Urbana meeting focuses on consultant proposal

URBANA – Taxpayers will have at least another month to hear more about a plan to hire a consulting firm for the new $24 million county nursing home.

The county board met in a three-hour study session Wednesday with mostly Democrats, most of whom are skeptical about the idea, in attendance, as well as AFSCME officials opposed to the plan.

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