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From YouTube: Kankakee County Board Meeting 09/13/2022
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Kankakee County Board Meeting 09/13/2022 9:00am
A
B
Board
member,
thank
you
for
bringing
safely
preparing
us
together
today.
We
ask
that
you
give
us
the
knowledge
and
strength
to
continue
to
serve
the
people
of
canada
county.
We
reply
upon
your
guidance
to
help
us
provide
a
peaceful,
safe
and
meaningful
life
for
our
residents.
We
ask
that
you
watch
over
our
police
officers,
firefighters
and
paramedics,
as
they
carry
out
their
very
difficult
jobs,
protecting
our
county
in
jesus
name.
We
pray,
amen.
B
B
A
A
C
Morning
morning,
chairman,
this
is
the
microphone.
Yes,
okay,
I
just
wanted
to
come
and
reintroduce
myself
as
the
newly
appointed
regional
superintendent
of
schools.
I
wanted
to
thank
you
all
for
your
support.
Thank
chairman
wheeler
and
you
all
for
your
foresight
in
the
appointment
process,
dr
murphy
retired
july
31st,.
C
I
don't
know
that
there
would
have
been
any
issues
if
there
wasn't,
but
it
was
just
nice
that
we
were
able
to
work
together
to
make
that
transition
very
smooth,
we're
off
to
a
great
start.
The
year
has
been
really
nice
this
year
after
the
last
couple
years,
so
great
attitudes,
everybody's,
really
excited
and
energized.
C
C
As
I
said,
our
office
there
was
no
issues
with
the
transition.
Greg
did
a
great
job
getting
us
prepared
in
moving
forward.
One
of
the
other
things
that
I
wanted
to
do
is
introduce
our
new
assistant,
regional
superintendent,
which
was
one
of
the
first
things
that
I
did
as
regional
superintendent
is
appoint
the
assistant
regional
superintendent.
So
luckily
we
had
a
person
on
staff
with
us
for
the
last
five
years,
working
as
our
pd
administrator
and
that's
patty,
high
and
she's
here
today.
So
I
wanted
to
introduce
patty
hi.
C
She's
done
a
lot
of
great
things
for
us,
the
last
five
years
and
she
has
stepped
into
that
role
and
again
has
not
missed
a
beat
so
she's
kind
of
doing
double
duty
right
now,
but
we're
going
to
work
through
and
figure
out
how
to
transition
her
old
role
as
well,
but
right
now
she's
kind
of
balancing
that
as
well.
So
a
lot
going
on
with
us.
But
again
I
wanted
to
thank
you
all
and
and
assure
you
that
we
are
business
as
usual
and
moving
forward
and
looking
forward
to
a
great
year.
C
A
Welcome
award.
Thank
you
all.
Moving
on
now
we're
gonna
have
a
rather
lengthy
presentation
and-
and
I
would
imagine
some
questions,
but
in
order
to
to
move
forward,
I
don't
want
to
keep
some
people
sitting
around
here
if
they
have
other
things
to
do
today.
So
I
was
wanting
to
see
if
I
get
a
motion
to
do
the
proclamations
and
then
also
to
move
up
wes's
agenda
item
because
he's
going
to
be
sitting
here
a
while
and
the
press
is
hawking
their
seat
over
there.
A
I've
got
to
find
it
again
number
163
up
to
the
front,
so
we
can
get
those
taken
care
of,
and
I
want
to
say
out
of
the
way
but
discussed
with
mr
eckhoff,
mr
featherling,
with
a
second
all
those
in
favor
say
hi.
Those
opposed
same
sign
all
righty.
First
off
we'll
do
the
resolutions,
because
I
believe
both
gentlemen
are
here
today.
So
affirmations
proclamation.
Excuse
me:
that's
okay,
press
commissions,
I'll
mix
them
together,
so
yeah.
If
you
could
read
them
both
since
then,
we
can
do
them.
E
Absolutely
proclamation
of
the
county
board
of
ken
kee
county
illinois,
honoring
danny
allen,
demers
for
his
many
years
of
public
service
to
the
people
of
kankakee
county,
whereas
danny
ellen
demers
commenced
his
service
to
the
people
of
bourbon,
a
in
kankakee
county
in
july
of
1977
when
he
began
his
career
as
a
firefighter
and
whereas
danny
allen.
Demers
has
served
the
village
of
bourbon
and
birmingham
township
for
over
45
years,
including
service
as
firefighter
fire,
lieutenant
and
fire
captain.
And
whereas
danny
allen.
Demers
was
a
recipient
of
the
bourbon
township
fire
protection.
E
E
His
life's
work
now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
that
the
kinky
county
board
greatly
appreciates
service
to
his
community
and
many
contributions
to
the
safety
and
welfare
of
the
people
of
kankakee,
county
and
september.
13.
2022
is
hereby
proclaimed
as
danny
ellen
demmer's
day
for
the
county
of
kankakee.
F
A
E
As
a
student
advisor
at
the
kaneki
area
career
center,
at
as
the
bourbon,
a
fire
protection
district
representative
on
the
bourbon,
a
friendship
festival
committee
and
whereas
ralph
garfield
hyde
has
made
service
to
the
people
of
bourbon
a
king,
key
county
and
the
state
of
illinois
is
life's
work.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
that
the
kanke
county
board
greatly
appreciates
service
to
his
community
and
many
contributions
to
the
safety
and
welfare
of
the
people
of
kankee,
county
and
september.
14.
2022
is
hereby
proclaimed
as
ralph
garfield
hyde
day
for
the
county
of
kangaki.
A
B
G
G
A
You
know
I
just
realized.
We
have
mr
deeney
here
from
the
highway
department
for
45
years
of
service,
and
maybe
we
do
that
one
right
now
as
well
is
that
okay
yeah
motion.
Second,
all
those
in
favor
say
hi,
okay,
so
we
do
want
to
thank
you
for
your
service.
If
you
would
like
to
come
up
greg,
did
you
want
to
present
that.
H
H
Did
that
for
a
while
ran
a
paint
truck
then
he
became
our
number
one
gradal
guy.
He
was
the
ace
behind
the
machine
after
so
many
years
of
that
he
moved
up
he's
now.
The
maintenance
foreman
he's
been
here
for
20
how
many
years,
23
years,
23
years
as
highway,
foreman
running
the
operations,
keeping
track
of
all
the
people,
making
sure
the
roads
get
plowed
the
the
streets
get
patched
and
stripes
get
painted
stuff
like
that-
and
this
is
our
third
45-year
guy
this
year,
you'll.
A
Moving
on
sorry
today
is
we
have
a
presentation
now.
Patrick
curran
is
here
from
respark
and
so
is
eddie
burrell
from
rincon.
We
went
through
the
process
on
the
needs
assessment
and
we
have
the
presentation.
The
results,
if
you
will
some
of
the
statistical
information,
much
broader
data
sets,
are
in
your
packet,
so
that'll
bring
up
patrick
to
the
front
eddie.
If
you
have
two
cents,
there's
the
back
microphone
back
there,
I'm
sorry,
oh
I
apologize.
Can
you
hold
on
just
one?
A
Second,
no,
you
can
say
there
forgot
about
wes,
sorry
wes
you're
working
in
the
hallway,
so
we
need
a
motion
on
this
one.
This
is
and
wes
can
go
to
the
microphone
back
there
and
explain
it
that
remember
the
the
chiller
project
in
building
and
grounds.
We
had
a
problem
with
the
air
going
out
over
there
and
while
it's
cool
right
now,
we're
expected
to
get
warm
again
so
as
wes.
If
you
want
to
explain
that
it's
on.
I
Yeah,
as
we
talked
about
you
got
me
yeah
as
we
talked
about
it
the
committee
meeting
last
month,
we
had
sort
of
an
emergency
situation
at
the
annex,
building
the
chiller,
the
chiller
barrel,
cracked
and
the
age
of
that
chiller
was
estimated
to
be
between
33
and
35
years
old,
the
chiller
over
there.
So
as
it
was
explained
to
me,
the
chiller
barrel
acts
as
a
heat
exchanger,
similar
to
in
your
furnace.
It's
gonna,
the
heat
exchanger
is
obviously
gonna
heat.
Your
home,
the
chiller
barrel
is
gonna
cool.
I
I
So
after
talking
with
chairman
wheeler,
we
went
ahead
and
moved
forward.
I
think
chairman
consulted
the
state's
attorney's
office.
Is
that
correct
correct?
So
we
went
ahead
and
even
though
it
was
an
emergency
I
didn't
need
to,
but
I
went
the
extra
step
and
I
thought
it
was
important,
given
the
size
of
the
project,
to
go
ahead
and
get
two
bids,
so
I
went
ahead
and
did
that
the
bids
came
in
at
then.
I
This
is
for
replacement
of
the
chiller
one
month
rental,
because
we're
currently
we're
running
on
one
stage
of
the
cooling
system
right
now
and
one
stage
when
it
gets
above
80.
It
gets
pretty
hot
and
humid
in
there.
If
it
stays
below
80,
we
can
cool
it
on
one
stage,
but
we
all
know
every
fall.
We
seem
to
be
getting
temps
that
schools
are
getting
out.
I
Temperatures
are
85,
90
95
degrees,
so
the
the
bid
includes
a
one
month,
rental
for
a
new
unit
that
is
currently
hooked
up
and
then
the
replacement
of
the
unit
and
then
demo
of
the
existing
unit.
So
those
prices
came
in
at
99
455
by
vendor
1
and
131
947
by
vendor
2..
So
obviously
we
went
ahead
with
the
low
bid
on
that
project
and
then
we,
like,
I
said
we
proceeded
on
an
emergency
basis
with
guidance
from
the
state's
attorney's
office.
So
andy,
if
that's,
if
there's
anything
else,
you
want.
A
A
We
just
basically
had
to
make
sure
we
could
cool
the
building,
while
this
thing's
on
order.
So
really
we're
just
moving
forward
on
this,
so
is
there?
Is
there
a
motion
on
this
first,
mr
hunter
with
mr
long
is
a
second
any
thoughts
comments.
This
is
out
of
arpa
by
the
way,
so,
mr
snipes
did
you
have
something
just.
I
I
A
Aye
motion
carries
mr
snipes.
Could
you
catch
this
here?
The
bottom
of
your
thing?
It
might
because
it's
turned
off.
That's,
I
think,
that's
where
it's
coming
from.
It's
not
your
fault,
because
I
think
we've
got
a
bad
connection.
It's
all
right,
then
we'll
just
try
to
minimize
it.
We'll
figure
it
out.
At
least
we
know
where
it's
coming
from
miss
polk
is
here.
A
L
L
Let's
make
sure
this
is
working
here
there
we
go
so
first
just
to
get
started.
I
want
to
acknowledge
and
thank
a
few
people,
but
most
especially
the
residents
of
the
county
of
kankakee
who
contributed,
in
total,
more
than
420
hours
of
their
time,
to
share
their
perspectives,
their
thoughts,
complete
surveys
and
provide
the
data
which
we've
reflected
back
to
you
in
the
report.
L
So,
as
the
chairman
said,
what
I'm
going
to
present
this
morning
is
simply
a
summary
of.
What's
in
the
report,
the
full
report
itself
is
over
80
pages
of
slides
and
detailed
data
that
you
are
welcome
to
review.
I
was
provided
to
the
commissioners
ahead
of
this
so
that
you
can
ask
questions
today
and
of
course,
if
there
are
specific
questions,
we're
always
happy
to
follow
up.
L
Okay,
so,
as
each
of
you
know
from
previous
presentations,
our
team
worked
with
the
leaders
to
develop
and
design
a
four-stage
process
that
would
define
the
scope
of
the
assessment,
collect
the
data
and
then
ultimately
analyze
that
data
and
develop
the
report
that
was
presented
to
you.
That
process
started
in
early
may.
It
went
public
in
early
july.
L
Within
that
definition,
we
also
designed
the
survey
and
it
met
the
design
requirements
that
the
leadership
recommended
it
was
10
minutes
or
less.
I
think
the
average
survey
take
time
was
actually
about
eight
minutes.
There
were
over
40
questions
that
addressed
the
five
areas
of
scope.
You
can
see
several
of
those
questions
on
that
slide
there,
I'm
not
going
to
read
them
all
to
you.
The
survey
was
available
in
both
english
and
spanish.
L
L
L
The
14
to
17
year
old
survey
that
I
just
mentioned
didn't
actually
receive
enough
responses
to
be
considered
valid.
So
we
did
not
include
that
data
in
here
in
the
full
report,
we've
outlined
some
of
the
constraints
and
suggested
some
other
ways
that
we
could
get
data
from
that
younger
population,
especially
now
that
school
is
back
in
session
and
people
are
a
little
more
focused
on
things
like
this.
L
Overall,
though
sorry,
I
also
want
to
mention
there's-
and
this
is
detailed
in
the
report.
There
is
some
likely
skew
in
the
data
most
of
the
survey
respondents,
so
you
have
to
think
of
this
sample
set
as
a
whole
right
on
average
there's
a
higher
level
of
income,
higher
education,
higher
level
of
home
ownership.
L
A
couple
of
economic
indicators
like
that
that
are
just
above
this
other
statistical
county
averages
in
terms
of
who
responded
to
the
data.
Having
said
that,
we
still
have
representation
in
the
survey
set
from
people
of
low
economic
status
from
folks
who
are
renters
from
people
across
all
races
and
genders
and
whatnot.
L
So,
even
though
there
is
that
possibility
of
skew
in
the
data,
we
still
feel
that
the
data
itself
is
useful
for
the
county
purposes
that
were
laid
out
to
us
and
with
that
we
were
willing
to
stand
behind
the
95
confidence
level
that
the
overall
number
achieves.
So
a
good
high
volume
of
responses
and
a
usable
data
set
as
the
county
leaders
are
considering
how
they
use
this
data
for
decision
making.
L
Okay,
so
that's
the
survey
we
also,
as
you
know,
conducted
focus
groups
and
a
lot
of
individual
interviews
and
a
workshop
with
several
leaders
from
the
community
that
group
of
in-person
conversations
and
a
little
extended
deep
dive
with
those
folks
also
represented
a
large
diversity,
that's
reflective
of
the
county.
It
was
important
also
in
this
set
that
we
were
able
to
speak
with
and
work
with
some
of
the
elected
officials
and
also
you
can
see
on
the
right
side
of
that
table.
L
So
I
would
encourage
you
to
go
through
and
read
each
of
those
see
the
data,
that's
behind
them.
The
report
details
the
finding
there's
evidence
and
examples
for
each
of
those
findings
as
you
work
through
the
data
so
based
on
that
full
body,
the
survey
and
the
interviews
and
the
focus
groups.
In
the
workshop,
our
team
found
that
three
areas
really
rose
to
the
surface
as
community
needs
and
those
are
youth
supports
housing
and
mental
health.
L
Those
are
kind
of
broadly
reflected
as
the
biggest
areas
of
need,
so
I'm
going
to
take
a
few
minutes
here
and
actually
work
through
most
of
the
bullets.
I
know
it's
probably
difficult
to
read
the
slides
on
the
screen.
I
think
you
have
these
in
front
of
you,
but
just
so
that
you
kind
of
get
a
deeper
sense
of
what
we're
talking
about
when
we
say
you
support
housing,
mental
health,
then
we're
also
going
to
talk
about
education
and
some
of
the
racial
dynamics
in
the
community.
L
So
first
there's
a
broad
concern
among
community
members
about
youth
development,
and
this
idea
that
the
youth
in
the
county
are
the
future
of
kankakee.
That
was
understood
by
anyone
and
everyone
that
we
talked
to.
As
this
is
a
key
area
of
need
for
us,
and
if
we
don't
invest
in
our
young
people,
then
we're
not
going
to
have
a
bright
future
and
whatever
we
think
we
want
to
do
today,
that's
going
to
serve
all
kankakee
residents.
L
We
have
to
be
especially
mindful
of
young
people,
so
kind
of
building
on
the
back
of
that
or
hinging
on
that.
This
idea
that
the
overall
support
system
for
youth
in
the
county
has
really
broken
down,
and
it's
not
effectively
preparing
young
people
to
become
effective
adults,
and
I
want
to
be
careful
here.
There
wasn't
a
lot
of
finger
pointing
and
I
think
what
our
team
noticed
was.
There
are
systems
that
used
to
do
that
right.
L
L
There
were
accepted
norms
and
ideals,
and
those
things
have
shifted
over
the
last
sets
of
decades
and
maybe
a
couple
generations,
and
so
where
we
used
to
just
know
and
trust,
confidently
that
if
young
people
got
a
b
and
c
they
were
going
to
become
effective
adults
and
we
could
rely
on
their
families
or
we
could
rely
on
what
was
happening
at
home.
We
could
rely
on
what
was
happening
at
school.
They
would
would
grow
up
to
be
great
people.
L
L
What
we
noticed
was
a
lot
of
community
members
seem
to
defer
to
the
school
system
to
fill
in
the
gap,
and
so
the
school
system
has
now
been
charged
with
doing
a
whole
bunch
of
other
things
that
before
it
didn't
have
to
do,
and
so
you
can
see
the
strain
on
that.
I
was
glad
to
see
frank
here
this
morning.
L
I
wonder
what
he's
going
to
do
with
this
data
right,
so
there
really
there's
a
need
for
looking
at
how
do
we
help
young
people
become
effective
adults
and
think
differently
about
the
total
set
of
systems
and
structures
that
get
them
there,
whether
that's
mentorship,
whether
that's
job
training,
whether
that's
formal
education,
whether
it's
summer
programs,
whether
it's
community,
you
know
community
connectivity
right?
Think
of
the
tissue?
That's
in
the
background.
L
That's
what
that's
really
about
so
moving
to
the
next
one
mental
health.
There
were
mental
health
concerns
for
people
of
all
ages
right,
so
it
didn't
matter,
young
or
old.
It
also
didn't
matter
race
or
economic
status.
I
think
our
team
was
actually
quite
surprised.
The
high
number
of
people
who
readily
reported
that
they
had
negative
mental
health
impacts
from
covet
19.
people
who
are
familiar
with
this
sector
and
work
in
this
space
know
that
mental
health
is
still
highly
stigmatized.
L
It's
not
something
that
a
lot
of
people
are
ready
to
talk
about
and
a
very
large
percentage.
I
think
it's
between
30
and
40.
Sorry,
I
don't
remember
off
top
of
my
head
reported
in
our
survey
that
they
had
negative
mental
health
impacts
right,
so
people
are
are
able
to
acknowledge,
what's
going
on
and
may
be
ready
to
reach
out
and
and
ask
for
help
around
that.
L
What
I
think
is
also
kind
of
stood
out
to
us,
and
you
see
that
reflected
in
the
bullet
there.
This
idea
that
residents
believe
that
mental
health
needs
are
increasing,
so,
whether
that's
because
of
anxiety
in
the
society,
whether
it's
because
of
covid,
whether
it's
because
of
breakdowns
of
other
systems
and
structures,
we,
you
know,
we
didn't
dig
into
those
things
and
in
some
ways
it
doesn't
matter
as
the
county
leadership.
Your
residents
feel
like
we
have
an
increasing
amount
of
mental
health
needs.
What
are
we
going
to
do
about
that?
L
L
L
This
is
one
of
the
things
where
the
residents
really
believe.
If
we're
going
to
invest
in
something
education
is,
is
a
real
big
opportunity
and
that's,
I
think,
partly
an
opportunity,
because
there
are
established
structures
and
systems
there.
It's
something
we're
all
familiar
with,
and
so
people
can
kind
of
anchor
like
oh
yeah.
I
know
how
this
works
and
if
we
put
money
in
this
place,
it
seems
like
that
should
work.
L
It's
also
a
space
where
we
heard
from
people
that
education
can
be
kind
of
this
seed.
If
you
think
of
you,
know,
throwing
a
stone
in
a
pond
and
the
ripple
effect
right.
Education
is
one
of
those
things
where.
If
we
push
the
button
here,
we
can
begin
to
impact
a
lot
of
things.
We
can
impact
mental
health,
we
can
impact
job
training.
We
can
impact
people's
social
and
emotional
development
over
the
course
of
their
life
by
making
key
investments
in
education
and
what
that
looks
like.
L
Moving
down,
I
think
we're
getting
the
slides
back,
but
again,
I
think
you
have
it
in
front
of
you
there,
so
we
noticed
that
racial
and
ethnic
divisions
still
exist
in
the
community.
So
again
our
team
was
asked
to
come
and
conduct
this
assessment
as
an
outside
party
and
to
kind
of
be
neutral
and
provide
some
objective.
As
much
as
we
can
observations,
there
is
definitely
an
opportunity
to
continue
bringing
racial
and
ethnic
minority
groups
together
and
to
tie
the
fabric
of
the
society
a
little
bit
more
closely.
L
It
was
inspiring
for
us,
the
number
of
people
that
we
would
hear,
expressing
concern
about
racial
divisions
for
people
not
like
themselves
whether
it
was
caucasian
focus
group
members
talking
about
you
know.
I
know
about
young
black
men
who
are
being
pulled
over
by
police
officers
or
hearing
from
african-american
focus
group
members.
I've
got
spanish-speaking
people
in
my
community
who
can't
get
the
service
they
need,
or
I've
seen
them
be
rejected
from
this
or
that
thing
right.
L
So
the
divisions
exist
and
there's
also
this
interest
and
I'm
not
sure
if
it's
an
enthusiasm,
but
certainly
a
concern
on
the
part
of
other
community
members
that
if
that
division
exists,
what
can
we
do
to
close
the
gap?
Or
what
can
we
do
to
bring
people
together
and
really
be
a
whole
community
and
not
just
a
collection
of
a
bunch
of
different
sub
communities?.
L
Okay,
then,
the
last
two
points
in
particular
that
I
want
to
share
about
these
findings,
so
the
the
next
one
I
think
most
people
know-
and
I
think
the
chairman
I've
had
some
extended
conversations
about
this.
The
idea
of
community
is
localized
right.
You
are
all
county
representatives
and
you
try
to
think
about
the
county
at
its
regional
level,
most
of
the
people
that
we
talk
to.
L
They
don't
think
that
way,
right
they
sit
down
and
they
think.
Oh,
I'm
a
resident
of
bourbon
a
I'm
a
resident
of
moni,
I'm
a
resident
of
moments.
You
know
my
community
is
hopkins
park
they're
experiencing
a
much
smaller
version
of
community
than
what
this
body
is
responsible
for
shaping
and
guiding.
L
So
most
of
us
are
probably
familiar
with
the
idea
of
a
rising
tide
raises
all
boats
right.
Most
of
the
people
in
their
daily
lives
aren't
really
thinking
regionally
when
they
hear
the
word
community
and
then
finally,
as
I
pointed
to,
despite
any
sort
of
you,
know
kind
of
negative
feelings
or
the
the
kind
of
gaps
that
we
see
in
the
data
in
terms
about
economic
opportunity
in
terms
of
mental
health,
the
the
places
where
people
have
needs
those
are
real.
L
Despite
that,
there
is
a
lot
of
positive
feeling
and
positive
sentiment
among
kankakee
residents
that
the
future
can
be
good.
We
definitely
did
not
get
a
sense
that
business
as
usual
is
going
to
be.
Okay
right
change
is
needed,
and
community
members
believe
that,
with
the
right
investments
with
the
right
vision
with
the
right
leadership,
that
change
can
be
really
positive
and
the
county
can
experience
some
rejuvenation
continued
economic
growth.
In
some
cases
we
would
hear
people
talk
about.
L
You
know
the
kankakee
of
the
50s
when,
when
it
was
kind
of
lauded
as
one
of
the
best
places
to
live
in
in
america
and
that
it
could
again
be
on
that
track,
so
there's
a
lot
of
opportunity.
There
there's
a
positive
feeling
in
the
community
psyche.
I
think
you
can
tap
into
in
order
to
help
drive
effective
change
moving
forward
so
that
that's
kind
of
the
short
summary
of
the
overall
findings.
L
L
Okay
and
we
didn't,
I
shouldn't,
say,
selecting
what
they
were
voicing.
We
didn't
give
them
options.
We
just
asked
them:
what's
the
one
thing
that
you
would
invest
in
and
education
became
the
thing
that
people
said
you
know.
I
know
I've
talked
about
housing
for
the
last
50
minutes,
but
I
think
we
should
put
the
money
in
education
because
dot
dot
dot,
and
we
would
hear
responses
like
that
repeatedly
from
focus
group
participants
and
from
interview
participants.
In
some
cases
people
would
say
you
know
like.
L
L
L
So,
as
you
consider,
how
do
we
leverage
these
funds
moving
forward
and
and
maybe
not
just
arpa
funds
right,
but
other
funding?
That's
out
there,
the
the
country
as
a
whole
has
a
lot
of
funding
available
for
educational
opportunities.
How
do
you
structure
certain
rfps
that
might
go
and
get
some
of
that
money?
The
community
is
interested
in
those
things.
L
Okay,
we
also
had
the
opportunity
to
look
kind
of
closely
at
the
hispanic
population.
That's
been
growing
in
kankakee
county
and
one
of
the
areas
of
concern
that
leaders
identified
was
what
is
the
impact
of
the
language
barrier,
and
what
we
found
is
that
more
than
half
of
people
who
are,
let
me
say
this
way
more
than
half
of
people
who
took
the
survey
in
spanish
right.
L
So
we
should
expect
that
they
speak
some
english,
but
they
prefer
to
speak
spanish
or
they
they
selected
to
take
the
survey
in
spanish
because
they
wanted
that
to
be.
You
know
their
primary
language.
More
than
half
of
those
people
identified
the
language
itself
as
a
barrier
to
accessing
different
resources
and
supports
around
the
county,
and
that's
everything
from
excuse
me.
L
L
We
had
a
focus
group
that
was
conducted
in
spanish
and
several
of
the
people
who
are
participating
are
actually
either
employees
or
directly
connected
to
offices
of
local
elected
officials
and
representatives,
and
what
they
were
telling
us
is
that
among
the
hispanic
population
in
the
county,
and
particularly
the
conversations
that
are
kind
of
happening
at
home,
people
who
are
spanish-speaking
immigrants
are
afraid
to
raise
their
hand
and
say
I'm
here,
because
they
think
that
that
is
going
to
negatively
impact
their
immigration
status.
Whether
they're
here
legally
or
not,
was
not
a
question
that
we
asked.
L
But
I
think
it
also.
Many
of
you
know
this.
If
they
are
viewed
as
a
dependent
on
the
state
right,
then
that
can
negatively
impact
their
opportunity
for
citizenship,
assuming
that
they're
here
legally
and
have
done
all
the
other
steps
correctly
right.
So
the
fact
that
they
speak
spanish
and
need
help
they're
afraid
to
raise
their
hand
and
ask
for
help
because
they
don't
want
to
be
viewed.
As
you
know,
somebody
who's
going
to
become
a
dependent
on
public
funds.
L
We
also
heard
from
that
group
that
there's
a
lack
of
culturally
appropriate
communication
in
spanish
and
we
had
a
fun
conversation
with
the
mayor
of
yankee
about
things
being
translated
right
and
people
who
speak
any
other
language,
spanish
or
anything
else.
They
know
if
you
just
copy
and
paste
something
into
google
translate,
and
then
you
put
it
on
your
website.
L
It's
not
accurate.
It's
not
right
and
ps.
For
those
of
us
who
are
english
native
speakers,
there
are
a
lot
of
different
ways
that
people
speak.
Spanish
spanish
in
mexico
is
not
the
same
as
spanish
in
the
dr
or
in
colombia
or
bolivia,
or
any
number
of
other
span
or
spain
right.
So
we
have
to
be
really
sensitive
to
how
we
communicate
in
spanish.
L
The
efforts
to
communicate
in
spanish
are
appreciated
and
they're,
also
not
reaching
the
community
all
the
way,
because
partly
the
translation,
but
also
partly,
I
think,
the
way
that
the
communication
is
like
the
way
it's
being
addressed.
So
the
the
family
systems
in
a
lot
of
hispanic
communities
work
slightly
differently
or
if
you
have
a
family-run
business
and
they
need
to
take
advantage
of
maybe
not
take
advantage
just
follow
certain.
L
Okay,
so
next,
throughout
the
assessment
process,
our
team
observed
a
variety
of
negative
perceptions
from
multiple
angles
that
may
be
holding
the
community
back,
and
so
what
we
try
to
depict
on
this
slide
and
the
graphic
here
is
there
are
things
like
external
interactions?
We
heard
a
lot
about.
You
know
the
gazebo
right.
The
the
kankakee
is
the
murder
capital
of
the
us
and
therefore
nobody
is
ever
coming
here
or
that
manufacturers
today
aren't
willing
to
invest
in
kankakee
because
they
don't
see,
you
know
what
they
consider.
L
So,
in
order
for
these
change
initiatives
to
stick,
I
think
the
leadership
group
needs
to
be
aware
that
changing
the
psyche
is
really
going
to
be
one
of
the
key
elements
here
right.
You
can
pump
a
lot
of
money
into
infrastructure,
but
that
doesn't
necessarily
make
people
believe
you
know,
hey,
I'm
worth
it,
and
kankakee
county
is
worth
it.
Our
communities
are
worth
it,
so
it
really
is
an
opportunity.
L
What
I
find
maybe
most
challenging
about
this
is:
it
often
falls
to
leadership
to
change
the
narrative.
I've
worked
in
several
different
organizations
personally
as
a
director
where
there
was
a
lot
of
either
bad
blood
or
negative
perception
that
had
to
be
overcome,
and
just
for
myself,
the
tactic
that
I
chose
in
those
settings
was
simply
to
stop
having
those
conversations,
all
right
and
people
would
raise
it,
and
I
would
say:
okay,
that's
great.
That
was
then
here's
what
I'm
looking
at
and
I
would
try
to
shift
the
lens.
L
I
think
it
will
be
incumbent
on
this
group
of
leaders
to
begin
to
proactively
change
the
narrative
about
what's
great
in
kankakee,
and
how
do
you
help
your
residents,
see
and
believe
those
things
so
that
they
can
then
adopt
that
narrative
and
again
kind
of
change
the
psyche?
So
some
of
those
things
we
asked
your
residents,
what
are
the
assets?
What
are
the
strengths
in
this
community?
L
51
right,
another
30
are
undecided.
That's
really
kind
of
the
interesting
group
to
me.
That's
the
group
that
I
personally
want
to
go
after,
because
it
suggests
that
they're
kind
of
open
they're
like
yeah,
we
see
what's
going
on
here.
There
are
some
good
things
and
there's
some
things
that
maybe
I'm
a
little
skeptical
about
you've
got
a
chance
to
convince
me.
You've
got
30
of
people
that
are
saying.
You've
got
a
chance
to
convince
me
in
total.
That's
81
of
the
survey.
Respondents
we'll
take
that
reflective
of
the
county.
L
There's
a
lot
of
people
here
who
think
the
future
can
be
good
and
they're.
Looking
at
that
collaborative
mindset
and
their
pride
of
being
here
as
part
of
driving
that
we
asked
them
what
assets
they
felt
were
really
kind
of
critical
for
driving
tourism,
it
was
also
interesting.
This
came
up
a
lot
in
terms
of
impacting
mental
health
as
well,
the
kankakee
river
and
the
natural
spaces
around
the
county
parks,
municipal
parks
and
whatnot.
Those
were
all
things
that
people
said.
L
So
there's
a
lot
of
what
I
I
see
kind
of
the
optimistic
energy
of
young
people
available
to
help
drive
some
of
these
changes.
Even
though
we
didn't
get
enough
responses
to
actually
produce
a
valid
data
set
here,
we
did
have
the
opportunity
to
talk
with
six
different
teenagers
and
two
focus
groups
and
we
had
about.
L
I
think
it
was
something
like
17
or
20
youth
responses
to
the
survey
they
want
to
be
engaged,
they
want
meaningful
engagements
and
they
want
to
have
an
opportunity
to
help
shape
the
county
most
of
the
individuals
that
we
talked
to
didn't
even
know
kind
of
how
local
government
works
or
ways
that
they
could
be
involved
to
help
raise
their
voice
and
move
that
forward.
So
there's
really
an
opportunity.
There.
L
Okay,
so
just
the
last
two
slides
here,
given
some
of
the
the
mistrust
and
the
community
divisions
that
we
observed
in
conversations
and
statements
that
people
made,
we
really
feel
like
it's
important
to
take
an
inclusive
approach
toward
whatever
change
the
county
is
going
to
drive
forward,
and
it
was
interesting
to
us.
The
chairman
asked
me
if
we
could
quantify
this.
I
said,
unfortunately,
no
because
we
weren't
expecting
to
measure
it.
L
People
made
some
very
interesting
statements
and
direct
interactions
where
it
was
clear
to
us
that
they
were
either
skeptical
of
governments
and
initiatives
that
happened
by
the
government.
I
had
one
woman
press
me.
She
asked
me
three
different
times
directly
who
I
worked
for,
and
she
refused
to
accept
my
answer.
L
I
don't
know
what
else
to
tell
you.
This
is
the
truth
right,
and
so
we
would
see
that
we
also
saw
skepticism
around
big
business
and
large
kind
of
corporations
and
the
efforts
to
drive
economic
development
in
the
county.
But
if
they're
only
you
know
leaning
toward
big
business,
then
big
business
isn't
interested
in
me
as
a
community
resident.
L
L
That
group
needs
help,
but
I
don't
want
that
help
here
or
I
don't
think
that
group
should
get
help
because
they
just
take
advantage
of
it
or
that
group
always
gets
help.
What
about
this
other
group
right?
So
there's
still
a
lot
of
that
tension
around
racial
and
ethnic
communities,
so
be
inclusive
in
your
approach
is
moving
forward.
Invite
people
to
the
table
go
the
extra
length.
L
Ultimately,
you
can't
make
up
their
mind
for
them,
but
you
know,
I
think,
it'll
be
worth
your
effort
is
our
belief.
You'll
have
added
community
benefit
by
being
very
inclusive
on
those
things
and
finally,
we
really
feel,
like
the
assessment
finds
that
you
know
within
youth,
housing,
mental
health
and
education.
L
How
can
we
drive
structural
change
creatively
to
build
a
better
future
second
target
collaborations
in
multi-functional
infrastructure?
So
we
heard
from
lots
of
people
like.
Oh,
we
need
to
build
a
new
facility
for
mental
health,
mental
health,
or
we
need
to
build
a
new
facility
for
youth
programming.
L
How
can
you
wrap
some
of
those
things
together
and
use
the
infrastructure
investments
to
pull
some
of
these
threads
together
right
so
targeting
those
and
then
finally,
targeting
transformative
projects
for
mental
health
and
youth
development?
There's
a
lot
of
ideas
that
people
are
like.
Oh,
we
should
just
add
technology
to
this
thing
right,
that's
what
I
call
plus
one
thinking
what
you're
really
looking
for
is
the
thing
that
makes
you
go,
I'm
not
sure
that's
going
to
work,
but
it
sounds
interesting
right
now.
L
If
you're
saying
I'm
not
sure
it's
going
to
work
and
here's
100
reasons
why
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
work,
that's
different
right,
but
when
somebody
has
a
really
transformative
idea,
they're
thinking
about
doing
something
in
a
different
way.
The
common
example
for
this
is
uber
and
I'll
actually
use
uber
just
to
paint
both
sides
of
this
so
transformative.
Uber
is
okay.
People
need
a
ride
everywhere,
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
cars
out
there
that
have
open
seats.
L
What
if
we
put
people
in
those
seats
that
was
transformative
for
the
local
transportation
industry,
the
plus
one
uber
was
people
need
to
schedule
a
ride.
We're
gonna
build
an
app
right,
so
it's
not
hard
to
build
an
app.
You
can
build
an
app
to
help
people
find
mental
health.
I
know
of
some
great
initiatives
in
the
community
that
are
developing
apps
to
help
veterans
connect
with
advocates
and
supports
right.
That's
awesome!
That's
good
stuff!
It's
not
entirely
transformative!
L
So
there's
really
a
challenge
here
to
find
people
who
think
differently
to
reach
outside
of
your
traditional
sectors
to
put
together
assets
that
maybe
you
didn't
think
those
should
go
together,
but
if
we
link
them
in
this
way,
we
can
do
something.
That's
never
been
done
before
and
we're
not
entirely
sure
how
it's
going
to
work,
but
we
believe
that
it
could
work.
L
That's
where
your
transformative,
innovative
ideas
come
from
right,
so
really
seeking
those
challenging
the
organizations
in
the
community
to
work
together
to
create
transformation
for
young
people
and
for
the
mental
health
situation.
Okay,
I
appreciate
your
patience.
There
are
no
more
slides
that
I'm
going
to
present.
There
are
a
lot
more
slides
for
you
to
review
and
at
this
point
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions,
and
let
me
just
ask
before
we
get
questions
kelly.
Do
we
have
the
rest
of
the
report
loaded
or
no.
B
L
K
I
did,
I
didn't
want
to
interrupt
you,
but
I
think
you
kind
of
affirmed
some
of
the
perceptions
and
ideas
that
we
have
about
kanke
county.
You
touched
base
in
terms
of
the
schools
having
to
raise
our
children
and
that's
probably
based
upon
the
the
lack
of
nuclear
families.
You
know,
thank
god,
I
had
a
mother
and
father
and
my
family,
and
they
always
stress
education.
K
When
you
think
in
terms
of
what
the
state's
attorney
is
doing
with
his
minister
mentorship
programs
and
so
forth,
those
things
go
a
long
way
in
terms
of
addressing
some
of
the
the
juvenile
needs
that
that
we
have
in
our
community.
Additionally,
looking
at
the
asset
component
and
the
report,
I
mean
it's
spot
on
and
in
terms
of
the
things
I
just
mentioned
about
the
state's
attorney,
the
sheriff,
the
naacp
and
and
so
forth.
K
That's
that's
good,
stuff
and,
and
the
stuff
that
you
have
in
here
is
empirically
based
and
it's
not
fallacious
stuff
and
ongoing
investment
in
this
community.
Dwayne
dean
is
investing
lots
of
mucho
dinero
in
in
our
community
in
terms
of
opening
up
new
facilities,
new
programming,
deferring
action
going
to
riverside
and
doing
stuff
at
the
living
room.
There's
so
many
different
things
that
that
are
happening
here
and
I
think
you're
you're
correct
in
terms
of
stressing
some
of
the
positive
stuff,
as
opposed
to
the
negative
stuff.
K
I
think
I
think
one
really
key
word
that
you
used
was
collaboration,
and
I
I'm
just
really
pleased
that
this
is
not
something
that
that
you're
going
to
just
sit
on
on
a
shelf
and
not
read
it.
I,
I
think
it's
facts
based
and
we
need
to
the
action
items
that
you
you
reference
need
to
be
done
and
it
needs
to
be
an
ongoing
process.
K
K
L
Thank
you
for
that,
commissioner
hunter
and
again
I
just
want
to
emphasize
maybe
two
things.
First
of
all,
it
was
this
effort
is
a
group
effort,
so
our
team
at
respark
was
five
people
in
addition
to
support
from
rincon
and
duane
dean,
as
well
as
each
of
you
and
the
community
members
who
really
made
this
possible.
K
That,
let
me
just
you
gotta,
look
at
additional
kudos
to,
and
responsibility
for
the
chairman
as
well
too
and
and
mayor
curtis.
You
know
for
working
together
in
a
collaborative
way
and
that
that's
the
thing
I
was
talking
about
in
ongoing
discussions
with
the
chairman
about
you
know
the
work
product
in
the
process.
K
A
J
L
J
L
J
And
then
you
spoke
on
the
kind
of
the
race
we
talked
about
the
racism
versus
the
the
racial
versus
the
ethnic,
and
what
I
would
like
to
know
is
because
a
lot
of
times
people
throw
that
word
racism
around.
However,
I
believe
the
generic
term
tends
to
leave
us
in
a
kaleidoscope
of
possibilities
as
to
what
one
is
trying
to
convey.
J
Does
that
racism
mean
discrimination,
disparity
does
it
mean
prejudices,
which
is
all
different
words,
and
then
the
other
thing
is
is
when
we
looked
at
the
word
racism.
Did
we
pair
it
into
generational
because
there
might
be?
You
know
a
greater
percentage
here
at
the
in
in
with
baby
boomers,
but
by
the
time
you
get
to
millennials,
because
they
are
working
a
little
bit
more
so
with
one
another
that
number
may
have
decreased.
J
L
You
know
whether
it's
workshops
or
programming
or
community
efforts
that
educate
people
about
different
communities,
and
you
know
how
do
we
be
a
diverse
community?
That
is,
you
know,
targeting
equality
and
inclusion
for
all
people
and
that's
where
I
think
you
could
dig
into
some
of
those
deeper
layers.
So
no,
we
did
not
specifically
slice
and
dice
it
by.
You
know:
people
over
50
had
these
perceptions
and
people
not
over
50,
didn't
a
lot
of
the
again.
This
is
one
of
the
challenges
with
an
assessment
like
this.
J
Okay,
so
it's
more
of
a
macro
type
of
perspective,
yes,
which
is
good
because
my
in
concluding,
when
we
get
into
when
like
when
we
pull
up
data
a
lot
of
times
when
we
use
the
word
race,
ethnicity,
etc,
etc.
Individuals
go
again,
as
I
say,
through
the
kaleidoscope
and
when
something
is
macro
versus
micro.
J
A
F
L
It's
again,
I
appreciate
that
question.
Commissioner,
we
hadn't
thought
of
it.
Quite
from
that
perspective,
we
did
look
and
we
ask
ourselves
what
overall
do
we
think
you
know
this
might
have
had
an
impact
on
your
question.
I
just
want
to
be
clear.
It
seems
to
suggest
that
you
feel
men
have
a
different
attitude
toward
education.
Is
that
what
you're,
what
you're
saying.
L
L
One
second
kelly:
I
think
it's
slide
four
slide
six
yeah,
so
the
focus
groups
were
about
three
to
two
female
to
male
right:
20,
males,
28
females.
The
the
number
here
is
low,
so
that
emphasis
on
education
is
not
directly
coming
out
of
the
1000
plus
survey.
Respondents.
It's
coming
from
that
question
in
the
focus
groups.
F
L
I
think
this
would
be
more
anecdotal,
so
we're
not
a
housing
research
firm.
There
are
lots
of
other
groups
that
do
that
much
better
than
we
do,
but
you
have
one
person
on
our
team
who
actually
has
a
lot
of
experience
in
this
area,
and
he
and
I
have
both
experienced
some
different
community
development
models
together,
but
anecdotally.
I
think
I
would
offer
two
things
just
as
a
consideration
for
that.
L
First,
they,
the
price
of
a
house
and
an
individual's
ability
to
afford
a
house
are
two
different
things,
and
so,
while
the
the
price
of
housing
might
be
below
national
averages-
and
I
live
in
a
community
where
literally
the
value
of
my
home
has
increased
45
in
four
years,
I
could
not
afford
to
buy
the
house.
I
live
in
today.
L
L
L
It
sounds
like
there
are
many
people
in
the
community
who
don't
really
understand
how
to
use
their
paychecks
effectively,
so
they
could
buy
a
house
right
or
what
opportunities
are
there
to
work
with
landlords
to
say
hey?
Can
we
get
a
rent
freeze
for
five
years
so
that
we
can
help
some
of
these
people
stabilize?
L
What's
going
on
economically
for
them
right,
and
then
we
work
together
to
do
that
differently.
So
that's
kind
of
first
perspective,
the
second,
as
I
mentioned
my
partner,
and
I
we've
just
been
involved
in
different
community
development
models
that
were
very
organic,
volunteer,
driven
shoulder
to
shoulder
neighbors
building
each
other's
houses.
L
L
They
have
a
different
type
of
connection
with
one
another,
and
so
you'd
see
these
communities
transform
and
begin
to
flourish
starting
around
housing
right.
But
it
was
really
about
the
fact
that
we're
working
together
to
do
something
that
we're
both
proud
of
that.
We
now
have
a
sense
of
dignity
about
and
the
cost
was
something
that
got
absorbed
elsewhere
by
other
people
who
were
invested
in
seeing
the
community
come
together.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
different
models
available
again:
it's
not
our
specialty.
So
I
would
really
hate
to
say
anything
informal
on
that.
A
And,
and
to
your
point,
mr
earlier,
I
thought
the
same
thing
and
you
look
at
you
know
some
of
the
demographics
of
who
took
the
survey
and
maybe
the
perspective
on
the
type
of
housing
they're.
Looking
at.
I
know
that
the
black
the
inventory-
maybe
mr
eckhoff,
has,
could
confirm
this,
but
the
inventory
on
workforce
housing
is
almost
non-existent.
A
There
isn't
a
place
for
people
that
are
make
the
median
wage
here
to
go.
Buy
a
house.
That's
one
of
the
reasons.
A
land
bank
exists
because
there's
a
whole
boarded
up
inventory
out
there
for
people
to
buy.
So
that's
kind
of
that's
what
we
may
come
to
you
and
say
at
some
point.
We
could
address
some
of
this
housing
stuff
if
the
land
bank
was
able
to
acquire
some
of
these
properties
and
get
them
repurposed.
L
So
from
a
banking
and
financial
perspective,
your
default
rate
is
lower
when
you
partner
with
and
invest
in
people
that
are
either
you
know,
building
a
house
or
achieving
home
ownership
for
maybe
the
first
time-
and
it's
really
incredible
the
stories
that
you
hear
from
some
of
these
credit
unions
and
community
banks
that
have
done
this,
because
the
the
people
who
now
own
their
home
they
feel
so
emotionally
invested
in
their
community,
there's
no
way
they're
going
to
default
on
that
loan.
It's
small
and
local
right.
So
everybody
knows
like.
L
Oh,
you
know,
patrick's
been
working
to
get
this
house.
If
I'm
going
to
be
in
trouble
for
one
month,
I
can
go
in
and
talk
to
the
banker
and
they
know
like
okay,
I'm
going
to
be
six
days
late
on
the
payment,
but
it's
coming
and
I'm
good
for
it
and
again
the
default
rates
are
lower.
So
it's
good
business,
it's
good
business
if
we
work
the
models
correctly
and
we
bring
people
together
and
think
about.
How
do
we
rebuild
yes,.
M
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
language
barrier
that
you
pointed
out
and
also
something
that
I
totally
agree
with
you,
which
is
you
said.
Education
can
be
a
seat
to
success
as
an
immigrant
myself
and
also
receive
education
on
other
countries
such
as
china.
I
understand
and-
and
you
know
agree
with
you
that
sometimes
it's
kind
of
difficult
when
you're
dealing
with
a
foreign
language,
but
it
leads
me
to
a
section
that
you
put
it
out,
was
prioritize
the
needs
it
was
related
to
education.
L
This
data
comes
from
the
individuals
who
took
the
survey
in
spanish
and
we
asked
them.
You
know
where
have
you
experienced
barriers
because
of
language
and
communication
and
that's
what
they
shared
with
us?
We
did
not
specifically
ask
about
receiving
education
either
in
spanish.
I
think
you're
suggesting
like
if
I
could
go
to
school
in
spanish,
no,
no
to
learn
english!
Oh,
to
learn:
english,
okay!
We
we
did
not
ask
about
that
resources
that
could
be
available
so.
M
Okay,
because
I
understand
that
you
know,
the
language
barrier,
like
I
said,
is
a
difficult
thing,
and
I
know
that
sometimes
we
have
to
put
things
in
spanish
and
you
know
when
I
learned
spanish
for
the
first
time
I
learned
spanish
from
spain,
and
I
agree
with
you
that
spanish
can
be
very
different
from
spain
from
mexico
and
colombia
and
other
places.
I
do
that.
M
I
understand
that
so
I
was
just
wondering
if
that
had
a
percentage
of
people
that
also
demonstrated
that
hey
it's
kind
of
difficult
for
me
to
get
the
service
from
this
department,
because
I
do
not
understand
exactly
what
you
know
they're
trying
to
to
say,
but
if
they
also
had
some
issues
with,
you
know
or
demonstrated
something
interested
well,
let's
learn
the
language.
Well,
the
other
thing
is
if
okay.
L
Sorry,
let
me
let
me
interrupt
you
for
a
second,
because
I
think
I
wasn't
clear
on
your
question.
So
yes,
broadly
people
that
speak
spanish
have
said,
I've
had
trouble
getting
services
from
government
agencies
and
departments
because
of
language
either
I
don't
speak
their
language,
there's
no
one
there.
That
speaks
my
language.
L
This
has
been
a
barrier
the
interests
expressed
in
learning
english.
We
saw
we
did
ask
in
the
workforce
development
area
of
the
survey
kind
of
what
types
of
classes
and
things
people
are
interested
in.
There
were
a
number
of
people
who
responded.
They
would
be
interested
in
learning
spanish,
which
we
found
to
be
very
interesting.
Also
american
sign
language.
It
was
only
a
couple
of
people,
but
there
were
multiple
people
who
said
american
sign.
Language
would
be
an
interesting
course
that
they
want
to
take.
L
It
does
not
stand
out
in
my
memory,
and
I'd
have
to
go
back
and
look
whether
or
not
we
had
respondents
who
said
I'm
very
interested
in
learning
english.
However,
I
do
think
it's
understood
by
most
immigrants
that,
if,
if
you're
in
a
country
that
is
kind
of
monolingual
as
the
u.s
is,
you
are
going
to
need
to
learn
at
least
some
of
the
language
we
did
ask
you
can
see
it
reflected
there.
L
The
this
is
the
fourth
chart
on
the
right.
I
rely
on
my
children
to
help
me
with
translation
right,
so
the
the
expectation
there
is
that
children
are
learning
english,
because
they're
immersed
in
the
culture
and
their
brains
are
more
naturally
picking
it
up,
and
you
can
see
you
know.
At
least
51
of
respondents
said:
yes,
that's
a
dependency.
Okay,.
M
L
I
think
there
are
opportunities
in
both
directions,
so
certainly
if
the
community
is
interested
in
helping
the
hispanic
population,
which
is
growing
in
the
county,
achieve
an
economic
status
where
you
know
they're
benefiting
the
community
and
really
be
a
part
of
what's
going
on
there,
language
is
going
to
be
a
part
of
that
so
being
able
to
provide
services
in
spanish,
as
well
as
as
you're
suggesting
having
esl
courses
or
other
things
to
help
spanish
speakers
learn
english.
I
think
that's
going
to
go
both
ways.
That's
my
opinion.
M
Okay,
I
definitely
agree
that
you
know,
like
I
said
that
it's
necessary
to
have
people
that
can
speak
a
different
language
to
help.
Individuals
that
have
a
little
bit
of
difficulties,
but
also
the
accessibility
to
the
language
of
which
we
are
actually
dealing
with
on
a
day
in
a
daily
basis
would
be
very
important
also
to
have.
A
K
J
A
May
circle
back
at
some
point
and
say
we
need
to
maybe
work
with
the
schools
and
all
the
superintendents.
You
know
regional
office
and
really
drill
down
into
what
kids
are,
are
thinking
and
wanting
and
doing
and
frame
that
correctly.
But
you
know
there
are
things
that
we're
going
to
need
to
do
like
with
a
language
barrier,
we'll
look
at
what
I'm
sure
at
some
point,
what
things
that
the
people
would
come
to
the
county
for
in
terms
of
what
we
provide
is
the
board
administration.
A
You
know
I'm
sure
jim's
office
has
bilingual
people
there,
because
he's
engaging
on
an
every
day.
I'm
sure
you
know
that
that
other
offices
have
to
have
to
have
that
capability.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
those
forms
in
our
planning
office
for
people
to
or
to
appeal
their
taxes
out
of
the
board
of
review.
You
know
that
kind
of
stuff.
That's
that's
a
project
that
we
knew
we
had
to
get
into
and
I'm
sure
we
have
that
capability.
A
But
do
we
have
people
in
those
offices
that
can
talk
across
the
counter,
the
things
that
we
can
impact?
Yes,
those
things
that
those
other
elected
offices
do
you
know,
there's
they
have
they
staff
their
own
offices,
the
way
they
see
fit
so
but
the
ones
that
have
to
engage,
I
would
say
pretty
much
do
now,
but
that's
just
a
guess.
D
N
D
A
Yeah,
so
it's
we've
got,
we've
got
a
good
start,
but
we
know
we're
going
to
take
this
and
develop
our
granting
opportunities,
and
that
includes
with
with
rincon,
because
as
we've
designed
these
grants
that
we're
going
to
put
out
and
we'll
decide.
I
think
it's
a
good
idea
to
see
who's
going
to
check
off
as
many
boxes
on
those
top
four
that
we're
looking
at
workforce
development
included
as
part
of
education
and
and
maybe
we
weight
those
on
on
the
application
side
of
it.
A
You
know,
there's
maybe
there's
a
food
insecurity
and
housing
insecurity.
That's
part
of
you
know
that
kid
that's
18
and
feels
like
they're
not,
and
they
said
they're,
not
college
material.
Maybe
they
should
be
driving
a
semi
and
make
100
grand
right
out
of
high
school.
How
about
it?
And
maybe
we
should
look
at
maybe
funding
that
you
you
see.
No,
I
think
they've
relaxed
that
have
they
not
talked
to
anyway,
we'll
check
into
that.
A
But
that
is
a
career
path
and
then
maybe
it
is
college,
but
those
are
things
that
we're
gonna
have
to
decide.
So
we'll
talk
about
a
another
group
of
board
members.
I
would
say
mostly
in
these
communities
that
are
represented
in
this
data,
that
for
the
biggest
impact
and
then
really
talk
to
the
city
of
kankakee
and
see
if
they
want
to
partner
with
us
on
that.
A
I
think
this
data
is
their
data
as
well,
and
if
again,
that
collaboration,
I'm
not
going
to
box
them
in,
but
if
there's
something
we
can
agree
on,
maybe
we
can
both
partner
on
that
to
deliver
those
results,
we're
looking
for
so
because
that's
really
the
biggest
area
of
need.
To
be
honest,
you
know
you
look
at
the
city
of
kankakee,
obviously
pembroke
township.
Those
are
the
ones
that
that
would
need
have
the
biggest
need
in
these
areas
that
we're
addressing
mr
snipes.
J
There's
one
thing
I
in
this
comment:
I
would
like
to
see
the
the
data
and
research
kind
of
concise
into
like
a
de
facto,
where
it's
a
that
something
that
exists
in
reality,
but
is
really
not
recognized
versus
the
du
jour,
which
is
something
that
is
recognized,
whether
you
know
or
not,
the
reality
exists
so
between
those
two.
I
think
it
brings
it'll
bring
us
into
more
of
a
not
a
myopic,
but
more
of
a
concrete
type
of.
J
I
won't
say
that
approach,
but
a
concrete
view
of
how
we're
going
to
use
this
data
when
it
goes
into
our
respective
areas.
Because,
again
you
know
when
you,
when
you
deal
with
it
in
macro,
it's
one
thing:
when
it
comes
to
micro,
like
the
different
board
members
and
their
communities,
it
would
be.
The
data
would
would
take
on
different
aspects
from
the
base.
A
All
right
is
any
other
thoughts,
there's
a
good
presentation.
It
was
a
long
one.
I
was
sorry
about
I'm
glad
the
other
guys
got
to
leave
they're
happy
that
they
have
to
sit
through
that
before
they
got
their
proclamations,
but
we
do
appreciate
it.
This
isn't
the
last
we'll
see
you.
Obviously
you
know,
as
mr
hunter
said,
but
we
we
we're
gonna
start
moving
forward
with
with
eddie
on
his
side
of
it.
O
A
You
and
it's
just
the
beginning-
this
is
like,
like
everybody
mentioned,
this
is
just
to
start.
The
the
partnership
that
we're
trying
to
build
with
rincon
is
is
sure.
We've
got
seed
money
to
get
going,
that's
going
to
go
away
someday
and
then
what
are
we
going
to
do
going
forward?
Well,
there's
there's
grants
that
private.
You
know
501
c
3s
get
that
counties
can't
get
and
vice
versa,
and
if
you
have
a
partner,
that's
in
workforce
in
all
these
areas,
you
can
supplant
what
the
county
was
kicking
in
to
get
this
thing.
A
Moving
with
that
ongoing
funding
source.
Until
we
all
know
the
grants
go
away,
someday,
hopefully
not
the
next
year-
sometimes
happens,
but
that's
why
maybe
we'll
look
federal
and
state
because
the
state
seems
like
they
want
to
shift
directions
every
year,
but
anyway,
that's
kind
of
the
plan
is,
is
going
forward.
A
It's
one
of
the
reasons
this
board
made
the
decision
we
just
don't
want
to
fund
brick
and
mortar
outside
of
the
things
we're
doing
at
the
county,
and
we
we
don't
want
to
fund
you
know,
salaries
and
insurance,
because
how
do
you
pay
for
that?
After
we're
done
it's
more
the
programming
long
term
that
gets
results,
then
we
can
make
financial
decisions
later.
Is
it
worth
to
keep
going
after
this?
We
saw
the
needle
move.
A
A
Let's
see
here
certificate,
so
we
have
10
years
kelly
bloom
from
animal
control.
Kelly
come
today.
No
sarah
christensen
schools
and
20
years
carmen
lewis,
public
defender.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
We
already
spoke
with
mr
deeney.
The
minutes
of
the
last
meetings.
Audits.
August.
9Th.
Excuse
me
a
motion
and
a
second
please,
mr
hunter.
Mr
smith,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye.
Those
opposed
same
sign
motion
carries
claims
committee
reports.
Is
there
a
well?
You
got
to
read
them
into
the
record.
A
E
Chairman
members
of
the
county
board,
your
committee
on
county
claims
have
beg,
leave
to
report
they've
examined
the
following
claims
presented
and
recommend
payment.
The
clerk
is
hereby
authorized
and
directed
to
issue
orders
to
several
claimants:
total
claims
of
7
million
451
dollars
and
81
cents.
E
E
Total,
in
forgive
me
first
american
bank
ending
balance
of
eleven
million
nine
hundred
eleven
thousand
four
hundred
twenty
five
dollars
and
thirty
eight
cents
at
first
american
bank
for
the
tax
collection
account
ending
balance.
Thirteen
thousand
eight
hundred
twenty
four
dollars
and
eighty
nine
cents
at
the
tax
e-pay
account
for
first
american
bank.
The
ending
balance
is
347
738.66
and
illinois
funds
at
u.s
bank.
E
A
E
A
E
E
A
A
A
P
P
P
And
they
are
our
standard
conditions
condition
one.
The
ground
cover
should
be
planted
with
native
pollinator-friendly
species.
Two
all
required
landscaping
shall
be
subject
to
the
maintenance
requirements
and
penalties
prescribed
in
the
weekend.
Grass
control
plant
and
three
and
eight
foot
tall
agricultural
style
fence
shall
be
permitted
in
lieu
of
the
required
chain
link
fence
as
specified
in
the
applications
site
plan.
A
P
P
A
A
E
A
A
It's
basically
taking
these
houses
down.
You
can't
build
permanent
structures
on
there,
but
it
is
a
community
benefit
to
that
area.
They
can
use
the
property
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff
you
know.
So
when
we're
done
we'll
have
three
lots:
yeah
we'll
have
three
there's
one:
do
we
have
one
more
to
do?
No,
we
already
did
the
one
yeah,
that's
right,
yeah
so
then,
and
are
they
contiguous?
Yes,
they're
all
contiguous,
remember
at
one
point
I
think
we
had
four
contiguous,
but
somebody
bought.
We.
E
A
Ocean
carries
under
the
arpa
fund
projects
on
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
any
of
those
that
should
be
pulled
and
talked
about
separately?
We'll
do
arpa
and
lost
revenue
all
of
those.
So
it's
any
of
the
arpa
fund
projects
and
any
of
the
lost
revenue
projects
I'll
say
157
through
163..
We
can
do
all
those.
A
Yes,
that's
what
I
was
doing
if
anyone
wants
to
talk.
If
anyone
wants
to
talk
about
something
separately,
we
can
pull
that
off
so
second
time
any.
We
want
to
consider
one
separately
motion
to
combine
and
approve
mr
ekloff.
A
second
second
miss
hudson,
all
right
if
we
can
get
just
the
the
titles
of
all
of
those
authoring.
E
Zing
expenditure
from
fiscal
year,
2022
fund
95
for
the
following:
redulovic
enterprises,
king
key
county
health
department,
sumner
township,
aroma,
township,
st
and
fire
protection
district
and
fiscal
year
authorizing
expenditure
fiscal
year,
2022
fund,
98
america
rescue
plan
lost
revenue
fund
to
the
kinky
county
clerk's
office
for
election
poll
book.
Wi-Fi.
A
Now
I
did
want
to
mention
that
came
straight
here.
I
believe-
and
we
didn't
go
to
committee
with
that
because
he's
on
3g
on
those
wi-fi
hotspots,
the
5g
ones,
is
where
you
really
need
to
be
for
connectivity
and
there's
a
30
sale
ending
before
we
have
a
chance
to
go
through
committee.
So
it's
about
it's
not,
I
wouldn't
say
an
emergency,
but
it
would
be
silly
for
us
to
miss
out
on
that
opportunity.
So
that's
why
I
talked
to
the
state's
attorney
and
brought
it
straight
here.
A
E
A
B
A
E
Ordinance
authorizing
the
issuance
of
general
obligation,
bonds,
alternate
revenue
source
in
one
or
more
series
of
the
county
of
kankakee
illinois
and
an
aggregate
principle
principal
amount
not
to
exceed
1.5
million
dollars
for
the
purpose
of
financing.
Various
capital
improvements
within
the
county,
including,
but
not
limited,
to,
building
and
equipping
an
addition
and
improvements
to
an
animal
control
facility
within
the
county,
including
in
connection
with
said,
work,
acquisition
of
all
land
or
rights
in
land.
Mechanical
electrical
and
other
services
necessary,
useful
and
more
advisable.
E
A
N
There
you
go.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
times
where
dairy
and
I
came
onto
the
board.
We
were
coming
out
of
a
very
prosperous
time.
The
jail
had
a
very
lucrative
bed
rental
program
in
many
chicago
businesses,
had
moved
offices
into
keiki
key
to
receive
huge
tax
benefits,
which
in
turn
hugely
benefited,
kankakee
and
county.
Both
of
these
income
streams
were
drying
up.
Unexpectedly,
we
had
to
look
for
alternative
revenue
sources.
One
was
the
landfill
fast
forward
to
today
we
have
had
a
very
short-term
influx
of
cash,
not
an
income
increase
source.
N
A
We
also
had
a
long-term
increase
in
revenue
and
a
long-term
reduction
in
expenses
to
get
us
out
of
this
hole,
and
that
statement
it
belays
everything
that
actually
happened.
It's
totally
not
true
what
you
just
said.
So
good
luck
on
that,
but
I
will
say
that
the
hard
work
that
we
did
aside
in
two
years,
we're
gonna
have.
A
Oh,
I
don't
know,
99.9
of
our
bond
capacity
free,
because
everything's
paid
off
we're
gonna,
have
zero
bond
debt
in
two
years.
Think
about
that
no
government
in
kanke
county.
I
don't
think
that
does
bonds
can
say
that
they're
gonna
have
no
bond
debt.
In
two
years,
zero
people
talk
about
bradley,
bradley,
just
traded
one
debt
for
another
debt.
They
didn't
get
rid
of
their
pension.
They
just
put
another
debt
on
there,
so
I
think
we're
going
to
be
the
only
ones-
and
I'm
darn
proud
of
that.
A
A
Wheeler
aye
motion
carries
you
now
own
an
animal
control
facility,
so
we
closed
on
it.
It's
our
building.
It's
already
done
the
other
closing
on
the
property.
Next
door
will
be
done.
I
think
in
the
next
month,
so
there'll
be
more
updates
to
go
on
that.
The
the
other
thing
that
you
should
know
is
we
don't
have
to
buy
materials
for
the
build
out
right
away,
so
we're
waiting
for
the
market
to
kind
of
stop
acting
crazy
as
they
say
so.
A
The
the
important
part
was
the
securing
the
location
which
was
the
best
location
possible
for
the
residents
of
this
county,
and
then
the
financial
model
was
also
a
very
important
part
of
this,
because
we
didn't
want
any
tax,
any
property
tax
money
to
go
to
this,
so
our
property
tax
payers
have
been
burdened
by
this
types
of
thing
over
the
years.
Not
just
us,
you
know
we
talk
about.
People
want
to
invest
in
schools.
Look
at
your
property
tax
bill.
You
already
are
investing
in
schools
about.
A
Eighty
percent
of
your
property
tax
bill
is
the
schools.
Now
I'm
not
saying
they're
doing
a
bad
job,
but
I'm
saying
that
that
we
do
devote
a
lot
of
resource
to
that
as
well.
So
I
think
we're
on
a
good
we're
on
a
good
plan
here
for
animal
control
going
forward.
Now
we
need
to
get
another
couple
of
agreements
and
kerry.
Knows
this
and
then
we'll
be
we'll
be
right
in
where
we
need
to
be
taking
care
of
these
communities
like
we.