GENEVA – The Kane County Board has launched a re-evaluation of the county’s hiring policies at some county government departments following the hiring of a political ally of Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen as a temporary billing manager at the county’s Animal Control Department.

And the review was bolstered further by a belief among county officials that the county may have not abided by its own rules when making the hire.

Wednesday, the County Board’s Human Services Committee, which oversees the county’s human resources department, among other aspects of county business, discussed the county’s hiring freeze.