Grundy Reporter

Grundy County Animal Control/Highway/Transit Committee met Sept. 18.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

I. Call to Order 

Attendee Name	Title	Status	Arrived
Harold Vota	Board Member	Present
Doug Boresi	Board Member	Present
Joe Schiavone	Board Member	Present
Douglas Ferro	Board Member	Present
Nathanael Greene	Board Member	Absent
Georgette Vota	Board Member	Present
Eric Rasmusson	Chair	Present
Mary Kucharz	County Administrator	Present
Eric Gibson	Highway Director	Present
Dan Hansen	Highway Civil Engineer	Present
Cody Doran	Highway Engineer Tech	Present
Amanda Olvera	Transit Director	Present
Angela Olson	Animal Control Director	Present
Russ Baker	Assistant State's Attorney	Present
Danny Bullington		Present
Alan Bauerly		Present

II. Public Comment 

III. Approval of Minutes 

1. Animal Control/Highway/Transit Committee - Regular Meeting - Aug 21, 2025 4:30 PM

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Harold Vota, Board Member SECONDER: Joe Schiavone, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

IV. Animal Control Claims 

1. Animal Control Sept Claims

Animal Control claims were signed and approved.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Harold Vota, Board Member SECONDER: Georgette Vota, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

V. Animal Control Report 

1. Animal Control Sept Report

Angela Olson gave a brief summary on the Animal Control report for September.

RESULT: INFORMATIONAL ONLY

VI. Animal Control New Business 

VII. Animal Control Old Business 

VIII. Transit Claims 

1. Transit Claims

Transit claims were signed and approved.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Georgette Vota, Board Member SECONDER: Doug Boresi, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

IX. Transit Report 

1. Transit Report

Amanda Olvera gave a brief summary of the Transit Report.

RESULT: INFORMATIONAL ONLY

X. Transit New Business 

XI. Transit Old Business 

XII. Highway Claims 

1. Highway Claims

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Douglas Ferro, Board Member SECONDER: Georgette Vota, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

XIII. Highway New Business 

A. Preliminary Services Agreement - East Minooka at O'Brien Intersection Improvement - Chamlin & Associates Inc. 

1. Preliminary Services Agreement for Minooka Road and O'Brien Road Intersection - Chamlin

Per Eric Gibson, this is an engineering services agreement for intersection of Minooka and O'Brien. It is for $44,000 and is in the budget. He asked for this to be approved for County Board.

RESULT: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE [UNANIMOUS] Next: 10/14/2025 6:00 PM  MOVER: Joe Schiavone, Board Member SECONDER: Harold Vota, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

B. Variance Granting Relief from Grundy County Access Regulations - Enrique Martinez, East Grand Ridge 

1. Motion to Table Variance

After much discussion this Variance was tabled until next month.

RESULT: TABLED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Joe Schiavone, Board Member SECONDER: Harold Vota, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

XIV. Highway Old Business 

A. Variance Granting Relief from Grundy County Highway Access Regulations - Dan Bullington, East Grand Ridge 

1. Variance Granting Relief from Grundy County Highway Access Regulations - Dan Bullington, East Grand

After much discussion this Variance was tabled until next month.

RESULT: TABLED [UNANIMOUS] Next: 10/23/2025 4:30 PM  MOVER: Joe Schiavone, Board Member SECONDER: Douglas Ferro, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

B. Variance Granting Relief from Grundy County Highway Access Regulations - Brennan Shetina, Dresden Rd 

1. Motion to Dismiss Variance

Per Eric Gibson, after more research the parcels on Dresden road are already approved for entrances.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Joe Schiavone, Board Member SECONDER: Georgette Vota, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

C. Gorman Road Update 

Eric Gibson gave a brief update on Gorman Road.

D. Sherrill Road Update 

Eric Gibson gave a brief update on Sherrill Road.

XV. Budget Reporting 

1. FY25 Budget Tracking

Mary Kucharz gave an update on Budgets.

RESULT: INFORMATIONAL ONLY

XVI. Executive Session (if needed) 

A. Review Executive Session Minutes 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (21) 

B. Discuss Pending Litigation 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (11) 

C. Collective Negotiations 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2) 

D. Land Acquisition and Sale/Lease of Property 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (5) and (6) 

E. Personnel 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1) 

XVII. Action Taken on Recommendation from Executive Session (if needed) 

XVIII. Adjournment

1. Motion to Adjourn

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  MOVER: Douglas Ferro, Board Member SECONDER: Harold Vota, Board Member AYES: Vota, Boresi, Schiavone, Ferro, Vota ABSENT: Greene

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