The Zoning & Planning Committee heard a series of departmental reports covering routine operations and upcoming work.

Assessment/GIS: Jennifer said the Assessor’s Office continues daily work on deed transfers, permits and exemptions and is finalizing the 2025 valuation for publication; staff member Carmela Zigler recently completed certified Illinois assessing officer training. The GIS group reported ongoing parcel maintenance, zoning layer updates, 911 dataset enhancements to support emergency response mapping and improvements to the parcel‑viewer search function.

IT: Paul reported a multi‑year internship partnership with Best and detailed current projects including computer replacements, Windows security migrations, an upcoming detective server deployment to store investigation data per state guidelines, and a new fiber connection to the Law Enforcement Center and Animal Control expected to be completed by December. He also said Reagan Mass Transit will be separated onto its own phone and fiber connection.

Regional Office of Education: Chris Tennison summarized a busy autumn — a superintendent meeting (22 of 24 attended), sessions on AI in education, coordination with NOAA for weather decisions, draft school report cards distributed to districts, and outreach events such as the Pathway Playground where more than 1,300 middle‑school students participated.

These reports were received for the record; committee members thanked staff for their work and there were no formal votes on these departmental updates.