City reports $58,000 grant from opioid-settlement funds to buy cardiac monitor for ambulance service

A city official told the Board of Aldermen that the city won a grant from an opioid-settlement fund administered through the LaSalle County state’s attorney’s office to buy a cardiac monitor costing about $58,000. "That was, it was, I put in for a grant through the opioid settlement fund through LaSalle County state's attorney's office. We're successful in getting that. That was for a cardiac monitor. The total price was around 58,000," the city staff member said.

The staff member said the grant income should appear in the ambulance fund; the official noted it "should have been shown as income somewhere" and suggested the entry belongs in that fund. The meeting transcript does not show a formal motion or vote accepting the grant or changing fund accounting on the record; the comment appeared as informational.

Nut graf: The award, if recorded as described, would add one-time revenue to the ambulance fund to purchase equipment; the board did not take formal action on the matter during the excerpted discussion.

The staff member did not specify the exact grant account code, the timing of the payment, or whether the aldermen needed to take further action to appropriate the funds. The transcript also does not show an explicit statement that the procurement for the monitor will be awarded yet or whether the purchase will follow a competitive procurement process. The remarks attributed the grant source to the LaSalle County state’s attorney’s office but did not cite a specific grant agreement or resolution.

The item was reported as an informational update; staff or the clerk may record the income in the ambulance fund and, if appropriation is required, present it at a future meeting.