Iroquois County Health Committee holds hearing on 2026 solid-waste plan; no public comments

The Chair of the Iroquois County Health Committee opened a public hearing Aug. 4, 2026, to consider the 2026 update to the Iroquois County Solid Waste Management Plan, reading the published notice: "Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to consider the 2026 update to the Iroquois County Solid Waste Management Plan." The hearing was held at the Clifford Durie Administrative Center, 1001 East Grant, Waseca.

The Chair cited the statutory requirement that the county hold at least one public hearing during the public review period (transcribed in the hearing as "4 15 ILCDS 15 slash 5") and called for a motion to approve the meeting agenda; the transcript records Roger Bard as making the motion and John Grant as the second. The committee paused for about seven minutes to allow members of the public to arrive and reminded attendees that the video stream was running. After a final call for public comments, the Chair recorded that none were offered and the committee proceeded. The committee recorded the vocal response "Aye" when voting to approve the agenda; the transcript does not specify an exact tally or identify individual votes.

Why this matters: the public-comment period is a required step before adoption of a county solid-waste plan and provides residents the opportunity to raise concerns or offer alternatives to proposed waste-management strategies. With no comments recorded at this hearing, the formal public input for this session is limited to any written submissions filed during the county's review period, not recorded in the oral hearing transcript.