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Commission reappoints two members to Economic Opportunity Board
Summary
Kane County reappointed Joseph (Joe) Sorensen and Kevin Barnes to the Economic Opportunity Board for two-year terms under Resolution R2025-13; both appointments were approved unanimously after a short public hearing with no public comment.
The Kane County Commission adopted Resolution R2025-13 on May 27, reappointing Joseph (Joe) Sorensen and Kevin Barnes to the Kane County Economic Opportunity Board for two-year terms.
County staff explained there is a statutory floor for representation on the board (at least one private business representative, one city representative, one county representative and one public member) but no statutory ceiling on the number of board members. The commission opened a public hearing and received no comments before moving to the resolution.
County staff identified the roles: Sorensen as a municipal representative and Barnes as a private-sector representative; the agenda packet states Barnes lives in Church Wells and Sorensen lives in Valley. Commissioners thanked both appointees for service; the motion to reappoint passed unanimously.
Provenance: The reappointment item was opened as a public hearing and then taken to resolution adoption (transcript excerpt: "public hearing regarding the reappointment of Joseph Sorensen and Kevin Barnes to the Kane County Economic Opportunity Board... Seeing none I will close public comment period ... move to adopt resolution r 20 25 13, reappointing Joe Sorensen and Kevin Barnes.").
