Kelli Wegener's Profile

Board Gives Significant Raises to County-Wide Elected Officials

• No discussion about large raises to county-wide elected officials
• Delay vote on County Board Member Raises
• Discussion about political violence and ideology
• Approving the Appointment of the County Administrator
• Emergency Appropriation of $9,000 in Opioid Overdose Prevention Grant to Department of Health

Normal Meeting

• Greeno using politics to "correct" newspaper reporting about tough financial times.
• Solar Vote
• Appointments
• Intergovernmental Agreements
• Lots of Transportation items for construction

Regular Meeting

• Dave Gutowsky appointed
• HVAC issues
• State grant for AV equipment
• Librarians resigned.

Regular Meeting

• HVAC Upgrade
• Librarians leaving
• Discussion about library security

Slaughterhouse Request & Other Business

• Resident requesting to process his own chickens on property
• New Trustee started
• Trustee Kelly requesting to be on McHenry County Planning Commission
• ATV use on trails denied

Special Meeting - Lifesaving Award Presentation & Regular Meeting

• Presented Awards to Fire Rescue, Police, Dispatch, Northwestern ER for Pride Parade rescue
• Normal meeting followed presentation

Budget Approved

Board Members split on issues, but still limiting transparency

• New rule to have two members add agenda items, president not compliant
• Discussion about a traffic study on the lake
• CL Board Lawyer wants to hire another lawyer to "settle lake war issues" (Riparian rights)
• Draft Lake Usage Fee Agreement sent to Lakewood and Crystal Lake

No Major Concerns

• Only issue is board meeting dates change often

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 

Power Grab!

First Park District Board meeting since the April election.  The meeting was packed because the public knew this meeting would be controversial.

• Board members voting on the President, VP, Secretary and Treasurer, with three brand new board members occupying these spots
• Rescinded the DEI policy
• Made it more difficult to add an item on the agenda
• Eliminated the Pier Ordinance that was established in 2018
• Terminated the Lake Ecology Intergovernmental agreement