The Citizens’ Council of La Grange has for a second time extended its deadline for accepting applications from candidates for local public office who seek the council's endorsement, Katie Justak, the council's chairperson, announced in an email press release issued late Wednesday night.
The new deadline is 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31.
Candidates for the boards of the village, library or park district who wish to be interviewed by the Citizens' Council can download an application from the council’s website, lgcitizenscouncil.org, Justak said.
“Part of the Council’s mission is to recruit, evaluate, select and recommend candidates to the voters,” Justak said. “To fulfill this mission, we want to recruit enough qualified candidates for all open seats. This situation is not unprecedented and we look forward to receiving more applications by our final deadline.”
Both the village and library boards have three seats that will be filled in a public election to be held next April; two seats will be filled on the park district board.
So far, Justak said, the council has received applications from the following individuals:
Village Board: Mark Kuchler (incumbent) and Jeffrey Nowak
Library Board: Caroline Coryell (incumbent) and Bridgette O’Connor
Park District Board: Mary Ellen Penicook (incumbent), Brad Belcaster (incumbent) and Lynn Lacey
The council has scheduled public interviews for library board candidates on Wednesday, Nov. 10; park district board candidates on Wednesday, Dec. 1; and village board candidates on Wednesday, Dec. 8.
All interviews will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the La Grange Village Hall auditorium.
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