Joseph C. Simms
Republican · IL · Ogle County Board Member, District 3
Joseph C. Simms is a Rochelle Republican and sitting county board member. He is vice chairman of the board's health, solid waste and veterans committee and its representative on the county 708 mental health board.
Where Joseph C. Simms stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Mixed record
Public Infrastructure (1 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Presented and moved an agreement with the Illinois EPA letting the county act on local health and environmental complaints. The board approved it.
May 19, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted for a new county ordinance setting siting and operating rules for commercial solar farms. It passed 19-5.
December 19, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted for a new county ordinance setting siting and operating rules for commercial wind farms. It passed 21-2.
December 19, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
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Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support
Voted to set the Circuit Clerk, County Clerk and Treasurer salaries at $94,164 with no raise for two years. The Circuit Clerk salary passed 16-7; the other two failed.
April 21, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support · 3 oppose
Voted against a permit for a 4.99-megawatt community solar farm on Willow Road in Mt. Morris Township. It passed 17-6.
April 21, 2026Opposes Public Infrastructure
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Voted against a permit for a 3.5-megawatt community solar farm in Leaf River Township. It passed 11-10.
October 21, 2025Opposes Public Infrastructure
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Voted for a permit for a 2-megawatt community solar farm near Haldane Road in Mt. Morris Township. It failed 4-17.
June 17, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
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Voted against reapproving the Haldane solar project permit after it moved to a new site. It passed 13-11.
December 17, 2024Opposes Public Infrastructure
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Track record — General
General · 11 records
Moved to undo new committee seats added after a board member left, to keep committees as they were. His motion failed 7-13.
April 21, 2026
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Voted against cutting a solar project's required screening plants from two rows to one. The change failed 10-13.
February 17, 2026
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Voted against a new county ordinance setting rules for large battery energy storage sites. It passed 15-7.
December 16, 2025
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Voted for a solar rule change allowing a single row of screening plants when fewer than 10 homes are nearby. It passed 16-7.
November 18, 2025
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Voted to rezone about 185 acres owned by Constellation Energy in Marion Township from farmland to industrial use. It passed 16-5.
August 19, 2025
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Moved to strike a rule letting the board chairman bar a person from speaking at future meetings. He cited the Open Meetings Act, and the change passed.
June 17, 2025
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Voted to rezone several parcels owned by Constellation Energy from farmland to industrial use. It passed 18-4.
August 20, 2024
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Presented and moved a resolution declaring Ogle County a non-sanctuary county for immigration. The board approved it.
March 20, 2024
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Voted to cut the proposed permit fee for a home addition from $200 to $150, which failed 7-13. He then voted against the new zoning fee schedule, which passed 13-7.
February 20, 2024
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Voted against raising some Ogle County Health Department environmental fees. The increase passed 17-5.
February 21, 2023
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Was sworn in as an Ogle County Board member for District 3 and drew a four-year first term.
December 5, 2022
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Past race Joseph C. Simms ran in:
- Ogle County Board Member - District 3 · November 3, 2026 · Ogle County, Illinois · incumbent