Will County Executive Committee Meeting November 12, 2026

The Will County Board Executive Committee met on November 12, 2026. A regional transit authority team presented its proposed 2027 budget, which it said is balanced with no service cuts or fare increases and includes $5.04 billion for operations and $9.73 billion in capital investment over five years. Proposed Will County benefits include more weekday Rock Island Line trains, PACE service improvements, rail-station work, and funding for transit-oriented development planning; approximately $20 million in initial regional funding was also described for developing transit-oriented development programs. The presentation noted $60.1 million in agency efficiencies and plans to standardize procurement processes and create a consolidated buying plan to make it easier for businesses to work with the transit agencies. The budget was presented for feedback, with adoption by the NITA board scheduled for December 10; no budget adoption vote occurred at this meeting.

The committee approved resolution 26-5728 authorizing renewal of a professional services contract with Baxter & Woodman, Inc.; no contract value was stated. It also approved a county cannabis tax revenue allocation policy, a salary appropriation, and an intergovernmental agreement transferring responsibility for a solar project’s financial surety to the municipality permitting it. Members discussed transit access needs, a possible Weber Road bus route, and infrastructure near University Park Station. The committee assigned a proposed Flock camera ban resolution to Public Works and Transportation and a data center moratorium resolution to the Executive Committee; these were committee assignments, not votes adopting the proposals.