Lincoln Heights council amends and approves appointment of Christopher Williams as interim village manager

The Lincoln Heights Village Council on Jan. 27 amended and approved Resolution 2025‑R‑2 to appoint Christopher Williams as interim village manager.

A council member moved to amend section 1 to change the appointment date to Jan. 28, 2025, and to change section 4 by raising the $ amount to $12,000. The amendment was seconded and approved on a roll-call vote. The final motion to pass the resolution and adopt the emergency clause also carried on a roll-call vote of 5 ayes and 1 nay; Councilwoman Phyllis Baber recorded the lone no vote.

The council took the item up after returning from an executive session that the body said included discussion of public‑employee/public‑official employment and pending litigation. After passage of the appointment resolution, the council also approved Resolution 2025‑R‑3, authorizing Christopher Williams as a signer on the village’s First Financial Bank account by recorded vote (5 ayes, 1 nay).

The resolution text presented to the council included an effective date change and the $12,000 amount in section 4. The council did not, on the public record at this meeting, provide additional written terms of an employment contract beyond the amended resolution language. The meeting minutes show the amendment, second, recorded roll-call votes, and the final approved resolution.

Next procedural steps identified at the meeting: the council adopted the emergency clause for the appointment and authorized the bank‑signer change; any further employment paperwork, start‑date logistics or public posting of a contract were not discussed in detail in the open session.