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Finance committee agrees to budget for mandated veteran service officer despite state not fully funding position
Summary
The committee approved adding a Veterans Service Officer (VSO) position to the county budget in response to an Illinois mandate. Presenters said the state created the requirement without full funding and that the county will levy to support the service while seeking additional guidance and potential state support.
Jim Gorman, the county’s veterans assistance coordinator, told the Finance Committee that Illinois statute requires counties to maintain a Veterans Assistant Commission and that a more recent state requirement creates a county‑level veteran service officer role that counties must provide, but which has not been fully funded by the state.
Gorman said the statute directs that the Veterans Assistant Commission be supported by a…
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