McHenry County Board members will gather Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. for a regular County Board meeting. Most everyone involved with a County Board meeting on the regular day, Tuesday, November 5, was pre-occupied with Election Day duties. Some of the items on the upcoming agenda include:
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.
Leases For Workforce Network
A lease agreement for the McHenry County Workforce Network is to be presented for County Board approval. A favorable lease has been negotiated for the building presently occupied by the agency at 500 Russell Court. The lease is to run until June 30, 2014.
A Lease Agreement to sublet space at the Workforce Network Center to the State of Illinois, Central Management Services is also being presented for County Board approval
This is to provide space for the Department of Employment Security and provide various training options for residents.
Paving of Valley Hi Emergency Road
Paving of an emergency access road at Valley Hi Nursing Home is to be presented to the County Board for approval. This has been gravel road for some time, but State Inspections determined it must be paved.
Long-range Agreement For Public Outreach
An engineering services agreement for public outreach for the 2040 McHenry County Long-range transportation plan is to be presented to the County Board for approval
Also to be considered is the appointment of David C. Henry to the McHenry County Housing Commission for a term until April 30, 2012.
Appoint New Director of Emergency Management
David Christensen is to be appointed as Director of the Emergency Management Agency beginning in May. The Director of Emergency Management Services is responsible for developing County-wide emergency preparedness plans and coordination of resources in event of an emergency or disaster. His starting salary is $78,000 and to be reviewed annually in December. He will be replacing Barry Valentine, who is retiring after serving in that position since 1994, and with the department since 1979.
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