Elections in Illinois local government
What Illinois city councils, county boards and school districts are deciding about elections — plain-English summaries written from official agendas and minutes, updated as meetings happen.
414 Illinois meetings since 2024 covered elections. Counts are directional — coverage varies by place and platform.
Places in Illinois with the most elections activity
- Wheaton, IL (17)
- Lincolnwood, IL (17)
- Mount Prospect, IL (15)
- Geneva, IL (14)
- Rock Island County, IL (13)
- LaSalle County, IL (12)
- Bloomington, IL (12)
- Chicago, IL (11)
- Whiteside County, IL (11)
- Western Springs, IL (11)
- Carbondale, IL (10)
- Schiller Park, IL (9)
Latest matching meetings
Skokie Board to consider short-term rental changes, ranked-choice voting resolution
The Skokie Village Board of Trustees will meet to discuss and vote on several items, including proposed modifications to the short-term rental pilot program, a resolution requesting state action on ranked-choice voting, and various consent agenda items such as ordinances, appointments, and contracts. The meeting also…
Worth Police Pension Board to review investments, actuary, and officer elections
The Worth Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting to review investment and financial reports, consider applications for membership, retirement, and disability benefits, and discuss compliance audits and service transfers. The board will also review a preliminary actuarial valuation and hold…
Police pension board to review investments, actuarial valuation, and officer elections
The Schiller Park Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees is holding a regular meeting to handle routine business, including approving minutes, reviewing investment and financial reports, and discussing the cash management policy. They will also consider new membership applications, review the preliminary actuarial…
Ways & Means Committee to review tax collections, delinquent taxes, and tax sale certificate assignment
The Peoria County Ways & Means Committee is meeting to review routine financial reports, including the July 2026 collections and transactions report, and to consider resolutions on monthly delinquent taxes and the assignment of a tax sale certificate of purchase. The agenda is largely procedural, with no major policy…
Board to vote on $430,242 payment for Prairie Path lighting project
The Hillside Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting, covering routine approvals, department reports, and a vote on a payment for the Illinois Prairie Path Lighting Project. The agenda also includes election registration deadlines and a community awareness meeting.
Firefighters' pension board to review investments, approve bills, elect officers
The Wheaton Firefighters' Pension Fund Board of Trustees is meeting to handle routine administrative matters, including approving minutes and bills, reviewing investment and accountant reports, and electing board officers. The agenda also includes a review of the actuarial valuation and tax levy request, and a…
Commission to review complaint, elect officers, discuss procedures
The Rock Island Human Rights Commission is meeting to handle routine business including public comment, approving previous minutes, and reviewing a complaint (118-2026-JY). They will also discuss officer election procedures, review revised documents, and address appointed commissioners. The meeting is open to the…
Police pension board to consider retirement benefits, membership, and officer elections
The Oak Forest Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting to review financial and investment reports, consider applications for membership and retirement benefits, and conduct board officer elections. The agenda includes routine items such as approval of minutes and bills, as well as discussions…
Firefighters pension board to review investments, approve bills, and elect officers
The Highland Park Firefighters' Pension Fund Board of Trustees is holding a regular meeting to review investment and financial reports, approve bills, and discuss policy items. The board will also consider applications for membership and retirement benefits, and hold elections for board officers.
Committee to commission election judges through 2028
The Government Relations Committee will consider a resolution commissioning Madison County election judges through 2028. The agenda also includes approval of the July 15, 2026 meeting minutes and a possible closed session. No other substantive business is listed.
Committee to consider surrendering 7 tax sale certificates and acquiring all tax certificates
The LaSalle County Taxes, Election & GIS Committee will consider routine approvals of bills and reports from the Treasurer, County Clerk, Recorder, GIS, and Assessment-Board of Review. The main actions are resolutions to surrender seven specific tax sale certificates and to authorize the County, as trustee, to acquire…
Police pension board to review investments, approve bills, and elect officers
The Itasca Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting to review investment reports, approve monthly bills, and discuss a cash management policy. The board will also consider new member applications, a withdrawal, and a service credit transfer, as well as elect officers and address administrative…
Plano Police Pension Board to review $15M fund, approve payments
The Plano Police Pension Board is meeting to review the treasurer's report showing a total balance of $15,021,884.85 as of June 30, 2026, and to approve several payments including actuarial and legal fees. They will also consider a transfer of service for Brian Rolls, a new membership application, and report on a…
County Board to fill vacant District 5 seat, approve claims and appointments
The Jackson County Board will consider filling the vacant District 5 seat, approve a consent agenda with various claims and resolutions, and act on appointments to local boards. The meeting also includes an executive session for real property and litigation matters.
Trustees to discuss solar facility special use permit on 173 acres
The Channahon Board of Trustees will discuss several items, including a special use permit for a solar energy facility on 173 acres along Dellos Road and a related host community benefit agreement with Three Rivers West, LLC. They will also review a concept plan for the Bluegrass Apartment Complex in Henneberry Farms…
Council to vote on O'Fallon Golf Studio zoning with alcohol ban
The City Council will hold a public hearing and vote on the second reading of an ordinance to approve a planned use for the O'Fallon Golf Studio at 715 Lakepointe Centre, Suite 119, with a condition prohibiting BYOB, on-site alcohol consumption, and liquor sales. The council will also consider re-appointing Julie…
Voters to decide on vehicle sticker fee, theater, term limits
The Niles Board of Trustees will consider placing three public questions on the November 3, 2026 ballot: discontinuing residential vehicle stickers, attracting an indoor/outdoor theater, and imposing term limits for trustees. The board will also vote on a special use permit for a cell antenna, a bid waiver for a…
Northfield Police Pension Board to elect officers, review investments and actuarial valuation
The Northfield Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting on August 13, 2026, to elect officers, approve minutes and bills, and review investment and financial reports. The board will also discuss the actuarial valuation, consider an actuarial funding policy, and address previously tabled…
Committee to consider multiple appointments to boards and districts
The Woodford County Offices Committee will consider several appointments and reappointments to local boards and districts, approve August 2026 claims, and discuss moving a copier to the Vote Center for early voting. The agenda also includes approval of prior meeting minutes and a roll call vote on per diem payments.
Police pension board to review investments, actuarial valuation, and officer elections
The Schiller Park Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees is holding a regular meeting to handle routine business, including approving minutes, reviewing investment and financial reports, and discussing the cash management policy. They will also review the preliminary actuarial valuation, consider trustee training…
Palos Park Police Pension Board to review investments, elect officers
The Palos Park Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees is holding a regular meeting to handle routine business, including approving minutes, bills, and investment reports. They will also discuss a cash management policy, consider a new member application, and elect board officers.
Fire Pension Board to review actuarial valuation, tax levy, and insurance renewal
The Carpentersville Firefighters' Pension Fund Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on August 11, 2026, at Fire Station #91. They will review financial and investment reports, approve bills, and discuss several new business items including the actuarial valuation and tax levy request, municipal compliance…
Fire Pension Board to review actuarial valuation, tax levy, and insurance renewal
The Carpentersville Firefighters' Pension Fund Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting to review financial reports, investment updates, and several administrative items. Key actions include approving the actuarial valuation and tax levy request, adopting the municipal compliance report, and renewing fiduciary…
County Board to consider abolishing Coroner's office via referendum
The DuPage County Board will vote on an ordinance to place a countywide referendum on the ballot asking voters whether to abolish the Office of Coroner and establish a Medical Examiner's office. The board will also consider several zoning requests, including a large planned development in Lisle, and approve numerous…
Fire pension board to review $48.6M fund, actuarial valuation, and officer elections
The Carpentersville Firefighters' Pension Fund Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting to review the June 2026 financial report showing net position of $48.6 million, discuss investment reports, and consider several administrative actions. The board will also review and possibly approve the actuarial valuation…
Board to approve $57,696 pavement striping contract
The Rantoul Village Board will consider a construction contract for pavement striping at various locations, along with routine consent agenda items including bills and meeting minutes. The board will also receive reports from the police and fire departments and hear a notice about filing nominating petitions for the…
Council to elect acting mayor at special meeting
This is a special City Council meeting with a single substantive item: the election of an alderperson to serve as Acting Mayor, as required by state law. The rest of the agenda is procedural, including call to order, roll call, and adjournment.
Board to vote on placing school building bond referendum on Nov. 2026 ballot
The Oswego School District 308 Board of Education will consider placing a school building bond referendum on the November 3, 2026 ballot, along with approving administrator contracts and an intergovernmental agreement with municipalities. The board will also hear a FY27 budget presentation and discuss facility…
Police pension board to review finances, investments, and officer elections
The Mount Prospect Police Pension Fund Board is holding its regular meeting to review financial and investment reports, approve bills, and discuss policy items. The board will also consider applications for membership, officer elections, and the renewal of fiduciary liability insurance. Several items are routine…
Police Pension Board to review trustee election results and member applications
The Warrenville Police Pension Fund Board will meet to approve financial disbursements and review election results for retired and active-duty trustees. The board will also consider a Tier II membership application and receive a disability application update.
Harristown Council to consider water plant gate, tree bid, election items
The Harristown Village Board is holding its regular meeting with routine approvals (minutes, bills over $1000) and reports from the mayor, treasurer, budget officer, engineer, public works, and zoning officer. Under new business, the board will discuss a gate at the Water Treatment Plant, office hours, a PTO donation…
Committee to consider advisory vote on new library
The Finance & Administration Committee will consider two resolutions: one to transfer reserves and amend the FY26 budget for departments that overspent, and another to place an advisory question on the November 2026 ballot about building and equipping a new public library. The committee will also receive informational…
Township Board considers three advisory questions for November 2026 ballot
The Board of Trustees will consider adopting three resolutions to place advisory questions on the November 3, 2026 General Election ballot. The meeting also includes the certification of June 2026 funds and a request for payment.
Fire Pension Board to elect officers and review financial reports
The City of O'Fallon Fire Pension Board will meet to approve minutes, discuss cash balances, review investment updates, and conduct routine business including officer elections and trustee training requirements. No major policy decisions are scheduled.
Police Pension Board to vote on retirement benefit for officer Karl Larson
The Winnetka Police Pension Fund Board will hold a regular meeting to decide on a retirement benefit for Karl Larson and process a separation of service for Marek Strzelec. They will also review the annual actuarial valuation and tax levy request, elect board officers, and handle routine financial reports.
Board will review actuarial valuation and tax levy request, and elect officers
The Sycamore Police Pension Fund Board will consider approval of meeting minutes, the treasurer’s funding updates and cash management policy, and investment reports from Cerity Partners and State Street. It will also process membership applications, approve regular retirement benefits for Cheryl Senne and James…
Police pension board to vote on retirement benefits for Gonzalez and Dee
The Carpentersville Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees will consider approving regular retirement benefits for officers Jorge Gonzalez and Christopher Dee, along with a duty disability benefit update for Gerald Foresman. The board will also review the annual actuarial valuation and tax levy request, discuss…
Police pension board to vote on retirement benefits for two officers and tax levy
The Carpentersville Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting to consider approving regular retirement benefits for two officers, an update on a duty disability benefit application, and various financial and administrative matters. Actions include potential approval of the actuarial valuation…
Council to vote on referenda including ICE compensation and pension funding
The Chicago City Council is holding its regular meeting on July 22, 2026. The agenda includes routine procedural items, but several alderpersons have filed Rule 41 notices to call for votes on deferred resolutions, including referenda on recovering ICE-related costs, pension funding, and other ballot questions. The…
Police pension board to fill vacancy, consider closing pension website
The Park Ridge Police Pension Board will meet July 21, 2026 to handle routine business including approval of minutes, actuarial and financial reports. Key decisions include filling a board vacancy (Sergeant Moehrlin's position), discontinuing the pension website, and purchasing new fireproof cabinets. The board will…