Sunday, December 30, 2012

BDR: Stories for county and Belvidere township

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Written by Bob Balgemann

  • As promised, Belvidere Township lowers tax levy for 2013to lower the upcoming levy, or property tax, by 22 percent for the town fund and by 24 percent for the road fund.
  • Slattengren to retire in 2013 John Slattingren, longtime executive director of the Boone County Council on Aging, is retiring next year.
  • Pro-union legislation --Ultimately the board voted 9-3 to have Walberg send a letter to the state Legislature, asking for a no vote on the measure. Dissenting were Freeman, Bill Pysson and Cathy Ward.

Click on the following to read these stories:  As promised, Belvidere Township lowers tax levy for 2013 | Belvidere Daily Republican

still another story:  County may seek opinion of how comprehensive plan is doing  Go to the following to rad that story:  http://www.belvideredailyrepublican.net/news/county-may-seek-opinion-of-how-comprehensive-plan-is-doing/

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Lisa Madigan Scores Settlement against Illinois Medicaid Swindler

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Amgen’s use of taxpayer dollars to influence what doctors prescribed created significant risks for vulnerable patients in Illinois’ Medicaid program,” Madigan said.

Under the settlement, Amgen will pay overall $612 million in civil damages and penalties to compensate Medicaid, Medicare, and various federal health care programs.

Amgen also pled guilty to federal criminal charges related to drug labeling and FDA reporting.

The settlement was secured due to 10 whistleblowers who brought Amgen to heel.

Click on the following to read the rest of the story:  Lisa Madigan Scores Settlement against Illinois Medicaid Swindler

Friday, December 28, 2012

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

BCJ: Boone Co Bd Almost Approves WInd Project

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Boone County real estate transactions recorded the week of Dec. 17 | Belvidere Daily Republican

 

BOONE COUNTY – Following is a list of the Boone County real estate transactions recorded the week of Dec. 17.

Recorded Dec. 17

809 W. Perry St., Belvidere,  $74,441, Judicial Sale Corp. to Federal National Mortgage Assoc.

910 W. Locust St., Belvidere, $122,359, Judicial Sale Corp. to Federal National Mortgage Assoc.

1733 Pearl St., Belvidere, $82,745, Judicial Sale Corp. to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

300 Pembroke Road, SW Poplar Grove, $68,000, US Dept. of HUD to Gregorio Ortiz.

Recorded Dec. 18

302 Constitution Dr. SW, Poplar Grove, $60,500, Sebastian Lord to Richard and Tyka Schuelke.

1422 S. State St., Belvidere, $99,000, Logan’s Crossing LLC to Brenda Rivera.

513 Prairie Point Dr., Belvidere, $124,000, Bulmaro and Margarita O’Campo to Robert D. Neve.

3070 Countryside Dr., Belvidere, $129,000, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Daniel L. Hendon and Victoria L. Hendon.

4217 Glenhaven Dr., Belvidere, $99,900, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Luke Michelsen.

546 Warren Ave., Belvidere, $41,000, Federal National Mortgage Assoc. to Timothy Seaver.

824 Allen St., Belvidere, $18,000, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Derby Run LLC.

1021 S. State St., Belvidere, $40,000, William L. Welch Sr., and Doris Hays to Billy J. Robertson, trustee.

156 Red Oak St., Poplar Grove, $117,000, Kerri L. Way to Kevin W. Elfers and Sandra L. Elfers.

515 E. 8th St., Belvidere, $39,000, Richard D. Turvold to Glenn Terrell.

113 S. State St., Poplar Grove, $41,113, Federal National Mortgage Assoc. to Signature Preferred Properties LLC.

1503 Whitney Blvd. Belvidere, $30,000, Ruth M. Bower /Hartman to John E. Fish and Susan R. Fish.

2680 Rockton Road, Caledonia, $190,000, Brett T. Koepp to Joshua P. Doetch and Lindsey D. Doetch.

14455 KB Road, Capron, $183,000, Arlene Fowler, trustee, to Craig Fowler and Sherri J. Fowler.

9258 Reeds Crossing Road, Belvidere, $166,500, Arlene Fowler, trustee to Craig L. Fowler and Sherri J. Fowler.

9260 Reeds Crossing Road, Belvidere, $166,500, Kevin G. Fowler and Susan L. Fowler to Craig L. Fowler and Sherri J. Fowler.

9262 Reeds Crossing Road, Belvidere, $32,000, Kevin G. Fowler and Susan L. Fowler to Craig L. Fowler and Sherri J. Fowler.

Recorded Dec. 19

11885 Lanark Court, Caledonia, $310,000, James and Sheerin Badri Sturm to Susan K. Ballard.

1800 Maple Ave., $5,387,500, Sheffield Meadows Apts. To Michael Meglie, trustee.

123 Liverpool Dr. SE, Poplar Grove, $70,500, Ohio Investments, LLC to Tranquility Construction Inc.

Boone County real estate transactions recorded the week of Dec. 17 | Belvidere Daily Republican

Committee explores lowering speed limit in Newburg Road | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

requested reduction wound up before the county’s roads and capital improvements committee Dec. 11. Despite the fact it’s the county’s decision to make, committee members still wanted input from city officials before moving ahead.

Lundin said a speed study was done and the result was justification for a slight reduction in the speed limit, from 55 mph to 50 mph in the area in question.

Click on the following to read all of the story: Committee explores lowering speed limit in Newburg Road | Belvidere Daily Republican

County may explore finishing Irene Road interchange at I-90 | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

authority is forgoing that policy with the southeastern leg of the interchange. The county has to provide engineering, which is being done now, and the right of way as its contribution to the project. The state will take care of the rest.

Click on he following for all of the story:  County may explore finishing Irene Road interchange at I-90 | Belvidere Daily Republican

Saturday, December 22, 2012

County homeless project surfaces, goes away, comes back again | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

It’s not a dead issue, however.

Danice Loveridge, Boone County coordinator for LOVE, Inc., said the Boone County Homeless Project, a local committee formed five years ago, planned to meet with Shelter Care in the new year. They will explore the possibility of providing some housing for the homeless.

There won’t be any HUD funding,” she said, adding, “We will look at other sources of money.”

Shelter Care was created in 1984 as an outreach ministry of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in downtown Rockford,

Click on the following to read the entire article:  County homeless project surfaces, goes away, comes back again | Belvidere Daily Republican

RRStar: Cryptoquote December 14, 2012

 

I know that you  believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

 

Robert McCloskey

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Boone delays wind energy vote, fears lawsuit - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

By Jennifer Wheeler

The Board voted 7-5 today to send portions of the ordinance back to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Members were nervous that recently-made changes could violate due process laws. Residents never had the opportunity to weigh in on the suggestions

Click on the following for more details:  Boone delays wind energy vote, fears lawsuit - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Why Bill votes “no” on the wind farm ordinance?

This text amendment was initiated by Boone County Board’s PZB subcommittee. A considerable amount of resources have been expended. The full board gave no formal approval to proceed with the text amendment although the board’s lack of formal discussion and lack of a formal recommendation can be considered "tacit approval" for PZB's proceeding with the text amendment. I question the prudence of the previous board--this expensive text amendment process should begin only with a formal approval and discussion by the full board.

The Planning Department’s recommendation was for no action—to keep in force the current ordinance. This recommendation was based upon the Planning Department’s research of current wind farm ordinances in Illinois and generally accepted scientific information. The crux of much of the staff recommendation was that the health and welfare concerns of Boone County are properly addressed by the current ordinance and by the ordinance’s special use procedures. The department has not waivered from this position.

I see no compelling evidence to question the planning department’s recommendation.

Board members should be aware that even if the new ordinance passes, court action may well grant Mainstream vested rights because their options were purchased when the old ordinance was in force.

To reiterate my position, based upon the professional staff’s recommendation I will vote “NO”. I believe any concerns expressed by the public in the hearings will be addressed by the special use application, when and if an application is received.

BILL PYSSON

Boone County Board

District #1

 

Result:  The ordinance passed 7-5, however Section H on set back is sent back to PZB/ZBA  for a hearing on the proposed setbacks.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Exactly what is the wind ordinance that Boone County Board is voting this evening?

The new ordinance is 16 pages long and is available at the following:  https://www.boarddocs.com/il/boone/Board.nsf/files/92YTVD793001/$file/Ordinance%2012-40.pdf

Thus far there are four possible amendments to the ordinance:  https://www.boarddocs.com/il/boone/Board.nsf/files/92XRJY6E2BA8/$file/add'l%20floor%20motions%20for%20Ord%2012-40.pdf

Amend/Corrected Dates of Application for Belvidere Township Elections

filing dates

Mr. Walberg’s requested written amendments

As of 2:39PM, 12-19-2012 these floor motions are being suggested by members of the Boone County Board concerning the text amendment regarding wind farms.

Floor Motions for

ORDINANCE NO. 12-40

#1.

4.8.7.H(7) From a gas pipeline or hazardous liquid pipeline, underground water main or easements for such utilities: Three times (3x) the WECS tower height.

Change to:

4.8.7.H(7) From easements for a gas pipeline, hazardous liquid pipeline and underground water main: Three times (3x) the WECS tower height.

#2.

4.8.13.E(3) Adjustments to the financial assurance amount that reflect changes in the decommissioning costs and salvage values shall be submitted every five years and shall be adjusted for inflation and other factors. The escrow account shall be adjusted accordingly within six months of receiving the updated information as determined by an Illinois professional engineer.

Change to:

4.8.13.E(13) Adjustments to the financial assurance amount that reflect changes in the decommissioning costs and salvage values shall be submitted every five years and shall be adjusted for inflation and other factors. The escrow account shall be adjusted accordingly within six months of receiving the updated information as determined by an Illinois professional engineer. Failure to provide financial assurance as outlined herein shall be considered a cessation of operation.

#3.

4.8.7.H(7) From easements for a gas pipeline, hazardous liquid pipeline and underground water main: Three times (3x) the WECS tower height.

Change to:

4.8.7.H(7) From easements for a gas pipeline, hazardous liquid pipeline and underground water main: Three times (3x) or 1500 feet, whichever is greater, of the WECS tower height.

#4.

4.8.7.H(2) From non-participating property lines: Three times (3x) the WECS tower height from non-participating property line. The distance shall be measured from the point of the property line closest to the WECS tower-foundation. The owner of the property may waive this setback requirement but in no case shall a WECS tower be located closer to a property line than 1,200 feet. The applicant does not need to obtain a variance from the county upon waiver by either the county or property owner of this setback requirement. Any waiver of this setback shall run with the land and be recorded as part of the chain of title in the deed of the subject property.

Change to:

4.8.7.H(2) From non-participating property lines: Three times (3x) the WECS tower height from non-participating property line. The distance shall be measured from the point of the property line closest to the WECS tower-foundation. The owner of the property may waive this setback requirement but in no case shall a WECS tower be located closer to a property line than 1,200 feet. The applicant does not need to obtain a variance from the county upon waiver by the property owner of this setback requirement. Any waiver of this setback shall run with the land and be recorded as part of the chain of title in the deed of the subject property.

#5

4.8.7.H(5);

4.8.7.H(6);

4.8.7.H(7); (on all three ordinances add the words) or 1,500 feet, whichever is greater in each sentence that reads:

Three times (3x) the WECS tower height.

ALL 3 AMENDMENTS WILL THEN HAVE A SENTENCE THAT WILL READ:

Three times (3x) or 1500 feet, whichever is greater, the WECS tower height.

IACBMC’s advocacy

 

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Advocacy

Governmental Relations and Legislation
IACBMC serves as the official voice of Illinois county government in Springfield. On behalf of member counties, the Association communicates and advocates positions in the legislative and regulatory arenas at the state level.
Legislative Representation
One of IACBMC's primary responsibilities is to represent the collective interest of its member counties before the Illinois General Assembly and the state elected and administrative offices. The Association's legislative policy is set by its members and reflected in the official issues platform which is revised annually. IACBMC staff coordinates testimony before legislative committees, prepares amendments and meets with legislators and their staff regularly.
Legislative Tracking
In an average year, one in every five bills introduced in the Legislature affects county government. IACBMC staff review all bills introduced in the General Assembly. Based on the annual platform and action by the Board of Directors, the Association's legislative consultant and executive director present the county viewpoint during the legislative session. The Association supports legislation which will materially assist counties in their daily operations and opposes bills which would seriously hinder their abilities to govern themselves or that mandate additional costs.
Legislative Committee
The IACBMC Legislative Committee meets as needed during Session to advice staff on policy direction. The committee, which consists of representatives of each member county, has been given authority by the Board of Directors to set legislative direction in those instances where the annual platform is silent, legislative circumstances have changed or quick action is needed.
Legislative Reports
During the hectic pace of legislative sessions, county officials and legislators alike value the "Counties at the Capitol" legislative bulletin for its timeliness and content. The publication is e-mailed periodically during Session to inform members of the status of bills of county interest and current legislative developments. Special editions of the bulletin are published during non-session months as issues of significant county interest arise. Members without e-mail may request a fax version.
Legislative Summary
Published annually at the close of Illinois' legislative session. Summarizes bills passed by the General Assembly and acted upon by the Governor. Includes brief descriptions of each bill and its implications.

Above is take from: http://www.ilcounty.org/news/8-1.html

Sunshine Review of IACBM

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Illinois Association of County Board Members

The Illinois Association of County Board Members and Commissioners, also known as the Illinois Association of County Board Members & Commissioners, is a government sector lobbying association in Illinois. It is one of three Illinois chapters of the National Association of Counties. The other two are the Metro Counties of Illinois and the United Counties Council of Illinois.

Taxpayer-funded lobbying

The Illinois Association of County Board Members has lobbying representation from Anderson Legislative Consulting.[1] The Association advocates legislative and regulatory policy positions before the Illinois General Assembly and the state elected and administrative offices.[2] The Association's legislative consultant and executive director present the county viewpoint during the legislative session. These positions are considered the "collective interest of its member counties."[2] These legislative policies are set by its members and published annually in the official issues platform.

IACBMC staff review bills introduced in the General Assembly, summarizing relevant legislation in the association's "Counties at the Capitol" bulletin, which is available to county officials and legislators.[2] The IACBMC Legislative Committee also meets as needed during Session to advise staff on policy direction. The committee, which consists of representatives of each member county, has authority by the Board of Directors to set legislative direction in those instances where the annual platform is silent or quick action is needed.[2]

Income and Expenses

Illinois Association of County Board Members

Year
Total Expenses
Total Income
Membership dues
(included in Total Income)

2006[3]
$98,495
$121,629
$78,413

2005[4]
$89,192
$125,358
$76,580

2004[5]
$83,474
$106,319
$67,605

Note: Tax years begin September 1 in the current year and end August 31 the following year.

Issues

Smoking ban

The Illinois Association of County Board Members and Commissioners supported a bill in 2006 which would allow counties to pass smoking bans. The bill passed. [6]

The organization's executive director at the time said

"We feel that local officials have the right and responsibility to deal with matters of public health and safety [...] This would allow the counties to determine by public support and local policy if that's what their community desires to do."[7]

Services

The Illinois Association of County Board Members sponsors the Annual Partners in Planning Conference, which features trainings sessions, panel discussions, and leadership-building activities on issues such as:[8]

  • Disaster readiness,
  • Land use law,
  • Comprehensive planning,
  • Biofuels,
  • The Illinois Scenic Byways program.

IACBMC distributes publications geared towards county officials and the general public on county government and its activities. The association also works to make the media more aware of the issues and positions of county government through press releases and reports.[9]

Through pooling and service negotiation, the association provides purchasing programs allowing for significant savings to counties. Such services include the Counties of Illinois Risk Management Agency (CIRMA) and the John Deere Equipment program.[9]

Awards and certification

The association recognizes state legislators it sees as showing consistent support to counties' perspective in legislation with a Legislator of the Year award.[10] [9] It also runs a joint program with the University of Illinois, the Institute for Excellence in County Government, which produces Certified County Officials. Certification includes proficiency in:[11] [9]

External links

References

  1. Secretary of State, Index Department - Lobbyist List
  2. 2.02.1 2.2 2.3 Illinois Association of County Board Members - Legislation: Advocacy
  3. Form 990, Illinois Association of County Board Members and County Commissioners 2006
  4. Form 990, Illinois Association of County Board Members and County Commissioners 2005
  5. Form 990, Illinois Association of County Board Members and County Commissioners 2004
  6. "IL: Liquor trade group challenges Springfield smoking ban", Free Republic, June 29, 2006
  7. The Register-Mail, "Carthage looking at lighting grant for fire department", February 2, 2006
  8. "County board members attend training conference", The Times, September 12, 2006
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Illinois Association of County Board Members - Services:Overview
  10. "Riley Named Legislator of the Year by the Illinois Association of County Board Members and Commissioners", E News Park Forest, April 26, 2009
  11. "County officials achieve training goal", The News Record, May 23, 2007

Read more: http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Illinois_Association_of_County_Board_Members#ixzz2FWtryvkC

Re-elected county chairman makes committee appointments | Belvidere Daily Republican

Also see information on the Democratic Caucus

Written by Bob Balgemann

…was a lengthy process because he worked to be sure board members were placed on the committees they wanted. Each of the five newly elected board members was selected to chair or to serve as vice chair of a committee.

Carlson at Democratic meeting…..

Carlson, a member of the township board of trustees who is not seeking re-election, said she found it unusual that she would be singled out when others also stayed for the party’s business meeting. In addition, she said the meeting was held in a public building

Click on the following to read all of these story:  Carlson, a member of the township board of trustees who is not seeking re-election, said she found it unusual that she would be singled out when others also stayed for the party’s business meeting. In addition, she said the meeting was held in a public building.

Letter: Wind power not so great an opportunity - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

….here are the subsidy amounts per megawatt hour: gas, oil and coal receive 64 cents each, hydropower 82 cents, nuclear $3.14, wind $56.29 and solar $775.64….

Click on the following to read the entire letter to the editor: Letter: Wind power not so great an opportunity - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Letter: Most people are not in favor of wind farms - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

 

The article states the "vast majority" of people are in favor of this. I would say just the opposite. I guess it all depends on your address in the county.

— Brad Fidder, Boone County District 1

Click on the following to read the entire letter:  Letter: Most people are not in favor of wind farms - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Here are the four comments which Mr. Fidder’s article generated:

Comments (4)

 


Hard to imagine where you must be doing your surveys. It is hard to find people anywhere who can't see the benefits of wind farms. Of course there are always a few uninformed people but for the most part wind energy is highly thought of.

fender

 


Yeah I'm against clean energy because I would rather have a Nuke plant in my backyard!

JRM_CommonSense

The people against wind farms are worried that all of those rotating blades will upset the stability of the earth, which is flat, and they will all slide off.

popeye77

'You can't fix stupid.' Forrest Gump

RR Star View: Time for Boone County to embrace wind power - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

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….We also believe the farmers who have agreed to have wind turbines on their land have a right to harvest the wind as much as they have a right to harvest the crops in the ground.

Jobs, tax revenue and an investment in alternative energy are good reasons to support wind power. We hope County Board members agree.

Read the entire editorial by clicking on the followingOur View: Time for Boone County to embrace wind power - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Mrs. Newhouse’s response to former board member’s letter regarding wind turbines; Ms. Del Rose responds to Mrs. Newhouse’s comments

The following letter was emailed to Mr. Terrinoni by Mrs. Newhouse, wife of former board member, Marshall Newhouse;  Mr. Terrinoni forwarded it to each member of the Boone County Board.

2:24 PM 12-19-2012 Apparently Mrs. Newhouse sent the letter directly to board members according to Mr. Newhouse’s recent update.  Per Mrs. Newhouse’s request her letter is presented in its entirely and then with Ms. Del Rose’s comments.

After my initially posting of this letter, Ms. Del Rose  responded to several accusations by Mrs. Newhouse’ criticizing Mr. Del Rose’s actions in the Planning Department.  Ms. Del Rose’s two emails are presented in whole following Mrs. Newhouse’s letter.  I have taken the liberty of placing in yellow highlighted bold type Ms. Del Rose’s statements with  Mrs. Newhouse’s letter

original email from Mr. Newhouse:

Dear Boone County Board members,

The red font indicates my responses to Ms. Glass’s letter to the
county board concerning the proposed WECS code changes.
Ms. Glass’s first assertion: the proposal is too specific.
The specificity of the code amendments is a courtesy to the
applicant- they should know where the county stands before they
commit thousands of dollars in application fees, exploration money,
and signed contracts. At PZB and ZBA meetings it was stated more
than once that there should be no surprises for the WECS applicant.
Please recognize these are multi-million dollar decisions so the
county should be courteous and clear.
1. Have you asked the Planning Department to take the proposed
changes and map out exactly where wind turbines will be able to be
situated based on the proposed setbacks? Illinois state law permits
wind turbines, therefore the county cannot legislate them out of
existence. So, where can they be situated if these proposed setbacks
are adopted?

Answer: While state law permits wind turbines, there is no state code
that says individual counties have to have them. Lake County is an
example of a county that decided against wind turbines. That was
correctly stated by Kristine Schnoor at the Boone County Planning
Commission. Regardless, a map created by the planning department
could not indicate whether a WECS project could proceed without
input of landowner signed contracts and/or good neighbor contracts.
For example, if a cluster of landowners signed, a project could
proceed. The maps the planning staff could produce at this point
would model each potential turbine field as an island - and that simply
is not true. Knowledge of landowner and neighbor agreements is
essential to determine potential turbine sites.

2. Can the State’s Attorney SUCCESSFULLY defend a legal
challenge? It will be her job to defend Boone County, when or if, a
lawsuit is filed…but will she be successful? Is it likely that a judge will
strike down the ordinance and implement changes to which Boone
County has no control? We have quarries in this county that are in
existence because the court ordered it so. This leaves Boone County
with little or no control over them.

Answer: Several other counties in the state and nation have setbacks
with waivers. Our proposed decommissioning language was initially
drawn from Champaign County, Illinois. State's Attorneys in those
counties approved theirs and I am not aware of any county in the
state that has been sued and lost over their own code. Special use
conditions are tried in court, but not county code. Fear should not be
a motivating factor in deciding what is in the best interest for the
county unless it is fear from its own residents. Our State's Attorney
should make every effort to make sure the code is written
professionally and cleanly but it is the County Board that legislates.

3.What precedent are you setting by placing these restrictions (i.e.
setbacks, decommissioning plans, etc)? What about future
companies that want to develop here?

Answer: We are not even close to being the first or the most
restrictive in creating codes related to wind turbines, and the code
applies to any and all wind turbine companies - not just Mainstream.
There will probably be more companies interested in developing
Boone County - DeKalb county, to our South, already has a project in
its first phase development and county lines are often crossed.
4. What does the EDD say about wind turbines? Boone County
provides financial support to the EDD to encourage regional and local
economic development. The EDD specified alternative energy as one
of their Top Ten Targeted Industries. (page 6 Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategies 2009-2014
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www.rockfordil.com/CEDSdraft.pdf)
Answer: This is about code - does the present WECS code reflect
today's turbine heights and match the criteria set by our findings of
facts in the special use conditions? No. Does it reflect the
comprehensive plan? No. Does the code protect the rights of RLA's?
No. Does the code protect the rights of farmers to aerial spray? No.
Does it protect the rights of non-participating landowners? No. Surely
the EDD doesn’t seek to encourage regional and local economic
development at any expense.
5. What is missing? Are the terms sufficiently defined. For example,
what is a pipeline? Is It defined in the Zoning Code?

Answer: It is too bad that staff decided to "refuse to work on the
revision." Gina Del Rose said that to me in front of Ken Freeman
after the last PZB meeting. It will be up to the States Attorney to
officially clean it up.

6. A government should never pit neighbor against neighbor. This
proposal does exactly that. It permits a non-participating landowner to
determine what a neighbor can do. The County Board should do what
it is intended to do--legislate. Then they need to step up and take
responsibility for their decisions. To place this on the backs of
neighboring landowners is simple inexcusable. Additionally, find one
other instance in our Code where the non-participating landowner has
the authority to make this kind of determination? And now ask
yourself what kind of precedent will you be setting for potential
(currently unknown) development.

Answer: Our zoning process has always allowed neighbors to weigh
in on special use requests. Neighbors have proved in the past that a
special use would take away their rights and special uses have been
denied. Ms. Glass should be familiar with this given all the opposing
neighbor testimony she has had the opportunity to hear.
It is helpful to note that even our present WECS code absolutely pits
neighbor against neighbor, using non-participating land as health,
safety and noise buffers. Our present WECS code allows the
landowners with wind turbines to determine where the nonparticipating
landowner could enjoy their property with no flicker or
additional noise, build, use aerial spraying, and even use their private
air strips.
Conversely, multiple counties and states have setbacks with waivers.
The code is intended to protect people who live here already. The
code is not designed to honor businesses that want to invade their
space, change their lives, and take away their rights. Instead we can
and should create code that grants the non-partiticipating landowner
to choose to voluntarily waive his/her rights. Understand that WECS
companies are willing to give volunteers money because they realize
people are selling their rights. Did you read the good neighbor
contract in the evidence, where the non-participating landowner
surrenders his/her rights?

7. Let me bluntly state that the proposed changes to the code were
NOT researched by experts. The proposed changes came at the
hands of the previous PZB committee. Those PZB members
(including myself) had preconceived ideas of wind turbines. It is
reasonable to consider the fact that the research that led to the
creation of the proposed changes may lean one way or another. Ask
yourself who created the setbacks? How and why? What relationship
did she/he have to potential non-participating landowners? Who
created the decommissioning section? What is his/her personal
opinion of wind farms? Who created the current proposed changes?
Why did they select that portion of the code? How did they come to
the conclusions they came to?

Answer: Ms. Glass has falsely claimed she knows what kind of research
we did. She has ascribed motive in our work and has asserted our inability
to move beyond preconceived ideas. This is a remarkable testimony of her
desire to focus on personal preferences and shy away from issues herself.
In terms of research, e-mails and phone bills to local, state, and federal
experts (all pro-wind) are all available, as are hundreds of bookmarks on
our computers. There are piles of pro-wind information in our bags of wind
information. We have spent hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars on
research. We drove to multiple wind project sites. Marshall sat through
hours of testimony at the Illinois Windworking conference on Siting,
Zoning, and Taxing Wind Farms in Illinois. Marshall arranged for county
officials to go to Lee County and listen to their experiences. Ms. Glass did
neither. Ask David Loomis, Jolene Willis, Darin Burk, American Wind
Energy Association and Illinois Wind if they know the Newhouses
and the answer will be yes. Ask every county in Illinois with a WECS if they
have been contacted by us and they will answer yes. We participated in
ongoing communication with several of those counties. Ask the Federal
Dept. of Transportation, the Dept. of Energy, the Dept. of the Interior,
Pipeline Safety Trust, Illinois Commerce commission, Soil and Water, Farm
Bureau, American Petroleum, Area contractors, salvage yards, gravel
yards . . . the list goes on for a long time. And because staff did not do the
research- citizens spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to
present the piles of evidence. Each of us were cross examined. Anyone
could have asked us any question. I think Ms. Glass would have found it
hard to make us look uninformed.
The Register Star tried to prove a bias motivation, but discovered nothing
because there was nothing to discover. Marshall has three cousins and
several friends who have signed contracts with Mainstream and he
focused on decommissioning as he sought to protect them from having an
abandoned turbine on their property. Their signed contracts have no
financial guarantees. If Ms. Glass had listened to every word Marshall
stated, she would of heard his concern for the participating landowners,
the county, and the neighbors. If you were to ask any Newhouse family
member or like-minded citizen if they liked Marshall's compromise on
setbacks you would hear a resounding no because it fails to protect
personal property rights. Even his own mother stands against him.
Marshall took the middle ground on setbacks but he was unwilling to risk
anyone in the county concerning decommissioning. Marshall led the
board to a 2000 foot setback from property lines to protect wind rights in
the last WECS project. At that time Ms. Ward had proposed two setbacks
in the past WECS proposal, one for participating and one for nonparticipating.
Marshall listened and moved to the center to protect the nonparticipating
and grant the participating landowners a greater opportunity
to have turbines

8. We, here in Boone County, often blame Rockford and Winnebago
for not being conscientious of Boone County when it relates to
economic development. Perhaps it is time to question how and why
we continue to undermine ourselves.

Answer: If you have not asked or answered these questions, then perhaps
you need to ask if you have done due diligence. Only you can determine
that. If I understand this comment- I believe Ms. Glass would suggest that
we, for the love of money, throw out the rights of the people we represent
and neglect the protection of our county from potential financial burdens in
the form of road damage, tax burden shifts, and decommissioning. I doubt
Ms. Glass, or any resident of Boone County, would enjoy increased taxes
as the turbines are allowed to depreciate at a accelerated rate. And what
about the the lawsuits? Every county with a wind project in Illinois has
faced lawsuits. Some were settled out of court, some were dismissed,
some are pending, and some have cost the county plenty.


For those who oppose the proposed setbacks, why do you oppose
them? For those who support them why do you support them?

Is it your intent to legislate them to the point where they cannot be
built? Is it legal to do so?

There is no proposed legislation that would stop the project if people
are favorable toward wind projects. Again it is legal to legislate
turbines unfavorably

.
Have you ever really searched for evidence that contradicts your preformatted
opinions or did you just seek out data that supports your
beliefs? Lets face it, the “anti wind-farm” advocates would never
present evidence that opposes their ideals: nor would the “pro windfarm”
advocates. It is reasonable to believe that most people will seek
out answers that prove what they want to prove.

Answer: Ms. Glass finds it hard to believe that people looked at the
issue from both sides, as we did. Ms. Glass seems to state that she
did not.
Ms. Glass claims to be well educated on wind farms but frequently
provides false statements about the same. Even in her letter to you
she claims Illinois has established a base setback. That is an outright
lie. The state has no base state setback for commercial wind farms
connected to the grid. It would be interesting to know where her
misinformation is being generated. Ms. Glass claims there is no
conclusive evidence on health, safety, and effect on property values.
Since these issues are being settled in courts all over the world and
damages are being awarded, I believe Ms. Glass has shown herself
not to be a legal judge and/or an expert.
Boone County Board members, I would ask that you base your
decision on the evidence presented, not on this last-ditch effort to
undermine the earnest work of many people over many months.
If Ms. Glass had done as the law required and presented the
statements in this letter in the open ZBA hearings, her “facts” and
implications would of been cross-examined and answered and found
to be ungrounded. Instead, she contends she knows more than the
rest of us who courageously (and rightly) presented our facts in a
public hearing and effectively faced cross-examination.

Julie Newhouse

**********************************************************

Mr. Newhouse’s letter with Ms. DelRose’s comments in yellow;  Ms. DelRose’s emails follow.

Dear Boone County Board members,

The red font indicates my responses to Ms. Glass’s letter to the
county board concerning the proposed WECS code changes.
Ms. Glass’s first assertion: the proposal is too specific.
The specificity of the code amendments is a courtesy to the
applicant- they should know where the county stands before they
commit thousands of dollars in application fees, exploration money,
and signed contracts. At PZB and ZBA meetings it was stated more
than once that there should be no surprises for the WECS applicant.
Please recognize these are multi-million dollar decisions so the
county should be courteous and clear.
1. Have you asked the Planning Department to take the proposed
changes and map out exactly where wind turbines will be able to be
situated based on the proposed setbacks? Illinois state law permits
wind turbines, therefore the county cannot legislate them out of
existence. So, where can they be situated if these proposed setbacks
are adopted?

Answer: While state law permits wind turbines, there is no state code
that says individual counties have to have them. Lake County is an
example of a county that decided against wind turbines. That was
correctly stated by Kristine Schnoor at the Boone County Planning
Commission. Regardless, a map created by the planning department
could not indicate whether a WECS project could proceed without
input of landowner signed contracts and/or good neighbor contracts.
For example, if a cluster of landowners signed, a project could
proceed. The maps the planning staff could produce at this point
would model each potential turbine field as an island - and that simply
is not true. Knowledge of landowner and neighbor agreements is
essential to determine potential turbine sites.

2. Can the State’s Attorney SUCCESSFULLY defend a legal
challenge? It will be her job to defend Boone County, when or if, a
lawsuit is filed…but will she be successful? Is it likely that a judge will
strike down the ordinance and implement changes to which Boone
County has no control? We have quarries in this county that are in
existence because the court ordered it so. This leaves Boone County
with little or no control over them.

Answer: Several other counties in the state and nation have setbacks
with waivers. Our proposed decommissioning language was initially
drawn from Champaign County, Illinois. State's Attorneys in those
counties approved theirs and I am not aware of any county in the
state that has been sued and lost over their own code. Special use
conditions are tried in court, but not county code. Fear should not be
a motivating factor in deciding what is in the best interest for the
county unless it is fear from its own residents. Our State's Attorney
should make every effort to make sure the code is written
professionally and cleanly but it is the County Board that legislates.

3.What precedent are you setting by placing these restrictions (i.e.
setbacks, decommissioning plans, etc)? What about future
companies that want to develop here?

Answer: We are not even close to being the first or the most
restrictive in creating codes related to wind turbines, and the code
applies to any and all wind turbine companies - not just Mainstream.
There will probably be more companies interested in developing
Boone County - DeKalb county, to our South, already has a project in
its first phase development and county lines are often crossed.
4. What does the EDD say about wind turbines? Boone County
provides financial support to the EDD to encourage regional and local
economic development. The EDD specified alternative energy as one
of their Top Ten Targeted Industries. (page 6 Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategies 2009-2014
">">">">">">http://

www.rockfordil.com/CEDSdraft.pdf)
Answer: This is about code - does the present WECS code reflect
today's turbine heights and match the criteria set by our findings of
facts in the special use conditions? No. Does it reflect the
comprehensive plan? No. Does the code protect the rights of RLA's?
No. Does the code protect the rights of farmers to aerial spray? No.
Does it protect the rights of non-participating landowners? No. Surely
the EDD doesn’t seek to encourage regional and local economic
development at any expense.
5. What is missing? Are the terms sufficiently defined. For example,
what is a pipeline? Is It defined in the Zoning Code?

Answer: It is too bad that staff decided to "refuse to work on the
revision." Gina Del Rose said that to me in front of Ken Freeman
after the last PZB meeting. It will be up to the States Attorney to
officially clean it up.

Del Rose:  That is not what I said whatsoever and I think it is extremely wrong to misquote me for one’s gain. At some point in the conversation I was having with Mr. Freeman, Julie came up to me to argue my comment about the decommissioning plan coming from PZB. I told her I spoke honestly when I said that the plan that the PZB (in color copy) had before them that night was not the plan produced by the PZB and approved by the PZB, it had been further amended by her husband.

I told her, that staff had given their input to the PZB about how they felt the code should read, it is an opinion that I have shared with many when asked. A comment was made which I don’t remember well enough to quote but my response was that after trying to explain staff’s position that the zoning code should be a well-rounded document I was told by a county board member that “I was not paid to think, I was paid to do as I was told” After that, staff has let the ZBA and PZB take over the amendments and only suggested something when asked. In no way did I say I refused to work on the revision, staff has spent countless hours working on the revisions and have attended meetings last week and this week about the revision, giving input upon request.


6. A government should never pit neighbor against neighbor. This
proposal does exactly that. It permits a non-participating landowner to
determine what a neighbor can do. The County Board should do what
it is intended to do--legislate. Then they need to step up and take
responsibility for their decisions. To place this on the backs of
neighboring landowners is simple inexcusable. Additionally, find one
other instance in our Code where the non-participating landowner has
the authority to make this kind of determination? And now ask
yourself what kind of precedent will you be setting for potential
(currently unknown) development.

Answer: Our zoning process has always allowed neighbors to weigh
in on special use requests. Neighbors have proved in the past that a
special use would take away their rights and special uses have been
denied. Ms. Glass should be familiar with this given all the opposing
neighbor testimony she has had the opportunity to hear.
It is helpful to note that even our present WECS code absolutely pits
neighbor against neighbor, using non-participating land as health,
safety and noise buffers. Our present WECS code allows the
landowners with wind turbines to determine where the nonparticipating
landowner could enjoy their property with no flicker or
additional noise, build, use aerial spraying, and even use their private
air strips.
Conversely, multiple counties and states have setbacks with waivers.
The code is intended to protect people who live here already. The
code is not designed to honor businesses that want to invade their
space, change their lives, and take away their rights. Instead we can
and should create code that grants the non-partiticipating landowner
to choose to voluntarily waive his/her rights. Understand that WECS
companies are willing to give volunteers money because they realize
people are selling their rights. Did you read the good neighbor
contract in the evidence, where the non-participating landowner
surrenders his/her rights?

7. Let me bluntly state that the proposed changes to the code were
NOT researched by experts. The proposed changes came at the
hands of the previous PZB committee. Those PZB members
(including myself) had preconceived ideas of wind turbines. It is
reasonable to consider the fact that the research that led to the
creation of the proposed changes may lean one way or another. Ask
yourself who created the setbacks? How and why? What relationship
did she/he have to potential non-participating landowners? Who
created the decommissioning section? What is his/her personal
opinion of wind farms? Who created the current proposed changes?
Why did they select that portion of the code? How did they come to
the conclusions they came to?

Answer: Ms. Glass has falsely claimed she knows what kind of research
we did. She has ascribed motive in our work and has asserted our inability
to move beyond preconceived ideas. This is a remarkable testimony of her
desire to focus on personal preferences and shy away from issues herself.
In terms of research, e-mails and phone bills to local, state, and federal
experts (all pro-wind) are all available, as are hundreds of bookmarks on
our computers. There are piles of pro-wind information in our bags of wind
information. We have spent hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars on
research. We drove to multiple wind project sites. Marshall sat through
hours of testimony at the Illinois Windworking conference on Siting,
Zoning, and Taxing Wind Farms in Illinois. Marshall arranged for county
officials to go to Lee County and listen to their experiences. Ms. Glass did
neither. Ask David Loomis, Jolene Willis, Darin Burk, American Wind
Energy Association and Illinois Wind if they know the Newhouses
and the answer will be yes. Ask every county in Illinois with a WECS if they
have been contacted by us and they will answer yes. We participated in
ongoing communication with several of those counties. Ask the Federal
Dept. of Transportation, the Dept. of Energy, the Dept. of the Interior,
Pipeline Safety Trust, Illinois Commerce commission, Soil and Water, Farm
Bureau, American Petroleum, Area contractors, salvage yards, gravel
yards . . . the list goes on for a long time. And because staff did not do the
research- citizens spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to
present the piles of evidence. Each of us were cross examined. Anyone
could have asked us any question. I think Ms. Glass would have found it
hard to make us look uninformed.
The Register Star tried to prove a bias motivation, but discovered nothing
because there was nothing to discover. Marshall has three cousins and
several friends who have signed contracts with Mainstream and he
focused on decommissioning as he sought to protect them from having an
abandoned turbine on their property. Their signed contracts have no
financial guarantees. If Ms. Glass had listened to every word Marshall
stated, she would of heard his concern for the participating landowners,
the county, and the neighbors. If you were to ask any Newhouse family
member or like-minded citizen if they liked Marshall's compromise on
setbacks you would hear a resounding no because it fails to protect
personal property rights. Even his own mother stands against him.
Marshall took the middle ground on setbacks but he was unwilling to risk
anyone in the county concerning decommissioning. Marshall led the
board to a 2000 foot setback from property lines to protect wind rights in
the last WECS project. At that time Ms. Ward had proposed two setbacks
in the past WECS proposal, one for participating and one for nonparticipating.
Marshall listened and moved to the center to protect the nonparticipating
and grant the participating landowners a greater opportunity
to have turbines

Del Rose:  The planning staff did do research and have stated our research several times to those WILLING to listen. The planning staff has contacted several counties that have actual wind farms to seek their guidance. The planning staff did look up studies online and for every study found to say one thing, another one was found to dispute the information. There was no consensus whatsoever. Therefore, we respected the advice we received from our counterparts that have are experienced and honest. I would also like to note that most of the evidence submitted during the public hearing boiled down to hearsay evidence, something that staff does not generally present.


8. We, here in Boone County, often blame Rockford and Winnebago
for not being conscientious of Boone County when it relates to
economic development. Perhaps it is time to question how and why
we continue to undermine ourselves.

Answer: If you have not asked or answered these questions, then perhaps
you need to ask if you have done due diligence. Only you can determine
that. If I understand this comment- I believe Ms. Glass would suggest that
we, for the love of money, throw out the rights of the people we represent
and neglect the protection of our county from potential financial burdens in
the form of road damage, tax burden shifts, and decommissioning. I doubt
Ms. Glass, or any resident of Boone County, would enjoy increased taxes
as the turbines are allowed to depreciate at a accelerated rate. And what
about the the lawsuits? Every county with a wind project in Illinois has
faced lawsuits. Some were settled out of court, some were dismissed,
some are pending, and some have cost the county plenty.

 
For those who oppose the proposed setbacks, why do you oppose
them? For those who support them why do you support them?

Is it your intent to legislate them to the point where they cannot be
built? Is it legal to do so?

There is no proposed legislation that would stop the project if people
are favorable toward wind projects. Again it is legal to legislate
turbines unfavorably

.
Have you ever really searched for evidence that contradicts your preformatted
opinions or did you just seek out data that supports your
beliefs? Lets face it, the “anti wind-farm” advocates would never
present evidence that opposes their ideals: nor would the “pro windfarm”
advocates. It is reasonable to believe that most people will seek
out answers that prove what they want to prove.

Answer: Ms. Glass finds it hard to believe that people looked at the
issue from both sides, as we did. Ms. Glass seems to state that she
did not.
Ms. Glass claims to be well educated on wind farms but frequently
provides false statements about the same. Even in her letter to you
she claims Illinois has established a base setback. That is an outright
lie. The state has no base state setback for commercial wind farms
connected to the grid. It would be interesting to know where her
misinformation is being generated. Ms. Glass claims there is no
conclusive evidence on health, safety, and effect on property values.
Since these issues are being settled in courts all over the world and
damages are being awarded, I believe Ms. Glass has shown herself
not to be a legal judge and/or an expert.
Boone County Board members, I would ask that you base your
decision on the evidence presented, not on this last-ditch effort to
undermine the earnest work of many people over many months.
If Ms. Glass had done as the law required and presented the
statements in this letter in the open ZBA hearings, her “facts” and
implications would of been cross-examined and answered and found
to be ungrounded. Instead, she contends she knows more than the
rest of us who courageously (and rightly) presented our facts in a
public hearing and effectively faced cross-examination.

Julie Newhouse

**********************************************************************************

Gina DelRose associateplanner@boonecountyil.org

to Bob, kfree1011, zebrasnot, me, Cathy, Brad, Paul, Michael, Ken, Michelle, assistantplann.

Julie States:

Answer: Ms. Glass has falsely claimed she knows what kind of research
we did. She has ascribed motive in our work and has asserted our inability
to move beyond preconceived ideas. This is a remarkable testimony of her
desire to focus on personal preferences and shy away from issues herself.
In terms of research, e-mails and phone bills to local, state, and federal
experts (all pro-wind) are all available, as are hundreds of bookmarks on
our computers. There are piles of pro-wind information in our bags of wind
information. We have spent hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars on
research. We drove to multiple wind project sites. Marshall sat through
hours of testimony at the Illinois Windworking conference on Siting,
Zoning, and Taxing Wind Farms in Illinois. Marshall arranged for county
officials to go to Lee County and listen to their experiences. Ms. Glass did
neither. Ask David Loomis, Jolene Willis, Darin Burk, American Wind
Energy Association and Illinois Wind if they know the Newhouses
and the answer will be yes. Ask every county in Illinois with a WECS if they
have been contacted by us and they will answer yes. We participated in
ongoing communication with several of those counties. Ask the Federal
Dept. of Transportation, the Dept. of Energy, the Dept. of the Interior,
Pipeline Safety Trust, Illinois Commerce commission, Soil and Water, Farm
Bureau, American Petroleum, Area contractors, salvage yards, gravel
yards . . . the list goes on for a long time. And because staff did not do the
research- citizens spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to
present the piles of evidence. Each of us were cross examined. Anyone
could have asked us any question. I think Ms. Glass would have found it
hard to make us look uninformed.
The Register Star tried to prove a bias motivation, but discovered nothing
because there was nothing to discover. Marshall has three cousins and
several friends who have signed contracts with Mainstream and he
focused on decommissioning as he sought to protect them from having an
abandoned turbine on their property. Their signed contracts have no
financial guarantees. If Ms. Glass had listened to every word Marshall
stated, she would of heard his concern for the participating landowners,
the county, and the neighbors. If you were to ask any Newhouse family
member or like-minded citizen if they liked Marshall's compromise on
setbacks you would hear a resounding no because it fails to protect
personal property rights. Even his own mother stands against him.
Marshall took the middle ground on setbacks but he was unwilling to risk
anyone in the county concerning decommissioning. Marshall led the
board to a 2000 foot setback from property lines to protect wind rights in
the last WECS project. At that time Ms. Ward had proposed two setbacks
in the past WECS proposal, one for participating and one for nonparticipating.
Marshall listened and moved to the center to protect the nonparticipating
and grant the participating landowners a greater opportunity
to have turbines

The planning staff did do research and have stated our research several times to those WILLING to listen. The planning staff has contacted several counties that have actual wind farms to seek their guidance. The planning staff did look up studies online and for every study found to say one thing, another one was found to dispute the information. There was no consensus whatsoever. Therefore, we respected the advice we received from our counterparts that have are experienced and honest. I would also like to note that most of the evidence submitted during the public hearing boiled down to hearsay evidence, something that staff does not generally present.

Gina DelRose

Associate Planner

Belvidere-Boone County

From: Gina DelRose
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:56 PM
To: Bob Walberg; '
kfree1011@aol.com'; zebrasnot@hotmail.com; 'bill.pysson@gmail.com'; Cathy Ward; Brad Fidder; Paul Larson; Michael Schultz; Ken Terrinoni; Michelle Courier; kmiller@boonecountyil.org
Subject: I was horribly misquoted

In reading Julie Newhouse’s email that she sent to the County Board, I noticed that I was misquoted, horribly.

Julie states:

5. What is missing? Are the terms sufficiently defined. For example,
what is a pipeline? Is It defined in the Zoning Code?
Answer: It is too bad that staff decided to "refuse to work on the
revision." Gina Del Rose said that to me in front of Ken Freeman
after the last PZB meeting. It will be up to the States Attorney to
officially clean it up.

That is not what I said whatsoever and I think it is extremely wrong to misquote me for one’s gain. At some point in the conversation I was having with Mr. Freeman, Julie came up to me to argue my comment about the decommissioning plan coming from PZB. I told her I spoke honestly when I said that the plan that the PZB (in color copy) had before them that night was not the plan produced by the PZB and approved by the PZB, it had been further amended by her husband.

I told her, that staff had given their input to the PZB about how they felt the code should read, it is an opinion that I have shared with many when asked. A comment was made which I don’t remember well enough to quote but my response was that after trying to explain staff’s position that the zoning code should be a well-rounded document I was told by a county board member that “I was not paid to think, I was paid to do as I was told” After that, staff has let the ZBA and PZB take over the amendments and only suggested something when asked. In no way did I say I refused to work on the revision, staff has spent countless hours working on the revisions and have attended meetings last week and this week about the revision, giving input upon request.

Gina DelRose

Associate Planner

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08, 2013

Finance

6:00 PM

October

09, 2013

City-County Coordinating

6:30 PM

October

14, 2013

Public Safety

6:00 PM

October

16, 2013

County Board

6:30 PM

October

25, 2013

Ag Conservation & Farmland Protection

7:30 AM

       

November

04, 2013

Administrative & Legislative

6:00 PM

November

05, 2013

Roads & Capital Improvements

6:00 PM

November

06, 2013

Planning, Zoning, & Building

6:00 PM

November

07, 2013

Health & Human Services

6:00 PM

November

11, 2013

Public Safety

6:00 PM

November

12, 2013

Finance

6:00 PM

November

13, 2013

City-County Coordinating

6:30 PM

November

20, 2013

County Board

6:30 PM

November

22, 2013

Ag Conservation & Farmland Protection

7:30 AM

       

December

02, 2013

Administrative & Legislative

6:00 PM

December

03, 2013

Roads & Capital Improvements

6:00 PM

December

04, 2013

Planning, Zoning, & Building

6:00 PM

December

05, 2013

Health & Human Services

6:00 PM

December

05, 2013

Mental Health Advisory

6:30 PM

December

09, 2013

Public Safety

6:00 PM

December

10, 2013

Finance

6:00 PM

December

11, 2013

City-County Coordinating

6:30 PM

December

18, 2013

County Board

6:30 PM

December

27, 2013

Ag Conservation & Farmland Protection

7:30 AM