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Crest Hill council tables personnel-ordinance repeal and hears update on petition to abolish civil service

Crest Hill City Council · December 2, 2025

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Summary

Council voted to table consideration of an older personnel ordinance (Chapter 2.92) after staff recommended review at a work session; City Administrator Blaine Wing said roughly 100 petition signatures have been collected toward a referendum to abolish civil service, short of the roughly 340 needed to file by the Dec. 15 deadline.

City Attorney Mike Steph and City Administrator Blaine Wing briefed the council on an ordinance from 1977 related to administration of personnel (Chapter 2.92 of the Crest Hill Code of Ordinances). Steph described the ordinance as poorly drafted and said the city’s membership in an…

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