Kankakee Times

Kankakee County Board met April 11.

Here is the agenda provided by the Board

Invocation: Mike Mulcahy, County Board Member

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call: Bruce Clark

Public Commentary

Communications

 Proclaiming April 2017 as Child Abuse Prevention Month

 Proclamation in Recognition of Bishop McNamara’s Fightin’ Irish Basketball Team

Presentations

Vacancy/Appointments

Certificate of Recognition

 Brian Gadbois 5 Years Maintenance

 Stephanie Beard 15 Years Circuit Clerk

 Marla Coxey 20 Years Circuit Courts

 Lynn Anderson 30 Years Circuit Clerk

Minutes of Last Meeting: March 14, 2017

Claims Committee Report: February 2017 Claims

Department Reports:

1. County Collector’s Monthly Report for February 2017

2. County Treasurer’s Monthly Report for February 2017

3. Coroner’s Monthly Report for February 2017

4. Coroner’s Monthly Receipt of Money for February 2017

5. Circuit Clerk’s Monthly Report for February 2017

6. Recorder’s Monthly Report for February 2017

7. County Clerk’s Monthly Report for February 2017

8. Animal Control’s Monthly Report for February 2017

9. Monthly Building Report for February 2017

10. Monthly Resolutions for March & April 2017

11. Quarterly Report of the Regional Superintendent of Schools, of Iroquois & Kankakee Counties, for the Quarter Ending February 28, 2017

Committee Presentations and Resolutions:

1. Consent Agenda

 Appointment of Beth A. Walther to the Limestone Fire Protection District Board (20)

 Appointment of Andy Pallissard as Trustee to the Bloom’s Grove Cemetery Association (21)

 Appointment of Dr. Don Daake to the Ethics Commission (22)

 Appointment of Cynthia Hodge to the Ethics Commission (23)

 Appointment of Toby (Susan) Olszewski to the Ethics Commission (24)

 Appointment of Kyle Kraetzer as a Member to the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority (KVAA) (25)

 Reappointment of William H. Bukowski to the Kankakee County Regional Planning Commission (26)

 Reappointment of Ralph Paarlberg to the Kankakee County Regional Planning Commission (27)

 Reappointment of David DeYoung to the Zoning Board of Appeals (28)

 Reappointment of William Hemm to the Zoning Board of Appeals (29)

 Reappointment of Edwin W. Meents to the Zoning Board of Appeals (30)

 Declaration and Disposal of Excess Surplus for the Jerome Combs Detention Center (31)

 Resolution Authorizing the County Board Chairman to Sign an Agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation, State of Illinois, Regarding Administration of Maintenance and Construction Work Approved by the Illinois Department of Transportation (32)

 Declaration of Highway Department Equipment as Surplus Property (33)

 Adoption of Increases to Animal Control Fees Based on the Bellwether, LLC Fee Study (34)

 Adoption of an Animal Control Ordinance Defining “Shelter” and “Bedding” (35)

 Purchase of Service Agreement with SHOW BUS to Operate the County’s Rural General Public Transportation Service – State FY18 (36)

2. Highways & Buildings

 Award of Bids for Public Highway Improvements (37)

 Resolution Appropriating County Bridge Funds to Match Pilot Township Road District Local Funds to Construct Two Culverts in Pilot Township (38)

3. PZA

 Resolution Authorizing Execution and Amendment of Section 5311 Grant Agreement (39)

 Resolution Authorizing Execution of Downstate Operating Assistance Grant Agreement (40)

4. Finance

 Property Tax Abatement for Tax Year 2016 Payable 2017 to be Abated in Its Entirety (41)

 Amendment and Extension to the Contract with Country Table to Provide Prisoner Meals at County Detention

Facilities (42)

Other Business

Openings

 One Opening on the Kankakee County Board of Health

 Two Openings on the Kankakee County Board of Review

 One Opening on the Kankakee County Convention & Visitors Bureau

 One Opening on the Kankakee County Farmland Assessment Review Committee

 One Opening on the Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve District Board

 One Opening on the Kankakee County Housing Authority

 One Opening on the Bourbonnais Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the Cabery Area Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the Essex Township Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the Grant Park Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the Greater Momence Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the Kankakee Township Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the Manteno Community Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the Otto Township Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the Pilot Township Fire Protection District

 One Opening on the St. Anne Fire Protection District

 Nine Openings on the Kankakee County Regional Planning Commission

 One Opening on the Kankakee County Zoning Board of Appeals

 Two Openings on the Kankakee County Historic Preservation Commission

Old Business

New Business

Adjournment