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Will County approves $75,000 contract for independent study of Homer Glen policing costs

Will County Board · February 19, 2026
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Summary

The board authorized the county auditor to pursue a roughly $75,000 professional services contract to produce a defensible, subject-matter expert law-enforcement cost study for services provided to the village of Homer Glen, responding to constituent questions about cost allocation and transparency.

Will County’s board voted Feb. 19 to authorize the county auditor to enter into a professional services agreement (approx. $75,000) for an independent law-enforcement cost study to examine costs charged to the village of Homer Glen.

County Auditor Duffy Blackburn said the sheriff’s office and county have used a cost matrix since the early 2000s to set the contract price for Homer Glen; that matrix compiles direct and indirect labor costs, benefits,…

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