Village Manager Association

VMA Voice Newsletter April, 2006

From oakpark1st.org: TIF District Is Good For Schools / What Is A TIF?

On March 22 the Wednesday Journal reported that Trustee Robert Milstein joined a protest by the International Association of Machinists, a union representing a large percentage of the Village staff. It is Trustee Milstein’s right to join a protest just as it is the Machinists’ right to protest what they believe to be unfair treatment. [...]

Carl Swenson has done an outstanding job for the Village of Oak Park as Village Manager for a decade. We thank him for his outstanding service and wish him well in his new position. He has been one of the longest serving executives since Oak Park voted to institute the council-manager form of government in [...]