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Kane County

Elected Official Compensation

Review Community Advisory

Committee

Meeting Minutes

TEPE & KENYON (Co-Chairs), Menolascine, Ortega-Ehreth, Powell, and Sosine

Friday, May 10, 2024

3:00 PM

County Board Room

Call To Order

Chairman Tepe/Kenyon called today's meeting to order at 3:17 p.m.

Roll Call

Co-Chair Michael Kenyon

Co-Chair Vern Tepe

PRESENT

Public Member Joseph Menolascino

Public Member Tish Powell

Public Member Debby Sosine

Public Member Dianha Ortega_Ehreth

REMOTE

Also present: Co. Bd. members Berman, Gumz*, Juby*, Molina*, Sanchez*, Williams*;

Exec. Dir. Human Resources Lobrillo; ASA Frank, Spec. ASA Shepro; ITD staff Peters;

and members of the press and public.

Approval Minutes: March 28, 2022

Public Comment (Agenda Items)

None.

Public Comment (Non-Agenda Items)

None.

New Business

Establish the Charges and Goals of the Committee

Chairman Tepe stated that the entire Elected Officials compensation review process

needs to be completed 180 days prior to June 3, 2024.

Identify Elected Officials

Chairman Tepe indicated that the elected officials under consideration for 2024 are the

Circuit Clerk, Recorder, Auditor, Coroner, County Board Chair, and twelve County

Board Members. He shared detail on the current salary compensation for each elected

official. He noted that Dupage, Lake, and McHenry County all have an administrator;

Kane County does not. Tepe stated that the key function is to come to a consensus on

what the appropriate salary compensations for these positions should be. He asked the

Committee their thoughts on compensation for the Circuit Clerk and the Recorder.

Co-Chair Kenyon emphasized the importance of the fact that the position needs to be

paid, and not the person.

(Joseph Menolascino arrived at 3.26 p.m.)

Human Resources Exec. Dir. Lobrillo stated that an internal equity performance

evaluation was conducted in each department. Employee skills, experience and

performance all determined where an employee falls within their range. Much

discussion ensued.

Review and Establish Recommendations

The Advisory Committee concluded with a recommendation for a salary compensation

increase to $110K effective December 1, 2024, with a 3% annual increase for the next

three years for the Circuit Clerk, Coroner, Recorder, and Auditor. The Advisory

Committee made a recommendation on a salary compensation increase for the County

Board Chair to $130K, plus a 3% annual increase for the next three years. The

Advisory Committee made a recommendation on a salary compensation increase to

$30K for Kane County Board Members, effective December 1, 2026.

RESULT:

APPROVED BY ROLL CALL VOTE

Michael Kenyon

Vern Tepe

MOVER:

SECONDER:

Michael Kenyon, Vern Tepe, Joseph Menolascino, and Dianha

Ortega_Ehreth

AYE:

Tish Powell, and Debby Sosine

NAY:

Choose Spokesperson to Report to AD HOC Committee

The Committee came to a consensus on choosing Board Member Vern Tepe to report

to the AD HOC Committee on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

RESULT:

APPROVED BY VOICE VOTE

Vern Tepe

MOVER:

Debby Sosine

SECONDER: