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Amending County Code Section 2-48: Standing Committees Regarding Setting Salaries
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WHEREAS, the County Code Section 2-48: Standing Committees provides the independent authority to department heads and elected officials in the setting of the salaries of their respective employees; and
WHEREAS, elected officials with internal control have sole authority to set the salaries of their respective employees; and
WHEREAS, the County Board has determined it is in the best interests of the County that employee salaries be set pursuant to documented fiscal and personnel policies; and
WHEREAS, the County Board desires to put forth fiscal and personnel policies to guide the setting of employee salaries for employees under the jurisdiction of the County Board; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend County Code Section 2-48: Standing Committees to establish the County Board’s authority to put forth fiscal and personnel policies to govern the setting of employee salaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Kane County Board that the Kane County Code, Section 2-48: Standing Committees, is hereby amended as set forth below (underline indicates insertion of text; strike-through indicates deletion):
3. Executive: This committee shall consist of the chairpersons of all standing committees, including the cochairpersons of the legislative committee and the jobs committee. The chairperson of the county board shall be the chairperson of this committee, and the vice chairperson of the county board, and the deputy chairperson of the county board shall be an ex officio member of this committee. Any member of the executive committee is entitled to one vote on any matter, regardless of the number of appointments each member of the executive committee holds as a result of his or her positions with other standing committees.
This committee shall have jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the office of the county auditor, the sheriff's department merit commission, and the liquor control commission; including approval of the purchase of supplies and equipment for each of said offices where same is not in conflict with statutory requirements appertaining to said office.
Subject to the approval of the county board, this committee shall also have jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the compensation of the members of the county board, the rules of order of the county board, fees, salaries, and clerk hiring for and in all departments of the county, and the amount of the salary and per diem compensation of all county officers not otherwise set by law. The structure for the appointment of department heads and adjustment of the salaries of department heads and other employees is as follows:
The county engineer, the supervisor of assessments, and the plat officer, shall be appointed and compensated in a manner set by operation of state statute.
The term "department head" refers to the executive director of the finance department; the executive director of the human resources management department; the director of the division of transportation; the director of development and community services; the director of environmental and water resources; the executive director of the health department; the director of office of community reinvestment; the director of office of emergency management; the executive director of information technologies and building management; the supervisor of assessments; and the Kane County emergency communications director of communications.
The appointment of all executive directors is to be initiated by the county board chairman with input for advisory and transparency purposes from the director of human resources management, and the chairman of the standing committee to which the executive director reports for oversight. These advisers will be charged with reviewing and amending as needed the job description, salary range as it fits with the current budget, and the initial review of applicants. The finalists selected by the chairman will then be reviewed by an interview group consisting of the chairman of the standing committee, an ad hoc member of the county board chosen by the board chairman to be preferably another member of the standing committee, the county board chairman, the director of human resources management, and either the board vice chairman or chairman of the finance committee. The final selection for appointment by the board chairman with consensus advice from the interview group will be sent to the full board for consent.
To the extent not set by operation of state statute or other sections of this code, the adjusting of department head salaries is to be initiated by the county board chairman with the advice and consent of the standing committee to which the department head reports, and with the advice and consent of the executive committee, and then with the approval of the county board.
The compensation of employees whose compensation is governed by collective bargaining agreements shall be set by the county board in a manner as set forth in this code.
The salaries of all other individual employees are to be set by the heads of their respective office or department within the budget set under the jurisdiction of the executive committee as approved by the county board.
The compensation of all other individual employees within the office of an elected official with internal control shall be set by the elected official of their respective office, in accordance with Illinois law. The compensation of all other individual employees in departments and offices under the jurisdiction of the county board shall be set in compliance with the fiscal and personnel policies set forth by the county board.
This committee shall also have jurisdiction over the approval of all official bonds.
Each county official furnishing a bond for approval shall be requested to obtain at least three (3) sealed bids from corporate sureties, if corporate sureties are required by the committee.
This committee shall also have jurisdiction over all matters involving county policy and shall be the coordinator of the activities of the various standing committees.
This committee shall also have jurisdiction over all matters relating to the county budget for each fiscal year and shall annually prepare and submit to the county board an estimate of receipts, revenue and expenditures required in any fiscal year, in accordance with the terms and provisions of statute pertaining thereto and shall authorize and direct that the county finance director provide and deliver to each member of the county board a copy of said proposed annual budget and appropriation ordinance at the meeting of the county board at which the annual budget and appropriation ordinance is presented to said board; and the budget and appropriation ordinance shall be made conveniently available for public inspection for at least fifteen (15) days prior to final action thereon by the county board. The executive committee shall also have jurisdiction over the preparation of the annual tax levy for consideration and enactment by the county board in conformance with the statutes of the state.
This committee shall keep itself informed as to proposed legislation affecting the county and any of its officers and to bring to the attention of the board all such legislative matters which the committee deems desirable for the board's consideration. This committee shall act as liaison committee between the board, county officers and heads of county departments and the members of the Illinois legislature.
Passed by the Kane County Board on November 21, 2023.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, J.D. Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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