The Logan County Board appointed Suzann Maxheimer as Circuit Court Clerk on September 17, 2009 following the resignation of Carla Bender.  Carla is the new 4th District Appellate Court Clerk.

Suzann began as deputy circuit clerk in 1999.  In 2001 she became the felony courtroom clerk and has continued clerking for Circuit Judge Thomas M. Harris. Along with being the felony clerk she is also responsible for the ADR reporting and oversees the daily backup of the JIMS system.  At the present, she is fulfilling all of the managerial duties of the new circuit clerk.  

Suzann has been a life long resident of Logan County.  She and her husband Mark live in rural Elkhart, IL.  They were married in 1987 and have two children.  Jessica, 20, is a junior at ISU majoring in history.  Garret, 15, is a freshman at Mt. Pulaski High School with an agricultural interest.  Suzann also owns and operates a registered Simmental cattle herd.  She is a 4-H leader, serves on the 4-H Youth Council and is a very active Logan County Fair volunteer.

Dear Clerks,

Jacque Huddleston has requested our help with ADR issues and would like to have 4-7 clerks hold a telephone conference on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
 
She would like an interested clerk from all of the vendors that we use, Jano, Goodin, Independent, etc., to help her make decisions such as methods to notify us as to errors, expungement information, etc.

The call may last a couple of hours.
 
Would those of you whom are interested please email me at kslattery_circlk@yahoo.com and then I will forward those chosen names on to Jacque and she will send you the conference call information.
Thank you everyone for your consideration.

 
Sincerely,
Karen Slattery

October 7, 2009

We would like to thank everyone who has reached out to their legislators regarding the stipend issue.  We have heard from several member who received positive responses from their legislators and we know that our message is being heard.   We need to keep up our communication efforts in this area, and keep educating the General Assembly regarding the stipend issue.

 To assist you in this task, we have created an “IACC Stipend Advocacy Center” on the IACC website.  The Advocacy Center will allow you to download documents for use in lobbying legislators on the stipend issue such as talking points, a one-page leave behind document, and information regarding the salaries of the circuit clerks and the percentage decreases we will experience if the stipends are not funded. 

 You will need your IACC website user name and password to access the materials in the Advocacy Center.  Also, be sure to check out the user forum and share comments and feedback regarding your conversations with legislators.  We encourage you to use the forum to communicate with your fellow clerks and share “best practices” with each other as you dialogue with your legislators on the stipend cut.”

Check out the Clerk's website at: www.ilcourtclerks.org. or click here for information on Carla

This is a Resend of Carla's E-Mail she sent Friday evening 09-28-09

August 28, 2009

My fellow Clerks:

You have responded expertly to the call to action, as we knew you would.  Director Cobbs has received our message.

Over the course of the day Barbara Brown, your legislative co-chair, Brittan Bolin and I have followed up on all of the messages you have provided to us about your conversations with the Director and her staff. Thank you for responding as you have. We have also contacted a number of our fellow Clerks who have relationships established with Supreme Court Justices.

Everything you have done in the last 24 hours has created a potential opening for reconsideration of this decision.  Understand, there is no guarantee whatsoever, but we have had some encouraging conversations and are now waiting for a response from Director Cobbs to our request for a face to face meeting in which we plan to diplomatically enlighten the Director as to the impact of her decision to eliminate our stipend both in regard to our compensation and, even more importantly, as it relates to the impact to our IMRF pension.  I hope to have a response by early next week as to whether she will meet with us.

PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A REPEAT OF CARLA'S E-MAIL JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GOT THE MESSAGE:

The first phase of our plan to address the stipend issue is that we need each and every Clerk to place a phone call to Director Cynthia Cobbs at her Chicago office at 312-793-3250.  Leave this message:  "I am contacting you, Director, to express my concerns and questions regarding your letter dated August 25, 2009 informing me that the Circuit Court Clerk  stipend will not be paid for the year 2010.  Please return my call so that I can discuss this with you."

It is crucial that we keep our message focused and consistent. Our objective is to demonstrate the abundance of concern throughout the 102 of us at Director Cobbs' premature and unwarranted decision not to fund the stipend.  We need to establish to Dir. Cobbs that there is strong opposition among the Circuit Court Clerks statewide about this and that we are not going to simply accept this unilateral decision.

IF anyone gets a return call, please contact Brittan or I immediately.  I do not anticipate this will occur. But if she does call you back, our questions are:

IACC 2009 Spring Legislative session
Signed by into law by Governor
 
HB 146 –   Public Act 96-0227 Effective 08/11/09 Law Library increase
HB 151 –   Public Act 96-0137 Effective 01/01/10 Secretary of State Will repository
HB 255  -  Public Act 96-0034 Effective 01/01/10 Violations & penalties of overweights – add’l fine
HB 327 –   Public Act 96-0236 Effective 08/11/09 Sex Offender GPS/Electronic Monitoring
HB 272 -   Public Act 96-0132 Effective 08/07/09 Performance Enhancing Drug Fee
HB 1116 – Public Act 96-0253 Effective 08/11/09 Superv. for DUI allowable in certain circumstances
HB 2592 – Public Act 96-0286 Effective 08/11/09     Serious Traffic violation fee applies to supervision
HB 2649 – Public Act 96-0289 Effective 08/11/09 Changes to DUI sentencing
HB 3691 – Public Act 96-0302 Effective 01/01/10 Mandatory Arbitration
HB 3961 – Public Act 96-0409 Effective 01/01/10 Expungement / Sealing changes
HB 4212 – Public Act 96-0093 Effective 07/27/09 Military and Veterans Court Task Force   
SB 1708 – Public Act 96-0340 Effective 08/11/09 Pre-trial Services
SB 1832 – Public Act 96-0485 Effective 01/01/10 Attorney may issue subpoenas in a criminal action
SB 2095 – Public Act 96-0432 Effective 08/13/09 Sheriff may deduct fines/fees from inmate pay
Not signed into law by the Governor as of 8/17/09
HB 436 – Effective 1/1/10
HB 547 – Effective 1/1/10
HB 797 – Effective 1/1/10
HB 881 – Effective immediately
HB 2405 – Effective immediately
HB 2660 – Effective immediately
HB 2664 – Effective immediately
HB 3681 – Effective 1/1/10
HB 3714 – Effective immediately
HB 3795 – Effective 1/1/10
HB 3950 – Effective immediately

The Montgomery County Board appointed Holly Lemons as Circuit Clerk on Tuesday June 9, 2009 following the resignation of Mary Webb.

Holly was born in Vandalia, Illinois and graduated from Nokomis, Illinois high school in 2001.  She earned her Bachelor's Degree from Blackburn College in 2005 and will graduate from the University of Cincinnati with her Master's Degree in December 2009.
Holly married Rob Lemons in May of 2005.  They have one daughter, Maui Grace, who was born in March of 2008.  Holly and her family attend Hillsboro Free Methodist Church.  Holly is an active Farm Bureau member and is a volunteer for the Emergency Management Agency.

Our website has been updated complete with photo of Holly.

http://www.ilcourtclerks.org/contact_dir/74

Mary Webb was appointed in 2000 and has served since then as Montgomery County's Circuit Clerk.  Mary sent the following note to her fellow Circuit Clerks dated May 15, 2009:

" I just handed in my resignation to the County Board Chairman. My husband Paris retired from the State. So we are moving to West Lafayette, Indiana to be next to the daughter and grandchildren. Our second grandchild was born on Friday, May 22, 2009.
We are going to be done on June 9th at the Board meeting. They will announce my replacement then.It has been a good gig.
I have enjoyed ALMOST every second of the job.
Thanks for everyone's friendship.
Please let all the Clerk's know.
Thanks again."
Mary Webb

MEDIA, Pa. - Anthony P. Libri, 84, of Media, Pa. died June 6, 2009, at his home.

He was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Libri lived in Drexel Hill, Pa. for ten years before moving to Media, Pa., where he resided for the past forty years. Mr. Libri served as a Marine in the United States Navy during World War II. He served in Guadalcanal, The Marianas, Tinian, and in Saipan.

After the service he began his career as a painter for the Muratone Company in Philadelphia, where he worked for 36 years, retiring in 1985.
Mr. Libri was a member of St. Mary Magdalene Church in Media, Pa. He enjoyed gardening, wood crafting and stained glass.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Margaret (Delloso) Libri; a daughter, Mona Libri Hickman (Raymond) of Springfield; a son, Anthony P.
Libri Jr. (Ann) of New Berlin; and five grandchildren.

Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the time of funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at St. Mary Magdalene Church, 2400 N. Providence Rd., Media, Pa. Burial will be at Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to St. Mary Magdalene Church, 2400 N. Providence Rd., Media, Pa. 19063.

Evelyn Nuss, age 76 passed away on Sunday June 7, 2009.  She was the mother of Kim Evans, Ford County Circuit Clerk.

Visitation is Wednesday June 10, 2009 4:00PM to 8:00 PM

Funeral Services are set for Thursday June 11, 2009 at 11:00 AM.

Both the visitation and funeral will be held at the:

Ford-Baier Funeral Home
406 E. Pells St.
Paxton, IL  60957

Kim's mailing address:

Kim Evans
222 S. Spring
Paxton, IL  60957