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Board narrowly rejects amendment to raise nonunion pay to 5%; agrees to table 3.5% baseline for budget review
Summary
LaSalle County Board debated a resolution to grant nonunion employees a 3.5% wage increase (or $1 per hour, whichever is greater) for fiscal year 2025–26; an amendment to raise that to 5% failed 11–16, and the board then voted 15–12 to table the original motion for further budget review.
The LaSalle County Board on July 10 considered a resolution to increase wages for all current nonunion county employees for the fiscal year beginning Dec. 1, 2025. The resolution before the board would grant nonunion employees — excluding those whose salaries are set by other boards or previously adjusted — “a 3.5 percent or $1 per hour, whichever is greater, increase in their wages.” County Board member Traeger moved to amend the measure to 5%, saying nonunion…
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