Title
Resolution setting compensation for County Board Members and the County Board Chair.
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, it is necessary to set compensation for County Board Members and County Board Chair.
• The resolution reflects a salary freeze for fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year 2026 and is consistent with the direction given by the Financial and Administrative Committee at its April 28, 2022 Meeting.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Illinois Law provides that the County Board shall fix the compensation of 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, based on the election cycle, it is now necessary to set the compensation for County Board Members and for the County Board Chair; and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Financial and Administrative Committee that the compensation set forth below for County Board Members and for the County Board Chair be approved by this County Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that the compensation for the County Board Members with four-year terms beginning in December 2022 shall be:
• For fiscal year 2023: $43,018 per annum;
• For fiscal year 2024: $43,018 per annum;
• For fiscal year 2025: $43,018 per annum;
• For fiscal year 2026: $43,018 per annum.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the compensation for the County Board Members with two-year terms beginning in December 2022 shall be:
• For fiscal year 2023: $43,018 per annum;
• For fiscal year 2024: $43,018 per annum.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the compensation for the County Board Chair shall be:
• For fiscal year 2023: $97,408 per annum;
• For fiscal year 2024: $97,408 per annum.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a $7,000 annual auto allowance be authorized to the County Board Chair.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 10, 2022.