Let the Sun Shine In! - Board Reports

Building Repairs, Cameras, Limiting Public Comment

• Placing a limit on time for public comment
• Carpet and HVAC repairs
• Cameras to be installed in parking lot

Budget Approved, A/V Grant, Officers Approved

• Budget and appropriation ordinance approved unanimously.
• Carpet and HVAC repairs needed
• Officers approved
• New board member appointed
• $50K grant for technology upgrade

Coral Township Board Meeting 8-13-25

• Concerns in Hennings Estates, Marengo
• Discussions about two solar farms

Reducing Transparency, Public input, and Personal Agendas

• President's newsletter message sent out full of inaccurate information
• Vote to reduce the number of meetings per month
• Tiesenega's conflict of interest
• Lots of public comment!
• CL Mayor Haig - public comment expressing concerns about PD

Budget and Contingency Planning

• The Board discussed the Budget 
• Slideshow and draft budget attached
• Discussion - if the Feds dismantle the BOE or cuts funding
• Public Hearing on Budget - August 26th

Appointments, County Plans, and Inter-governmental Agreements

• Three appointed to Board of Health
• Adopted Strategic Plan for 2025-28 & Consolidated Plan for Community Development 2025-29
• CDBG Allocations approved, Accepted DCEO grant dollars
• Authorized Loan agreement with CAC
• Authorized intergovernmental agreement with DCFS and Sheriff's office
• Review for Article II of Public Health Ordinance

Board Packet  https://pub-countyofmchenry.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=152669

Many Enjoying the Library

• Several building systems showing age
• Circulation is up & Summer reading program going well!
• Naming rights policy

Normal meeting

• Gasline Marker down - other repairs ongoing
• Construction on leanto begin in fall

Some Board Members Fight For Transparency, Others Refuse

• Full-Time compensation structure passed
• Gregg Kobelinski, head of Lake Advisory Committee said "Commissioner Tiesenga told me he would reconsider the IGA" 
• Ecology Committee is not dissolved and working with SPOA
• Training needed on Open Meetings Act
• Eric Anderson's questionable hire
• FOIA requests - board members haven't provided any info from their personal email/text messages
• Discussed purchasing Healthbridge

Major Construction Costs for Edgebrook

• Approval of Valley View Improvement Plan
• Press Policy (revert back to 2020 standards)
• Contract for Edgebrook school construction $169,400
• Valley View grant funding for improvments
• Voted on Breakfast/Lunch Fees
• Closed session - setting price of sale or lease of property on Waukgan Rd and litigation