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Kankakee County Board Meeting 1/14/2020 9:00 AM
D
C
Snipes
crimin
mr.
Bern
president
mr.
C
Roy
president
mr.
leer,
mrs.
Weber,
mrs.
Peters
mr.
Paden,
mrs.
Barker,
his
Dunbar
mr.
Kinzinger
mr.
Fairfield
president
mr.
sands,
MS
Hoss
mr.
Caraco,
mr.
Eckhardt,
isn't
mr.
Smith
mr.
Swanson
mr.
kuhmo
mr.
Fowler
Ling
mr.
Donnell
Miller
present
mr.
longze.
Mr.
E
I'm,
a
short
one
hi,
my
name
is
Marta
Perales
good
morning
to
everybody.
Can
you
guys
hear
me?
Okay,
great
I'm,
actually
here
I'm
a
resident
of
Momence
I've
been
out
here
for
about
six
or
seven
years.
I,
really
love
our
beautiful
County
I'm.
Actually,
here
because
I'm
concerned
about
the
ice
attention
center
at
Rome
from
what
I'm
hearing
that
some
of
the
residents
are
I'm.
Sorry,
some
of
the
folks
that
are
there
that
are
being
detained
do
not
have
access
to
an
attorney.
E
F
Good
morning,
I'm
Julia
representing
connect,
Kankakee
nonprofit
in
the
area,
and
many
of
you
heard
me
before
this
is
actually
just
one
page.
It's
not
like
a
stack
of
words.
I'm
gonna
read
so
this,
hopefully,
will
be
brief.
Today.
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
or
ask
the
question:
who
are
the
people
in
our
Detention
Center,
because
there
seems
to
be
discrepancies
in
the
reported
makeup
of
those
detained
about
so
we
all
know
there's
about
150
people
there
at
any,
given
day
being
held
for
ice.
F
Some
of
these
people
have
definitely
created
or
committed
serious
crimes.
Others,
though,
have
been
detained
just
for
lack
of
documentation,
which
would
be
essentially
the
equivalent
of
a
$50
misdemeanor,
so
does
ice
actually
divulge.
My
question
is:
does
ice
divulge
the
exact
makeup
of
offenses
to
us.
F
In
2017
sheriff
was
nice
enough
to
sit
down
with
members
of
connect,
Kankakee
and
explain
the
levels
of
risk
that
ice
uses
to
classify
the
incoming
detainees,
and
at
that
time
he
said
that
a
hundred
percent
of
those
being
held
for
ice
at
Durham
homes
were
assigned
the
lowest
risk
classification
which
to
me
implies
low
criminal
offense.
If
any,
and
it
may
be
helpful
if
we
define
what
we
mean
by
criminals,
it's
important
to
note
that
not
having
proper
documentation
is
actually
not
a
criminal
offense
subsequent
statements
regarding
the
ice
population
at
Jerome
combs.
F
F
Range
from
successful
business
owners
to
a
decorated,
US,
Army
veteran,
who
was
deported
from
jerome
combs.
We
are
confident
that
many
of
those
being
held
for
ice
here
today
are
not
a
public
threat
and
actually
we're
contributing
to
their
communities
prior
to
being
detained.
If
you
were
to
go
to
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Prisons
website,
which
is
Bo
P
gov
right
now,
you
would
find
a
thorough
breakdown
of
the
prison
population
in
this
country.
F
The
one
page
would
chart
prison
population
by
offenses
committed
and
that
breaks
it
down
into
13
categories,
and
yet
ice
has
no
similar
requirement
and
as
held
to
that
level
of
accountability
or
transparency
and
I,
don't
know
a
lot
of.
You
know
that,
but
ice
has
that's
an
issue
with
ice
and
transparency.
F
Connect
Kankakee
feels
that
the
people
detained
here
are
shrouded
in
secrecy
and
that's
true.
We
continue
to
lobby
our
representatives
in
Congress
for
transparency
regarding
ice
tactics.
Meanwhile,
this
body
chooses
to
support
ice
policies
demonstrating
complicity
and
ice
tactics
everywhere,
including
those
at
the
border,
including
child
separations.
I
urge
the
Kankakee
County
Board
to
insist
on
a
thorough
understanding
of
exactly
who
is
being
held
in
prison
here
for
ice
on
their
watch,
choosing
to
how
to
detain
those
here
for
profit
is
bad
enough,
but
not
understanding
exactly
who
you
are
holding
is
even
worse.
A
You
moving
on
under
communications,
don't
have
any
presentations
today
we
have
Tim
Nugent
from
the
economic
Alliance
is
going
to
kind
of
give
us
an
update
where
things
are
at
with
not
only
that
economic
development
arm
of
the
county,
but
also
the
market
in
general,
in
the
area
in
general,
so
yeah.
Thank
you.
Tim
good.
G
G
You
know
we
become
part
of
that
mission
and
so
the
mission,
while
it's
it's
very
short
on
the
screen,
it's
very
broad
in
reality
and
all
the
different
things
that
we
do
on
the
next
screen,
all
right,
we're
governed
by
a
board
of
directors,
I
have
a
16
member
Board
of
Directors.
Four
of
them
are
County
board
members.
There's
four
members
from
the
county
board
that
serve
on
our
board.
We
also
have,
as
you
can
see,
people
from
utilities
from
the
local
banks
from
the
hospitals.
G
G
We
have
a
pre,
usually
a
presentation
by
saying
on
a
speaker,
I
give
a
presentation
about
what's
taking
place
in
the
last
couple
months,
previous
to
that,
and
we
try
to
get
everybody
out
of
there
by
nine
o'clock,
keeping
in
mind
that
we
know
that
all
these
people
are
operating
businesses
and
everybody
needs
to
get
to
work.
So
we
get
our
meetings,
we
try
to
give
a
lot
of
information
and
get
everybody
out
of
there
early
in
the
morning.
G
The
next
slide
I
wanted
to
start
off
with
a
few
things
about
the
different
accolades
that
CACI
County
has
received
in
the
last
year.
There's
a
magazine
called
area
development,
and
many
of
you
might
know
that
that's
the
magazine
that
ranked
Kankakee
County
number
one
and
year-over-year
job
growth.
Last
year.
They
just
came
out
with
new
rankings
this
year
and
if
you
can
see
them
on
the
screen,
what
they
do
is
they
take
the
399
metropolitan
statistical
areas
in
the
United
States
and
rank
them
according
to
a
lot
of
different
factors
so
out
of
399.
G
These
are.
These
are
big
cities.
These
are
small
communities.
This
is
the
whole
gamut.
Kankakee
County
is
its
own
MSA.
We
are
the
only
one
of
the
only
ones
in
the
state
of
Illinois,
that
is
about
one
County
MSA,
but
out
of
the
309
nine
msas
throughout
the
United
States,
our
overall
ranking
in
all
categories
is
65
out
of
399,
so
we're
in
the
top
17
18
percent
for
our
overall
overall
rank
as
far
as
our
economic
conditions
here
in
Kankakee
County.
G
But
then,
as
you
go
down
there,
you'll
see
they
also
rank
how
they
get
to
that
overall
rank
they
go
through
and
ranked
on
midterm
growth
and
economic
strength
on
workforce
and
year-over-year
growth
and
our
midterm
growth,
which
means
over
the
course
of
the
last
five
years.
What's
happened
in
the
area
as
far
as
the
economy
is
concerned,
we
are
ranked
number
six
out
of
399
and
they
ranked
our
economic
strengths
by
that
they
mean
the
amount
of
money
that's
been
invested
in
the
area
per
capita
and
the
amount
of
jobs
that
have
been
created.
G
We
ranked
number
seven
out
of
399
in
economic
strength
as
you
go
down
farther
you'll
see
our
prime
workforce
rank
not
as
good.
We
are
at
249
out
of
399,
so
we've
got
some
things
to
do.
Look
at
our
workforce
development.
You
know
in
projects
and
and
that's
something
that
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
further.
Even
I
know
that
the
chairman
has
been
involved
in
a
number
of
different
things.
G
We
need
to
continue
to
work
on
our
workforce
and
get
more
and
more
people
trained
to
be
able
to
take
the
jobs
that
are
being
created
here
and
then
our
year-over-year
growth
right,
there's
one
90s,
that's
the
one
that
we
were
number
one
last
year
throughout
the
United
States.
But
once
you
have
you
know
you
raised
your
rank
to
number
one.
It's
pretty
difficult
to
commit.
G
You
know
to
continue
to
continue
to
do
that
year
after
year,
we're
still
in
the
upper
half,
but
we
are
at
190
and
then,
as
you
go
over,
you
also
see.
There's
a
company
called
Forbes.
That
also
does
a
lot
of
rankings
for
economic
development
organizations
and
you'll
see
that
out
of
the
203
organizations
that
they
ranked
we
we
came
in
at
87,
but
where
we
really
highlight
there
is
our
number
six
cost
of
doing
business.
Kankakee
County
is
an
economical
place
to
do
business
and
I.
G
You'll
also
see
them
they're
number
102
and
job
growth
and
number
150
in
education
again
going
towards
that
workforce
thing.
We
need
to
be
able
to
start
doing
some
work
on
our
on
our
workforce
and
getting
more
people
trained
to
be
able
to
take
some
of
the
jobs
that
we
have
available
next
slide
the
200
2019
outcomes.
What
happened
here
in
the
last
in
last
year,
the
number
of
project
announcements
that
were
announced
last
year
were
30
and
we
only
count
projects
that
are
250,000
dollars
or
more
in
their
investment.
G
That's
where
these
numbers
are
coming
from,
so
almost
a
half
a
billion
dollars
in
investment
in
Kankakee
County
last
year,
and
jobs
created
or
retained
or
380
jobs
were
either
created
or
retained
in
the
county.
Because
of
this
investment
that
took
place
next
slide,
one
of
the
big
companies,
obviously
that's
making
some
huge
investments
in
the
area
is
new
core.
Not
only
has
new
core,
they
announced
a
couple
years
ago
about
their
hundred
and
eighty
million
dollar
expansion
that
they're
building.
G
If
you
go
up,
I
57
and
look
off
to
the
east
you'll
see
you
know
what
started
out
as
two
big
buildings
that
they
came
together
as
one
it's
a
building,
that's
about
three-quarters
of
a
mile
long
that
is
now
fully
erected
and
it's
still
not
operational,
but
they
have
invested
over
a
hundred
and
eighty
million
dollars
there.
But
this
year
they
also
advised
us
that
they
were
going
to
spend
40
million
dollars
on
upgrading
the
current
or
the
facility
that
they
already
had
there.
So
that's
the
180.
G
Add
the
40
you're,
looking
at
a
quarter
of
a
billion
dollars
that
new
core
has
pledged
and
invested
here
in
Kankakee
County
just
in
the
last
couple
years.
So
new
core
is
a
huge,
huge
partner
and
everything
that
they
can
play
here,
and
not
only
the
investment
but
the
good
jobs
that
they
create.
A
starting
level
position
at
Nucor.
Steel
is
about
$85,000.
G
Next
slide
is
you'll,
see
the
long
awaited
groundbreaking
for
the
the
entry
at
CSL.
You
know
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion
about
UCS,
ELLs
expansion
and
they
had
some
issues
trying
to
get
the
the
red
light
on
route
50
and
with
the
help
of
the
chairman
and
Ben
Wilson
from
the
transportation
department
at
the
accounting,
there
was
a
lot
of
lobbying
done.
G
Actually,
the
governor
was
here,
he
took
a
Taurus
ESL
realize
the
importance
of
what
you
know
in
the
need
of
what
we
needed
here
for
this
for
this
red
light
and
if
you've
been
by
there
you'll
see
that
that
construction
is
almost
complete
and
that
intersection
is
going
to
be
open,
probably
in
the
next
two
months.
But
that's
a
big
that
you
know
a
huge
thing
for
CSL
that
has
now
turned
into
our
largest
manufacturing
employer
in
the
county
they
have
invested.
G
You
know
about
a
half
a
billion
dollars
in
the
county
over
the
last
couple
years.
You
know
then
they've
got.
You
know
plans
to
continue
to
make
huge
investments
in
our
area,
so
taking
care
of
CSL
taking
care
of
new
core
taking
care
of
all
the
different
companies
that
are
making
huge
investments
in
the
county
is
really
important
and
we
have
local
companies
that
are
in
spending
a
lot
of
money
to
Riverside
Hospital
ISM.
G
Now
it's
the
24
million
dollar
expansion
of
offices
that
they're
going
to
be
building
in
bourbonnais
they're,
just
north
of
bourbon,
a
or
in
bourbon
a
on
route.
45
they're
going
to
be
building
a
three
or
four
storey
office,
complex
because
they're
running
out
of
office
space
free
and
they
need
more
more
room
for
the
customers
that
they
are
taking
care
of
so
again,
not
just
international
and
national
companies,
but
local
companies
making
huge
investments
here
in
the
county
in
2019,
another
company
up
in
Manteno
and
diversitech
urban
farmer
last
year.
G
I
was
here
and
announced
that
they
had
bought
the
the
previously
vacated
marathon
plant.
They
have
moved
into
that
facility
now
and
they
are
operational
and
we
actually
nominated
them
to
the
Illinois
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
the
Illinois
I
can
Development
Association
for
an
award
because
of
the
investments
in
the
and
the
growth
that
they
take
in
place.
They
have
two
awards
every
year
that
they
give
out
one
for
Chicago
and
one
for
central
Illinois
I
keep
trying
to
tell
him
we're
not
central
Illinois,
but
that's
what
they
classify.
G
Anything
south
of
I-80
is
central
Illinois,
and
so
we
nominated
them
for
the
award
Oh
for
the
Eadie
award
and
they
they
wanted.
There
was
a
company
in
Chicago,
Hart,
Schaffner
and
Marx
that
want
it
for
Chicago
investment
and
urban
farmer
wanted
for
the
rest
of
Illinois,
and
that
makes
two
years
in
a
row.
Last
year
we
nominated
CSL.
They
also
want
it.
So
you
know,
out
of
the
last
two
years,
companies
in
Kankakee
County
have
won
the
best
business
award
from
the
Illinois
Economic
Development,
Association
and
I.
G
Think
that
also
bodes
you
know
well
for
our
community
next
slide
the
employment.
It
talked
about
the
employment.
The
next
one
you'll
see.
That's
a
lot.
A
chart
shows
the
unemployment
rate
for
Kankakee
County
this
year
in
January.
We
started
out
at
about
7.5
percent
unemployment
and
over
the
course
of
the
year
the
unemployment
has
gone
down.
You'll
see
it,
you
know
it
it
bottomed
out
in
May
and
it
has
creeped
up
a
little
bit,
but
we've
gone
from
7.5%
unemployment
to
in
November.
G
We
are
currently
at
four
point
three,
which
is
historic
lows
and
unemployment
for
Connecticut
County,
but
it
still
means
that
we've
got
people
who
are
not
working,
but
it
the
more
importantly
means
we
have
about
2100
people
that
weren't
working
in
January
of
2019
that
are
working
in
November
of
2019.
That's
the
last
month
that
we
have
data.
For
so
we
have
2100
people
that
are
working.
G
We've
got
a
lot
of
jobs
to
fill
and,
as
I
talked
earlier,
the
workforce
is
one
of
the
things
that
we're
spending
a
lot
of
time
on,
because
we've
got
jobs
now,
we've
got
to
get
people
to
fill
them
the
next
slide,
and
that's
one
of
the
some
of
the
things
that
we
started
working
on
over
the
course
of
this
year,
as
I
went
around
to
all
the
different
companies
and
talked
to
them
about
you
know.
What's
the
issues
of
doing
business
in
Kankakee
County,
you
know
a
lot
of
times.
G
You
think
they're
going
to
talk
about
traffic
or
incentives
or
taxes,
or
you
know
a
variety
of
different
things.
Every
company
that
I
went
to
what
they
talked
about
is
the
ability
to
hire
people.
You
know
they.
You
know
they
can
handle
just
about
all
the
other
issues
that
they
come
about
in
the
day-to-day
operating
of
the
business.
But
the
workforce
is
the
number
one
issue
throughout
the
area,
and
it's
not
just
here
in
Kankakee
County,
it's
their
number
one
issue
in
economic
development
everywhere.
G
If
you
can't
find
the
workers,
you
can't
do
business
and
we've
got
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
workers
in
order
to
continue
to
fuel
the
worker
pipeline
for
the
companies
that
we
have
here,
but
also
for
the
companies
that
want
to
come
here.
So
what
we
started,
working
with
the
Kankakee
Workforce
board,
we've
gone
and
tried
to
work
with
the
high
schools
and
high
school
seniors
and
identify
the
seniors
that
are
not
going
to
potentially
going
to
college,
and
let
them
be
aware
of
the
jobs
that
are
available
a
lot
of
times.
G
People
focus
so
much
on
the
high
school
seniors,
getting
them
into
a
college
that
nobody
pays
attention
to
the
ones
that
are
graduating
and
aren't
going
anywhere.
So
the
workforce
board
is
set
up
a
day,
just
a
trial
period.
We
want
one
day
and
we
got
seniors
from
the
high
school
in
Kankakee
and
took
them
around
to
four
different
companies
to
show
them
what
type
of
jobs
are
available
in
Kankakee
County
that
they
could
get
as
soon
as
they
graduate
from
high
school.
G
Well,
not
only
did
you
know,
the
seniors
had
no
idea
what
takes
place
behind
these
walls
and
inside
any
of
these
companies.
But
then
we
learned
the
counselors.
Don't
have
a
clue
either,
because
most
of
the
counselors
are
people
that
have
come
here
from
other
areas
or
even
might
not
live
here
now.
You
know
they
come
to
work
at
the
different
high
schools
and
they
work
on
trying
to
get
the
seniors
into
college,
but
they
have
no
idea
what
what
takes
place
at
CSL
or
at
new
Corrib
and
ruin
and
farms
are
at
urban
farmer.
G
They
have
no
idea
about
the
jobs
that
are
currently
available,
so
light
went
on
and
we
figured
okay.
Well,
you
know.
Not
only
do
we
take
the
students
about
in
November
a
day
where
we
took
the
counselor
and
the
principal
from
every
high
school
in
Kankakee
County
a
couple
in
Iroquois
and
a
couple
in
Will
County
and
put
him
on
a
bus
and
they
went
around
and
they
went
to
new
core
and
they
went
to
st.
Mary's
and
they
went
to
peddinghaus
and
they
went
to.
It
was
one
other
company
and
maybe
I.
G
Don't
remember
the
other
one,
but
they
went
to
four
different
companies
to
be
able
to
show
them.
You
know
here's
the
jobs
that
are
available
when
you're
counseling
these
students,
if
your
students
are
going
to
go
to
college.
That's
wonderful!
That's
great!
That's
a
it's
a
wonderful
thing,
but
if
they're,
not
here's
jobs
that
are
available
for
those
students
right
now
and
if
they
are
gonna
go
away
to
college
here's
jobs
for
them
to
come
back
to
in
two
years
or
in
four
years
it
used
to
be.
G
Were
you
know,
people
graduated
from
high
school
and
went
away
to
college,
never
to
return?
Well
now,
we've
got
you
know.
We've
got
put
your
own
reasons
for
them
to
come
back.
We
don't
have
just
jobs,
we
have
careers,
we
have
jobs
that
they
can
make.
You
know
six-figure
wages
and
live
here.
You
know
live
a
great
life
here
for
the
rest
of
their
life.
They
don't
have
to
go
away
to
college
and
never
come
back
to
Kent
County,
because
there
was
nothing
here
in
employment
for
them.
G
We
have
that,
but
we
need
to
let
them
know
about
it,
because
you
know
implanted
in
their
mind.
Is
that
there's
no
good
jobs
here
and
we
need
to
change
that
structure
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
makes
us
you
working
with
the
high
schools
to
try
to
get
them
to.
Let
them
know
about
all
the
jobs
and
to
get
to
get
the
principals
get
the
instructors
get
teachers
get
people
inside
these
facilities,
so
they
find
out
whether
you
know
what's
happening.
Another
program
that
we
started
is
Q
Kankakee.
G
If
this
is
a,
we
hired
a
company
to
do
some
marketing
for
us
on
the
on
the
internet
and
we've
got
them
doing
five
different
articles,
one
about
public
transportation
you'd
be
surprised
how
many
people
take
the
public
transportation
to
these
employment
centers,
which
is
wonderful
but
we're.
You
know.
We
also
want
to
make
sure
that
people
know
that
this
public
transportation
is
out
there.
Also
the
public
transportation
that
we
have,
that
can
take
people,
the
Midway
Airport
or
the
University
Park
to
get
jobs
somewhere
else.
G
We
have
another
article,
that's
going
to
be
done
about
livability,
another
article,
that's
being
done
about
remote
workers
and
we're
doing
these
articles
in
about
every
two
months
and
kind
of
trickling
them
out,
and
the
whole
idea
is
to
try
to
get
positive
information
out
about
Kankakee
County,
positive
information
out
about
the
employment,
positive
information
out
about
the
livability
factor,
as
we
go
around
to
all
these
different
communities
or
companies
and
talk
to
the
workers
that
are
there
we're
finding
out
that
you
know
a
lot
of
the
workers.
Don't
have
a
clue.
G
You
know
the
things
that
we
have
in
Kankakee
County,
either
we've
started
to
become
somewhat
of
a
job
hub.
We've
got
a
lot
of
people
who
are
working
in
Kankakee
County,
but
they
don't
live
here.
So
we
wanted
to
find
out
well,
what's
it
gonna
take
to
get
you
to
move
to
connect
you
County,
it's
great
that
you're
coming
here
to
work,
glad
we
got
the
jobs,
it's
nice
to
be
a
community
where
people
are
commuting
to
work.
G
What
would
it
take
to
get
you
to
live
here,
and
so
we
went
to
CSL,
we
went
to
Mandarin
and
we
went
to
four
or
five
other
different
companies
and
we
asked
the
employer
give
us
15
people
that
work
here,
but
don't
live
here
and
we
you
know,
and
we
had
lunch
with
him
and
we
talked
to
him.
You
know
what
you
know.
Why
don't
you
live
here
and
they
were
very
blunt.
You
know,
you
know
a
couple,
you
know.
Some
of
the
reasons
are,
you
know
pretty
obvious,
you
know
the
husband
works
downtown.
G
The
wife
works
here,
so
they
live
in
the
middle,
makes
it
easier
for
most
place.
People
makes
sense
or
the
wife
works
for
will.
County
and
they've
got
to
live
in,
will
County
the
husband
works
down
here,
so
they
live
and
Peotone
or
wherever
that
makes
sense
to,
but
the
people
that
have
the
opportunity
to
live
here.
Why
don't
you
and
some
of
the
reasons
ours?
You
know
because
they
feel
that
we
don't
have
some
of
the
amenities
we
you
know
they.
G
They
don't
think
we
have
the
restaurants,
we
don't
have
the
nightlife,
we
don't
have
the
the
bike
paths,
we
don't
have
the
parks.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
different
things
that
they're
looking
for
we'll
come
to
find
out.
We
have
all
that
stuff,
they
just
didn't
know
about
it,
and
so
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
get
that
information
into
the
facilities
get
that
information
to
the
human
resource.
People
get
that
information,
so
you
know
Wynn
deal
when
we
wouldn't.
G
These
people
are
looking
for
festivals,
that
they
know
what
festivals
are
happening
in
khaki
county.
We
learned
that
if
you
will,
if
you
work
in
its
ESL
and
you
live
in
Chicago,
the
only
thing
you
know
about
Kankakee
County
is
on
I-57.
If
you
don't
see
it
back
and
forth
to
work
everyone
in
your
mind,
it
doesn't
exist.
G
Well,
we've
got
to
get
that
information
out
there
that
there's
a
lot
of
different
things
here,
but
it
might
not
be
within
visibility
of
your
drive
back
and
forth
to
work
now,
and
those
are
things
that
we're
learning
from
you
know
from
talking
to
the
different
employees
and
talking
to
the
employers,
so
working
on
the
workforce
is
going
to
be
something
that
is
huge
over
the
course
of
the
next
several
years
business
development.
Last
year
we
had
we
that
that
picture
is
a
picture
of
the
old
Sears
store
at
the
Northfield
square.
G
Mall
we
had
a
banquet
facility
turned
that
into
a
banquet
was
facility
one
Thursday
morning
and
had
some
presentations
from
all
the
different
mirrors
in
the
community
to
tout
what
they
have
in
their
community.
The
County
Board
Chairman
was
also
on
that
panel.
We
also
had
a
panel
with
the
lot
of
the
different
manufacturers.
G
You
know
telling
the
story
about
why
they're
investing
in
Kankakee
County
and
why
they
think
it's
a
good
place
to
spend
the
money
and
it
was
very
successful
and
we're
gonna
do
that
again,
but
that's
an
example
they're
looking
at
that
picture
of
of
taking
an
old
retail
store
and
turning
it
into
a
banquet
facility.
It
wasn't
easy,
but
it
looked
really
cool
when
it
was
all
said
and
done.
We
also
had
events
at
the
at
the
bears
camp.
We
try
to
use
the
Bears
as
a
hook.
Last
year
they
had
a
better
record.
G
They
were
a
better
hook
than
they're
gonna
be
for
this
year,
but
but
use
them
to
try
to
bring
down
some
of
the
Chicago
developers
and
actually
the
governor
was
there
he
stopped
in,
and
we
got
a
number
of
developers
who
have
after
that
meeting
they
have
returned
to
Kankakee
and
we
have
a
couple
developers
that
showed
up
at
that
that
day
at
bears
camp
that
we
have
met
on.
You
know
about
a
half
a
dozen
occasions
and
are
looking
at
the
possibility
of
investing
in
Kankakee
County
in
doing
some
different
housing
projects.
G
G
Other
things
we
do
a
lot
of
education
over
the
course
of
the
year.
Last
year
we
had
a
panel
about
historic
tax
credits.
Trying
to
let
people
know
all
the
different
benefits
there
of
investing
in
certain
areas
in
Casey,
County
and
the
city
of
Kankakee
alone.
You
know
they
have
opportunities
zones,
they
have
enterprise
zones,
they
have
TIF
districts,
they
have
historic
tax
credit
areas.
G
They,
you
know,
there's
a
variety
of
different
things
that
could
be
used
in
order
to,
and
you
know,
to
help
your
investment
in
the
downtown
Katie
key
and
the
riverfront
Kiki
area.
But
if
people
don't
know
about
it
and
they're
not
aware
of
how
to
take
advantage
of
it,
it
doesn't
mean
a
whole
lot.
We
also
had
a
panel
called
exit
strong.
G
So
we
had
a
seminar
about
how
to
prepare
your
business
for
sale
and
what
you
need
to
do
in
order
to
try
to
make
your
business
more
attractive,
to
sell
it
to
potential
employers
or
your
employees
or
just
you
know,
to
sell
it
because
a
lot
of
the
people
that
are
looking
to
sell
their
businesses
that
that's
also
their
retirement.
If
they
don't
have
anybody
to
buy
the
business
their
retirement
is
going.
G
So
let's
say
we
do
a
lot
of
education
on
that
type
of
thing
over
the
course
of
the
year
and
finally,
this
project
livability.
This
is
what
I
talked
about.
We
have
got
some
developers
that
we
met
at
the
bears
camp
that
have
been
down
here
a
couple.
You
know
several
different
times.
We
are
trying
to
you,
know
and
entice
different
developers.
G
Different
investment
money
from
outside
the
area
you
come
to,
keiki
County,
come
downtown,
come
to
Bradley,
come
to
bourbonnais,
come
anywhere
throughout
keiki
County
and
invest
their
money
in
a
variety
of
different
in
different
places,
whether
it's
business,
whether
it's
residential,
if
you
think
about
it,
there
has
not
been
a
lot
of
residential
built
in
county
over
the
last
10
years,
we
were
exploding
in
2007
and
8,
not
so
much
in
the
last
10
years.
It's
about
time.
We
start
getting
some
residential
built
here
in
the
county
and
not
everybody
wants
a
tourist.
G
G
So
we
got
to
look
at
a
lot
of
different
things
in
economic
development,
whether
it
be
you
know,
for
jobs
for
for
residences,
whatever
it
might
be,
and
so
this
project
livability,
is
something
that
will
be
working
steady
on
over
the
course
of
the
year
and
then,
lastly,
we
have
our
board
meetings.
Those
are
the
dates.
If
you
want,
we
can
you
know
I,
think
you
can
once
the
county
board
members
already
on
the
list.
Anybody
is
welcome
to
come
to
our
economic
development
meetings.
G
I,
give
it
like
say,
I,
give
a
report
about
what's
taking
place
over
the
course
of
the
previous
couple
months,
we're
always
open
for
new
ideas.
If
anybody
has
got,
you
know
anybody
that
you
know
that
they
think
could
potentially
be
a
good
investor.
Please
give
me
a
call
I'm,
always
looking
to
reach
out
and
bring
any
money
that
we
can
into
can
key
county
to
get
people
to
spend
money
here
and
in
to
invest
in
the
area.
There's
any
questions
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any.
H
G
Everybody's
desk
or
two
we
passed
out
the
strife
magazine.
This
is
a
production
that
we
do.
The
Alliance
does
in
conjunction
with
the
daily
journal.
It's
just
kind
of
a
advertising
piece
document
this
year
talk
so
there's
an
article
in
there
from
five
different
communities.
There
is
a
mistake
because
it
says
village
of
moments
and
it's
supposed
to
say
city
of
moments,
but
we
didn't
get
to
proofread
at
first
so,
but
they
say
there's
a
lot
of
good
information
here.
If
anybody
in
the
audience
would
like
one
of
these,
we
have
them
in
the
back.
I
Yes,
just
two
things:
one
is,
let
me
progeny
your
presentation
and
the
public
transportation
to
Midway
and
think
of
the
godsend
I
found
out.
A
lot
of
people
did
not
know
about
it
and
three
about
three
years
ago,
I
really
didn't
know
about
I
was
paying
over
107
dollars
just
to
park
my
car
and
come
back
and
for
two
dollars
to
hit
and
then
park
here
and
then
be
right
down.
There,
I
mean
just
a
guy
saying
something:
I
just
shared
it
recently.
I
I
They
apply
at
the
jobs,
but
some
way
they
feel
that
it
has
to
be
another
area
of
entry
because
it's
like
either
they
don't
hear
back
or
some
of
that
is
there
a
contact
or
a
facility
that
they
can
kind
of
go
to
when
they
graduate
to
you
where
they
can
match
their
experience
with
perhaps
the
job
market.
Then
we
currently
have
there.
G
Is
wheat
we
have
a
website
called
work,
Kankakee
org
and
we
put
you
know
jobs
on
there
on
a
regular
basis.
We
have
a
college
intern
that
keeps
that
updated
that
you
know
the
jobs
are
in
Kankakee,
County,
they're
available
that
we
are
aware
of.
We
keep
updating
that
once
that
person
starts
the
interview
process
with
that
facility.
We're
kind
of
out
of
the
picture,
then
I
mean
we.
You
know,
we
don't
know
what
they're
you
know,
what
they're
learning,
what
they,
why
they're,
not
calling
people
back
or
why
they
are.
G
What
I
do
here
is
that
they're
continually
looking
for
more
people,
you
know
why
somebody
may
or
may
not
qualify
like
say:
that's
you
that
you
know
we're
kind
of
out
of
that
process.
It's
you
know
we
try
to
get
there
as
much
information
out
there
and
work
toward
not
only
lists
the
jobs,
but
it
also
lists
that
you
know
what
you've
got,
what
type
of
degrees
you
might
need
in
order
to
apply
for
certain
jobs,
or
if
you
want
to
become
a
nurse
but
you're
a
high
school
senior.
G
You
know
what
classes
do
I
take
or
what
career
passed
away
go
on
in
order
to
be
able
to.
You
know,
potentially
get
a
job
as
a
nurse
a
couple
years
down
the
road.
So
there's
a
lot
of
good
information
on
where
Kankakee
org,
but
again
you
know
every
company
has
their
own
way
of
doing
it
and
we're
not
privy
to
why
somebody
may
get
one
or
why
somebody
may
not.
One
thing
we
are
finding
out,
though,
is
in
today's
world
with
all
the
different
ways
of
communication.
G
You
know
in
the
old
days
it
used
to
be
it's
in
the
radio
and
the
newspaper.
Everybody
knew
about
it.
Well
now,
with
the
cellphones
and
Twitter
and
Facebook,
and
all
the
other
things
that
are
out
there.
It's
amazing
that
we
still
can't
get
information
out.
I
mean
we,
everybody
I,
don't
know
if
we,
if
people
read
stuff
so
fast
that
they
just
skim
over
it
and
forget
it.
G
G
Jobs
up
I,
don't
have
an
average,
because
that's
information
that
came
from
the
state
of
Illinois
I
mean
some
of
them
could
potentially
be
minimum-wage
jobs.
Some
of
them
could
be
six-figure
jobs.
What
yeah
we
we
have
no
way
of
knowing
what
we
do
know,
though,
is
that
the
you
know,
per
capita
wage
over
here
in
the
county
is
is
going
up.
You
know,
we've
got
data
as
far
as
you
know,
and
that's
it.
You
know,
and
that's
an
average
so
any
time
that
it's
going
in
the
upward
direction.
K
A
You
all
right
now,
before
we
get
into
the
next
item,
as
is
customary
when
there's
an
open
physical
seat
on
the
board
and
in
order
of
seniority
board
members
have
an
opportunity
to
change
the
seat
that
they're
in.
So
if
anyone
would
like
to
join
mr.
Snipes
in
the
back
there
and
sit
next
to
him,
don't
everybody
run
at
once,
but
no
Miss
Kitty
the!
So
if
you
have
an
operatives
an
opportunity
to
move
now,
if
you
wanted
to
go
into
the
back
into
that
seat,
it's
trying
to
kick
you
out
all
righty.
A
So
after
this
appointment,
then
the
seat
will
be
between
mr.
Haas
and
mr.
Snipes,
then
so
going
once
going
twice
alright!
So
again,
we
today
we
have
a
matter
before
the
board
to
replace
at
least
of
the
the
physical
seat
of
our
friend
Michael
Jess,
with
Larry
Kirk
Stroh
I
came
recommended
from
the
Kankakee
County
Democrat
Central
Committee,
and
he
is
the
candidate
for
election.
So
I
thought
it
was
appropriate
that
we
we
would
appoint
him.
So
I
would
like
to
make
that
motion
to
the
floor.
Someone
would
like
to
make
that
mr.
A
K
K
K
K
K
K
A
All
righty
moving
on
under
certificates
of
appreciation,
I
have
Laurie
Cruz
from
the
circuit
clerk's
office,
30
years,
we're
here
under
the
Sheriff's
Department
Zach
Powell
20
years
at
the
Sheriff's
Department
Trent
Bukowski
15
years
and
Andrew
Mackin.
He
is
not
here
either
15
years,
so
congratulations
to
all
for
your
service
to
the
county.
A
A
C
A
D
C
C
A
Ready
so
I
need
a
motion
to
go
by
and
accept
the
reports
its
presented
mr.
Peyton,
second,
mrs.
cool,
oh
so
trying
to
try
to
move
around
any
any
comments.
Questions
big
mr.
Burke,
dr.
Murphy
had
a
presentation
on
this.
No
I'm
just
kidding
I
just
messin
with
him,
so
all
those
in
favor
say
aye.
Those
opposed
same
sign
motion
carries
I'll
pay
for
that
at
some
point,
all
right.
Moving
on
under
committee
presentations,
I
have
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
anything
that
needs
to
be
removed
of
those
three
items?
A
D
C
D
K
A
A
C
A
C
D
D
C
C
A
D
A
A
Those
transitional
or
changeover
audits
are
part
of
state
law,
something
we
didn't
do
for
years
and
years.
Actually
we
had
to
do
them
them
for
auditor
treasurer
sheriff
and
that
allowed
me
had
to
do
one
for
Dan
when
he
took
over
so
yeah.
Then
we,
the
interpretation
of
the
statute,
that
we
have
to
do
a
for
appointed
officials
as
well
when
they
change
over
okay.
So
any
other
questions
alrighty,
then
I,
guess
that's
a
roll
call
vote
please.
Mr.
D
C
C
A
D
D
A
Right
exactly-
and
it's
always
good
to
do
that,
but
you
don't
want
to
do
it
every
year.
You
want
to
do
it
about
every
five
or
six
to
kind
of
make
sure
the
markets
competitive,
but
in
this
case
with
us
changing
financial
systems,
you
can't
just
bring
in
somebody
with
no
institutional
knowledge,
because
the
quote
will
be
astronomical
to
deal
with
two
different
financial
systems
and
they're
trying
to
balance
is
who
is
for
mr.
Snipes.
First.
I
Just
concerned
the
the
annual
audit
that
we
generally
do
and
I
know
go
back
to
days
with
vacant
Smith
when
he
was
part
of
the
process.
They
audit
the
all
of
the
county's
financial
statements
for
the
2019
correct
yeah,
that's
the
wrong.
Okay.
So,
with
the
hang
of
a
house,
an
auditor
to
just
govern
a
certain
specific
account,
is
this
outside
of
the
overall
umbrella
of
the
county's
financial
audit.
I
I
I
A
It
has
to
be
a
separate,
specific
audit
per
state
statute
on
those
funds
within
that
one
department.
That's
why
and
I
I,
don't
they
would
have
institutional
knowledge
of
all
of
our
systems
already
in
place,
so
they
would,
by
default,
be
the
lowest
option
of
any
credible
bitter
if
you
will
its
appurtenance
a
professional
service.
So
that's
that's
who
we're
going
with
on
that
end
of
it
because
they
they
actually
know
the
department's
and
how
this
is.
I
I
just
figured
out
if
we
had
a
he
said
hanging
outside
I
just
wanted
to.
Why
are
we
not
using
the
same
outside
auditing
firm
when
right,
you
just
clear
fat?
We
are
so
when
you're
saying
outside
I'll
travel
to
just
hide
the
trim,
firm
of
Smith
and
Dijkstra's
etc,
but
when
you're
saying
outside
that
kind
of
throws
like
why
we
have
to
sift
about
to
beard
when
we
do
have
an
order
to
firm
in
place
for
a
couple
of
more
years.
J
A
A
A
21,
because
you
have
to
go
through
the
whole
year
under
the
new
system,
and
then
we
can't
kind
of
get
rid
of
the
baggage.
If
you
will
of
the
old
systems
and
that's
the
way
it
works
out,
that's
been
recommended
by
every
financial
person
that
I've
talked
to
okay,
so
thank
you,
and
not
just
the
ones
that
currently
work
for
us
and
we'll
clarify
it's.
Obviously
they
have
what
they
would
have
a
vested
interest
and
try
to
keep
business,
but
they
are
ethically
bound
to
those
recommendations.
A
Any
other
questions
on
this.
Do
we
do
it
every
year.
We
have
to
do
it
and
we
believe
me:
it's
not
just
a
gloss
over
it's
a
deep
dive
and
they
make
us
as
I
call
it
do
the
firewalk
every
year.
The
only
departments
they
don't
audit,
as
part
of
our
audit
I
believe,
is
as
as
part
of
our
audit
is
health
and
Circuit
Clerk.
Those
are
separate
audits,
I,.
L
L
A
C
D
A
C
Mr.
house
hi
mrs.
pulk
mr.
Snipes
all
right
mr.
Bern
hi
mr.
Cyr
Oh
mr.
leer,
mrs.
Weber
hi,
mrs.
Peters
mr.
Paden,
miss
Dunbar
hi
mr.
Kinzinger
aye
mr.
Fairfield,
miss
Hoffs
mr.
Kirk,
oh
I,
christen
mr.
Hoff
mr.
Smith,
mr.
cool
Oh,
mr.
fatherland
I
mr.
Donnell
mr.
Miller.
I
mr.
long
mr.
Kirk's.
True
all.
A
Right
mr.
wheeler
I
once
he
carries
under
other
business,
we
have
one
opening
on
the
manteno
number:
nine
drainage
district,
1
on
the
X
line,
Creek
drainage,
district
2
on
the
Kankakee
County
Regional,
Planning
Commission,
and
one
opening
on
the
Kankakee
County
GIS
committee.
That's
for
a
county
board
member!
So
if
you
are
interested
in
that,
let
me
know
under
old
business,
authorizing
the
signing
of
a
settlement
agreement
case
18,
mr
181,
we'll
get
into
a
motion
first
and
then
discussion
motion
to
approve
the
settlement.
Mr.
Washington.
Second,
there
a
second
on
this
mr.
M
I
know
this
was
discussed,
I
think
in
closed
session
at
the
last
meeting,
but
basically
there's
no
money
being
paid
out
as
part
of
this
settlement.
The
other
side
is
dismissing
the
settlement
and
we
are
vacating
the
permit.
The
applicant
basically
didn't
get
the
permissions
that
they
needed
to
develop
that
parcel,
so
it's
kind
of
a
moot
issue
at
this
point.
Any
other
detail.
No,
sir.
No.
A
C
A
I
Got
just
just
FYI
to
all
of
the
board
members,
those
of
you
all
that
are
connected
with
the
Republican
Democrat
independent
party.
There
were
the
black
history.
40Th
annual
scholarship
program
is
here
and
I
want
to
just
make
sure
that
everybody
knows
that
you
can
get
the
word
out,
I,
let
it
be
coming
to
the
county
and
to
other
agencies,
but
I
want
everybody
to
be
on
the
same
ground
level,
so
we
will
be
putting
them
out
there.
You
go
from
the
ad
book.
Things
will
come
out
to
you.
I
We
would
ask
that
you
give
an
ad
this
year
because
of
the
40th
we're
gonna,
try
to
give
for
$1000
scholarships
if
you
want
to
just
write
a
check
for
1,000
or
whatever
we
appreciate
it,
but
other
than
that
get
an
ad
or
Weber,
and
as
you
know,
that
book
is
something
that
you
have
a
keepsake
this
year
to
take
on.
You
get
a
free
ad,
but
with
you
with
your
little
donate,
I
mean
with
your
donation
and
can
donation,
but
you're
also
going
to
be
helping
for
individuals
to
go
towards
college.
So
thanks!