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Coroner presents reduced budget and asks county to fund failing courthouse parking lot
Summary
The county coroner proposed a slightly reduced 2026 budget driven by lower autopsy/toxicology costs and sought funding for a $84,003 parking lot replacement, citing safety and adopted county building codes.
Rich, the county coroner, presented his 2026 budget to the LaSalle County Finance Committee on Aug. 12 and reported a requested total of $5,919.94 (thousands) — a reduction from the current year's budget driven primarily by a lower caseload for autopsies and toxicology testing.
"We went from the biggest change is we went from the 1 year we in '22, we had, we were 1 of the worst counties in the state for overdoses. We had 42. Right now, we're sitting on 12," Rich said, explaining that a lower overdose caseload lowered projected forensic…
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