# Will County Board Meeting October 15, 2026


**Body:** Will County Board
**Date:** October 14, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Energy & Utilities, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The Will County Board’s October 15, 2026 meeting focused substantially on proposed commercial solar facilities and their land-use conditions. The board approved the Arena Cosmos 1 and 2 project with added soil testing—starting before construction, continuing at specified intervals through decommissioning, and reviewed by an expert selected by the Land Use Department—and limited pile-driving hours. The Stillwater Solar and Storage application was postponed for one month so the applicant could consider the proposed conditions. For the USS Will Solar project in Green Garden Township, the board debated wetland and farmland concerns and added soil-testing and pile-driving conditions; the transcript’s vote tally is garbled, so the final outcome is unclear. Board members also discussed state restrictions on local solar review and possible sanctions for denials. The applicant for Arena Cosmos offered a $50,000 severe-weather response bond and soil testing; the applicant for Stillwater described voluntary conditions for battery storage and project maintenance.

The board approved a $155,747,861 estimated county levy, reflecting a proposed 2% reduction from the prior year without including new-construction revenue, and approved the Community Mental Health Board levy estimate. A consent agenda authorized contingency funds for postage and medical services, budget transfers, public-defender appropriations, disposal of surplus vehicles, and documents for the delinquent-tax program. The board also approved an intergovernmental agreement for license-plate-reading cameras on county highways and an AI-use policy. An agreement with the county’s lobbyist, including a $500 monthly fee increase, was approved. The Regional Office of Education presented completed school improvements, including new flooring and a metal detector, and reported more than $2 million in grant proposals in its pipeline; no new board appropriation for those proposals was recorded.

**Source:** Will County Board