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Crest Hill council approves ordinance to place advisory referendum on abolishing civil-service commission
Summary
After debate about legal risk, the council voted to place an advisory ballot question on abolishing the city's civil-service commission; City Attorney Mike Stiff warned the ordinance route is not the statutory 'correct' method and could face challenge.
The Crest Hill City Council voted Dec. 15 to place an advisory question on the ballot asking whether to abolish the city’s civil-service commission.
City Attorney Mike Stiff told the council petition signatures for the voter-initiated route fell short and that the 'belt-and-suspenders' method would be to take the petition through the circuit court so a judge could order the county clerk to place the referendum on the ballot. He said the…
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