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McCook County panel discusses splitting equalization and zoning duties after director’s resignation
Summary
Commissioners and county staff debated whether to split the Director of Equalization role into separate equalization and zoning positions after the director resigned; one commissioner urged keeping the current combined job description, and staff raised concerns about workload and zoning expertise.
Chairman Charles Liesinger convened the Oct. 1 special meeting of the McCook County Commission to address staffing in the Director of Equalization office after the resignation of Cori Kaufmann.
Michelle Stubkjaer, the county’s HR consultant, and Kaufmann met with commissioners and county office staff to review whether the combined Director of Equalization and Zoning responsibilities should remain one position or be split into two. Kaufmann said the existing office staff do not want to handle zoning work and that current workloads are full-time, noting there is an outstanding list of planning and zoning tasks that staff have not had time to complete. Auditor’s office staff noted they sometimes consult another county that uses Incode software for assistance on technical issues.
Stubkjaer asked the commission whether it wanted the job split into separate Director of Equalization and Zoning/Drainage Administrator positions; Commissioner Dean Koch said to leave the job description as currently written (combined equalization and zoning). Stubkjaer also raised the question of whether each role, if split, would carry enough duties to be full-time; Kaufmann said yes and cited a list of pending planning and zoning work.
The discussion included concerns about who staff should contact when zoning issues arise and whether the county should explicitly assign zoning duties to a dedicated role. No formal motion or vote was recorded to change the job description at the meeting. The commission later moved to executive session for a separate personnel discussion.
