Lake County Board Meeting - November 12, 2024

Chapters

CALL TO ORDER 00:01:01


MOMENT OF SILENCE 00:02:07


PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 00:04:30


ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS 00:04:50


ADDENDA TO THE AGENDA 00:05:32


1. SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATIONS 00:05:35

Metra 2025 Program & Budget Presentation.


2. SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATIONS 00:18:31

PACE Suburban Bus 2025 Budget Presentation.


3. SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATIONS 00:40:19

Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) 2025 Budget Presentation.


PUBLIC COMMENT 00:58:30


CHAIR'S REMARKS 01:09:29


UNFINISHED BUSINESS 01:21:37


NEW BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA (Items 4 - 60) 01:21:39


61. LIQUOR COMMISSION 01:23:04

Ordinance amending Chapter 111.043 Number of Licenses in the Lake County Liquor Control Ordinance, increasing the number of Liquor Licenses.


62. HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE 01:23:34

Board of Health Report.


63. HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE 01:29:36

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Public Health grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 for the Local Health Department Respiratory Surveillance and Outbreak Response grant.


64. LAW AND JUDICIAL COMMITTEE 01:30:18

Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of an Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking grant awarded by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office (LCSAO) to establish the Lake County Human Trafficking Task Force, including an emergency appropriation of $686,812 in federal funds.


65. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 01:32:11

Resolution approving the Lake County Fiscal Year 2025 Legislative Agenda.


66. PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 01:34:14

Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Lake County Grading Company, LLC, Libertyville, Illinois, in the amount of $6,805,318.18 for the resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation (3R) improvement of Deep Lake Road, from Illinois Route 132 to Illinois Route 173, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of 3.5 miles.


67. PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 01:34:55

Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for Phase I professional engineering services for improvements along Lewis Avenue, from Sunset Avenue to Illinois Route 173, at a maximum cost of $3,883,832 and appropriating $4,660,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.


68. PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 01:35:52

Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, for Phase II professional engineering services for the intersection improvements of Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road, at a maximum cost of $2,097,498 and appropriating $2,517,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.


50. PLANNING, BUILDING, ZONING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE 01:36:47

Resolution accepting the Annual Evaluation Report of the (County-Wide) All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for Unincorporated Lake County, Illinois and directing the Planning, Building and Development Department to make the report available on the Department’s website and issue a press release to meet Community Rating System (CRS) recertification requirements.


51. PLANNING, BUILDING, ZONING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE 01:37:40

Ordinance Authorizing the Dissolution of the Slocum Lake Drainage District.


69. PLANNING, BUILDING, ZONING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE 01:39:09

Joint resolution accepting grant award and authorizing an emergency appropriation for Regional Stormwater Projects in the amount of $30,000,000 and funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) in Fund 743 Lake County Regional Stormwater Management Projects Fund.


70. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:43:16

Ordinance recommending a Real Property Tax Levy, attached hereto, and made part of this Ordinance, providing for the apportionment of taxes across the various items of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Appropriation Ordinance as adopted by the County Board of Lake County, Illinois.


71. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:44:23

Ordinance providing for the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to produce $50,000 for Special Service Area (SSA) Number Eight.


72. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:44:51

Ordinance appropriating funds and providing for the levy of a direct tax sufficient to produce $164,892.32 for the Northeast Lake Facilities Planning Area Special Service Area (SSA) Number Nine.


73. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:45:07

Ordinance providing for the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to produce $34,400 for Special Service Area (SSA) Number 12.


74. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:45:15

Ordinance providing for the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to produce $226,058 for Special Service Area (SSA) Number 13.


75. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:45:26

Ordinance providing for the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to produce $13,925 for Special Service Area (SSA) Number 14.


76. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:45:36

Ordinance providing for the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to produce $14,160 for Special Service Area (SSA) Number 17.


77. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:47:32

Resolution authorizing the County Administrator to implement the recommendations of the 2024 Compensation Study, as reviewed and accepted by the County Administrator’s Office and Lake County’s Human Resources Department.


78. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 01:47:57

Ordinance recommending the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Lake County, Illinois; said budget having been made conveniently available for public inspection for at least 15 days by posting in the Office of the County Clerk and on the County website.


79. NEW APPOINTMENTS 02:02:00

Resolution providing for the appointment of Eugene Roberson as a member of the Lake County Housing Authority.


80. NEW APPOINTMENTS 02:02:19

Resolution providing for the appointment of Janice Aull as a commissioner of the Skokie Consolidated Drainage District.


EXECUTIVE SESSION 02:03:35


83. EXECUTIVE SESSION 02:04:51

Board action approving the Lake County Board Executive Session minutes from August 8, 2023.


MEMBER REMARKS AND REQUESTS 02:05:15


ADJOURNMENT 02:15:38



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