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Nursing home budget shows large cash balance but FY26 shortfall; administrators propose prioritized site repairs and staffing reductions to close gap
Summary
LaSalle County Nursing Home reported a $2.5 million cash balance but a FY26 operating deficit in the draft budget; administrators proposed prioritizing repairs (water tower cleaning/painting, laundry rewiring, resident-room and sidewalk work) and discussed staffing, extra-help costs and an incontinence/laundry line.
Kathy, the administrator for the LaSalle County Nursing Home, presented the facility’s FY26 budget to the finance committee on Sept. 30 and outlined urgent repair needs, staffing shortages and a projected operating deficit for next year.
The packet shows the nursing home’s cash-on-hand at roughly $2.5 million. The FY26 draft budget as presented includes a deficit that, if the full set of proposed capital and site projects were authorized, would reduce cash toward roughly $826,000 by the end of FY26. Kathy and finance staff identified a subset of necessary projects that they said should be prioritized for FY26: water tower cleaning and painting, resident-room repairs,…
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