Champaign County Board met Oct. 12.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
The County Board of Champaign County, Illinois met at a Public Hearing at 6:15 PM at the Brookens Administrative Center, 1776 East Washington Street, Urbana, Illinois and remote participation via Zoom due to social distancing necessitated by the coronavirus, with County Executive Darlene Kloeppel presiding and Matthew Cross as Clerk of the meeting.
ROLL CALL
Roll call showed the following members present: Stohr, Straub, Summers, Taylor, Thorsland, Vanichtheeranont, Carter, Cowart, Fortado, Goss, Harper, King, Lokshin, McGuire, Michaels, Passalacqua, Rodriguez and Patterson – 18; absent: Wolken, Esry, and Paul – 3. Thereupon, County Executive Kloeppel declared a quorum present and the Board competent to conduct business. Board Chair Patterson was physically present at the Brookens Administrative Center and all other board members were remote participants via Zoom. Due to the remote attendance situation all voting must be by roll call, per Illinois Public Act 101-0640, approved by Governor Pritzker June 12, 2020.
READ NOTICE OF MEETING
The Clerk read the Notice of the Meeting, said Notice having been published in the News Gazette on October 7 and October 8, 2021.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA/ADDENDA
Board Member Stohr offered a motion to approve the Agenda; Board Member Straub seconded. Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.
Yeas: Stohr, Straub, Summers, Taylor, Thorsland, Vanichtheeranont, Carter, Cowart, Fortado, Goss, Harper, King, Lokshin, McGuire, Michaels, Passalacqua, Rodriguez and Patterson – 18
Nays: None
PUBLIC COMMENT
Peggy Prichard, of Champaign, liked the new County Board Reapportionment Maps created by County Executive Kloeppel as they are more favorable to county Republican and better reflect the 2020 census results than the maps previously approved by the County Board in May 2021.
ADJOURNMENT
No other business was raised. County Executive Kloeppel adjourned the meeting at 6:22 PM.
https://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/CB/2021/211012_Public_Hearing/211012Minutes.pdf
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