Lake County Gazette

Lake County Rules Committee met Oct. 10

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call of Members

4. Addenda to the Agenda

5. Public Comment

6. Chair's Remarks

7. Unfinished Business

8. New Business

CONSENT AGENDA (Item 8.1)

*MINUTES*

8.1 25-0399

Committee action approving the Rules Committee minutes from December 4, 2024.

REGULAR AGENDA

8.2 25-1341

Committee action amending Section III.D. and Section V.I.2. of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting a new section: “III.D.2. All recommendations from the Independent Ethics Commission for violations of the Ethics and Conduct Code Section L. Board Member Conduct are forwarded directly to the Lake County Board for action” and revising a Financial and Administrative Committee responsibility in Section V.I.2. to “Reviewing and amending the County’s Ethics and Conduct Code.”

8.3 25-1342

Committee action amending Section V.D.1. of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting language to additionally include the “Committee Chair” in the development and approval of agendas prior to posting and inserting language that “the majority decision of the County Administrator, Committee Chair, and Board Chair shall be” the final decision with respect to any item or document on an agenda where there is a difference of opinion.

8.4 25-1344

Committee action amending Section VI.D.4.b. of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting additional language at the beginning of the paragraph: “At the meeting of the public body, the Members will be notified of the request and reason for the Member to attend electronically.”

8.5 25-1346

Committee action amending Section VII. of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting a new section “VII.L. County Participation in Associations” providing the Financial & Administrative Committee the opportunity to determine which associations to include in the budget, with final action by the County

Board. 8.6 25-1347

Committee action amending Section VIII.D.3.d.ix. of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting “training” and replacing approved by “County Board Chair” with “County Administrator.”

8.7 25-1348

Committee action amending Appendix H Section III of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures by inserting a new section “III.I. Meeting guests must be treated courteously at all times. While a countywide elected official, department head, or their staff, attending the board or committee meeting at the request of the Lake County Board has the floor, board members, committee chairs and the chair of the county board shall refrain from interrupting the speaker unless the speaker is ruled out of order or engages in discourteous behavior” and inserting new section “III.I.1. If, during the course of discussion of an agenda item that includes an invited countrywide elected official, department head, or staff, a county board member makes an assertion that the countywide elected official, department head, or their staff finds erroneous, the guest shall have the opportunity to correct the record before the next member speaks.”

8.8 25-1349

Resolution approving the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures (Amendment 1).

• The County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures (“Board Rules”) were originally adopted on December 10, 2024, after the Lake County Board’s post-election reorganization.

• The Rules Committee has recommended additional amendments to the Board Rules.

9. County Administrator's Report

10. Executive Session

11. Member Remarks and Requests

12. Adjournment

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