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Amending Section 2-51 of the Kane County Code to Provide for Management of Department Heads by County Board Chairman
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WHEREAS, section 5 1018 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/5 1018) provides that a county board may employ, appoint or contract for the services of such clerical, stenographic and professional personnel for the members of the county board, the committees of the board and the chairman of the board as the board finds necessary or desirable to the conduct of the business of the county; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kane, through the Kane County Board, has created County departments and also the positions of “department heads” which manage the County departments; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-48(A)(3) of the Kane County Code defines which positions are “department heads” in the Kane County government; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County of Kane to have the work performance of County department heads evaluated and managed; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-51 of the Kane County Code specifies the duties of the County Board Chairman including such other duties, powers and functions as may, from time to time, be assigned to him by the county board; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board desires to define and assign the responsibility of evaluating and managing the performance of department heads in the Kane County government; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board believes that the County Board Chairman is best situated to evaluate and manage the performance of County department heads; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board desires to assign the responsibility to evaluate and manage the work performance of County department heads to the County Board Chairman; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board wishes to retain the sole authority to enact any employment actions with respect to department heads, except as provided for in the Discipline Policy within the Kane County Employee handbook; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-52 of the Kane County Code provides that no amendment shall be made to Division 2 (Rules of Order) of Article II (County Board) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Kane County Code without the consent of the majority of the total membership of the county board, nor on the day of introduction of the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Kane County Board that Kane County Code, Chapter 2 (Administration), Article II (County Board), Division 2 (Rules of Order), Section 2 51 (Duties of Chairman) is hereby amended to read as reflected in Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Kane County Board that the Kane County Human Resources Management Department, in consultation with the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, shall develop a policy to implement this ordinance for County Board approval.
Passed by the Kane County Board on December 9, 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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