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DeKalb County Board approves truck purchase, state funding agreement, tax levies, jail bond and names tourism agency of record
Summary
The DeKalb County Board approved multiple resolutions including procurement of a 2027 Kenworth truck, a joint funding agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation, property-tax levies tied to expansion and jail bonds (including $1,661,356.26 for a jail bond), and selected the DeKalb County Convention and Business Bureau as tourism agency of record with a $15,000 contribution.
The DeKalb County Board approved a package of resolutions on motions from the highway committee and other members, recording votes by roll call or voice and entering several funding and procurement decisions.
What passed: Resolutions included (numbers as read in transcript): R2026-008 to award the purchase of one new 2027 Kenworth T480; R2026-009 to enter a joint funding agreement for state construction work with the Illinois Department of Transportation (section 22-00281-00); R2026-004 to date a portion of the property tax levy for a 2025 tax year expansion bond in the amount of $900,000; R2026-005 to allocate portion of a property tax levy for a 2017 jail expansion bond in the amount of $1,661,356.26; and a resolution approving $206,000 for liability revenues. The board also approved a resolution selecting the DeKalb County Convention and Business Bureau as the…
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