State ponies up reimbursement payment

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BENTON, IL –  (Rick Hayes, Benton Evening News.  Please click on the link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

The total bill owed by the state to Franklin County for probation and detention services has declined to under $1 million.

Treasurer Keith Jones reported at a Monday meeting the state has released a $300,000 reimbursement payment to the county, lowering the total state debt to about $748,000.

The county had considered an ordinance petitioning the Illinois Attorney General’s office to add the probation and detention officers of the Second Judicial Circuit in the A.G.’s action against the state to continue paying state employees. The General Assembly’s action to approve a budget reportedly made that a moot point