Sue Draffkorn
McHenry County Board Member (Republican)
SUEDRAFFKORN.ORG
McHenry County Burning Ordinance
At the County Board meeting on September 16, 2008 the health department gave a presentation on alternatives to leaf burning. I did not support the latest version of the Burning Ordinance. The health department has done a good job of finding alternatives, however, I believe that a lot of people in McHenry County will have a difficult time and added expense to take care of their leaves this fall. For information on composting, mulching and other alternatives, please visit the website for environmental health. Scroll down on the page until you find the link for open burning of landscape waste.
http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/common/CountyDpt/Health/
Welcome
Welcome to my blog.
I am currently a member of the McHenry County Board and was re-elected on November 4, 2008. I am humbled by the many supporters who came out on election day and voted for me. I hope to serve you well the next four years.
Let me tell you a little about myself. I graduated from Marian Central High School in Woodstock and received a bachelors degree from NIU. I have been married to my husband, Jerry for 27 years and have two children, Jill a student at Northern Illinois University and Jim who attends Purdue University. While my children attended Marian Central, I was involved with the music boosters and served as co-president for two years. I am the bookkeeper at The Church of Holy Apostles in McHenry and also at The Adult & Child Rehab Center in Woodstock. I taught CCD for 10 years and received the Bishop O'Neill Award in Catechetics in 2002. I currently am in charge of training and scheduling altar servers. I am on my subdivision board of directors and for the past eight years have been the secretary for my subdivision in Wonder Lake.
I am a seven year member of the McHenry County Board. I have served on several committees. As a member of the Human Resources committee, I have saved the taxpayers over $400,000 by self funding our employee health insurance. While serving on the Law & Justice committee I have been a proponent for an additional dispatch person from the sheriff's department to help with our local fire and police departments. This became a reality in spring of 2008.
I have a good working relationship with our Senator Pam Althoff; this helps our voices get heard in Springfield.
Endorsed by:
Pamela Althoff, IL State Senator Mike Tryon, IL State Representative
Keith Nygren, McHenry County Sheriff Lou Bianchi, McHenry County States Attorney
Sue Low, Mayor of McHenry Rick Mack, President of Ringwood
Tony Topf, President of Wonder Lake Donna Schaefer, McHenry Township Supervisor