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Votes at a glance

- Approval of minutes (Jan. 15, 2025): Committee approved the minutes by unanimous consent after a motion to approve by Ms. Gums. Outcome: approved (unanimous consent).

- Resolution: Contract extension for architect/engineer/construction manager services (RFQ #42-020) authorizing continued use of qualified firms (White and Company; Healy Bender; others) for preliminary engineering and studies, budgeted from capital funds (up to $700,000). Motion: moved by Ms. Juby; second by Mr. Arroyo. Roll call (recorded in transcript): Arroyo ' yes; Berman ' yes; Garcia ' yes; Gums ' yes; Young ' yes; Juby ' yes. Outcome: approved.

- Resolution: Master intergovernmental cooperative purchasing agreement to participate in state/AT&T telecommunications contract and authorize purchases under that agreement for specified circuits and services used by KaneCom and sheriff tower locations. Motion and second not explicitly named in transcript. County IT staff confirmed the document was finalized during the meeting and the agreement is intended as a one-year bridge while the state rebids. Roll call (recorded): Arroyo ' yes; Berman ' yes; Garcia ' yes; Gums ' yes; Young ' yes; Juby ' yes. Outcome: approved.

- Resolution: Contract extension for low-voltage data cabling and structured network cable engineering services (Blade Electric & Technologies; RFP 20-21). Motion: moved by Mr. Young; second by Ms. Duby. Roll call (recorded): Arroyo ' yes; Berman ' yes; Garcia ' yes; Gums ' yes; Young ' yes; Juby ' yes. Outcome: approved.

- Resolution: Purchase of seven replacement vehicles for the Kane County Sheriff's Office (five marked Tahoes and two hybrid social-worker vehicles). Motion: moved by Ms. Gums; second by Mr. Arroyo. Roll call (recorded): Arroyo ' yes; Berman ' yes; Garcia ' yes; Gums ' yes; Young ' yes; Juby ' yes. Outcome: approved.

- Resolution to repeal a prior resolution and to authorize combining the positions of executive director of information technologies and executive director of building management: The committee moved to table the resolution. Motion to table (indefinitely): moved by the chair; second by Mr. Arroyo. Roll call (recorded): at least four members voted to table, with the motion recorded as tabled by a 4'to'2 margin in the transcript. Outcome: tabled.

Notes on procedure and timing: several items were moved, seconded and approved after county staff confirmed documentation issues had been resolved during the meeting. One item (the AT&T/state cooperative) was described by staff as a bridge while the state rebids the contract, and county counsel reviewed the acknowledgment of service order as part of the approval.

Ending: Committee recorded approvals for the contract extensions and the vehicle purchase and directed staff to return with more information on facilities leasing and storage; the resolution to change combined executive positions was tabled for later consideration.

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Grama said wholesale power prices fell into a multi-year trough before rising after 2020 and spiking during the Ukraine war, and he warned that capacity costs are increasing materially. He explained that capacity payments are intended to ensure generators are available during peak demand hours and said capacity charges in the region have climbed from roughly $29 per megawatt-day to levels that will materially increase customer bills beginning in June 2025.

Grama told the committee the county's largest single electric load is the jail/Judicial Center (about 10 million kilowatt-hours per year) and that the facility's solar field reduces the facility's \"primary load contribution\" during the grid's peak hours. \"Your solar field up there mitigates most of this increase,\" he said, describing how solar production during peak periods lowers the county's capacity exposure.

He also cautioned that new demand sources are changing the regional outlook. Data centers, particularly those planned and operating in northern Illinois, consume very large amounts of electricity and are increasing demand growth after a long period of flat load. Grama said data-center growth was not fully anticipated by prior planning assumptions in the Clean Energy Jobs Act and related forecasts.

Grama summarized other factors affecting future prices: scheduled retirements of some generating units, slow interconnection and build-out of wind and solar resources, and increasing natural gas exports that can support higher gas prices. He noted the county's solar installation reduces the county's exposure and recommended continuing energy-efficiency and solar projects.

On household impacts, Grama said the Clean Energy Jobs Act will raise average residential costs by an estimated amount once fully implemented; he also gave a county-level estimate: \"your power bills on average, are gonna go up a little over a quarter million dollars a year,\" he said. He recommended that the county pursue energy-efficiency projects and evaluate community solar and additional on-site solar where feasible.

Grama closed by saying commercial and governmental solar paybacks are typically faster than residential installations because of tax and depreciation advantages; he said the average residential solar payback is about seven years and government/business paybacks can be shorter.

Ending: County staff and the committee discussed using available state and federal incentives and the county's own solar projects to reduce future energy cost exposure. Grama said Progressive Energy Group can help the county evaluate additional projects and community solar subscriptions.

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The master plan, completed and approved by the county board in November, divides projects into short-term (1'3 years), mid-term (3'10 years) and long-term (10+ years) horizons, county building manager Roger Fonstock told the committee. He said the plan is intended to guide decisions and be updated as projects progress.

Board members pressed for specifics after Fonstock outlined immediate problems: many offices are at capacity, the county lacks a dedicated logistics warehouse, the juvenile justice center (JJC) faces increased demand, and CASA's lease at the Third Street Courthouse expires in a little over a year. Fonstock said staff are weighing options including leasing, renovation and long-term construction.

Short-term needs cited by Fonstock include storage/warehouse capacity to pull equipment and records out of office space; space for election equipment; improved vehicle impound and surface parking for the Judicial Center campus; and immediate mechanical work at the newly purchased Elgin building (2170 Point Boulevard) before occupancy. Fonstock said the county's North Campus holds roughly 25,000 square feet of records and election equipment and is near capacity.

Committee members and staff described particular operational problems. Scott of the county Office of Emergency Management (OEM) was quoted in committee discussion as reporting insufficient storage for vehicles, equipment and emergency supplies and limited office space for volunteers. Fonstock said OEM may need about 10,000 square feet for vehicles and up to 50,000 square feet more if the county consolidated multiple storage needs into a single warehouse.

Fonstock described a leasing example for context: a 5,000-square-foot nearby property was estimated at about $120,000 per year, which could relieve pressures on several offices. He also said industrial/warehouse asking prices in the market he reviewed were high: he cited a 40,000+-square-foot industrial building listed near $4.5'$5 million (about $100 per square foot), which he contrasted with lower office market prices.

The committee discussed specific buildings that could be repurposed. Members asked whether loading docks at the Montgomery Ward building (where the circuit clerk and branch court operate) could be reinstated; Fonstock said reworking the sally port and holding areas to restore loading-dock functionality would be possible but likely costly and would require buy-in from the courts and sheriff because they use the facility for detainee processing. Fonstock and others noted any renovation that would displace active court functions would require a relocation plan.

Members also discussed the Casa (Court Appointed Special Advocates) presence in the Third Street Courthouse. Fonstock said CASA occupies county space under a lease provision that anticipates the county will find alternate space if courts decide to relocate services as part of broader courthouse planning; the judicial branch has discussed expanding the JJC at the St. Charles campus, which could create space for CASA if pursued.

Board members asked for a concise inventory. Fonstock confirmed the master plan and the county's space-utilization study list all county-owned buildings and space needs and said staff would provide an abbreviated summary of vacant and underused properties. Fonstock noted the new Elgin building adds about 46,000 square feet and that staff expect some portion of that space to remain unallocated after initial placements.

Committee direction and next steps: members expressed broad interest in exploring leasing and purchase options but were not ready to commit to acquisitions. Fonstock asked whether the committee wanted staff and the county's broker, Brian Carroll of JLL, to identify specific lease and purchase candidates and return with cost comparisons; the committee asked staff to return with concrete examples and cost estimates rather than letters of intent. Fonstock said staff would present lease/purchase examples, storage alternatives and cost breakdowns for further committee review.

The discussion closed with a request that staff provide more details on available lease and warehouse properties, estimated costs for renovation (including restoring loading docks where feasible), and potential relocation scenarios that would allow courts or other offices to move while renovations occur.

For now, no formal capital commitments were made; the committee asked staff to return with options and pricing before taking action.

Ending: Fonstock said staff will bring lease and purchase examples, storage-facility options and cost estimates to a future meeting so the committee can give firm direction on whether to pursue leasing, purchase or renovation projects.

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