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The Will County Board discussed Tuesday raising pay for its members and for countywide elected officials, but took no action and has until June 5 to set salaries for board members and countywide elected officials on the November ballot. If approved, the salary increases would only affect six of the 22 county board members because board members run on staggered election cycles. The salaries would also affect five of the six countywide offices on the ballot.

The Will County Board does not set the salary of the state’s attorney, an elected position on the November ballot. County Board members last received a salary increase in 2009, while salaries for countywide elected officials, which are full-time jobs, have remained the same since 2007. Each of the 22 board members makes $23,000 a year.



From 2002 to 2005 the salaries increased by $500 a year from $19,500 to $21,000 a year. The last time the board approved a salary increase was Nov. 17, 2005, when the board voted to gradually raise salaries by $500 a year starting after the November 2006 election.

The rate for board members increased to $21,500 a year on Dec. 1, 2006 and then increased an additional $500 per year until Dec. 1, 2009, when it reached its current level of $23,000.

Board leadership including the board chair, or speaker, and Democratic and Republican leaders were given an additional $1,000 per year during this time. Since 2009, any votes to increase board member salaries have either failed or did not make it out.

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