The Week Ahead 3/11 - 3/17

[UPDATE x2: The special meeting item's paperwork was not ready so there won't be anything to vote on tonight. The COW is still at 6:30pm tonight though.]

[UPDATE: Tuesday at 6pm, just before the normal COW meeting, there will be a special meeting to lease out part of the Nursing Home to Rosecrance for addiction treatment. More information here.]

REMINDER: Voting has begun! Early voting and Vote-by-Mail has started for the March 20th, 2018 Primary! We're within 28 days of the election so if you still need to register to vote there is Grace Period Registration. Grace Period Registration is available at early and regular polling locations. More information here. Sample ballots are available here. 

Other Events:

Champaign and Urbana Local Government March Meetings.

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

Urbana Human Rights Commission meeting on Wednesday, March 14th at 5:30pm at the Council Chambers at City Hall at 400 S. Vine Street (info pamphlet)

Champaign County Community Coalition Wednesday, March 14, 3:30-5:00 PM at the Champaign Public Library meeting room.

Build Programs Not Jails meets Wednesday, March 14th at 7pm at the Independent Media Center.

Champaign County Board: Committee of the Whole has specific RJTF crossover this month (more information below) Tuesday, March 13th at 6:30pm at Brookens.

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. Forums, questionnaire, and other Candidate Information mentioned in the Cheat Sheet organized in this post. The News-Gazette has interview podcasts on their website. Candidate websites and social media links at the CCVA Candidate Guide is a good place to start looking at candidates.

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 it's new 6:30pm time. 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.

[UPDATE: Tuesday at 6pm, just before the normal COW meeting, there will be a special meeting to lease out part of the Nursing Home to Rosecrance for addiction treatment.]

This month's Committee of the Whole (what's a COW?) has a Racial Justice Task Force crossover. The Justice & Social Services Committee will have a "Presentation on the Database and Recommendations of the Community Engagement Subcommittee" and the "Community Reentry Quarterly Report."

The Zoning Board of Appeals is probably self-explanatory. This week, technical rule changes on wind and solar farms appear to be the focus (agenda). [More information in the New-Gazette today 3/15/2018: Resident offers cautionary tale on wind farms ]

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










[Originally posted 3/9/2018 at 5:05am]