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Kane County  
KC Jobs Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
LEWIS, ALLAN, Bates, Daugherty, Penesis, Strathmann, Young, ex-officios Roth (County  
Vice Chair) and Pierog (County Chair)  
Friday, February 21, 2025  
10:30 AM  
County Board Room  
2025 Committee Goals  
Goals from the July Jobs Committee meeting  
• Revise County Code Definition of the Jobs Committee  
• Economic Development Strategic Plan - Begin implementation of the strategies  
recommenced by the Kane County Economic Development Strategic Plan  
• Regional Partnerships - Continue to work with the Greater Chicagoland Economic  
Partnership and other regional partners on economic development activities  
• Local Economic Development Programs - Continue to meet the objectives of the active  
ARPA Programs and Grant Programs while actively seeking new opportunities to enhance  
current programming  
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Support for Jobs Committee focusing on the Six Priorities  
Implement the Economic Development Strategic Plan for Kane County  
Implement approved ARPA projects  
oKane County Economic Development Corporation - Launch  
oFabulous Fox! Water Trail - Launch sites and marketing  
oFarmer Grants – staff managed grants to local food farmers  
oTourism – with CVB’s  
oManufacturing – with IMEC  
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Support the Kane County Economic Development Corporation  
Support County’s role in the Greater Chicagoland Economic Partnership  
Continue to strengthened partnerships with economic development efforts by the State  
of Illinois, municipalities, chambers of commerce and economic development groups  
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Continue to network and development partnership for the future Hydrogen economy  
Renew “Made and Kane” series in Kane County Connects featuring companies and  
products that are made in Kane County  
Continue to apply for additional outside grants  
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1.  
2.  
Call To Order  
Co-Chairman Allan called today's meeting to order at 10:30 AM.  
Roll Call  
Board Member Deborah Allan  
PRESENT  
Board Member Ted Penesis  
Board Member Cherryl Strathmann  
Board Member David Young  
Ex-Officio County Board Vice Chair Bill Roth  
Board Member Gary Daugherty  
REMOTE  
ABSENT  
Board Member Anita Lewis  
Board Member Mavis Bates  
Ex-Officio County Board Chair Corinne M. Pierog  
Also present: Co. Bd. members Juby*, Gripe, Molina*; Dev. Dir. VanKerkhoff and staff  
Toth and Thavong; JEG 360, LLC CEO Grueling; ITD staff Peters; and members of the  
press and public.  
3.  
4.  
Remote Attendance Requests  
Co-Chairman Allan announced the remote attendance requests for today's meeting.  
She asked the Committee if there were any objections to Committee Member  
Daugherty attending remotely. There were no objections.  
Approval of Minutes: January 17, 2025  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT  
Ted Penesis  
5.  
6.  
Public Comment  
None.  
Jobs Committee Priorities  
Amending Section 2-48 of the Kane County Code (Standing Committees) to  
Revise Language Related to the Jobs Committee  
A.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Cherryl Strathmann  
David Young  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
Deborah Allan, Gary Daugherty, Ted Penesis, Cherryl  
Strathmann, and David Young  
AYE:  
Anita Lewis, Mavis Bates, and Corinne M. Pierog  
ABSENT:  
Authorizing a Second Contract Renewal with JEG 360, LLC, for Consulting  
Services as an Economic Advisor for Kane County  
B.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Cherryl Strathmann  
Ted Penesis  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
Deborah Allan, Gary Daugherty, Ted Penesis, Cherryl  
Strathmann, and David Young  
AYE:  
Anita Lewis, Mavis Bates, and Corinne M. Pierog  
ABSENT:  
Approving a Contract Extension with Hey and Associates Engineering Company  
for the Completion of the Fabulous Fox! Water Trail Infrastructure Project  
C.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Cherryl Strathmann  
Ted Penesis  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
Deborah Allan, Gary Daugherty, Ted Penesis, Cherryl  
Strathmann, and David Young  
AYE:  
Anita Lewis, Mavis Bates, and Corinne M. Pierog  
ABSENT:  
Kane County Economic Development Initiatives Staff Updates  
D.  
Dev. Planner Toth announced the 6th Annual Kane County Makers Madness  
hosted by the Illinois Manufactures Association (IMA) has launched.  
Nominations are now open till March 2, 2025. Public can vote on the coolest  
thing made in Illinois. Products receiving the most votes in the nominating round  
will advance to a seeded, bracketed contest. The winner will be announced at  
the April 9, 2025 awards luncheon in Springfield. The winner will receive an  
award recognizing Makers Madness-The Coolest Thing Made in Illinois, a written  
article about the company and product posted on the website, and a feature  
article about the company in the IMA. There were over 200 products nominated  
last year. Nineteen of the nominated products were in Kane County.  
7.  
Office of Community Reinvestment - Workforce Development Division  
Monthly Finance Report  
A.  
The monthly reports were on file. No additional report was made.  
8.  
9.  
New Business  
None.  
Reports Placed On File  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT  
Ted Penesis  
10.  
11.  
12.  
Comments by Co-Chair  
None.  
Executive Session (if needed)  
None.  
Adjournment  
RESULT:  
APPROVED BY VOICE VOTE  
David Young  
Ted Penesis  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
This meeting was adjourned at 10:54 a.m.  
Rachel Santora  
Recording Secretary