Committees and Members

COMMITTEE LIST
FULTON COUNTY BOARD
2024

STANDING COMMITTEES:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: All Committee Chairs
FINANCE & INSURANCE & PERSONNEL & LEGISLATIVE: Chair: Thompson;
Members: Beck, Heller, Kessel, Grigsby, Platt, Southwood
HEALTH: Chair: Platt;
Members: Barclay, Beck, Kumer, Thompson
PROPERTY, COURTS, PUBLIC SAFETY & CAMPGROUND: Chair: Williams;
Members: Barclay, Berry, Kumer, Murphy, Sloan, Widger
COUNTY HIGHWAY: Chair: Heller;
Members: Berry, Murphy, Williams
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ZONING: Chair: Kessel;
Members: Grigsby, Sloan, Southwood, Widger

SELECT COMMITTEES:
o 377 Board: Member Berry, Audra Miles
o 708 Board: Member Southwood
o 911 Liaison: VACANT
o Central IL Agency on Aging (CIAA): Member Beck
o Chaplin: Member Platt
o Community Action Partnership of Central IL (CAPCIL): Member Berry
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); Trudy Williams-Clayberg Rep; Mary Ellen Carmack-Sheriff’s Dept. Union Rep; Amber McKenzie-Highway Rep; VACANT- FOP Rep. ; Katie Lynn -Non Union Rep; Barry Beck, Lisa Thompson (Chair), Laura Kessel, Brian Platt, Lauren Southwood, Paula Grisby
Patrick O’Brian – Employer Reps
o Heart of Illinois Regional Port District: Nestor Madson
o Liquor Control: Chair-Spangler; Members: Kumer, Sloan, Widger
o Negotiations: Chair Spangler; Members: Beck, Heller, Kessel, Thompson
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 Thompson, Member Beck
o WIRC: Fulton County Board Member: Member Heller
o WIEDA: Bob Bucher
o Career Link: Chairman Spangler
o Zoning Board of Appeals: Bob Ackerman, Sally Jo Clark, Cathy Eathington, Mat Fletcher,
Jason Herrick, Bill Phillips (Chair), Damon Roberson
o Transit: Audra Miles