Cunningham Township approves April bills, funds travel for homeless-services training and signs IDHS intergovernmental agreement

Cunningham Township trustees approved the township's monthly bills for April 2026, authorized travel funding for an IHRC-funded management training, and approved a multiyear intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Billing approval: A motion to approve the April 2026 town bills was moved by Mary Alice and seconded by Grace. The clerk called the roll; trustees Trusty Woo, Trusty Evans, Trusty Hersy, Trusty Jones, Trusty Wilin and Trusty Quizenberry voted "yes," passing the motion. Supervisor Danielle had presented the bills report, which included a Talent Fund figure of $52,760 and total monthly expenditures reported as $84,722; one fund figure in the transcript (general assistance fund amount) was garbled and is marked "not specified" pending official minutes.

Training services agreement: The board considered Resolution T2026-06XXR, authorizing the supervisor to sign a services agreement with the Management Center for IHRC-funded training for county homelessness-service leaders. Danielle said the IHRC/Regional Plan Commission covers the bulk of training costs; the township was asked to cover $2,400 to pay for trainer travel (two trainers). Danielle said the training will serve 40 leaders across the county and that the travel line covered by the IHRC grant was over budget and approved by the executive committee. A motion to approve that resolution was moved by Mary Ellis and seconded by Trusty Jones; a roll-call vote recorded unanimous yeses and the resolution passed.

Intergovernmental agreement with IDHS: The board approved a resolution authorizing the supervisor to sign an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Human Services for 2026 through 2029. Danielle described this as a routine agreement that allows the township to recoup general-assistance payments advanced to participants when those participants later receive retroactive Social Security Disability (SSI) back pay; the township receives repayment from the state for amounts it advanced. A motion to approve the IDHS agreement was moved (the speaker who announced the motion said "I will move resolution number 2026601R" in the meeting record) and seconded by Trusty Woo; the clerk called the roll and trustees voted yes, passing the resolution.

All three actions were adopted by roll-call votes with trustees present recording unanimous yes votes at the time of each vote.

Notes and follow-up: Several numeric values in the audio/transcript were unclear (for example, a general-assistance fund total was garbled in the transcript). Those figures should be verified against the official posted minutes and accounts before publication or fiscal reporting.