[3:10] Where's the

[4:47] maintain our liberties and freedoms and ensure those unalienable rights to every

[4:52] American.

[6:55] Let me tell first and foremost they have to go see the

[7:00] planner and [clears throat] she works with those people whether it's the

[7:03] business whether it's the individual whatever project that is she goes

[7:07] through that project finds out where they're going to do it what the rules

[7:09] are what the regulations are and what steps they have to go through in order

[7:12] to make it potentially a viable project after it goes there and it goes to the

[7:17] planning commission planning commission looks at our our

[7:21] ordinances comprehensive plan and decides whether

[7:24] or not it looks like it fits within the comprehensive plan. If it does, they

[7:28] say, "Yeah, looks good." It moves on. From there, it goes to a very important

[7:33] step called the zoning board of appeals, the ZDA as many people call at the ZDA.

[7:40] that gives residents the opportunity to come sit at the in the audience and

[7:48] watch the CBA proceedings of that particular project and they can then ask

[7:55] questions, voice comments, concerns, all of those things. It can be a long

[8:00] tedious process depending on the project, sometimes involving multiple

[8:05] meetings. if any of you were around for the windmills the first go around or any

[8:09] of that stuff. It was many many many long evenings going through that. So

[8:16] that's that's just the steps of how things go. Once that's done through the

[8:20] ZBA, it then comes to the county board but at committee level first. That would

[8:26] come to the administrative administrative committee as a whole and

[8:30] it would be discussed during planning and zoning portion of that where the

[8:35] county board would have the opportunity to ask questions of staff. They've

[8:40] helped and gather the information on the uh item or subject uh for us. and then

[8:48] also ask questions of the applicant that is trying to put together a project. And

[8:53] then the county board in its committee meeting would make a vote, a preliminary

[8:58] vote as to how they were feeling at that point. Then two weeks later would come

[9:03] the final vote at a full county board meeting. So there's no reason at all

[9:09] that anyone should be caught off guard that the county board is voting on any

[9:13] kind of project, whether it's a data center, whether it's a windmill, whether

[9:17] it's a solar farm, or whether it's a tent in somebody's backyard.

[9:26] So please keep that in mind. We're not

[9:30] we're not going to nor would would state law allow us to try and sneak something

[9:37] through and under the carpet. If if by chance we were going to vote on the data

[9:42] center today and or any project wouldn't have to be a data center and we hadn't

[9:47] followed all those steps specifically, then one of you could sue us, the

[9:54] county, and we would lose because we didn't follow the proper procedures to

[9:59] make sure that you and the public knew what we were doing and what was

[10:04] happening and what was being proposed. So, I hope that alleviates some fears

[10:09] and concerns. It's it's a tedious process, one that I've been involved

[10:13] with for a very long time. So, we don't want to missteps

[10:18] because we want to make sure people do know there's a project coming up,

[10:22] whatever kind of project it is. That being said, I do have some uh

[10:27] people that have asked to speak. We'll remind everybody that you have three

[10:31] minutes for your public comment.

[10:37] So clear. All right. First, I have Mike Hill.

[10:45] I would ask that you please state your name and address for the record

[10:50] and then I will start your time.

[10:56] Go back. Council number. I'm sorry. Your address is my address is 4415 Chanel

[11:03] Road. Thank you. Council members, my name is Mike Novak. My abandon and I

[11:08] live on Genoa Road where we have seen some recent activity around us,

[11:12] including sightful, boring, and surveying of Genoa Road. I have read the

[11:16] strategic plan file in June of this year and want to voice my concern that there

[11:20] is planned commercial industrial development around my farm and my home.

[11:25] I oppose any plans that expand this development into our neighborhood and

[11:29] that would destroy what is currently beautiful farmland and preserves. I'd

[11:33] further express my concern that these plans were not presented to us, the

[11:37] residents who it impacts the most, nor will we ever contacted or surveyed about

[11:42] any new plans for our area. Last, I want to ask the council what is being planned

[11:47] and not built south of I90 including

[11:53] and how they think these plans will affect the current tenants of that land.

[11:56] Thank you. Thank you. Next I have Jeffy.

[12:04] Please state your name and address.

[12:19] Hello Jeffy 7272 Yuber Road.

[12:25] appreciate that good explanation on the concerns that probably most of us are

[12:30] here for uh the data center or the building this morning there

[12:36] gentleman before me kind of expressed a lot of my same concerns questions and

[12:40] worries this is not a question and answer thing

[12:44] so I'm just kind of following up the same thing that there's there's

[12:47] something going on

[12:51] in this room know something's going on it's just uh

[12:54] a matter of when are we going to go about it and what's the time frame

[12:58] before you know it goes from step A to the final step is kind of my my question

[13:07] you guys answering the questions or just your chance to address us better

[13:14] so again kind of do what he said is there something we want to do it's

[13:20] just I guess what we're going to

[13:24] I guess the nature. So, thank you.

[13:30] [clears throat] >> Next, I have David Henderson,

[13:44] David Henderson, 30 Center Road. Um, I have the two

[13:49] gentlemen for me. I'm pretty much in the same boat. I just want to know what's

[13:52] going on with the uh the drilling and what not. Um my concern if this should

[13:58] happen or or what's going to happen to a lot of our drinking water, our roads

[14:05] that are in Spring Township, what's going to happen to our property values?

[14:10] And I know I'm against it if it should occur.

[14:15] And [clears throat] I I just I do feel that something's

[14:19] going on. And I do feel that you guys are telling the truth that there's

[14:24] nothing that you know about, but somebody knows something somewhere. And

[14:30] I think we have the right to know. And I'd really like to know what's going to

[14:34] happen to our property values. And you know, we pay pretty high taxes out

[14:39] there. What's going to happen to that if something happens to that? That's one of

[14:43] my concerns too because you know we pay taxes on what our houses are worth and

[14:48] if they go down considerably 30 40% as our taxes go down I'd like to know

[14:53] something about that as well. Um other than that I was going to pass before I

[14:58] got up here but I decided that that's some of my concerns and I

[15:02] appreciate you let me say what I can say. Thank you very much.

[15:07] Anyone else for public comment let's come up. I ask you to grab a sheet

[15:14] out very well.

[15:39] That's

[15:45] Well, Scott 9100 76. My family's been wealth.

[15:54] Um, there is definitely some people I have a list that we

[16:01] want to ask everyone here. Why? Think about that. Why? Why do you love

[16:07] being is for generations after generations and

[16:13] a big part of it agriculture? Agriculture runs the country. You agree

[16:19] or so then my question why why are we worried if somebody wants to build a

[16:24] data center? Who do you want to make a billionaire a trillionaire? Why do we

[16:28] want to make a CEO a multi-million dollar bonus for the year and work our

[16:33] community? I mean, I know it's the future, but we also live here. We got

[16:39] generations that lived here for a long time after that. So,

[16:45] my point is always think why use common sense and why do we want to use our

[16:50] resources to make somebody else rich that lives halfway across the country,

[16:55] right across the world? Um, another thing I want to touch on is the school

[17:01] board. We already got a school government now that's out of control.

[17:05] They'll pay $30 million for um first three year olds.

[17:12] When we grew up, our parents weren't able to ditch us off at school. So why

[17:17] do we want to think the responsibility and reliability of transportation

[17:22] safety and another building two buildings that are

[17:28] probably great because after they sell them they put preschool back in the

[17:32] schools any kind of funny they're safer kids are

[17:36] going to school but I know there's stops community stopping off right at the

[17:43] beginning and addressing all that and time will tell And I'm sure we'll have

[17:47] more discussions over this as we did at the Great Basin Railroad. So, thank you.

[17:53] » Thank you. >> That's Paul. Anyone else?

[17:59] See, thank you very much. Appreciate everybody's comments.

[18:04] I'd ask for a motion to approve the general consent items.

[18:08] Second by any discussion?

[18:12] All in favor say I. >> I. opposed. [clears throat]

[18:17] Oops. Carries for our agency senior connection.

[18:40] never been, I would invite you to go. Um there are a lot of um outstanding

[18:44] activities for seniors in staying connected in the community and with each

[18:49] other um to keep everybody active. >> Thank you very much. And for the record,

[18:54] I would like to uh announce that Miss Patterson joined us at 6:39 p.m.

[19:01] Ro,

[19:04] » good evening. Um well, we have about 104 uh projects that are in the pipeline. 35

[19:11] um we have identified as being committed or beginning construction. Can you hold

[19:15] on? >> Yes.

[19:17] » Can we turn that on?

[19:22] » That's what I'm trying to work on without going.

[19:28] » Is this better? >> We'll just try.

[19:31] » Okay. >> No, no worries. Um 35 have committed or

[19:35] started construction. About six have completed. Um you probably heard um

[19:40] beginning of this uh week um uh Stalantis did announce that they're

[19:44] going to start um their first um STLA1 uh platform vehicle. Um so it's going to

[19:51] be the next generation of the Jeep Cherokee um in Belvadier. So this is

[19:56] real exciting. It's going to be their first one in I believe the US. Um this

[20:00] is a $800 million investment that they're expecting. Meanwhile, they're

[20:04] going to help support the um employees that um are waiting to relaunch and and

[20:12] be involved. So, the start date um is expected in 2028 um with full-scale

[20:17] production in 2029. We have been working with them over the past month um on

[20:23] enterprise zone activity as well. Um, another project that we've been

[20:28] working with um that we have shared before was called uh was a company

[20:32] called Merlin Steel. They had reached out to us in June interest in locations

[20:36] here in Boone County. While they had purchased the Franklin Wire facility in

[20:42] July, um we had spoken with them. We're looking forward to to following up uh

[20:47] another meeting with them and and we've sent them a lot of workforce information

[20:51] and um they have a lot of the same uh community values that Franklin Wire has.

[20:57] So, it's going to be very exciting to to transition that, but we'll be meeting

[21:01] with them uh next month in order to discuss um some investments they want to

[21:06] make in the community. Um another uh some other project

[21:10] highlights were our um the East Point Commons in which it's the Bush

[21:14] Properties DMD Investments that um have uh allocated part of their uh um

[21:21] property on the east um east of Walmart um retail store to be uh uh planned

[21:28] business and the other is u more industrial. So, we have been marketing

[21:32] that property and another project has been um will be executed um after the

[21:39] region one planning council received an $ 8.9 million award to provide

[21:45] solutions. And part of those solutions are ones that we had discussed over 10

[21:50] years ago to brer to south of um uh US20 uh and near the

[21:58] I90 corridor and Irene Road corridor. So this is really exciting. It's going to

[22:02] bring a lot of money uh to fund those solutions. Another project that we've

[22:08] been working with um we've been working with the Illinois Board of Realators,

[22:12] Boone County Health Department and Planning Department um in order to try

[22:17] uh to identify some of those um housing needs that we have and also to identify

[22:24] what some of the challenges that maybe um building housing might have in

[22:29] different areas um and then provide some recommendations. This will give us a

[22:33] platform so we can market specific needs to those communities. We're planning on

[22:38] having a a kickoff meeting uh in the next week or so. Um and last I want to

[22:44] share that um we have our annual dinner September 2nd. Please register. We're

[22:49] looking for registrations by August 24th. Um so we're looking forward to it.

[22:54] We have a number of sponsors. Um, as a reminder, uh, Robert Leki, um, general

[23:00] manager for the Walmart perishable distribution center, will be our keynote

[23:04] speaker. So, real excited and it'll be an opportunity to ask all the questions

[23:08] you want and he'll share the story not only about um, how Walmart chose

[23:13] Belvadier, but also why he chose Belvadier. So,

[23:19] that's all I have. >> Any questions? Quiling. Quiling.

[23:28] that meetings. >> No.

[23:31] » Yeah. Just a quick question. I just wanted to take two seconds and

[23:38] say it's great to see a lot of people here. Folks certainly have a right to

[23:42] know what's going on.

[23:50] I'm sorry, I can't hear at all.

[24:02] » Can you hear me? >> Um, very little. I now I just heard you

[24:06] echo a little bit.

[24:11] I apologize. >> I'm trying to get this work. It's

[24:15] working. It's working. bars.

[24:19] » I can hear that a little clearer.

[24:41] I don't know.

[24:52] » Erin, if you could repeat that question.

[25:02] I apologize. I'm not hearing anything. I'm hearing echoes.

[25:25] My apologies. I I can't hear anything.

[25:37] 51,000 $4323

[25:43] 63 for the courthouse project

[25:50] discussion

[25:57] who wants to

[26:00] I got the

[26:15] we have three change orders that uh 104 one

[26:24] and one for a total amount of 45,32363.

[26:32] These change orders uh are not part of the scope of the work that we originally

[26:38] had in the the house. Change order number one EPCO 104

[26:47] is an addition to the toning of the restoration of the bridge and the

[26:54] courthouse. There were two place, two or three

[26:59] places that we could not see when the original

[27:04] um evaluation of the building that the pointing and uh you have the photographs

[27:13] and and your package uh that will explain

[27:19] why this is needed. We are learning and I can say we are learning on a lot on

[27:26] this uh restoration because uh what we see there it was a

[27:36] a covers that was done in the 20s and it was normally done for different

[27:43] buildings that had brick deterioration and that we can discuss later on on that

[27:51] But there is a lot of that cover was done because there was a lot of

[27:56] deterioration on the original masonry for the four house. So this is an

[28:05] addition of 4,69120

[28:10] to the existing masonry restoration that is being done.

[28:18] the PCO [snorts] 111

[28:23] painting and this was removed in the [clears throat] in the original in the

[28:30] beginning of the project. We removed the painting of the restoration of the

[28:37] corners and the courthouse and remove a lot of the uh restoration of the

[28:45] masonry. uh when uh

[28:49] when budgets the budget was reduced from our original budget provided to the

[28:55] restoration of the courthouse restoration and addition. So we decided

[29:01] to put the money uh on on other areas like the additions and the interior.

[29:11] So um this is a the the corn painting is 19,000

[40:55] Now they're on. I think it was unplugged.

[40:59] majority of four.

[41:07] » Yeah.

[41:22] [clears throat]

[41:26] » Pretty much >> the third color.

[41:29] by itself.

[41:33] » I can't see it. Still not the worst day I've had this.

[41:35] » Not the worst. >> That was the when the water was coming,

[41:38] right?

[41:55] Got rude. day

[42:04] everybody in the long run looking really nice and

[42:11] a lot of the people that go to my church they have seen this project a lot

[42:26] 313 story building. They're trying to get water down.

[42:31] [laughter]

[43:36] close to that, but it's still a little further south.

[43:39] » You know, doctors and attorneys are all the time be deposed and testify and

[43:44] stuff. Pacific.

[43:47] [laughter] >> Where does the county get? Cuz I'm going

[43:49] on county, >> you know.

[43:55] Whatever it is, >> he he answered in an email. I was I was

[43:58] kind of teasing

[44:07] over there for the next two days,

[44:13] » Mr. Riley.

[44:17] I would have to open it up. [clears throat]

[44:20] » The only thing sit here and just hold it.

[44:24] » It's like reverse PTT. So, >> we're good. He's got

[44:29] that like 10 minutes ago. [laughter]

[44:35] » You need to play with this.

[44:39] » They're all on right now.

[44:44] All right, if we can make our way back to

[44:48] [laughter] >> a quick

[44:52] [clears throat]

[44:59] should do a test. >> Thank you.

[45:01] » All right. Thank you. Think we had Mr. Sevdra and Mr. Darnell

[45:08] on the witness. I mean, uh, [laughter]

[45:13] All right. [clears throat] Sorry, gentlemen. Please continue.

[45:17] » Uh, that is more questions. Mr. Shoemaker,

[45:20] » uh, I have a question about the sidewalk. I guess my question is how

[45:24] much are we responsible and how much is the city responsible?

[45:30] » Whose fine is that? >> I guess that would be for Miss Tobin

[45:34] potentially. >> That's a good question. Um, I mean,

[45:37] generally the city has uh the 5050 sidewalk program.

[45:43] as long as it is within budget, they tend to run out.

[45:47] You know, there's only so much money per year. Um, we can definitely follow

[45:51] through and check with um with the city on that. [clears throat]

[45:56] » So, whatever you approve tonight would be a not to exceed just in case we can

[46:01] um get the city to pay for some of that. All right.

[46:04] » Okay. Any other questions regarding the change orders?

[46:10] Mr. Darnell thoughts.

[46:14] » Thank you chairman. Good evening everyone.

[46:18] So the of the three items that are on the agenda tonight, you know, item

[46:22] number one is masonry restoration of the admin building and it and it's a a got

[46:29] to do. We have to do that work. Items number two, two and three are voluntary

[46:35] but highly recommended to keep you know we've replaced the roof on the building.

[46:40] We're restoring the masonry. Uh we might as well paint the cornice while we're

[46:44] doing that and get the exterior envelope all in the same sequence. Um the

[46:51] sidewalks again that's a voluntary item but um

[46:56] with the new building and the variation of sidewalks I would recommend that we

[47:02] do that. Um the all of the engineers have looked at that this we've looked at

[47:07] it as far as the cost estimating and feel that it's fair and reasonable.

[47:14] So we would recommend all three at this time.

[47:17] » Okay. Any questions for Mr. Darnell?

[47:22] » Yeah, I guess I would kind of tend to agree with Mr. Shoemaker. I mean, I

[47:25] think it's something that I know we don't miss, you mentioned that, but I

[47:28] think it's something we I'd like recorded or noted that we would ask the

[47:32] city to maybe share an expensive sidewalk.

[47:37] [clears throat] >> Anything else?

[47:41] All right. Thank you, gentlemen. >> Do you want to the motion to matrix?

[47:47] [clears throat] >> Think we need to.

[47:51] » All right. I'd ask for uh an amendment to the motion to make it a not not to

[47:57] exceed 45,323.63.

[48:03] Motion by uh Mr. Schneider, seconded by Mr. Wilty.

[48:08] All in favor say I. I. >> Oppos.

[48:12] » That amendment carries. Next, we will vote on the change orders as amended.

[48:19] The >> yes vote will pass the change orders and

[48:21] the not to exceed. >> Roll call, please.

[48:25] » Josh Schumaker, >> yes.

[48:27] » David Cbury, >> yes.

[48:28] » Brian Schneider, >> yes.

[48:30] » David Wilty, >> hi.

[48:31] » Lisa Patterson, >> yes.

[48:33] » Tom Walbert, >> hi.

[48:34] » Rodney Riley, >> hi.

[48:36] » Matt Reano, >> hi.

[48:38] » Dana Lston, >> hi.

[48:40] » Marian Thornberry, >> Carl Johnson,

[48:42] » hi. >> Motion carries. Thank you very much.

[48:46] We have administrative committee. Mr. Curry is not here, so I will take that.

[48:56] I would ask for a motion to approve ordinance 2633

[48:59] altered speed limit zone on Roxton Road, Mccur Road, and Grade School Road in

[49:04] Manchester Township. Motion by Mr. Organo, seconded by

[49:12] Mr. Wily. discussion.

[49:18] Uh Mr. Cone or >> Yeah, I'll go quick and then township's

[49:25] here as well based on your request. So address

[49:30] » uh Justin Crow 975976. >> Uh so the township's here as well uh at

[49:36] your request to to speak. I just wanted to speak real quick. I did put the uh as

[49:41] I mentioned last time ID do changed their policy last year. um and uh step

[49:46] back from the 85th percentile the 85th percentile um rule that has always been

[49:51] used standardly in the past. Um so um it it provides more leniency on uh

[49:58] reducing speed limits uh based on other factors and and um opinions, field

[50:04] observations, all that kind of stuff. Um some of the factors are bicyclists, uh

[50:10] pedestrians, uh spacings of houses and uh safety. So those are the primary

[50:16] factors. Um it's still uh the guidance still asks or still uh provides that um

[50:22] that you can do the speed study. I honestly have not had time to even start

[50:27] the speed study. Uh what that involves is um these roads are the ADT the

[50:32] average daily traffic on these roads are um a max of 250 uh down to a minimum of

[50:38] 50. Um so uh in by comparison 76 up in that area is about 2,000. Uh Manchester

[50:45] is 1,000 and and Hunter's uh 2,000. So that kind of gives you a relative idea.

[50:49] These are very low these are lower volume roads. Um classification in on

[50:54] these roads are the lowest classification as well. That's in the

[50:56] the um guidance. Uh these are local streets. Um uh so I like I said, I have

[51:03] not had a chance to to do a speed study. Uh that involves getting a speed

[51:07] trailer, putting it out on site, uh letting it operate for uh multiple days.

[51:11] Uh you know, you got to you got to let it um collect data for a period of time

[51:16] that is a typical day. So if it rains or if there's inclement weather or anything

[51:20] like that, you got to um pick up additional data. Um, so a speed study

[51:24] like this would probably as long as the speed trailer is available from the

[51:28] sheriff's department, um, that would I would say for three roads like this, it

[51:33] probably be we'd be looking at like a month at least u for me to do something

[51:36] like that. Um, there are other opportunities if you want to pursue that

[51:40] to to lower the speed limit and and I think uh the township can probably speak

[51:44] to those um factors um if those want to be considered. So, uh, that's all the

[51:48] information I have and and sorry I got the, uh, the speed policy up there just

[51:53] late late. So, if you haven't, uh, gone under this item in the last, uh, few

[51:57] hours, I guess probably, um, then, uh, you could go under there and find that

[52:02] speed policy, and that's the ID do policy that reflects the national um,

[52:07] uh, federal highway policy. So, >> any questions for Mr. Chrome?

[52:13] » Okay. And the townships. Oh, go ahead, Miss Patterson.

[52:17] » Can you explain to me the speed? So, the speed study, does it cost us anything or

[52:21] is it just time and implementation? >> It doesn't cost us really anything.

[52:25] We've got all the equipment. We've got the expertise uh to do it. Uh and what

[52:28] the speed study is basically over a course of um uh you're supposed to do it

[52:34] for multiple days uh three days of good weather. Um it will give you a bunch of

[52:39] um almost like a bell curve, a bunch of uh speeds. you know, you might get uh a

[52:43] lot of the people are maybe driving, you know, 40 to 50 miles an hour and all

[52:47] those dots will be projected on there. You might get somebody that's driving,

[52:50] you know, 60 miles an hour. Those are should be very few. Maybe it's a farm

[52:55] implement or other equipment out there that's driving 10 20 m hour. Um so all

[53:00] those are projected on there and then the 85th percentile is you go down um uh

[53:05] until you hit 85% of the speed uh data is under that percentile. So that that

[53:12] could be 55 and then that case you would the speed wouldn't uh the speed study

[53:17] would support a 55 mile limit in areas that are only urban. If you have a a um

[53:24] um I'm sorry rural areas. If you have a rural area that is urbanizing uh which

[53:30] there is a section up there on um Mccuri Road that I looked into that does meet

[53:35] the qualifications um based on 100 foot spacings for uh of structures uh for a

[53:42] distance of quarter mile then you can instead of using that 85th percentile

[53:45] you can bring it down to the 50th percentile which then obviously l lowers

[53:49] the speed limit that would be suggested from that speed study. Um so uh the

[53:55] other roads uh um um Grand School and Rockton are um more of the

[54:02] classification of a row. Um uh um McCur Road would uh would allow you to do so

[54:10] those would be using the 85th percentile. Mercury Road uh based on the

[54:14] criteria would would allow you the 50th percentile.

[54:18] That answer your question? >> Yep. Thank you.

[54:20] » Anyone else? Okay. And the township is here. So, I

[54:26] guess we have questions for the township. Do we want to hear from the

[54:28] township? You're welcome to come up and

[54:43] good evening. I'm Jim Schwarzbock, the road commissioner up in Manchester

[54:46] Township. And that's Tim Hall, the supervisor for Manchester Township. And

[54:50] the way this all got started is this spring I have a resident that lives on

[54:55] grade school road that had a heart attack last year and he walks every

[54:58] morning and he approached me and he says, "Can we do anything about the

[55:01] speed limits on grade school road?" He says, "I've got people driving by me at

[55:05] 65 and 70 mph." I said, "I can look into it." And that's how the ball got

[55:09] rolling. And then I got started thinking about our roads up there.

[55:14] Our roads are different than probably most other townships in the area because

[55:20] we have narrow roads. I've cleaned back the rideways the best

[55:25] I can with what money I have to work with, but we still have a lot of tree

[55:28] growth and a lot of vegetation that's close to the edge of the roads. So, you

[55:32] have problem with animals crossing in front of traffic. We have people now

[55:36] that are riding their bikes in the area, which they always have, but now it seems

[55:41] a lot more people are riding bikes. I have neighbors that walk their kids and

[55:45] their dogs up and down Rockton Road, up and down McCur Road, down Free Church

[55:50] Road. It's all about safety in my mind. I don't think I have a road in my

[55:56] township that warrants a 55 mph speeding.

[55:59] We passed a resolution on the township level two months ago.

[56:04] » Yes. >> That all our roads be 45 miles an hour

[56:07] in the township. That's that's where we stand in the

[56:12] study. I've done is I've talked to people that are out walking and

[56:16] neighbors. They all think it's a great idea to have 35 mph speed limits on

[56:20] Rockton and Mccur. And then we started on grade school road with 45 mph. And

[56:26] then like I said, the resolution to make everything 45 mph.

[56:30] And at 35 mph speed limit, especially on Mccuri, like Justin was talking about

[56:35] the 50 percentile, if you've never been on that road, it starts up high, comes

[56:40] down, curves around down a hill over a creek. There's two driveways at the

[56:44] bottom of the hill, so they're hidden, basically hidden entrances. We have the

[56:48] same thing on Rocken Road. halfway down the road down the hill, two driveways on

[56:52] either side. And the one thing that's going to happen more now is people get

[56:57] off 90 on Rockton Road and they use it for a cut through. Rockton Road's got

[57:02] new pavement on it. So I get a lot more traffic and now when the towway raises

[57:06] their rates, you're going to get a lot more traffic cutting off the tollway

[57:10] coming through our township. >> Okay, questions.

[57:15] over. >> What is the speed limit in Wnebago

[57:17] County on these adjacent roads?

[57:23] » Rockton Road is 45 miles an hour on the other side of county line.

[57:26] » 45 >> 45

[57:29] » and Mccur, >> same thing.

[57:36] But that stretch of rock and road that Winnebago County has, it's actually

[57:40] Rosco Township and they have their rightway back 30t on either side of the

[57:44] road and it's a straight shot from County Line to White School Road.

[57:50] » And they're wide. They're wide up there. >> Yeah. And their pavement's wider, too.

[57:54] Their Their pavement is 24 foot wide. My roads at the widest are 20t wide.

[58:03] » Okay. Further questions, Mr. Thornberry? I don't have a question, but like I said

[58:08] at one of our other meetings, I've driven not all of those roads up there,

[58:12] but from Rocken Road south, I've driven the roads that have been

[58:16] mentioned. And to me, 45 is fine. I can't see any

[58:21] reason to reduce it 35. It just doesn't make any sense for that kind of country.

[58:28] » Well, I've timed it from county line to free church going 35 miles an hour. It

[58:32] takes you two minutes. So if you need to go faster than that, you should have

[58:37] left earlier. >> We can use logic all we want, but based

[58:43] on experience, people don't really pay attention to speed limit.

[58:48] » People don't pay attention to stop signs and stop lights.

[58:50] » I know. >> So I can put all the signs up I want.

[58:52] All I'm doing is maybe the honest people will slow down and maybe the people that

[58:56] go 70 mph will go 55 instead of 70 if they see a 35 or 45 mph speed limit

[59:01] sign. >> Right. I don't have a problem with 45

[59:05] because that those roads are 45 mph roads. I just can't see 35.

[59:12] » Further questions or comments from the board.

[59:17] » Mr. Walber, >> I I find it interesting that u

[59:21] where you're talking about there on Grace Road that the sheriff lives next

[59:26] to this individual. >> Sheriff what

[59:29] » and sheriff? Yeah. Yeah. of county sheriff. Uh you would think that we

[59:35] would get some patrolling work done up there or something. Have you how is have

[59:39] you had accidents or what what what brings you to this conclusion that that

[59:42] this has to be done? Is it accidents? Is it do we have increased traffic tickets

[59:47] being made up there or what's going on? >> Safety is my big thing. And as far as

[59:51] patrols, we don't get much because I actually take my wife to work in the

[59:55] morning. We go down Rock and Road and we go to County Line and stop the corner.

[59:59] You can sit there for 10 minutes and watch six or seven people blow through

[1:00:02] the stop sign. And I've called the sheriff to go up there and sit and write

[1:00:06] tickets. They're too busy or they'll get to it when they can or it's shift change

[1:00:10] at 5:30. We don't have time. >> I I know they've done a lot in the

[1:00:15] county recently with the stop sign monitoring and that. So, I think there's

[1:00:19] been an increase in in trying to help help that matter. But, uh, yeah, my

[1:00:24] concern is is is maybe having a speed study done to try to make sure that

[1:00:28] we're doing making the right decisions here as a county board.

[1:00:31] » Okay. Anyone else? Mr. Wy, >> this seems to me to be pretty simple and

[1:00:37] Jim has described what's going on with those two roads and how they're

[1:00:41] restricted. more bicycles and people are moving faster and there's more cars and

[1:00:46] they the tolls tollway raise information uh costs will cause more traffic to come

[1:00:52] through there. This is to me this is common sense and I will be voting yes

[1:00:57] for this 35 especially on those two streets. It's u you don't I don't want

[1:01:03] to see somebody get killed because we didn't do this.

[1:01:09] » Anyone else? Okay. Uh, do want to say a couple words.

[1:01:16] I think it's wrong to change these speed limits without doing a speed study.

[1:01:22] There's a reason you do speed studies. There's a reason you have those tools.

[1:01:26] And we can say it's common sense or we can say it just feels right. But the

[1:01:31] facts are the facts. And that's what a speed study gives us is it gives us that

[1:01:35] information to make that decision. Um, I I haven't heard of an overabundance of

[1:01:42] of traffic accidents in these areas. Um, I understand slower

[1:01:50] speeds or safer speeds. We are a rural county.

[1:01:56] We have to remember that, too. It's not Lake County. It's not Cook County. It's

[1:02:01] not even Mckenry County. I mean, we're definitely more rural and we need to

[1:02:06] take all those factors into account. Speed study will help us do that. I I

[1:02:10] don't think putting up a 45 mph speed limit sign is going to stop somebody

[1:02:14] that's going 70 mph down the road going 70 mi down the road. They don't care

[1:02:18] already. So, it's not going to make them care a

[1:02:22] little more because, well, I'd be getting a ticket for a little. They

[1:02:25] don't care. They don't care because they're blowing

[1:02:30] the stop signs. Like you said, I see it all the time, too. It It's It's crazy.

[1:02:35] Um I'm I'm definitely not in favor of of

[1:02:40] doing this without a speed study. If we did a speed study, I would certainly

[1:02:45] consider it, but not without doing a speed study.

[1:02:48] That's my two cents. So, that being said, let's uh let's roll call this just

[1:02:55] so we make sure we get the right count.

[1:03:00] Roll call, please. >> Dave Cordre,

[1:03:03] » yes. >> Brian Schneider,

[1:03:05] » yes. >> David Wily,

[1:03:06] » yes. >> Lisa Patterson,

[1:03:12] » no. >> Tom Walberg,

[1:03:14] » no. >> Rodney Riley,

[1:03:17] » no. >> Matt Reggano,

[1:03:20] » yes. >> Dana Lockton,

[1:03:22] » I >> Marian Thornberry,

[1:03:24] » no. >> Carl Johnson,

[1:03:26] » no. >> Josh Shoemaker,

[1:03:28] » no. Motion fails. Thank you.

[1:03:34] Next item. I'd ask for a motion to approve ordinance 2631,

[1:03:38] moving the original planning commission to chapter 2, article 7, administration

[1:03:43] of the county code.

[1:03:50] Anyone want to make that miss by Mr. Thornberry, seconded by

[1:03:55] Mr. Reggano. Discussion staff. Again, this ordinance is with regards to

[1:04:01] the regional planning commission section of the um county code is currently in

[1:04:08] chapter 62. We're uh recommending that it be changed and moved to chapter 2 and

[1:04:13] the administrative code. The language is remains the same. It's just moving to a

[1:04:18] different location. >> Okay. Any questions? Mr. Wily,

[1:04:21] » moved. >> We already had a motion

[1:04:25] » and second. >> My apologies.

[1:04:26] » Okay. Any other discussion? All in favor say I.

[1:04:31] » I. >> Oppos.

[1:04:33] » Motion carries. Thank you. [clears throat] It ask for a motion to

[1:04:36] approve ordinance 26-32 moving the zoning board of appeals to chapter 2

[1:04:41] article 8 administration of the county code.

[1:04:44] Mr. Wahberg, seconded by M. Mr. Reggano. >> Yes. So, this particular [clears throat]

[1:04:51] was within our um zoning ordinance. It was recommended by our consultants that

[1:04:55] it be um moved to the administrative chapter which is chapter 2 which is the

[1:05:00] same chapter as what we uh were just referencing for the regional planning

[1:05:03] commission. So then the zoning board of appeals will also be listed in that

[1:05:07] chapter administration chapter 2. >> Okay, any questions?

[1:05:12] All in favor say I. >> I

[1:05:15] motion carries. I'd ask for a motion to approve ordinance 26-29,

[1:05:21] an ordinance amending the Boone County Code to insert as appendix C, the Boone

[1:05:25] County storm water protection and NPD permits of the Boone County Code

[1:05:33] » by Mr. Reggano, seconded by Mr. Wahberg. Staff report.

[1:05:40] » So, this particular section was um within our subdivision ordinance. It was

[1:05:45] uh recommended by our consultants that it be moved into an appendix that is

[1:05:49] after our unified development [clears throat] ordinance. None of the

[1:05:52] language is being changed other than the um item is being moved to that location

[1:05:56] and it's being um referenced as the uh standards for the unincorporated Boom

[1:06:02] County. >> Thank you. Any questions for staff?

[1:06:07] Seeing none, all in favor say I. I >> opposed. Motion carries. Thank you.

[1:06:13] Next, I'd ask for a motion to approve ordinance 26-30, an ordinance amending

[1:06:17] the Boone County Code to insert as appendix B, the Boone County Flood Plane

[1:06:22] Ordinance of the Boone County Code by Mr. Wilty, seconded by Mr. Reggano.

[1:06:29] Staff report. >> So, this language is actually a little

[1:06:32] more in-depth than the other three ordinances that we had proposed. This is

[1:06:36] the floodplane ordinance language that was recommended by the Illinois

[1:06:40] Department of Natural Resources. It's been reviewed by them and it's uh

[1:06:45] basically a model of what they've uh given us to insert into our ordinances

[1:06:51] and it's um [clears throat] being doing that is in compliance with

[1:06:55] our flood uh insurance. So, it's recommended that we insert this into our

[1:07:00] ordinance. >> All right. Thank you. Any questions for

[1:07:03] staff? All in favor say I. I.

[1:07:08] » Any opposed?

[1:07:11] Thank you. Nothing else for administration. Mr. Wahlberg, finance.

[1:07:17] » Thank you, chairman. Number 11. Motion to approve claims. Approve the claims

[1:07:23] the amount of 1,542,162.91

[1:07:31] with the understanding that Carl Johnson abstains from voting on all claims

[1:07:34] presented by William Charles Northern Illinois Service Company or in Maine.

[1:07:39] All claims submitted by the Boone County Highway Department and all claims

[1:07:43] submitted by the county department regarding sewage storm water

[1:07:46] construction and excavation. >> Motion by Mr. Wahberg. Is there a

[1:07:51] second? >> Second.

[1:07:53] » By Mr. Schneider, discussion.

[1:07:57] Seeing none, roll call, please. >> Brian Schneider,

[1:08:01] » yes. >> David Wy,

[1:08:02] » hi. >> Lisa Patterson,

[1:08:04] » yes. >> Tom Walber,

[1:08:06] » hi. >> Rodney Riley,

[1:08:07] » hi. Matt Reggano, >> hi

[1:08:09] » Dana Lockton. >> Hi.

[1:08:10] » Marian Thornberry. >> Yes.

[1:08:11] » Carl Johnson. >> Hi.

[1:08:13] » Josh Shoemaker. >> Yes.

[1:08:14] » David Cordre. >> Yes.

[1:08:15] » Harris. Thank you, Mr. Walber. >> Okay. We we have we moved 11.1. So move

[1:08:22] on to 11.2. Uh I move to approve hiring the IT

[1:08:27] intern and transition to full-time employee.

[1:08:30] » Motion by Mr. Wahberg. Is there a second by Mr. Riley? Discussion.

[1:08:35] There's a memo. Becky, >> um Joe Shaden is on the phone. Um

[1:08:41] [clears throat] if there are any questions, I know there was um

[1:08:44] discussion at finance about whether um to keep our current intern as an intern

[1:08:50] and wait until the new fiscal year or um make him a full-time employee effective

[1:08:56] immediately or September 1st or or something like that. Um the difference

[1:09:00] in the cost between the two is about $3,500 plus benefits obviously. Um

[1:09:07] I I'll turn it over to Joe if he has anything else. I know um chairman wanted

[1:09:12] us to look into further um [clears throat]

[1:09:15] reaching out to the townships in district 2 about helping to finance this

[1:09:19] position by signing on with Boone County IT. Um we have not had an opportunity to

[1:09:25] do that yet. Things have been pretty hectic around here and it has been super

[1:09:29] busy with all the moves. Um Joe might be able to elaborate elaborate on that a

[1:09:33] little bit. >> Joe, yes. [clears throat] Um the

[1:09:38] townships have expressed interest uh but the talks have not evolved to the

[1:09:44] point where we're talking numbers. So I can't give you anything like that. Uh

[1:09:48] but they definitely are interested in utilizing Boone's IT services.

[1:09:55] I've reached out to district 2 as well. They do seem to be happy with where

[1:09:58] they're at, but uh they are asking to come on to our calls for service for

[1:10:04] dispatching fire. Uh and I think that would be a good opportunity to integrate

[1:10:09] with them then. Okay. Questions for

[1:10:15] it?

[1:10:19] I guess I still have my my same question.

[1:10:23] doesn't in here and I just didn't catch it. Becky, where is the additional 14 or

[1:10:28] $17,000 going to come from >> or the rest of this fiscal year? It

[1:10:33] would come out of contingencies.

[1:10:36] » Is there any other way to reduce spending in some other area, something

[1:10:42] to come up with it? I'm just not a big fan of using contingencies to

[1:10:47] to do that. Um I mean looking at the IT budget in

[1:10:52] general, I think there's other areas within the budget that we will um be

[1:10:58] under budget. Um some of the equipment um some of the computers that we budget

[1:11:04] for um probably may or may not happen. Am I correct in that, Joe? There's

[1:11:10] probably some some wiggle room there. >> There [clears throat] absolutely is.

[1:11:14] Yes. >> Yeah.

[1:11:17] How much do you think? >> Um, I have to look.

[1:11:26] » Off the top of my head, I would say somewhere between maybe five and 10,000.

[1:11:33] We've been we've budgeted for some and graciously some departments that have

[1:11:38] other means to pay for their computers like the state's attorney. Thank you,

[1:11:41] Trisha. Um, but we haven't had to use the IT fund,

[1:11:46] » okay, >> as much.

[1:11:48] » Right. We still need to decide as a board if we're going to pass this which

[1:11:55] impacts we're going to take the 14,000 as an intern the rest of the year or 175

[1:12:00] as a a full-time. Mr. Wahberg, you look like you're

[1:12:02] » No, that's Mr. Shim. >> Mr.

[1:12:06] [clears throat] Joe, what what would you recommend as far as should we keep him

[1:12:11] as an intern or are we pushing for a full-time employee? Are we afraid that

[1:12:15] he's going to walk off or how do what do we feel?

[1:12:19] » Uh I'm I'm pushing to hire. Yes. Uh he uh has graduated college, has aged out,

[1:12:26] he's no longer on his parents' insurance, so that is a concern for me.

[1:12:31] Um, and yes, he has spent uh I'm not sure the exact amount of time,

[1:12:36] approximately four to five months learning our environment, has done very

[1:12:40] well. Uh, is able to troubleshoot on his own. I would hate to lose him because he

[1:12:46] needs to get insurance somewhere else. [laughter]

[1:12:51] » Mr. Wbert, >> thank you, Chairman. I guess that was my

[1:12:53] question to Miss Tobin. I mean, is that So, I guess maybe I was just assuming

[1:12:58] the $3,500 would the additional cost of the benefits. Is that not accurate? That

[1:13:03] » That's just salary. That's not benefits. Your health insurance um for single is

[1:13:10] about um probably about 800 a month of the employee [clears throat] portion.

[1:13:18] » Another $4,000. >> There's three months left. So 2400.

[1:13:25] » Yes. >> Yeah.

[1:13:25] » Yes. I think 500. >> Yeah.

[1:13:29] » Okay. >> And that's in the employee health fund.

[1:13:31] So nothing else would have additional would have to be transferred from the

[1:13:34] general fund for that. >> So an additional $2,400,

[1:13:38] » right? >> Mr. Wilson.

[1:13:41] » Yes. And there's there's another factor here. the additional months in this

[1:13:45] fiscal year that he would be a full-time employee would uh help with his being

[1:13:51] invest he would have that much more time even though it's only a few months on a

[1:13:55] pension and uh investing in that pension which is now 10 years I think but it's

[1:14:02] still it's a minor benefit but it is a benefit and altogether it seems to me

[1:14:07] that this is also an appropriate green light for this uh young And to starting

[1:14:14] off as a full-time employee, the amounts of money are insignificant, even if they

[1:14:20] were bad. But with the descriptions that have been given by Becky about what was

[1:14:26] cut back in various departments, including the state's attorney's office

[1:14:29] on some of the equipment, I believe we should pass this.

[1:14:36] » Okay. Still waiting for a determination on which direction the board would want

[1:14:40] to go. Somebody's going to have to amend the motion, in other words, to one way

[1:14:46] or the other. Mr. Wily, >> yes, I I would make it to the full-time

[1:14:49] employee at 17,500. >> So, you're amending the motion to make

[1:14:53] it the full-time position at 17,500. Is there a second for that?

[1:14:58] » Second. >> Sorry, was that Mr. Riley?

[1:15:02] » Seconded by Mr. Riley. Any discussion on making it uh the full-time employee for

[1:15:08] the remainder of the year? Mr. Shoemaker,

[1:15:13] » I I think if we're going to do that, we really should pursue those other avenues

[1:15:18] of revenue. I I think to really to stress that we want to stay physically

[1:15:23] responsible. Let's make sure we get those contracts done with the other

[1:15:27] departments. >> You mean in the future?

[1:15:28] » Yes. >> In the future,

[1:15:30] » correct? >> Yeah. Our plan would be at the latest,

[1:15:34] we're hoping by December 1st, by the beginning of our fiscal year that we're

[1:15:37] able to do that. ing talking to Joe about that. We thought, you know, 3

[1:15:40] months that that is doable. >> Okay. Any further discussion on the

[1:15:45] amendment? >> Seeing none, all in favor of the

[1:15:50] amending the motion to make it a $17,500 full-time employee for the remainder of

[1:15:55] this year. Signify by saying I. >> I.

[1:15:58] » Any opposed? That motion carries. The motion is

[1:16:02] amended to make it uh to the full-time position. Any further discussion on the

[1:16:08] motion alto together? Seeing none, roll call, please.

[1:16:16] » Brian Schneider.

[1:16:21] » Yes. >> David Wilty.

[1:16:23] » Hi. >> Lisa Patterson.

[1:16:25] » Yes. >> Tom Wahberg.

[1:16:26] » Hi. >> Rodney Riley.

[1:16:28] » Hi. >> Matt Reggano.

[1:16:29] » Hi. >> Dana Logston.

[1:16:30] » Hi. >> Marian Thornberry.

[1:16:32] » Yes. >> Carl Johnson.

[1:16:33] » Hi. >> Josh Shoemaker. Yes,

[1:16:35] » David Cordre. >> Yes.

[1:16:37] » Motion carries, Mr. Walbert. >> Nice.

[1:16:41] » Thank you, gentlemen. [clears throat and cough]

[1:16:43] » All right. 11.3. I move to approve the courthouse boiler retube project with

[1:16:50] Rockford Steam Boiler Works Incorporated in the amount of $19,040

[1:16:56] and any other necessary related work not to exceed $25,000 in total.

[1:17:01] » Motion by Mr. Wahlberg, second by Mr. Reggano. Any discussion?

[1:17:07] Seeing none, roll call, please. >> Dave Wily.

[1:17:12] » Hi. >> Alisa Patterson.

[1:17:14] » Yes. >> Tom Wahberg.

[1:17:15] » Hi. >> Rodney Riley.

[1:17:17] » Hi. >> Matt Rano.

[1:17:18] » Hi. >> Dana Logston.

[1:17:20] » Hi. >> Marian Thornberry.

[1:17:21] » Yes. >> Carl Johnson.

[1:17:22] » Hi. >> Josh Shoemaker.

[1:17:23] » Yes. [clears throat] >> David Cordre.

[1:17:25] » Yes. >> Brian Schneider.

[1:17:26] » Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you, Mr. Wahlberg.

[1:17:30] » 11.4 Four to approve purchasing card for Maria Vanerez, State's Attorney's

[1:17:37] Office. >> Motion by Mr. Walberg, seconded by Mr.

[1:17:40] Thornberry. Any discussion? All in favor say I.

[1:17:45] » Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, Mr. Wahberg. Anything else?

[1:17:50] » Nothing else. >> Thank you, sir. Becky, any uh

[1:17:54] governmental reports, updates? >> I do not.

[1:17:57] » Okay. think we have any unfinished business? Special committees, community

[1:18:03] building. >> Hi. Well, okay. So, um I just want to

[1:18:07] let everybody that if you drive by the community building anytime in the near

[1:18:13] future or you have in the last week, they're working on the roof and it looks

[1:18:17] a little messy, but once um we've had some kind of weird weather, the rains

[1:18:23] off and on, they were looking for a really good stretch. Uh they're starting

[1:18:27] with the ground, this sounds weird to say this, but the the ground level of

[1:18:31] the roof, like the first level of the roof, and then they're moving up from

[1:18:34] there, and there's a massive dumpster that's in uh the parking lot, which is

[1:18:39] making parking kind of interesting, but they are working on it. Uh but it did

[1:18:44] not interfere with the fifth annual back to school parking lot party that they

[1:18:47] had on Monday that was actually very well attended seeing how most of the

[1:18:52] kids were at the pharaoh the previous week. So that's what we got going on at

[1:18:58] the community building. But just a reminder with like these back to school

[1:19:01] events that why we had this building and it's amazing and they're really putting

[1:19:06] a lot of work into it this year and there's more to come on that.

[1:19:10] » Thank you very much. UCCI,

[1:19:16] we have the Washington trip coming up. >> Washington trip coming up the middle of

[1:19:20] September. Yeah, definitely two people going

[1:19:23] possibly. Hopefully three. >> Hopefully the third if they open up a

[1:19:26] spot waiting list. >> All right.

[1:19:31] Any action agency? I don't think we have anybody for that. 911.

[1:19:35] » Nothing at this time. Thank you, >> sir. Are the land bank? There's nobody

[1:19:40] on

[1:19:43] beding of committees. You know what we did not have on here was R1, which

[1:19:49] that's okay because there's no report. There's meetings tomorrow.

[1:19:53] Um scheduling of committees. Oh, I wasn't ready for this. So, Mr. Wahlberg,

[1:19:58] what's finance look like? >> Um

[1:20:00] » finance will be uh September 10th at 6 p.m. in this room.

[1:20:04] » All right. Administrative will be September 3rd, 6 p.m. in this room.

[1:20:09] County board >> September 17th at 6:30 p.m. in this

[1:20:16] room. >> It was the third, right, sir?

[1:20:22] » Third. >> Uh third for administrative. Yes, sir.

[1:20:25] » Yep. All right, Becky. Anything else? We don't Do we need executive?

[1:20:29] » I just have one thing under correspondence.

[1:20:31] » Okay. So, some of you may have already seen through social media and press

[1:20:35] release, but our public defender uh Kate Cross appointed as an associate judge

[1:20:41] through 17th circuit. So, she gave her formal notice to resign. So, yeah, good

[1:20:47] for her. Not so much for us, but um so her last day will be September 1st um at

[1:20:54] the end of the day. So 17th Circuit will be appointing an interim

[1:20:59] um and then they'll have to advertise and do interviews and all that for the

[1:21:03] permanent replacement. So >> yeah, and for board members, we have

[1:21:06] zero control over who becomes the public defender.

[1:21:11] They 17th Circuit picks that person and puts that person there. So um we'll get

[1:21:18] we get who we get. Um I'm sure they'll come up with somebody qualified. So we

[1:21:22] wish cross all the best in her new endeavors and just as we get her some

[1:21:27] new digs, she's going to bug out. >> She never gets [laughter]

[1:21:31] » She never >> All right. Uh executive.

[1:21:34] » Not that I'm aware of. >> All right. Perfect. Mr. Wilty.

[1:21:37] » Motion to adjurnn, Mr. Chairman. >> Motion to adjurnn by Mr. Wilty. Is there

[1:21:41] a second by Mr. Logan? All in favor say I.

[1:21:45] » I. >> Opposed. That motion carries. We are

[1:21:48] adjourned at 7:53 p.m.

Boone County Board Meeting 8/20/2026

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