The information you are seeking may likely already be accessible on this website and may not require you to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Please navigate this website using the tools on the homepage or Online Services page. If the property for which the records are sought is located in a municipality, please contact the municipality directly for obtaining the records. A list of municipalities and other agencies can be found on Local Agencies and Related Links. 

If you would like to submit a FOIA request, please carefully read the information below. Illinois law requires public bodies to comply with or deny a FOIA request within five business days, unless the time for response is extended for an additional five business days, as allowed under the law. A request for records to be used for a commercial purpose requires a public body to respond within 21 business days.

METHODS TO REQUEST INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RECORDS

Please complete the Online FOIA Request Form or you can download the form [PDF] and mail, fax, email, or hand-deliver directly to the Department for which the records are being sought.

Please be specific in the nature of your request in order for FOIA Officers to process your request more efficiently. (Illinois law does not require you to submit on the FOIA Request Form, but the request should be in writing). *Electronic records can be requested and will be provided, as allowed under the law.

• Online FOIA Request Form

COPY FEES (Some fees are regulated by state statutes)

• First 50 pages are free (black & white, letter or legal size)
• $.15 per page thereafter (black & white, letter or legal size)
• Actual costs of copying for color copies

FOIA OFFICERS

• Melissa Adamson, Public Health Administrator
• Anne Marrin, Director of Planning & Operations
• Nick Kubiak, Community Information Coordinator
• Susan Karras, Director of Public Health Nursing
• Meaghan Haak, Assistant Director of Nursing
• Patricia Nomm, Director of Environmental Health
• Maryellen Howell, Animal Control Administrator/Director
• Janelle Carlson, Assistant Manager of Field Operations, Animal Control
• Heather Harmon, Employee Development Coordinator, Animal Control

HOURS TO INSPECT/REVIEW RECORDS

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

ACCESS TO RECORDS

This office encourages the public to submit requests for information via email (HealthFOIA@mchenrycountyil.gov), personal delivery or U.S. mail.

RECORDS AVAILABLE UPON IMMEDIATE REQUEST

Due to the sensitive nature of some of the information handled by this Department, all requests must be reviewed by the FOIA Officers, except for information that is available through the Departments website.

RECORDS ON FILE

• Administration Division Files
• Environmental Health Division Files
• Veterinary Public Health (Animal Control) Division Files
• Public Health Nursing Files
• NOTE: Records are subject to legal retention schedules and are destroyed once the retention period has expired

TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET

Complete County Budget available online.

FUNCTION

The function of the Health Department are those provided by law (55 ILCS 5/5-25001 et seq.). Visit Illinois Compiled Statutes for more information.

CONTACT

Phone: 815-334-4510 / Fax: 815-334-4635
Email: HealthFOIA@mchenrycountyil.gov

OFFICE HOURS

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday

LOCATIONS

Administrative Building: Administrative, Environmental Health
Building A: TB, Clinics, Women Infants and Children (WIC)
McHenry County Government Center
2200 North Seminary Avenue
Woodstock, IL 60098

Veterinary Public Health (Animal Control)
Illinois Breast & Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP) Clinics
100 North Virginia Street
Crystal Lake, IL 60014

MAILING ADDRESS

McHenry County Department of Health
2200 North Seminary Avenue
Woodstock, IL 60098