Title
Resolution setting the compensation for specified County-wide Elected Office holders.
Staff Summary
• Pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/4-10001, the County Board sets the compensation for elected officials not less than six months before those officials take office.
• Based on the election cycle of certain officials it is necessary to set compensation for the Circuit Clerk and Coroner for fiscal year 2025 through fiscal year 2028.
• The resolution reflects changes to the future year compensation based on the County Elected Official Compensation policy, adopted by the Lake County Board on April 9, 2024.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Illinois Law provides that the County Board shall fix the compensation of Countywide elected officials; and
WHEREAS, Illinois Law provides that the County Board shall set the compensation for elected officials not less than six months before those officials take office; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to set the compensation for the Circuit Clerk and Coroner for fiscal years 2025 through 2028; and
WHEREAS, the compensation provided below is established per the County Board’s County Elected Official Compensation Policy, adopted on April 9, 2024 by the Lake County Board; and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Financial and Administrative Committee that the compensation set forth below for the respective elected office holders be approved by this County Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the annual salary for the Circuit Clerk and Coroner shall be as follows for the fiscal years indicated:
• For fiscal year 2025: $134,348 per annum;
• For fiscal year 2026: $134,348 per annum;
• For fiscal year 2027: $134,348 per annum;
• For fiscal year 2028: $134,348 per annum.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 14, 2024.