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Special Kankakee County Board Meeting 8/23/2023 10:20 AM
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This
is
Tim,
you
want
this,
oh
yeah.
The
purpose
of
the
meeting
is
is
to
discuss
an
employment
and
economic
development,
partnership
and
intergovernmental
agreement
with
all
of
the
tax
and
bodies
surrounding
a
property
that
is
looking
to
basically
be
sold
and
then
revamped
into
a
manufacturing
facility.
Tim
will
explain
all
of
that
and
that's
what
he's
getting
in
right
right
here
in
just
a
moment.
So
the
the
two,
the
titles
of
the
resolution
in
the
IGA.
B
Resolution,
improving
and
intergovernmental
agreement
between
certain
Kankakee
County,
taxing
districts
and
officials
regarding
the
abatement
of
property,
taxes
for
the
property
located
at
333,
South,
Spruce,
Street,
Manteno,
Illinois
and
intergovernmental
agreement
between
certain
Kankakee
County,
taxing
districts
and
officials
regarding
the
abatement
of
property
taxes
for
the
property
located
at
333,
South
Spruce,
Street,
Manteno
Illinois.
All.
E
Good
morning
and
thanks
for
coming
together
and
having
a
special
meeting,
you
know
I
requested
chairman
wheeler,
to
have
the
special
meeting
at
the
request
of
the
company
because
they
wanted
to
try
to
get
things
done
as
soon
as
possible.
So
you
know
so.
We
appreciate
the
fact
that
everybody
came.
You
know
another
day
and
we'll
hear
this
and
hopefully
approve
what
we're
talking
about.
E
We
have
been
working
with
the
economic
alliance,
with
the
state
of
Illinois
and
with
a
foreign
company
that
has
been
looking
at
opening
up
their
first
manufacturing
facility
in
the
United
States.
They
are
a
Chinese
company
that
makes
makes
batteries
for
electric
vehicles,
the
state
titled,
this
project
unity
and
it's
a
development
of
a
state-of-the-art
10,
gigawatt
pack
and
20
gigawatt
lithium
ion
battery
cell
production
facility
for
the
electric
vehicle
marker
this
this
project.
E
Also,
it's
going
to
incorporate
pack
production
and
energy
storage
via
solar
power,
this
company,
what
they
do
is
they
make
batteries
for
electric
vehicles,
but
they've
also,
you
know,
come
up
with
a
product
now
that
stores
that
has
batteries
that
will
store
power.
That's
generated
at
solar
Farms,
so
solar
Farms
generate
power
during
the
course
of
the
day
and
put
it
into
the
grid,
but
there's
no
way
for
them
to
store
that
power
to
be
able
to
distribute
it
in
the
grid.
Later
on.
E
This
company
makes
that
type
of
product,
as
well
as
making
batteries
for
electric
vehicles.
This
process
started
back
in
December
when
they
were
looking
at
through
several
places
throughout
the
Midwest
Illinois
was
considered
Indiana
Ohio,
they
looked
in
Alabama,
they
looked
in
a
number
of
different
states.
There
was
a
lot
of
different
sites
throughout
Illinois
that
were
considered
and
looked
at,
and
one
of
those
sites
happened
to
be
our.
You
know
our
spot
in
Manteno,
they
came,
you
know
they
came
and
they
looked
at.
E
They
toured
four
or
five
different
facilities
throughout
here,
and
the
Mantino
site
was
kind
of
keyed
in
on,
because
it
met
a
lot
of
their
criteria.
They
need
a
huge
facility.
The
old
Kmart
facility
is
a
million
and
a
half
square
feet.
They
needed
Workforce.
We
have
the
ability
to
you
know
to
be
able
to
have
their
Workforce.
They
needed
a
lot
of
different
kind
of
raw
materials.
They
needed
location
to
you
know
a
large
Suburban.
You
know
a
large
urban
center.
E
What
they
do
with
what
they
intend
to
do
if
they
may
have
project
in
Manteno
was
selected,
is
that
they
intend
to
invest
over
two
billion
dollars
at
this
facility
and
create
up
to
2
600
jobs
over
two
phases.
Phase
one
would
total
about
1600
jobs
1650
in
phase
two,
the
rest
of
it
up
to
twenty
six
hundred
and
twelve
jobs
total
their
average
wage
of
this
production
facility
would
be
around
fifty
five
thousand
dollars,
which
equates
to
26.45
an
hour
that
equates
to
about
144
million
dollars
annually
in
payroll.
E
Here's
the
Kmart
facility,
you
can
see
it's
a
huge
building,
it's
for
it's
35
acres
under
under
roof,
and
it's
been
sitting
somewhat
used
over
the
course
of
the
last
several
years.
The
the
building
is
owned
by
the
company
that
still
owns
Kmart
and
Sears.
But
you
see
the
overhead
view.
The
the
picture
on
the
right
is
the
view
of
the
parking
lot
which
spans
about
the
same
amount
of
room
as
what
the
is,
what
the
building
does.
E
Here's,
where
it
sits
right
along
I-57
on
the
west
side
of
Manteno.
There
are
two
Parcels
involved
in
this
process:
two.
You
know
PIN
numbers
the
South
pin
number,
which
is
the
actual
building
in
the
parking
lot
and
the
north
pin
number,
which
is
all
green
space.
The
you
know
the
the
Green
Space
has
not
been
used
for
anything
over
the
course
of
the
last
several
years
when
it
was
used
as
Kmart
the
building,
obviously
and
in
a
huge
parking
lot,
because
it
was
a
distribution
center
at
Service.
E
E
That's
just
the
overhead
view
of
the
map
of
Kankakee
County
and
you
see
where
it's
at
on
the
Northern
edge
of
Kankakee
County.
One
of
the
things
that
was
really
important
to
them
is
the
availability
of
Workforce.
Luckily
you
know
when
they're,
when
somebody's
going
to
come
in
and
hire
2600
people,
they
need
to
have
an
available
Workforce
in
Kankakee
County,
there's
no
way
equipped
to
be
able
to
handle
2
600
people
coming
in.
E
You
know
getting
hired
all
at
one
time,
but
if
you
see
in
the
map
in
a
30
minute
radius,
we
have
almost
a
million
people
in
you
know,
in
the
workforce
and
in
a
45
minute
radius
because
of
our
proximity
to
Chicago.
We
have
2.8
million
people
in
the
workforce,
so
the
workforce
is
available
out
there.
Okay
key
county
is,
you
know,
has
about
a
five
percent
unemployment
rate.
E
Which
is
higher
than
the
state
and
higher
than
the
national
average
there's
people
that
are
not
in
the
workforce
today
that,
hopefully
this
company
will
be
able
to
put
in
the
workforce
in
our
in
our
unemployment
rate,
can
go
down,
but
this
was
obviously
very
important
to
them.
They
wanted
a
rural
area,
but
they
wanted
the
availability
of
Workforce
and
they
wanted
be
close
to
a
Metro
Center
one
of
the
problems
that
they
have
when
they
zero
it.
In
on
this
property.
E
They're
gonna
are
a
couple
of
problems:
they're
they're
going
to
be
a
huge
consumer
of
electricity,
and
so
we
have
met
over
the
course
of
the
last
several
months
with
ComEd
it
put
the
company
in
touch
with
them
and
they're
working
in
plans
in
order
to
take
care
of
their
electricity
needs
if
they
choose
and
decide
to
go
to
this
potential
site.
That
is
a
huge
issue
and
commented,
is
you
know
the
the
amount
of
electricity
this
company
is
going
to
use?
E
Is
you
know
somewhat
Beyond
Comprehension,
for
you
know
for
one
facility
but
they're,
you
know,
but
the
ComEd
looks
like
they're
going
to
be
able
to
potentially
solve
that
problem.
One
of
the
other
issues
that
they
had
was
our
tax
structure.
Keep
in
mind.
This
is
a
foreign
company
bringing
you
know
coming
into
the
United
States
for
the
first
time
for
a
manufacturing
facility
and
they're.
You
know
they
see
how
much
money
the
taxes
are.
You
know
cost
the
company
over
the
course
of
every
year.
E
The
taxes
on
that
facility
are
distributed
per
the
per
the
pie
chart.
The
Mantino
School
District
gets
the
bulk
of
the
taxes
that
are
generated
at
that
facility.
Then
the
county
is
the
next
largest
piece
of
the
pie:
the
village
of
Manteno
Manteno
fire
department,
Kankakee
Community,
College,
Manteno,
Library,
Manteno
drainage,
District,
Manteno,
Township,
Manteno,
Township,
Road,
there's
a
number
of
different
taxing
districts
that
get
money
from
this
facility
and
they're
getting
money
from
this
facility.
Now,
as
it
exists,
currently
they're
getting
money
matter
of
fact,
they're
getting
a
considerable
amount
of
money.
E
The
two
Parcels
for
that
on
this
for
this
project.
They
total
out
to
be
a
value
of
around
28
million
dollars.
That's
what
the
current
tax
bill
or
current
tax
assessor
has
those
two
Parcels
of
land
valued
at
today.
If
you
take
that
28
million
dollar
figure
and
divide
it
by
three,
which
is
how
our
taxes
are
figured
and
then
multiply
it
by
the
tax
rate
that
building
as
it
sits
today,
generates
around
973
thousand
dollars
in
real
estate
taxes
right
now
and
that
that
amount
of
money
is
distributed
to
those
taxing
bodies.
E
E
Obviously
the
company
is
concerned
about
paying
you
know
a
million
dollars
a
year
in
the
real
estate
taxes
and
they
came
to
us
asking
for
some
ability
to
try
to
be
able
to
control
their
taxes
because
they
plan
on
you
know
on
investing
like
I
said
in
the
original
slide
up
to
two
billion
dollars.
In
investment
in
this
property,
if
they
decide
to
put
you
know
to
come
to
Mancino,
they
don't
like
the
idea,
obviously
they're
paying
a
million
dollars,
but
every
time
they
invest
more
and
more
and
more
money
into
the
building.
E
E
And
you
know
we,
we
told
them
that
you
know
hey.
You
know
everybody
wants
a
tax
abatement,
but
whatever
we
decide
to
do
has
got
to
be
good
for
the
community,
and
it's
also
got
to
be
good
for
the
company
in
order
to
entice
them
to
come
here.
So
we
needed
to
come
up
with
some
type
of
formula
that
would
fit
that
bill.
That
would
be
good
for
the
community,
but
it
would
be
something
that
the
company
would
be
able
to
rely
on
and
know.
E
E
What
we
propose
to
the
company
was
this
in
order
to
make
it
good
for
the
community
and
good
for
the
company.
We
want
the
jobs
we
want.
The
company
here
we
want
to.
You
know,
have
this,
you
know,
company,
come
and
and
hire
the
people.
Here
we
propose
to
the
company
that
we
would
potentially
freeze
the
tax
levy
at
the
rate
of
two
million
dollars
a
year
and
no
matter
how
much
money
they
invest,
how
much
money
they
pay
for
the
building,
how
much
money
they
continue
to.
E
Invest
that
over
the
course
of
the
next
30
years
that
we
would
freeze
the
taxes
once
they
got
two
million
dollars
and
they
might
get
there
right
away,
or
it
might
take
them
several
years
to
get
to
that
of
value.
We
don't
know,
but
once
it
got
to
where
they're
paying
the
government
or
the
local
government's
a
two
million
dollar
figure,
that
we
would
freeze
that
and
they
could
Bank
on
the
fact
that
they'll
never
pay
more
than
two
million
dollars
over
the
course
of
the
next
30
years.
E
They
might
you
know
they
might
take
like
I
said
they
might
take
a
few
years
to
get
there,
but
eventually,
if
they
invest
the
money
that
they
say
they're
going
to
invest
if
they
bring
all
those
jobs.
Here
you
know
that
you
know
that
they're
going
to
get
to
that
value
and
once
they
attain
that
value,
we
would
freeze
it
at
the
two
million
dollar
Mark.
What
that
does
is
it's
good
for
the
community
it.
It
gives
us
double
what
we
are
getting
currently
keep
keep
in
mind.
That
building
was
built
in
1993..
E
It
took
us
30
years
to
get
up
to
the
million
dollar
or
the
973
thousand
dollar
income
level
that
we're
currently
at.
We
have
the
potential
here
to
double
or
a
little
more
than
double
that
within
a
one
two,
maybe
a
three
year
cycle,
we
could
potentially
double
that.
You
know
that
income,
but
at
once
it
gets
to
that
point.
Then
we
freeze
it
and
we
do
it
for
30
years.
E
It
gives
us
that
extra
income,
it
helps
the
community
like
we
originally
said
how
does
it
help
the
company
it
gives
them
something
to
Budget
on?
They
know
that
over
the
course
of
the
next
30
Years,
once
they
get
to
that
two
million
dollar
Mark
they're
not
going
to
pay
any
more,
they
can
put
two
million
dollars
in
there
in
their
line
item
and
that's
what
they're
going
to
pay
for.
You
know
no
matter
how
much
money
they
spend
on
there.
E
That's
what
they're
going
to
pay
so
the
school
district,
the
county,
The
Village,
everybody
is
getting
more
money,
but
then
once
they
attain
that
level,
we
freeze
it
it's
good
for
the
community,
it's
good
for
the
company.
The
company
thought
about
that
for
a
while,
came
back
to
me
and
says:
yeah
we'd
potentially
be
willing
to
accept
that
and
I
told
them.
I
said
this
is
just
a
proposal.
This
is
just
something
that
we're
coming
to
you
guys
to
see.
E
If
it's
something
that
you
you
know
that
you'd
accept,
we
have
to
go
to
every
one
of
the
taxing
bodies
and
get
their
approval.
We
don't
know
that
they're
going
to
do
that,
but
this
is
something
that
we
feel
comfortable
going
to
the
taxing
bodies
and
trying
to
sell.
So
they
asked
me
to
do
that.
So
we
we
call
the
meeting
of
all
the
elect
leaders
of
all
the
taxing
bodies.
They
came
to
the
meeting.
E
A
couple
has
been
three
weeks
ago
now
explained
this:
you
know
exactly
what
we
were
talking
to
ask
them
if
they
could
take
it
back
to
their
taxing
bodies
and
potentially
you
know,
you
know
see
what
their
taxing
bodies
would
do.
As
of
today,
we
have
got
this
passed
from
every
one
of
the
taxing
bodies,
with
the
exception
of
the
Kankakee
County,
you
know
of
Kankakee
County,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
I
asked
the
chairman
to
potent.
You
know
to
call
the
special
meeting
to
see
if
we
can
get
this
passed
here.
E
So
we
can
call
the
company-
and
you
know,
send
it
to
you-
know-
send
the
notification
of
them
that
you
know
we're
ready
to
make
this
deal
if
the
company
is
is
potentially
willing
to
come
to
Manteno
now
included
in
the
intergovernmental
agreement.
If
we
are
going
to
make
this,
you
know
this
potential
sacrifice
and
keep
in
mind.
It's
not
a
sacrifice
if
they
ever
get
to
two
million
dollars.
E
If
they,
if
they
stay
below
that
two
million
dollar
Mark
they're
going
to
be
multi
they're
going
to
be
taxed
at
the
same,
just
like
everybody
else,
they
only
get
an
abatement
once
they
go
over
that
two
million
dollar
mark.
But
we
also
put
a
caveat
in
the
intergovernmental
agreement.
They
have
to
live
up
to
some
of
the
things
that
you
know
that
they're
saying
that
they're
going
to
do
too,
chairman
wheeler
was
adamant
about
making
sure
that
we
put
in
there
that
they
had
to
create
a
certain
number
of
jobs.
E
E
We
did
not
hold
them
accountable
to
a
hundred
percent
of
the
of
the
numbers
they
put
in
their
proposal,
but
we
made
it
very
substantial
and
you
know
even
and
even
though
I
think
the
the
number
at
five
years
is
they
have
to
have
at
least
450
employees
we'd
be
pretty
excited
about
getting
a
company
come
in
for
450
employees
and
then
at
the
at
the
10-year
level.
I
think
it's
it's
50
of
the
employment.
It's
like
1200
employees,
we'd
be
pretty
excited
about
that.
E
E
E
G
Thank
you
Tim.
This
is
a
couple
questions.
It
appears
that
Kmart
owns
this
property,
so
there'll
be
I,
guess
some
interchange,
as
as
to
the
property
between
this
company
further
stated
that
I
mean
I
looked
at
the
jobs.
It's
almost
like
we're
trading
the
jobs
I
mean
the
tax
increase
for
the
jobs,
which
is
great
because
we're
putting
people
to
work
which
in
essence
thousand
about
the
homes
and
things.
G
So
it's
not
a
a
great
concern,
but
but
this
and
or
is
where
I
have
kind
of
one
of
the
biggest
problems,
and
also
it
says
that
the
county
clerk
can
do
it
in
2024.
So
we
try
to
get
this
done
in
2024,
where
it
will
get
the
project
under
the
county
clerk
office
to
be
able
to
kind
of
be
able
to
bait
it
once
when
it
hits
the
2
million.
E
So
but
we
dated
it
starting
January
1
because
we're
hoping
that
this
process
moves
along
rapidly
and
the
company
you
know
would
potentially
buy
this
building
and
close
on
it
within
the
next
60
90
120
days
and
then
once
they
close
on
it,
then
you
know
they're
the
owners
they're,
the
ones
that
are
responsible
for
the
tax
bill
now
keep
in
mind
also
that
you
know
the
they're
going
to
make
investments
in
this
property.
It's
not
all
going
to
happen
overnight.
It's
not
going
to
happen
the
day
they
close
in
the
on
the
property.
E
It's
going
to
take
them
a
long
period
of
time.
Again,
I,
don't
know
what
their
what
they're
potentially
paying
for
this
so
I,
don't
know
that
the
tax
bill
would
immediately
go
up
to
that
258
million
dollar
value
or
it
might
take
five
years
to
get
to
that
258
million
dollar
value.
But
this
agreement
starts
January.
If
it,
if
enacted,
would
start
January,
1
2024,
the
tax
bill
would
be
figured
just
like
it
always
is
until
it
reaches
that
two
million
dollar
figure.
G
At
the
end,
or
that
I
was
thinking
of
is
that,
where
I
see
the
jobs,
what
gets
me
is
when
I
get
to
the
aunt
or
says
that
he
gets
about
four
4
to
13
jobs
by
December
2029,
but
instead
of
saying
and
for
continuation,
it
stands
and
or
one
thousand
three
hundred
and
six
so
really
they're
being
limited
to
the
413
000,
even
though
they
might
go
over
that.
But
the
so.
The
second
part
of
this
is
just
no.
E
E
H
E
They
are
in
the
Enterprise
Zone,
so
this
building
has
taken
advantage
of
the
Enterprise
Zone.
The
only
time
the
Enterprise
Zone
would
kick
in
here
is
is
if
they
would
do
additions
to
the
building.
Okay,
it's
currently
already
ex.
You
know
their
Enterprise
Zone
benefits
have
expired.
You
know
based
on
the
construction
of
the
building,
they
would
get
Enterprise
Zone
benefits
through
the
state
and
they
would
get
it
once
they
put
additions
onto
the
onto
the
property.
If,
if,
in
fact
they
do
that.
E
A
F
E
E
Well,
you
know
if
they
do
have
2600
people
seven
days
a
week
over
three
shifts
so
you're
talking,
you
know,
700
people
at
a
you
know
at
a
time
you
know
so
there's
gonna
be
considerable
traffic
and
considerable.
You
know
amount
of
parking
required,
but
they've
got
a
lot
of
parking
there
right
now.
Yeah
I
mean
when
Kmart
had
the
building
I
think
the
maximum
employees
they
had
was
around
a
thousand.
So
there
was,
you
know
considerable
parking
there
for
that
too.
F
A
E
I
I
What
I
really
appreciate
the
potentiality
of
the
of
the
payroll
annual
payroll
and
all
the
retail
benefits
for
our
local
businesses
and
so
forth?
So
you
mentioned
also
we're
at
five
percent
in
terms
of
unemployment.
That's
going
to
go
down
substantially,
I
would
think
and
and
there'd
be
a
lot
of
spin-offs
in
terms
of
other
jobs
would
be
created
in
order
to
support
the
yeah.
E
I
think
one
thing
we
haven't
even
thought
about
or
considered
is
the
potential
other
companies
that
would
want
to
be
relocated,
close
to
a
facility
like
this
as
far
as
suppliers
and
customers-
and
you
know,
we
well
I-
think
that
if
it-
if
in
fact
they
come
and
again,
I
reiterate
this
is
not
a
done
deal.
This
is
just
another
step
in
the
process
that
there's
there's
other
companies
that
I'm
sure
will
be
reaching
out
in
the
price
of
business
in
Kankakee.
County
is
going
to
go
up.
Yeah.
E
E
J
J
J
A
E
Kind
of
we
believe
that
yeah
we
were
required
to
sign
a
non-disclosure
agreement,
so
the
less
I
talk
about
it,
the
better
you
know,
I
did
tell
the
company
and
the
state
that
you
know
these
things
are
done
in
public
meetings
and
you
know,
and
the
news
media
is
here,
the
company
name
obviously
is
not
being
you
know
mentioned
and
again
the
you
know.
The
company
has
not
made
final
decisions,
we're
just
one
of
I
think
a
very
small
number
who
remain.
D
G
E
E
I
think
they're
going
to
surpass
that
right
away,
but
we
didn't
want
to
make
it.
You
know
too
difficult.
You
know
we
wanted
to
be
able
to
give
the
company
some.
You
know
some
numbers
that
were
very,
very
attainable
based
on
what
they're
telling
us,
but
still
held
them
accountable.
At
the
same
time,.