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Wauconda trustees approve resolution removing Trustee Nicole Strauss from committee assignments after July traffic-stop video
Summary
On Aug. 4, 2025 the Wauconda Village Board voted to adopt a resolution affirming Mayor Jeff Besoni’s statement and removing Trustee Nicole Strauss from certain committee assignments following a July 13 traffic-stop video. Strauss denied legal wrongdoing and listed committee items she said remain unfinished.
The Wauconda Village Board voted Aug. 4 to adopt a resolution affirming Mayor Jeff Besoni’s statement to residents and removing Trustee Nicole Strauss from certain committee assignments after a widely shared July 13 traffic-stop video.
The resolution — introduced during new business — prompted several trustees to say Strauss’s on-camera remarks during the incident were inappropriate for an elected official. One trustee said the episode had become “a serious distraction…
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