Now that real estate tax bills are in the mail the Vermilion County Administration Building has re-opened to the public for essential services. County Board Chairman Larry Baughn made the announcement during a county board committee meeting Monday evening (May 4, 2020)….
{‘’There’s been some foot traffic today with tax bills. That was the main reason to kind of get things back in motion around here a little bit in the Administration Building. So we had a little soft opening today (Monday) for that,’’ said Baughn.}
Baughn adds that with the COVID-19 concerns still in place, those visiting the building are asked to take precautions….
{‘’We’ll see how traffic continues here, but again, we did put some ‘masks required’ signs on the doors in hopes that people will follow that recommendation,’’ said Baughn during Monday’s meeting.}
County employees in offices located in the building have been working – some from remote locations. But now the building is open again to the public for essential services.
Also during the Finance and Personnel Committee meeting, those county board members on the committee recommended:
- A $25,000 amendment to the Vermilion County Health Department budget be approved. The money is grant funds to be used for outreach for this year’s census.
- Approval by the full board of a $12,700 budget amendment for the Vermilion County Mental Health 708 Board. Jim Russell, Director of the local Mental Health program, says the funds are grant money being rolled over to continue the Mental Health First Aid training in the county.
- Approval of a $6300 budget amendment for the Regional Office of Education to help recruit a new bookkeeper for the office. Committee chairman Steve Fourez said if the county is going to be competitive in finding someone with the skills, this needs to be done.
And the committee also recommended a $10-thousand dollar budget amendment be approved by the full county board for the County Probation Office. Probation Director Tom Gregory said the transfer will allow officers in his department to do better work remotely. The money is being transferred from the department’s training line-item, but Gregory notes with the COVID-19 pandemic nobody is going anywhere for training.
The full Vermilion County Board will consider the transfers when it meets next week.
