PASSAGE Tour,
October 20
The next LCML Membership meeting will be held on Thursday, October 20, at the Lake County Transportation Center, 600 W. Winchester, Libertyville. The meeting will feature a tour of the facility and the PASSAGE traffic control system. We will begin the meeting a little earlier so we can see the system in action during rush hour.
- Date: Thursday, October 20
- Time: 5:30 (note start time)
- Lake County DOT
600 W. Winchester, Libertyville
RSVP to Chris Gentes at (847) 270-3126 or lcml@sbcglobal.net by October 17.
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The Cutting Edge Program
Lake County Municipal League has introduced The Cutting Edge Program to encourage creative thinking to develop programs, policies or procedures that may be shared with municipalities in the county. An award will be presented to The Cutting Edge winning project at the November 17 LCML Annual Banquet.
The Cutting Edge Program is open to all LCML municipal and county members. To be considered for a Cutting Edge Award, a program, policy or procedure must be shown to successfully meet the needs or challenges of the community in a cost-effective way. There should also be tangible results or measurable outcomes from the implementation of the program, policy or procedure. Ultimately the program, policy or procedure must be shown to improve the quality of life for residents in the community. An application may be found at http://www.lakecountyleague.org/cuttingedge.pdf. |
2012 LCML Meeting Dates
Membership meetings (Thursdays) January 19 March 15 May 17 July 19 Golf Outing in early September September 20 IML October 18-20 November 15 (banquet) Meetings will continue to be held in different locations each time. Watch for details in the LCMLetter. |
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| Ship in A Bottle Tour
The Lake County Military Advisory Council will meet on Saturday, October 22, at Great Lakes Naval Base. The meeting will include breakfast and a tour of the "Ship in a Bottle", the USS Whitehat, which is used for training. This is a different tour than the one we did in the past.
Breakfast will be served at 8:30 am and then the tour. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Chris Gentes at (847) 830-7734 or lcml@sbcglobal.net by October 18. You must be on a reservation list to enter the base at the Main Gate. No one will be allowed to enter without being on the list.
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Local Government Distributive Fund Update
As reported on the IML website, the State of Illinois is three months behind in disbursing Local Government Distributive Fund payments and owes a total of $233,182,354.90 to counties and municipalities as of October 1, 2011. The last payment made was the June payment on September 24. In comparison, on October 1, 2010, the State was behind by three months and owed a total of $223,841,917.74. For the 2011 calendar year, the delay in state payments is averaging 104.5 days. In 2010, the delay in state payments averaged 129 days.
For the typical municipal 2012 FY (May to April), LGDF payments are up by 2.37% or just under $10 million from FY 2011.
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2011 Annual Banquet
Thursday, November 17
Join Lake County Municipal for 7-course dinner and networking with other elected officials.
- Country Squire Restaurant
- Routes 120 and 45
- Grayslake
Please invite your municipality's elected officials, spouses and staff to attend. LCML Associates members are welcome to attend.
- Tickets are $50 per person.
- Cash bar at 6:00 pm
- Dinner at 7:00 pm
Reservations must be made and paid for by November 4. Click here for a reservation form. Return form to LCML, 1937 Municipal Way, Round Lake Beach, IL 60073. For more information, please call Chris Gentes at (847) 270-3126 or lcml@sbcglobal.net.
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