Martini said she still expects to be busy. With the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing, she said the need for food, housing and vaccines are great, and she intends to continue helping in those areas. That includes helping in several vaccination clinics. She also helps host a food bank every month in Fox Lake, and works to help veterans.
Updated 5/12/2021 5:52 PM
After a year on hold and around three months spent seeking public input, the Lake County Board has voted to allow adult-use marijuana businesses in the commercial and industrial zoning districts of unincorporated areas.
The Tuesday vote came down 13-7 largely along party lines. Each of the board s six Republican members voted against the plan and Diane Hewitt was the lone Democrat to join the dissenters.
The types of allowed marijuana businesses include dispensaries the stores where customers purchase recreational pot products as well as other operations such as craft growers, processing centers, infusers, cultivation centers and transporter businesses.
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A 4-cent-per-gallon fuel tax will take effect in Lake County beginning July 1.
The Lake County Board on Tuesday enacted the measure by a vote of 14-7. The approval was expected, as the stances of individual board members emerged during lengthy discussions last week leading to Tuesday s vote.
As approved, the tax will generate $8 million to $11 million per year to address a backlog of partially and unfunded road projects, county officials say.
The board initially considered an 8-cent-per-gallon tax, the maximum allowed under state law. The recommendation to the full board was reduced as a compromise between members who supported the tax and those who felt it would hurt people who could least afford it.
The Lake County Board approved a gas tax at its meeting Tuesday. The tax will go into effect July 1, and will add 4 cents to each gallon of gas purchased in Lake County.