Iroquois County Board approves maintenance funding, discusses solar and emergency upgrades and adopts property-fraud ordinance

IROQUOIS COUNTY, Ill. — The Iroquois County Board on Dec. 9 approved routine budget and administrative measures, heard updates on emergency-management upgrades and regional workforce grants, and adopted a new county ordinance to implement a state-required property-fraud referral and review process.

The board voted to approve a 2026 general-maintenance resolution in the amount of $1,000,000 after committee review. Finance and administrative committees also presented a proposed levy figure (discussed at a committee level as a $46,000,000 levy producing an illustrative $872,286 figure), and board members asked staff, the sheriff and finance director to prepare options on 9‑1‑1/ETSB funding and a potential longer-term allocation formula before the next meeting.

Emergency management reported several capacity upgrades: the county’s hazard‑mitigation work has been accepted by FEMA and the director is rewriting the emergency operations plan for state approval; the county installed a new weather station and is transitioning its emergency notification platform, a move the director said will save about $5,000 annually and has…