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LaSalle County board approves multiple personnel actions, $1 hourly IT raise and full-time public defender position
Summary
The LaSalle County board approved three 30-day discretionary leaves, converted a public defender office assistant to a full-time county-paid position and approved a $1-per-hour raise for a circuit clerk IT employee; the board also voted to enter and exit executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c).
LaSalle County board members on Oct. 12 approved several personnel actions including three 30-day discretionary leaves, the conversion of a public defender office assistant to a full-time county-paid position and a $1-per-hour wage increase for a circuit clerk information-technology employee.
The actions were taken during the county board meeting after votes to come out of and later to go into executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c), the Illinois Open Meetings Act provision for collective bargaining and salary-schedule deliberations.
The board approved discretionary leave requests extending three employees20for 30 days each: a LaSalle County Sheriff's Department jail employee, a nursing-home employee and a highway department employee. Each leave request was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote.
The board approved the LaSalle County Public Defender's request to convert an office assistant to a full-time, 40-hours-per-week position with benefits paid by the county. During the discussion members clarified the effective date as Dec. 1; the board then voted in favor.
Separately, the board rescinded an earlier motion from Aug. 27, 2025 concerning circuit-clerk IT compensation and then approved a new $1-per-hour wage increase for the circuit clerk's IT employee to take effect with the payroll period beginning Sept. 1. The latter vote was taken by roll call and recorded as unanimous.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to come out of executive session: mover James; seconder Tina; vote recorded: Tom Walsh ye, Tina Bush ye, Michael ye, Kathy ye, James ye; outcome: passed.
- Discretionary leave: LaSalle County Sheriff's Department jail employee, 30 days: mover Kathy; seconder James; vote: passed (voice vote; individual ayes recorded during roll calls that followed); outcome: approved.
- Discretionary leave: nursing home employee, 30 days: mover Tina; seconder Michael; vote: passed (voice vote); outcome: approved.
- Discretionary leave: highway department employee, 30 days: mover Michael; seconder Tina; vote: passed (voice vote); outcome: approved.
- Public Defender20office assistant conversion to full-time (40 hours/week) with county-paid benefits, effective Dec. 1: mover James; seconder Kathy; vote: passed (voice vote/roll call not fully enumerated in the record); outcome: approved.
- Motion to rescind prior circuit clerk IT compensation motion (motion dated 08/27/2025): mover James; seconder Tina; vote: passed.
- Approve $1/hour IT wage increase for circuit clerk employee, effective Sept. 1: mover James; seconder Tina; roll-call votes recorded: Tom Walsh ye, Tina Bush ye, Michael ye, Kathy ye, James ye; outcome: approved.
- Motion to go into executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c) for collective bargaining/salary-schedule deliberations: mover James; seconder Michael; roll-call vote recorded as aye by members present; outcome: passed.
Board members and staff clarified several implementation details during the meeting, including the effective dates for personnel changes and that benefits for the converted public defender position will be paid by the county. The circuit clerk action replaced an earlier compensation decision from Aug. 27, 2025.
The meeting record does not specify individual employee names or the department payroll impact in dollars. Minutes show the board used both voice votes and roll-call votes for these items; the roll call for the IT wage increase recorded unanimous support from the named board members.
