March 2016 Board Packet and Agenda

This month's Board Packet/Agenda and Accounts Payable report have been posted to the blog. Please take a look and let me know if you have any questions.

Before our March meeting, a public hearing will be held at 5:00pm where the County will review the impact of an economic development grant received to finance certain improvements in rural Pekin to support the expansion of Excel Foundry and Machine. Below is the full text of the Public Notice.  

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARING

Public notice is hereby given that Tazewell County will hold a public hearing at 5:00 p.m., March 30, 2016, at Justice Center Community Room, 101 S. Capitol St., Pekin, for the purpose of obtaining citizens’ opinions and concerns regarding the County’s performance and the activities it undertook under the Community Development Assistance Program (CDAP)/Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) it received from the State of Illinois.  The County received an economic development CDBG grant of $199,665.21 to finance a part of the costs of improvements to Wagonseller Road and Shady Lane in rural Pekin to support the expansion of Excel Foundry and Machine.  The County has expended the grant as well as some of its own and other funds, has completed the project and is now prepared to close out the CDAP grant.  Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities or non-English-speaking persons in order to enable them to attend the hearing.  Such persons requiring special accommodations must notify the County a reasonable period of time ahead of the hearing.  Opinions regarding the County’s performance in executing the project and the activities undertaken may be made at the hearing or by writing Chairman of the Board David Zimmerman at 11 S. Fourth St., Pekin, IL 61554. 

February Board Meeting

Last Wednesday, the Tazewell County Board held its regular February meeting.

While I was unable to attend (due to an important family obligation at our church), I wanted to send out a report on the meeting and some new announcements from the County.

I have learned everything on the consent agenda passed except for the item related to the proposed contract with the Economic Development Council.  That contract was sent back to Executive Committee, so there will be further discussion there before the full Board sees it again.

If you have any follow up questions, please let me know.

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In other news, the Tazewell County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is having a busy March with two events worth noting.

First, the EMA is seeking volunteers for the following teams: 

* Search and Rescue

* Damage Assessment

* Unified Command Post

* Communications

There are several entry level qualifications (County resident, etc.), but you are encouraged to contact the EMA with any questions or attend an Open House on March 6 from 2-4pm at the Emergency Operations Center at 21304 State Route 9, Tremont to learn more.  

Secondly, the EMA has announced a "storm spotter" training session that will be hosted by the National Weather Service at the Par-A-Dice Hotel on March 14 at 6:30pm.  There is no cost, and will take approximately three hours.  

If you have questions on either event, please contact the EMA at (309) 925-2271.

February Board Meeting Packet

The Tazewell County Board will gather this Wednesday for its monthly meeting.  I have posted the Board Packet and Accounts Payable for your review and consideration.  If you have any questions on agenda items or any of the accounts, please let me know.

In other news, early voting in the Illinois Primary has officially begun, and the County Clerk's office has announced numerous early voting options around Tazewell County (in addition to the permanent location at the Clerk's office in Pekin).  See this page for more details on options in Hopedale, Mackinaw, Delavan, East Peoria, Morton, and Washington in the coming weeks.

If you have any other questions about the election, including voting by mail, applications for a ballot for a hospitalized voter, or where you vote on March 15, do not hesitate to contact the Elections Division at 477-2267.