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File #: FI-O-0004-23    Version: 1
Type: Finance Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 7/6/2023 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 7/18/2023 Final action: 7/18/2023
Title: DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE DUPAGE COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
Attachments: 1. Public Defender Compensation Memo -2023

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DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE DUPAGE COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

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WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-4007, the Public Defender shall be paid out of the County Treasury a salary in the amount fixed by the County Board, and shall be paid by the Department of Revenue out of the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund or the General Revenue Fund; and

 

WHEREAS, 55 ILCS 5/3-4007 further provides that 66 2/3% of the Public Defender’s annual salary shall be paid from the State Treasury if the Public Defender is employed full-time in that capacity, and his or her salary is at least 90% of the County’s State’s Attorney’s annual compensation; and

 

WHEREAS, the salary of the DuPage County State’s Attorney is set by the State of Illinois; and

 

WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has increased the salary of the State’s Attorney by 4.6% for a cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2023; and

 

WHEREAS, effective July 1, 2023, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Salary is now $197,436.44; and

 

WHEREAS, the DuPage County Public Defender’s Salary is currently $169,878.39; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to retain a full-time Public Defender and retain the current rates of state reimbursement, the DuPage County Public Defender’s Salary must be raised to $177,692.80 to be at 90% of the State’s Attorney’s Salary.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD, that the DuPage County Public Defender’s salary shall be $177,692.80.

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Enacted and approved this 18th day of July, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.

 

 

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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR

DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD

 

 

 

Attest: ___________________________________

 

JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK