DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Decatur City Council and a daycare have been working for more than two years to find a solution to provide another childcare option for families.

Monday night, the council voted 5-2 to approve their deal with Love, Learning and Laughter Daycare.

Decatur City Council member David Horn said that they approved $400,000 in funding for the necessary repairs to bring the building up to city code. He added that prior to Monday's meeting, they had already put more than $1 million into the project.

Decatur has been working with the owner of the daycare center, Cherri Johnson, since 2023.

At September's city council meeting, members didn't come to a decision because of concerns about the increasing costs of this project, especially since they are using taxpayer dollar

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