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Council declines to forgive $500,000 behavioral health facility note; motion fails after split vote
Summary
Fairfield County Council considered converting a 2017 $500,000 note to Behavioral Health Services into a grant but did not approve the change after debate about accounting, stewardship and future contingencies; the motion failed on a 3-3 vote.
Fairfield County Council considered a request from the county's Behavioral Health Services board to convert a $500,000 note from 2017 into a grant but did not approve the change at the June meeting.
County staff described the 2017 instrument as a permissive, open‑ended note tied to a facility project; the note included a 25‑year term and stated that if Behavioral Health sold the building the county could be repaid from sale proceeds. County attorneys and staff said the note did not include regular repayment terms or an interest schedule; it was intended as…
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