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Kankakee County Board Meeting 09/8/2020 9:00 AM
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I
also
hold
15
years
of
experience
in
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion,
with
a
specialty
in
immigration
matters
and
an
advanced
degree
in
that
topic.
I
am
also
a
proud
daughter
of
immigrants
and
a
member
of
connect
kangaki
members
of
the
board.
I
come
to
you
this
morning
to
advise
you
that
the
language
and
tone
of
your
recent
resolution.
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You
can
be
undocumented,
which
means
you
don't
have
the
rights
or
privileges
of
a
citizen
or
a
legal
permanent
resident,
but
you
maybe
have
daca,
which
is
an
opportunity
to
work
legally,
an
opportunity
to
not
have
pathway
to
citizenship.
There
are
immigration,
I'm
sorry.
There
are
driver's
license
that
are
granted
to
undocumented
immigrants.
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There
is
a
federal
tax
form
by
which,
most
because
they
know
that
uncle
sam
ankle
sign
wants
their
money
right.
They
do
fill
taxes,
they
are
homeowners
and
they
are
walking
through
the
lines
of
upper
mobility
and
documentation
that
is
provided
to
them
when
we
say
that
those
that
immigrated
here
legally,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
the
board
most
undocumented
immigrants
did
come
here
legally.
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I
do
want
to
mention
at
this
point
that
I
received
a
letter
that
I'll
be
given
to
dan
here
in
a
moment
that
board
member
mike
zens
has
submitted
his
resignation
from
the
board
ex
as
of
september.
20Th
will
be
the
last
date
that
he
is
a
a
resident
in
the
county,
so
that's
the
date
that
he
has
submitted
his
resignation
for
so
I'll.
Just
go
ahead
and
slide
that
over
we're
going
to
send
appropriate
letters
out
notifications
today
so
wish
him
well
in
his
future.
A
Endeavors
he's
finally
going
to
be
moving
out
of
the
area
completely
on
the
20th
according
to
his
letter.
So
that's
that
moving
on
certificates
of
appreciation,
I
have
james
alley.
30
years
at
the
highway
department,
scotty
brooks
20
years
in
the
maintenance
department,
leland
wingert
15
years
at
the
sheriff's
department
and
josh
crane
10
years
at
the
sheriff's
department.
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Else,
okay,
can
I
have
a
motion
to
pull
off
number
113
and
do
that
separately
under
under
present
under
presentations?
Just
move
that
off
and
consider
that
separately?
Please.
So
we
can
let
that
individual
daryl
smith
with
the
first
second
to
mr
hunter,
all
those
in
favor,
say
aye,
all
right
same
sign
alrighty.
If
we
could
then
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
see
if
we
can't
get
dan
to
read
this
under
the
record.
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And
that
would
be
ms
dunbar
we'll
get
you
next
time,
sam
all
right,
I
I
guess
my
only
comments
are
is
we
I
thought
this
was
appropriate.
When
I
found
out
merdeen
was
going
to
be
leaving
the
commission.
She
is
the
driving
force
that
everybody
on
that
the
commission
works
hard,
but
she
was
the
one
who
was
constantly
reminding
me
of
the
commitments
the
county
made
to
the
commission
and
what
our
end
of
the
bargain
meant,
and
so
it
made
us
better.
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It
made
you
know
when
you
you,
you
have
to
account
for
every
inch
of
of
ground
as
far
as
that
you're
working
on
over
at
the
courthouse.
So
I
did
appreciate
the
education,
the
firm
reminders
of
those
reminders,
and
it
it's
really
working
out.
There
is
a
legacy.
That's
been
left
by
her
within
that
organization,
so
this
goes
well
beyond
the
the
1982
jc's
district,
champs
that
I
played
on
with
her
son.
A
I
thought
I
would
mention
that
so
and
so
that
that
was
that
we've
known
each
other
that
long,
but
I
I
didn't
get
the
true
pleasure-
was
getting
to
know
her
in
the
realm
of
historic
preservation
and
she
did
a
fantastic
job
and
you
will
be
missed.
So
if
you
would
please
come
grab
the
plaque
up
here
and
I'll
try
to
stand
six
feet
away.
As
I
hand
it
to
you.
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Mr
chairman,
your
committee
on
county
claims
would
beg
leave
to
report.
They
have
examined
the
following
claims
presented
and
recommend
payment.
The
clerk
is
hereby
authorized
and
directed
to
issue
orders
to
the
several
claimants
total
claims:
eight
million
two
hundred
sixty
nine
thousand
eight
hundred
twenty
dollars
and
seventy
three
cents.
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A
Mr
wheeler
aye
motion
carries
the
next
item
authorizing
the
county
board
chairman
to
sign
an
agreement
between
the
county
of
kankakee
and
the
illinois
energy
conservation
authority
nfp
to
provide
commercial
property
assessed
clean
energy
improvement
administrator
services.
I
need
a
motion
to
approve
this
and
then
we'll
get
into
explanation.
A
Miss
polk
second,
mr
snipes,
just
by
way
of
introduction
ben
is
going
to
do
this,
but
this
is
a
county-wide
economic
development
tool
that
we
are
making
available
to
all
municipalities
and
the
county
in
and
of
itself.
So
ben's
going
to
take
a
moment
a
long
moment,
hopefully
ben
to
explain
this
while
I
run
I'll
be
right
back
so
please
ask
him
as
many
questions
as
possible.
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Certainly,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
So
this
is
the
property
assessment
for
clean
energy
is
a
voluntary
program
utilized
by
developers
and
and
property
owners
that
allows
them
to
borrow
up
to
25
percent
of
total
project
value
and
offset
that
borrowing
with
a
what
is
essentially
a
special
assessment.
So
it's
a
tax.
That's
levied
against
the
property.
That's
utilized,
then,
to
pay
back
the
the
portion
of
the
loan,
which
would
typically
be
an
equity
position.
That's
a
little
higher
for
a
conventional
borrower.
H
They
have
to
go
through
an
energy
audit
and
satisfy
the
conditions
of
the
program
and
in
many
cases
there
haven't
been
a
lot
of
these
done
in
illinois.
But
in
many
cases
finding
the
energy
savings
offset
is
enough
to
pay
that
portion
of
the
so
whatever
is
assessed
on
the
property
is
actually
saved
in
the
actual
savings
for
the
property
owner
as
it
relates
to
we
sent
over
exhibit
a
which
is
a
a
fairly
lengthy
program
services
agreement.
H
I
just
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
kind
of
how
the
timeline
is
structured
as
far
as
how
the
program
works.
So
what
the
board,
if
approved
today
is
authorizing,
is
chairman
to
execute
the
services
agreement
with
the
energy
efficiency
conservation
authority,
which
is
a
not-for-profit
out
of
illinois,
to
manage
the
program.
This
is
the
organization
that
is
managing,
will
county's
program
to
page
county's
program
and
made
logical
sense
for
us
to
look
at
it
kind
of
stepping
back
from
that,
maybe
just
for
edification
of
the
full
board.
H
We
did
not
go
through
an
rfp
process.
Chairman
wheeler
and
I
both
met
with
the
illinois
finance
authority
to
discuss
this
project
they're,
actually,
the
ones
that
created
and
promulgated
the
most
recent
rules
for
it.
They
said
when
will
county
went
through
theirs,
they
solicited
vendors
and
only
one
vendor
responded
so
we're
seeing
that
now
counties
are
looking
more
at
just
selecting
a
vendor
that
they're
comfortable
with
selecting
a
vendor.
H
That's
an
expert
ieca
was
one
of
the
vendors
that
came
to
us
through
ifa
we've
had
discussions
with
twain,
financial
we've
had
discussions
with
our
local
lending
institutions.
Twain
financial
is
an
arm
of
u.s
bank
to
talk
about
what
would
be
the
you
know,
a
good
per
we
didn't
want
to
leave
anybody
out.
We
wanted
to
talk
to
everybody.
We
could
and
everybody's
really
pointing
us
to
to
ieca
to
anna
maria
kowalik
and
her
team.
H
So
once
entered
into
this
agreement,
the
chairman
will
be
authorized
to
sign
the
paperwork,
for
that
we
would
actually
go
through
a
process
which
creates
an
initial
draft
program
report,
which
is
essentially
the
promulgation
of
rules
on
the
program,
and
I
know
that
member
kinsinger
has
reached
out
to
both
chairman
wheeler
and
I
about
some
of
the
nuanced
pieces
of
that.
So
we
would,
through
that
program
creation
and
meeting
with
stakeholders.
H
That
would
then
come
back
to
the
board.
The
board
would
then
review
those
the
program
report
and
then
we
would
create
the
program.
Now
I
will
tell
you
it
is
it's
my
expectation
and
gold
will
county
is
about
to
go,
live
with
their
program.
I
would
really
like
to
get
a
copy
of
their
executed
program.
Make
some
final
tweaks
to
it.
H
On
our
end,
and
not
reinvent
the
wheel,
they've
been
through
a
relatively
lengthy
process
and
the
real
value
to
that
for
us
is
if
we
and
all
of
our
neighbors
have
the
same
rules
for
our
program.
There's
no
disparity
in
the
development
market.
It's
not
a
scenario
where
a
developer
can
come
to
us
and
say
well.
In
will
county
they'll
offer
me
five
or
20
or
whatever
it
is.
H
We
can
adopt
a
program,
that's
very
similar
if,
if
the
board
is
comfortable
within
that
would
be
the
why
we
go
through
this
stakeholder
process,
why
we
don't
bring
this
process
back
to
the
board,
but
executing
today
allows
ieca
to
start
that
process
to
meet
with
the
stakeholders
and
to
create
the
program
that
we
would
then
be
able
to
execute
move
forward.
Chairman
hit
it
right
on
the
head
with
this
is
a
county-wide
program.
We
really
really
do
not
want
individual
jurisdictions
having
different
rules.
H
Different
fees,
streamlining
this,
allowing
the
capital
stack
providers
to
have
a
single
product
that
they
can
market
and
utilize
within
our
market,
really
makes
it
easier
on
the
development
front
to
not
have
individual
programs
that
everybody's
a
little
bit
different.
So
with
this
action
chairman
can
execute
this
services
agreement
with
ieca,
and
then
we
can
move
through
the
process
of
creating
a
program
report
and
getting
the
program
off
the
ground
for
the
entire
economy,
which
again
I'm
hoping
will
be
very
similar
to
our
neighbors.
H
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Potential
lenders
aren't
offering
money
to
hoteliers
more
than
about
65
percent
of
the
total
program,
so
we're
talking
about
access
to
capital
and
then
mezzanine
financing
right.
So
these
are
additional
financing
mechanisms
that
a
hotelier
would
have
the
hoteliers
are
building
a
premier
product
already
installing
energy
efficient
products.
H
Mr
kinzinger
alluded
to
that
in
the
pca
meeting
where
and
it
just
allows
you
to
utilize
those
funds,
you
would
already
be
spending
to
buy
low
e-glass,
energy-efficient
leds,
and
you
can
borrow
then
25
of
the
deals
now
a
potential
hotel
leader
rather
be
if
it
is
35
what
is
essentially
an
equity
position
and
then
mezzanine
financing
which
mezzanine
financing
could
be.
You
know
10.
H
H
Efficient
component
and
they're
they're
reaping
savings
that
they're
offsetting
this
cost,
but
that's
one
way
where
a
if
we're
looking
for
a
new
developer
to
come
in
and
it's
very
popular
in
the
hotel
industry
and
that's
actually
how
it's
been
utilized
in
illinois.
So
far.
Second
piece
of
that
is
is
retrofitting
an
existing
building.
We
have
a
a
lender.
That's
looking
at
putting
a
capital
stack
together
for
an
existing
business.
H
They
need
to
put
a
new
roof
on
on
the
building
by
installing
some
insulative
panels
and
qualifying
under
perform
under
the
energy
review,
a
local,
any
local
business
who
might
find
themselves
in
in
a
hard
place,
putting
a
400
000
roof
on
and
trying
to
finance
it.
It's
full
full
value
over
a
seven-year
note
amortized
over
10
years,
or
something
like
that
that
a
conventional
financer
would
allow
they
can
borrow
25
of
that
over
a
longer
term
and
lower
their
overall
payment,
while
still
saving
energy
and
that
energy
savings
ties
back
there.
H
It's
a
giant
blended
equation
in
the
capital
stack,
but
it
allows
the
a
little
bit
of
your
financing
to
be
deferred
over
long
term.
So
that
way
an
existing
manufacturer
can
put
a
new
roof
on
the
building
and
not
have
to
do
the
capital
outlay
of
30
percent
of
that
or
25
of
that
400
or
500
million
dollar
roof
on
the
front
end.
They
can
borrow
this
money
and
there
are
instances
that
the
borrowing
can
happen
to
where
between
an
equity
position
from
the
owner.
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Okay
same
mechanic,
I
misinterpreted
that
all
right.
Well
then,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
now
we're
not
spending
money,
so
we're
gonna
roll
call
the
zoomers
first,
because
again
this
is
paid
for
by
the
financier.
If
you
will
it's
paid
on
their
property
taxes.
So
again,
it's
not
something
we're
spending
money
on
so
we'll
roll
call,
zoom
and
then
voice
vote
the
room
here.
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Let's
see
other
business,
one
opening
on
mantino
drainage,
number,
nine,
three
openings
on
the
kanke
county,
regional
planning,
commission,
two
openings
on
historic
preservation:
commission,
one
opening
on
essex,
township,
fire
protection
district
and
one
opening
on
the
kinky
township
fire
protection
district.
Is
there
any
old
business
very
non
under
new
business?
Anita
has
something
or
something
important
to
talk
about
it,
see
she'll
explain:
do
you
want
to
set
up
here
anita
or
do
you
want
to
stand
back
there.
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So
what
happens
is
two
things?
One
in
all
the
all
the
regulations
about
the
deferment
really
did
not
come
out
until
I
got
the
first
guidance
august
31st
from
the
irs
so
very
late.
I
got
interpretations
on
what
that
means
for
us
about
the
second
and
the
third
once
people
by
began
to
digest
it
both
from
a
couple
accounting
firms,
sherm
the
human
resources
organization,
put
out
their
guidance.
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The
repayment
date
is
by
april
30th
2021,
so
it's
deferred
for
eight
nine
pay
periods
and
then
you
pay
it
back
in
eight
pay
periods.
So
what
happens?
Is
that
come
2021?
Any
existing
employee
that
opted
into
the
deferment
would
see
an
increase
in
their
paycheck.
I
took
a
look
at
two
different
ones.
One
was
a
typical
employee,
a
specific
employee.
We
have
at
the
circuit
clerk's
office
whose
deduction
every
pay
period
is
53
dollars,
so
their
paycheck
this
year
would
go
up
by
53
dollars.
L
It
would
go
down
by
106
next
year
because
they
would
get
their
regular
deduction
would
kick
back
in
and
the
repayment
would
kick
back
in.
So
somebody
that's
making.
I
think
that
employee
that
I
looked
at
makes
about
12
an
hour.
All
of
a
sudden
would
see
a
decrease
in
a
in
a
paycheck.
That's
not
very
large
to
start
with
the
other
one
was.
The
other
example
was
a
52
000
a
year
employee.
That
was
a
general
example
that
I
found
on
the
sherm
website
and
the
amount
per
paycheck
was
like
107.
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So
we
wouldn't.
If
we
opted
out,
we
would
not
even
allow
our
employees
to
opt
into
the
deduction,
so
that
would
be
the
first
step
of
what
to
do.
That's
your
first
decision.
Are
we
as
an
organization
going
to
opt
in
or
opt
out
if
we
opt
in
paylocity,
has
adjusted
our
software
where
it
allows
each
employee
to
either
opt
in
or
opt
out.
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So
even
if
an
employee,
an
employer
opts
in
as
an
employee,
I
could
say:
that's
too
risky.
I
don't
want
that.
I'm
not
in
and
quite
frankly,
I
would
recommend
to
every
employee
they
opt
out.
The
risk
is
great
for
someone
at
a
time
when
they're
receiving
all
their
christmas
bills.
It's
it's
not
as
it's
really
a
no
interest.
Loan
is
what
it
is.
That's
the
best
way
to
describe
it.
It's
somebody
might
make
a
short-term
decision
that
becomes
very
painful
to
them
in
the
spring.
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They
do
it
on
an
individual
basis,
but
I'll
tell
you
the
the
part
that's
going
to
be
hard
is
for
those
people
that
opt
in
we're
going
to
have
to
manually
be
watching
them
in
case
anybody
terminates
right,
so
we're
going
to
need
coordination
from
these
department
heads
that
we
out
of
their
last
paycheck,
try
to
get
as
much
as
we
can
recovered.
If
somebody,
if
somebody
terminates
resigns.
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K
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So
yeah
it's
it's
one
of
those
where
it's
it's
definitely
not
free
money.
At
this
point,
just
like
the
stimulus
wasn't
free
money,
if
you
have
a
tax
return,
coming
it'll
be
less
because
of
the
stimulus,
those
types
of
things:
it's
free
money,
if
you
don't
file
taxes,
pretty
much,
I
think
that's
about
the
way
to
go.
So
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second.