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Votes at a glance: key actions taken by the Will County executive committee
Summary
The executive committee approved a package of routine contracts, appropriations and ordinances and carried an amended cannabis‑fund budget transfer that specified allocations to housing stabilization, CAC, workforce services and a county clerk ballot inserter.
The Will County Board Executive Committee approved multiple motions, including contract awards, grant appropriations, collective bargaining agreements and a contested budget transfer of cannabis tax dollars.
Key outcomes
- Budget transfer (Resolution 26‑5057, as amended): Approved. The committee specified $440,000 to CDBG/housing stabilization, $335,000 to the Community Action Commission, $170,000 to workforce investment services, and agreed to include $260,000 for a county clerk ballot inserter. The amendment passed and the resolution carried (one recorded opposition by Member Oxley).
- Contracts and procurement: Award to PT Farrell Construction for Schoolhouse Road safety improvements (let 06/17/2026) and award to Vulcan Materials for aggregate supplies were confirmed.
- Grants and appropriations: $5,000 grant to the coroner from Lurie Children's Hospitals was appropriated; multiple county clerk grants from the Illinois State Board of Elections (accessibility and voter registration) were appropriated.
- Collective bargaining agreements: Successor CBAs for two employee units and for court security officers / sheriff's unit were adopted; members raised clarifying questions about vacation carryover, comp time and longevity language during the review.
- Ordinances: A slate of Title 15 land‑use and related chapters (library district contributions, school site contribution, capital improvement plan, street naming, county land resource management plan, water resources, historic preservation) were approved as presented.
Votes that carried were recorded by roll call where required; one motion to postpone the budget transfer and send it back to finance failed on a roll call.
