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LaSalle County trustees ask for more study after legal memo urges limits on e-bikes on unpaved trails
Summary
Trust committee reviewed an attorney memo recommending limiting any allowed e-bike use to Class 1 and asked staff to return with more legal and maintenance analysis before recommending policy to the full board. Members raised concerns about loss of immunity, horse‑user safety and enforceability.
LaSalle County’s insurance trust committee spent the meeting weighing whether to recommend allowing Class 1 electric bicycles on the county’s unpaved park trails, and agreed to postpone any policy change until attorneys and parks staff supply more research.
Jeff, who presented an eight‑page memorandum the committee had circulated, said the county’s attorney, Joyce Pollock, recommended limiting any allowance to Class 1 e‑bikes and drafting specific resolution language or rules. "If you were to allow them, you should limit the maximum speed," Jeff told the committee, and he said attorneys would need to be specific about how a rule would be written and enforced.
Ken, who identified himself as with Parks, confirmed the trails at issue are gravel/dirt, not paved. "They're basically gravel dirt paths that... nothing's paved," Ken…
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