Showing posts with label McHenry County Zoning Board. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McHenry County Zoning Board. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Government At Work

Wednesday, May 27
8:30 a.m. -- McHenry County Staff Plat Meeting. Taking place in the County Board Conference Room, McHenry County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock. The committee is to consider a conditional use permit for the Schey site plan for a landscape business with outside storage.

1:30 p.m. McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals, meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The hearing involves a continuation of hearing from April 29, for Fraternite of Notre Dame, Inc. for a change from A1/A1C to A1CV.

An amendment of Conditional Use Permit 05-04 to add 30 acres to the Conditional Use Permit as parcel B. Also that the petitioner be allowed to build a barn on premises to be able to build a commercial kitchen, process grapes for wine making purposes, and brew beer and also be allowed to build and operate a school with an attached dormitory, a nursing home which would include hospice services, and a gift shop to sell pastries, religious and inspirational articles and wine made on the premises.

Also, height variations to the school with dormitory and nursing home with hospice services from the permitted 35 feet to 55 feet.

6:00 p.m. Valley Hi Operating Board, meeting in Valley Hi Nursing Home, 2406 Hartland Road, Woodstock.

Two presentations are slated to be given before the Board including: Health Dimensions Group Market Demand Analysis presentation and WIPFLI Market Demand analysis presentation.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Government At Work -- Wednesday

 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
8:30 a.m. – McHenry Board Public Health and Human Services Committee—
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.
Eight resolutions are being presented the Committee for consideration including:
  • Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of Remaining Funds from the Dissolved McHenry County FilmLibrary and an Emergency Appropriation to the Regional Office of Education Fiscal Year 2013 Budget
  • Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of a Vehicle for the McHenry County Regional Office of Education
  • Resolution Authorizing the Reclassification of a Full Time Laundry Worker (Position #061-004899) to a Full Time Evening Custodian Position in the Valley Hi Nursing Home Departmental Roster
  • Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of a Modification to Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant and an Emergency Appropriation to the McHenry County Workforce Network Fiscal Year 2013 Budget.
  • Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of a Modification to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant #12-661002 and an Emergency Appropriation to the McHenry County Workforce Network Fiscal Year 2013 Budget
  • Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of a Modification to Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant 11-661002 for McHenry County Workforce Network
  • Resolution Authorizing the Creation of a Full Time Business Service Position to the McHenry County Workforce Network Departmental Roster
Other matters for consideration include:
Mental Health Board Liaison Update and Discussion
Discussion and Recommendation - Appointment of the County Board Liaison to the Board of Health
Discussion - Oakwood Hills Proposed Peaker Plant
1:00 p.m. McHenry County Board Planning and Development Committee and McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals
Meeting to discuss three more items of the Unified Development Ordinance including:
A. Discussion of Article 19 (Subdivision Standards)
B. Discussion or Article 21 (Enforcement)
C. Discussion or Article 15, Section 15.3.G (Home Occupations)
3:45 p.m. – McHenry County Mental Health Board Search Committee—
Meeting in the Main Floor Conference Room of the Mental Health Board, 620 Dakota Street, Crystal Lake.
Interviews will be conducted, in Executive Session, for the position of Executive Director for the Mental Health Board.
7:00 p.m. – Crystal Lake Public Library Board –
Building Committee - Meeting in Ames Room II at the Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 Paddock Street, Crystal Lake.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Government At Work

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 –

7:30 a.m. – McHenry County Stormwater Commission –
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, McHenry County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The Commission is expected to consider for approval two countywide permits, both which have been revised. Other matters for consideration by the Commission include stormwater and TAC priorities for 2013

9:00 a.m. – McHenry County Technical Advisory Committee—
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, McHenry County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The Committee will consider reports from staff and committees as applicable and discuss next priorities.

1:00 p.m.—McHenry County Board Planning and Development Committee and McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals—
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, McHenry County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.
The draft Unified Development Ordinance is to be reviewed by the two groups,  considering the equestrian uses as well as other uses as applicable.

6:00 p.m. –McHenry County College Board of Trustees –
Meeting in the College Board Room, 8900 US Highway 14, Crystal Lake.

The Board is to discuss the estimated 2012 tax levy along with acceptance of closed session minutes for October 16.

7:00 p.m.-- McHenry County College Board of Trustees Regular Board Meeting –
Meeting in the College Board Room, 8900 US Highway 14, Crystal Lake.

Following various committee reports, presentations and the President’s report, a presentation is slated by Mark Kuhlman, Instructor of Biology and Doug Goostree, Instructor of Fire Science will provide a demonstration for the Board.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Government At Work-McHenry County Zoning Board

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21--

1:30 p.m. McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals—
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

Sass - Hebron Township -- Reclassification from the A-1 Agriculture District to the A-2 Agriculture District.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Government At Work

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 –
8:30 a.m. – McHenry County Board Planning and Development Committee -
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The Committee is to consider authorizing additional Community Development Block Grant Funding Allocations for several projects.


Also for consideration by the Committee is a r
esolution adopting a sub-area plan for Waterfront Neighborhoods Titled: "A Zoning Approach for McHenry County's Unincorporated Waterfront Neighborhoods”.

1:00 p.m. – McHenry County Board Planning and Development Committee and the Zoning Board of Appeals –
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

Both groups are meeting to review Article 19 of the Draft Unified Development Ordinance.

6:00 p.m. McHenry County Board Solid Waste Advisory Committee & Environmental Health Advisory Committee—
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The Committees are to consider the solid waste survey results as well as the status of solid waste management planning process.


New Business to be considered includes group discussion as well as specific goals and objectives along with strategies and potential funding sources for meeting goals.

7:30 p.m. – Crystal Lake Park District Board of Commissioners—
Meeting in the Park District Administrative Offices, One East Crystal Lake Avenue, Crystal Lake.

In addition to the routine matters handled by the board regarding payment of bills, approving facilities use requests by groups, the Board will be considering $7,019,085,000 in funds for the tax levy as well as additional engineering services for Veteran Acres parking lot and emergency driveway project.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Government At Work

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 –
9:30 a.m. – McHenry County Finance and Audit Committee –
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The Committee is to consider:

FY2012-13 Supplemental Budget requests
Eleven resolutions dealing with the following:
A needed environmentally controlled space in the evidence facility of the County Sheriff’s Department;
Modification to the west entrance of the courthouse including the purchase of additional security equipment.
Authorizing the monthly transactions for the delinquent tax program
Authorizing the reclassification of a full time food service assistant into two part time positions in Valley Hi
Increasing the daily room rates at Valley Hi Nursing home effective December 1, 2012
Accepting a “We Choose Health” grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health and create one full-time and two part-time positions in the Health Department
Accepting the Metropolitan Statistical Area Risk Based Funding Initiative Grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Accepting Modifications to several Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic opportunity grants, all for the McHenry County Workforce Network.

10:00 a.m. – Zoning Board of Appeals –
A hearing is scheduled regarding a reclassification from A-1 Agriculture District to A-2 Agriculture District with a conditional use permit to allow a second dwelling and a variation to allow an existing accessory structure in the front yard.

This is on property located in Grafton Township for property known as the McGuire Trust.


Also to be considered is a motion to approve or change the 2013 Voting meeting schedule.

6:30 p.m. – Operations Committee of Community High School District 155 Board of Education –
Meeting in Prairie Ridge High School, 6000 Dvorak Drive, Crystal Lake.

The Committee is to consider the Cary-Grove Fine Arts Foundation Update as well as any other matters to come before the committee.

7:00 p.m. – Lakewood Village Board Meeting –
Meeting in RedTail Golf Club, 7900 Rd Tail Drive, Lakewood.

The Board is to consider an ordinance amending the Lakewood Zoning Code and Municipal Code regarding zoning district and emergency back-up generators.

A discussion is slated regarding the Village Hall.


A motion to approve a fireworks permit for Mad Bomber fireworks Productions on September 28 is to take place, subject to final approval by TCC and Deputy Chief Pat Burke.

7:30 p.m. – High School District 155 Board of Education –
Meeting at Prairie Ridge High School, 6000 Dvorak Drive

The Board is to be presented an Assistive Technology Demonstration by Prairie Ridge High School Paul Humpa.


A report regarding the Class of 2012 Survey results will be provided the Board by Jeff Puma

One member of the public, Chris Steiner, is to address the Board on the topic f Lacrosse.

The budget for 2012-2013 School Year is being presented for adoption.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Government At Work

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 –
8:30 a.m. – McHenry County Board Human Resources Committee –
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, McHenry County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

Several County Budget reviews are to be made by the Committee. These include FY12-13 budgets for Employee Benefit Fund, Social Security Fund and IMRF Fund.

The Committee is also to consider Verisight Study Recommendations, which includes moving a number of county officers and employees to a higher grade on the County Wage Scale.

9:30 a.m. – McHenry County Board Finance and Audit Committee –
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, McHenry County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

FY2012/2013 Budgets for Assessor, Auditor, County Clerk, Treasurer, Revolving Loan Fund and Non-Departmental are to be presented to the Committee for review.

Several Resolutions are being presented to the Committee for approval, including a contract with Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies to provide strategic planning and performance measurement services;
Supplemental engineering services agreement for Randall Road Project
Authorizing monthly transactions for the delinquent tax program
Authorizing entering into a contract with MDI-Management Data, Inc. for upgrading the clinical/accounting software used by Valley Hi Nursing Home.

Also being presented for approval is a resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement with the McHenry County Conservation District and appropriating funds for wetland mitigation for the Miller Road project.

10:00 a.m. – McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals –
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, McHenry County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

Burton Township – Lease Trust – A1C to A1C
A renewal of Conditional Use Permit #02-13 to allow a second residence on the property in question.

Chemung Township –Brook –A1 to A1CV
A conditional use permit is being sought to allow food processing and retail sales on the property in question. Also a variation from the provisions of the zoning ordinance to allow a gravel parking surface area and a driveway that is approximately one-half as wide as the required 24 feet.

The Zoning Board is also to vote on a renewal of conditional use permit for Unilock Chicago, Inc., in Riley Township. This is to allow the applicant to manufacture, store and distribute concrete and related paving products and conduct related activities on the premises.

7:00 p.m. Village Board of Lakewood –
Meeting in the RedTail Golf Club, 7900 RedTail Drive, Lakewood –

In addition to handling the necessary resolutions for approval of minutes of prior meeting, approval of bills and financial statements, the Board is being requested to approve an ordinance authorizing the sale or disposal of personal property owned by the Village.

The Board is also being requested to approve the appointment of Philip Stephan to the SSA#1 Committee.

The Board is also to consider the adoption of a resolution for the McHenry County Board to Adopt a Moratorium on All Pending and New Applications for Electronic Billboard permits.

The Board is also to consider an Ordinance granting variations from the Lakewood Zoning Code to allow construction of a Detached Single Family Dwelling at 1994 South Shore Drive.

Approval is also being sought for the 2012 Water Main Replacement Program Low Bid from Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc. for an amount of $424,759.

 A construction Services work order from Baxter & Woodman for Partridge Lane and Braemar Circle Water Main Replacements are also being provided for Board approval. The amount for this work is not to exceed $15,820.



Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Government At Work

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012—
9:30 a.m. – McHenry County Board Finance & Audit Committee—
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

State’s Attorney Automation Fund
The Committee is expected to consider authorizing the creation of a State’s Attorney Records Automation Fund with an emergency appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget.

This fund, according to the resolution to be considered authorizing the creation of the fund, is to offset the expenses of the State’s Attorney’s office in establishing and maintaining automated record keeping systems.


Funding will be derived from a $2 fee to be paid by a defendant on a judgment of guilty or a grant of supervision for a violation of any provision of the Illinois Vehicle Code or any felony, misdemeanor, or petty offense. This will be set aside in a separate fund handled by the County Treasurer.


Expenditures from the fund are to be made by the State’s Attorney for hardware, software, research, and development costs and personnel related to the offenses.


The fund is to be established effective July 1, 2012 and will be known as the State’s Attorney Records Automation Fund. This fund is authorized by Public Act 97-673 of the Illinois State Statutes.


Pay For Performance Guidelines
An amount of 2.5% is set aside as a pool of money for approved pay-for-performance increases. These dollars cannot be used for any other purpose without County Board approval.

A resolution is being presented for Committee consideration establishing guidelines for this fiscal year pay-for-performance adjustments. This is for the distribution of the 2.5% merit pay adjustment included in the 2013 budget. It is to be distributed to all non-represented full and part-time employees who have not received reclassification or other salary adjustments in the FY2012.2013 Budget Process. This is for all non-union county employees, including Department Heads.


Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
The audit firm of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP was retained to accomplish the annual audit of all county funds for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2011. This has been completed and presented to the Finance and Audit Committee and it is recommended that the County Board adopt the necessary Resolution Accepting the Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending November 30, 2011.

Resolution Authorizing Appropriation for McHenry County Mental Health Board
This is the authorization for the funding agreement which provides funding for the transition of the AmeriCorps Coordinator to the County Mental Health Board.

Charles J. Miller Road Construction
Improvement of the Miller Road between Illinois Route 31 and River Road in McHenry City and Township is to be accomplished through an intergovernmental agreement with the State of Illinois. The sum being appropriated for this purpose is $ 4 million.

9:30 a.m. –McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals—
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock for a voting meeting on a petition of Roger and Jane Otto for a request for variations to allow an accessory structure to be 121 feet instead of 14 feet maximum allowed in a yard abutting a road or street.

Other matters being handled by the Zoning Board are;
Unilock Chicago, Inc.
The Board is to conduct a status check on Unilock Chicago, Inc. as the petitioners will be amending their request for property located at 8302 South Route 23, Marengo.

The Petitioners, Unilock Chicago, will request to amend the petition asking for a reclassification so that a hearing can be held on the petitioner’s requests to extend the existing Conditional Use permit on the property.

A hearing on the petition seeking a renewal of the Premises’ existing Conditional Use Permit to allow for the manufacture, storage and distribution of concrete and related paving products and activities is permitted. That hearing is scheduled July11, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room B of McHenry County Administration Building.

Roger and Jane Otto
Petition for Variation as requested by Roger and Jane Otto for their property located at 551 Juanita Vista, Crystal Lake will be considered. The property consists of three separate parcels and contains a single family home and detached garage.

The Zoning Board is to consider the property owners’ requests for variations in order to remove the existing garage and construct a larger garage.

9:30 a.m. Public Aid Committee
Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

An appeal is scheduled regarding a Decision made by the Dorr Township Supervisor.


Valley Hi Operation Board—
Meeting in the Valley Hi Nursing Home, 2406 Hartland Road, Woodstock.

The Board may consider presentations on Strategic Plan Review and customer Service Program.

New Business
The topics of Open Meetings Act Training and July Presentation to the Full County Board will be considered.

Old Business
Topics include Union Activity Status
IDPH Update
Medicare B. Prepay Probe

Reports To Committee
These include Administrator’s Report, Census, May 2012 Finances, quality Indicator, Quality Assurance Committee Meeting Minutes and Resident council Meeting Minutes, Generator Expansion, and Pre-Employment/Post Accident Drug Testing Policy.

7:00 p.m.—Lakewood Village Board
Meeting in the RedTail Golf Club, 7y900 RedTail Drive, Lakewood.

Many items are handled with the consent agenda such as minutes of prior meeting, payment of bills.


Request of Approval of Financial Statements for the Village and RedTail Golf Club for the period May 1 through May 31, 2012.


An Ordinance Establishing Prevailing Wage Rates for the Village is to be considered for approval.


Items For Discussion
A motion to approve an Ordinance authorizing the assignment of Rights under a Recapture Agreement between the Village of Lakewood and Greg Penza Regarding Bardwell of Lakewood Subdivision.

Motion to approve a low bid from Geske & Sons, Inc. in the amount of $213,982.62 for the 2012 Road Improvement Program.