| Will County Land Use Department wins Public Integrity Award
Wednesday, January 25, 2012The Will County Land Use Department has been recognized nationally for its efforts in bringing government to the people and enhancing the transparency of its operations. The Department was notified it had won the American Society for Public Administration’s 2012 Public Integrity Award, which will be presented March 6 during the ASPA awards ceremony in Las Vegas. “This is a very important achievement,” said Will County Executive Larry Walsh. “Land Use Director Curt Paddock, and his staff have worked very hard to bring transparency, commitment and caring to all that they do for the citizens of Will County. This is something we expect of all our departments and I applaud these public servants for raising the bar of expectations of what is now the standard for Will County.” read more ... |
| Will County and Waste Management announce landfill gas-to-energy plant opens -
Friday, December 16, 2011 JOLIET – Officials from Will County and Waste Management announced today the gas- toenergy plant located at the county-owned Prairie View Recycling and Disposal Facility is up and running. The power generated from the methane gas created by decaying garbage is being harnessed and sent to an electric power grid to be sold to local electricity consumers. Will County Executive Larry Walsh said the completion of this plant will bring an environmentally safe source of energy to residents of Will County for many years to come. “I applaud the efforts of our Resource Recovery and Energy Division and Waste Management in moving this project from concept to reality,” Walsh said. “This is another great example of public-private partnerships that work to serve the needs of our local residents. It also creates a new revenue source that will pay for important infrastructure projects in the future without cost to property taxpayers.” read more ... |
| Executive Larry Walsh: Will Co. will move on -
Wednesday, July 20, 2011County Executive Larry Walsh is looking to do more than weather the financial crisis, he wants Will County to be poised to get ahead when it finally passes. "Will County must always be prepared for the rebound of the economy," Walsh said during his annual state of the county address at Tuesday's board meeting. Walsh kicked off his speech by pointing out that there is a $13 million gap between expected revenues and expenditures, resulting in "extreme pressures" on the 2011 budget. read more ... |
| Will County's Green mission gets national attention -
Sunday, March 13, 2011Will County continues to be recognized for its green initiatives on the national level. In January, during the National Association of Counties Forum on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Los Angeles, Will County Board member Jackie Traynere and Will County Land Use Director Curt Paddock were featured in a video produced by the association about green initiatives across the country. The purpose of these videos is to share information about how counties are employing green initiatives to save taxpayer dollars, help local economies, and create green jobs. The videos are posted on the NaCo Video Channel on YouTube. read more ... |
| County Executive Walsh elected president of Metro Counties --
Friday, January 28, 2011JOLIET – Will County Executive Larry Walsh has been elected president of Metro Counties of Illinois, a consortium of the 14th largest counties in the state. Walsh was elected at the group’s Monday, Jan. 24, meeting. He succeeds Suzi Schmidt of Lake County, who was elected to the State Senate. He had been the group’s vice president for four years. Walsh also served as a State Senator from 1997 to 2005. “I am honored to be chosen president of this organization,” said Walsh. “Metro Counties works on issues important to all of its members. As metropolitan areas we have a lot of common ground.” read more ... |
| Will County Government furthers its green mission --
Sunday, July 11, 2010JOLIET -- Will County continued its commitment to "going green" as workers installed a green roof on the county office building, 302 N. Chicago St. The green roof, which seeks to reduce energy costs and offer other environmental benefits, is the first of its kind in downtown Joliet. As part of a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, Will County was able to complete this project. The 5,920-square-foot GreenGrid roof contains sedum and other perennial plant life pre-planted in 2-by-4 foot trays. Approximately 740 of these modular sections will cover a large portion of the rooftop. Will County Executive Larry Walsh said this project is another piece of the county's larger green initiative program, which includes an aggressive retrofit of county buildings, a gas-to-energy plant at the Will County-owned Prairie View landfill in Wilmington, and a variety of educational efforts directed toward students. read more ... |
| Gov. Quinn will join leaders in lauding Ridgewood funds --
Thursday, December 10, 2009JOLIET -- Gov. Pat Quinn is scheduled to join local and state officials at a Saturday gathering to mark the accumulation of funding needed to make city water and sewer services available to the Ridgewood area. "The collaboration that came together has just been tremendous," said Will County Executive Larry Walsh, a leader in the effort to solve the decades-old problem of bad water and seeping sewage in Ridgewood. read more ... |
| Stimulus to solve sewage woes in Ridgewood Neighborhood --
Thursday, December 10, 2009JOLIET -- Federal stimulus funds will help solve a decades-long problem with bad water in the Ridgewood area. Anyone willing to pay for it will have access to city of Joliet water and sewage services by sometime in the summer. It will go a long way toward solving a problem that dates back a half-century when a trunk line for water and sewer is built in the coming months, funded largely with stimulus money. read more ... |
| Will County, WM planning a green energy plant at Illinois landfill
Friday, May 22, 2009Officials of Will County and Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. today announced a plan to jointly develop a landfill gas-to-energy plant at the Prairie View Recycling and Disposal Facility near Wilmington. Will County officials said they intend to apply for federal economic stimulus funds earmarked for renewable energy projects to help finance the project. Once the grant process is complete, Will County anticipates putting at least $1 million in stimulus funds toward the project. read more ... |
| County Exec. Walsh Committee seeks Will residents' input --
Sunday, February 01, 2009JOLIET -- Will County residents are invited to become part of an expanded discussion about issues facing senior citizens and people with disabilities by joining the Eastern Will County Senior and Special Needs Advisory Committee. The group is a subcommittee of the Will County Advisory Committee on Disabilities formed by County Executive Larry Walsh in 2005. Currently, Sandy Simmons, a member of the county executive staff and the disability liaison for Walsh's office, facilitates the committee. She also will lead the new group. read more ... |
| President Obama beckons friend Larry Walsh to Washington for inauguration --
Thursday, January 22, 2009Will County Executive Larry Walsh was a late arrival to the Illinois Senate in 1997. The Elwood farmer was brand new to Springfield’s legislative scene when he was appointed in March to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Joliet lawyer Tom Dunn. He found some welcome camaraderie among the other first-term Democrats in Springfield — especially a young Chicagoan no one had ever heard of, Barack Obama. “To this day, I still have the image of this young man coming up to my desk in the Senate,” Walsh said. “He was a young, tall, lanky guy with a toothy smile and he came up to shake my hand and introduce himself. read more ... |
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