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Kane County  
KC Jobs Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
LEWIS, ALLAN, Bates, Daugherty, Ford, Strathmann, Young, ex-officios Pierog (County  
Chair), and Tepe (County Vice Chair)  
Friday, October 11, 2024  
10:30 AM  
County Board Room  
1.  
2.  
Call To Order  
Chairman Lewis called the meeting to order at 10:33 AM.  
Roll Call  
Board Member Anita Lewis  
Board Member Deborah Allan  
Board Member Mavis Bates  
Board Member Ron Ford  
PRESENT  
Board Member Cherryl Strathmann  
Board Member David Young  
Ex-Officio County Board Chair Corinne M. Pierog  
Board Member Gary Daugherty  
ABSENT  
Ex-Officio County Board Vice Chair Vern Tepe  
Also present: Co. Bd. members Juby*, Kious*, Roth; Dev. Planner Toth; JEG 360, LLC  
CEO Grueling; Community Reinvestment Dir. Berger*; ITD staff Peters; and members  
of the press and public.  
3.  
4.  
Remote Attendance Requests  
There were no remote attendance requests for today's meeting.  
Approval of Minutes: September 13, 2024  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT  
Deborah Allan  
5.  
6.  
Public Comment  
Kane County resident and Committee Member, Young, recited a prayer that was  
shared at St. Patrick's Parish, pertaining to this year's election.  
Jobs Committee Priorities  
Amending Section 2-48 of the Kane County Code (Standing Committees) to  
Revise Language Related to the Jobs Committee  
A.  
B.  
Dev. Planner, Toth, announced that he was asked to table this ordinance to the  
next Jobs Committee meeting due to a section that needs amending.  
RESULT:  
TABLED  
Proclamation Recognizing Small Business Saturday and Giving Tuesday in  
Kane County  
KC Executive Committee  
RESULT:  
TO:  
MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE  
KC Executive Committee  
David Young  
MOVER:  
Mavis Bates  
SECONDER:  
Anita Lewis, Deborah Allan, Mavis Bates, Ron Ford, Cherryl  
Strathmann, and David Young  
AYE:  
Gary Daugherty, Corinne M. Pierog, and Vern Tepe  
ABSENT:  
Staff Updates on Kane County Economic Development Initiatives  
C.  
JEG 360, LLC CEO, Grueling, stated that the Articles of Incorporation for the  
Kane County Economic Development Corporation were filed with the Secretary  
of State, and approved by the State of Illinois. There are now approved articles,  
and a federal tax identification number. The final step will be to file for tax  
exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. Grueling noted that there is  
now a founding board of members including Steve Pitstick, Sean McCarthy with  
Comcast, and Austin Dempsey with Batavia Enterprises. Once the agreement  
with the County is executed next week, additional Board Members can be  
recruited, as well as municipal representation. Grueling anticipates a strong  
economic development future for Kane County. Discussion ensued.  
7.  
Office of Community Reinvestment - Workforce Development Division  
WIOA Year-End Performance Report  
A.  
Committee Chairman, Lewis, announced that the guest speaker was not able to  
attend the meeting today. This presentation was rescheduled to next month's  
meeting.  
OCR Financials  
B.  
Community Reinvestment Dir., Berger, announced that the monthly reports are  
on file. He provided a status report of the current program year. The program  
came to a close on June 30, 2024. The total amount expended from the 2022  
grant was $2.1M in PY2022 funds. The total amount expended for the PY2023  
grant was $4.5M. The total fiscal benchmarks were exceeded at 80%. For direct  
training, the total amount was achieved at 55%. The total amount of funds  
exceeded for youth and work based learning was achieved at 35%. There was  
62% of Kane County enrollment, 19% from Kendall, and 19% from Dekalb. All  
obligations and requirements were met.  
8.  
9.  
New Business  
None.  
Reports Placed On File  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT  
Deborah Allan  
10.  
11.  
12.  
Comments by Co-Chair  
None.  
Executive Session (if needed)  
None.  
Adjournment  
RESULT:  
APPROVED BY VOICE VOTE  
Cherryl Strathmann  
Mavis Bates  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
This meeting was adjourned at 11:10 a.m.  
Rachel Santora  
Recording Secretary