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Lindenhurst adopts ordinance to establish PSEBA administration procedures
Summary
The Lindenhurst Village Board on March 9 unanimously adopted Ordinance 2026‑3‑2334 to add an administrative procedure for evaluating claims under the Illinois Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, which provides health‑insurance premium coverage for qualifying catastrophic line‑of‑duty injuries.
The Lindenhurst Village Board voted 6–0 on March 9 to adopt Ordinance 2026‑3‑2334, creating a new Section 12 in the village code to establish a local administrative procedure for assessing claims under the Illinois Public Safety Employee Benefits Act (PSEBA).
The ordinance summary presented to the board explained that PSEBA allows payment of full health insurance premiums to a public safety employee who suffers a catastrophic injury or is killed in the line of duty. The summary listed qualifying circumstances as including response to a pursuit, response to a perceived emergency, an unlawful act by another, an injury occurring during the investigation of a criminal act, and certain training exercises. The summary also noted the law does not itself define “catastrophic injury.”
Trustee Patty Chybowski moved to adopt the ordinance; Trustee Ron Grace seconded. The board approved the measure by roll call, 6–0. The ordinance text clarifies local procedures for determining whether an on‑duty injury qualifies for PSEBA benefits and outlines eligibility for the affected employee, the employee’s spouse for life, and dependent children until age 25 if benefits are awarded.
The board did not record further debate in the meeting minutes. The ordinance was adopted as presented and will become part of Chapter 33, Police Department, of the Lindenhurst Village Code. The board’s next regular meeting is scheduled for March 23, 2026, when implementation details or administrative procedures could be discussed further.
