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Emergency management budget: board forwards fund changes, approves volunteer donations account and equipment costs
Summary
LaSalle County board reviewed emergency-management budget items including a $46,030 parking-lot quote, a proposed equipment purchase for a light tower (partially grant-funded), reductions to HMEP education funding, and the LEPC volunteer donations fund; motions to forward fund 48 and fund 67 to finance passed unanimously.
LaSalle County board members voted to forward proposed changes to the emergency management budget — including fund 48 (public-safety operations) and fund 67 (donations/LEPC) — to the finance office after presentations and discussion about equipment, grants and volunteer support. The motion to forward fund 48 was made by Tom and seconded by Wally; the motion carried unanimously. A separate motion by Wally, seconded by Ray, sent fund 67 to finance and was recorded as approved 6–0.
During the budget presentation, a staff member reported a vendor quote of $46,030 to repave a parking lot; that figure was presented as “today’s pricing” and subject to change. The presenter also described a proposed purchase of a new light tower/generator to replace a county-owned unit he said dated to 2005; equipment expense in the budget was increased to cover the…
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