LaSalle County officials approve assessment supervisor pay, extend two discretionary leaves and OK IT pay step

LaSalle County officials approved a series of personnel actions during a meeting that included setting the pay for the county’s supervisor of assessments, extending discretionary leave for two employees and authorizing a modest pay increase for an IT employee contingent on training completion.

The most consequential action was approval of pay and appointment procedures for the supervisor of assessments. An official moved “to approve the supervisor of assessment compensation of 115801, effective 12/01/2025, and forward to the appointment of legislation and rules committee for appointment,” a motion that named Abby Craft as the supervisor of assessments. The motion passed on a roll call in which Doug Trager, Kathy Brade, Mike McEmory and James Bailey each recorded “aye,” followed by an additional affirmation; the motion passed.

Officials also approved two 30-day discretionary leave extensions. One request was for a nursing home employee: a speaker asked members to approve “the discretionary leave for the nursing home employee for an additional 30 days,” and members approved by voice vote. In a separate item, members approved “the sheriff … discretionary leave” for another 30 days after James moved and Kathy seconded; the board approved by voice vote.

The board approved an IT pay step tied to training for an employee named Nick. A speaker proposed “to approve the compensation for Nick in the IT department of a dollar per hour upon the completion of 2 courses as stated in the attached,” and the motion — moved by Kathy Brade and seconded by James Bailey in the transcript — passed by voice vote.

Members concluded by voting to enter executive session under ILCS 120/2(c) for collective bargaining matters and deliberation on salary schedules for one or more classes of employees; a roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion passed.

The meeting record supplied the salary figure for the assessments supervisor as "115801" and an effective date of Dec. 1, 2025; the transcript did not include commas or a dollar sign. The transcript did not provide full vote tallies for the voice votes (nursing home leave, sheriff leave, IT pay step) beyond recorded “aye” responses; the assessment supervisor motion was resolved by roll call and recorded as noted above.

No substantive policy debate about the salary level, budget source or competing candidates appears in the transcript excerpt; several items were moved, seconded and approved in sequence and then the body moved into executive session.

What’s next: the supervisor compensation was forwarded to the Legislation and Rules Committee for appointment processing; the meeting then proceeded to executive session on collective bargaining and salary schedules.