Illinois’ PL 97-609 required Boone County to provide public disclosure of wages and benefits for all employees whose combined cost of wages and benefits exceed $75,000 beginning with the new fiscal year beginning December 1, 2012.
Boone County’s initial disclosure provides no names only the positions.
With the help of Cal Skinner, McHenry Blog ( SEE: http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2012/11/30/crystal-lake-loses-precedent-setting-foia-ruling-on-hidding-high-salaried-employees-names/) Bill relayed to the Boone County Administrator the June 2012 decision from the Attorney General requiring disclosure of names.
Based upon the information Bill provided, full disclosure was provided—:
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This information:
Became the much more revealing as the employee names were revealed:
To see all county employees salaries and benefits go to: http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/12/boone-countys-pl-97-609-compensation.html