Farm Bureau Bending County Officials’ Ears

County Board Member Mark Revis, left, visits with Kris and Don Mulderink during the program about farmland preservation and how to work better with the county on solar projects and what they were considering for local control improvements.

Brad and Kelly Metzger visit and check their phones for information on broadband data with County Board Member Julie Berkowicz and her husband Walter. Will County Farm Bureau sent a letter to the state supporting the grant process that Will County is involved with and have worked with County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant’s office as well as County Board Chairwoman Judy Ogalla’s office.

This group poses for a picture after the program to discuss more information about NRI and LESA scoring for development projects that the county considers and that a summary or executive paper would be helpful for highlighting the important parts of each report. From left, County Board Member Katie Deane Schlottman, Farm Bureau Board President Steve Warrick Sr. and County Board Member Dan Butler. Dan also was reporting on the resolution he carried to a meeting with NACO to support the ag community.

Circuit Clerk Andrea Lynn Chasteen, right, visits with Kathleen Bettenhausen in regards to the technical improvements that have been made in her office to help streamline the process for the public during a program held with county officials and Will County Farm Bureau.

Roger Bettenhausen and Joe VanDuyne, Public Works and Transportation Chair for the County Board, talk about several road projects that are the list for being done in the 2024 season, the need for alternative routes for travel and how the Peotone Wilmington Blacktop project was progressing.