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LaSalle County committee debates hiring rules and remote-attendance/quorum language, asks staff to draft changes
Summary
Committee members spent the bulk of the May 4 meeting debating ambiguous rulebook language on hiring, committee referrals and whether the county board chair should count toward committee quorums when attending ex officio; members asked staff to draft clarified language and to return the proposed change for a recorded vote.
Members of the LaSalle County Committee on Appointments, Legislation and Rules spent most of their May 4 meeting debating inconsistencies and ambiguities in the county board rules governing hiring, referrals and remote attendance.
Several members said the rules repeatedly use the word "recommendation" when describing subcommittee and committee actions, which creates uncertainty about when an appointment is a recommendation versus a final appointment that must proceed through Legislation & Rules and the full board. One committee member summarized the concern: "I think the keyword in that whole paragraph is recommendation," adding that the committee needed more explanation from subcommittees when they forward…
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