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Approving Appropriation of the County Engineer’s Salary and Authorizing the Transfer of Funds Therefore, Kane County Section No. 25-00000-00-CS and 25-CS089-00-AC
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WHEREAS, the Kane County Board has adopted Resolution No. 21-271 establishing the annual salary for fiscal year 2025 of County Engineer Carl Schoedel, P.E. to be One Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars ($196,396.00) which amount is equal to 100% of the recommended salary for the County Engineer as determined annually by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT); and
WHEREAS, the incumbent County Engineer Carl Schoedel, P.E. will retire on January 31,2025; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board has appointed Michael Zakosek, P.E. as County Engineer effective February 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board has adopted Resolution No. 24-500 establishing the annual salary for fiscal year 2025 of County Engineer Michael Zakosek, P.E. to be One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00) which amount is equal to 100% of the recommended salary for the County Engineer as determined annually by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT); and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board has previously entered into an Agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the transfer of Federal Surface Transportation Program funds to pay one-half of the salary paid to the County Engineer.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that there is hereby appropriated the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($182,733.00) from the County’s Motor Fuel Tax Fund #302, Line Item #40000 (Salaries and Wages) for the purpose of paying the County’s Engineer’s salary from December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kane County Board hereby accepts the Illinois Department of Transportation’s appropriation and transfer of Ninety-One Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Six and 50/100 Dollars ($91,366.50) of Federal Surface Transportation Program funds allocated to Kane County be transferred to the Illinois Department of Transportation in return for an equal amount of State funds to pay one-half of the County Engineer’s salary. The State funds will be billed annually and received in one lump sum from the Illinois Department of Transportation. Pursuant to the Agreement, the State funds shall be placed in the Motor Fuel Tax Fund #302, Line Item #37160 (County Engineer Salary Reimbursement).
Line Item: 302.520.522.40000
Line Item Description: Salaries and Wages
Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? Yes
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Yes
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available? N/A
Passed by the Kane County Board on January 14, 2025.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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