Government Center  
719 S. Batavia Ave., Bldg. A  
Geneva, IL 60134  
Kane County  
KC American Rescue Plan  
Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
TEPE, Sanchez, Bates, Gripe, Gumz, Lenert, Molina, Strathmann, Surges  
Wednesday, February 26, 2025  
10:30 AM  
County Board Room  
1.  
2.  
Call To Order  
Chairman Tepe called today's meeting to order at 10:30 AM.  
Roll Call  
Board Member Jarett Sanchez  
Board Member Jon Gripe  
PRESENT  
Board Member Bill Lenert  
Board Member Cherryl Strathmann  
Board Member Vern Tepe  
Board Member Myrna Molina  
REMOTE  
ABSENT  
Board Member Mavis Bates  
Board Member Michelle Gumz  
Board Member Clifford Surges  
Board Member Jarett Sanchez  
Board Member Jon Gripe  
PRESENT  
Board Member Bill Lenert  
Board Member Cherryl Strathmann  
Board Member Vern Tepe  
Board Member Myrna Molina  
REMOTE  
ABSENT  
Board Member Mavis Bates  
Board Member Michelle Gumz  
Board Member Clifford Surges  
Also present: Co. Bd. members Roth, Allan*, Kious*, Penesis*; ARPA Program Mgr.  
Fahnestock; Environ. & Water Res. Dir. Wollnik; Circuit Clk. Barreiro; ASA Frank; ITD  
staff Peters; and members of the press and public.  
3.  
4.  
Remote Attendance Requests  
Chairman Tepe announced the remote attendance requests for today's meeting. He  
asked the Committee if there were any objections to Committee Member Molina  
attending remotely. There were no objections.  
Approval of Minutes: November 20, 2024  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT  
Jarett Sanchez  
5.  
6.  
Public Comment  
None.  
Discussion Items:  
ARP Committee Report  
A.  
Chairman Tepe stated that $103,413.41 was received in 2021. The funds were  
required to be obligated by December 31, 2024. He stated that the obligation  
has been completed. All funds need to be spent by December 31, 2026.  
B.  
Other Committee Matters  
None.  
1.  
Committee Responsibility Overview by Chairman Vern Tepe  
Chairman Tepe stated that the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Committee for 2025  
consists of nine members. The ARPA Committee oversees the Kane County ARPA  
Program. He noted that the awards process was thoroughly vetted by Finance staff, the  
State's Attorney's Office, and Ernst & Young. Moving forward, Tepe emphasized that  
payments of awards need to be tracked, and that the committee need to continue to  
adhere to the ARPA rules and requirements. When an ARPA project is completed, the  
committee has the ability to reprogram unspent funds from one contracted agreement  
to another. Much discussion ensued.  
7.  
New Business  
Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds  
as Reported to the US Department of Treasury in the Amount of $304,046  
(Three Hundred Four Thousand Forty-Six Dollars) from the Kane County Circuit  
Clerk’s Office’s Microfilm Archiving ARPA Project to Kane County Building  
Management Department’s Kitchen & Laundry Area Improvements at the Kane  
County Justice Center ARPA Project  
A.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Jarett Sanchez  
MOVER:  
Cherryl Strathmann  
SECONDER:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
AYE:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds  
as Reported to the US Department of Treasury in the Amount of $120,100.34  
(One Hundred Twenty Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents)  
from the Kane County Circuit Clerk’s Office’s Microfilm Archiving ARPA Project  
to Kane County ARPA Program Administrative Cost Projection Project  
B.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Cherryl Strathmann  
Jarett Sanchez  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
AYE:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds  
as Reported to the US Department of Treasury in the Amount of $17,505.66  
(Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Five Dollars and Sixty-Six Cents) from the  
Kane County Circuit Clerk’s Office’s Microfilm Archiving ARPA Project to Kane  
County 16th Judicial Circuit Court’s Judicial Technology Modernization ARPA  
Project  
C.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Bill Lenert  
MOVER:  
Cherryl Strathmann  
SECONDER:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds  
as Reported to the US Treasury in the Amount of $20,818.80 (Twenty Thousand  
Eight Hundred Eighteen Dollars and Eighty Cents) from the Kane County  
Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Ogden Gardens ARPA Project  
to the Kane County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Drainage  
Cost Share Consultant and Capital ARPA Project  
D.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Jarett Sanchez  
MOVER:  
Cherryl Strathmann  
SECONDER:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
AYE:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds  
as Reported to the US Department of Treasury in the Amount of $5,600 (Five  
Thousand Six Hundred Dollars) from the Kane County Environmental & Water  
Resources Department’s Stream Gauging Network ARPA Project to the Kane  
County Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Drainage Cost Share  
Consultant and Capital ARPA Project  
E.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Bill Lenert  
MOVER:  
Cherryl Strathmann  
SECONDER:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
AYE:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds  
as Reported to the US Department of Treasury from the Kane County  
Environmental & Water Resources Water Quality Sampling ARPA Project in the  
Amount of $58 (Fifty-Eight Dollars) to the Kane County Environmental & Water  
Resources Drainage Cost Share Consultant and Capital ARPA Project  
F.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Cherryl Strathmann  
Jarett Sanchez  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
AYE:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds  
as Reported to the US Department of Treasury from the Kane County  
Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Water Conservation Education  
ARPA Project in the Amount of $27 (Twenty-Seven Dollars) to the Kane County  
Environmental & Water Resources Department’s Drainage Cost Share  
Consultant and Capital ARPA Project  
G.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Jarett Sanchez  
MOVER:  
Cherryl Strathmann  
SECONDER:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
AYE:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
Authorizing the 2024 Reprogramming of ARPA Lost Revenue Recoupment  
Funds as Reported to the US Department of Treasury in the Amount of $9,800  
(Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars) from the Kane County 16th Judicial  
Circuit Court Services’ Probation Victim Services & Alliance Against Intoxicated  
Motorists Projects to the Kane County Building Management Department’s  
Exterior Envelope Pipe Chase Improvement at the Kane County Jail ARPA  
Project  
H.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Jarett Sanchez  
MOVER:  
Bill Lenert  
SECONDER:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
Jon Gripe  
ABSENT:  
ABSTAIN:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
Jon Gripe  
ABSENT:  
ABSTAIN:  
Approving Amendment to Behavioral Health System Improvement Grant  
Agreement(s) with Kids Above All  
I.  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
Jarett Sanchez  
TO:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
Cherryl Strathmann  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
AYE:  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
AYE:  
Jarett Sanchez, Bill Lenert, Myrna Molina, Cherryl Strathmann,  
and Vern Tepe  
Jon Gripe  
NAY:  
Mavis Bates, Michelle Gumz, and Clifford Surges  
ABSENT:  
8.  
Old Business  
None.  
9.  
Executive Session (if needed)  
None.  
10.  
Adjournment  
RESULT:  
APPROVED BY VOICE VOTE  
Jarett Sanchez  
MOVER:  
Cherryl Strathmann  
SECONDER:  
This meeting was adjourned at 11:24 a.m.  
Rachel Santora  
Recording Secretary