LaSalle County ratifies three-year patrol contract with Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 723
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Summary
The county board ratified a tentative three-year agreement with the sheriff’s patrol unit covering 12/1/2025–11/30/2028 that includes annual raises (4%, 3.5%, 3%), a shift schedule change favoring 12-hour patrol shifts, and modifications to rank differentials.
LaSalle County Board on Feb. 5 ratified a tentative collective bargaining agreement between the Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 723 (patrol unit) and the LaSalle County Sheriff covering Dec. 1, 2025, through Nov. 30, 2028.
A county representative summarized the agreement’s main terms: annual pay increases of 4.0% in the first year, 3.5% in the second year and 3.0% in the third year; a structural change for patrol to move from an 8-hour schedule to primarily 12-hour shifts (with some 8-hour assignments retained for divisions that cannot accommodate 12-hour schedules); and rank-differential compensation converted from a flat stipend to percentage-based amounts. The representative said those changes should reduce overtime and better align staffing, and estimated the modified contract would increase annual payroll costs by less than $250,000 a year for the patrol unit compared with county payroll totals cited.
Board members asked about whether additional budget money was set aside; the sheriff indicated funding was included in the current budget. The resolution to ratify the tentative agreement was approved by roll call and the motion carried.