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Dekalb County Forest Preserve District Commissioners met Sept. 16.

Here is the minutes provided by the commissioners:

*Due to COVID-19, this Meeting was held as a Virtual Public Meeting

The DeKalb County Forest Preserve District Commissioners met virtually in regular session through a cloud-based, peer-to-peer software platform called Zoom at 7:50 p.m. President Pietrowski called the meeting to order and the Secretary called the roll. Those Commissioners virtually present were Ms. Suzanne Willis, Mr. Tim Bagby, Mr. Scott Campbell, Ms. Rukisha Crawford, Mrs. Karen Cribben, Mrs. Laurie Emmer, Mr. Steve Faivre, Vice-President John Frieders, Mr. Tim Hughes, Ms. Kiara Jones, Mr. Tracy Jones, Ms. Dianne Leifheit, Ms. Maureen Little, Mr. Jim Luebke, Ms. Terri Mann-Lamb, Mr. Jerry Osland, Mr. Roy Plote, Mr. Chris Porterfield, Mr. Craig Roman, Ms. Linda Slabon, Mr. Paul Stoddard, Mr. Larry West, Mr. Jeff Whelan, and President Mark Pietrowski, Jr. A quorum was established with all twenty-four Commissioners virtually present.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Motion

Mr. Whelan moved to approve the agenda as presented and Mr. Hughes seconded the motion.

Roll Call Vote

President Pietrowski called for a roll call vote to approve the agenda as presented. Those Commissioners voting yea were Ms. Willis, Mr. Bagby, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Crawford, Mrs. Cribben, Mrs. Emmer, Mr. Faivre, Vice-President Frieders, Mr. Hughes, Ms. Jones, Mr. Jones, Ms. Leifheit, Ms. Little, Mr. Luebke, Ms. Mann-Lamb, Mr. Osland, Mr. Plote, Mr. Porterfield, Mr. Roman, Ms. Slabon, Mr. Stoddard, Mr. West, Mr. Whelan, and President Pietrowski. All Commissioners voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion

Ms. Mann-Lamb moved to approve the minutes of the August 19, 2020 Meeting. Mrs. Emmer seconded the motion.

Roll Call Vote

President Pietrowski asked for a roll call vote on the approval of the minutes. Those Commissioners voting yea were Ms. Willis, Mr. Bagby, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Crawford, Mrs. Cribben, Mrs. Emmer, Mr. Faivre, Vice-President Frieders, Mr. Hughes, Ms. Jones, Mr. Jones, Ms. Leifheit, Ms. Little, Mr. Luebke, Ms. Mann-Lamb, Mr. Osland, Mr. Plote, Mr. Porterfield, Mr. Roman, Ms. Slabon, Mr. Stoddard, Mr. West, Mr. Whelan, and President Pietrowski. All Commissioners voted yea. Motion carried unanimously.

COMMUNICATIONS & PROCLAMATIONS

President Pietrowski made mention of Forest Preserve District Staff Member Bob Knuuttila who has been making amazing chainsaw art out of stumps at the various forest preserve. Bob has a few new creations at Sycamore Forest Preserve from trees that were recently damaged from a storm.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were no public comments.

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

Resolution FP-R2020-04: Placing the FY 2021 Forest Preserve District’s Budget on File for Public Inspection

Motion

Mr. Stoddard moved that the DeKalb County Forest Preserve District Commissioners do hereby place on file in the DeKalb County Clerk’s Office, on the County’s Website, and at two other geographically diverse public offices (the Sandwich City Hall and the office of the Genoa City Clerk), for public inspection, the attached budget, as well as information utilized by the Committee in preparation of the 2021 Fiscal Year Budget. Mr. Whelan seconded the motion as presented.

Roll Call Vote

President Pietrowski called for a roll call vote. Those Commissioners voting yea were Ms. Willis, Mr. Bagby, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Crawford, Mrs. Cribben, Mrs. Emmer, Mr. Faivre, Vice- President Frieders, Mr. Hughes, Ms. Jones, Mr. Jones, Ms. Leifheit, Ms. Little, Mr. Luebke, Ms. Mann-Lamb, Mr. Osland, Mr. Plote, Mr. Porterfield, Mr. Roman, Ms. Slabon, Mr. Stoddard, Mr. West, Mr. Whelan, and President Pietrowski. The motion carried unanimously.

Claims – September 2020

Motion

Mr. Stoddard moved to approve the payment of claims for this month, and the off-cycle claims paid during the previous month, including all claims for travel, meals, and lodging, in the amounts of $151,986.34. Mr. Hughes seconded the motion.

Roll Call Vote

President Pietrowski called for a roll call vote on the approval of the September Claims. Those Commissioners voting yea were Ms. Willis, Mr. Bagby, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Crawford, Mrs. Cribben, Mrs. Emmer, Mr. Faivre, Vice-President Frieders, Mr. Hughes, Ms. Jones, Mr. Jones, Ms. Leifheit, Ms. Little, Mr. Luebke, Ms. Mann-Lamb, Mr. Osland, Mr. Plote, Mr. Porterfield, Mr. Roman, Ms. Slabon, Mr. Stoddard, Mr. West, Mr. Whelan, and President Pietrowski. The motion carried unanimously.

OLD BUSINESS / NEW BUSINESS

None.

ADJOURNMENT

Motion

Mr. Stoddard moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m. and Mr. Hughes seconded the motion.

Roll Call Vote

President Pietrowski called for a roll call vote on the adjournment. Those Commissioners voting yea were Ms. Willis, Mr. Bagby, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Crawford, Mrs. Cribben, Mrs. Emmer, Mr. Faivre, Vice-President Frieders, Mr. Hughes, Ms. Jones, Mr. Jones, Ms. Leifheit, Ms. Little, Mr. Luebke, Ms. Mann-Lamb, Mr. Osland, Mr. Plote, Mr. Porterfield, Mr. Roman, Ms. Slabon, Mr. Stoddard, Mr. West, Mr. Whelan, and President Pietrowski. The motion carried unanimously.

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