LaSalle County circuit clerk outlines countywide Quikit e-citation rollout and digitization push

Greg, the circuit clerk for LaSalle County, told the board the office is moving ahead with a countywide rollout of the Quikit e-citation program and several digitization projects.

Greg said county revenue cases for April totaled $379,945 paid to the county and state, with $80,340 paid to agencies and $8,120 in collections. He said the office currently has two job openings and is reorganizing staff while digitizing files; Accela staff (referred to as HOV Accela) will be on site for two days starting tomorrow to support the work. He also said one office at the Criminal Justice Center has been reconfigured and is “95% completed.”

The nut graf: Quikit is intended to replace the county’s current DigiTicket system and to consolidate citation, accident and towing reports across local police agencies. A successful rollout would centralize reporting and shift annual licensing costs from per-unit fees to a lump-sum model divided among participating agencies.

Greg described Quikit’s features and rollout plan: the system includes a built-in “leads” program and several report types that he said other vendors lack. He said Ottawa, Peru and Oglesby are in the first round of integration, with the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Department leading the effort; five more agencies are in round two and several more are planned for round three. Greg said Quikit is based in Naperville and is on call 24/7. He said the annual cost is “45 or 47,000 per year” and that the amount will be divided among agencies based on number of units, which he said could make it “one fourth of what it would have cost” under per-unit pricing.

Board members asked about staffing and hiring timelines. Greg said filling openings requires following the union process, including an internal posting period and a 15-workday trial if an employee moves into a promoted slot; as a result he estimated filling an opening typically takes three to five weeks. He said there is some internal interest in the open positions but not enough to guarantee immediate hires.

The board moved to accept the circuit clerk’s report and later approved the circuit clerk’s bills during the meeting. Greg said the office expects to go live in June with Quikit.

Ending: The circuit clerk will continue system integrations with participating agencies, complete digitization steps in the Criminal Justice Center and proceed with the Quikit go-live, with costs to be apportioned among participating police units.