JJC Joins Consortium Vote to Replace Counsel in LSP-Kendall Energy Case

Joliet Junior College | September 16, 2026

Article Summary: Joliet Junior College trustees voted unanimously Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, to adopt a resolution terminating legal counsel and hiring new counsel for the LSP-Kendall Energy LLC Taxing Bodies Consortium, in which the college holds a 3.18% interest.

LSP-Kendall Energy Consortium Key Points:

The resolution was agenda item 3.6, listed outside the consent agenda, and passed 7-0.

JJC’s share of the consortium is 3.18%, President Dr. Clyne Namuo said.

The consortium itself has already voted to terminate the firm and select a replacement; each member body must act on its own portion.

Counsel said the replacement firm is named in the resolution; trustees asked what “LSP” stands for and received no confirmed answer.

JOLIET — The Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees voted 7-0 on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, to adopt a resolution terminating legal counsel and hiring new legal counsel for the LSP-Kendall Energy LLC Taxing Bodies Consortium, a group of taxing bodies in which the college holds a small minority stake.

Trustee Maureen Broderick opened discussion by asking why the item was coming before multiple boards.

“Is the reason that this is coming up before all the boards is because all of them are saying we’re terminating any relationship with this firm? Is there a reason for that?” she asked. “Because I’m trying to understand why you terminate a relationship with board counsel.”

President Dr. Clyne Namuo supplied the college’s position in the group. “We’re part of a consortium of taxing bodies here. JJC’s portion of this consortium is 3.18%,” he said. “So we do have voting interest, but it’s at the 3% level.”

Namuo said he was not certain the college could comment further on the consortium’s reasoning. “I don’t know that we necessarily can, because we are one part of that consortium, but the consortium has voted to terminate this particular firm and choose another one,” he said.

Broderick asked whether a replacement firm had been identified. Told that it had, she said: “That’s what I was looking at. If we’re going to another one, then I understand the termination.”

The board’s attorney said, “I believe the replacement counsel is in the resolution as well.”

A second trustee asked what the acronym in the consortium’s name stands for. “I recognize — what does the LSP stand for? I couldn’t find that anywhere,” the trustee said.

Namuo offered a tentative answer and was uncertain. Another speaker suggested the matter involved a peaker power plant in the taxing area. No confirmed expansion of the acronym was provided on the record, and the discussion moved on.

“I just wasn’t sure, but thank you. Appreciate it,” the trustee said.

A third trustee asked for confirmation of the mechanics. “Just so I understand, the total consortium is cancelling the contract, and we have to have our board act on our portion to cancel,” the trustee said. Garcia Guillen confirmed.

Trustee Diane Harris said her question had been answered and declined to speak.

The item was the only agenda item in the administrative services section not placed on the consent agenda. Broderick initially included it in the list of items she wished to pull before being reminded it was already set for a separate vote.

On the roll call, Morales, Bottomley, Bradley, Broderick, Harris, Garcia Guillen and McCullum all voted yes.

Neither the resolution itself nor the name of the firm being terminated was read into the record during the open session.