Livingston County board passes budget amendments, tax levies and sales resolutions; enters executive session
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Summary
At its Nov. 13 meeting the board approved the amended FY2026 budget, a county tax levy (rate reported down from 0.95 to 0.88), levies for mental-health/disabled funds, an ambulance service levy, two sealed-bid sale resolutions, several highway-related appropriations, and a motion to enter executive session.
The Livingston County Board voted on multiple ordinances and resolutions Thursday, approving a revised FY2026 appropriation ordinance and a slate of tax-levy measures and sales authorizations.
Board members approved an ordinance providing for the levy of Livingston County taxes; one board member noted the county’s levy rate decreased from 0.95 to 0.88 compared with last year. The board also approved ordinances providing levies for the mental health fund and the developmentally disabled persons fund, and an ordinance providing for the levy of taxes for the Southeast Livingston County Ambulance Service Fund.
The board approved resolutions authorizing the sale of real estate and the sale of mobile homes by sealed-bid auction; members chose to handle the two related sales items together. The highway committee’s items — a bridge petition and engineering agreement for a Wego Road district, resolutions appropriating Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds for 2026 county highway general maintenance and for the county engineer’s 2026 salary, and a quarterly report — were presented and approved on a single motion.
Procedural motions were recorded throughout the meeting: the agenda, minutes and bills were approved by motion and roll call earlier in the session. Near the end of the public business, the board approved a motion (moved by Marty Fannin and seconded by Steve Lovell) to go into executive session for collective bargaining matters and for the semiannual review of executive-session minutes under the cited Illinois statutes; the motion carried on a roll call vote.
Several committees provided brief reports (property committee flagged ongoing courthouse roof repairs; AG & Zoning thanked volunteers for an electronics recycling event). Public comment produced no speakers.
Why it matters: The approvals set county tax levies and authorize routine county property sales and highway appropriations, while the executive-session motion moves bargaining and personnel-minute review work offline. For residents the fiscal and levy votes determine tax rates and fund availability for services such as ambulances and mental-health programs.
What’s next: The board adjourned to executive session after the roll call vote; packet documents and the amended budget display remain available for public review.
