The Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Investment, a subcommittee that reports to the Lake County Board’s Financial and Administrative Committee, met Friday for a presentation and discussion of more than 79 project proposals.
Former state senator Melinda Bush has won an appointment to the Metra Board of Directors, and a $15,000 stipend to supplement her semi-retirement from political life, over the objections of Lake County Republicans who cried political patronage. Bush founded the Lake County Democratic Women, and at least eight Democrats on the Lake County Board took thousands in donations from the PAC.
A pilot program deploying two Farmer s Fridges, which will hold and dispense fresh items, is the next proposed step in Lake County s initiative to reduce single-use plastics at its facilities.