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Health committee approves emergency partition for nursing staff, signs off on year-end budget cleanups
Summary
McLean County Board’s Health Committee approved an emergency appropriation to install a partition at the county nursing facility and enacted multiple end-of-year budget ordinances, and voted to enter closed session on a personnel matter.
The McLean County Board Health Committee on its March meeting approved an emergency appropriation ordinance to fund a glass partition at the county nursing facility and approved several end-of-year budget cleanups across multiple county funds.
The partition appropriation was presented as Item 4B1A and tied to the Tort Judgment Fund (01/1935). Miss Hughes told the committee the partition "will help provide security for the nursing staff," citing prior incidents and concerns about staff safety and HIPAA. The motion to bring the item to the floor was made by Member Farley and seconded by Vice Chair Hansen; the committee approved the measure by voice vote (tally not specified).
The committee also approved consent-agenda items including the minutes from the Feb. 4 meeting and payment of bills and transfers totaling $830,125.29. That motion was made by Member Hanson and seconded by Member Farley and passed by voice vote.
Director McKnight presented three end-of-year appropriation items for action. Item 4D1A moved unspent personnel funds from staff vacancies in the dental program to balance that budget; the motion (Member Bell, second Member Hanson) passed. Item 4D1B moved unspent personnel funds related to grant activity to cover training expenses; the motion (Member Hansen, second Member Farley) passed. Administrator Taylor presented an emergency appropriation for funds 0401 (nursing home) and 0135 (tort fund) as part of annual audit cleanup; the motion (Member Farley, second Member Bell) passed by voice vote.
The committee voted to go into closed session under the Open Meetings Act (section 2(c)(1)) to discuss personnel matters, per County Code 108-53(b). A voice vote to enter closed session carried despite at least one dissenting vote; the committee cleared the room. After returning to open session, the committee approved Item 4D1C as read previously. The motion to approve 4D1C was made by Member Farley and seconded by Member Bell and passed by voice vote; specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
No public appearances were recorded for the meeting, and staff provided monthly reports where noted. The committee set its next meeting for April 8, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (minutes and bills/transfers totaling $830,125.29): Motion Member Hanson; second Member Farley — approved by voice vote; tally not specified. - Item 4B1A — emergency appropriation: Tort Judgment Fund 01/1935 to install partition for nursing staff: Motion Member Farley; second Vice Chair Hansen — approved by voice vote; tally not specified. - Item 4D1A — appropriation for dental program budget cleanup: Motion Member Bell; second Member Hanson — approved by voice vote; tally not specified. - Item 4D1B — appropriation for grant-related training costs (fund 0105): Motion Member Hansen; second Member Farley — approved by voice vote; tally not specified. - Item 4D1C — closed-session authorization and follow-up approval (personnel matters; County Code 108-53(b) / Open Meetings Act sec. 2(c)(1)): Motion to enter closed session by Member Farley; second Member Bell — approved by voice vote with at least one dissenting vote; after closed session, motion to approve 4D1C by Member Farley; second Member Bell — approved by voice vote; tally not specified.
