Lake County Councilman Dan Dernulc, R-Highland, is closing the book on one chapter of his public service career so he can get started writing the next one.
Three Democratic Lake County Councilmen are accused of ensuring that they would avoid a GOP opponent in the general election by throwing their support for the First District State Senate seat behind fellow councilman and Lake County GOP chair Dan Dernulc instead of incumbent Democratic State Sen. Michael Griffin.
The seven Lake County Council members are eyeing Infrastructure improvement projects and assistance to some nonprofits as they move to spend about $1.4 million each in American Rescue Plan Act funds in their districts at their discretion.
The new collective bargaining agreement between Lake County government and the correctional officers union increases pay for new probationary officers to $43,412 a year — a 7% boost.