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Kane County board approves proclamation honoring Steve Pitzick as 2024 Master Farmer Award recipient
Summary
The board advanced and approved a proclamation recognizing Steve Pitzick of Maple Park as a Prairie Farmer Master Farmer Award recipient; county legal counsel confirmed the item met notice requirements and the board approved by roll call.
Kane County board members approved a proclamation recognizing Steve Pitzick of Maple Park as a 2024 Master Farmer Award recipient.
The proclamation, read by board member Roth and entered as new business, cites Prairie Farmer Magazine's Master Farmer Award (established 1925) and lists Pitzick's agricultural and community roles: raising corn and soybeans with his son on the family farm in Kane County; serving in Illinois agricultural leadership programs; chairing the Illinois Soybean Association; advising agriculture-technology companies; serving on the Kane County Farmland Protection Commission; and participating in county economic-development efforts. The proclamation notes Pitzick is the third Kane County farmer to receive the Master Farmer Award, following winners in 1982 and 2014.
Procedure and vote: State's attorney John Franks confirmed that because the item had been included on the agenda the action complied with open-meetings notice requirements and could proceed as new business. The board then conducted a roll-call/voice vote; the transcript records votes of Allen (yes), Williams (yes), Roth (yes) and Dubey (yes) and the chair declared the item approved and placed on file.
