Residency Rules Vary Across Nearby Villages
Village officials debate residency requirements for staff and department heads. Richton Park demands five-mile living radius for most employees, with the manager required to reside in town. Park Forest and Matteson differ on rules, stressing hire quality over location while enforcing certain time frames for relocation.
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Tim Hammond
Richton Park
Rudolph Banovich
Banovich
Park Forest
Janet Muchnik
Kelly
Crete
Main and Exchange
Election filings show multiple Illinois village posts up for grabs
Districts including Richton Park Park Forest Olympia Fields Crete University Park Monce and Crete Library report bids for village boards and library seats. Incumbents Michael Brown Chester Wilkins and others join newcomers Benjamin Hughes Ted Kastar Stephen Campbell Mike Lewellen Robert Sullivan Andrew Gladstone Matthew Guritz Clyde Settle Terry Lorenz Daniel Hypke and more seek three four year terms or two year posts.
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Richton Park Village Board
Michael Brown
Latonia Lane
Chester Wilkins
Clarendon Sr
Jay McClaren
Ridgeway
Benjamin Hughes
Brett Drive
Richton Park
Michael L. Rudd
Carlberg Court
Joan Harrigan
Park Forest
Stephen Campbell
Minogua St
Mike Lewellen
Lakewood Blvd
Robert Sullivan
Fir St
Andrew Gladstone
Willow
Matthew Guritz
Waverly
Clyde Settle
Park Forest Library Board
Joan Larsen
Wilson Court
Magne Olson
Olympia Fields
Michael Monetelioni
Chariot Lane
Robert Henn
Hellenic Drive
James Shuba
Chelsea Circle
Helen Burleson
Graymoor
Olympia Fields Park
Donald Ransford
Evergreen
Charles E. Ofenloch
Dartmouth
Joseph M. Mann
Brookwood Drive
Crete
Thomas Knuth
Belfast Terrace
Michael Knaak
Milburn Ave
William van Dyke
Patricia Lane
Jose Regalado
First St
Claudia Rericha
Jefferson
Larry Johnston
Mark Winter
Moray Terrace
Jamie Cockrum
Main St
Crete Park District
James de Bolt
Honey Lane
Terry Lorenz
Second St
Daniel Hypke
Merioneth Drive
Sierra Court
Thomas Johnson
Sullivan
John G. Sullen
Blackhawk
Linda D. L Carr
Union
Jerold B
Jerry” Hodgkin
Monterey Court
Monce
Dale Patterson
S. Middlepoint
Harry van Deursen
W. Court St
Don Stevenson
S. Egyptian Trail
Clare Carey
S. Winfield
Village President Field to miss February and March board meetings
Olympia Fields Village President Robert Field, 49, will skip the February and March Village Board meetings due to elective surgery. Trustee Michael Monteleone will serve as acting chairman during Field's absence as meetings continue at Village Hall on 207th Street. Field expects to be immobile for about two months but will remain village president without office hours, accessible by phone for staff and officials.
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Field
Olympia Fields
Robert Field
Michael Monteleone
207Th Street
Village center plans eye land sites and growth
Center officials discuss hiring an architect and evaluating several land sites. a central location is preferred as the village grows. They note expansion will be needed in 20 years and consider bonds to fund the project, using over $200,000 saved from past festival proceeds for a November 1995 ballot.
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Niemeyer
Calendar change eyed for feeder school districts
District 227 considers an earlier start to the school year to align with five feeder districts 159 160 162 163 and 192. Borich notes most staff and administration favor the change while feeders are neutral and construction may delay the plan this year.
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Borich
Carnes
Brian G. Knutson
David Holm
Matteson
Thomas Mullins
Mullins
Driver in Coppens’ injury had no alcohol in blood tests
Nathan Pudjak 18, of Oak Lawn, tested negative for alcohol and drugs after striking Richton Park ESDA officer Matthew Coppens who was directing traffic outside Rich South High School. Coppens lost both legs and was treated at Fields Osteopathic Hospital. Pudjak faced charges for failure to reduce speed and yield to an emergency vehicle, with DUI cited at the scene while awaiting blood results.
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Oak Lawn
Richton Park
ESDA
Matthew Coppens
James VanSchepen
Nathan Pudjak
Pujdak
VanSchepen
Village to pay bond loans with developer funds
Finance Director Jim Spice stated that extended utility areas will repay the bond loan with $200,000 from Maple Brook Park developers for shared improvements and $600,000 from the developer letter of credit over the coming years. The Village Board also adopted a policy supporting the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and a grievance process for appeals before the board.
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Jim Spice
Maple Brook Park
Spice
Woman Pleads Guilty as Man Faces 60 Year Term
Guilty Miller says a meaningful jail term is hoped for given the crime. Gowens could receive up to sixty years in jail with no sentencing date set. Gowens lived with Shaw at 142 Central Ave Matteson and has been jailed since the crime nearly a year ago after a neighbor reported seeing Shaw ring the doorbell and retreat inside.
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Miller
Gowens
Shaw
Central Ave
Matteson
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