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Executive committee approves multiple fire-district appointments amid questions about Elwood vacancy
Summary
The Will County Board Executive Committee approved six county-executive appointments to local fire protection districts but members pressed staff for missing applicant paperwork and an explanation of why an Elwood Fire District appointment did not appear on the agenda.
The Will County Board Executive Committee approved appointments to six fire protection districts on a routine series of motions but several members pressed staff for more information about an Elwood Fire District vacancy that was not on the agenda.
Member O'Gala told the committee she had been contacted repeatedly by Elwood officials and said an applicant filed in February but the paperwork did not appear on the list before the committee. "I was contacted earlier in the month and again and again from the Elwood Fire District looking for an appointment to happen," O'Gala said, and requested "a list of all the people who have applied for the…
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