Committees and Members

COMMITTEE LIST
FULTON COUNTY BOARD
2025

STANDING COMMITTEES:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: All Committee Chairs
FINANCE & INSURANCE & PERSONNEL & LEGISLATIVE: Chair: Lauren Southwood;
Members: Kessel, Grigsby, Platt, C.Southwood
HEALTH: Chair: Platt;
Members: Beck, Kumer, Grigsby, Widger
PUBLIC SAFETY & CAMPGROUND: Chair: Williams;
Members: Barbknecht, Barclay, Smith, Steck
PROPERTY: Chair: Kessel
Members: Barbknecht, Barclay, Berry, C.Southwood
COUNTY HIGHWAY: Chair: Beck;
Members: Kumer, Smith, L.Southwood, Williams
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ZONING: Chair: Grigsby;
Members: Berry, Steck, Smith, Widger

SELECT COMMITTEES:
o 377 Board: Member Berry, Audra Miles
o 708 Board: Member Southwood
o 911 Liaison: Chris Southwood
o Central IL Agency on Aging (CIAA): Member Beck
o Chaplin: Member Platt
o Community Action Partnership of Central IL (CAPCIL): Member Beck
o Courthouse Security: Chair-Spangler; Members: Barclay, Williams, Fulton County Sheriff
o Ethics Advisor: Justin Jochums
o Fulton County Joint Advisory Health Insurance Committee: Beth Hadsall-Circuit Clerk’s Rep; Jaclyn Webb -Courthouse Union Rep (Co-Chair); Noel Pigg-Clayberg Rep; Heather Swearingern-Sheriff’s Dept. Union Rep; Amber McKenzie-Highway Rep; Preston Harris- FOP Rep. ; Katie Lynn -Non Union Rep; Barry Beck, Chris Southwood, Laura Kessel, Brian Platt, Lauren Southwood, Paula Grigsby
Patrick O’Brian – Employer Reps
o Heart of Illinois Regional Port District: Nestor Madson
o Liquor Control: Chair-Spangler; Members: Barclay, Kumer, Widger
o Negotiations: Chair Spangler; Members:
o Public Aid Appeals: Chair Spangler; Members: Debra S. Neal, Mary Lou Rounds, Tom Shafer, Roberta Smith
o Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development: Member: Southwood
o UCCI Rep: Member Southwood, Member Beck
o WIRC: Fulton County Board Member: Member Beck
o WIEDA:
o Career Link: Chairman Spangler
o Zoning Board of Appeals: Bob Ackerman, Sally Jo Clark, Cathy Eathington, Mat Fletcher,
Jason Myetch, Bill Phillips (Chair), Damon Roberson
o Transit: Audra Miles