At its executive committee meeting, the Will County board approved several motions and appointments. The committee recorded results and, where available, vote counts.

Key actions and outcomes

- Contract for state lobbying services (agenda item 25-3158): Committee approved renewal of the county’s contract with the lobbying firm (referred to in the meeting as Mac Strategies). The committee recorded one opposition; the chair announced the count as “10 to 1; motion carries.”

- Resolution supporting renaming of the Chicago Sanitary And Ship Canal (agenda item 25-3159): A member reported an outside group is seeking support from the county for a renaming effort because a large portion of the canal lies in Will County. The committee voted in favor; the chair announced the motion carried (recorded as carried in roll call).

- Intergovernmental agreement with Town of Saint John, Indiana (agenda item 25-2872): The committee authorized the county executive to execute an IGA granting access for certain eastern Will County fire districts to the countywide radio system; staff confirmed the arrangement provides two-way mutual aid radio access. The motion carried on roll call; committee recorded the vote as "11, motion carries."

- County executive appointments: The committee approved executive appointments to the Sunny Hill Sanitary District (agenda item 25-3048) and appointments to the Will County Merit Commission (agenda item 25-3045); the motions carried on unanimous roll calls.

- Addition of a liquor control ordinance amendment to the full-board agenda (agenda item 25-3169): The committee approved adding the item for full-board consideration.

- Agenda approval as amended: The committee approved the county board agenda as amended by the executive committee.

Several items drew little discussion and were placed on the consent agenda for the full board. Other debated items — notably a proposed resolution about federal immigration enforcement and a procedural proposal to move public hearings to Land Use — were either postponed or set for further consideration by the full board.