# Tourism 10-9-26 pt. 1


**Body:** LaSalle County Board
**Date:** October 08, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Grants & Funding


The LaSalle County Board Tourism Committee met on October 9, 2026, to discuss the committee’s August budget actions and a proposed increase in the annual transfer of hotel/pillow-tax revenue to the county general fund. Members said the transfer had been $25,000 when initiated in 2012 and later increased to $35,000; the committee had voted in August to raise it to $40,000, a $5,000 increase intended to help cover county employee costs associated with tourism work. The August meeting also included a $5,000 allocation to Heritage Quarter. Members questioned what share of the transfer qualifies as tourism-related administrative expense and whether the amount appropriately reflects the employee’s tourism duties; the issue was not resolved in open session.

Discussion also focused on the transfer and salary-related motions not appearing on the September Salary and Labor Committee agenda, and on disagreement over how the item had been handled and discussed in a prior executive session. Members said the transfer was expected to be considered by Salary and Labor later in October. The committee then voted to enter executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c) to discuss employee compensation; the transcript indicates one nay but does not provide a clear vote tally. No new contract award or procurement decision was identified.

**Source:** LaSalle County Board