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Approving Appropriation of the County Engineer’s Salary and Authorizing the Transfer of Funds Therefore - Kane County Section No. 26-00000-00-CS and 26-CS089-00-AC
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WHEREAS, the County of Kane (hereinafter “County”) adopted Resolution No. 24-500 establishing the Fiscal Year 2025 salary of the County Engineer to be One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00) which amount meets the salary schedule requirements and recommended salary for the County Engineer as determined annually by the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”); and
WHEREAS, the County has previously entered into an agreement with IDOT for the transfer of federal funds to pay one-half of the salary of the County Engineer; and
WHEREAS, by the Kane County Board that there is hereby appropriated the sum of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00) from the County’s Motor Fuel Tax Fund, #302, Line-Item No. 40000 (Salaries and Wages) for the purpose of paying the County’s Engineer’s salary from December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026.
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board hereby authorizes the transfer of Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00) of Federal Surface Transportation Program Funds allocated to Kane County be transferred to IDOT in return for an equal amount of State Motor Fuel Tax funds from IDOT to fund fifty percent (50%) of the County Engineer’s salary. The State Motor Fuel Tax funds will be billed yearly to and received in one lump sum from IDOT. Upon receipt thereof, said funds shall, pursuant to the agreement between the County and IDOT, be placed in the Motor Fuel Tax Fund # 302, Line Item #37160 (County Engineer Salary Reimbursement).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified copies of this Resolution to the District Office of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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 13, 2026.
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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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