Kendall County Times

Kendall County Forest Preserve District Commission met Dec. 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the commission:

I. Call to Order

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Invocation

IV. Roll Call:

Brian DeBolt (President), Ruben Rodriguez (Vice President), Seth Wormley (Secretary), Scott Gengler, Jason Peterson, Zach Bachmann, Elizabeth Flowers, Matt Kellogg, Dan Koukol, and Brooke Shanley

V. Approval of Agenda

VI. Public Comments

VII. (1) CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval of Minutes

• Kendall County Forest Preserve District Commission Meeting of December 5, 2023

• Kendall County Forest Preserve District Operations Committee Meeting of December 6, 2023

• Kendall County Forest Preserve District Committee of the Whole Meeting of December 12, 2023 

B. (1) Approval of Claims in the Amount of $8,306.73

C. Approval of 2024 Fees and Charges for School Programs; Nature-Based and Equestrian Center Summer Camps, and Equestrian Center Public Programs

D. (1) MOTION: Approval of an Amendment to the of the Kendall County Forest Preserve District Employee Handbook - Chapter 8 – Section 8.1 Personal and Banked Sick Leave

E. (1) ORDINANCE #23-12-001: An Ordinance Regarding the Paid Leave for All Workers Act

F. (1) MOTION: Approval of the Purchase of a Kubota RTV-X1100CWL Utility Vehicle and Setup in the Amount of $21,426.22 from McCullough Implement Company of Watseka, Illinois

G. MOTION: Establishing the Nature Play Space Area (Play Space Features; Eagle’s Nest Shelter; Stephanie’s Garden and Neshnabe’k Encampment) at Hoover Forest Preserve as a Designated Education Program Area with Public Use Restrictions under the Provisions of the Kendall County Forest Preserve District’s General Use Regulation Ordinance #23-02-001

H. (1) MOTION: Approval of a Proposal from Upland Design, Ltd. of Plainfield, Illinois in the Amount of $6,300.00 for the Preparation and Submission of a 2024 Federal Highway Administration – Regional Trails Program Grant Application to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to Complete a Multi-Use Trail Connection between Hoover and Fox River Bluffs Forest Preserves

VIII. OLD BUSINESS

No items posted for consideration.

IX. NEW BUSINESS

No items posted for consideration.

X. Committee Chairman Reports: Seth Wormley (Finance) and Dan Koukol (Operations)

XI. Public Comments

XII. Executive Session

XIII. OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS

No items posted for consideration.

XIV. Adjournment

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