Nursing home approves new imaging and TV contracts, reports construction progress

The McLean County Health Committee on April 8 approved a portable imaging and diagnostic testing services agreement with Biotech X‑Ray and a 36‑month renewal with Centrix for in‑facility television service, actions county officials said will lock in lower rates and modest monthly savings.

Tim Wiley, identified in the agenda as representing the county nursing home, told the committee, “Biotech is our current provider. We noticed that they had been adding transportation charges, so they wrote a new contract. And this contract locks in a significantly lower rate. It's going to save us quite a bit of money and they removed the transportation charges.”

Wiley also described the Centrix contract as a renewal of existing digital TV service for the facility’s residents and said the 36‑month agreement “locks in a savings of $80 a month for us over the next 36 months.”

Why it matters: Officials said the agreements preserve on‑site services for residents while reducing operating costs. Committee members framed the changes as routine contract renewals that improve budget predictability for the nursing home.

The committee also heard a monthly report from the nursing home. Wiley said the facility “finished the first quarter of our year with our construction project and so far so good, even with the revenue from the reduction in census and expense management.” He did not provide a dollar amount for the construction budget or a completion date for the project in the meeting record.

The contracts and the nursing‑home report were presented as departmental business rather than items of extended debate. Committee members moved and seconded the contract approvals without additional conditions and the motions were adopted.

Among speakers during the nursing‑home segment were Vice Chair Jim Rogel and members Bell and Farley, who formally moved and seconded the contract motions. The transcript does not record a roll‑call tally for each vote; the chair announced that the motions passed.

The meeting record does not specify long‑term implementation steps tied to the contracts beyond the service terms described by Wiley. The Centrix motion was presented as a straightforward renewal; the Biotech agreement was described as replacing previously charged transportation fees with a contract price that removes those fees.

The committee took no separate formal action on the nursing home’s construction project during the report; members asked no follow‑up questions recorded in the minutes.

The committee’s next meeting was announced as May 6, 2025.