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Chicago Ridge trustees move into executive session on hiring and firing
Summary
At its March 25 special meeting, the Village of Chicago Ridge Board voted to adjourn into an executive session to discuss hiring and firing; the motion passed unanimously, the board reconvened at 7:42 p.m. and subsequently adjourned the meeting.
The Village of Chicago Ridge Board adjourned into an executive session to discuss hiring and firing at its special meeting on March 25, 2026, after a motion by Trustee Lenz and a second from Trustee Siegel carried on a roll call vote.
President Lind called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and recorded Trustees Davenport, Kowalski, Lenz, Meslar and Siegel as present and Trustee McFarland and Clerk Harrison as absent. Acting Police Chief Anthony Layman and Deputy Chief Joe Shaughnessy were listed as also present.
"Trustees Lenz moved and Siegel seconded that this meeting be adjourned to Executive Session regarding Hiring & Firing," the minutes record. On roll call the five present trustees voted AYE and none voted NAY. The minutes show the board reconvened the regular meeting at 7:42 p.m.
Later in the agenda, Trustee Lenz moved and Trustee Kowalski seconded that the meeting be adjourned. The motion passed with Trustees Davenport, Kowalski, Lenz, Meslar and Siegel recorded as AYE and no NAY votes; the meeting was then adjourned.
The written minutes include a signature block reading "Respectfully submitted, Barbara M. Harrison, MMC, Village Clerk." The minutes also record Clerk Harrison as absent on roll call; the document therefore contains an internal inconsistency between the attendance list and the signature block that the record does not explain.
No ordinances, resolutions, contracts, or other substantive policy items are recorded in the minutes for this meeting. The actions logged were the board's procedural vote to move into executive session on personnel matters and the subsequent adjournment.
The minutes identify no next meeting date or further procedural directions in the text provided.
