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McLean County Health Committee approves emergency appropriation to replace health department generators
Summary
The McLean County Health Committee voted to approve an emergency appropriation to fund updating and adding generators for the county health department, moving a project budgeted in 2024 forward and prompting an upcoming contract from county facilities.
The McLean County Health Committee voted to approve an emergency appropriation ordinance to amend the McLean County fiscal year 2025 combined annual appropriation budget for fund 0112 to pay for updating existing generators and purchasing a new generator for the McLean County Health Department.
Jessica McKnight, McLean County health department administrator, told the committee, "So the, request is to put money into our budget for an item, updating our generators and purchasing a new generator for the health department. It was an item a project that we had budgeted and planned for 2024. And, just take us a little bit longer to get everything together, but ready to move forward with that now. And county board should see a contract this month from facilities." The committee approved the appropriation on a voice vote after a motion by Member Hansen and a second by Member Bell.
Nut graf: The appropriation formalizes funding for a generator replacement project that the department says was planned for 2024 but delayed; county facilities staff are expected to submit a contract to the McLean County Board this month. Updating backup power is presented as a capital project rather than an operational request.
Committee action: Motion to approve the emergency appropriation was made by Member Hansen and seconded by Member Bell; the item passed on a voice vote with no roll-call tally provided in the transcript. The ordinance was described in the motion as "an emergency appropriation ordinance amending the McLean County fiscal year 2025 combined annual appropriation budget ordinance for fund 0112." No requests for closed session were made in connection with the item.
Background and context: According to McKnight, this generator replacement had been planned and budgeted in 2024 but experienced delays; staff said the county board should receive the related facilities contract in the month following the committee meeting. The transcript does not specify the appropriation dollar amount, the vendor, or the exact delivery timeline beyond the contract being routed to county facilities.
Ending: The committee recorded no further public discussion. The county board will review the facilities contract when it is filed, per McKnight.
