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McLean County Board approves appointments, grants and intergovernmental agreements; one abstention recorded
Summary
At its Jan. 16, 2025 meeting the McLean County Board unanimously approved a slate of routine appropriations, intergovernmental agreements and grants; one board member abstained on a school-district agreement because of a family conflict.
The McLean County Board on Jan. 16, 2025 approved multiple routine measures including appointments, emergency appropriations, intergovernmental agreements and grant continuations during a meeting called to order at 5:30 p.m.
Board members swore in Andy Ziebarth as the District 1 appointee and approved the chair’s slate of committee and commission appointments. The board also moved a set of budget and grant actions across several committees, including emergency appropriations for information technology and health funds, an opioid-allocation agreement with a local fire protection district, intergovernmental agreements for the Route 66 Bike Trail and with the Olympia Community Unit School District 16, multiple state and federal grant agreements, and a continuation award under the Victims of Crime Act for the CASA program.
The meeting produced one recorded abstention: Member Eric Hanson said he would abstain from the intergovernmental agreement between McLean County and Olympia Community Unit School District 16 because his husband is employed by the district. Otherwise motions on…
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