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LaSalle County finance committee debates scope and reporting line for proposed finance director
Summary
LaSalle County finance committee members debated whether to create a separate finance director/CFO role and how it would overlap with the county auditor’s duties, directing staff to gather job descriptions and invite an outside finance director to brief the committee.
LaSalle County finance committee members spent most of their April 1 meeting debating whether to create a standalone finance director/Chief Financial Officer position and, if created, which duties it should carry.
The committee did not vote to create the position. Instead the group directed staff to collect job descriptions, compare options and invite Chris Balkema, who previously served as Grundy County finance director, to brief the committee at a future meeting (target: April 24). Finance Committee Chair Tina Bush said members should “put pen to paper and spell out what we think we need.”
Committee members who favored a separate finance director said the county needs forward-looking budgeting,…
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