Wednesday, April 6, 2011

McHenry County Board Finance and Audit Committee Meets Thursday Morning

The Finance and Audit Committee of the McHenry County Board is meeting at 8:15 Thursday morning in the County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock. This meeting is taking place prior to the County Board meeting.

The committee is expected to discuss the Micro-Loan fund, although no details were provided.

Green Strategies
A resolution authorizing the use of Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity energy rebate of $16,854.38 for green strategies and energy conservation measures is being presented. This rebate is a result of a second retrofit for the conversion of the facility parking lot lights to LED.

2040 McHenry County Long-range Transportation Plan
An engineering services agreement for public outreach for the 2040 McHenry County Long-range transportation plan is to be approved by the committee before it is presented to the full County Board for approval.

A $200,000 grant has been approved by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) for the public involvement work related to the McHenry County Long-Range Transportation Plan.

Following a review by the County Transportation Committee, an Engineering Services Agreement with Sam Schwartz Engineering of New York for $248,044 for the necessary engineering services connected with the grant. This funding is to come from the County RTA Sales Tax Fund.

Along with this, an agreement with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is to be the administrating agency for the grant with $50,000 being appropriated from the McHenry County RTA Sales Tax Fund for that purpose.

Leasing Office Space For Workforce Network
The current lease on the office space at 500 Russel Court will be expiring July of this year and is being recommended to continue for another three years at $124,887,36 each year for 10,007 square feet as office space, 650 square feet of storage space at another location as agreed upon by tenant (at no additional cost), 52 parking spaces .

Also, a portion of this area is sublet to the State of Illinois Central Management Services for facilities to provide job search skills, resume writing and training as needed as well as skills to help eligible individuals become more employable.

Paving Valley Hi Emergency Access, Secondary Road
An emergency access road is being required to be paved instead of the gravel surface currently in place as part of a life safety code survey conducted by the Illinois Department of Public Health in order for the facility to obtain State Life Safety code approval. The expected cost is $21,524.90. The Finance and Audit Committee is requested to give approval.

$84,500 Additional Grant For Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
The Finance and Audit Committee is requested to approve an emergency appropriation for the grant funding allocating expenditures to the Health Department.

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