News & Updates

Please join the Lake County Municipal League for our celebratory annual dinner. The 2016 Municipal Innovation Award will be presented to a deserving municipality during the program portion of the dinner. This year's judges include College of Lake County President, Dr. Jerry Weber; Naval Station Great Lakes Commanding Officer, James Hawkins and Metropolitan Planning Council Senior Advisor, Nancy Firfer. Table sponsorships are available. Email info@lakecountyleague.org for more information on sponsorship levels. Thursday, December 1, 2016...

If you are a resident of Lake County and would like a "We Support Our Police" yard sign, please email the Lake County Municipal League at info@lakecountyleague.org to make arrangements. The cost is $3.45 per sign.

In this article, Natalie Davila and Joanna Koh, of KDM, Inc.,  present revised MFY 2017 forecasts for local government tax revenue sources administered by the State of Illinois. Click here to read the article.

A special thank you to Comptroller Leslie Munger for joining us at our membership meeting on Thursday, July 14th at Half Day Brewing Company in Lincolnshire. Comptroller Munger provided an extremely informative update to the financial state of Illinois. Following the presentation, LCML members asked the Comptroller questions concerning transportation funding, stopgap budget implications and the protection of municipal funding. Thank you to all who joined us for this great event and especially to Comptroller...

Lake County State’s Attorney, Mundelein Police Department and Waukegan Police Department Win Top Honors   On Thursday, May 19th 2016, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office and Mundelein Police Department tied as first place winners in the 2016 Law Enforcement Innovation Awards. Waukegan Police Department scored third in the competition and was recognized with an Honorable Mention. The awards were presented at the Lake County Municipal League’s Law Enforcement Innovation Awards Dinner at the Gurnee...

Please join The Lake County Municipal League for our annual golf outing on Monday, August 29th, 2016 at Glen Flora Country Club in Waukegan, IL. The day provides an excellent opportunity for professional networking with the region’s top business associates and community leaders. Glen Flora Country Club 2200 N. Sheridan Road Waukegan, IL   60087 Schedule of Events 11:30am – Box Lunch 12:15pm – Helicopter Ball Drop 12:30pm – Shotgun Scramble 5:00pm – Dinner, Awards &...

Please join Lake County Municipal League in honoring the 2016 recipient of the Law Enforcement Innovation Award. This award program is designed to recognize exceptional, innovative and extraordinary achievement in law enforcement programs or efforts and initiatives that benefit law enforcement as a profession. The awards program also facilitates an exchange of information and experiences to build capacity for municipalities and jointly celebrate successful programs that could benefit other departments and their communities. All nominations...

The DOJ announced today that the Equitable Sharing Program will resume immediately. Great news for our local law enforcement agencies and participating municipalities. Click here for a letter from Chief Day of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Division of the Department of Justice.

Thank you to those who attended the LCML 2016 Legislative Breakfast. We were honored to have the following legislators join us. Senator Pamela Althoff – 32nd District Senator Melinda Bush – 31st District Representative Sheri Jesiel – 61st District Senator Terry Link – 30th District Representative Rita Mayfield – 60th District Representative Anna Moeller – 43rd District Senator Matt Murphy – 27th District Representative Elaine Nekritz - 57th District Representative Carol Sente – 59th District...

About:  The LCML Law Enforcement Innovation Awards program is designed to recognize exceptional, innovative and extraordinary achievement in law enforcement programs or efforts and initiatives that benefit law enforcement as a profession. The awards program also facilitates an exchange of information and experiences to build capacity for municipalities and jointly celebrate successful programs that could benefit other departments and their communities. All nominations are cataloged for members. Awards are presented to the innovative police departments...