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Campton Hills trustees approve administrator services agreement after rejecting pay raise amendment
Summary
The Village of Campton Hills approved an administrative services agreement with J M Rooney Consulting Inc. after trustees voted down an amendment that would have removed a proposed compensation paragraph. Trustees debated term language and compensation before the original agreement carried on a 5–1 roll call.
The Campton Hills Village Board on Dec. 16 approved a resolution (R25-45) to enter into an agreement with J M Rooney Consulting Inc. for village administrative services after rejecting an amendment that would have removed a proposed pay increase.
Trustee Therese moved to amend the contract to remove the compensation paragraph and the $10,000 professional membership reimbursement, and proposed a defined contract end date rather than the document’s open/auto-renewing term. "I don't think we should have the effective date go through for an open and indefinite term," Therese said, and argued the raise would place the village administrator among the highest paid in nearby municipalities given Campton Hills’ small staff.
Village attorney Attorney Forte responded that an agreement with an auto-renewing vendor-style clause plus a 30-day termination right typically would not violate the Illinois Municipal Code provision cited during the meeting. "The way I would view this agreement... is similar to an auto-renewing vendor contract because it is in effect a vendor contract," Attorney Forte said, adding that the 30-day termination without cause protects a future administration.
Therese’s amendment was seconded by Kim but failed on a roll call (Trustee Hassenberger and Trustee Muir voted yes; Trustees Benetti, Boatner, Burson and Mallet voted no). The board then voted on the original motion to approve the agreement; the roll call reflected five ayes and one nay, and the motion passed.
Trustees said they expected to review compensation levels as part of the upcoming budget process and that any future raises should be tied to a formal budget review and finance-committee input. The board’s action authorizes the administrator services agreement to proceed as drafted; the contract’s compensation provisions remain in place pending future budget deliberations.
The board moved into subsequent agenda items following the vote and later entered closed session for personnel matters.
What happens next: The contract will be implemented per the approved terms. Trustees indicated they will revisit compensation and budget priorities during the next budget cycle.
