Richmond/Spring Grove Village Articles

 
 

Richmond appoints new village attorney

by Greg Cryns

 

At the regular board meeting on September 1, 2004, the Richmond village board hired a new village attorney, Lisa M. Waggoner. She is a member of the Waggoner Law Firm in Crystal Lake, Illinois. This action followed the resignation of Michael Fetterer who recently was appointed as a judge in McHenry County.

 

The resolution for her appointment stated that the board will reevaluate Waggoner in six months. This leaves the door open to seek a new attorney at that time.

 

Trustee Daniel Deters said, “Lisa was not my first choice. But Kevin Brusek really wanted her for the position. The compromise was to give her an opportunity to show that she does have the experience the village requires.”

 

Trustee Roy Wulffen said, “We had to find a new attorney because Mike Fetterer moved on to the judge’s position. Lisa applied for the job. We interviewed her and determined that she was well suited for the job. She has a lot of experience with growth and developers. We think that will help us in the near future. “

The board also appointed Ryan Schmidt as the Village Prosecutor. Schmidt comes from the law firm Cowlin, Naughton, Curran and Coppedge which is also headquartered in Crystal Lake. The firm also represents Crystal Lake, Huntley, Wonder Lake, Nunda Rural Fire Protection District, Richmond Township Fire Protection District, and the Marengo Park District.

In other business resident Carmen Deese publicly thanked police chief Roger Szewczyk and officer Brian Quilici for their kind assistance in a recent auto mishap.

 

In other business the board discussed the fact that some people are paying much higher water bills than other people in the town. According to Village President Kevin Brusek the McDonald’s restaurant in Richmond has an extraordinary bill of $4,000 and the village offered to help the restaurant determine the cause. Brusek said the average water bill for houses is $25 per month.

 

Melissa Eldredge stated that she had difficulty hearing the tornado alarm during recent bad weather. She asked that the village look into obtaining another alarm. Brusek said that the village is looking to buy another alarm for the south side of town.

 

Brusek also said that the village did very well financially during  Round Up Days. He reported $17,500 in revenue from the event. The Rotary will get about $8,000, the Lions Club $4,000 and each community group that participated in the children’s games will receive between $400 and $800 for their efforts

 

 

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