Articles filed under Kane County Board
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Clean dirt signals (eventual) cross-country track at Settler's HillSep 20, 2017 1:00 am - It's been a decade since residents near the former Settler's Hill landfill in Geneva saw trucks dumping anything on the 700-acre site. Within the next couple weeks, the ...
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Bonds for Longmeadow toll bridge said to be no risk to Kane taxpayersSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County transportation officials nullified a long-standing fear Tuesday about the tollway portion of the Longmeadow Parkway, saying no scenario puts taxpayers on the...
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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...