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The treasurer described investment strategy as laddering maturities into 2025–2027 to balance yield and liquidity. \"I have a couple of them come and do that we'll be work renewing. So but overall, I think public safety has, 3 of them coming due here pretty quick too… If I can get 4% on the certificates or get close to it, that's kinda what I'd like to try to get there,\" the treasurer said in explaining his approach.

Committee members asked about the iFiber settlement proceeds that are held in Illinois Funds. Staff said the settlement is parked in a variable-rate Illinois Funds money-market account that the county can access at any time. When asked whether funds could be pulled at any time, the treasurer said yes; when asked about the current rate the treasurer said it was \"like 4 and a half now, somewhere in there.\" The exact account balance was not specified in the meeting; when asked whether it was \"over $8,000,000,\" staff said they would have to check and that the amount was \"somewhere in that number.\" The treasurer said the funds are being held for liquidity until the board directs longer-term investment decisions.

On tax collections, the treasurer said mobile-home taxes totaling about $121,000 will be due May 2 and that about $50,000 has been collected to date; the clerk added that mobile-home bill sizes vary but average about $81. County staff presented no formal investment policy change at the meeting and no new long-term commitments were approved.

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Karen read the bill text as she summarized it: \"Provides that any person who files or causes to be filed a deed or instrument that is recorded in the granter's index or the grantees index that is fraudulent, unlawfully altered, or intended to unlawfully cloud or transfer the title of any real property may be held liable to the rightful property owner affected in an action,\" she said. Karen said the bill also would require counties to \"establish and maintain a property fraud alert system\" and to implement a fraud referral and review process, which would demand document-by-document reviews and more staff time.

Karen told the committee the recorder's office currently sends property-fraud alerts to enrolled subscribers notifying them when a document is recorded, and the office can show a recorded document to a caller, but the new bill appears to require substantive review and investigation of deeds. \"To establish a fraud referral and review process to review deeds and instruments could be very time consuming and would step over the bounds of what the recorder's office does at this time,\" she said, noting the risk of new liabilities and the added workload.

She said the Illinois Recorder's Association is monitoring the bill and that local offices have asked the association to lobby for language that would allow counties to opt in rather than require counties to perform a full fraud review by statute. Karen said follow-up work is pending and that the recorder's association would provide more guidance as the bill moves through the legislature.

The recorder's office report and the committee's discussion did not result in a formal motion; the recorder asked the committee to note the issue and to expect updates as the legislation proceeds.

","LaSalle County Recorder reported on Senate Bill 1523, which would require counties to establish property fraud review systems; the recorder said the bill would expand duties beyond recording and raised concerns about time, liability and staff capacity.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6273209,"LaSalle County Clerk plans new voting equipment bid, weighs higher pay for election judges",304,706000,1010000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3004799-aea189477affefaac607fb5fd4072b17&start=706&end=1010","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3004799-aea189477affefaac607fb5fd4072b17/thumbnail_706000.jpg","/articles/6273209/LaSalle-County/Illinois/LaSalle-County-Clerk-plans-new-voting-equipment-bid-weighs-higher-pay-for-election-judges","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6273209-123761a526921f535df234f8ad18276b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771178937&Signature=Ywqpddd0Ruk4U7HsZUvHOCIFs4nXT1o~-ovscI5B7uqiPfzowN7iYNK52M6LzFb9eBQhCOcU-UNlo0IWjTujuFJNrlWI9IvsW2O3-zEDBj64LZqJGe4BALLGmO1Yq5vnxZ9RVWBhs0um8NkZBPZDqoDCcodDhKVk02yBBVLszffGSXmogDWd32WPUK7tTXAn~ILzx3sU1B7BDzQ0dWsf7gfxe1Xqpyf2mgkmyIf9ShOBaf0Bakd0YKflsY9DC8yKdoOe1knW7AEwtKy3dY8jME9Tb8kwkcOAjQq8wDQ5K-Z1qeWAgcXp~Mn2UAF8LUBEIE8SVvHiGOkw1HUhZVPziQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","LaSalle County's Clerk reported on April 15 that a vendor's single bid for a new election system was unhelpfully high and that she will reissue the solicitation and contact known vendors to encourage competition.

The clerk said the one bid received included a first-year conversion and training price the clerk could not justify without a comparator. \"For the first year it would have been $183,000 I believe, that includes conversion and training and things like that,\" the county clerk said. She told the committee she will resubmit the bid within about a week and will notify state-listed vendors so they can submit competitive proposals. She said she still hoped to convert in June if a new contract can be secured on a reasonable timeline.

The clerk also presented a range of possible base pay rates for election judges and the fiscal impact of each. She calculated budget scenarios for a base pay of $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00 per hour for the pool of up to 595 possible judges across 19 precincts (the clerk said she budgets for the maximum 595 judges even though typical turnout yields fewer). The packet showed prior election judge counts: 357 judges in the 2023 consolidated election, 373 in March 2024, 469 in the November 2024 presidential election and 369 in the most recent April 2025 election. The clerk said the office will continue to track geographies where extra touchscreen/ADA machines are needed and intends to review poll-book bids and hands-on training requirements later this year.

She told the committee the office has been documenting touchscreen usage trends and will publish election reports to the county website; as of the meeting the office had finished tabulating ballots that were postmarked by election day and expected official reports to be online the following day.

There were no final votes on equipment procurement at the meeting; the clerk's stated actions were to reissue the solicitation, contact vendors to ensure fair competition and return updated results at the next meeting.

","The county clerk told the committee she will reissue a bid for a new elections system after a single, high bid; the clerk also presented cost scenarios for raising election judge pay and outlined poll-book planning and early-voting trends.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6273213,"LaSalle County assessors, multipliers and township inspections draw scrutiny; committee asks state's attorney to draft options",4582,2918000,7500000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3004799-aea189477affefaac607fb5fd4072b17&start=2918&end=7500","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3004799-aea189477affefaac607fb5fd4072b17/thumbnail_2918000.jpg","/articles/6273213/LaSalle-County/Illinois/LaSalle-County-assessors-multipliers-and-township-inspections-draw-scrutiny-committee-asks-states-attorney-to-draft-options","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6273213-635f2cb4e369be2f689025d468637e08/orig.mp4?Expires=1771178937&Signature=RpAEJ0bOO2EVbK-KIphV610UYx0nQAUPdmrYJTKYaHcaYiezbCG5WbKV~euPXdCS-fEY8bKkjvOAH1g84TA-KWKIfxZ~K90GWq5VohnGNjKVHenIrYqM9QqD~XPHD3S9ADbaKTEBpYmhLhc67l8-tbfyzYNr9D9np9McdP6E0FIItYHsgvMBNzLccbFyJ0ITlhKfmL5Uqp-2VHc29AVR9SrVWWhvLKAYUYZNwygV2zhEzTCkkRCJn6exc0sumRzYwKqfKg85sOlrj0lPmp3slAoTH0E2CbW0oaisl-20PCllpdJdkmC-muq5GXbx66ENRwqI7wAWXZ0mEcH8UNWUDQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The LaSalle County Supervisor of Assessments' office presented a detailed briefing on April 15 showing large, countywide equalization multipliers and uneven township assessment work, and committee members pressed for legal and procedural remedies.

Supervisor of Assessments Stephanie (first name only in the transcript) told the Taxes, Election & GIS Committee that the state uses arm's-length sales from recent years to calculate equalization factors and multipliers that bring township assessments to one-third of market value. She walked the committee through the county's online guidance about multipliers and how the Department of Revenue uses sales from recent years to run ratio studies.

The multipliers matter because they adjust assessments after the state's sales-ratio review and can raise individual taxpayers' bills even when assessors did not change an individual parcel's record. \"If an equalization factor for a property class or township was applied by the county assessor or board of review, the multipliers factors by law are published in the heading of the newspaper listing of assessment changes for the township when the assessment year changes are published,\" Stephanie said, noting the multipliers are public and published with the township results.

Committee members focused on the county's mix of 37 townships and 16 assessors and on the unevenness of fieldwork. Stephanie said only a handful of townships had completed the recommended parcel record updates; she named Manlius, Meriden, Ophir and Treg Road as the townships that had done the work called for on property record cards. Several members described examples of contracted or elected township assessors who had completed only a handful of inspections over long periods. \"Just because you go online and you see a deed that's filed, a lot of people just assume that's how title is held,\" the recorder later added when discussing a separate bill, underscoring how many interlocking systems affect taxpayers' understanding of their bills.

Board members pressed for accountability and legal remedies. Several members said repeated outreach had produced only partial improvements and that limited penalties in statute (a $500 fine cited in the discussion) may be insufficient to change behavior. County Board member Tom Templeton asked for a pathway to hold underperforming assessors to account; the committee asked the county state's attorney to research options and provide draft language for a county resolution or other measures.

State's Attorney Mark Anderson (joined the meeting) and other members agreed to review next steps. At the meeting's close, Chair Doug Traeger asked Mark to work with staff and bring proposed verbiage or options back at the next committee meeting for formal consideration.

Committee members said the issue matters because reassessments and multipliers affect school and municipal levies across many taxpayers. Stephanie urged committee members and the public to use the assessor office web resources to find multipliers, appeal information and other consumer-facing content before tax bills are mailed.

The committee did not adopt a final policy at the April 15 meeting; it directed the state's attorney and county staff to return with draft language and options for committee consideration next month.

","County assessor's office told the Taxes, Election & GIS Committee that high equalization multipliers and incomplete township property records left many parcels under-assessed; committee asked the state's attorney to research remedies and bring proposed language back next month.","actionData","errors"]

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