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Lee County board hears $1.5 million budget gap, 13% health-insurance increase
Summary
At a county board meeting, finance leaders reported an estimated $1.5 million shortfall for the coming budget year, a 13% rise in county health-insurance premiums and a proposed personnel reorganization that would move a financial position under the county administrator.
Lee County Board members were told the county faces an estimated $1,500,000 budget shortfall as they begin this year’s budget hearings, and that the county will see a 13% increase in employee health-insurance premiums.
The shortfall was presented during the board’s finance committee report, which officials said represents an early estimate as department-by-department hearings continue. The committee scheduled public budget hearings and line‑by‑line reviews with department heads in August and encouraged board members to attend.
The deficit matters because Illinois law requires counties to adopt a…
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