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LaSalle County approves two 30-day discretionary leaves, moves into executive session over collective bargaining
Summary
LaSalle County approved a 30-day discretionary leave for a jail employee and a 30-day extension for a nursing-home employee, then voted to enter executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c) to discuss collective bargaining and salary schedules.
LaSalle County approved two 30-day discretionary leaves for county employees and then voted to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining and salary schedules.
The presiding speaker asked for a motion to approve a 30-day discretionary leave for a jail employee; after the motion and responses from board members, the body recorded unanimous 'Aye' votes from Pat Walsh (board member), Tina Bush (board member), Mike McEmmry (board member), Cathy Wright (board member) and James Bailey (board member), and the motion passed. The meeting record shows the leave was described as a "30 day discretionary leave" for the jail employee as requested; no additional details about the employee or operational impacts were specified in the transcript.
Immediately afterward the presiding speaker introduced a 30-day discretionary leave extension for a nursing-home employee. The transcript records a first and second (first: Tina Bush; second: Cathy Wright). The same five named members voted 'Aye' and approved the extension.
Later in the session the body voted to enter executive session under the Illinois statute cited in the transcript, "5 ILCS 120/2(c)", described in the meeting as applying to "collective bargaining matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees." A roll call again recorded Pat Walsh, Tina Bush, Mike McEmmry, Cathy Wright and James Bailey voting 'Aye' and the body proceeded into executive session.
The actions recorded in the public portion of the transcript are limited to the approvals of the two discretionary leaves and the motion to enter executive session; the transcript does not provide further detail on the rationale for the leaves, the identities of the employees beyond their workplace (jail, nursing home), any departmental impact, or any outcomes of the executive session. The meeting returned to executive session at the end of the provided transcript.
What happened next: the transcript ends with the body entering executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c); no further public actions or decisions are recorded in the provided segments.
