The bills are paid and, for now, it looks like talk about stripping the election division away from the DuPage County clerk's office has ceased
Earlier this month, DuPage County Board Chairwoman Deborah Conroy suggested removing the election division from the county clerk's responsibility if the clerk's office could not comply with budget standards. At Tuesday's meeting, Conroy reported the clerk's office was in compliance. County board members approved a budget transfer of $17,350 to cover outstanding bills related to the election.In May, county board members blasted Kaczmarek for 11 unpaid bills totaling $180,520.
Kaczmarek has argued that the county board cannot restrict her budget by line item and that as long as money is left in an overall category, such as equipment or salaries, the bills should be paid. County officials, however, countered that the board can adopt budgeting practices and ask that department heads and elected officials follow those requirements and pointed to a letter from the Illinois attorney general's office they said backed that premise.
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