Gov. Pat Quinn has ordered the Illinois Department of Transportation to roll back more than a dozen administrators’ raises that took effect in the last governor’s waning days.
Gov. Pat Quinn has ordered the Illinois Department of Transportation to roll back more than a dozen administrators’ raises that took effect in the last governor’s waning days.
The managers who got what Quinn called “midnight raises” after The Associated Press reported them must revert to their previous rate of pay, IDOT spokeswoman Paris Ervin said Tuesday.
The AP revealed in March that IDOT had handed out increases to top managers that took effect Jan. 16, less than two weeks before lawmakers impeached and ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Quinn replaced him.
“It was determined these raises did not follow proper internal procedures, and staff recommended they be rescinded and resubmitted,” Quinn spokesman Bob Reed said in a statement Tuesday. The requests may be resubmitted, and Ervin said most have been. Reed could not say whether they would be approved.
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