Government At Work

TUESDAY DECEMBER 3—

8:30 A.M. – McHenry County Natural and Environmental Resources—

Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The Committee is to consider a resolution for a permit fee reduction for Jonathan Murphy

9:00 a.m. – McHenry County Board—

Meeting in the County Board Room, County administration Building, 667Ware Road, Woodstock.

In addition to handling routine matters, the Board is expected to consider rate increases for Valley Hi Nursing Home by $5 per day for each of three levels of care provided.

The new rates include:

Intermediate Care $215 per day from $210

Skilled I Care        $225 per day from $220

Skilled II Care       $235 per day from $230

7:30 p.m. – Crystal Lake City Council –

Meeting in the Crystal Lake Council Chambers, Crystal Lake Municipal Complex, 100 Woodstock Street, Crystal Lake.

Most of the agenda items are routine matters necessary to keep the city operating.

Working With Community Organizations For Health Insurance Options

McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) is working with community organizations to assist with health insurance options. The enrollment deadline is December 23 with coverage beginning on January 1, 2014. Residents can make an appointment with trained In-Peron Counselors online at www.mcdh.info and select a convenient location at local libraries or contact a counselor directly at one of the community partners listed below.

IN-PERSON COUNSELORS 

Advocate Sherman Health – Judy Linarez and Alejandra Pastrano (630-402-1951 or (224-622-3144).

Centegra Health System – Mark Millare (815-759-4988)

FamiliesETC – Lee Ann Stepina (815-308-0861)

Family Health Partnership Clinic - – Jessie Flores (815-276-1843

McHenry Community Health Center – Eduardo (847-608-6063

McHenry County Health Department - Lyn Orphal - (815-529-5671 Bianca Cervantes (815-529-5663) and Mariana Gonzalez (815-334-4510)

Pioneer Center for Human Services – Jasmine Montiel (815-690-1459)

Items to bring to appointments include a list of questions, date of birth, social security numbers for those needing coverage in your household and source of income and whether your employers offer health insurance and your eligibility. December presentations have also been scheduled as follows:

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS

12/3 – 7 pm-8:30 pm: call to register          Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 Paddock St.  

   (815-459-1687)

12/3 – 6:30 pm – 7:30 p.m. (In Spanish) Harvard Public Library, 900 E. McKinley St.

12/3 – 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm  Dorr Township, 1039 Lake Avenue, Woodstock

12/4 – 4pm-6pm – Bldg B, Scot Room, McHenry County College, 8900 U.S. Hwy 14,
           Crystal Lake..

12/5 – 6:30pm -7:30pm. – Harvard Public Library, 900 E. McKinley St.

12/5 – 4pm –6pm.–Bldg B, Scot Room, McHenry County College, 8900 US Hwy 14,      

           Crystal Lake.

12/5-4pm-6pm - Centegra Health Bridge, 200 Congress Parkway, Crystal Lake,

12/8 – 12pm-2pm.   Tree of Life Congregation 5603 Bull Valley Road, McHenry

“Get Covered Illinois – The Official Health Insurance Marketplace – offers a new way for Illinois residents to find the health coverage they need at www.GetCoveredIllinois.gov or contact the State Call Center at 1-866-311-1119 or TTY 1-855-889-4325.

Government At Work

8:15 a.m. – McHenry County Board Law and Justice Committee—

Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock. 
The Committee is to consider two resolutions: 

• Authorizing the acceptance of the sustained traffic enforcement program grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation and an emergency appropriation to the Sheriffs Fiscal Year 2014 Budget.
• Also, a resolution authorizing funding of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor for the Fiscal Year 2014

Words Of Wisdom

"The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice. Every shilling which they overburden the inferior number is a shilling saved to their own pockets."

–James Madison, Federalist No. 10, 1787

Crystal Lake Library Closed Friday Morning

The Crystal Lake Public Library will be closed from 9:00 am until noon, Friday, December 6, 2013 for Staff Training.  The Library will open to the public at 12:00 noon.

Government At Work

MONDAY DECEMBER 2

8:15 a.m. – McHenry County Board Law and Justice Committee—

Meeting in the County Board Conference Room, County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

The Committee is to consider two resolutions:

Authorizing the acceptance of the sustained traffic enforcement program grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation and an emergency appropriation to the Sheriffs Fiscal Year 2014 Budget.

Also, a resolution authorizing funding of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor for the Fiscal Year 2014

Words Of Wisdom

"A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right."

–Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791