Krueger calls workday meetings of County Board discriminatory He says...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 16, 1997 ;     479 words ......accomplish in two hours what needs to be...Krueger said. County Board Chairman James...said conducting County Board business only in...spending so many hours away from work...people packed the County Board chamber Tuesday...comments and three hours of debate, ...

County board claims they need pay raise

Cary Grove Countryside (IL);  June 28, 2001 ;     609 words ......members of the McHenry County Board said the county's...approved for the next County Board. The board voted...to a seat on the County Board during the 2002 elections...a year. The next County Board President will earn...work at about 900 hours (a year)," ...

Cook County Board seeks to curb overtime

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 4, 2005 ;     203 words ...CHICAGO (AP) - The Cook County Board unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday limiting the amount of overtime county employees can work following disclosures that more than...immediately, prohibits employees from working more than 20 hours of overtime a week unless there is an emergency. "I...have ...

Another pay hike for county board is hard to justify.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 9, 2001 ;     555 words ......never seen your DuPage County Board members, here are...walking all over their county board districts, meeting...in the size of the county board being reduced from...will entail about 16 hours of work a month per...meetings conducting county business. But that...And ...

Deputy OT concerns county board

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  December 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ......his base pay -- by working hours and hours of overtime during the 2002...100,000, which has some county board members concerned. "We could...hiring and limit monthly work hours to a safe level. "If we continue...to get the personnel they (county board members) say they will ...

SMALLER COUNTY BOARD MEANS LESS DEMOCRACY.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  January 12, 2006 ;     691 words ......staffers -- to serve the entire County Board. The County Board consumes some $800,000 of the county's $404 million operating budget. A county board of half the size would require more staff...of the current cost of running the current County Board. Advocates for ...

A fine tribute County board dedicates bench to former colleague.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 11, 2007 ;     225 words ......divided his work hours between the DuPage County Board and his practice...where he spent many hours. Friends praised...optimist. On the county board, when he was confronted...was elected to the county board serving District...

Bill could help County Board in downsizing

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Bill could help County Board in downsizing Minority...the number of elected County Board supervisors. Under a bill...simple majority of the County Board -- rather than a two...redistricting to hold the County Board at 25 seats, create a...activists pleaded for four ...

DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD

Sun Publications (IL);  April 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ......DECISIONS -- • The issue: County Board Chairman Gayle M. Franzen resigned...political power. The next step: The County Board has to pick one of its members...be accessible by the public 24 hours a day, instead of just during regular business hours. What it means to you: ...

LET COUNTY BOARDS SHRINK FOR SUCCESS GOV. JIM DOYLE SHOULD SIGN SENATE...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  November 2, 2005 ;     359 words ......But 37 heads on the Dane County Board is too many to get much done. The Dane County Board spent more than a year...as chairman. Countless hours of time and energy were...the latest example of a county board that suffers from factional...of the 37 members of the County ...

Land owner fights for waste station Suit claims county board's denial was...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  June 5, 2003 ;     455 words ......initially by a county committee, and then the full county board. The basis of the appeal is that we believe the decision by the county board had no factual basis, he said. Among issues...about were traffic, noise, odor and pollution. County board concerns centered around the ...

County board may consider legal fee limits

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 9, 1999 ;     209 words ......under a proposal four Cook County Board members plan to introduce...predict, but at least the county board will know what type of...Sun-Times disclosed that the county board paid $3.7 million in fees...details, including how many hours the lawyers worked. Judges...the bills, ...

Sheriff's deputies called to quell raucous debate on County Board

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......quell raucous debate on County Board By DAVE UMHOEFER AND LINDA...to alter the size of the County Board -- a protest that got so...lawsuits and stalled for four hours trying -- unsuccessfully...open the door to a smaller County Board and diluted representation...committee set ...

County Board trims pop up again; Executive candidates clash on cutting...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 7, 2005 ;     605 words ......to revisit the idea of downsizing the County Board as part of his strategy for cutting...budget. Vrakas, who is running against County Board Chairman James Dwyer, also would consider...part-time and eliminating a lobbyist on the County Board staff. Dwyer contends that those changes...

Will County Board, District 1, Republican

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  October 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ......two-year terms, vote for three) w/pic Will County Board, District 1, Republican Will County Board, District 1, Republican Will County Board, District 1, Democrat Will County Board, District 1; Democrat Will County Board, District 1, Democrat William R. ...