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IDOT warns Shelby County it will withhold FY2026 transit grant approvals until delinquent audits are resolved
Summary
IDOT told Shelby County on Oct. 9 it would not approve the county’s FY2026 DOAP and Section 5311 transit grant applications until delinquent FY2023–FY2024 audits and unresolved compliance findings are cleared.
The Illinois Department of Transportation informed the Shelby County Board on Oct. 9 that it would not approve the county’s state fiscal year 2026 transit operating grant applications — including DOAP and Section 5311 requests — until the county clears delinquent audits and outstanding compliance findings.
David Schafer, bureau chief of transit operations at the Illinois Department of Transportation, told the board in a written notice read at the meeting that Shelby County’s fiscal year 2023 and 2024 audits remained delinquent and that a number of state compliance findings from a 2024 review remained unresolved. IDOT designated Shelby County a “high risk” grantee and said it would require 100% of source documentation for each requisition while the designation remains in place.
The notice…
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