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Villa Park trustees remove village manager, appoint police chief Michael Rivas
Summary
The Villa Park Board of Trustees voted to let the contract of Village Manager Matt Harline lapse and then approved Police Chief Michael Rivas as village manager following public comment and divided trustee debate.
The Villa Park Board of Trustees voted May 28 to allow Village Manager Matt Harline's contract to lapse and then appointed Police Chief Michael (Mike) Rivas as the village manager.
The board approved Resolution A, to remove the village manager, on a 5-2 roll call (Trustee Constatos, Trustee Sabri, Trustee O'Fano, Trustee Cozart and President Patrick voting yes; Trustee Cordova and Trustee Kumar voting no). The board then approved Resolution B, appointing Chief Michael Rivas as village manager, on a 6-1 roll call (Kumar voting no).
The votes followed an extended public comment period in which multiple residents urged the trustees to retain Harline or to provide clearer explanation of the process. Robert Wagner, a Villa Park resident who said he has lived in the village 42 years, called Harline a "hardworking, competent village manager" and urged the board to consider a one-year agreement to maintain continuity.…
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