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Probation office reports caseload and financial figures; $124,940 in probation fees ordered, $77,416 collected in 2024
Summary
LaSalle County probation staff presented monthly and annual statistics, including active caseloads and financials; the office reported $124,940 in probation fees ordered for the year and $77,416 collected, and described reimbursement sources and grant income lines.
The LaSalle County probation office presented monthly and annual statistics and financials to the Law and Justice Committee, reporting active caseload totals and grant reimbursements, and answering committee questions about collections.
Probation representative Sue said that for December the county's active juvenile caseload was 102 with 11 administrative cases and the circuit total on probation was 151. For adults in December, Sue said probation fees ordered were $7,800 (a noted typographical entry in the report) and the LaSalle County active adult caseload was 521 with 268 administrative cases; the circuit total on adult probation was 1,311.
For the annual period (Dec. 1, 2023 to Nov. 30, 2024), Sue reported juvenile active caseload 94 and administrative 10, with 150 total juveniles on probation for the 13th circuit. Adult probation fees ordered for LaSalle County for the year were $124,940 and collections realized were $77,416.57. Sue said the probation office has received salary reimbursements from other counties in the circuit and from the state.
Sue provided departmental budget figures: for Department 026 the meeting record shows budgeted and expended figures and balances; adult and juvenile probation salary and expenses and reimbursements are included in the annual financial summary. Sue said the probation office received full salary reimbursement from AYC for some positions and listed grant income lines including adult redeploy ($128,839.33), juvenile redeploy ($7,663.24) and the problem-solving court/treatment alternative court ($183,278.52 recorded as $278.52 in the transcript; figure likely a formatting/transcription issue).
Committee members questioned how unpaid probation fees are handled. Sue and other staff explained that ordered fees remain on the accounting record until paid and that collections can occur over the duration of probation; the circuit clerk's office ultimately handles submission to collections. The transcript records a staff clarification that probation cannot be continued beyond a person's sentence date solely because of unpaid fees — that limitation is statutory.
The committee approved the monthly report and the annual report by voice vote during the meeting. Staff noted one juvenile and one child in treatment at Focus House; the county pays a per‑day rate reported as $2.50 in the transcript for the child in treatment.
