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Committee revises department chapters: merit commission role reduced; jail staffing caps, auxiliaries and court security clarified
Summary
Will County's ordinance review committee struck outdated police-department language, aligned the merit commission's role with state law, set staffing ceilings for correctional deputies and auxiliaries, and forwarded Chapter 33 to the executive committee.
The Will County Rules and Ordinances Committee reviewed a broad set of changes to Chapter 33, which covers county departments, offices and committees, and voted to forward the chapter to the county executive committee.
Phil (staff) told members he removed legacy references to a "police department" and replaced them with the correct terminology — the sheriff's office — and aligned the merits-and-personnel sections with current state statute. He said the merit commission no longer sets some internal rules that…
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