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Bruce Rauner  42Nd Governor of Illinois February 2015 Bruce Rauner 42nd Governor of Illinois IML Legislative Agenda for 2015 2 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | FEBRUARY 2015 ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL EDITOR IN CHIEF Brad Cole 5 From the Editor’s Desk MANAGING EDITOR Roger Huebner 6 Bruce Rauner 42nd Governor State of Illinois Inaugural Remarks PUBLICATION COORDINATOR Rebecca Turner 7 Illinois’ Constitutional Officers 2015 (ssn 0019-2139) 9 Estimated State Shared Municipal Revenue MFY 2016 Telephone (217) 525-1220 9 Municipal Calendar February Volume 94, No 02, February 2015. Total number 1,072. 10 State Shared Municipal Revenue an Historical View The Illinois Municipal Review (USPS 258-180) is published monthly in Springfield, IL, by the Illinois 14 IML Legislative Update: Municipal League, Editorial and Executive Offices, IML Legislative Agenda for 2015 500 E. Capitol Ave., Springfield, IL 62701. 16 IMLRMA Today: Subscription per year: Member $15.00. Domestic $30.00. The Duty to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence in Law Enforcement Investigations Periodical postage paid at Springfield, IL 62705-5180. 18 IML Legal Brief: www.iml.org (Other) Legal Opinions from 2014 that Municipal Officials Should Know POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Illinois Municipal Review, PO Box 5180, Springfield, IL 62705. 20 HB 5709 Land Valuation Waivers Signed into Law 21 IML Committee Leadership Changes 22 Awards Corner Award Profile: All America City Award Award Winner: Governor’s Hometown Award 26 Professional Services Directory 28 Fun in Illinois! February Festivals COVER: District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman administers the oath of offi ce to Gov. Bruce Rauner Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfi eld, Ill. Rauner’s wife, Diana, holds the bible. Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register. FEBRUARY 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 3 4 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | FEBRUARY 2015 OFFICERS OF THE FROM THE Editor’s Desk ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE PRESIDENT The US Department of Housing and Urban Development Mayor Gerald E. Daugherty, Mascoutah (HUD) announced the FY 2014 Notice of Funds Available FIRST VICE PRESIDENT (NOFA) for Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Village President Thomas Gray, Chatham has been posted (grants.gov). Applications are due on Monday, February 9, 2015. The NOFA makes available approximately $76 SERGEANT-AT-ARMS million for Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants. Village President Dale B. Adams, Rockton The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR accepting requests for proposals (RFP) under the 2014-2015 Brad Cole Environmental Education (EE) Grants Program. EPA seeks VICE PRESIDENTS grant proposals to support locally-focused environmental Mayor Thomas J. Weisner, Aurora education projects that promote environmental awareness and Village President Karen Darch, Barrington stewardship. Successful applicants will submit projects that Mayor Mark W. Eckert, Belleville design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education Mayor Michael Chamberlain, Belvidere practices, methods, or techniques. Village President Joe Cook, Channahon Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago EPA expects to award three grants from each of EPA’s 10 Regional Mayor Kevin B. Hutchinson, Columbia Offi ces, for a total of approximately 30 grants nationwide. Mayor Aaron Shepley, Crystal Lake Applications are due March 6, 2015. Read the RFP and learn how Mayor Michael T. McElroy, Decatur to apply at: http://go.usa.gov/MsN4. A webinar specifi c to the EE Village President Teresa Kernc, Diamond Local Grants RFP will be scheduled for a later date. Mayor Gail Mitchell, Fairview Heights Mayor James L. Gitz, Freeport Mayor Joe W. Bisch, Grayville The Illinois Crime Prevention Association (ICPA) awarded Village President Rodney S. Craig, Hanover Park Naperville Mayor A. George Pradel its 2014 Citizen of the Mayor Andy Ezard, Jacksonville Year award. Naperville Crime Stoppers also received the coveted Mayor Keith Snyder, Lincoln Organization of the Year award. ICPA awards individuals and Mayor Joseph J. Broda, Lisle groups that have proven crime prevention commitment and Village President Eugene Williams, Lynwood service to their communities. Mayor Michael J. Inman, Macomb Mayor Robert L. Butler, Marion The Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) has posted their class Mayor Timothy D. Gover, Mattoon schedule for 2015. https://www.fsi.illinois.edu/content/courses/ Mayor Mary Jane Chesley, Mount Vernon programs/homeland%20security/. As additional classes are added, Mayor Leon Rockingham, Jr., North Chicago they will be posted to the IFSI website. Village President Jack Reidner, Ogden Mayor Jim Ardis, Peoria Mayor Scott J. Harl, Peru Members of the Illinois Municipal Treasurer’s Association Village President Rick Reinbold, Richton Park (IMTA) completed the Illinois Municipal Treasurer’s Institute, Mayor Chet Olson, Rochelle which was held in Bloomington this past November. The Institute Mayor Dennis E. Pauley, Rock Island is conducted by Eastern Illinois University and is designed to Mayor Lawrence J. Morrissey, Rockford fulfi ll the educational requirements necessary for professional Mayor Richard H. Hill, Round Lake Beach designation of certifi cation at the state and national level. Village President David L. Owen, South Chicago Heights Mayor Greg Brotherton, Taylorville The Institute is an intensive four-day residential program held Mayor Ricky J. Gottman, Vandalia each year for three years. In 2014, nine people completed Phase I, Mayor Gary W. Manier, Washington ten people completed Phase II and four people completed Phase Mayor Tom Jordan, West Frankfort III - Kendra Alexander, Village of Creve Coeur; Rhonda Hyde, Village of Bedford Park; Tina Lindsey, City of Johnston City; PAST PRESIDENTS and Linda Sharp, City of Columbia. Once the three phases Mayor J. Michael Houston, Springfi eld have been completed, those treasurers can then return for the Mayor Roger C. Claar, Bolingbrook Advanced 8 or Advanced 16 training. In all, 64 treasurers received Village President B.J. Hackler, Saint Joseph valuable training which will assist each of them in keeping abreast Mayor Gerald R. Bennett, Palos Hills Mayor Gary L. Graham, O’Fallon of changes affecting their important and increasingly diffi cult Mayor Al Larson, Schaumburg role in municipal government. For more information please Mayor Scott Eisenhauer, Danville visit www.imtausa.org. Mayor Darryl F. Lindberg, Loves Park FEBRUARY 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 5 Bruce Rauner 42nd Governor State of Illinois Inaugural Remarks Bruce Rauner took the oath of offi ce as Illinois’ 42nd Governor all those throughout the state will be called upon to share in on Monday, January 12, 2015. the sacrifi ce so that one day we can again share in Illinois’ prosperity. We all must shake up our old ways of thinking. In his inaugural speech, Governor Rauner emphasized the need I promise to you this administration will make our decisions to revitalize the Illinois economy by making the state more based on the next generation; not the next election.” accommodating and inviting to business: Reforming and investing in the education system was “We need a booming economy that is pro-growth, pro-business, emphasized as a critical priority by Governor Rauner. Driving pro-job creation or we won’t have the money to solve any of results in education will foster future economic growth: our other problems. Our state must become competitive again. In the weeks ahead, I’ll be asking the legislature to work “For in order to thrive, we must prepare the next generation with me to pass a comprehensive jobs and economic package for success. From cradle to career, the people of Illinois that will get Illinois working again. Let’s get our sons and deserve world-class educational opportunities. daughters to return home!” A high-quality education is essential for higher lifetime earnings, a competitive, world-class workforce, and strong Governor Rauner highlighted Illinois’ budget crisis and the economic growth.” absence of stable policies as a hurdle to making Illinois the destination state that he envisions. His intent is to implement To assert his political independence, Governor Rauner put reforms that will begin to bring the State’s fi nances under his own twist on a legendary line ripped from Chicago control. He cautioned that this will be a multi-year endeavor political lore: that requires shared sacrifi ce: “I’m nobody that nobody sent.” “Instead, we have an opportunity to accomplish something historic: to fi x years of busted budgets and broken government; The Governor also looked at the near future, which will include to forge a path toward long-term prosperity and a brighter a celebration of Illinois’ Bicentennial: future; to make Illinois the kind of state others aspire to become, a national leader in job growth and education quality. “In just three short years our great state will be celebrating its To achieve that will require sacrifi ce. 200th birthday. Sacrifi ce by all of us – politicians and interest groups, business Yes, 2018 will be our Bicentennial. What a perfect time these and labor, those who pay for government and those who next few years will be to return our beloved Illinois to its depend on government’s services. Each person here today and rightful place as a leader among the states of America.” 6 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | FEBRUARY 2015 Illinois’ Constitutional Offi cers 2015 A brief introduction to the State of Illinois’ Madigan earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and her J.D. Constitutional Offi cers: from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She and her husband, Pat Byrnes, have two daughters. (Excerpted from www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov) GOVERNOR – BRUCE RAUNER (R) Bruce Rauner was sworn in as the 42nd governor of TREASURER – MICHAEL W. FRERICHS (D) the State of Illinois on January 12, 2015. His goal as Mike Frerichs was born and raised in the small farming governor is to create a more prosperous state, where community of Gifford, Illinois (pop. 975). He graduated everyone has an opportunity to succeed. from Rantoul Township High School (1991) and four years Bruce was born in Illinois and is a self-made later from Yale University (1995).
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