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Recorder flags postcard property-fraud solicitations, outlines office revenue and staffing changes
Summary
The LaSalle County Recorder reported monthly document counts and revenue, warned residents about paid property-fraud solicitations, encouraged sign-up for the office's free Property Fraud Alert program, and said a 37-year employee will retire, prompting an internal promotion and a forthcoming union-grade job posting.
The LaSalle County Recorder (name not specified) presented the office’s February statistics and operational updates to the committee on March 18, noting a decline in recorded documents compared with the same period last year and routine revenue and expense figures for the general, equipment and GIS funds.
The recorder said the office recorded 946 documents in February (down 49 from January), has completed 9,136 back-indexing records and that online searches are currently available back to February 1972. Monthly revenue reported for the recorder’s office totaled $125,470.94 and total expenses were $80,017.10 for the month; year-to-date figures and budget comparisons were provided in the packet.
The recorder warned the public about unsolicited postcards circulating that urge property owners to call and pay private services to “watch” mortgage or recorded-document activity. She said those solicitations charge a fee but the recorder’s office offers a free Property Fraud Alert program that residents can sign up for instead. The recorder said the sheriff’s office and local media helped publicize the unsolicited cards and the free county program.
Staffing and operations: the recorder said a 37-year employee will retire April 4; the office will promote an existing deputy into the supervisor role and post to fill a resulting union grade-1 vacancy. She provided salary bands used for the replacement (grade 1 and grade 2 hourly grades were discussed in the meeting packet) and said the office is managing back-indexing, Laredo and Monarch subscriber services and the honor-roll veterans and business sign-up programs.
Formal actions: the committee approved the recorder’s monthly report and authorized payment of recorder bills; both motions carried by voice vote.
Ending: the recorder said the office will continue a fee-study implementation plan previously approved by the full board and that incoming training credits and conference reimbursements are pending related to a conference converted to an online format.
