The County Board meeting will be broadcast tonight on Cable channel 2 in CU.  There is a closed session anticipated shortly after public participation.  We’ve had some difficulty getting back live on the air, but hopefully that won’t be a problem tonight.

Anyone following the local news is aware of the severe budget problems at the Champaign County Nursing Home. In January, the County Board passed a resolution creating a Nursing Home Board of Directors. The first meeting for the new board is set for 7:30 in the morning on May 5.

The County Board was created after the 1970 Constitutional Convention which eliminated the County Board of Supervisors. The minutes for the newly created County Board therefore extend to April 1972. Those minutes are now fully searchable on our website.

We are actually working on the minutes of the County Board of Supervisors extending back into the 1800’s. Prior to about 1965, the Board of Supervisors had two records. The minutes and the Supervisor Records. Those Supervisor Records include resolutions and other items which would now be recorded as separate documents and given a number. We are digitizing both the Supervisor Records and minutes.

With the minutes in searchable format, you are now able to search ordinances, resolutions, and minutes on our website.

As always, we will be broadcasting the County Board meeting tonight. The Cable channel is 21, the NASA channel. My apologies in advance if we’re preempting any shuttle coverage. As many of you know, we’ve had issues in the past few months with the audio. We believe that we’ve resolved those. Also, we’ve gone to a new digital camera which hopefully will improve the picture some and also allow us to drop the meeting onto our website so you can watch it yourself at your leisure. Streaming is hopefully coming soon.