Kankakee Times

Kankakee County Board met Aug. 12.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

INVOCATION: Carol Webber, County Board Member

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL: County Clerk Dan Hendrickson

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

VACANCY APPOINTMENTS/RESIGNATIONS

PRESENTATION:

CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

Jury Commission

25 Yrs.

Theodis Pace

Planning Department

35 Yrs

Delbert Skimerhorn

PROCLAMATION

MINUTES OF LAST MEETING: July 8, 2025

CLAIMS COMMITTEE REPORTS: June 2025

DEPARTMENT REPORTS:

1. County Collector’s Report – June 2025

2. County Treasurer’s Report – June 2025

3. Recorder’s Monthly Reports for June 2025

4. County Clerk’s Monthly Report for June 2025

5. Coroner’s Monthly Reports for June 2025

6. Coroner’s Monthly Receipts for June 2025

7. Circuit Clerk’s Monthly Reports for June 2025

8. Animal Control’s Monthly Reports for June 2025

9. Monthly Resolution List July 2025

10. Quarterly Report of the Regional Superintendent of Iroquois & Kankakee Schools

COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS:

• Consent Agenda

• Reappointment of Dr Kent Frye to the Kankakee County Board of Health (127)

• Reappointment of Jude Pommier to the Baker Creek Drainage District (128)

• Reappointment of Nicholas Saathoff to the B.M. Lewis Drainage District (129)

• Reappointment of David Wulff to the Grinnell Special Drainage District (130)

• Reappointment of Kevin Buente to the McGillivray Drainage District (131)

• Reappointment of LeRoy Bauer to the McGillivray Drainage District (132)

• Reappointment of Donald T Benoit to the Minne Creek Drainage District (133)

• Reappointment of Steve Engelking to the Yellowhead & Washington Union Drainage District #2 (134)

• Reappointment of Joe Denault to Gar Creek Drainage District (135)

• Reappointment of Dennis O’Connor to the Gar Creek Drainage District (136)

• Reappointment of Keith Yohnka to the Baker Creek Drainiage District (137)

• Appointment of Nathan Ulrich to the Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve District Board (138)

• Appointment of Jamie Skraban to the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (139)

• Appointment of Mary Keigher to the Rockville Drainage District #1(140)

• Appointment of Tonia Jones Lafi to the Kankakee Regional Planning Commission (141)

• A Resolution Amending Resolution 2025-07-08-123 Designating County Highway 2 (4500 South Road) Between 16000 East Road and 17000 East Road as “Honorary George Washington Sr. Roadway” (142)

Highways, Waterways, and Buildings

• Resolution Authorizing the County Board Chairman to Sign Local Agency Agreement for Federal Participation and

Appropriating County Bridge Funds for a Bridge Replacement on County Highway 13 over Pike Creek (143)

• Resolution Authorizing the County Board Chairman to Sign Local Agency Agreement for Federal Participation and Appropriating County Bridge Funds for a Bridge Replacement on County Highway 14 over Trim Creek (144)

Openings

• One Opening on the Historic Preservation Commission (Historian)

• Three Openings on the Regional Planning Commission

• One Opening on the Kankakee County Board of Health (Dentist)

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

• One Opening on the Baker Creek Drainage District

• One Opening on the Canavan Drainage District

• One Opening on the B.M. Lewis Drainage District

• One Opening on the Claussen Park Drainage District

• One Opening on the Exline Creek Drainage District

• Two 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 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

EXECUTIVE SESSION – Purchase/Sale of Real Estate – 55 ILCS 5/5-1005

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

• Declaration and Disposal of Surplus Equipment for the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office (145)

• Authorizing the County Board Chairman to Sign an Agreement for the Sale of Real Estate and to Amend the Listing Price as Necessary(146)

• Setting of the State’s Attorney’s Annual Salary (147)

• Setting of the Public Defender’s Annual Salary (148)

• Declaring a Vacancy in District #14 of the Kankakee County Board

ADJOURNMENT

https://www.k3county.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122025-2218