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Champaign County Executive Style of Government Transition Committee met May 7.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

Members Present: Jim Goss, Jim McGuire, Kyle Patterson, Steve Summers, C. Pius Weibel (Chair)

Members Absent: None

Others Present: Deb Busey (County Administrator), Pattsi Petrie (County Board member), Kay Rhodes (Administrative Assistant)

Call To Order

Weibel called the meeting to order at 4:37 p.m.

Roll Call

Goss, McGuire, Summers, and Weibel were present at the time of roll call, establishing the presence of a quorum.

Approval Of Agenda/Addendum

MOTION by Goss to approve the agenda; seconded by Summers. Motion carried with unanimous support.

Approval Of Minutes

MOTION by Goss to approve the April 16, 2018 minutes; seconded by McGuire. Motion carried with unanimous support.

Public Participation

There was no public participation.

Discussion & Approval Of New County Board Rules

Weibel pointed out two handouts: 1) CB/CE Rules for April 16, 2018, 2) Will County Board Rules. The first was a compilation of the rules approved so far, except it does not contain the duties of the County Board Chair or the duties of the County Executive. Weibel had submitted these to the State’s Attorney’s office for review and had not received a response yet.

Weibel referenced the paragraph beginning on line 66 and ending on line 69 of the April 16, 2018 minutes (12-F: Requirements for submission of documentation for agenda items), noting that he did not go into details on this and would discuss updated language with the County Administrator.

Patterson entered the meeting at 4:45 p.m.

The committee reviewed each item under the Will County Board Rules to determine its practicality and relevance to the Champaign County Board Rules. Item 1.02-Officers: Weibel suggested a review of this item at the next meeting. 1.03-B-Duties of the County Board Speaker: Add last line-In matters of urgency, the County Board Speaker may request opinions from the State’s Attorney’s office without going through the Committee process.

Item 1.04-Duties of Legislative Majority and Minority Leaders: Determined unnecessary. Item 1.05-Duties of the Will County Executive, A-C: Weibel indicated that these items had been covered already. Items 1.05-D 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9-Country Executive Hires: Determined unnecessary. Busey noted that Item 1.05-D6 could include the County Board’s hiring policy. She would work on language for this.

Weibel noted that the Committees of the Will County Board were very similar to Champaign County’s. He stated that discussion of Committee structure would be reserved for the full County Board.

Weibel suggested adding to the Order of Business -3.01-9: Honorary Resolutions/Proclamations. Item 3.06-Right to Address the Board: Goss suggested reducing the time allotment from five (5) minutes to two (2) minutes for each speaker during public comment. Busey pointed out that Will County allowed public comment throughout the meeting on agenda items.

Weibel noted that 3.07-Text Amendments/Map Amendments, Objections & Protests was not necessary because this is covered under Planning and Zoning. Items 3.08 through 3.11 were already covered.

Weibel would double-check on the last item 3.12-Executive Vetoes to see if it had been covered.

MOTION by Summers to approve changes made at the meeting; seconded by McGuire. Motion carried with unanimous support.

Other Business

There was no other business.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 5:13 p.m.

http://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/CountyExecutiveTransition/2018/180507_Meeting/180507minutes.pdf