County Board Updates

The video is up for yesterday night's Committee of the Whole County Board meeting (available here). More on that soon. The Champaign County Clerk announced a new candidate filing for County Board District 6, Republican PJ Trautman:

More on Truatman's decision to join the race here at this post on his personal facebook page. He'll be running against Democrat Charles Young for the seat currently held by Tracy Douglass (recently appointed to the board after Joshua Hartke's resignation and move). More updates to the District 6 election page on the way.

The News-Gazette had a highlight from last night's Committee of the Whole meeting:

Champaign County Board recommends $4.5M budget for nursing home
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At a committee-of-the-whole meeting Tuesday evening, members recommended appropriating $4,542,946 to the nursing home for an operating budget.

Previously, the county board — months before a decision was made on the home's future — had only approved a six-month budget for the facility...

Since current appropriations are insufficient to cover nursing home operations, [County Administrator Deb Busey] said the board's action — if ultimately approved — would essentially restore the nursing home to its original 12-month budget, as proposed by the management company during the budget process.

A board vote on the appropriation is expected next week.

Full article here. More on last night's meeting coming soon.