Kankakee Times

Kankakee County Board met July 8.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

INVOCATION: Rosemary Foster, County Board Member

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL: County Clerk Dan Hendrickson

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

VACANCY APPOINTMENTS/RESIGNATIONS

PRESENTATION:

• Birth to Five Illinois – Region 32

• Mike Lynch/MSL Benefits – Group Health Plan Overview & Forecast

CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

Sheriff’s Department 20 Yrs.

Charles Hertz

Kimberly Perkins

Jury Commission 20 Yrs

James Faford

Public Defender 25 yrs

Karren Farmer

Probation Department 30 Yrs

Tom Latham

PROCLAMATION

MINUTES OF LAST MEETING: June 10, 2025

CLAIMS COMMITTEE REPORTS: May 2025

DEPARTMENT REPORTS:

1. County Collector’s Report – May 2025

2. County Treasurer’s Report – May 2025

3. Recorder’s Monthly Reports for May 2025

4. County Clerk’s Monthly Report for May 2025

5. Coroner’s Monthly Reports for May 2025

6. Coroner’s Monthly Receipts for May 2025

7. Circuit Clerk’s Monthly Reports for May 2025

8. Animal Control’s Monthly Reports for May 2025

9. Building Reports for April & May 2025

10. Monthly Resolution List June 2025

COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS:

• Consent Agenda

• Reappointment of Antonio Carrico to the Kankakee County Board of Health (103)

• Reappointment of Kathryn Hamblen to the Kankakee County Board of Health (104)

• Reappointment of Cole Jarvis to the Kankakee County Historic Preservation Commission (105)

• Reappointment of Lisa Sanford to the Kankakee Regional Land Bank (106)

• Reappointment of George H Ryan Jr to the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority (107)

• Reappointment of David Sargeant to the Cabery Area Fire Protection District (108)

• Reappointment of Paul Mau to the Cabery Area Fire Protection District (109)

• Reappointment of Brian Grob to the Pilot Township Fire Protection District (110)

• Reappointment of Paul Kroll to the Pilot Township Fire Protection District (111)

• Reappointment of Ralph Mercier to the St Anne Fire Protection District Board (112)

• Reappointment of Lawrence F Blanchette to the Manteno Drainage District #6 (113)

• Reappointment of Wayne Blanchette to the Manteno Drainage District #6 (114)

• Reappointment of Alan LaMore to the Manteno Drainage District #9 (115)

• Reappointment of Mark Brinkmann to the Momence-Pembroke Union Drainage District #1 (116)

• Reappointment of David Marcotte to the Spring Creek Drainage District (117)

• Appointment of Denise Turner to the University of Illinois Extension (118)

• Resignation of Peter Dvorak from the Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve District (119)

• Declaration and Disposal of Surplus Equipment for the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office (120) Highways, Waterways, and Buildings

• Resolution Authorizing the County Board Chairman to Sign an Agreement with Construction Management Company for Capital Improvements at the Kankakee County Courthouse (121)

• Resolution Authorizing the County Board Chairman to Execute & Amend a Grant Agreement with the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity for Capital Improvements at the Kankakee County Courthouse (122)

• A Resolution Designating County Highway 2 (4500 South Road) Between 16000 East Road & 17000 East Road as “Honorary George Washington Jr. Roadway” (123)

• Authorizing the Expenditure of the River Equipment Grant Fund – Fund Number 931 – For the Purchase of a Hovercraft to be Used by Fire Protection Districts Within Kankakee County (124)

PZA

• Resolution Modifying a Grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority’s Strong Communities Program – Round 2 (125)

• Resolution Accepting to Use the Illinois Housing Development Authority’s Strong Communities Program - Round 2 for the Acquisition of Four Landmark Properties (126)

Openings

• One Opening on the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (Shelter Community Representative)

• One Opening on the Historic Preservation Commission (Historian)

• Four Openings on the Regional Planning Commission

• Two Openings on the Kankakee County Board of Health (At-Large & Dentist)

• One Opening on the Kankakee County Housing Authority (Tenant)

• One Opening on the Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve District

• Three Openings on the Baker Creek Drainage District

• Two Openings on the B.M. Lewis Drainage District

• One Opening on the Canavan Drainage District

• One Opening on the Claussen Park Drainage District

• One Opening on the Exline Creek Drainage District

• Two Openings on the Gar Creek Drainage District

• Three Openings on the Grinnel Special Drainage District

• One Opening on the Joe Benes Drainage District

• Two Openings on the Manteno Drainage District #3

• One Opening on the Manteno Drainage District #6

• Two Openings on the McGillivray Special Drainage District

• One Opening on the Minnie Creek Drainage District

• One Opening on the Momence-Pembroke Union Drainage District #1

• One Opening on the Momence and Yellowhead Drainage District #1

• Two Openings on the Raymond Drainage District #1

• One Opening on the Rockville Drainage District #1

• One Opening on the Yellowhead & Washington Union Drainage District #2

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

• Declaring a Vacancy in District #10 of the Kankakee County Board

ADJOURNMENT

https://www.k3county.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07082025-2208