LaSalle County finance panel to shift monthly meeting, asks departments to speed bill submission to ease month‑end close

Chair Tina Jensen called the LaSalle County Finance Committee to order May 30 and opened a discussion about a draft letter asking department heads to speed submission of monthly bills so the auditor's office can complete month‑end close.

The committee agreed in principle to move regular finance meetings to the second Tuesday of each month “to help with the month end close,” and asked that departments get bills and support documentation to the auditor's office earlier so auditors have time to enter invoices, do reconciliations and prepare financial reports. Chair Tina Jensen said the change is intended to give the auditor “more time to develop processes and procedures and work with the departments.”

Why it matters: Committee members and the county auditor…