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LaSalle County committee approves pay increase for EMA deputy director
Summary
The LaSalle County Salary & Labor Committee on March 25 approved raising the emergency management agency deputy director's salary to $65,000 after hearing the director describe near-completion of certification and strong performance; the raise passed 6-1 though funding was not pre-budgeted.
Fred Moore, LaSalle County emergency management director, asked the Salary & Labor Committee on March 25 to raise the county's EMA deputy director's pay to $65,000, citing rapid progress toward the Illinois Professional Emergency Manager certification and strong on-the-job performance.
Moore told the committee the deputy had completed most of the roughly 30-32 training components required for the state certification and had "far outperformed my expectations" during six months on the job. Moore said the deputy still lacks five classes, which he attributed to those courses being offered infrequently in Illinois, and that he had requested two of…
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