Votes at a glance: Lake County Board approves consent agenda and multiple infrastructure and policy items
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Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the Lake County Board approved the consent agenda and adopted resolutions including sewer agreement amendments, street and intersection contracts funded by county motor fuel tax, a rezoning, a public‑Wi‑Fi agreement with Waukegan, an America250 commemoration resolution, and several appointments; detailed vote tallies were not recorded for each item in the transcript.
The Lake County Board cleared a slate of consent and regular-agenda items at its Jan. 13 meeting, approving infrastructure contracts, intergovernmental agreements, a rezoning and other routine business.
Key actions approved (motion and outcome as recorded in the meeting transcript):
- Consent agenda (items 2–25): motion by Vice Chair Cunningham, second by Member Hewitt; roll-call recorded "17, aye." (SEG 358–400)
- Item 29: First amendment to retail sanitary sewer service agreement with the Village of Hawthorn Woods — motion by Member Clark; passed by voice vote. (SEG 572–589)
- Item 30: First amendment to restated agreement for sewage disposal with the Village of Lake Villa — motion by Member Clark; passed by voice vote. (SEG 590–627)
- Item 31: Contract with Cope & Haver Construction, $4,421,079.17, for non‑motorized improvements on Washington Street, appropriation of $5,305,000 in county option motor fuel tax funds — motion by Member Clark; passed. (SEG 629–675)
- Item 32: Contract with Berger Contractors, $2,867,174.87, for intersection improvements at Deep Lake Road and Deebo Street, appropriation of $3,555,000 in county option motor fuel tax funds — motion by Member Clark; passed. (SEG 711–733)
- Item 33: Rezoning (ZBA case 001126-2025) to rezone ~0.34 acres to R-3 residential — motion by Member Peterson, second by Member Schlick; passed. (SEG 734–758)
- Item 35: Intergovernmental agreement with the City of Waukegan to install and provide public Wi‑Fi service through Dec. 2026 — motion by Member Frank; passed. (SEG 818–881)
- Item 36: Resolution supporting the Illinois America250 commemoration — motion by Member Hewitt; passed. (SEG 883–949)
- Item 37: Remove Sarah Kneznick from the Workforce Development Board — motion by Member Knoosnick; passed. (SEG 1018–1038)
- Item 38: Appointment of Sean Matthews as trustee of the Lakeside Cemetery Association — motion by Member Clark; passed. (SEG 1040–1056)
Where details are missing: For several motions the transcript records that a roll-call lead or roll-call vote was requested but does not print numeric tallies beyond the consent agenda's '17, aye.' Specific vote tallies, spending breakdowns and implementation timelines are not provided in the transcript for most items.
Provenance: topicintro: SEG 358; topfinish: SEG 1056