The Week Ahead: 6/24 - 6/30

*** Next month (July) will likely have a lot of cancellations outside of the regular County Board meeting. Build Programs Not Jails will not be meeting on July 4th due to there being no CUMTD service that day. Meetings will resume every other Wednesday starting July 11th. More info below.  ***

Other Events:

There are a lot of political campaign and organizing events popping up. A long planned progressive organizing meeting is coming up Saturday, more information at their facebook event Building the Blue Wave. Check out your preferred candidates and you will likely see campaign, canvassing, or voter registration events in the area. Many are using facebook to more easily share event information and reminders. Check out the Champaign County Voter Alliance's preliminary general election candidate guide to see who is running. We'll be updating County race information from the primary election to the general soon.
 
Groups that crossover with Racial Justice Task Force recommendations meeting this week:

Build Programs Not Jails doesn't meet this week. Meetings are usually every other Wednesday at 7pm at the IMC. Due to the July 4th holiday disrupting public transportation, the next meeting is July 11th.

The Housing Authority of Champaign County Board of Commissioners has its monthly meeting Thursday June 28th at 3pm at their offices at 205 W. Park Ave (agenda here when available). 

County Calendar:

The week kicks off Tuesday with the The Local Emergency Planning Committee (agenda here). It deals with issues related to Illinois and Federal Emergency Management Agency issues, including training and response programs. I don't know if they will discuss the tornado siren protocol (recent changed as noted in the News-Gazette). There is public participation on the agenda to hear comments from the public. For an idea of what a meeting is like, check out the previous meeting minutes here. This meeting is held at ILEAS which is just north of Nursing Home, North of Brookens (Map!).

On Wednesday there are the Mental Health and Developmental Disability boards. If you're interested in finding out more about county Mental Health and Developmental Disability programs and agencies they can be a bit wonky. They are, however, very interesting if you want to see all of the gears moving to provide care to so many in our community. If you're interested in what an MHB or DDB meeting is like, here are a couple write up examples: Mental Health Board 2018, Developmental Disabilities Board 10/25/2017.

The Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Thursday night may continue to address concerns with Solar Farm noise and proximity to homes (upcoming agenda here). Board page here.

The full 2018 schedule is 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