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Chair opens public hearing on Champaign County recording fee increase
Summary
The Champaign County Board held a public hearing July 23 on Resolution No. 2026148, which would raise the recording fee for property transfers from $15 to $25. No members of the public spoke and the board recessed without taking a vote.
The chair of the Champaign County Board opened a public hearing on July 23, 2026, to consider Resolution No. 2026148, which would raise the recording fee assessed on transfers of property ownership from $15 to $25, the chair said. The clerk read the official notice listing the meeting time and location at the Shields Carter Meeting Room in the Benin Administrative Center, 102 East Main Street, Urbana.
"The proposed increase raises the fee assessed to transfer property ownership from $15 to $25," the chair said while asking whether any members of the public wished to speak. The clerk had read that the hearing was convened for that specific purpose under Resolution No. 2026148. When no one from the public spoke, the chair closed public comment and stated the board would stand in recess; no vote or formal action on the resolution was recorded in the hearing transcript.
