LaSalle County Salary and Labor Committee votes to enter executive session on employee compensation and discretionary leaves

LaSalle County — The LaSalle County Salary and Labor Committee voted Aug. 14 to go into an executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c) to discuss compensation of specific employees and discretionary leaves. The special meeting was called to order by the committee chair, who identified himself as Steve Opry. Committee members present included Tom Walsh, Nina Bush, Joe Osipinski, Kathy (recorded alternately as Bridal/Bright in the transcript), Mike (recorded alternately as McHenry/McEmory), and James Bailey. The committee dispensed with citizen comments and approved the minutes from the previous meeting before taking the executive-session vote. Committee members moved and seconded the motion to enter executive session. The motion to convene a closed session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c) was moved by Mike (recorded in the roll as “Mike”); James Bailey seconded. A roll-call vote on the executive-session motion recorded ayes from Tom Walsh, Kathy (name recorded in the roll as "Kathy Bright"), Mike (recorded in the roll as "Mike McEmory"), James Bailey and Chair Steve Opry; the motion passed and the committee recessed into executive session. The meeting record shows no public comment on the agenda item and no further public deliberation was held on personnel pay or leave during the open session. Because the committee invoked 5 ILCS 120/2(c), discussion of the specific compensation and discretionary-leave matters occurred in closed session and are not part of the public transcript. The committee did not announce any decisions or actions on compensation or leaves in open session at the time the public portion of the meeting ended.