ADMINISTRATION

(217) 532-2001 ext. 224

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION - The Administrator is answerable to the Board of Health for the everyday operation of the Health Department. In addition, the Division of Administration is responsible for personnel management, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budget preparation, grant application, financial reports to state and federal agencies, as well as to the County Board, and numerous other general functions.

LOCAL REGISTRAR - The Administrator of the Health Department is the Local Registrar for Montgomery County. It is the responsibility of the Local Registrar to file certificates for all of births and deaths that occur within the County, with the exception of those that occur within the city limits of Litchfield. Those certificates are filed with the City Clerk, who is a Sub-Registrar for Montgomery County. The Local Registrar also files Report of Death cards, issues burial permits as needed, files Coroner’s Permit to Cremate, issues Disinternment/Reinterment Permits, issues certified copies of birth and death certificates, supplies a copy of each birth and death certificate to the County Clerk, supplies a copy of a death certificate to any Illinois County Clerk whose resident passed away in Montgomery County and sends the original certificates to the Division of Vital Records in Springfield.