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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Will County Board Executive Committee for June 11, 2026
Will County Board Executive Committee Meeting | June 11, 2026 The Will County Board Executive Committee met Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Joliet, advancing a slate of items to the full County Board after a meeting that ran more than three hours. The committee’s marquee action was recommending creation of a Will County Land Bank…
Read MoreWill County Mental Health Board Touts Crisis Program in Quarterly Report
Will County Board Executive Committee Meeting | June 11, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Community Mental Health Board’s quarterly report to the Executive Committee on Thursday, June 11, 2026, highlighted a new countywide counseling and crisis-referral program and a roughly $5 million grant cycle serving tens of thousands of residents. Mental Health Board Key…
Read MoreMeeting Summary and Briefs: Will County Board Finance Committee for June 2, 2026
Will County Board Finance Committee Meeting | June 2, 2026 The Will County Board Finance Committee took up a short slate of budget and appropriation items at its regular meeting Tuesday, June 2, 2026, advancing all five new-business measures to the full County Board after approving the minutes of its May 5 meeting. No members…
Read MoreWill County Coroner Reports Nearly 8,000 Death Investigations in 2025
Will County Board Executive Committee Meeting | June 11, 2026 Article Summary: Will County Coroner Laurie Summers presented her 2025 annual report to the Executive Committee on Thursday, June 11, 2026, detailing 7,992 death investigations and cost-saving review practices, before a procedural disagreement over whether the report should go to the full County Board. Coroner’s…
Read MoreWill County Committee Advances Three New Assistant State’s Attorneys
Will County Board Executive Committee Meeting | June 11, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board Executive Committee on Thursday, June 11, 2026, recommended increasing the authorized number of assistant state’s attorneys from 90 to 93, sending the measure to the full County Board over one dissenting vote amid a debate about rising felony caseloads.…
Read MoreWill County Committee Advances $75,000 for U of I Extension
Will County Board Finance Committee Meeting | June 2, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board Finance Committee on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, voted to advance a resolution committing $75,000 to the University of Illinois Extension’s Will County operations, continuing the county’s long-running support for the educational and youth-development organization. U of I Extension Funding…
Read MoreWill County Committee Pulls Single-Member District Referendum
Will County Board Executive Committee Meeting | June 11, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board Executive Committee on Thursday, June 11, 2026, removed a proposed referendum on single-member county board districts after learning the question would have to be binding rather than advisory. Single-Member Districts Key Points: The committee voted to remove Resolution 26-4989,…
Read MoreWill County Land Bank Clears Committee With Two Amendments
Will County Board Executive Committee Meeting | June 11, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board Executive Committee on Thursday, June 11, 2026, recommended creating a Will County Land Bank Authority — a tool to return blighted, tax-delinquent properties to productive use — after adopting two amendments and forwarding the measure to the full County…
Read MoreWill County Committee Advances $179,000 Coroner Cot Purchase
Will County Board Finance Committee Meeting | June 2, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board Finance Committee on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, voted to advance a request authorizing $179,000 in contingency funds for the County Coroner’s Office to outfit its five vehicles with powered hydraulic cots and loading systems, a purchase officials framed as…
Read MoreWill County Board Members Spar Over Wheatland Township Mental Health Grant
Will County Board Executive Committee Meeting | June 11, 2026 Article Summary: A $155,000 mental health grant to Wheatland Township drew sharp questioning at the Will County Board Executive Committee on Thursday, June 11, 2026, with two board members arguing the township is overstepping into school-district matters and others defending the program. Wheatland Township Grant…
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