LaSalle County law and justice committee approves routine reports, cites jury-summons delivery problems and moves to executive session

The LaSalle County Law and Justice Committee met March 31 and approved a series of routine monthly and quarterly reports and departmental bills, heard updates on caseloads and jail population, discussed problems with jury-summons delivery and civic-education outreach, and voted to enter an executive session to discuss a personnel matter.

Greg McCarroll summarized February revenue and caseload activity, saying, "Revenue $202,001.73," and reporting $66,005.52 sent to the agency and February collections of $24,002.08. He told the committee that February was a shorter month for filings and that cases filed in the month totaled 1,008. "Cases filed now February was a little bit shorter month, 18 workdays," he said, and added that overall caseloads remain consistent.

State's Attorney Joe Osipinski updated the committee on homicide caseloads when asked, saying the county had 9 cases at one point, with two unsolved and three recently completed; he said "the next…