Recently Calumet City announced it was considering outsourcing its fire department. Lakewood has done this as long as I can remember. First, it was the Crystal Lake Fire Department providing protection. Next came a privatized department. That was switched with … Continue reading
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Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka was unsuccessful in attempt to push two appointed Trustees off the Board and replace them with two other men. Village Attorney Michael Smoron delivered the bad news to Serwatka before the meeting got underway, but … Continue reading
Never seen anything like what is on the Lakewood Village Agenda for its 7 PM Tuesday night meeting: Take a look: … Continue reading
This was posted on Illinois Leaks and is reprinted here with permission: Lakewood Village President tries to remove 2 Village Trustees – BY JMKRAFT ON JUNE 10, 2018 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) LAKEWOOD, IL. (ECWd) – It appears, from two recent letters written by Lakewood, IL. … Continue reading
Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka has sent emails to two Village Trustees saying that they are removed from their positions. Jason McMahon was appointed by outgoing Village President Erin Smith to replace Ken Santowski. Patrick Rexroat was appoint by Serwatka … Continue reading
As reported Monday, Lakewood Village President vacated his home. Knowledge of whether he has resigned awaits a reply to a Freedom of Information request. A resignation will come at some point, one would surmise. When he ran as as a … Continue reading
With two U-Haul trucks having left Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka’s home late last week, it certainly looks as if he is leaving Illinois. If so, he would be the second head of a local government to pull up stakes. … Continue reading
It’s been a long time since Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka has sent an email to constituents telling what’s happening in the village his slate took control of just over a year ago. There used to be about two emails … Continue reading
Look what city councils and village boards in McHenry County have asked to extract from your pocketbook for the last three years: Cities and Villages Algonquin $4,176,673 … Continue reading
I needed addition advice on how to find a copy of my family’s tax bill on the McHenry County Treasurer’s web site. The bill went from $9,988.26 last year to $10,033.66. That’s an increase of 0.46%. [Thanks to Alabama Shake for pointing … Continue reading
Chick here and you can find your tax bill. Here’s our family’s showing what tax districts charged this year: Here’s a pie chart showing where our taxes went: … Continue reading
This is the final page of Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka’s report on 2017: … Continue reading
Page 10 of Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka’s report on 2017 follows: … Continue reading
Almost all of Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka’s report on 2017 has been published. This is page 9: … Continue reading
The eighth of eleven pages in Lakewood Village President’s report on 2017 is below: … Continue reading
We now move to page 7 of Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka’s report on 2017: … Continue reading
We move onto page 6 of Lakewood Village President’s report on 2017: … Continue reading
This is the fifth page of Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka’s report on 2017: … Continue reading
Lakewood Village President’s summary of what happened in 2017 continues: … Continue reading
The third page of Paul Serwatka’s summary of what happened in Lakewood last year: … Continue reading