OGLE COUNTY YEARBOOK 2019 - 2021 PRESENTED BY: LAURA J. COOK OGLE COUNTY CLERK & RECORDER TABLE OF CONTENTS Office Telephone Numbers & Hours 4 Ogle County Zip Codes 5 Ogle County History 6 State Officers 8 County Government 13 Appointed County Commissions & Boards 22 Ogle County Bar Association 26 County Board Members 28 Dates of County Board Meetings 31 County Board Committees 32 Duties of Various Committees 35 Rules of Order 40 County Map 44 Township Officials 46 City & Village Officials 58 Ogle County Polling Places 66 Ogle County Election Schedule 67 Ogle County Holiday Schedule 68 Deputy Registrars 69 Precinct Committeemen & Women 71 Newspapers & Recreation Licenses 77 Liquor Licenses and Fees 78 Valuations of Ogle County Districts 80 Visit the Ogle County Website for more information: WWW.OGLECOUNTY.ORG 2019 - 2021 OGLE COUNTY YEARBOOK This Yearbook is a guide to Ogle County Government as well as other units of government within the County. The other units of government have provided us with names of office holders, meeting dates and times and location of offices. We also strive to have the most current information as possible, however, often as soon as we go to press something changes. The next Yearbook will be published after the next Consoli- dated Election in 2021. Please e-mail ([email protected]) or contact the office with any updates for the next publication. Sincerely, Ogle County Clerk & Recorder OGLE COUNTY OFFICE PHONE NUMBERS Courthouse & Judicial Center hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (M-F) Area Code (815) Animal Control 732-1185 Judge Hanson 732-1161 Assessments 732-1150 Judge Lindsey 732-1163 Board Chairman 732-1111 Judge Redington 732-1164 Circuit Clerk (Civil) 732-1130 Judge Roe 732-1162 Circuit Clerk (Traffic) 732-1135 Probation 732-1180 Circuit Clerk Recorder 732-1115 (Criminal) 732-1140 Office of Education 732-1430 Coroner 732-1199 Sheriff’s Department 732-1101 Corrections 732-2135 Solid Waste 732-4020 County Clerk 732-1110 State’s Attorney 732-1170 Health Department 562-6976 Treasurer / Collector 732-1100 Highway 732-2851 Zoning 732-1190 4 OGLE COUNTY ZIP CODES Ashton 61006 Baileyville 61007 Byron 61010 Chana 61015 Creston 60113 Davis Junction 61020 Dixon 61021 Esmond 60129 Forreston 61030 Holcomb 61043 Kings 61068 Leaf River 61047 Lindenwood 61049 Monroe Center 61052 Mt. Morris 61054 Oregon 61061 Polo 61064 Rochelle 61068 Rockford 61101 Stillman Valley 61084 Woosung 61091 5 OGLE COUNTY HISTORY What is now Ogle County was once a part of the Northwest Territory. The Hopewell Mound Builders were in the Ogle County area sometime between 300 B.C. to 500 A.D.. Our modern Indians occupied Ogle County starting in the 1600’s to the 1800’s. Blackhawk was born in 1767 and died in 1838, six years after the Blackhawk War. In 1634, the French Fur Traders were the first white men to set foot on what is now Ogle County. By the Treaty of Paris in 1763 the French possession in Illinois passed to the British. In 1778, George Rogers Clark and his “Kentucky Long Knives” captured Kaskaskia, Illinois and we were under the control of the State of Virginia. In 1784, Virginia ceded the Northwest Territory which included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and a portion of Minnesota to the Federal Union. Illinois was admitted to the Federal Union as the 21st State on December 3, 1818. The Legislature formed Ogle County in 1836, which was at that time a part of Jo Daviess County. The name, Ogle, was suggested by Thomas Ford in memory of Captain Joseph Ogle, who distinguished himself for his courage and coolness during the Revolutionary War. The first session of the Ogle County Commissioners’ Court was held on January 3, 1837, and Oregon was chosen to be the County Seat. Plans for a Courthouse were adopted on December 8, 1838, and in 1841, the building was completed. “The Prairie Bandits” burned the Courthouse before it could be occupied. The present Courthouse was completed in 1891, at a total cost of $106,951.46 for the building and equipment. 6 In December of 1839, the County Board ordered Oregon City to be called Florence; however, in 1843 it was renamed Oregon. Names of other towns were once different than those used today: Rochelle was called Lane; Byron was called Bloomingville; Polo was called Buffalo Grove and St. Mary’s. On November 6, 1849, the electorate voted for Township Organization and the Commissioner’s Court appointed three men to divide the county into Townships. They recommended dividing Ogle County into 19 Townships, with an area of 757 square miles. Today we have 24 Townships in Ogle County. The first special meeting of the Board of Supervisors was held November 11, 1850. In 1972, in compliance with the State Legislature’s decision on reapportionment, Ogle County held its first election to elect County Board members. This replaced the system whereby the Township Supervisors served as the County Board. Through reapportionment in 2010, the county was divided into eight districts with three members from each district. A Township Supervisor may also be a County Board member, but not necessarily. County Building Projects A renovation of the interior of the Courthouse was completed in 1984, at a cost of $1,500,000.00. The Courthouse was renovated again in July of 2009, with the discovery of “Memorial Hall” on the third floor. The Ogle County Judicial Center was built in 2005 and dedicated on August 20, 2005. The Judicial Center houses the Probation Department, States Attorney Office, Circuit Clerk’s Office and courts for Ogle County. The Ogle County Public Safety Complex which houses the Sheriff , Coroner and 9-1-1 Departments was completed in 2015. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Rochelle houses a satellite office of the Ogle County Health Department and Ogle County Probation Department was remodeled in 2017. In 2019 construction began on the Ogle County Judicial Center Annex which will replace the Jail built in the late 1960s. 7 STATE OFFICERS Governor - JB Pritzker (D) www.illinois.gov Chicago Office Springfield Office James R. Thompson Center 207 State Capitol Building 100 W. Randolph Street, Ste. 16-100 Springfield, IL 62706 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: 217-782-0244 Phone: 312-814-2121 TTY: 888-261-3336 Lieutenant Governor - Juliana Stratton (D) www.illinois.gov/ltg Chicago Office Springfield Office James R. Thompson Center 214 State Capitol Building 100 W. Randolph Street, Ste. 15-200 Springfield, IL 62706 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: 217-558-3085 Phone: 312-814-5240 Fax: 217-558-3094 Fax: 312-814-5228 TTY: 888-261-3336 Secretary of State - Jesse White (D) www.cyberdriveillinois.com Chicago Office Springfield Office 69 W Washington Street, Ste. 1240 213 State Capitol Chicago, IL 60602 Springfield, IL 62756 Phone: 312-793-3380 Phone: 800-252-8980 Attorney General - Kwame Raoul (D) www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov Chicago Main Office Springfield Main Office 100 West Randolph Street 500 South Second Street Chicago, IL 60601 Springfield, IL 62706 Phone: 312-814-3000 Phone: 217-782-1090 TTY: 1-800-964-3013 TTY: 877-844-5461 Carbondale Main Office 601 South University Ave. Carbondale, IL 62901 (618) 529-6400/6401 TTY: 1-877-675-9339 8 Comptroller - Susana A. Mendoza (D) www.ioc.state.il.us Chicago Office Springfield Office James R. Thompson Center 325 West Adams 100 W. Randolph Street, Ste. 15-500 Springfield, IL 62704 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: 217-782-6000 Phone: 312-814-2451 Treasurer - Michael W. Frerichs (D) www.treasurer.il.gov Chicago - General Springfield Office James R. Thompson Center 219 State Capitol Building 100 W. Randolph Street, Ste. 15-600 Springfield, IL 62706 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: 217-782-2211 Phone: 312-814-1700 Fax: 217-785-2777 Fax: 312-814-5930 TTY:866-877-6013 U.S. Senator - Richard J. Durbin (D) www.durbin.senate.gov Washington DC Office Springfield Office 711 Hart Senate Office Building 525 S. Eighth Street Washington, DC 20510 Springfield, IL 62703 Phone: 202-224-2152 Phone: 217-492-4062 Fax: 202-228-0400 Fax: 217-492-4382 Chicago Office Carbondale 230 S. Dearborn Street 250 W. Cherry Street Suite 3892 Suite 115D Chicago, IL 60604 Carbondale, IL 62901 Phone: 312-353-4952 Phone: 618.351.1122 Fax: 312-353-0150 Fax: 618.351.1124 Rock Island 1504 Third Avenue - Suite 227 Rock Island, IL 61201 p: 309.786.5173 f: 309.786.5404 U.S. Senator - Tammy Duckworth (D) www.duckworth.senate.gov Washington DC Office Springfield Office 524 Hart Senate Office Bldg 8 S. Old State Capitol Plaza Washington, DC 20510 Springfield, IL 62701 Phone: 202-224-2854 Phone: 217-528-6124 Fax:202-228-4611 9 U.S. Representative, District 16 Congressman - Adam Kinzinger (R) www.kinzinger.house.gov Washington DC Office Ottawa District Office 2245 Rayburn HOB 628 Columbus Street - Ste. 507 Washington, DC 20515 Ottawa, IL 61350 Phone: 202-225-3635 Phone: 815-431-9271 Fax: 202-225-3521 Fax: 815-431-9383 Watseka District Office Rockford Office 342 West Walnut 725 North Lyford Road -Suite 3 Watseka, IL 60970 Rockford, IL 61107 Phone: 815-432-0580 Phone: 815-708-8032 State Senator, District 45 Brian Stewart (R) http://senatorstewart.com/ Freeport District Office Springfield Office 50 W. Douglas Street - Ste. 1001 105C Capitol Building Freeport, IL 61032 Springfield, IL 62706 Phone: 815-232-0074 Phone: 217-782-0180 Fax: 217-782-9586 10 State Representative, District 89 Andrew Chesney (R) http://chesneyforillinois.com Freeport District Office Springfield Office 50 W. Douglas - Suite 1001 210-N. Stratton Office Building Freeport, IL 61032 Springfield, IL 62706 Phone: 815-232-0774 Phone: 217-782-8186 Fax: 815-232-0777 Fax: 217-558-7016 State Representative, District 90 Tom Demmer (R) www.tomdemmer.org District Office Springfield Office 105 E.