The Week Ahead 2/11 - 2/17

REMINDER: Voting has begun! Early voting and Vote-by-Mail!

Other Events:

County Executive Candidate Town Halls: More from the N-G

Darlene Kloeppel doesn't have any this week.

Gordy Hulten has one this week:
— 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, St. Joseph Village Hall, 207 E. Lincoln, St. Joseph. Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/407200713062319/

Groups that crossover with Racial Justice Task Force recommendations meeting this week:

The Champaign County Community Coalition meets Wednesday, February 14 at 3:30-5:00pm at the Champaign Public Library (more meeting information here).

Build Programs Not Jails meets at the IMC (more info) at 7pm this Wednesday, February 14th as well.

Champaign County Board Committee of the Whole (COW) will have speakers reporting on the subject this week. More information below.

Candidate Forums this Monday and Wednesday: Republican Primary County Clerk, Sheriff, Sixth Circuit races. Democratic Primary County Board District 6 and 10, and 104th House races.

There are candidate events happening for races up and down the Democratic and Republican ballot, so get your sample ballot, read about and meet the candidates. e.g. if you're a Democrat you could meet your Attorney General candidates at the IMC this week! The bottom of Tom Kacich articles like today's event list here or the candidates' campaign facebook pages are good places to look.

Make a plan to vote. Election day itself falls within Spring Break if you're going to be out of town. Early voting and Vote-by-Mail have begun.


County Calendar:

The week kicks off with the Nursing Home Board of Directors meeting at a new time (discussed and approved last month). From last month's agenda packet you can see this is more of a managerial board discussing financials and marketing more than policy or politics.

This month's COW will dive into subjects related to the Racial Justice Task Force recommendations. There has been a lot of interest across various groups and individuals in the community to turn those recommendations into a reality and implement them. County Board member Robert King chairs the Justice & Social Services Committee and hopes to organize that committee towards that goal. A quick overview of that committee's part of the agenda Tuesday:

The Rural Transit Advisory Group deals with issues with rural public transportation in the county. There's a quarterly report if anyone wants to dive into their overview. The Zoning Board of Appeals is probably self-explanatory.

The 2018 schedule is up on the Calendar page and the County page. The regular County Board meetings are back to Thursdays until next holiday season.

If you're curious about learning more about how your county government works, it's easy enough to live stream a meeting or go in person: Attend a Meeting.

*Meeting is broadcast live on Comcast Public Access and at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/champco1776

Where is Brookens?

Brookens Administrative Center
1776 East Washington Street
Urbana, Illinois 61802-4581
Phone: 217-384-3772

After 4:30 the Washington Street side Parking Lot is Closed See Maps for the North East Parking Lot Access