The LaSalle County Finance Committee voted Nov. 4 to abate the 2025 tax levy for the county's general-obligation self-insurance bonds and to forward the committee's proposed tax levy requests to the full county board for consideration.

Chairman said the abatement concerns "the $20.25 levy for the general obligation self insurance bonds," arguing the county currently has sufficient funds to pay bond principal and interest so a tax levy for those bonds is not required. Committee members moved to adopt ordinance 19-113 to abate that levy and took a roll-call vote. Mr. Small moved the ordinance; Mr. Templeton seconded. The roll call vote recorded ayes from Mr. Small, Ms. Nikki, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Hammond and the chairman; the motion passed and the chairman said he would circulate the signed copy.

Later in the meeting the chairman read the committee's detailed levy requests line by line, including a general-fund levy request of 9,555,034 and accompanying fund-by-fund entries for detention, IMRF, Social Security, county highway, bridges, special matching, mental health, the LaSalle County Nursing Home, the insurance fund and other levies. The chairman said those levy figures will be presented to the full board for final approval on Nov. 26.

Mr. Ahmed moved that the committee approve the levy package and forward it to the full board; Ms. Nikki seconded. The committee then conducted a roll-call vote on the motion. The transcript records the following responses: Mr. Small, aye; Ms. Nikki, aye; Mr. Emmett, aye; Mr. Templeton, aye; and the chairman, nay. The motion carried and the levy request will be transmitted to the full board for action.

What the committee approved at its meeting is the request to forward the levy figures to the county board for final adoption; the transcript does not record the full-board decision. The committee minutes and the signed abatement ordinance will be filed with the county clerk as described at the meeting.