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County administrator outlines goals: alert system switch, property sale, economic development and workforce housing work

Ethics Committee · January 14, 2026
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Summary

County Administrator Scott Hartman presented a package of goals and operational updates, including a planned April 1 switch from Omnilert to Alertus for employee notifications, work toward a purchase agreement for 2+ acres on Bamford Road, continued workforce-housing planning with CMAP, and a multi-year position regrading process.

County Administrator Scott Hartman used the Jan. 13 Ethics Committee meeting to lay out administrative goals and several operational updates for McHenry County.

Hartman reported a pending purchase agreement for roughly 2+ acres of county-owned property on Bamford Road and said he expects to bring a purchase agreement to the committee in a future cycle. He also announced a planned technology change: “We’re gonna be switching over to a new system called Alertus on April 1,” Hartman said, describing Alertus as a replacement for the county’s Omnilert employee-alert system with “a lot more features” and a consistent…

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