LaSalle County finance committee approves routine items in brief June 8 meeting

Chair Tina Bush convened the LaSalle County Finance Committee on June 8, 2026, and led members through a short agenda of routine procedural items. "I am Tina Bush, chair of finance, and we're going to call this meeting to order," she said at the start of the session.

The committee completed a roll call, during which Doug Trager was recorded as absent and Gary Small, Area Zaneki, Craig EMTT, Steve Aubrey and Tom Templeton were recorded present. The first formal action was a motion to dispense with the minutes; Craig EMTT moved the motion, Steve Aubrey seconded it, and the chair said the motion carried.

Members next addressed finance bills and an item that the transcript records as a motion "to go ahead and approve Gary." The chair solicited a motion; the motion was seconded by Craig EMTT, and the chair called the vote and declared the motion carried. The transcript does not specify what "approve Gary" refers to (for example, a payroll item, contract, appointment or other transaction), and no vote tallies were recorded in the transcript.

The committee then approved the quarterly reports. The transcript records the motion as "Motion by Ara, second by Tom" and later a roll-call-style presence listed the member as "Area Zaneki;" the meeting record uses both spellings. Area Zaneki moved approval of the quarterlies and Tom Templeton seconded; the chair called the vote and said the motion carried.

After asking whether there was anything for the greater good, the chair accepted a motion by Craig EMTT, seconded by Steve Aubrey, to adjourn; she closed the meeting with, "Told you it'd be less than five minutes." A participant interjected at the very end of the transcript, "Hey, I I'm in," but the record does not clarify the context of that remark.

The meeting was procedural and involved no substantive debate, policy changes, or detailed financial figures in the available transcript. Vote tallies, the specific nature of the "approve Gary" item, and the meeting location were not specified in the transcript. The committee is expected to publish full minutes or supplemental documents for any item that requires further public detail.