into their home to help make them safe.

I don't know how we can change that, but we need to be able to help continue doing what we've been doing and helping these people that need us.

Thank you for the recognition.

I will miss everybody.

Thank you.

All right, thank you very much.

All right.

We have no unfinished business.

Uh new business, our items, consent agenda items six through 37.

May I have a motion, please?

Motion by Vice Chair Dr.

Mary Ross Cunningham.

Uh oh, pardon me.

And oh member okay, yes, thank you.

But first and second by Member Kenisnik.

Uh, is there a comment on the consent agenda items by member Hunter?

Yes, hi.

Uh thank you, Chair.

I'd like to remove item number 12.

Okay, I couldn't hear that, but I'm gonna say he's I think it was 12 and 13.

Is that correct, Member Hunter?

I think that okay.

Yep, 12 and 13.

Thank you very much.

Okay, so this vote is oh, pardon me, member Kasmin.

I would like to remove item 15 for independent consideration, please.

Thank you.

And member 15.

Anything else to be removed?

Thank you.

Seeing none.

Okay, may I have a um roll call, please for the consent agenda excluding items 12, 13, and 15.

Member Eltonberg.

Aye, member Campos.

All right, member Kasbin.

Aye.

Member Clark.

Aye.

Member Cunningham.

Aye.

Member Danforth.

Member Frank.

Aye.

Member Hart.

Aye.

Member Hewitt.

Aye.

Member Hunter.

Aye.

Member Kenish.

Aye.

Member Kyle.

Member Main.

Aye.

Member Correct.

Aye.

Member Peterson.

Aye.

Member Roberts.

Aye.

Member Schlicht.

Aye.

Member Belitzik.

Aye.

Member Wasick.

All right.

19.

Aye.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Moving to the regular agenda.

The first item is item 38, which is a resolution prohibiting the use of county parking lots, vacant lots, and garages for civil immigration enforcement staging areas, processing locations, or operations bases.

May I have a motion, please?

Motion by Member Campos, second by Member Kenisnik.

Let me just give you some background on this.

As we know, ICE has been operating across Lake County, across the entire Chicago land area.

In which a young woman, a U.S.

citizen, in fact, was pulled from her vehicle just here in Waukegan and shoved into an unmarked ICE vehicle.

When she was ended up, she did end up being released later that day.

She was taken to a location.

People were asking where are you taking her?

They were not told where she was being taken.

It was extremely frightening for her.

And that location was not disclosed to her family nor the people who witnessed the event.

Somebody had called her to let her know what was happening.

She went there to assess this situation.

And so when I showed up, the young woman's father was there, her mother was there.

They were very, very concerned.

And I really want to commend Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham, the son, as we all know, of Vice Chair Mary Ross Cunningham, who uh came over and de-escalated the situation quickly and was really able to provide comfort to the distraught family and the witnesses.

Um I had then learned that the City of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had put forward an executive order to ensure that uh the city of Chicago's property cannot be used as staging grounds for immigration enforcement.

Uh I requested State's Attorney Reinhardt if he could maybe track that down for us.

I did get a copy of that.

Um, and that is the resolution that is before us today.

We don't do executive orders here at the county.

We put forward resolutions for that consideration.

So this prohibits the use of county parking lots, vacant lots, and garages for civil immigration enforcement, uh, those staging areas, those processing locations or operations bases.

Um, I do have a motion and a second on this item.

Um, any discussion, please.

Thank you.

Uh, member Campos, followed by Member Kyle.

Thank you, Chair.

Um this resolution is badly needed, and it is um, you know, our citizens need to see our constituents, our people who live within Lake County need to see that their government is behind them and that they can trust their county government.

Um this resolution is badly needed, and it is um, you know, our citizens need to see our constituents, our people who live within Lake County need to see that their government is behind them, and that they can trust their county government, they can trust their local officer.

Um the federal government is gonna continue to crack down, but we can't uh we can't allow them to use our county resources to terrorize our people.

You've people are scared to go to the grocery store, people are scared to send their kids to school.

There needs to be safe haven somewhere.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Member Kyle.

Oh, I'm sorry, pardon me, I misunderstood.

Uh um, I have member Frank, followed uh by Vice Chair Cunningham.

Thank you, Chair.

Um fully support everything that you said, Chair Hart and Member Campos.

Thank you for your vocal visible leadership, defending the humanity of our friends and neighbors.

Humanity is what makes us great.

It's the way we think about and care for other people is what makes us a great society.

What we're seeing right now is not about law enforcement.

That's a lie.

Uh, this is about instilling fear and control.

You know, we have a law enforcement agency as a county.

The sheriff's department is highly trained, accredited.

They are trained in de-escalation, they do a great job of communicating with people, whether they're an apprehended suspect or a victim.

We have these systems in place and trainings in place for for imprisoning uh suspects or detaining people.

Every law enforcement agency across the country knows these standards and trains in them, and that's not what we're seeing, and we need to continue to stand up for humanity and caring for each other.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Vice Chair Cunningham.

Thank you, Chair.

I just want to expound on when I was leaving Libertyville.

I had a text from Gina, and she was telling me, you know, as I'm on my way.

Then I had a text from one of the members, one of the mayor's uh staff, say you need to get here.

So I said, I'm on my way.

So I just want to, you know, say this.

I represent the Lantina district, which everybody, all the commissioners here should know.

Uh uh, and I represent them very well.

And I am so proud.

People say they don't see, but I'm out there.

I'm out there supporting.

I'm with them.

I don't just go one place, I'm everywhere.

So I just I'm very proud of the mayor waking for stepping out there, putting his life out there, because he could have got hurt.

He said when he went out, one of the guys would save him, one of the guys knew him that was in IC.

So they said that's the mayor, that's Sam.

And he likes, who how they know me?

But the guy know him from somewhere, I don't know.

But anyway, who knows who he knows?

But anyway, he know the young girl and the parents.

We are very close to that parents.

And uh she explained it to me later on that night when she came by me.

She explained it to me.

She said, 'Py was they fall and part was her fault.' Because she was going through the what ice was.

She shall went around.

I know her well.

And uh so uh, but good thing that didn't a body get hurt.

I was afraid for my son, because number one, they could have obtained him and hurt him when it got what he was going with him.

So uh uh uh, but they worked with him really good.

They left the keys, he asked for the key.

You know, they're finna tow his car, her car.

He said no, give me her keys.

I would put them in a safe place till she gets back.

And I guess he put it over there.

I didn't get in, I don't get into the city business.

He uh put it over there to they went, they brought her back, and uh uh she wasn't charged.

And I it yes, he will just uh uh that's a scary thing.

And he was trying to stop the ride, the the outburst, because he said, Well, it would have been an outburst if he had a had no one out there calm.

He went out there, he was talking very calm to the crowd because he said the crowd was there.

He went out there, he was talking very calm to the crowd, because he said a crowd was there.

See, and that's the only way you can get things to calm down.

You can't go out there and join, and you have to see they want no ride, and I don't been on rides in Waikiki.

I done seen what it like.

So uh uh, but those that was out there, uh it was really nice that they care.

Sure.

They act I have a point of order, yes.

Um item that we're voting on.

Um so we're talking right now about the um item, Vice Chair, about the prohibiting the use of the county parking lots and vacant lots right now.

So if you would like to talk about that.

Using the county to that what we're doing is not allowing uh immigration to use county property.

I never said they could use it.

Right, right.

I don't know where that came from.

Right.

Thank you.

I already know that, but we can't use county property because somebody told me that they was in there.

When I got a call to say I was getting a girl coming out of the courtroom.

See, that's the that's that's what I got.

Right.

But it will correct when I got to Waqiki.

Got it.

Yeah, it was correct.

Oh, I know the rules.

This ain't the first time I've been here.

Thank you.

Uh member me.

Thank you.

Uh I have some comments and a few questions.

I want to start by reading the first whereas, whereas the Lake County Board is committed to ensuring the safety, dignity, and human rights of all residents, regardless of race, religion, immigration status, or national origin.

And I just want to say that I think that's great, and and I support that.

And our country is founded on the basis of rules.

No one is above the rule of law.

Our constitution has protections in it for those who reside in its borders.

And that that is important.

So I want to preface all of my questions by stating clearly that these are things I support and I believe in.

But I do have some questions.

Um the section two implementations and enforcement.

The um last paragraph starts within five days.

These implementing procedures shall provide that any county employee who becomes aware of the attempted or actual use of county-owned and controlled parking lot, vacant lot, or garage as a staging area, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, um, shall immediately report to their supervisor who will communicate with the county administrator's office.

I just want to say I've never in almost 24 years here, seen a resolution in which we are dictating that employees must report.

I mean, we have a lot of resolutions, and so this is a little concerning to me that we're we're stating in here, hey, employees, you have to do this.

Because if they don't, then they're in trouble, right?

Because then they won't be following a resolution.

So that's concerning to me that we've got this in here.

Can anyone think of another resolution that this board has in which we have mandated that employees must report something?

Uh I'll answer that.

Um I'm certain there's a lot of resolutions.

Uh, of course, I cannot think of anything.

To me, um this is a situation in which we want to ensure that our county property is not being utilized by another, you can call it a unit of government, you can call immigration forces, right?

So if I would think, and maybe it's even an employee handbook, that I don't know, but if um somebody is setting up a picnic in our parking lots, I think we'd be like, wait a minute, that's our parking lot.

You can't really set up and have a big picnic here or sell something or whatever.

So you know, I think we're asking staff, since it's not even if it isn't an employee handbook, if you will, um, to see if they see something that they report it to us.

Okay, I I would have assumed that that was um assumed, and I'm just a little concerned in this in this particular situation in which we're saying that employees must do something.

Um it's interesting that uh the chair brought up a picnic because that was exactly my example.

Um my question for section three um on the scope, and the third paragraph reads this resolution does not prohibit the lawful use of county-owned and controlled property for purposes other than da-da-da-da-da-da-da, nor does it restrict any person or entity from carrying out functions unrelated to those purposes on such property.

So I was going to ask that that's pretty vague, and I was specifically going to say, does that mean somebody could have a picnic or sell something in a parking lot because it's not related to those activities?

Could somebody stand in a parking lot with a sign that had racial epitaphs or symbols of racism?

Because that would be free speech.

It seems that we're only saying these particular activities are not allowed and we're silent on everything else.

Is that is that correct?

If I sorry, I was reading it again just to so are you saying, for example, hey, we would allow a picnic.

Right, right.

Um so as I read it, it does not prohibit so that use for purposes other, right?

The lawful use, so, or restrict anything functions unrelated to those other purposes.

So to me, and I don't know if the state's attorney is here, but the state's attorney did review this.

Um to me uh if you're going to request the use of county property for something such as a picnic, you would have a permit, something like that.

So there's a process in which you would go through in order to use uh county property.

Do we have a process for people using our our parking lots, vacant lots, and other things?

I think the process is uh not as specific, but is more um uh all-encompassing.

So I think it just speaks to county property, but again, I don't have like look, I I've looked at a lot of stuff, but I don't have that.

All I can tell you is when we put a resolution on here that the state's attorney um approves it.

If you are going to ask for an amendment to this resolution, um that is certainly your prerogative.

And and I will.

I just want to make one more comment.

Okay, and that is that I think we need to be careful.

I mean, people have said a lot of good things here, but I think we need to be careful about conflating the National Guard also with ICE.

There was comments made about training of de-escalation, the sheriff's department.

Absolutely, they're trained.

The sheriff's department does not work with ICE, they don't they don't handle immigration.

So that's that's not their purview.

There were earlier comments.

So, yes, I would like, I would like to make a resolution, and I would just like the resolution, I would like our resolution to read.

Whereas the Lake County Board is committed to ensuring the safety, dignity, and human rights of all residents, regardless of race, religion, immigration status, or national origin.

And whereas the unauthorized I'm sorry, point of order.

You're saying you would like to make a resolution, or would you like to do that?

Amendment, and I'm reading, I'm gonna read what mine would say because I'm gonna X out most of the stuff.

I was yes, I am going to I'm going to make an amendment.

Okay.

And I'm going to read the first six lines and then say strike everything and add the sentence.

I just thought it might be easier if I read that.

I just wanted to understand because you said you were going to make a resolution.

So thank you.

So I got you now.

Okay.

It would my version would read where keep that first paragraph.

Okay.

The first whereas.

Um, and then the second paragraph would say, whereas the unauthor unauthorized use uh, whereas the unauthorized use of Lake County's government resources property or personnel is is not permitted.

Period.

And I would just get rid of everything else.

I I think that we don't need to be dictating specifically to our staff.

I've never seen that in any other resolution.

Uh, I think our staff knows what they need to follow.

And I think that this resolution is so narrow that there could be something that will come up next week that would be in contradiction to that very first whereas, and then and then we're running for an resul another resolution.

Why don't we just say our property is our property and it's for county county purposes only?

So I guess my resolution would say, whereas the unauthor, whereas the I would change it.

I'm sorry.

Whereas the use of county Lake County's government resources, property, and personnel is for county purposes only, period.

So I would get rid of the unauthorized and get rid of everything after to facilitate civil immigration to the act.

That's my that's my motion.

Okay, thank you.

Do we have a second to that motion?

Member Schlick.

Any discussion on the on the amendment?

Thank you.

Member Kinesnik Fabi Member Campos.

Thank you, Chair.

I would just like to say before I make my remarks, I truly have enormous respect for Member Maine, and I know that the statement that or the recommendation that she has just put forward comes from a position, a place of wanting to do what's best for the county.

I don't doubt that at all.

And I think she's one of the most experienced people on this board.

I am not in favor of this amendment, however, and the reason is because of my personal experience and my full faith in the Lake County State's attorney's office.

So I'd like to back up both of those statements with some evidence.

Many people are not aware that I lived in the Russian Federation for extended periods in 1993 and 1998.

And although the Soviet Union had come to an end a short time before my arrival in 1993, culturally, the Russian Federation was still very much at that time Soviet in the way its norms and its mores and what was expected from among the public from its government.

And I have uh I was fortunate to have a large number of very close, well educated, well intentioned friends in that country who deeply loved their country but did not love their government.

And they were really struggling through most of their lives and into the 90s, right, to speak up when they felt that their federal government was violating their rights and their fellow citizens' rights.

And I think one of the most important things that all of us in the United States can do today, those of us who are saddened and horrified by the policies of the federal government in extending ICE activities, uh further funding it to the detriment of other public service programs, uh also um engaging the National Guard in order to support ICE activities.

The list goes on and on and on, and it has never been more important in American history that we speak up because we can, and that is still a norm and a moring and a cultural value that most Americans share, and we believe in our right to speak up against our government.

Um I hear and again understand where Member Main's comments are coming from.

She only wants to do what's best for the county.

I don't doubt that at all, but I also have full faith in the Lake County State's attorney's office that they have thought through this policy carefully, and if they are comfortable with it, then so am I.

And I feel like the greater good at this time is that the Lake County Board make a clear, unequivocal stance that we are not in support of these policies from the federal government that are attacking so many of our residents and citizens.

And I urge all of my fellow members of the board to vote in favor of this resolution so that we can make a unanimous united stand in support of American values.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh member Campos.

Um Thank you, Chair.

So again, apologies, Member Main.

We worked on many issues together.

So I have to stand up for my people.

Um you said that this is not we haven't done this before.

Well, we also haven't had ICE agents and federal law enforcement and an occupying force in Lake County before.

This is not business as usual.

You're right.

Um we cannot play nice with words.

We have to show action.

People we are standing up and speaking out because others cannot.

They are going after citizens.

They are going after they are going after everybody.

The Supreme Court last month, when I talked about that Supreme Court judgment, I said exactly what that meant.

If you speak Spanish, you you you look Hispanic, you they're coming for you.

They are coming for you.

That is without a doubt.

The thousand people that have been arrested so far, 70% have no criminal record.

This has nothing to do about enforcing laws on the books.

This is not about the economy, because if you spent billions of dollars to do these operations, it has nothing to do about the economy.

If you're taking people outside of courtrooms, it was never meant about doing it the right way.

If you are going at after people in their workplace, in their workplace, it was never about them not working.

It has everything to do.

It has everything to do with keeping America white again.

I'm saying the quiet part out loud, but we know it to be true.

I have never, I have I never thought I would be in a country or serving on this serving in any elected capacity or just live where people have to walk with their passports.

American citizens.

You talk about the Soviets.

We're headed there.

We are headed there.

And if anybody can look on TV and see children being zip tied, families being torn apart, and still lie to yourself and you and your friends that this is about enforcing the law.

This is about being uh forcing immigration.

We could talk about going after criminals.

We could talk about warrants.

You want to do it, then do it the right way.

Um so no, I'm not gonna play nice with words.

I urge everybody to strike down this uh uh and mains a member main's um uh uh amendment and vote on the full uh on the full uh and vote on the full resolution uh to preserve humanity.

Thanks.

Thank you.

I have member Schlickfob and Member Maine.

Thank you, Chairman.

I appreciate members main's words and you know the the amendment she put forward because it kind of struck on something I was thinking about, a word that was used by several of my colleagues here, and it was de-escalation.

We we champion de-escalation, we should it is what we should champion to do.

We tell the sheriff's office to it, we tell our police officer to do it.

When I read this resolution, I don't see de-escalation.

I get it, I don't like what's going on, okay.

People shouldn't have to carry their passport, people shouldn't be afraid of their job site.

I absolutely agree with all of that.

I I don't like what's going on, but I don't think you respond by escalating, because then I think we just get in an escalation war.

They'll do this, we'll do that.

Where does it end?

Probably ends in violence, either violence from the government against us or us against them.

That is not what we need to be championing right now.

I think Member Main, when she made the amendment, I I believe she fully intended on the best thing for the county, and I think it's a de-escalation method to say, hey, listen, county property is for county business.

We don't want our residents to be scared, but we also don't want to get in this back and forth with the federal government.

We'll stand strong, we'll say what we mean, and I and I think Member Maine's amendment really hits on that.

So I ask, I get it, emotions are high, I understand all of it, but I think if you can support this amendment, I think it's a very good step forward to say, hey, we at the county board recognize things, we are willing to take a step back, have some levity to it and say, hey, we are gonna protect our residents, we're not gonna get in a back and forth war with the federal government.

It's just not, I don't think it's very productive, and I think it's where we can show that we are the bigger person, the bigger body, and walk away and make sure we're still doing everything.

So I look forward to supporting Member Maine's amendment.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Member Maine.

Thank you.

Um, Member Schlick summarize things better than I could.

Um make no doubt that um my amendment still puts in full force what is put forward here.

So those things that you don't want to have happen will not be allowed to happen, as well as other things that we may not be anticipating.

I appreciate the kind words that some of the members said.

Um saying honestly, that this is coming from uh a good place.

I'm concerned about this, but I take great umbrage at the use of when talking about my amendment to say don't lie to yourself.

I'm incredibly offended by that.

And I I'm just gonna leave it at that.

I think that's not civil, and it's not what we talk about to accuse a member to be lying to themselves.

Thank you.

Uh and a point of information is if you couldn't hear something or right.

I just need clarification of the resolution exactly what the verbiage would be.

Thank you.

So the resolution, um would you would you care to repeat your resolution?

Yes, thank you, Member May.

Um the resolution keeps the first paragraph affirming our commitment to safety to all those categories.

The first the amendment would change the second whereas to say whereas the use, so striking unauthorized, the use of Lake County's government, lake county government's resources, property, or personnel are to be used for county purposes only.

So I've struck unauthorized, and then I've struck everything in the resolution after the word after the words or personnel.

Just get rid of the rest of that.

So you can get rid of all the there or four clauses.

Get rid of all the therefore clauses, keeps, in fact, the goal of this resolution to not allow those purposes, which are enumerated here.

I just think that there are probably more uses that we don't want to have.

And so therefore, our resolution, I'm actually asking for something broader that is put forth here.

That's all.

Thank you.

Member Robert.

I thank you.

I have Member Roberts, followed by Member Volitsik and Member Dan Forth.

Thank you, Chair.

Um, I thank you, Member Main.

The the issue that I see in this is that the federal government doesn't think of themselves as unauthorized.

They are the federal government, they feel like they can do whatever they want on anybody's property in the United States.

We are in times of fascism, and we need to say it out loud.

We need to stand up with our with our U.S.

uh with our U.S.

citizens in this county, and we need to be the leaders.

I will stand with our community, I will stand with um member compos and the rest of the um members who want to support this.

We are in unchartered times.

Our president wants us to become violent so we can have martial law, and we'll never have another election.

And I I just want to say we need to be leaders in our county.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I have member Volitzig, Father by Member Dan Forth, um, and this is on the amendment to strike um pretty much everything from there for and below and make changes saying really no one is allowed to use county property unless it is for county business, just to make sure we're clear on what we're talking about.

Thank you, Member Volitzig.

Thank you.

On the merits of the amendment itself, I I would be opposed because it is too broad, actually, and we don't know what our current ordinances say.

We don't know what Eric Wagner, Director Wagner's department, what we already have.

We've we've said that here.

We don't none of us remember the specifics, so I I would be against it for that reason alone.

I think unauthorized if there was gonna be an amendment was stronger actually because it requires then our permission actively.

Um but that aside, I uh for other reasons stated here.

I I'm I'm not gonna support an amendment like that to sort of water it down, not because I believe in escalating, but I don't think being quiet in times like this or not standing um clear for something has in history not shown to be effective in um in having the the bully or the uh the federal government or whatever um force is coming go away.

So um I I understand what you're saying, Member Schlick.

I I don't think that being quiet um in this instance will solve that problem, and I don't see being firm and clear about where we stand on something as an escalation, it's just being firm and clear about what we stand for, and the fight has already been brought to us.

Um so I think we need to be clear about about where we stand.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I have member Dan Ford by Member Campos.

Thank you, Chair.

All right, I say now listen to the president of the United States being accused of being a fascist and the hyperbolic rhetoric.

You know, you judge people by the fruit.

You don't, you know, fascists and Nazis don't go to Jerusalem and have a big hand in turning over hostages that were kept by Hamas.

That is not the fruit of a person who's a fascist.

So to use that hyperbolic rhetoric.

Okay.

I used to be able to do it.

You can use whatever rhetoric you want to, but it is dangerous rhetoric.

It has gotten us to the point of where we are today.

I look at this as really a bunch of people that may mean well, but they're gadflies.

This is kabuki theater.

This is what this is.

I think Member Main's amendment is warranted in this situation.

Because understand this, under Section 1, Article 8 of the Constitution, the government, the federal government has the right to enforce its immigration laws.

And the Supreme Court has wrote on this time and time and time again.

They're not doing anything wrong, but trying to enforce their laws.

The federal government does have a right to enforce federal immigration law, pure and simple.

Nobody's been kidnapped.

Citizens may have been taken into custody, but that's not kidnapping.

You use this hyperbolic rhetoric and it's wrong.

Citizens may get arrested.

Citizens get arrested every day when they drunk drive.

Okay, when you violate federal law or you're suspected of violating federal law, you're going to be detained.

Just like if you violate county law, you're going to be detained, and then you're going to be turned loose.

That's what happens.

Investigations occur.

People aren't going to get prosecuted for this.

Okay.

So let the federal government do its job.

You know, we're we're looking to make our own employees policemen to police this resolution.

There's, I mean, where are the penalties if they don't do it?

I'm sure there's no penalties if they don't report a violation.

I got lots of problems with this, but that's my speak and my say for this resolution, and we'll go on further.

Thank you.

Uh member Campos.

Oh, thank you, Chair.

Um perhaps Member Danforth is correct.

We do need to tone down the rhetoric.

I can agree on that.

But when you have the president of the United States of America say that we Democrats are the enemies of the state and that he hates us.

Yeah.

There needs to be a tone down in rhetoric, for sure.

Um, but I'm not going to sit here and be hypocritical and telling somebody else you need to tone down the rhetoric when I myself am spitting in their face.

So no, I resent that.

I want to address um, if member Maine could hear me, um I apologize.

So my comments were about if you were, if you can look on TV and say that this is okay and that we are just enforcing the immigration laws, and citizens may get get get arrested, or they may not, and blah blah blah.

So if you're able to do that and not have a heart, then I would say uh my comments were directed at you, don't lie to yourself.

But I I know member Main uh personally, and I it's not the the the I wasn't directing it at you, so apologies if you took that personally, but I digress.

Um we do need to take a stand.

We do need to be very concise and not be too broad.

I believe that the resolution as it's as it was, the original, is the correct way to go.

Um so we're not we're not we're not gonna fight that's not gonna be the solve of everything.

This is gonna continue to go.

This is gonna continue to uh escalate.

And now the comments about fascism.

Um doesn't have to be Nazi, doesn't have to be it.

Fascism is fascism, socialism is socialism, however you want to look at it, right?

If it fits the duck, if it quacks like a duck, it's it's probably a duck.

Um I forget where, but I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna reference it.

When so when fascism comes to somebody said this, when fascism comes to the event.

Uh so member uh campos, we're just talking about the proposed amendment put forward by member Maine about whether to strike um the I would say you know, uh anything after therefore, and just having um saying that all county property is only for county use.

So that's where our conversation should be right now.

Okay, I agree in the uh not using county property to enforce something that has devolved into something even more.

So I don't I I want our I I refer to my statements before.

I want our community to know that we are taking a stand and that we uh we will not allow county resources to be used in the um unjustified, un uh warranted capture and and seizure and deterioration of our civil liberties.

Um I would like to call the vote thank you, which is um perfect timing because we don't have any other comments.

Uh so this is a motion to amend um as laid out by member main.

If anybody needs me to repeat the motion to amend, doesn't look like it.

May I have a roll call, please, Clerk Vega?

Member Altenberg.

No.

Member Compost.

No.

Member Kasbin.

No.

Member Clark.

No.

Member Cunningham.

No.

Member Danforth.

Member Frank.

No.

Member Hart.

No.

Member Hewitt.

Yes.

Member Hunter.

Aye.

Member Kenishnik.

No.

Member Kyle.

No.

Member Main.

Aye.

Member Perak.

No.

Member Peterson.

Aye.

Member Roberts.

No.

Member Schlick.

Aye.

Member Belitzik?

No.

Member Wasick.

No.

Six I 13A.

Thank you.

Motion to amend fails.

Any further discussion?

Member Danforth.

Thank you, Chair.

I'd just like to know a couple things.

Who drafted this resolution?

And I think you did say it was reviewed by the state's attorney.

So where did this resolution come from?

Because it didn't come through any committee, did it?

That is correct.

And so thank you for asking that question.

Because this would normally come through the finance administrative committee.

And so I reached out to Member Frank to have his approval for it to go to the full board and bypassing FA because I did not get a copy of it, I think, until probably Thursday afternoon.

And so Member Frank gave that permission.

And that's why it's actually also not under, if I if I recall correctly, because we were trying to figure out like where the proper placement was on the on the agenda.

And so what we heard back was it's appropriate for it to just go at the top of the regular agenda.

If I could continue with my comment then it states that uh section two, the implementation of enforcement, it says in big bold letters, this property is owned and controlled by Lake County government.

It may not be used for civil immigration enforcement as a staging area, processing location, or operation base.

But it states that signage is going to be produced and put on all county properties that states that.

What budget's that gonna come out of?

How we're gonna spend a lot of money to do this.

Where's the money coming from?

This really does need to go to finance committee.

Thank you.

And you're welcome to make that motion, but I'll just uh speak in response to that.

Um this is not going to go on every uh county building, it's going to go on um where we have uh some vacant lots if we feel that that's appropriate, right?

We have some vacant lots that might we may end up having as a small section that doesn't even have a roadway.

So no, we're not gonna put it there, but it would go in uh parking lots, some appropriate vacant lots, and a garage.

So um, as you can imagine, the cost for somebody to do some smaller signs is um I'm I'm gonna say is what is the word oh gosh, I'll just say small thank you, de minimis, thank you, member Main.

Uh is de minimis, and so that was not a concern of county administration.

So thank you.

Well, I mean, again, I don't know if it was a concern of county administration or not, because it should have gone through a committee and the expenditures of county dollars, I don't care if it's a dollar, should be discussed.

I'd like to know what budget is going to come out of.

I want to thank you.

Um and I'm allowing you to reply to that and to have you still have the floor, but if you are making a motion to have this item be sent to you, I will make a motion to table this and to take it to the finance committee so it can be fully vetted and discussed as far as the expenses, the man hours to implement this resolution.

That's thank you.

Uh, we have a motion to refer this back to uh FA committee.

Do I have a second?

Second by member Peterson.

Any discussion on the motion to refer back to committee, or we can go directly to a vote.

Oh, pardon me, member Frank.

Yeah, thanks, Chair.

As you mentioned, I did consent uh to have this bypass the committee because the impact is de minimis, and I think it's um appropriate that we enact this policy and uh quickly at this time.

So I'm not supportive of the motion.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Um seeing no comment, may I have a roll call, please, Clerk Vega?

And this is a roll call if you want this item to go back to committee.

Yes, if you want it to go to FNA, no, if you would like to continue to consider it here, member Altonberg.

No, member Campos.

No, member Casbin.

No, Member Clark, no, member Cunningham, no, member Danforth.

Aye.

Member Frank.

No.

Member Hart.

No.

Member Hewitt.

No.

Member Hunter.

Aye.

Member Knishnik.

No.

Member Kyle.

No.

Member Main.

Aye.

Member Parak.

No.

Member Peterson.

Aye.

Member Roberts.

No.

Member Schlick.

Aye.

Member Volitzik.

No.

Member Wasick.

No.

I think.

Thank you.

Motion fails.

Any further discussion on this item?

I'm just going to put forward a couple of my own.

A lot has been said.

I I will just say that I think it is very important to call out what is happening and to call out how we definitely don't want our county property or how we don't want our county property to be used.

I have seen many many videos, and I think it's important to watch them.

And it would be heartbreaking and devastating to see what I have been seeing occurring on county property, and that we didn't take the time to say, oh gosh, I sure wish we would have done something at our last county board meeting.

And so that's why I have put this forward today.

What you know what we care about.

And yeah, I also wanted to do a special shout out to Dulcie Ortiz, who was spending uh time with Member Campos, who was also, we just recognized her for her leadership just last month, and she was also there with the family, as I know she is, and several of us are around the county.

So state's attorney Reinhardt is here.

If uh if he wanted to, I I understand he wanted to speak, I think, about the use of county property.

Good morning again.

Good morning again, legal analysis only.

Under a case called United States versus Prince, written by Justice Scalia.

There's a reference to the commandeering clause, which talks about whether or not local facilities can be used by the federal government.

Member uh to go to Member Maine's question 37-030 describes the uses that are already prohibited, soliciting, vending, these sorts of things.

Individual department heads, directors, location managers have direction from 37-030, what to do.

Without this resolution or a statement from the board, there's no there's no understanding of what would or would not be commandeering under Prince, or if you just say don't do anything for county business, you haven't defined county business.

That's the illegal analysis.

It arises from that.

The state's attorney's office stands by its advice.

Thank you.

Member Main.

Thank you.

It would have been nice to have that before we voted on the amendment.

Thank you.

Okay.

May I have this is for the full um item.

May I have a roll call, please?

Yes, Chair.

Okay, so sorry.

Oh, pardon me.

I shall clarify.

So the resolution that is presented on the board agenda.

Thank you.

So if we're for the resolution.

If you are in favor of the resolution, then you say yes.

And if you are opposed, then you are a no.

Okay.

Thank you.

Roll call, please, Clerk Vega.

Member Altenberg.

Aye.

Member Campos.

Aye.

Member Kasman.

Aye.

Member Clark.

Aye.

Member Cunningham.

Aye.

Member Danforth.

No.

Member Frank.

Aye.

Member Hart.

Aye.

Member Hewitt.

Aye.

Member Hunter.

No.

Member Kenishnik.

Aye.

Member Kyle.

Aye.

Member May.

No.

Member Parak.

Aye.

Member Peterson.

No.

Member Roberts.

Aye.

Member Schlick.

No.

Member Vilitzik.

Aye.

Member Wasick.

All right.

14 I5A.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Moving to item 39.

Item 39 is board action for the permanent destruction of executive session recordings for the Lake County Board from July 30, 2009 through July 11, 2023.

And for the committee of the whole from February 6, 2015 through November 5, 2021, in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act and as recommended on the attached documents.

We've been doing some of this work in committee.

I really want to thank our county administration staff for their work on this.

So may I have a motion, please on this item?

Thank you.

Motion by Member Hewitt.

Second by Member Roberts.

Any discussion on this?

Seeing none, all those in favor?

Any opposed?

Motion passes.

Thank you.

Next item is Health and Community Services Committee.

We do have a board of health report to be read by Member Parrick.

Board of Health Report for October 2025.

Fall vaccine guidance was recently adopted by the Illinois Department of Health after robust discussion and a vote by the Illinois Immunization Advisory Committee on September 22nd, 2025.

The Health Department's immunization and communicable disease coordinator.

Denise Flores was one of the 20 experts on the panel that made the recommendations.

The best time to get respiratory virus vaccines is in early fall before the season peaks.

Vaccines are the best way to protect yourself against preventable serious diseases at once, commonly harmed or killed people.

Residents can visit IDPH's vaccine locator, their local pharmacy or health care provider to schedule a vaccine appointment.

October is breast cancer awareness month.

Breast cancer can occur in both men and women.

Women aged 55 and older, and those with a family history of breast cancer at higher risk for developing breast cancer.

Breast cancer that is found early when it is small and has not been spread is easily is more easy is more easily treated successfully.

Getting regular screening tests is the most reliable way to find breast cancer early.

Eligible individual in eligible individual individuals aged 40 and older can receive free breast cancer screenings through the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program at the Health Department for an eligibility screening.

Please call 847-377-8430 or visit the health department's website at Health.lake County IL.gov and that concludes my report.

Thank you.

Moving on to um item 41.

I do have a request to postpone this just because our meeting is going um a little long, and uh Eric Wagoner and Dominic Strozo has graciously agreed to return in November.

Um so I'm going to put forward uh in requesting a motion to postpone the presentation on the completion of the emergency rental assistance programs for uh for November.

Uh motion by Vice Chair Cunningham, second by member Roberts.

All those in favor, aye.

Any opposed motion passes, thank you.

We're gonna go back to an item that was pulled from the agenda, please, and that's item number 15, if you will, member Parak.

Item number 15.

Yes.

And ISO move.

Thank you.

Motion by Member Park, second by Vice Chair Cunningham.

Any discussion on this item?

Member Kasman.

Um this is the the HUD update.

Okay.

I have to recuse myself from this because I'm on the PADS Board of Directors, and this has um money allocated to PATS.

Thank you.

Great, thank you very much.

Um this item.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed, seeing none, and we have one recusal from member Casman.

Thank you.

Okay, moving back to our other agenda of uh excuse me, regular agenda.

Um item 42, please, member for yes, thank you.

And I and I'd like to just thank um Director Wagner and Dominic Strozo for being here.

We're excited to get that report next month.

It's just the work they've done is uh uh fascinating.

We shouldn't shortchange all the good work and hear it next month.

Item 42 is a joint resolution approving a sub-award amendment agreement with the College of Lake County for workforce development to provide services under the CEGA workforce hub project authorizing emergency appropriation amount of 697,862 and increasing the authorized full-time headcount for the worker workforce development department by three positions, and I still move.

Thank you.

Motion by member park, second by member Wasick.

Any discussion on this item, please.

Okay, seeing none.

Uh this oh I'm sorry, you do have a comment.

Pardon me.

Member Wasick.

Thank you, Chair.

Um, I just want to say this is a great program.

It trains people to do energy audits, and they were doing um renewable energy installations, and no matter what's happening in Washington, this is going to continue, and the focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy is something we all need.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anything further?

Uh, this does.

Oh, thank you.

Uh, Vice Chair Cunningham.

I'm um uh really likes this program.

Uh by serving on workforce boy like member um John said that this is great.

This is a great program.

Thank you.

Um, this item does oh no, I'm gonna need a new roll call.

It does require a roll call vote.

May I have a roll call, please, Clerk Vega?

Altonberg.

Aye, member Campos, Member Casbin.

Aye, member Clark.

Aye, member Cunningham, aye, member Danforth Member Frank, aye.

Member Hart.

Aye.

Member Hewitt?

Aye.

Member Hunter.

Aye.

Member Knishnik.

Aye.

Member Kyle.

Aye.

Member Maine.

Aye.

Member Perak.

Aye.

Member Peterson.

Aye.

Member Roberts.

Aye.

Member Schlipp.

Aye.

Member Golitzick.

Aye.

Member Wasick?

Aye.

19 aye.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Moving to law and judicial committee.

Chair Cunningham.

Thank you, Chair.

And this is relevantly authorized.

Contract with Well Pap LLC.

Nashville, Tennessee, in the estimated annual 4 million $657 and $248 for inmate medical care at the Lake County jail.

And this is for the inmate medical care.

Thank you.

And ISO move.

Thank you.

Motion by Vice Chair Cunningham.

Second by Member Hewitt.

Any discussion on this item?

I just want to draw everybody's attention about this.

Uh the in the cost of the inmate medical care 4.6 million.

Um, I think this is a one-year, yes, a one-year contract.

Thank you.

Um, and NACO has a platform that is saying, hey, if if people have medical coverage, um it would make sense that while they are in custody and prior to them being declared guilty, that they should still be able to use their medical insurance rather than have that fall on the shoulders of the taxpayers of Lake County.

So I just thought it important to bring this forward.

Um, just keeping it top of mind, and NACO continues to work on this on a national level.

Um, so I do have a motion and a second.

All those in favor?

Any opposed motion passes.

And if I would ask all board members to return to their seats, please.

Member Dan Forth and Member Campos, if you would please join us.

Thank you.

Okay, item 44, please.

Item number 44, and this is uh direct or chair and advocacy, care of Franakin.

And this is uh joint revolution authority increase in hit count of the county state attorney's off for chair and advocacy by reallocating contractor funds to one full-time employee.

And this is a one full-time employee to an ASO move.

Thank you.

Franakin is here.

Thank you.

Motion by Vice Chair Cunningham, second by member Roberts.

Any discussion on this item?

Okay.

Seeing none, all those in favor?

Any opposed?

Motion passes.

Thank you.

Moving to public works and transportation committee, Chair Clark.

Thank you, Chair.

Um, item 45 is a joint resolution authorizing an agreement with GFT Infrastructure Inc., Schomburg, 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 I mean $3,237,837 and appropriating $3,885,000 of motor fuel tax funds.

This is a really I encourage members to look at this plan.

It's very forward-thinking, it's non-motorized improvements.

It really should be a huge improvement for that whole area.

And I so move.

Thank you.

Motion by Member Clark, second by member Kasmin.

Any discussion on this item?

All right, seeing none.

Um, this does require a roll call vote.

May I have a leave for the previous roll call?

Yes.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Item 46, please.

Thank you, Chair.

Item 46 is a joint resolution authorizing a contract with Campanella and Suns Inc, Wadsworth, Illinois, in the amount of $7,219,693.30 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.

This is going to build two intersect uh roundabouts that'll be much make those intersections much more safe.

I want to thank um you know with uh Kenosha County and all the work and our staff for working together to for on these um great projects and I so move.

Thank you.

Motion by Member Clark.

Second by member Hewitt.

Any discussion on this item?

All right, seeing none, this uh this does require a roll call vote.

May I have a leave for the previous roll call?

Yes.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Moving to planning building, zoning, environmental and environment committee chair Altenberg for item 47, please.

Thank you, Chair.

Joint resolution authorizing the demolition of dangerous and unsafe buildings at 9865 West Logan Court, Zion, Illinois, that have been deemed to be an immediate and continuing hazard to the community.

And I so move.

Thank you.

Motion by Member Altenberg, second by member Roberts.

Any discussion on this item?

Thank you, Member Roberts.

Thank you.

I I just I just hope everybody approves this.

This house has been on my radar since I got elected in 2020.

It's a very um dangerous property.

Um, it brings down the value of the the neighborhood, and um it's it's just important that this gets torn down.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh yes, member Casman.

I just want to compliment on Member Roberts for staying on this for so long.

We spoke about this briefly when we were first both elected.

And um, it just shows the just the commitment that you have to your community.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Um, this may require a roll call vote.

May I have a leave for the previous roll call?

Yes, yes.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Uh moving on to Financial Administrative Committee.

Uh, Vice Chair Parek, please, for item 48.

Thank you, Chair.

Item 48 is resolution accepting the Illinois State Board of Elections polling place accessibility grant and authorizing emergency appropriation the amount of 250,000 for the specific purpose of making improvements to Illinois polling places for voters with disabilities, and I so move.

Thank you.

Motion by Member Parrick.

Second by member Kyle.

Any discussion on this item?

All right, seeing none, this does require a roll call vote.

May I have a leave for the previous roll call?

Yes.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Moving on to item 49, please.

Oh, I'm sorry, item 49 is a resolution authorizing agreement with FM architects when Westchester, Illinois, to provide pre-design and schematic design architectural engineering services for a multi-agency facility in Libertyville, Illinois, in the amount of $1,184,559.

And ISO move.

Thank you.

Motion by Member Parek.

Second by Member Clark.

Any discussion on this item?

Thank you.

Member Wasick.

Thank you, Chair.

I was sticking through the uh attachments on this, and uh there were several references to uh various um renewable energy provisions, but I may have missed this, but is this going to be designated a net zero building?

I didn't see the that specific language in there, and there was sort of some allusions to it, but I just want to get some clarification on that.

Thank you.

It's my understanding that it is not designated as a net zero building, and uh Carl Carrara Matt Myers are both here.

Am I correct in that?

I mean, you could not or up to you.

And while Carl is walking up, I do want to say thank you to Carl for uh you know for his his work on this.

Thank you.

Good morning, Carl Carrard, Director of Facilities and Instruction Services.

So uh as with any major renovation and construction project, we will evaluate it for net zero energy and for all sustainability measures.

And the reason I mention it is because the ROCs and net zero and in keeping with our strategic plan, I think that language is important, at least as a goal.

So that's just my comment.

Okay, it is part of our process.

We will evaluate through the design for net zero energy.

Great, thank you.

Thank you.

Good question.

Um anything further on this item.

Seeing none, all those in favor?

Any opposed?

Motion passes.

Item 50, please.

Yes, item 50 is a resolution authorizing the creation of this of the circuit court clerk operation and administrative fund.

And I so move.

Thank you.

Motion by Member Park, second by member main.

Any discussion on this item?

Member Member Main.

Thank you.

I just want to say we had a really robust conversation on this topic at um finance, and there's uh the situation before is pretty murky, and I think this is uh a good step in the first a good first step.

And I think there's gonna be some other clarification, but moving along.

So this is an important first step to make sure that there's complete transparency on when where dollars are coming in and where they're going out.

Thank you very much.

Member Park.

Yes, thank you and thank you, Member Maine, for your comments because I'd like to propose an amendment that that um aligns to your comments here directly to even provide more clarity to the establishment of this fund.

And so I'd like to consider adding uh a few of a phrase basically to this.

So do I need a second?

Um well, first you need to.

First read and then get it.

So the addition, so from what I just read, um add the words, and consistent with state statute, the circuit court circuit court clerk must remit funds collected under 705 ILCS 135 forward slash 15 et sec monthly to the county treasurer who shall deposit the money identified for this fund.

Thank you.

So that is uh so that will be at the end of that.

It'll be the now, therefore, be it resolved.

So if you're in legistar, you can go into that legislation with text to find that.

So in full, if I may, member Parks, yes, it will read in full now, therefore, be it resolved by this county board of Lake County, Illinois, that a new fund, namely the circuit court clerk operation administration fund will be created, and and then the rest of what he had said.

Yes, I can so first let me get a second on that.

I'll repeat it.

So let me just let me just repeat the first part and then you'll hear the second part.

Now, therefore, it be it resolved by this county board of Lake County, Illinois that this new fund, namely the circuit court clerk operation administration fund, will be created.

Now this is the new part, and consistent with state statute, the circuit court clerk must remit funds collected under 705 ILCS 135 forward slash 15 at sec monthly to the county treasurer who shall deposit the money identified for this fund.

So this would amendment member main require that the funds be collected by the treasurer who then deposits the funds into deposits the the dollars into this fund.

Right.

So may I have a second and then I'll have some comment on this.

Would you I'll second this question?

Thank you.

So I have a motion to amend by member Park, a second by member main.

Um, and and if I may, I just we spent a lot of time talking about this.

We spent about we talked about it at FNA, but I I really want to thank our state's attorney's office, um, Melanie Nelson and Eric Reinhardt and a really special thank you to County Administrator Sutton, uh, who's been working on this for quite some time.

Um we worked on it Friday, over the weekend, yesterday.

This is the language that was identified and agreed upon with the state's attorney.

Um there's three different state statutes.

Um, and so the one part that we really wanted to make clear was that while it is the circuit, the clerk of the circuit court who collects those fees and fines, those monies for felonies or and maybe others go to the treasurer first before they are deposited into these special funds.

So that is an important step that uh had not been in place since the clerk of the circuit court opened up a secret separate bank account.

So and while that bank account was being audited, the county board did not have visibility into that account.

Um I want to thank uh again County Administrator Sutton, who um after asking a number of times, did finally receive a copy of all of those bank statements last night.

Um so I'll just tell you that to me the next step is um while there is authority to create a fund.

A fund is a tracking mechanism, if you will, right?

You have money in this fund in our budget, and and we monitor it's like a line item, right?

So um, but that is not the authority to create a bank account, and so um conversations continue.

So anyway, thank you.

Member May.

Thank you.

So I I just want to be clear that the statute that member Purect listed because the clerk is separately elected.

So I just want to clarify that there is what he's saying is that those those digits and and numerous numerals in um state statute allows us to put uh constraints onto the separately elected official.

Thank you.

That is correct.

I'm looking at the portion of the statute right now where it says the clerk of the circuit court shall collect $549 and remit as follows.

And number one is as the county's portion, 354 goes to the county treasurer who shall deposit the money as follows.

And there's a for court automation fee, B into the court document storage fund, and C is $5 into the circuit court clerk operation and administration fund.

So that's how that is written, and this is what um what was approved and discussed with the state's attorney's office.

Thank you.

Uh thank you.

Member Danforth.

Uh thank you, Chair.

Just a question.

I take it that the uh county treasurer and the circuit clerk were involved in these discussions concerning this.

Uh the county treasure, I don't think was involved in these conversations, but the clerk of the circuit court, um, I was not in discussion with her, but it's my understanding that she, well, I know she spoke with uh uh county administrator Sutton, and um my assumption is that and belief is that she was working with the state's attorney's office as well, and actually uh clerk of the circuit court uh um is on, and if we could bring her over, if we can hear is that okay with you, member Dan?

That's fine.

I just want to know what their positions were on this.

Of course, yep.

Thank you.

So if we could bring over uh clerk of the circuit court.

Can you hear me?

We can, thank you.

Okay.

So this is a situation where there are several statutes, and one statute says that I am the ex-officio custodian of the fund.

And there have been several conversations with various um circuit clerks and several circuit clerks, including the Calb, Kendall, DuPage, and Caleb Kendall DuPage, and I'm sorry, there's one other county, and I'm blanking on it right now, that all keep their own bank account.

And the funds then go into that account pursuant to 705 ILCS 105 slash 27.3D.

After that, the criminal traffic assessment act was placed, was put into place where it separated out specific schedules from that act.

Those specific schedules are to be placed, which includes generic felonies and misdemeanors to be placed to the county treasurer, but then from the county treasurer, they go into the custodial fund that I hold.

With the CAOs and with the state's attorney's office.

We opened the account to ensure that we could watch where the funds were going because they were being put into the general fund, and they weren't necessarily being budgeted appropriately pursuant to statute.

I'm not blaming anybody in that.

That's not my intent.

It's just an just an explanation.

So please take it that way.

That fund was created for that purpose.

I do have the authority to have the bank account.

Chair Hart is not correct on that.

Um and I also have the I also received those funds back from the treasurer at the point that they have been accounted for by the treasurer.

It's very strange.

Our circuit clerk's zone, which is up in the Northeast Circuit Clerks, we have been in contact with the attorney general's office.

The attorney general's office has indicated that they agree with us.

We have drafted a formal letter requesting that the attorney general's office provide us with a formal opinion on exactly how we're supposed to handle these accounts because the statutes are conflicting.

Based on that, and there are actually are only two statutes, they're not several, they're two right now.

But we bring in civil fees as well as criminal fees on this.

So the civil fees will continue to go directly into my bank account.

I did draft up um part of the resolution with the state's attorney's office over the weekend, and we corrected some of the language that Chair Hart had changed from the from the FA committee meeting.

And Chair Hart again changed the language and removed the 27.3D language.

I think it should be in there because it's descriptive of where the funds go, and I think that creates the most transparency for the public and everybody to know where they go.

I have cooperated with providing bank statements and giving people what they need.

I was told the bank statements were needed at the end of the year at the time of the audit.

I provided a bank statement regardless of that.

Patrice Sutton asked for additional statements.

The bank account was opened in 2024.

There's about half a million dollars in there right now.

It's accruing really good interest at about $500 a month.

So I hope that helps with a little bit of background and explanation and where I stand.

The recommendation from the state's attorney was consistent with the language that I provided.

So to or that he provided to Chair Hart on Sunday night.

So thank you.

Any other questions?

I'm here.

Thank you.

Any other comments?

Thank you, Member Danforth.

Sure.

The language as amended, would that amend the language that uh clerk Cartwright was talking about that was approved that she would have support in the state's attorney's recommendation was, or does this change the language to something other than what she stated?

Um state's attorney had worked with uh clerk to come up with language when it was received by me and the county administrator.

We wanted something that was uh more clear that would add in the part about how it goes to the treasurer in accordance with that one statute, right?

And you heard uh the clerk speak to that, that the statute might be different for felonies versus civil, right?

And so that's why we're calling out 135 slash 15, making it clear that the funds are remitted to the county treasurer who shall deposit the money identified, and that is uh what I had just read earlier to member main's point.

Um, I want to make sure it's also clear that um absolutely the clerk is the ex officio of this fund.

That is there's no question there.

So ex officio of the fund.

The question that I that I have, um, which we don't have an answer for is is the fund the same as a bank account.

So to explain this, right?

We have there's lots of special revenue funds, right?

State's attorney has them, sheriff's office, um, other countywide electeds, right?

There's special revenue funds.

There is not a separate bank account for those different revenue funds.

Those funds are placed in sort of a co-mingled account, and so they can only be utilized in a certain way.

And that's how this fund had all those monies had already had always existed, if you will, in sort of this co-mingled account.

So um, and it has to be used for the these monies are required to collect or to be used to collect and disperse funds to entities of state and local government as provided by law.

So whether you have it in a separate bank account or you have it commingled with other county funds, the same would hold true.

The dollars that are collected there can only be used to collect uh to offset the costs to required to collect and disperse funds to entities of state and local government as provided by law.

So thank you.

A follow-up member Danforth.

Thank you.

Um I mean I'm just a country lawyer, so I mean to me this is this is just as clear as mud.

And I'm hearing, I'm hearing the circuit clerk say one thing.

And supposedly it sounds like the circuit clerk and the state's attorney were on the same sheet of music, and this resolution was drafted, and now we're looking to write, wrong or indifferent, change the wording of the resolution to maybe something that county administration and the chair are more supportive of.

And that puts me in a real dilemma because now we're stepping on countywide elected officials' toes, including the state's attorney and the circuit clerk.

And because it's as clear as mud to me, I would really prefer, and I'll make a motion to this effect if necessary, that this be tabled and go back to the finance committee so that we can have a clean resolution come out of the finance committee so that everybody hopefully will be on the same sheet of music, because I feel like I'm uh I'm building the jet as I'm flying it, and I don't like that feeling, and no disrespect to anybody, including you, uh Chair Hart.

But um I think I'm gonna make a motion to table this and send it back to the finance committee so that all the ducks can get in a row on this.

I'll make that motion.

Thank you.

I have a motion by Member Danforth, a second by member Kasman.

Um, I do want to clarify that the state's attorney did approve this this revised language.

I I don't put forward an amendment to like this without without the support of the state's attorney.

So thank you.

This is a motion to go back to FNA.

Thank you, Member Volitzik.

Thank you.

That that was one of my questions that I've been repeated.

And then I just I just reread what um Vice Chair Park had had spoken.

So and the amendment uh it says according to state statute, so it just it's not new language, right?

It's it's just reaffirming what the statute says.

That's all it is that right that that's all that that's doing for that.

It's not a rhetorical question, it sounds like it, but I really want to know.

No, it um okay if I may, it it just says consistent with state statute, and then I've got a couple of different documents open here, but I do have state's attorney here.

So what it does is it stipulates that according to this state statute, that money is deposited.

Um it is given to the county treasurer who shall deposit that money, and when I go to that specific state statute, that is how it is written.

Okay, it is um, let me just go to that state statute, because there's I see three statutes.

So 705 ILCS 135 slash 15-5.

The clerk of the circuit court shall collect, this is for felonies only, shall collect four um $549.

This is for felonies, and remit as follows.

And there's ABC and C is five dollars into the circuit court clerk operation administrative fund, and that is that is what the treasurer does, excuse me, as the county's portion, the county treasurer who shall deposit the money as follows.

So we wanted to put that verbiage in there because right now that was not happening.

Okay, okay, thank you.

Thank you.

I'll go to member Kasmin and then to Member Danforth.

Um, I'm sorry, I have a point of order.

I apologize for interrupting chair.

Yes.

Um, go ahead for a point of order, yes.

We have an amendment to the resolution on the floor.

Member Danforth proposes sending it back to committee, but I don't believe that applies to the amendment.

I believe his motion needs to apply to the resolution as a whole, not to the amendment.

Thank you so much for that reminder.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

So I think that's right, parliamentarian is nodding.

So we really need to have that discussion, see what happens with the amendment, and then we will, and then we'll discuss the motion to come back to FNAC.

I'm sorry, yeah.

The motion to refer takes precedent for the how do you like that?

Okay.

But if it's referred back to committee, it would be referred back without the amendment.

Without the amendment, we got it.

Were you able to hear that, Member Frank?

I was not.

Okay, thank you.

So parliamentarian says that the motion to refer back to committee actually takes precedence over a motion to amend, and so it is appropriate for us to now discuss the motion to refer back to committee.

And so it is appropriate for us to now discuss the motion to refer back to committee.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, so we're back on the motion to refer back to committee.

Member Kasman.

I have the opportunity to speak with the circuit court clerk.

It it seems that she did not realize that this was going to be on the FA agenda until like four days before it was an FA.

Um, it sounds to me like the legislation or the um the way it's being carried out is still developing, and it feels like there's some differences of opinion here.

So I I and I do understand that Clerk Carrett Weinstein isn't happy with the amendment language.

I feel like when it's right, everyone will come to a point of agree agreement.

And I and I would like for us to be, I guess what Member Dan Ford said about not stepping on the toes of our county wide, just take a take a little extra time to make sure everybody is in agreement and on the same page, and then we can move forward with it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um anybody else?

Thank you, Member Dan Forth.

Um yeah, I mean, my question was is there any pressing urgency that would keep us from wanting to refer this back to the FA committee.

Thank you for that.

Uh the reason why it has ended up on the FNA agenda, and uh I think that that was actually clear, uh, made clear to the clerk of the circuit court because she had requested it be pushed to November.

And because we will be discussing our budget, it's important to have the fund created prior to our conversations around the budget.

So that's why we were moving forward.

Um so that's where we are.

Uh I do have.

Well, why don't I hear from the state's attorney just now, please, if you don't mind.

Good morning, board members.

Busy day for the state's attorney.

Um just a point of clarity.

Uh, we did speak as Chair Hart said.

Um, we've been speaking to Chair Hart, the county administrator and the circuit court clerk.

Um, from a legal perspective, we found that both the language that uh the circuit court clerk proposed and the language that Chair Hart proposed in the amendment were legally acceptable.

The difference with the language that Chair Hart is proposing is that it's not specific as to the type of fund.

The one thing that's clear in the statutes is that the criminal fees had to have been sent to the treasurer before and then before they were sent back to the circuit court's uh fund, the five dollars um that Chair Hart has referred to.

That wasn't happening, it wasn't going to the treasurer and hitting the treasurer's account and then going back to the circuit court's fund.

There is a dispute um and some difficulty about what type of fund should be set up.

There's a portion of the statute that talks about it being a special fund within the general fund.

Then there's a portion of the statute that talks about it being a custodial fund.

There is some confusion about which how the fees get there, um, particularly the civil fees, they're not required to go to the treasurer before they um go to that fund.

So um in conversations with uh circuit court uh clerk Carra Weinstein, she has mentioned that there's an effort to get an opinion from the AG.

That portion does need to be sorted out.

The purpose of this resolution is just to make sure that that five dollars that was supposed to be going to the treasurer and then to the fund is going to the treasurer and then to the fund, which is a very clear language in the statute.

It says shall thank you.

Okay, so and and I do um what I understand is that it could take a year for the attorney general to have um an opinion on this.

Oh, and clerk of the circuit court would like to speak.

Go ahead.

I just want I just wanted to inform everyone there that I am not having a problem with the language that talks about 705 ILCS 135 slash 15.

My problem with this situation is that it doesn't describe that once the funds are with the county treasurer, they go into the circuit clerk fund bank account, which is what it says it gets remitted to the circuit clerk fund.

So that's my concern.

I think that the if we're going to enter into a resolution that it has to be very clear about the entire flow of the money, not just a portion of the money.

So that's what I'm that's what I'm asking to do.

I just also want to clarify that prior to us opening this bank account in 2024, all of the monies were going into the general fund, including the civil fees, and that those fees were then not being clearly budgeted for the circuit clerk um just operations as it pertains to the disbursement of fines and fees.

That's why this bank account was set up was to make sure that the money was separated and it could be known which monies were supposed to go specifically to those finds and fees.

So I just want to clarify all of that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So please know that the um edits that were made yesterday and then thereby approved by the state's attorney's office.

Um is almost verbatim to what is in state statute, and again, state chat statute says clerk of the circuit court for felony offense shall collect $549 and remit as follows.

One, as the county's portion, $354 to the county treasurer, who shall deposit the money as follows.

There's A, B, and C is five dollars into the circuit court clerk operation and administrative fund.

And so that is the verbiage that we are using for that amendment.

It doesn't say bank account, it says fund, and so that's we are just sticking with state statute.

Uh I I can't speak for the state's attorney, but I know for uh County Administrator Sutton and I, that's what we felt made the most sense was to stick with state statute.

Thank you, member Bolitzik.

And I haven't heard anything yet today.

So and we did discuss this in F and A um for a good amount of time.

Um, and I can't imagine, can't speak for everyone there, but that if it comes back, we'll decide to go against state statute.

So to member Danforth's um motion, I don't think I'd support that just because we have talked about this, and um as long as it's I'm confident from hearing the state's attorney's office that that's what this is doing, is following state statute, so that's what I'm gonna support.

Thank you.

And I really want to be clear again there are many, many special funds that are held by our countywide elected officials.

They're held by the state's attorney, they're held by, I mean, I don't know, you got some, okay.

Our clerk vegas here, he's got some too.

They do not all have separate bank accounts at you know, old national bank or Libertyville Bank and Trust, those special funds are co-mingled with other county monies, and our CFO is responsible for ensuring that these dollars are protected and only utilized for those purposes as set forward by state statute, and I know we hear that frequently in our committee when there is a use of those special funds that we might need to approve, right?

So I I am I'm eager to talk to Clerk Weinstein about um how they had been used, they were not being spent by state statute.

Uh I'm interested in that.

Uh that's I would think we would have an issue, and all of our countywide electeds would say, I want my own bank account, but I have not heard that.

And again, my interest is in following state statute, a fund is uh a tracking mechanism or a financial mechanism.

It is not a bank account.

And I would just throw out there, can you imagine if every single fund that we had, we had to open up a separate bank account.

A bank account, I might just say that we don't actually have visibility into the clerk of the circuit court has an audit.

We don't have visibility into the results of that audit.

I I'm sure the audit is fine.

I'm just saying that when we go through our budgeting process, we don't see that.

That's all.

So this is in keeping with uh state statute and has been approved by uh state's attorney.

So this we have an amendment uh on the floor to take this back to FNA for more discussion.

Uh, if you were in favor of this going back to FA for more discussion, um you would be a yes, and if you do not, and that would be a no.

May I have a roll call, please, Clerk Vega.

Member Altenberg.

Member Campos, stay.

I'm sorry, those upstairs extension.

Thank you.

Member Kasmin.

Yes, just because I feel like we're doing committee work here.

Just I don't get it.

Thanks.

Member Clark.

Member Cunningham.

Yes.

Member Danforth.

Yes.

Member Frank.

No.

Member Hart.

No.

Member Hewitt.

No.

Member Hunter?

Yes.

Member Kanishnik.

No.

Member Kyle?

No.

Member Main?

No.

Member Parak.

No.

Member Peterson.

Yes.

Member Roberts?

No.

Member Schlick?

No.

Member Belitzik?

No.

Member Wasick?

No.

I'll change my vote to no.

I want to change my vote to no.

Okay.

Cunningham.

Uh no.

There's no and four.

Okay.

Thank you.

Um motion to go back to committee fails.

Uh so now that we are discussing excuse me, discussing the amendment on the floor.

Is there any discussion on the amendment on the floor as presented?

See none may have a motion if you are okay with the motion to amend and could you read it for us one more time?

Member Park, please the motion to amend would be to add and consistent with state statute.

The circuit court clerk must remit funds collected under 705 ILCS 135 forward slash 15.

That's actually monthly to the county treasurer who shall deposit the money identified for this fund.

Thank you.

So if you were in favor of that amendment, you would be a yes.

And if you were opposed, you would be a no.

May I have a roll call, please?

Member Altenberg.

Aye.

Member Campbells.

Member Kasbin.

Abstain.

Member Member Clark Scott.

Member Cunningham.

Aye.

Member Danforth.

Abstain.

Member Frank.

Aye.

Member Hart.

Aye.

Member Hewitt.

Aye.

Member Hunter.

Abstain.

Member Kanishnick.

Aye.

Member Kyle.

Aye.

Member Main.

Aye.

Member Perek.

Aye.

Member Peterson.

Aye.

Member Roberts?

Aye.

Member Schlick.

Aye.

Member Velitzik.

Aye.

Member Wasick?

All right.

15 aye for the abstentions.

Okay.

Thank you.

Motion to amend passes.

And now we'll look at the uh entire resolution.

Um that does not require a roll call vote, so this is the resolution as amended.

Um, unless somebody calls for a roll call vote.

I was just gonna say all those and would you care for a roll call vote?

Uh member just because I can't you are you're requesting a roll call vote.

Thank you.

May I have a roll call, please, Clerk Vega?

Member Altenburg?

Aye.

Member Campbells?

Member Kasbin?

Abstain.

Member Cunningham.

Aye.

Member Danforth, abstain.

Member Frank?

Aye.

Member Hart.

Aye.

Member Hewitt?

Aye.

Member Hunter.

Abstain.

Member Knishnick.

Aye.

Member Kyle.

Aye.

Member Main.

Aye.

Member Perek.

Aye.

Member Peterson.

Aye.

Member Roberts.

Aye.

Member Schlick.

Aye.

Member Velitzik.

Aye.

Member Wasick.

All right.

15 aye.

Three abstentions.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Moving to item 51, rules committee chair Roberts.

County board rules of order and operational procedures.

Amendment one.

The county.

Do you mind we read the whole thing?

I don't know if you need to read the whole thing because there's a red line attached, and that might take you a long time.

So the county board rules of order and operation procedure board rules were originally adopted on December 10th, 2024, after the Lake County Board's post-election reorganization.

The rules committee has recommended additional amendments to the board rules.

Additional amendments were made to the drafted recommendations at the October 10th 2025 rules.

Motion by Member Roberts, second by member Kanisnik.

Member Peterson.

Thank you.

I would like to make an amendment to the amendment of 8D3 DIX.

This is allowed once for fiscal year and as budget allows and I would like to amend it to read I'd like to amend this by removing county administrator and replacing it with the county board chair.

In so it would read other travel training events related to county business and approved by the county board chair this is allowed once per fiscal year and as budget allows I feel that I feel that this is necessary in order to remove the county administrator from any uncomfortable position approving requests made by his or her superior.

Thank you we have a motion to amend by member Peterson a second by Vice Chair Cunningham is there discussion on this amendment to the amendment.

Thank you member Kasman.

I brought forward this item we had a very lengthy over an hour discussion about it in rules and it finally passed we tried uh several iterations in an attempt to make this impartial objective decisions like this impartial and objective and I had spoken to the county administrator she said she was comfortable with approving based on a set of you know objective criteria there have been um at least two instances in the past where members brought forward things that staff agreed would be beneficial to the county but were denied um I was one of them I had not been to NACO at all this year this the particular thing that I was applying for was of great interest to the county county administrator said it would be very valuable for me to go and and attend this sort of a class at Harvard for two days it would have cost a fraction of what NACO costs if I I looked through the NACO costs for most board members um even offered to pay for my own hotel airfare meals etc if the county could just do the tuition was denied based on the fact that we have staff for that but we have staff for everything that's covered in NACO too and every training that we have so just for the sake of objectivity and confidence and I think it the administrator is in a better position to know what is going to be helpful to the county by speaking to uh staff it just seems like the administrator is armed with the knowledge that she needs to objectively make decisions like this and that's why I brought the rule forward it was I mean hopefully everyone was able to see the rules discussion that went on for literally over an hour over this thing this tiny little change and hopefully um you can support the original um wording as it as it is here um I'd be grateful for your consideration thank you thank you um I I just want to put forward um you know when the chair any chair uh reviews these trips and training things you have to look carefully and think okay are we okay with you know 19 board members going right uh I was happy to approve um a training or a seminar for member kasvin earlier in the year um and I I do not take any of these requests lightly um in this I looked carefully at uh what was being covered at the event I too spoke with Eric Wagoner I also spoke with um member or pardon me county administrator Sutton and I'm not going to put words in our staff's mouth about what was said I'll leave it at that and as far as like offered to pay for things on their own the email that I have here is if the county could cover the tuition I could request that PADs reimburse me for the flight and or hotel expenses.

Since I have been on this board for 14 years, it has always been the county board chair who has made those decisions.

Again, I do not take them lightly.

So you know that is why I chose not to put that one forward, but I don't like to make a rules change based on one thing, right?

It has to be looked at, I think, um holistically, and again, I I'm supportive of this amendment because I don't think it's appropriate for our county board members to put our county administrator in a difficult position, approving or rejecting um trips, travel training by essentially her bosses.

We have one employee here in Lake County, and that is Patrice Sun.

So thank you.

Member Maine, followed by Member Kasmin and Member Schlick.

Uh I'm so it was one way.

The rules committee changed it, and now there's an amendment to change it back the way it was before.

But member Peterson, I respect you.

You are on the rules committee, right?

Okay.

I I just want to understand it was one way, rules changed it, and now there's a motion to change it back.

Okay.

Thank you.

And at that time, I think there were only five people there.

There was a quarrel.

For sure.

I yeah, no, no, excuse me.

Yep, absolutely.

Uh member Kasman, followed by Member Schlick.

I just wanted to correct the record.

I did not ever approach PATS about paying for any of this because after reviewing it, it has nothing to do with unhouse people.

It had everything to do with what we were doing here in the county.

Um I also um sorry, I'm I lost my train of thought.

Um I also um wanted to say that um forgive me, you're gonna have to sorry, go ahead.

Thank you.

And just so that I I'm reading directly from the email that member Kasman had sent to me.

If the county could cover the tuition, comma, I could also request that pads reimburse me for the flight and/or hotel expenses.

Oh, I didn't I didn't ever ask them that.

I'm sorry, I can finish my thought now.

And I'm gonna make you member Kasmin, you do not have the floor.

You do not have the floor.

Can I finish?

No, you may not.

Member Schlick has the floor.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair.

And I apologize, I had to leave rules early due to a family commitment.

I I just had one question.

I was on the edge of point of order, but I'll just ask it here.

I there was an email sent out by staff.

Does section uh two dot e.3 about the five-day waiting period to amendments to the rule pertain here.

Can we make board rule?

Can we make amendments here on the floor that are outside of the five day or inside of the five days?

I'm just asking it.

I I think it's a really good question, and we've had a lot of conversation on that.

Um, and I would argue that if you are amending the board rules as they exist today, that the five days would um would hold.

You would need five days because you're amending the board rules as has been approved by this board.

However, um Matt would say, hey, I think Matt, and I don't want to you can come up and speak.

If you were amending an amendment, you might think that then the spirit of the five days uh would be in keeping for an amendment of the amendment.

So I think it's really what do we think.

Now I'll tell you, you can't meet the five-day member Peterson could not meet that five-day rule because the the um committee was on Friday.

Thank you, Chair.

And I think for me, I'll just follow my closing comments.

I actually support Member Peterson's amendment.

I I do think that puts staff in a weird position.

I'm just in a little bit of a flux here because of the five days, and I understand what your interpreted interpretation of this chair.

My interpretation though is I think five days is five days, so it's it leaves me a little bit of a conundrum here that I have to think about as you guys go on and banter about this amendment.

Okay, and and please know um, Member Schlick, if you are open to put forward a resolution to table to postpone this item until the November county board meeting, if you if you choose.

So I just wanted to make sure that that you were aware of that.

Thank you.

Um yes.

Did I see another comment?

Thank you.

Member Volitzik.

Thank you.

I I don't know yet what I think about that, but um, because the whole meeting happened before the five days, so if that was allowed to be put on the agenda, and county administration thought that was appropriate, then but anyway, my comments about the amendment.

Um I can't remember what year it was.

I was on rules as early, maybe 2019-2020 when we added the list of conferences that board members could attend to try to create some guidelines around the process.

Um and I think maybe rather than I support member Peterson's amendment because rather than maybe switching it to county board chair, what was needed, perhaps if something was needed was more guidelines.

So I I I like the um you know, allowed once per fiscal year as budget allows.

Um what was the other guideline?

Maybe something about um you included the word training, maybe that will help create some more parameters.

I think just on the you're right, and I've got points on that.

You were just talking about the amendment of changing okay.

So then my third reason would be I I agree with this this idea that placing staff in that position is something that we haven't done in the past as a board and previous boards haven't done, and I I don't want to change that.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Yes, member Roberts.

Thank you.

Um as chair of rules committee, I I can tell you that was uh a long, lengthy, heated conversation back and forth and back and forth, and I as I got to think more about this um item over the weekend.

I just feel like I can I want to support member Peterson's amendment because it's putting our staff in a position they do not need to be in.

Um and I respect member Kasman's opinion as well, but I just don't feel like we should have staff be make those decisions.

We have a chair for a reason, and we'll we'll have it, we may have another chair in the next year or so, and that person may want to change this.

I I don't know, but right now I don't feel it's up to this, it should be staff's position to get involved in these decisions.

Thank you, Vice Chair Cunningham.

Thank you, Chair.

I'm on it.

Rule committee, been on it well since I've been elected to this county board, and Adam went through four four chairs, and I was shocked when I heard that we was turning it over to the administrator.

Uh uh, I don't think this is my opinion, that the administrator staff should have because they got so much other stuff to do, and the chair always been one that okay, everything, and it was to me was much easier for the chair to have it, and this is why I'm supporting this amendment that Member Peterson got, because why should we take it and give it to our ministrator, and she got ooze or I mean a lot of other more stuff to deal with.

Uh so approving we're going on because many of us don't go to Lake Home no more.

We have a few to go now, but many of us don't go uh uh take trips.

So let the chair do it.

Give it back to where it belongs, and that's my thing.

That's my approval.

Give it back where it belongs.

It belongs at the chair.

So uh I uh was more than happy to suck in that motion.

I was happy to hit read this, and uh uh uh that was a great thing that what you did, uh Member Peterson, and I will be supporting this because uh we get to put things back where it was in proper order.

Thank you.

Um so seeing nothing further, may I have a roll call for the amendment as presented by member Peterson?

Um do you have a comment, Member Wasick?

Member Peterson, please reread that and if you'd like, I was just getting ready to if that's okay, Member Peterson.

You would you like to read two?

Okay, go ahead.

So other travel training and events related to county business and approved by county board chair.

This is allowed once per fiscal year as budget allows.

Okay.

So if you are in favor of changing it from approved by county administrator and to approved by the county board chair, which has been always been the case, then you would be a yes.

If you want that decision to be made by the county administrator, then you would be no.

May have a roll call, please, Clerk Vega.

Member Altenburg.

Aye.

Member Campos.

No.

Member Cunningham.

I member Danforth.

Aye.

Member Frank.

Has left.

Member Hart.

Aye.

Member Hewitt.

Aye.

Member Hunter.

Member Kanishnik.

Aye.

Member Kyle.

Member Maine.

Hi.

Member Parak.

Aye.

Member Peterson.

Aye.

Member Roberts.

Aye.

Member Schliff.

Aye.

Member Velitzik.

Aye.

Member Wasser.

All right.

15.

I one no.

Okay.

Thank you.

So now we are on to the entire motion.

There were many amendments that were made that were put forward by county administrator.

Those are all there on that red line version.

This does require a roll call vote.

Part uh, thank you.

I have a question, Member Mean.

Yeah, may I make a comment?

Absolutely.

Yes.

It seemed like you were going to the vote, which was I was just gonna ask if anybody if we had any discussion.

Yeah.

Um good news is I'm not gonna make any amendments.

Okay.

Um bad news is I'm gonna tell you why I'm voting no for this.

Um, even though um there was an amendment that I wanted, which was uh that we need to articulate why with electronic attendance um that we be notified.

So I I think that's great, but there are um a number of other issues that I have.

One is related to the travel and event fees, and uh, and perhaps this is some of this is going where member Volitzik was.

Um reading this through and listening.

I'm sorry I only listened to an hour of your three-hour meeting on Friday.

Um, you know, we used to have a dollar amount per person, and then it was switched, not everybody traveled.

And I just wonder for the future if we should go back to that because I'm looking.

If we look at it's page 33 of the um red line, so travel of travel and event fees, um travel up to three out of area conferences per year, and then this, and then number nine was other or under that travel and added was training and events related to county business and approved by now the county board chair.

This is allowed once per fiscal year and as budget allows.

Um, I I don't see why it's limited to once per year.

People are allowed to travel three times.

Why would we not allow someone to go for training up to three times a year?

NACO doesn't have everything, and this is the only one that says as budget allows.

We don't have anything on any other section.

I I checked for the travel up to three times a year.

It doesn't say as budget allows.

Um look, people get good stuff at NACO.

I too went back and looked at that.

That's thousands and thousands of dollars.

So I think it's wrong that they limit it to one when why couldn't that be three?

Because they could go to local things that would cost less than a trip to NACO.

So there's that.

I I'm also concerned.

I understand why they brought back the temporary travel card for travel expenses.

I understand there was a very unfortunate experience.

My concern is that once again the county needs to the person could inadvertently use it for funds that the county does not approve of, and then we're in the situation that the county is approved, the county has paid for something which we don't approve of, and then we're in the awkward staff, whoever situation of getting um money back.

So I I don't agree with that.

And then the final item was related at the very end.

Let me find it.

Um it's page 59, it was supplement A.

It was discretion, it was selection of appointed officials.

Um that whole um section was eliminated, and that articulated how people were appointed to drainage district sanitary.

It was including but not exclusive to drainage districts, sanitary districts, fire protection districts.

So that's all eliminated, which in one way is okay because honestly, I think it was a bit capricious at times.

We were not always informed, but when something happened, when there was an opening, but this eliminates, and I reached out to staff, and it doesn't seem like there's any place else.

This eliminates in my reading any board input, however minimal or de minimis into who is being appointed to our fire protection, our drainage districts.

I know many of them are going away, but it is eliminated all of that.

So those are no amendments, but those are the reasons I'm gonna vote against the change of rules.

Thank you.

All right.

Further discussion, thank you.

Member Altenberg.

So I just want to clarify what Member Maine was just talking about with the appointed boards.

So right now we do have some input on boards in our area.

So would that be not valid anymore?

Um I well, all I can tell you is that like by state statute, it's by county board chair.

By our um, I see custom, if you will.

Okay, okay.

We check with, and I'll say most of the time to be fair, we check with um county board members.

I mean, I think people put names forward.

So how is it?

How is it written before?

Well, it's quite lengthy.

Oh, okay, okay.

So there could be an amendment to put that section back in to return supplement A discretion, colon selection of appointed officials, and then that could go back in.

Is there a benefit to the county by taking that out?

I think it was, uh, and I I think there was conversation from Matt that it was like it doesn't really need to be in here.

It's sort of the process that that we follow.

Um, but I I don't want to speak for you, Matt.

But sorry, so I won't you'll come up.

I think I missed that.

Was that toward the end?

I think I missed that part of the meeting.

Well, his section was quite small.

Uh okay.

So this particular Matt Myers Deputy County Minister, this particular section was drafted very strangely, didn't really fit with the rest of the rules as a supplement document.

Um as it's defined in the rules already.

Um, the chair under the county board chair's duties, it states that they have the authority to appoint.

And if it was a process that wasn't necessarily being followed to a T, the question was why does this need to be in here?

So certainly didn't have any discussion about it at rules one percent.

Okay.

So all I can tell you is that I you know I'm gonna continue.

I think what I had sent out was hey, this is the process.

That process isn't going to change.

Um, you know, whether that was that was in the rules because what this is saying, what was struck was um there's like internal 59, 59, yep.

Uh so county board office staff will notify.

I think the point is we have a process, it's still going to be followed.

So if you want to amend it and put it back in, that's fine with me.

But because it's gonna be the same process, isn't going to change.

Yes, member me.

Yeah, yeah.

So, but there is no way, so it's not a custom, it was codified, right?

It was a it it wasn't that was rhetorical for the moment, so we don't go back and forth.

So um I I'm just no, I I'm done with amendments, but I'm just gonna point out to people that if this is removed going forward to the new set of rules that will be looked at December 2026.

You will not have this, and so uh I I warn you about relying on custom because custom resides in who is in the office at the time, and you lose you lose your rights.

I I don't think this is any is any place else.

So that's that's all I'm gonna say that it's not a custom, it was in our rules.

Thank you.

So if I may just and this might help clarify and thank you.

I think Matt maybe you sent something to Patrice or Patrice just found it.

If you turn to of the regular version, clean version, which may, you know, because those have maybe changed this is clean version prior rules, it is included on page 29, and that is section seven.

Section 7 I appointments of boards and commissions.

Number one, appointments to all other boards, commissions, districts, and all our authorities subject to appointment or approval by statute or ordinance by the county board will be presented by the county board by the chair of the county board.

Recommend recommendations to the chair of the county board may be made by board members and or its committees.

But please know that it is still in board rules that recommendations would be made by board members.

May uh for sure.

And and to be clear, yes, that is still how it works, even if you kept that section in, they would still may be recommended, but in the end, by state statute, it is the board chair authority of who you put forward for amendment or put forward for that.

Thank you.

Member Dan Forth.

Thank you, Chair.

On page 34 new item put in there on item I.

Um the travel card issue.

Aren't we in essence just reissuing P cards?

Um, thank you.

We had really good discussion about that.

We have some board members who do not care to use their credit card when you know when you have to put forward your credit card for just incidentals, even if you don't want an incidental, right?

Like you you can't check into the hotel room unless you have a credit card to put forward for incidentals.

And so if we have a board member who does not have a credit card for those incidentals, or even if they choose to not put their credit card forward for a hotel room that they are using for work purposes, they have a travel card.

Does that mean that expenses like they can get you know, that they can use stuff in their hotel room or or charge all of this stuff?

No, it provides an opportunity for the board member, they check the travel card out from county administration prior to the trip and they return it to county administration after the trip.

It is not a P card, which this board, many of us on the board did away with a long time ago, which were individual credit cards that had our name on them that we were allowed to spend on different things.

So these cards don't have anybody's name on it.

I mean, how do you use them?

That's a that's a good question.

Does it have everybody's name when they check when they're checked in and out?

It is a named card, it will have the board members' name on it.

So it is a P card.

But he card that is limited only to certain travel-related types of transactions, and will be held by the county administrator until the time of that travel and must be returned to county administrator when the travel ends.

Thank you.

Member Velitzik.

Um I assume then that the any transportation only, not food, right?

Transportation only purchases made on that card would be then submitted at the end of the trip.

If it doesn't square, or if there's like a dinner or a breakfast muffin on there, what happens?

Each month um we report staff exceptions to you.

Um, so it would also be reported as an exception to the travel policy, similar to what we do for all of our staff.

I'm sorry, can you clarify that?

What you so let's say somebody purchases something that they should not have, um, that would be an exception that we would have to sign off on, or the I can't remember if we have a board chair has to sign off.

Well, hang on, I'm just gonna let's finish with member Velitzik, and then it looks like Member Peterson has a follow up.

We who has to so what we do is if there is a violation of the travel policy, we get back in touch with that person, and if there is a valid business reason for why that exception occurred.

So, for example, um there was a business lunch that cost more than what the lunchtime allowance is, though that would be a valid reason why we would have an exception to the policy, but according to state statute, that has to be reported to the county board.

So when that happens, it is reported to you in the financial report that comes to you at the county board meeting.

The same thing would happen if it were an exception here.

We would go back to the board member and seek reimbursement for the overage.

If there was a valid business reason why that person wanted to um challenge or state that it was a valid business purpose, um, then that's when it would be reported to the county board.

Okay.

Thank you.

I have member Peterson followed by Member Roberts.

I think he answered my question.

I just don't want it to be that you give them this card, and then they can go to the bar or they can't.

You still have to follow the rules for sure.

You still have to follow all of the travel policy rules.

Okay.

Thank you.

Member Roberts.

So during the meeting, I it was my understanding that it was only going, it was only to be it was only allowed to be used for hotel and transportation.

I thought that's what it was said in the meeting.

I clarified it, and it can be used for meals as well because when you travel, you can also use it utilize it for meals.

Thank you.

And to be clear, we do have rules around our own rules around which meals, like if you're provided with a dinner, that doesn't mean you get to go out, right?

If if NACO or whatever is like, okay, we've got dinner for you, blah, blah, blah.

And you're like, well, I don't really want to go to that dinner.

I'm gonna go here and I'm gonna spend a hundred dollars or whatever the thing is.

No, we have our own rules.

That was your that was the dinner, if I recall correctly.

Thank you.

I have member Schlickbau by member Altonberg.

Chair, I'll be really quick, and I don't want to get into the weeds of administration of this, but maybe just like biology reimbursement, we have some type of board, board members could say, hey, I'll take that card and have it on file, and board members can say I don't need that.

Um, because I wouldn't require that card to ever you know what I mean.

So don't waste the time, the resources even have it because I won't use it.

So maybe just it doesn't have to be public, it could be a private email from staff.

Yeah, just who wants to have it on file.

I would just say that offer board members who don't need it to just reject it, somewhat like mileage reimbursement.

So thank you.

Thank you.

That's a very good point.

So if you need one, uh staff staff can reach out, find out if you would like one, and whatever.

Thank you.

Member Altenberg.

Okay, so I'm going back to the appointments.

I okay, okay.

I'd like to see still see in there, county board staff will notify the local board member at least two months prior to the expiration of an appointee's term so that the member can either approve a reappointment or begin looking for replacement.

I'd like to still see that in there.

And I also think we should keep in there the board member with the highest percentage of constituents within the appointed district will lead the process for appointments and reappointments.

So those two paragraphs I'd like to see left in.

Okay.

Um, just since it's 1230, might I suggest that that you um make a motion to return supplement A in its entirety?

Okay, back to the board rules.

Sure.

Is that okay with that?

I will make that motion.

Okay, yeah.

So the motion on the floor is to return supplement A back to county board rules.

We have a motion by member Altenberg and a second by member Wassock to return that section back to the board rules.

Uh all those in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes.

Okay, perfect.

That brings supplement A back.

Thank you, Member Altenberg.

Uh any further discussion on board rules.

It does require a roll call vote.

Thank you.

Uh Vice Chair Cunningham.

Thank you.

This card, because you know I ran into some critical stuff on my own personal, but I spoke about it in committee.

So I'm not gonna re-speak about it because those that in committee know what it what it was.

But uh if they use when they use this card, those that use it, don't they bring a receipt back like to do everything else?

Yes, they do.

Okay, okay.

Thank you.

Okay, may I have a roll call, please?

For the for this is as amended by uh member Peterson and by Member Altenberg.

Member Altenberg.

Aye.

Member Campos is out, member Casbin.

Member Clark.

Member Cunningham.

Aye.

Member Danforth.

Member Frank.

Member Hart.

Aye.

Member Hewitt.

Aye.

Member Hunter.

Aye.

Member Knishnick.

Member Kyle.

Aye.

Member Ming.

Member Perek.

Aye.

Member Peterson.

Aye.

Member Roberts.

Aye.

Member Schlick.

Aye.

Member Belitzik.

Aye.

And Member Wasick.

All right.

125.

Thank you.

And one abstention.

Thank you.

Motion passes.

Uh moving on to new appointments.

I'm going to take all of these together.

As item 52 through 55.

52 is a resolution providing for the appointment of Letitia Holbert as a member of the Lake County Workforce Development Board.

Item 53, excuse me, and I'm going to add also two more, which are items 12 and 13.

Item 53 is a resolution providing for the appointment of Amy Van Streen as a member of the Lake County Workforce Development Board.

Item 54 is a resolution providing for the appointment of James Snodgrass as a member of the Lake County Workforce Development Board.

Item 12 is a resolution providing for the reappointment of Keith Hansen as a trustee of the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District.

Item 13 is a resolution providing for the reappointment of Allison Murray as a trustee of the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District.

Item 55 is a resolution providing for the appointment of Linda Peterson as a member of the Housing and Community Development Commission replacing Isaiah Campos.

May I have a motion to take all I'm going to take all those together.

May I have a motion, please.

Motion by Vice Chair Cunningham, second by Member Hewitt.

Any discussion on any of these items.

Seeing none, all those in favor.

Any opposed.

Motion passes.

Thank you so much.

Hang on, point of order.

Oh, oh, pardon me.

Thank you.

Thank you, Member Hunter.

You've stayed on this whole time.

Yep.

My battery's ready to go dead.

I believe I have to abstain from that vote because you put in item 12 and 13.

You are.

Yep.

My apologies, Member Hunter.

I and I just want to say I give you and the rest of the county board members who are here a lot of credit for hanging in there.

So thank you.

Thank you, everybody.

Um, so he is abstaining.

Uh petitions correspondence miscellaneous business seeing none.

Member remarks and requests seeing none.

We saw I so adjourn this regular September 2025 session of the County Board of Lake County until November 18, 2025.

Thanks, everybody.

Have a great day.