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Vernon Hills honors John Petrillo on retirement, names new public service award after him

Village of Vernon Hills Board of Trustees · December 10, 2025
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Trustees and local organizations honored long-serving village employee John Petrillo at the Dec. 9 meeting and established the Jonathan E. Petrillo Public Service Award, naming Petrillo the inaugural recipient after more than four decades of service.

President Tom Cook Jr. opened the Dec. 9 Village of Vernon Hills meeting by presenting a proclamation honoring John Petrillo for more than 33 years of public service and announcing a new Jonathan E. Petrillo Public Service Award named in his honor. The board named Petrillo the award’s first recipient.

Village Manager (name on record) told the board that Petrillo’s career included service in the U.S. military, law enforcement and local government and described him as “a steady hand, a problem solver, a mentor” whose work “goes well beyond his daily…

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