Stephenson County board delays action on agenda item 10.1 after executive session; member reports visit to worker housing

At a Stephenson County board meeting, members voted to lay over agenda item 10.1 until the board's next regular meeting after an executive session in which "no actions [were] taken during executive session," a board member said.

The motion to lay over the item was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. "All those in favor signify by saying aye," a board member called; the motion was carried and the board agreed to take the item up again next month.

Separately, an unidentified board member told colleagues they had toured a site referred to in the meeting as "Alconites." The member said the host, identified in the comment as Malcolm Eaton, showed board members a house the organization had bought to provide housing for some of its workers. "I did that last week. It was very interesting. He took me to a house that they bought for some of their workers that can live on their own or with some supervision," the board member said, and added that, according to the host, it was "the sixth or seventh house" the organization had purchased.

The meeting record notes no formal actions were taken during the executive session and that the only formal vote reported in the provided transcript was to lay over item 10.1. The board did not provide further details about item 10.1, including the subject matter of the item or any materials; those details were not specified in the transcript excerpt.

The board will take up item 10.1 again at its next regular meeting.