Illinois legislators passed a bill to freeze their tax-free living expense subsidies while away from home overnight, as well as the reimbursements they receive for driving to and from legislative sessions and other official meetings. Here is Governor Bruce Rauner’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Per Diem
As I was entering the County Board’s Finance Committee last Thursday, Mary McCann was proposing an amendment to the resolution setting members’ salaries. Instead of the flat rate of $21,000 a year, she proposed returning to the per diem approach … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Kent Gaffney: Special Session: No Comprehensive Pension Reform, House Votes to Expel Smith Springfield, IL… On Friday the Governor called a Special Session for lawmakers to consider pension reform to save the State’s growing … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member Ersel Schuster has proposed an alternative compensation plan to the one recommended by the Committee Chairman’s Meeting for County Board members. She calls it a “minority resolution.” Her suggestions? Chairman of the Board: $79,063 FY 2013-2016, … Continue reading
Grafton Township Trustees are off to Judge Michael Caldwell’s courtroom this morning. This time the Trustees are complaining about not being paid in a timely manner. They argue that they are employes and must be paid twice a month according … Continue reading
Somebody has probably written about this, but I haven’t seen it, so here goes. In a fit of logic, the General Assembly enacted legislation that denied legislators per diem payments after the Constitutional deadline beyond which a super-majority was required … Continue reading
Somebody has probably written about this, but I haven’t seen it, so here goes. In a fit of logic, the General Assembly enacted legislation that denied legislators per diem payments after the Constitutional deadline beyond which a super-majority was required … Continue reading