Other Events:
There are a lot of political campaign and organizing events popping up. 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:
Champaign City Council Study Session w/ First Followers Presentation July 24th at the Champaign City Council chambers (more info and how to attend here) at 7pm. This relates to the housing ordinance issue and the exemption (more information on that here and a recent letter to the editor by the CU Tenants Union here). Support among local organizations continues to grow.The Housing Authority of Champaign County's new Executive Director reaffirmed the board's focus on expanding reentry opportunities in the community and the problems exacerbated when people with conviction histories are denied access to housing. He pointed out that HACC is still working with the Champaign County Reentry Council towards that end and he is reaching out to community organizations and government bodies in the area to work together on that and other issues.
Build Programs Not Jails meets Wednesday, July 25th at 7pm at the Independent Media Center. Meetings are every other Wednesday at 7pm at the IMC.
The Housing Authority of Champaign County Board of Commissioners has its monthly meeting Thursday July 26th at 3pm at their offices at 205 W. Park Ave (agenda here when available).
County Calendar:
The Labor/Management Health Insurance Committee deals with benefits issues for County Staff which is probably mostly interesting to County Staff. Agenda and previous meeting's minutes here.
On Wednesday there is the Developmental Disability board (agenda packet here). 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 doesn't appear to be addressing any solar farm issues this week (upcoming agenda here). Board page here. The solar farm issues appear to have mostly moved on to the Environment and Land Use Committee that's waiting for the 30 day review period to move their preliminarily approved rules to the full County Board. More on that at this Cheat Sheet post. Other recent Cheat Sheet posts on solar issues include a U of I solar farm tour, proposed solar farm locations, and concerns about pollinators.
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.
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
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