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McHenry County Mental Health Board approves $150 staff payments, directs grant‑writer policy and advances strategic‑plan goals
Summary
At its Feb. 24 meeting the McHenry County Mental Health Board approved one‑time $150 payments to staff who worked in 2025, asked staff to develop policy criteria for expanding access to a contracted grant writer, approved minutes and the consent agenda, and advanced four strategic‑plan goal headings for further work.
The McHenry County Mental Health Board voted Feb. 24 to award a one‑time $150 payment to employees who worked during 2025 and to move forward on governance items including minutes, the consent agenda and next steps for the board's strategic plan.
Board leadership presented the employee appreciation proposal as a use of an existing $2,000 line item in the employee‑relations budget, noting that $2,000 from the prior year rolled into fund balance. In describing the plan, the board president said, “maybe, like, a $150 for those that were here in the year 2025,” and staff confirmed the payments would be taxable. After discussion about…
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