Boone County Board member W. Fred Genrich
Current County Clerk and Recorder Pamela D. McCullough
Todd L. Shattuck is an account manager with previous experience as a Boone County probation officer
Read more about the candidates by clicking on the following: 3 face off for GOP’s Boone County clerk nomination - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
OCC also stated its view that the recently announced asset sales by the Bank have increased the overall risk to the Bank’s capital base. The Bank’s management, however, believes that such transactions are critical steps to better position the Bank to attract outside capital.
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The Illinois State Bar Association Bar Poll results for the 17th Judicial Circuit race for Boone County. Neither Ron Wait or David Englund are recommended. On 14.4% of attorneys who completed the poll felt Mr. Wait was qualified for office. This was the second lowest result for any judicial candidate in the state of Illinois outside of Cook County.
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Eleven candidates running in the Feb. 2 primary have filled out and released disclosure statements under the proposed ordinance drafted by the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water. The ordinance means to improve existing disclosure laws to require elected officials to list all real-estate holdings in county limits.
McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office identified several problems with the proposed ordinance….Chief among the office’s concerns were the penalties proposed for violating ….. County boards are not empowered under state law to make ordinance violations subject to misdemeanors or felonies.
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Mr. Katz warns that past experience suggests such conjecture is likely fruitless. "One thing we've learned is that when we attempt to forecast jobs 10 or 15 years out, we don't even get the categories right," he says.
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Trustees voted 6-0 Monday night to terminate the current protection contract with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department and negotiate a new one with better terms.
wages and benefits for two full-time deputies who work 12-hour shifts on rotating days. The village also furnishes the squad cars those deputies use, and a new car is required this year. Trustee Maria Forrest suggested last week that the new car would need to be financed.
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The increase bumped the sales tax rate to 7.75 percent in the city when it went into effect in summer 2008. City officials planned carefully when the home-rule sales tax increase was approved, Director of Finance Mark Nannini said.
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