Rules Committee Meeting - October 10, 2025

Committee action amending Section V.D.1. of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting language to additionally include the “Committee Chair” in the development and approval of agendas prior to posting and inserting language that “the majority decision of the County Administrator, Committee Chair, and Board Chair shall be” the final decision with respect to any item or document on an agenda where there is a difference of opinion.

Committee action amending Section VII. of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting a new section “VII.L. County Participation in Associations” providing the Financial & Administrative Committee the opportunity to determine which associations to include in the budget, with final action by the County Board.

Committee action amending Appendix H Section III of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting a new section “III.I. Meeting guests must be treated courteously at all times. While a countywide elected official, department head, or their staff, attending the board or committee meeting at the request of the Lake County Board has the floor, board members, committee chairs and the chair of the county board shall refrain from interrupting the speaker unless the speaker is ruled out of order or engages in discourteous behavior” and inserting new section “III.I.1. If, during the course of discussion of an agenda item that includes an invited countrywide elected official, department head, or staff, a county board member makes an assertion that the countywide elected official, department head, or their staff finds erroneous, the guest shall have the opportunity to correct the record before the next member speaks.”