Update on upcoming County Appointment Opportunities | Boone County, Illinois

The most recently posted are in yellow. With few exceptions there is no remuneration for these positions.

Current Appointment Openings:

The following are volunteer Boards of the County that have vacancies:

Interested parties are asked to send a letter and resume expressing your interest and qualifications to Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg, 1212 Logan Ave., Suite 102, Belvidere, IL 61008.  Please respond by April 26, 2013 to assure being considered.

Boone County Board of Review

2 vacancies for a 2-year term that will expire June 1, 2015

(Note:- Per statute, one person must be of the Republican Party and one person must be of the Democratic Party.  If selected, Board members must attain the credentials established by the Illinois Property Tax Code within (1) year of taking office.)

Boone County Zoning Board of Appeals

1 vacancy for a 5-year term that will expire June 1, 2018

(Note:- Per statute, only one person from a township can serve on this Board; therefore, anyone interested in serving on this Board must be from Flora, Belvidere, LeRoy, Spring, or Poplar Grove Township.)

Boone County Agricultural Conservation Easement & Farmland Protection Commission

1 vacancy for a 3-year term that will expire June 1, 2016

Boone County Ethics Commission

3 vacancies for a 1-year term that will expire June 30, 2014

(Note:- Per statute, two persons must be of the Republican Party and one person must be of the Democratic Party.)

Boone County Historical Museum District Board of Trustees

1 vacancy for a 5-year term that will expire June 30, 2018

Boone County Conservation District

1 vacancy for a 5-year term that will expire June 30, 2018

Boone County Board of Health

4 vacancies for a 3-year term that will expire July 1, 2016

Community Building Complex Committee

2 vacancies for a 3-year term that will expire July 1, 2016

(Note: 1 person must be a representative of the Boone County Board and 1 person must be a representative of a community organization)

Interested parties are asked to send a letter and resume expressing your interest and qualifications to Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg, 1212 Logan Ave., Suite 102, Belvidere, IL 61008.  Please respond by May 24, 2013 to assure being considered.

The above is taken from:   Employment Opportunities | Boone County, Illinois

IRS apologizes for inappropriately targeting conservative political groups in 2012 election - The Washington Post

 

Lerner said the practice was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati and was not motivated by political bias. After her talk, she told The AP that no high level IRS officials knew about the practice. She did not say when they found out.

About 75 groups were inappropriately targeted. None had their tax-exempt status revoked, Lerner said.

Many conservative groups complained during the election that they were being harassed by the IRS. They accused the agency of frustrating their attempts to become tax exempt by sending them lengthy, intrusive questionnaires.

Click on the following for more details:  IRS apologizes for inappropriately targeting conservative political groups in 2012 election - The Washington Post

tweets: RRSTAR’s Jennifer Wheeler regarding presentations regarding closing Johnson Road Bridge

The following are taken form Ms. Wheeler’s blog (http://www.rrstar.com/blogs/jenniferwheeler) and are regarding Tuesday’s (May 7th) Boone County Roads & Capital Improvements subcommittee

 

Jennifer Wheeler

jenmwheeler Boone County committee approves resolution to support keeping all county bridges. Officials will also reach out to school leaders. @rrstaryesterday · reply · retweet · favorite

jenmwheeler The Winnebago Boone Farm Bureau has written officials about their concerns. @rrstaryesterday · reply · retweet · favorite

jenmwheeler Officials will reach out to the Boone County State's Attorney for advice. @rrstaryesterday · reply · retweet · favorite

jenmwheeler Residents concerned that farmers and equipment could be injured if forced to take a different route from bridge closure. @rrstaryesterday · reply · retweet · favorite

jenmwheeler Resident: "I don't know how it got this far without truly being informs as residents." yesterday · reply · retweet · favorite

jenmwheeler County officials discuss Johnson Road bridge. If it's knocked down and not rebuilt, emergency vehicle response time increases 4 min @rrstaryesterday · reply · retweet · favorite

A buckthorny issue | NIU Today

 

New studies reveal invasive European buckthorn shrub is contributing to amphibian decline, altering distribution of mammals in the Midwest

 

Researchers at Lincoln Park Zoo and Northern Illinois University have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal distribution throughout the Midwest region – the invasive plant European buckthorn.

This non-native shrub, which has invaded two-thirds of the United States, has long been known to negatively impact plant community composition and forest structure.

Click on the following to read all of the story:  A buckthorny issue | NIU Today

Health department hopes to bring back Family Planning program | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

When in operation, the county Family Planning clinic had 1,439 visits in 2009 and 950 for a partial year in 2010. The clinic provided preventative health care, screenings, contraceptive distributions and other services.

Currently, 14 percent of the county’s population of about 56,000 is uninsured; the teen pregnancy rate is 33 per 1,000 residents; and 24 percent of the population is under 18.

The board could not formally vote on the issue but there was a consensus for staff to move ahead with an application for federal funding.

Health department hopes to bring back Family Planning program | Belvidere Daily Republican

County board member Mike Schultz moving, plans to resign | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

replacement process calls for the county board first to declare a vacancy. While the new board member must be a Republican, because that is Schultz’s party, notices of the vacancy are filed with both the Democratic and Republican Party chairs of Boone County.

Once all that is done, the county board chairman, Bob Walberg, has 60 days in which to recommend a replacement.

In a lottery drawing in December 2012, Schultz received a four-year term. Whoever is appointed to replace him will serve until the 2014 election. Petitions may be picked up starting this August and they have to be filed later in the fall. The primary election will be in March 2014, with the general election in November.

Click on the following for more details:  County board member Mike Schultz moving, plans to resign | Belvidere Daily Republican

Spring Township readies response to loss of tollway bridge | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

More than 30 people turned out April 30 for a follow-up meeting at the Spring Township office to come up with a response to the Illinois Tollway letter stating the Johnson Road bridge would be razed and not replaced.

Five county board members were in the audience, three of them from District 1, which includes Spring Township, and there were three township board members.

township resident Cheryl Sturges will bring the bridge problem to the road and capital improvements committee, one of seven standing committees of the county board, during its meeting at 6 p.m. tonight (May 7). Wait is the committee chairman.

Click on the following for more details:  Spring Township readies response to loss of tollway bridge | Belvidere Daily Republican