County Backs Five-Year IEPA Pact Worth $75,726 a Year

June 23, 2026/Newspaper Staff/

Montgomery County Board Coordinating Committee Meeting | May 28, 2026

Article Summary: EMA/EPA/911 Director Dan Hough presented a new five-year delegation agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency calling for annual state funding of $75,726.08 beginning July 1, 2026, and the Coordinating Committee recommended approval unanimously on May 28.

IEPA Delegation Agreement Key Points:

The agreement runs five years and calls for annual state funding of $75,726.08.
Funding begins July 1, 2026 — the start of the state fiscal year.
Motion by Ethan Murzynski, seconded by Mark Hughes; all in favor, motion carried.
The recommendation goes to the full Montgomery County Board for final action.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — The Montgomery County Board Coordinating Committee on Thursday, May 28, 2026, recommended approval of a new five-year delegation agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency that calls for annual state funding of $75,726.08 to the county beginning July 1, 2026.

EMA/EPA/911 Director Dan Hough presented the agreement to the committee. Ethan Murzynski moved to recommend approval of the IEPA delegation intergovernmental agreement, seconded by Mark Hughes. All were in favor and the motion carried.

Delegation agreements are the mechanism by which the state agency assigns certain of its functions to a local body, with state funding attached. The July 1 start date aligns the agreement with the beginning of the state fiscal year. Over a full five-year term at the stated annual figure, the agreement would direct roughly $378,630 in state funding to the county.

The minutes do not specify which IEPA functions the county is delegated under the agreement, whether the annual figure is fixed or subject to adjustment, or what agreement the new one replaces.

The IEPA item was one of two Hough brought to the committee. Immediately before it, the committee recommended approval of an American Environmental Grant Agreement that Hough presented alongside his monthly EMA/EPA/911 report, on a motion by Connie Beck seconded by Dr. Patty Whitworth.

As a Coordinating Committee action, the vote is a recommendation only. The agreement requires approval by the full Montgomery County Board before it takes effect.