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Kane County Board members to consider raises for themselves, other elected officials
Updated 4/29/2021 9:19 PM Kane County officials will wade into a politically thorny debate of whether to give raises to themselves, or possibly their replacements. County board Chair Corinne Pierog has outlined the raise discussion twice in the last month to various groups of board members.
Please don t think individually about your own vote; think about future boards, Pierog told board members earlier this month. You re not just voting about yourself. Think what a future board member may want. But Pierog is not up for reelection in 2022. Meanwhile, the entire county board is up for reelection thanks to reapportionment after the 2020 Census. ....
Confusion about Dundee, Elgin township mental health boards may result in county proposal
Updated 4/22/2021 3:56 PM Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham s decision to not include new taxes for mental health services in Dundee and Elgin townships is fueling a renewed push to create a countywide approach to help residents access services for mental health, addiction and developmental disabilities. On Thursday, Dundee Township residents urged members of the county board committee that oversees the clerk s office to at least explain Cunningham s decision, if not reverse it.
The clerk s office notified Dundee and Elgin townships last month that the wording of their successful March 2020 referendums to establish new mental health taxes was not specific enough, under the law, for voters to be aware that voting yes would result in a property tax increase. ....
Kane County lifts ban, ushers in marijuana businesses to unincorporated areas Corinne Pierog Updated 4/13/2021 8:44 PM Eight Kane County Board members signaled a change in their views about local recreational-use marijuana operations Tuesday in voting to legalize those businesses in unincorporated areas for the first time. In all, 20 county board members voted to lift the 2019 ban on pot-related businesses as officials now hope to recruit them to the unincorporated area.
Tuesday s vote established new zoning rules and guidelines, such as preventing recreational-use establishments from opening near schools, religious institutions or government-owned open spaces. The guidelines also will require each business to get a favorable vote from the county board before it can open. ....