The assessment is designed to identify priorities for work during the next five years pertaining to community needs and to help the health department and its partners improve the quality of life in the county.
City Council is scheduled to meet in regular session by 7 p.m. today in City Hall at 105 W. Third St. The meeting will be preceded by a committee meeting at 6 p.m.
Nineteen Illinois counties now are at the highest transmission level, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. That s up from 15 such counties last week and eight the week before that.