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Peoria County officials seek $300,000 interim transfer to cover landfill committee cash shortfall
Summary
County staff requested a special joint committee meeting to approve a $300,000 budget amendment to the Solid Waste Management Fund to prevent the city-county landfill committee from going cash negative while a GFL payment agreement is finalized.
Peoria County Administrator Sorrell asked the Peoria County Board to schedule a special joint committee meeting to approve a $300,000 budget amendment to the Solid Waste Management Fund to temporarily cover the cash needs of the city–county landfill committee.
Sorrell told board members the term sheet for the Landfill 3 agreement with GFL has not been executed, so expected initial payments from GFL have not been received. As a result, the landfill committee’s cash reserves have been declining and are estimated to be exhausted in mid–late February to early March if no interim funding is approved. Sorrell said the appropriation would be temporary and that a second budget amendment would be drafted to return any unspent dollars to reserves after GFL payments are received.
The request would be presented to a special joint meeting of the finance and county health committees; Sorrell said the county and the city of Peoria share fiscal responsibility under the existing intergovernmental arrangements for the landfill committee. The administrator said the resolution also will include language to negotiate repayment to the county for any funds accessed during the interim period.
A board member asked that the draft language make the reimbursement obligation stronger. Sorrell responded that the intergovernmental agreement does not legally mandate repayment and described repayment language as a “good-faith” provision the county would seek to strengthen where possible.
No formal vote on the budget amendment was recorded at the meeting; Sorrell asked that the special joint committee meeting be scheduled so committee members can consider and, if appropriate, approve the amendment. The county plans to enact a follow-up budget action to revert any unspent appropriation after receipts from GFL are applied.
The request and related timeline are procedural matters that will return for committee consideration; no ordinance, contract execution, or definitive repayment schedule was adopted at this meeting.
Ending: The board agreed to set the special joint committee meeting (date and time to be determined) so the finance and county health committees can consider the proposed $300,000 transfer and any associated repayment terms.
