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Tinley Park board confirms multiple FY26 staff and commission appointments
Summary
The Village of Tinley Park Board of Trustees approved a slate of fiscal year 2026 staff appointments, named new administrative and interim department leaders, and confirmed several commission and board nominees.
Trustee votes at the June 3 Village of Tinley Park board meeting approved a slate of fiscal year 2026 staff appointments, named an interim community development director and an administrative assistant, and confirmed several commission and board nominees.
The board adopted a resolution to appoint Patrick Carr as village manager; Hannah Littman as assistant village manager and interim finance director; Donna Franke as marketing director; Thomas Tilton as police chief; Steven Klotz as fire service administrator; John Urbanski as public works director; Angela Argio as human resources director; Lisa Cordum as emergency management and communications director; and Delgado Law Group LLC as village attorney. The board also approved the appointment of Lisa Butler as administrative assistant effective June 4, 2025, and Michael Coleman as interim community development director effective June 4, 2025. The board confirmed planning, veterans and pension board nominees including Edgar Atalavo, Danny Kent and Jim Guth.
Why it matters: these appointments set Tinley Park’s leadership team and senior staff assignments for the coming fiscal year and place an interim leader in the community development department while the village continues its development and permitting work.
Board action and discussion The board made the appointments by motion and recorded roll-call votes. For the staff appointments motion the roll call in the record shows affirmative votes from Trustee Brady, Trustee Mahoney, Trustee Mueller, Trustee Shaw and Trustee Sullivan; the motion carried. The separate motion appointing Lisa Butler as administrative assistant likewise passed on a roll-call vote, and the motion appointing Michael Coleman as interim community development director passed after Coleman addressed the board.
Michael Coleman, introduced as a village building official and appointed interim community development director, spoke briefly from the podium. He thanked the board and staff and said, “I will give nothing less than 100% in this position for you all.” Coleman described his prior time with the village since 2021 and noted experience as an Illinois-licensed architect.
Board members and staff offered congratulations and brief remarks after votes. No substantive dissent or conditions on the appointments were recorded in the public record.
Background and next steps The appointments were presented as part of the board’s regular organization of village government for fiscal year 2026; some were discussed previously at the Committee of the Whole meeting held before the board meeting. The interim designation for the community development director indicates the position may be reviewed or opened to a permanent appointment at a later date; the record does not specify a recruitment timeline.
