County Executive Committee Agenda

[UPDATE: Speaking of the County Executive, the first of a series of separate town halls with the candidates for the office start tonight with Gordy Hulten at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 23, Rantoul Municipal Building, 333 S. Tanner St., Rantoul. More times and dates for him and Democratic Candidate Darlene Kloeppel here.]

[UPDATEx2: Write-up of the meeting here.]

Today at 4:30pm (in the Putnam meeting room at Brookens - map) will be the first meeting of the County Executive Transition Committee and the process of establishing the office to be filled by election this year (election page here). The agenda is available and bare bones at first glance, until one gets to the supporting material. Probably the least legalese and relevant for folks just trying to understand the system they're emulating and the guidelines they're trying to meet are on pages 4 and 15-18. Screenshots are below, or you can read/download the pdf at the transition committee page here: Agenda 1/23/2018 Meeting

On page 15-18 there is a list of the "Abridged Powers and Duties of the County Executive" as well as "Notes / Considerations for Champaign County Implementation" sent to the board by the Assistant State's Attorney, Donna M. Davis:

On page 4 there is a summary of the discussions with the County Executive of Will County from the State's Attorney's office with a few highlights of their experience:

I'll be adding this information to the County Executive page or at least a link to it as a resource.