Will Co. (ECWd) - It is not often we get to write about situations as those taking place in Plainfield Township as it pertains to officials taking proactive steps to investigate and act upon our identification of wrongdoing. This is the first of what will be a...
Bolingbrook, IL. (ECWd) - During Trustee comments at the DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting on November 20, 2018, Trustee Benford closed her comments by asking that people pray for the victims of the shooting at Mercy Hospital. She stated that her sorority sister, Nichelle Payne...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - As promised earlier, a copy of Dave Kietzmann's resignation from the Vermilion County Airport Authority is below. It should have been taken care of in May, but apparently, the board was perfectly comfortable allowing a usurper as a board member - at least...
LISLE, IL. (ECWd) - The Lisle Library District is governed by the Public Library District Act of 1991. Section 30-30 of the Act prescribes the compensation of library district trustees as follows: Sec. 30-30. Compensation of trustees. Trustees shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed from district funds for...
South Barrington, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Park District Code mandates, in Section 4-1, that Commissioners shall serve without compensation: "[…] The members of such governing boards shall act as such without compensation, and each member of the board shall be a legal voter of and reside...
GURNEE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Park District Code mandates, in Section 4-1, that Commissioners shall serve without compensation: "[…] The members of such governing boards shall act as such without compensation, and each member of the board shall be a legal voter of and reside within...
Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) - Apparently, this township finds it difficult to follow the most basic point of the open meetings law, that an item must be listed on the published agenda for action before it can be voted on. Listing it as a discussion item...
Algonquin Township (ECWd) - At this evening's Algonquin Township Board Meeting (11-14-2018), the Board voted to refuse payment on some of the Road District's bills, stating they would welcome another lawsuit for nonpayment because it would then "open the Road District up for discovery" in the...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The now-former Chairman of the Vermilion County Regional Airport Authority ("VCRAA"), Dave Kietzmann, submitted his resignation from the VCRAA board last Friday, effective immediately. The Illinois Department of Transportation's Office of Chief Counsel sent a letter to the VCRAA on November 7, 2018,...
BLOOMINGTON, IL (ECWd) - On November 7, 2018, Jay Laesch, former financial director of Bloomington's US Cellular Coliseum pled guilty to one count of money laundering under $10,000 and filing false tax reports for BMI Concessions, a class 3 felony. BMO Concessions is the former concession...
