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LaSalle County committee approves $83,021 budget amendment to purchase coroner transport van
Summary
The LaSalle County Finance and TIF Committee voted to send a budget amendment to the full board to buy a van for transporting decedents, approving a transfer of $83,021.90 from public safety funds after a discussion about staffing, cost savings and funeral-home availability.
The LaSalle County Finance and TIF Committee voted Monday to send a budget amendment to the full county board that would authorize $83,021.90 to purchase a transport van for the coroner’s office.
The action came after Rich, coroner, described difficulties arranging funeral-home transports and presented updated bids for a van that a dealer had placed on courtesy hold "pending the outcome of today's meetings." He told the committee the van purchase would allow the coroner’s office to bring decedents back to LaSalle County in more cases and estimated it would save about $28,000 a year, with the cost recouped in roughly three years.
The committee's discussio…
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