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LaSalle County trust approves several payments, hears audit update and discusses hiring finance director
Summary
Trustees approved four requisitions covering insurance, legal and fees, were briefed on audit follow-up, and discussed a potential county-funded finance director role and grant-writing duties; no hiring decision was made.
LaSalle County Trust trustees approved four payment requisitions during their meeting and heard updates on compliance with recent audit recommendations, while discussing but not voting on hiring a finance director to support county and trust financial work.
The board approved requisitions to pay insurers, legal counsel and administrative fees totaling multiple disbursements, including $6,937.50 to CCMSI for March, $315 to CCMSI for runoff fees for January, $20,720.25 to I C R and D for an annual insurance deposit premium, and $8,820 to Nugent, Dillard & Savage for services. Each motion passed on roll call votes with trustees recorded as voting in the affirmative. Trustees later moved and approved a motion to adjourn to the next meeting on March 20.
Trustees raised questions about audit recommendations and compliance. A trustee reported they had provided the auditors with the trust's existing reporting materials and were awaiting feedback on whether current reports meet the auditors' expectations and whether any audit language would change. Trustees agreed they want regular updates on progress toward implementing auditors' recommendations, and one member said they planned to ask for that update at each meeting; the board did not take formal action to require a recurring agenda item.
Trustees also discussed previously raised plans to hire a finance director (a county position rather than a trust-only hire) to assist with budgets, financial statements and potentially grant work. Board members said the county position would be considered in coordination with the outcome of the auditors' feedback and a job description that has not yet been finalized. The meeting record shows no vote to create or fill the position; discussion noted the role could be part time and might include grant-writing responsibilities, and that some grant applications are currently handled by individual departments or outside groups (the board mentioned NCICG had written one grant last year that was unsuccessful).
Board members also asked for clarification about a proposed transfer of funds into the claims-paying account (a $100,000 transfer was mentioned in discussion); the transcript records the question and a brief exchange but does not show a motion or vote on that transfer.
The meeting concluded with the motion to adjourn to the March 20 meeting, which passed on a roll call vote.
