The LaSalle County hiring subcommittee voted Sept. 29 to enter an executive session under the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), to discuss appointment, employment compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific county employees.

Steve Aubrey, chair of the LaSalle County hiring subcommittee, opened the meeting and called the roll. The body first voted to dispense prior minutes; that motion was moved by Greg and seconded by James Bailey and approved by voice vote. Aubrey then requested a motion to move into executive session, citing 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), which permits closed deliberation on certain personnel matters. The motion was made and seconded and the subcommittee voted in favor; the chair announced the motion passed.

The motion text recorded at the meeting specified the scope of the executive session as "appointment, employment compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the county, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity." No substantive discussion of personnel matters occurred in public during the portion of the meeting recorded in the transcript; the vote to convene the executive session was the final public action documented. The subcommittee did not disclose any additional details or a scheduled duration for the closed session in the public record provided.

The hiring subcommittee is a LaSalle County body that handles matters related to county employment and hiring; executive sessions under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) are closed to the public. The meeting record in the transcript ends with the announcement that the motion to enter executive session passed.