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McLean County officials delay funding decision for children's waiting room, remove visitation center from agenda
Summary
County members removed a visitation-center item from the current agenda and agreed to pursue a competitive emergent-needs process rather than approve an immediate FY2026 budget amendment to fund a Law and Justice Center children's waiting room. Interim coverage and longer-term fee options were discussed.
Unidentified board member (Speaker 5) raised procedural and funding concerns on a proposed FY2026 budget amendment to fund a children's waiting room at the Law and Justice Center, urging the county to consider an existing State of Illinois remedy that allocates court-fee revenue to such services rather than using shared sales-tax dollars.
County staff (Speaker 6) told members the statutory line for children's waiting-room funding was effectively folded into the general fund after fee categories changed under Public Act 109-87, which took effect July 1, 2019, and…
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