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Attorney McGrath: Illinois statute allows bachelor’s degree as one path to qualify Dolton interim fire chief
Summary
Village attorney Attorney McGrath said the 2019 revision of 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-4 offers multiple alternative qualifications for fire chief — including a bachelor’s degree or 10 years of local service — and said the village will defend a union complaint and an alleged FOIA violation in court.
Attorney McGrath told the board that Illinois law provides several alternative paths for someone to qualify as a fire chief and that a bachelor’s degree alone satisfies one of those options, a point he said was omitted in the union’s presentation. "If you have a Bachelor's Degree you qualify as a fire chief," Attorney McGrath said, citing 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-4.
The clarification came during closing remarks after Trustee Stan had earlier raised questions about the interim chief’s credentials. McGrath said the statute — revised in 2019 — lists multiple,…
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