Former board member threatens to sue over budget layout

Former La Salle County Board member Stephen Carlson is threatening to sue the county again.

Carlson isn’t happy with the new format of the county budget saying by not listing salaries of elected officials, the board passed an illegal budget. He says if they don’t go back to an old format by the end of the year he’ll take his case to court. Carlson has sued the county before over risk management funds.

La Salle County Board Chairman Jerry Hicks says the budget is appropriate and some numbers were left out to make it less confusing. He says they are not trying to hide anything.