Articles filed under Kane County Board
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New Kane County electricity deal won't save residents quite as much moneySep 14, 2017 1:00 am - Residents in unincorporated Kane County saved an average of $3.37 per month on their electricity bills the past couple years. That savings will shrink starting this mont...
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Kane County board smacks down Lauzen fiscal planSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County Board members executed a mutiny against Chairman Chris Lauzen on Tuesday, delivering a major rebuke to financial policies pushed by Lauzen and his closest po...
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Kane County Board likely to consider job cuts to balance budgetSep 09, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County officials sent a message to government employees late last week that said they would rather cut their jobs than raise property taxes. The 2018 budget plan, t...
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Kane County creates automatic punishment for officials who blow budgetsSep 06, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County Board members drew a budgetary line in the sand Wednesday by adopting a new financial policy: Spend more money than you're given, and the board will strip th...
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Are Kane County employees taking improper medical leave?Aug 30, 2017 5:30 am - New HR head wants to hire outside firm to oversee program
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Kane board wants some leewayAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - More than 80 percent of Kane County's employees are outside the direct control of the county board. Led by county board Chairman Chris Lauzen, some board members are mak...
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Petitions, nominating papers for 2018 candidates in Kane County now availableAug 29, 2017 11:00 pm - Kane County Clerk John A. Cunningham has announced that petition packets for established party candidates running for local offices at the March 20 general primary elect...
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Kane assessments supervisor urges cutting notices to publicAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - As Kane County officials seek to close a $5.6 million projected budget gap for 2018, Kane County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Armstrong on Thursday suggested halting s...
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Kane County searching for new Metra board memberAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County officials began searching for a new Metra representative this week, a position with both perks and challenges. Elgin resident Manny Barbosa is the county's c...
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Why Kane Co. might strip riverboat gambling money from municipalitiesAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County's expected share of riverboat gambling proceeds will shrink below $3 million for the first time in 2018, and that might mean municipalities that permit video...