[2:25] Good evening being 7 p. m. I'll call to order
[2:28] the McHenry County Board regular meeting of August 18, 2026
[2:31] and Ms. Von Bergen will lead us in the pledge
[2:33] today.
[2:43] One nation under God. Indivisible with liberty and justice for
[2:48] all. But fortunately our pastor wasn't able to join us
[2:51] this evening. Mr. Sullivan, would you like to say a
[2:53] couple words here.
[3:06] Thank you. Well, hello everybody. Let's bow our heads in
[3:12] prayer. Father God, will you please bless this meeting with
[3:18] our good intentions for the people of this county and
[3:21] the state? Please move us forward in the right direction,
[3:24] make us have intelligent, thoughtful, and heartfelt. Promises to these
[3:30] people, this county, and all of our neighbors here. Please
[3:34] bless us. As a board and as a county and
[3:38] as a state and as a country in the name
[3:40] of Christ. I say amen. Thank you, sorry for Jeff.
[3:58] Mr. Tirio, will you please call the role. Altav. Campbell.
[4:07] Collins. Gotta mauler. Hendricks. Here. Kaminski. Kearns.
[4:17] Krieger. Kunkel. Sager. Shorten. Scala. Smith.
[4:27] Sullivan. Thomas. Van Hoff. Present. Von Bergen. Have you got
[4:36] quorum? We'll proceed. I'll entertain a motion to adopt the
[4:40] agenda. Mr. Scala makes a motion. Mr. Goddamiler seconds. All
[4:45] in favor say aye. Against. Motion carries. Next, I'll entertain
[4:50] emotional approved the minutes of previous meetings. Mr. Scala makes
[4:53] the motion. Mr. Short in seconds. And he changes or
[4:56] discussion. Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Against.
[5:01] Motion carries. Good evening. Before we get to the business
[5:06] of the evening, I'll take a few moments to present
[5:08] my report to the county board. I'd like to invite
[5:10] you all to attend the upcoming Chicago metropolitan agency for
[5:15] planning event taking place a week from today. Tuesday, September
[5:18] 22nd at Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Grove. The event
[5:23] common ground balancing growth with land conservation is a discussion
[5:27] about how Northeastern Illinois can preserve natural and agricultural land
[5:32] while supporting economic development. CMAP has graciously offered me the
[5:37] opportunity to say a few words. And I'm honored that
[5:40] McHenry County is hosting this event, seeing as how McHenry
[5:43] County is a leader when it comes to government and
[5:46] business cooperating to preserve open space. And it would be
[5:49] great for as many board members as possible to be
[5:51] part of this conversation. All of you should have received
[5:54] the email invite that includes the registration link. Last week,
[6:00] county administration posted online the video of the property tax
[6:04] workshop that chief assessment officer Alex Benitez, county clerk joke
[6:08] Tyrio and county treasurer, Donna Kurtz, presented at McHenry County
[6:12] College. People who missed the presentation but want to also
[6:15] learn the ABCs of how local property taxes work can
[6:19] watch the video on the county website or the county
[6:22] YouTube page. If you want to see the workshop live
[6:25] and in person, the trio will again be making the
[6:27] presentation from six to 7. 30 p. m. Tuesday, September
[6:31] 29th at Morango Public Library. Once again, our McHenry County
[6:39] Circuit Clerk's office is holding its annual amnesty week during
[6:43] the week of October 5th through October 9th, people with
[6:46] overdue McHenry County Court fines can pay them back without
[6:49] interest and late fees. Since its creation, amnesty week has
[6:53] saved individuals a total of 38, 752 dollars in late
[6:58] fees and interest and 50, 684 dollars in Beckfin's owed
[7:04] to the court has been paid. Information on how people
[7:07] with overdue fees can get a quote and pay off
[7:09] the balance can be found on the county website. And
[7:13] finally, I'll offer one last reminder that will be holding
[7:16] a special county board meeting starting at 8. 30 a.
[7:19] m. on Thursday, September 24th for the budget workshop. Also,
[7:23] if you're interested, the ninth annual McKenry County water forum
[7:27] will take place tomorrow evening from 5. 30 to 8
[7:30] p. m. at McHenry County College. And that concludes my
[7:34] report. Doing a members have comments tonight. Ms. Greeno. Thank
[7:41] you, Mr. Chairman. In his book, Letters from an American
[7:49] farmer. St. John de Crefcour said this fair country alone
[7:53] is settled by freeholders. The possessors of the soil they
[7:56] cultivate. Members of the government they obey, and the framers
[8:01] of their own laws by their, by means of their
[8:04] representatives. That's what we're doing here as this board. Each
[8:08] of us has cultivated our own soil. We have built
[8:10] our businesses. We have built our communities. And now we
[8:13] are participating in the government establishing our own laws. The
[8:18] importance of this budget process and looking at what we're
[8:22] doing as far as our expenses versus our revenues is
[8:26] critically important. We have our reserves, but we also have
[8:31] our ongoing expenses. So for us to take seriously the
[8:35] tasks that we have had hand for the people who
[8:38] elected us and those that we serve. Thank you very
[8:41] much. Seeing no other member comment. We'll proceed to zoning
[8:46] petitions. I'll entertain a motion to approve the zoning consent
[8:48] agenda. Mr. Smith makes the motion. Second by Mr. Kearns.
[8:53] Any discussion on this item. Seeing none clerk could you
[8:58] open the voting, please? Voting is open. Have all voted
[9:04] who wish. Mr. Soccer. Yes. Aaron, it's not. Working.
[9:21] Motion carries. We have no public comment tonight, so we'll
[9:27] move on to new and unfinished business. I'll entertain a
[9:29] motion to approve item 13A. Mr. Scala makes the motion,
[9:34] seconded by Mr. Smith. Any discussion. Seeing none. Clerk, could
[9:42] you open the voting, please? Voting. Something. Voting is open.
[9:50] Have all voted to wish. Gamble.
[10:00] Thank you. Motion carries. Next on entertain a motion to
[10:08] approve item 13b. Mr. Gotemaller makes a motion, secreted by
[10:12] Mr. Scala. Any discussion. Seeing none, clerk could you open
[10:19] the voting, please. Voting. Something. Voting is open. Have all
[10:25] voted to wish. Motion carries.
[10:35] Next letter appointment. I'll entertain a motion to approve the
[10:38] appointments to the senior services grant commission and emergency telephone
[10:43] system board and also the historic preservation commission chairman. Ms.
[10:49] Altaf makes the motion, seconded by Ms. Campbell. Any discussion.
[10:55] Seeing none clerk. Could you open the voting, please? Voting
[11:00] is open. Have all voted to wish.
[11:16] Ocean carries. Do any standing committee chairs have updates or
[11:21] liaisons have reports for us tonight. Sing as Greeno? Just
[11:29] a reminder that the workforce do a lot more board
[11:31] is meeting at 7. 30 a. m. sharp. Bring your
[11:34] coffee in the morning. Proceed to the routine consent agenda.
[11:40] Do any members have items to the they'd like to
[11:42] remove the routine consent agenda for discussion. Ms. Greeno? Yes,
[11:49] 16B 26B 27. To be discussed conjoined. Okay, so you
[11:57] can know whether it's to be removed. I'll entertain a
[11:59] motion to approve the routine consent to agenda less item
[12:02] 16 B - 26 and 16 B - 27. Ms.
[12:05] Altov makes the motion, seconded by Mr. Gadamaller. Clerk, could
[12:11] you open the voting, please? Voting is open. Have all
[12:17] voted who wish.
[12:27] Carries. Next, I'll entertain a motion to prove item 16
[12:31] B - 26. Mr. Scholar makes a motion seconded by
[12:34] Ms. Van Bergen. Discussion, Ms. Greeno. Yes. I just wanted
[12:39] to get clarification because these two items were presented and
[12:43] improved in the finance committee to move forward. And then,
[12:47] uh, explain that the fund that funded these two items
[12:51] previously was now empty and had no funding. And I
[12:56] just wanted to clarify, cary, the money that we had
[13:00] in that before, we were able to, it was there.
[13:04] We already had it to spend until we were spending
[13:06] down that fund to cover these before. Correct. So, um.
[13:12] A couple of years ago, we. Moved that it was
[13:14] a real volume. Loan fund. Yes. And then the proceeds
[13:17] from that stayed within that fun and moved to support
[13:20] economic development. Okay. So, uh, to be clear, I'm less
[13:25] we're planning on spending down our reserves. We need to
[13:28] find the, we will need when we're in our budget
[13:31] meeting to find the matching cuts to cover this expense.
[13:38] So this is where we have our budget with our
[13:41] expenses and our revenue versus going into our savings account
[13:45] to pay for it. So if anyone else needs any
[13:48] clarification for that, that will be our task at hand.
[13:51] So I think that these are very important items, but
[13:55] we have, we are proving something that is unfunded. Let's
[13:58] not be so much like Springfield and Washington, DC, please.
[14:06] Casey, no further discussion. Clerk, could you open the voting,
[14:11] please? Voting is open. If all voted who wish.
[14:24] Carries next, I'll enter chain up motion to approve item
[14:26] 16 B27. Mr. Sager makes the motion. Second, if I
[14:31] mister Kearns. Any discussion. Seeing non clerk could you open
[14:37] the voting, please. Voting is open. If all voted who
[14:46] wish. Carries. I have two items for
[14:56] review under ordinances. Scott, you got a report for us
[15:00] tonight. Yes, sir. Very brief one. And I appreciate the
[15:06] chairman mention of our budget workshop that will be held
[15:09] on Thursday. My ask of you is please take some
[15:11] time to review the budget presentations that went through the
[15:14] various committees. Um, and especially those that were on committees
[15:18] that you're not on. And in a case anytime there
[15:22] was a presentation that was given at that budget during
[15:25] the budget presentation, we included it on the meeting portal.
[15:27] So you can follow along with our PowerPoint as well.
[15:29] They give you more information. And also please feel free
[15:31] to reach out to Cary, to myself or to the
[15:34] departments for clarification. But it's important to do your homework
[15:37] and come prepare for Thursday. The other item is your
[15:40] strategic plan report card has been updated. So please take
[15:43] some time to review all the great work that's been
[15:45] done in the past month. Thank you. Okay. Just a
[15:47] final reminder Saturday has our habitat for humanity, community work
[15:53] day. If you're feeling especially ambitious, you can join me
[15:57] at my hike with Mike with the conservation district at
[16:00] Boone Creek Conservation property. Ms. Greeno. Yes. Just a quick
[16:04] question, Scott. For the benefit of all of the board
[16:09] members, could you send out for each of the committees
[16:13] what point the presentation was made on the budgets, the
[16:17] different budget presentations by the different departments. Well, actually, our
[16:20] meeting portal already has a timestamp to it. So if
[16:23] you go to the agenda, uh, HTML agenda and you
[16:27] click on it, it'll take you right to the video.
[16:29] And Cary made sure I corrected me. It's a week
[16:32] from Thursday as our budget workshop. So we'll see you
[16:35] then. Okay. Thank you. With that, I'll entertain a motion
[16:37] to adjourn. Mr. Schola makes the motion. Second it by
[16:40] Mr. Goddamir. They're all in favor say aye. Aye. Against.
[16:43] Have a good night.