The Sangamon County Board approved an intergovernmental agreement Oct. 13 to provide administrative support for the newly formed Sangamon County Mental Health Board.
The Mental Health Board, which is funded by a limited 0.5% sales tax levy (groceries, medication and services are excluded) approved by primary voters in March, will pay the county just more than $12,6oo for administrative services through the rest of the county’s fiscal year, which ends Nov. 30.
The Mental Health Board will have to participate in the county’s annual budgeting and auditing process, but the contract stipulates the “county shall have no role in reviewing or approving, any grant, contract, or other award issued to or to be issued by (the Mental Health Board).”
County Administrator Brian McFadden said the agreement allows the new Board to concentrate most of its funding on disbursement towards services, rather than spending on various infrastructural needs.
“(Voters and board members) wanted it to be lean and mean, and a result of that is this IGA where they will piggyback on the county for their back office/admin services, HR, payroll, IT, procurement — things like that will happen in the county system,” he said. The Mental Health Board “will pay for it, but it’s going to be at a level that’s significantly less than what they would be facing if they had to secure those services from outside vendors.”
See the full intergovernmental agreement here:
Editor’s note:
This story originally referenced an estimation of the annual contract to be roughly $94,000. Illinois Times came to that estimate through dividing cost by length of the initial agreement, dated to start Oct. 13 and multiplying that figure by 365 for a full year.
County Administrator Brian McFadden informed Illinois Times the agreement should be backdated to July for services provided, meaning the actual annual estimate would be closer to $26,000.
