Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Frank Flores, Jr. was terminated from the College of DuPage for a disorderly conduct incident; he claims the investigation was “cursory” and the charges “malicious and unsubstantiated.”
A candidate in the contested election for College of DuPage Board of Trustees was previously fired from the college’s aquatics department after multiple people alleged incidents of verbal and/or physical sexual harassment, the Daily Herald reports. According to the paper, Frank Flores Jr. was employed as a temporary assistant aquatics manager in fall 2010 until a female lifeguard reported verbal sexual harassment, a claim corroborated by another female student, and a male student who also alleged physical harassment. A patron filed a separate complaint that Flores had made comments to her like, “I want to taste you” and “I peed in the pool,” the paper said. No criminal charges were filed, but after an investigation, Flores was fired on …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Learn more about the candidates seeking a seat on the Glen Ellyn Public Library Board of Trustees.
Your Name: Randolph ("Ran") C. Sailer II Position Sought: Trustee of Glen Ellyn Public Library Campaign Contact Information: None What will be your single most important priority if you get elected? To oversee the interior renovation and modernization of the library. Your Home Address: Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Family Members: Susan A. Sailer, 53, wife, 1st grade teacher at Ben Franklin Elementary School Education: B.A., Oberlin College 1977 J.D. New York University School of Law, 1980 MAT (Secondary Education), National Louis University, 2002 Current Occupation and Employer: Retired Served as Director, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Amerin Corporation Political Party Affiliation: Democrat Why Are You Seeking Office? To …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
With the approval of a construction contract and bond sale, the path is cleared to allow renovations to begin at Village Links of Glen Ellyn.
A $6.3 million renovation project at the Village Links of Glen Ellyn is set to get underway and if all goes well, the work could be completed by the middle of 2013. At its Sept. 24 meeting, the village of Glen Ellyn’s Board of Trustees approved a construction contract and the sale of more than $5 million in bonds, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune. When the issue came before the trustees back in May, several were shocked at the estimated costs of construction. The price tag for the construction increased $3 million from an estimated $3.3 million to $6.3 million, Glen Ellyn Patch reported. At that time, Trustee Peter Cooper said, "I think the worst mistake we can make is to do this improvement [thinking] that it's going to be self…
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Village Links of Glen Ellyn
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Glen Ellyn Village President Mark Pfefferman thanked the community for its support, but said he would not seek another four-year term.
Glen Ellyn Village President Mark Pfefferman announced Wednesday morning that he would not seek re-election when his term ends in 2013. In an e-mail Pfefferman said it was a tradition to only serve one term as an elected official on the Village Board and he was honoring that tradition. Pfefferman was elected in 2009. In his role as village president, he serves as the presiding officer at Village Board meetings, serves as Glen Ellyn's liquor commissionioner and, with the advice and consent of the village trustees, appoints the village manager, village attorney, village prosecutor, and all members of citizen boards and commissions except the Village board of trustees, according to the Village of Glen Ellyn. Pfefferman submitted this letter …
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Opposition from village officials and residents led the owner of the Tap House Grill to withdraw his request for a special events liquor license. Some community members were concerned the tailgating events would unintentionally promote underage drinking.
What a business owner hoped might become a new tradition in Glen Ellyn, turned out to be a one-time event. Before village officials could vote on a special events liquor license for the Tap House Grill, the business owner withdrew his request to hold game-day festivities in downtown Glen Ellyn following a discussion at Monday night's Board of Trustees meeting. Tap House owner Danny Sronkoski wanted to start a new tradition in town, hosting what he said would be family cookouts at J & R Auto Repair. The cookouts were to coincide with five “choice” Glenbard West High School football games, he said. But, during the Village Board meeting Monday night, Sronkoski met opposition from Glenbard West High School Principal Jane Thorsen, Glen Ellyn …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Village board hears testimony and asks questions of residents, District 87 and Our Field Our Town. Some urge board to wait until March referendum before voting on variances.
On Monday, proponents and opponents of proposed lights at Memorial Field made last ditch efforts to sway village trustees before an expected Jan. 30 vote that could potentially decide the issue that has been debated since August. But some residents, like Don Pydo of Our Field Our Town, took issue with some village officials who shared their support of erecting lights with the Daily Herald. Pydo said their comments do a disservice to residents opposed to the proposal and expressed concern over some trustees, such as Pete Ladesic, who had signs supporting lights at Memorial Field in his yard. Ladesic said his wife placed a pro-lights sign in their yard, and was told by the village attorney that they were not in any statutory or ethical …
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Village of Glen Ellyn Civic Center
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Move will save $320,000, village finance director says.
The Village of Glen Ellyn is refinancing their mortgage—metaphorically speaking of course. On Oct. 11 the Village of Glen Ellyn Board of Trustees unanimously approved a measure to refinance general obligation bonds worth about $6.2 million. With interest rates at historic lows, the village decided that now was the time to refinance, said Village Manager Stave Jones. "This will save the village taxpayers about $320,000," said Village Financial Director Jon Batek. There are three sets of bonds that are part of the refinancing deal, Batek said. He said the largest bond amount affected, is the $4.2 million in bonds issued to update the Village Links of Glen Ellyn in 2003. Batek predicted the village will save $244,000 on the golf bonds alone. …
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Village of Glen Ellyn Civic Center
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Jim Court
9:13 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Danielle, Somehow you slipped passed the sensors. Was it a Freudian slip or???? Take care more ›