Kane County Board expected to add building department duties to IT chief’s workload

GENEVA – The Kane County Board is expected to put its information technologies head in charge of building management while that department’s executive director is on paid administrative leave, according to the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting.

IT Executive Director Roger Fahnestock would take over for Christopher Allen in the building management department, according to the board agenda. It states that the building department requires management and staff supervision while Allen is on leave and that Fahnestock is qualified to manage the building department during his absence.

Paid leave for Allen is extended from March 1 for up to 60 days, according to the agenda.

Until an executive director of building management is restored, “Fahnestock shall receive a temporary assignment pay salary increase to $189,863 for the duration of this assignment as compensation for the additional job responsibilities during the interim period,” according to the agenda memo.

The memo does not state when Allen’s leave started.

Interim Human Resources Director Jamie Lobrillo did not provide the beginning date of Allen’s paid leave, nor Allen’s or Fahnestock’s salaries.

The latest county’s employee compensation data from 2019 lists Fahnestock’s salary as $160,315.19 and it does not list Allen as an employee.

The wages and earnings data has not ben updated since 2019.

Allen did not respond to a voicemail message seeking comment.