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Manteno trustees appoint public works superintendent, police chief and planning chair; police-commission pick fails
Summary
At a May meeting, the Manteno Village Board approved multiple appointments — naming Jim Hanley superintendent of public works, Alice Winford police chief and Paul Motel planning commission chair — while a separate nomination to the police commission failed after roll-call opposition.
Village President (unnamed) opened a sequence of personnel appointments at the Manteno Village Board meeting, saying, "I would like to appoint Jim Hanley to be the superintendent of public works." Trustees approved the Hanley appointment by roll call after a motion by Trustee Geske and a second by Trustee Barry.
The board also approved the appointment of Alice Winford as police chief; Trustee Barry moved the nomination and Trustee Crockett seconded it. Trustee roll-call votes recorded multiple "yes" responses and the motion carried.
The president announced the appointment of Paul Motel to chair the planning commission to fill a vacancy; after motions and a roll-call vote, the nomination carried.
A later nomination for the police commission—Bob Housum—was brought forward but failed after several trustees voted "no." The chair announced, "Motion fails." Trustees discussed whether to table some appointments earlier in the meeting; one trustee asked to delay a different police-commission appointment because they did not know the nominee and preferred additional review.
Decisions taken at the meeting were recorded by roll call. Several trustees explicitly seconded and voted during the appointment roll calls; the meeting transcript lists yes and no votes on each motion and records the outcomes as "motion carries" or "motion fails."
