Boone County Board Member Complains of being denied timely access to claims and accounting information

The following email was sent to County Administrator, Ken Terrinoni, by Pat Mattison, County Board District #3.  I provided the yellow highlighting.

 

From: PMat33@aol.com
To: ktboone@boonecountyil.org
Sent: 1/20/2011 11:20:11 A.M. Central Standard Time
Subj: County Board Information

1/21/11

To:  Ken Terrinoni

Re:  County Board Information

From:  Pat Mattison, County Board District 3

Ken:

The way your Administration Department is providing information to me as County Board member is unacceptable

**At last night's Board Meeting (1/20/11) I was not provided with minutes of the previous meeting.  Providing minutes at the meeting does not provide proper notice or time to review the minutes and provide reasonable input, nor does receiving it the day of the Board meeting.

**Also, at the 1/20/11) Board Meeting I was not provided the Claims.  Providing Claims at the meeting and allowing 15 minutes for review is not the way to keep Board members informed to provide constructive oversight of Claims.  It is also unacceptable operations by you or your staff.

**Since November of 2010 you have not provided me monthly copies of  5 Taxes and the

Revenues (Specifically:  Public Safety Sales Tax (CTPS); Boone County Sales Tax 1/4 cent (CST); Boone County Sales Tax 1 cent (CT); STATE INCOME TAX FISCAL YEAR 2011 Actual Revenues; Boone County Personal Property Replacement Tax (PPRT); Boone County Detainee Revenue).

I verbally  asked for these reports at the December meeting.  Has there been a directive to you to not provide me with this information?

I have pertinent questions relative to all the taxes mentioned--the dates we receive them; the months they apply to; how many are receivables; and the number of months we are behind in receiving payments for each fund.  This kind of operation is critical for cash flow planning and should be available to all the Board members so they can make more informed decisions on cash flow/cash management.

We also should have a report from you as to the current Balance of our Reserves in all the funds we are operating from on a monthly basis.

If the County Board is to provide proper oversight of Finances we need this information on a timely basis in this critical time. 

In negotiations with unions, we need this information as well as what increases that are potentially proposed are, i.e:  Step Raises for each year; Percentage  Raises for each year, and what the cumulative total is for each additional year.

This information would help everyone understand our Financial condition.

Please make this memo of record and give me a written response.

Patrick B. Mattison

Boone County Board Member District 3

Kirk, Durbin to break tradition at State of the Union - DailyHerald.com

Republican Mark Kirk of Highland Park and Democrat Dick Durbin of Springfield would be traditionally sit apart at the State of the Union address on Jan. 25, as members of Congress are split by party affiliation, with Democrats and Republicans sitting on opposite sides of the center aisle in the House chamber.

Sit by ya!” might be heard regularly at elementary school cafeterias, but Illinois’ two U.S. Senators are taking the phrase to a whole new level.
Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110119/news/701199673/#ixzz1BYZDLW7J

The pair came up with the idea to break with that tradition as they were talking on the phone the other night.

Click on the following for more details:  Kirk, Durbin to break tradition at State of the Union - DailyHerald.com

Beloit Daily News–Town Administrator: I won’t quit or be fired

Many residents at the meeting called for Museus to lose his job in the wake of Police Chief John Wilson’s resignation, which was submitted in the form of a letter to the board Monday afternoon. Wilson is the subject of several discrimination-related lawsuits. He admitted in a recorded deposition that he used the “N word” in referring to African Americans.
Wilson is officially retired and is now subject to retirement benefits provided to police through a fund that is contributed to by the town but not administered by it, Museus said.
Sgt. Laura Palmer was appointed to be the acting police chief.
Former officer Chris Luzinski, who is among the current and former police department employees suing Wilson and the town over various issues with Wilson, said at the meeting Monday that Museus and the board ignored his previous warnings about Wilson’s behavior and that he believes Museus should be fired.

Click on the following for more details:  Beloit Daily News - your source for news, entertainment, sports, opinion, events, community, shopping and more > News > Local News

Miller to lead Belvidere- Boone planning department - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Miller joined the Belvidere-Boone County Planning Department in June 2007, leaving Decatur’s economic development department after 15 years.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in architectural studies and a master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in architecture with an emphasis on historic preservation

Miller to lead Belvidere- Boone planning department - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Mainstream Renewable Power Acquires U.S. Wind Development Projects; Announces Goal of Powering... -- CHICAGO and DUBLIN, June 15 /PRNewswire/ --

June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Mainstream Renewable Power, the global renewable energy company, today announced its first U.S. investment, purchasing a portfolio of wind farm projects in Illinois with the potential to generate 787 megawatts by 2013. The company acquired the assets from local wind farm developers Bruce and Joyce Papiech of FPC Services for an undisclosed price. The portfolio comprises three separate projects at various stages of development, located within 100 miles of Chicago, the nation's third largest metropolitan area; and will require more than $1.69 billion over a four-year period to develop fully.

Company Background:

Mainstream Renewable Power, based in Dublin, Ireland, was founded in February 2008 by Dr. Eddie O'Connor and Mr. Fintan Whelan, former chief executive and corporate finance manager of Airtricity. Its core business is to develop, build and operate wind energy, solar thermal and ocean current plants by partnering with governments, utility companies, developers and investors across North America, South America, Europe and South Africa.

Airtricity, Dr. O'Connor and Mr. Fintan Whelan's former company, is an international wind farm developer and operator and an integrated renewable electricity utility in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Airtricity was sold in 2008 to Scottish and Southern Energy, Perth, Scotland, for Euro 1.8 billion.

Since its inception, Mainstream has:

• Actively engaged in development opportunities, onshore in Canada, the U.S., Chile, and South Africa as well as offshore in the U.K., Ireland & Germany.
• Established offices in Berlin, Chicago, Dublin, London, Santiago and Toronto.
• Raised Euro 72 million in equity, including EUR20 million from Barclays Capital for a 14.6% stake in the company.
• Raised a further Euro 26 million in Loan Notes through Dolmen Corporate Finance in December 2008.
• Signed a $1 billion joint venture to build a 400MW pipeline in Chile.
• Signed a CAD$840 million joint venture to build a 400MW pipeline in Canada.
• Announced a joint venture with South African wind farm developer, Genesis Eco-Energy, to build an initial pipeline of over 500MW of wind energy by 2014.
• Awarded the exclusive right to develop a 1.1 billion offshore wind farm in Scottish territorial waters, with a potential capacity of 420MW.
• Appointed Fintan Drury as chairman of its Board, which also comprises Sir Roy Gardner (U.K.), former head of Centrica, Chuck Watson (U.S.) of Eagle Energy Partners, Mark Brown (U.K.) of Barclays Capital, Brendan Halligan, chairman of Sustainable Energy Ireland and John Lavery of Lavery Kirby Gilmartin Solicitors.
• Assembled a team of almost 100 managers and staff, who have a combined experience of over 250 years in the renewable energy industry.

For more information, visit http://www.mainstreamrp.com/

Mainstream Renewable Power Acquires U.S. Wind Development Projects; Announces Goal of Powering... -- CHICAGO and DUBLIN, June 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Irish firm touts wind farm plans in Boone County - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

The wind farm envisioned by Dublin-based Mainstream Renewable Power would stretch across 6,200 acres, mostly in LeRoy Township, said Boone County Board Vice Chairman Marshall New-
house, who discussed the project Wednesday night with fellow board members.

Company representatives met earlier Wednesday with Newhouse, County Board Chairman Bob Walberg, County Administrator Ken Terrinoni, County Engineer Rich Lundin and Belvidere-Boone County interim Planning Director Kathy Miller at Belvidere City Hall, where the city-county planning department is located.

Click on the following for more details on the Rockford Register Star article:  Irish firm touts wind farm plans in Boone County - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Other News Stories regarding:  Mainstream Renewable Power

Chicago, IL: Goldwind USA, the US arm of the world’s 5th largest wind turbine manufacturer, was informed by the Illinois Power Agency recently that it had been selected to provide energy from the 106.5 MW Shady Oaks project in Lee County, Illinois. As part of the successful bid, Goldwind will now acquire the project from Mainstream Renewable Power, the well-known global wind farm developer with whom they partnered to participate in the IPA’s competitive process.

The project will be governed by a 20 year renewable energy offtake agreement from ComEd through the Illinois Power Agency’s long term procurement plan and will be Goldwind’s second turbine project in the United States …For more of this story:  http://www.mainstreamrp.com/news-releases/goldwind-usa-and-mainstream-renewable-power-win-bid-for-106-5mw-shady-oaks-wind-farm-project-illinois-usa/

Bloomberg:  http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=47425941  shown below, click on photocopy to enlarge:

Why 'Baby Doc' Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti: 5 theories - CSMonitor.com

Theory 1: 'Duvalier came back to see Haiti'

Theory 2: Visit necessary to access $6.2 million in Swiss account

Theory 3: Health problems sparked return

Theory 4: France, US orchestrated return to pressure President Préval

Theory 5: Préval engineered return to warn away Aristide

Click on the following to read the story:  Why 'Baby Doc' Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti: 5 theories - CSMonitor.com