Title
Resolution setting the compensation for certain County-wide Elected Office holders.
Staff Summary
• Pursuant to State Statute, the County Board sets the compensation for elected officials no less than six months before those officials take office.
• At this time, it is necessary to set compensation for the following offices: Recorder of Deeds, Circuit Court Clerk, and Coroner for the years 2017 through 2020.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Illinois Law provides that the County Board shall fix the compensation of the Recorder of Deeds, Circuit Court Clerk, and Coroner; and
WHEREAS, Illinois Law provides that the County Board shall set the compensation for elected officials no less than six months before those officials take office; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to set the compensation for the aforementioned offices for the years 2017 through 2020; and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of your 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 Recorder of Deeds shall be as follows for the years indicated:
for the year 2017: $ 124,755 per annum
for the year 2018: $ 127,874 per annum
for the year 2019: $ 127,874 per annum
for the year 2020: $ 127,874 per annum
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the annual salary for the Circuit Court Clerk, shall be as follows for the years indicated:
for the year 2017: $ 124,755 per annum
for the year 2018: $ 127,874 per annum
for the year 2019: $ 127,874 per annum
for the year 2020: $ 127,874 per annum
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the annual salary for the Lake County Coroner shall be as follows for the years indicated:
for the year 2017: $ 124,755 per annum
for the year 2018: $ 127,874 per annum
for the year 2019: $ 127,874 per annum
for the year 2020: $ 127,874 per annum
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 10th day of May, A.D., 2016.