Kankakee Times

Kankakee County Executive Committee met April 25.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

Members Present Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Liehr, Mr. Tripp, Mr. Hess, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Snipes, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Sirois, Mr. Hildebrand, and Ms. Webber Members Absent Mr. LaGesse, Mr. Olthoff, Mr. Skutt, and Mr. Johnson In Attendance

• Board Members None

• Department Heads Kevin Duval, Mark Rogers, and Lori Gadbois

• Media None

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. Wheeler, at 9:00 a.m. Quorum present.

2. Public Comment None

3. Presentations None

4. Approval of Minutes: March 28, 2017 A motion was made by Mr. Byrne to approve the minutes, and Mr. Sirois seconded it. Motion carried with a voice vote.

5. Legislative None

6. Appointments None

7. Information Services – Kevin Duval Mr. Duval gave the committee an update on the live streaming process. There will be a regimen as there is now, and this is more to make sure that there is time to do any corrective measures that are needed. About 8:54 a.m., whoever is in the video room will start the recording. About 8:58 a.m., they will start streaming so it goes to the internet. These are times allowing them to reset if something goes wrong. It doesn’t affect the meeting, and they will still start on time.

8. Health Department – John Bevis Mr. Bevis was not present.

9. Schools – Dr. Gregg Murphy Dr. Murphy was not present.

10. Veterans Assistance Commission – Michael Roof

• Monthly Report Mr. Roof was not present.

11. Personnel/HR Issues

Ms. Mackin stated that, within the next month, sexual harassment and diversity training will be starting. It can now be done online, so if the committee members have a different email address than the county email that they would like to do that from, please let Diane Owens know. The Illinois Public Risk Fund (IPRF) is going to do this. They will track it for us and send out reminders if someone doesn’t do it. Then, next year, they will just send out the reminders again to do the training. This was talked about at the Department Heads meeting, and they are going to get her email addresses so the process can begin. There will be a certificate at the end that can be printed out, and she would like a copy of that for everyone’s file.

12. Administrative Issues

Mr. Wheeler stated that there is an error in relation to the appointment of Diane Redwitz to the Kankakee County Historic Preservation Commission. That spot is actually for an attorney, and this was not realized until last night when the documents were being printed for the committee’s packets. He apologizes to Ms. Redwitz that the agenda was sent out with her name already on it, but we will have to appoint an attorney to that position.

Mr. Wheeler announced the below appointments and reappointments to the committee.

• Appointments/Reappointments:

✓ Appointment of Robert Ellington-Snipes to the Kankakee Housing Authority ✓ (DELETED) Appointment of Diane Redwitz to the Kankakee County Historic Preservation

Commission ✓ Appointment of Marc Wakat to the Kankakee County Regional Planning Commission ✓ Appointment of Sam Payton to the Kankakee County Regional Planning Commission ✓ Appointment of Dana Washington to the Kankakee County Regional Planning

Commission ✓ Reappointment of Mel Blanchette to the Kankakee County Regional Planning

Commission ✓ Reappointment of Amy J. Ciaccio Jarvis to the Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve

District Board ✓ Reappointment of Joseph Kane to the Kankakee County Board of Review ✓ Reappointment of Mark Kaner to the Kankakee County Board of Review ✓ Reappointment of Elizabeth Scanlon to the Kankakee County Zoning Board of Appeals ✓ Reappointment of Patricia A. Wagner to the Kankakee County Historic Preservation

Commission ✓ Reappointment of Paul R. Grzelak to the Bourbonnais Fire Protection District

✓ Reappointment of Larry Aten to the Essex Fire Protection District ✓ Reappointment of Gene Rademacher to the Grant Park Fire Protection District ✓ Reappointment of James L. LaMotte to the Greater Momence Fire Protection District ✓ Reappointment of David Snider to the Kankakee Township Fire Protection District ✓ Reappointment of Maurice T. O’Keefe to the Manteno Community Fire Protection District ✓ Reappointment of Duane A. Hull to the Otto Township Fire Protection District ✓ Reappointment of Dennis C. Schwark to the Pilot Township Fire Protection District ✓ Reappointment of Duane A. Meier to the St. Anne Fire Protection District ✓ Reappointment of Mark Chapman to the Raymond Drainage District Mr. McConnell made a motion to combine and approve the appointments and reappointments, and Mr. Hess seconded it. Original motion carried with a voice vote.

• Openings: ✓ One Opening on the Kankakee County Board of Health (dentist) ✓ One Opening on the Kankakee County Farmland Assessment Review Committee ✓ One Opening on the Kankakee County Historic Preservation Commission (attorney) ✓ One Opening on the Kankakee County Convention & Visitors Bureau ✓ One Opening on the Cabery Area Fire Protection District ✓ Five Openings on the Kankakee County Regional Planning Commission

Mr. Wheeler announced the above openings to the committee.

13. Other Business

• Resolution for Elected Officials’ Participation in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Mr. Wheeler read the resolution into the record. He stated that these are just the county-wide electeds. Typically, the County Board Chairman is able to participate, but he had elected not to take that benefit.

Mr. Hess stated that he thought that both the County Board Chairman and Vice-Chairman were in the resolution in the past.

Mr. Wheeler stated that he believed that the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman actually worked the amount of hours to be in IMRF.

Ms. Mackin stated that she believes there is a separate resolution for the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Wheeler stated that he thinks this is valid to pass as it is, but he finds out differently, he will come back with it again.

Ms. Mackin also stated that it’s every two years that this resolution has to be done.

Mr. Hess made a motion to approve this resolution, and Mr. Byrne seconded it. Motion carried with a roll call vote of 10 ayes and 0 nays. Voting aye were Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Liehr, Mr. Tripp, Mr. Hess, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Snipes, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Sirois, Mr. Hildebrand, and Ms. Webber.

14. Information

None

15. Old Business/New Business

Mr. Hess stated that this should probably come up in the Highways & Buildings, but the Treasurer’s name needs to be taken off of their old building.

Mr. Duval stated that he was going to bring this up in Highways & Buildings, too, but asked if there could be a bigger sign put up over there. He probably sees five or six people a day stop over there. There is a sign there, but people have to get out of their cars and walk up to it to be able to read it.

Mr. Wheeler stated that, from the buildings and grounds perspective, there is going to be matching signage downstairs identifying the different areas. They were waiting on some design help on that.

16. Adjournment

Mr. Hildebrand made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:34 a.m., and Mr. Sirois seconded it. Motion carried with a voice vote.