The Lake County Board of Commissioners convened on September 16, 2026, with all commissioners present. The board approved the agenda with numerous additions, corrections, and deletions, and then processed a large slate of routine contracts, specifications, resolutions, and reports, mostly in omnibus votes. Notable discussions involved splitting a cooling tower contract into two sole-source awards and approving a new economic development area. No members of the public spoke.
Are we ready to vote? I guess I'll be heard. So we're not going to do this one. Uh call meeting order stand for the pledge of allegiance remain standing for a moment of silence, please. With liberty and justice for a thank you. Welcome to the meeting of the Lake County Board of Commissioners for Wednesday, September 16th. All commissioners are present. We have some additions or deletions or something. We do unless the board would like for me to read each of those in. No, I don't think so. Otherwise, I would ask the board to uh approve the agenda as amended with uh the additions and corrections and deletions. Chairman, yes, sir. Then I would move to approve the agenda as presented with the with any additions, deletions, or corrections. Second. Let the record show the motion carries three oh. Section three, uh public opening of vendor responses uh to request for bids and quotes. Item 3.1 uh professional compliance. It's my understanding there were no bids uh received. I would suggest that it since it's a professional services that we the board could could uh kick this to our able body chief of staff Ted Brzezinski to uh accumulate and and uh make a recommendation and make a recommendation or I don't know if we need a motion to do that. No, just no action, I guess. Attorney Fetch, you think no actions works good? Yes, okay. Item number five uh five uh approve specifications for bids item five point one commissioners approve specifications for drainage improvements at the lake county fairgrounds to be advertised. Bids are due back on October 21, 2026, no later than 9 30 a.m. in office of lake county auditor. Move to approve 5.1. Second. Let the record show the motion carries 3-0. Uh section seven, public selection of at least three vendors from whom to see quotes. Uh 7.1 highway requests to solicit proposals for stony run estates phase two storm sewer rehabilitation. Um I think these can be taken in omnibus form, and many of these are additions and corrections. 7.2 is a duplicate, is it not? No, it just moved, it moved from two, it was it was an addition. Yeah, but it's also on 7.2. Where else is it besides 7.2? That's all I just say it was all three. Yeah, it's it's just the addition. We have it listed twice because it's listed as an addition. Okay. Then uh Mr. Chairman, uh unless there's any objection, I would move for approval for agenda items 7.1 through 7.5. Second. Let the record show the motion carries 3-0. Uh commissioners, with your permission, I would ask to uh reopen the amendments to the um agenda. I would ask to uh add item 3.2. Say that one more time, I think I'm sorry. I am asking the board to uh allow for an additional amendment to the agenda, uh adding item 3.2, which would be the uh on behalf of the elections department uh opening uh quotes that were received or proposals that were received uh for moving services for uh the general election in November. Um so Commissioner Allen, I would ask that you amend your motion or that it be reopened that the motion be amended to add to item 3.2 for elections. Uh 3.2. Second.