10132026 County Board Meeting

The Iroquois County Board meeting on October 13, 2026, included committee reports on county spending, facilities, insurance, technology, transportation, and development applications. The Management Services Committee reported that bids for the county’s mowing contract will be solicited in January, as the current three-year contract ends this year. The county plans to replace the administrative building’s failed domestic hot-water heater; courthouse window work is awaiting materials, and an additional quote is being sought at the insurance company’s request. The committee also reported a loan balance of $473,951.83 and recommended seeking a legal opinion about restrictions on making additional payments. The Finance, IT and Tax Committee voted to post the FY2027 budget for public review and approved the finance manager as an animal-control credit-card user, with expense reporting required. It discussed a 39.3% health-insurance renewal increase and requested rate relief; no final plan selection was reported. The county’s IT provider, Area Wide Technologies, is continuing a cloud-migration project and reported increased costs for remote licensing. The board approved a resolution setting the county engineer’s 2027 salary at $149,000, with $74,500 reimbursed from motor-fuel-tax funds, and approved claims subject to board approval. No new vendor contract award or bid selection was identified.

Other spending and procurement-related matters included the Sheriff’s Department applying for a 2026 less-lethal equipment grant and receiving a $4,500 local-trust grant, and the newly hired solid-waste coordinator preparing a grant application described as 100% funded, due December 1. The board heard an update on rural transit provider Futures Connections, including state funding for vehicle repairs, a vehicle procurement program that may provide new vehicles, and increased service demand; no new transit contract vote was reported. Scout Clean Energy’s approximately 190.9-acre Woodbury solar-farm application was deemed complete and advanced to a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing, subject to attorney review. The board approved a template for emergency-response mutual-aid agreements, while discussion and action on a generative-AI policy were deferred until the following month. Data-center ordinance issues were discussed, with no procurement action taken.