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Hazard-pay letter for maintenance staff tabled after debate on what counts as "biohazardous"

LaSalle County Salary & Labor Committee · January 30, 2026
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Summary

The committee reviewed a draft letter to pay maintenance workers an extra $10/hour for biohazard cleanup (retroactive to Dec. 1) but tabled the item for a month so staff can define "biohazardous" materials and confirm training implications.

County staff presented a draft letter of agreement to grant maintenance employees $10 per hour extra for responding to cleanups involving hazardous materials, paid in two-hour increments and retroactive to Dec. 1 for a recent exposure incident.

The presenter described the language as similar to a prior letter in effect in…

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