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Winnebago County Board Chairman: I just let everyone know that I m here to serve. ROCKFORD Identify a revenue stream to fund a sorely needed capital improvement plan, revive parts if not all of a 2018 strategic plan and, perhaps most importantly, bring financial stability and a sense of civility to Winnebago County government. Those are some of the tasks on the to-do list of newly elected Winnebago County Board Chairman Joe Chiarelli as he begins his first 100 days in office. Some of those tasks would be a challenge in the best of economic times. They re even more difficult in the midst of a global pandemic when lives have been lost and many businesses are struggling or have shuttered. ....