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Committee approves multiple reappointments, recommends District 3 nominee
Summary
The LaSalle County Committee on Appointments, Legislation and Rules unanimously approved several trustee reappointments for local fire protection districts and zoning board seats and recommended Carol Weidman for the District 3 vacancy to the full board. Motions carried by voice vote; details and next steps were recorded.
The LaSalle County Committee on Appointments, Legislation and Rules approved a slate of routine reappointments and recommended a nominee for a vacant district seat at its April 6, 2026 meeting.
Chair opened the meeting and read a set of resolutions reappointing trustees to local fire protection districts. The committee reappointed Josh Trigliotti to the Dimick Pero Rural Fire Protection District for a three-year term beginning May 1, 2026, and reappointed Thomas McNamara to the Wallace Fire Protection District for a three-year term beginning May 1, 2026. The committee also approved a reappointment for the Marseilles Fire Protection District; transcript text contained inconsistent name forms for the Marseilles trustee in the reading, and the committee carried the motion as read.
The committee then approved a resolution to reappoint Monty Whipple and Larry Lewis to five-year terms on the LaSalle County Zoning Board of Appeals and to appoint Gary Blankenship to serve the unexpired term through March 31, 2027. The chair read the resolutions, members moved and seconded the motions, and members signaled assent by voice; each motion was recorded as "motion carried."
On the District 3 vacancy, the chair announced that Carol Weidman, who lives in Earlville and works locally, will be recommended for appointment to the full county board. Committee members asked for a brief background and then approved forwarding the recommendation.
All actions recorded in committee were procedural approvals or recommendations; the chair said the District 3 appointment will come before the full LaSalle County Board for final action. The committee also approved routine housekeeping items at the meeting’s start, including approval of prior minutes and authorization for remote attendance pursuant to Resolution 23-53.
The committee adjourned after directing staff to forward the District 3 recommendation and to include the rule book on future committee agendas as requested by several members.
