With two U-Haul trucks having left Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka’s home late last week, it certainly looks as if he is leaving Illinois. If so, he would be the second head of a local government to pull up stakes. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Chris Jenner
Long-time McHenry County College Board Trustee Linda Liddell was selected on a 6-1 vote to replace Chris Jenner as President of the Board. She replaced Vice-Chairman and Interim Chairman Diane Evertsen, who received the one vote, from Karen Tirio. MCC … Continue reading
At a 5 PM meeting of the McHenry County College Board on Thursday night, former Board President Chris Jenner will be replaced. Not only will a replacement be named for his spot on the College Board, but a person will … Continue reading
Earlier it was reported that Chris Jenner and his wife were moving to Florida. That was the reason that he gave for resigning as President of the McHenry County College Board. Jenner is also a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Cary … Continue reading
Escaping the cold weather and the high taxes of McHenry County will be McHenry County Board President Chris Jenner. Vice President Diane Evertsen now steps into his shoes until a replacement can be elected. This press release from MCC seeks … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County College: McHenry County College Board of Trustees Approves New Staff Council Contract [Oct. 4, 2017.Crystal Lake, IL] The McHenry County College Staff Council (MCCSC) and the McHenry County College (MCC) Board of Trustees reached … Continue reading
Diane Evertsen replaced Cynthia Kisser on the McHenry County College Board Thursday night. It was one of the first turnovers resulting from the April 4th elections. In the election of officers of the newly constituted Board of Trustees, Chris Jenner … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Board President Ron Parrish is quite pleased with what administrators offered up Thursday night to solve the science and health science facility deficiency. “Wonderful,” was his first comment after the presentation by newly-installed President Clint Gabbard. “This is … Continue reading
District 1 McHenry County Board candidate Tom Wilbeck, a former reform member of the McHenry County College Board, send out his second post card this week. It ties him to MCC Board and former District 26 Grade School Board member … Continue reading
By a unanimous vote, including Student Trustee Jeremy Sacrament, McHenry County College Trustees voted to impose a $10 per credit hour infrastructure fee starting this summer. One Trustee called it a “user fee.” Including the extra $10, the cost per … Continue reading
Thursday night, the McHenry County College Board will consider imposing a $10 per credit hour fee to force students to help pay for new and/or improved facilities. Here’s what the minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting say about … Continue reading
At Tuesday night’s meeting of the McHenry County College Board, most of the discussion was about large (over $30 million) building plan. More important in the short-term is what the Board will do to our taxes next spring. Chief Financial … Continue reading
Tuesday night the McHenry County College Board talked about a consultant-proposed $62-$78 million recommended renovation and expansion of the college campus. With Full Time Equivalent enrollment down 7.6% since 2011, but a need to update science laboratories which one Trustee … Continue reading
Since McHenry County College was scheduled to hear the recommendation of its finance guy Bob Tentua last night, I thought I’d spread some warm fuzzies about my and other taxpayers’ appreciation that the Board had kept last year’s tax burden … Continue reading
That’s what some staff members call McHenry County College President Vicky Smith. Some offices have been painted twice since she arrived, but not her own suite. Smith brought up the topic at the Board’s last meeting, but it was pretty … Continue reading
Recently elected McHenry County Trustee Mike Smith of Lakewood was elected President of the College Board by a 4-3 vote. He replaced his April running mate Ron Parrish, who sought re-election to the Board Presidency, being nominated by newly-sworn in … Continue reading
I attended the meeting of the McHenry County College Board tonight because of the following agenda item: ACCEPT AND APPROVE DR. SMITH’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO RETIRE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2015, AND GRANT DR. SMITH A POST RETIREMENT STIPEND … Continue reading
After a long and secret retreat, the McHenry County College selected the architectural firm of Demonica Kempter Architects (DKA). (Fortunately, I brought three newspapers and a new science fiction novel to read while waiting in the hall.) The firm was … Continue reading
At the very end of a four-hour series of meetings, McHenry County College Trustee Tom Wilbeck tendered his resignation. He explained that he and his wife had decided to downsize and had purchased a new home in McHenry County. “Last … Continue reading
In one of the few instances in which a challenger defeated a sitting GOP Precinct Committeeman, Chris Jenner beat long-time incumbent Kathleen DeRaedt 91-87. This is one of the precincts in which McHenry County Republican Central Committee Chairman Mike Tryon … Continue reading