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Facilities committee reviews ARPA spending and department reorganization; staff says restructure needs no new funding

Champaign County Facilities Committee · January 7, 2026
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The Facilities Committee reviewed ARPA expenditures tied to the jail consolidation allocation and discussed a proposed department restructure eliminating the facilities director role and creating three management positions; staff said the memo requests no additional funds and that some ARPA spending totaled $1,877,045.46 as cited in the transcript.

The Champaign County Facilities Committee received an update on ARPA spending connected to the county’s jail consolidation effort and reviewed a proposed internal department reorganization.

Michelle presented the ARPA tracking spreadsheet (referred to in the meeting as the "Furtado spreadsheet") and said the transcript's '6.4' figure represents the full amount originally allocated for the jail consolidation effort and that approximately '1.8' had been spent as of…

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